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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Heily, born alive following an abortion, is on the road to recovery

Heily Delage, now five months old, “is a real-life miracle,” according to her parents. Eight months into the pregnancy, she was diagnosed with a “serious brain condition”. Following a medically recommended abortion,

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8 January 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

United States: 32 family planning centres closed in 2017

According to a study published by the organisation American Life League, 32 Planned Parenthood centres[1] closed their doors in 2017.   Two clinics closed in Colorado, four in California, and three

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8 January 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Woman gives birth to a baby girl from an embryo frozen 24 years ago

Twenty-five years ago, after undergoing in-vitro fertilisation, an anonymous couple donated frozen embryos to “give a chance to those unable to conceive a child naturally”.    For their part, Tina

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5 January 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

United States: fertility doctor given one-year suspended sentence

Thirty years ago, Doctor Donald Cline, a retired fertility doctor from Indianapolis (USA), used his own sperm “approximately 50 times” to inseminate patients. He has just been given a one-year

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5 January 2018
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Sperm used as chemotherapy carriers

German scientists at the Leibniz Institute are experimenting with the use of sperm to treat female reproductive tract cancers. In vitro, they placed bovine sperm loaded with an anticancer agent

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5 January 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

United Kingdom: a child suffering from cystic fibrosis classed as one of the “adverse events” of IVF

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has published a report on medically assisted procreation (MAP) in the United Kingdom, in which it welcomes the decrease in the number of multiple pregnancies.

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5 January 2018
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Preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Pre-implantation diagnostics: the scandal surrounding non-validated tests

Pre-implantation diagnostics have been carried out since the 1990s to detect chromosomal anomalies in embryos prior to implantation. Several techniques have been devised for this purpose.   Polar body biopsies

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27 December 2017
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End of life

Most end-of-life patients do not suffer

The idea that death is painful and that agony is poorly managed in palliative care is a rather widespread concept. However, according to three Australian scientists in an article published

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27 December 2017
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

News and insight on bioethics today

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    • Conscientious objection
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    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
    • MAP / surrogacy
    • Organ donation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
  • Contact
  • About & legals
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