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Embryo research and alternatives

USA: tax reform grants legal status to embryos

On Saturday, 2 December, the United States Senate adopted a tax reform bill which “gives rights to ‘children in utero’ “, “by 51 votes to 49“.   Section 1202 of the

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18 December 2017
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End of life

Suicide vs. medically assisted dying: Canadian doctors are baffled

Further to medically assisted dying legislation in Canada[1], some “baffled” doctors wonder about treating patients who have attempted suicide. And, according to the  National Post, several patients who poisoned themselves

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18 December 2017
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MAP – Surrogacy

United States: the first birth following a uterus transplant

On 1 December, managers at a Dallas hospital in Texas announced that a woman had given birth to a baby following a uterus transplant – a first for the United States.

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18 December 2017
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End of life

The new Hippocratic Oath places the value of human life in the balance

During its General Assembly in Chicago, in October 2017, the World Medical Association (WMA) adopted an amended version of the Hippocratic Oath. Initially enacted in 1948 following the involvement of eminent

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18 December 2017
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MAP – Surrogacy

“Another woman has given birth to my son”: surrogate mother sues fertility clinic

38 year-old Canadian, Alicia Chonn, is suing the Olive Fertility Center, which she claims used her eggs without her consent to inseminate the friend whose first child she carried as the

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11 December 2017
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Transhumanism

Transhumanism: “The real danger for the future of mankind is the commercialisation of life”

In an interview with Le Figaro, Jean-Marie le Méné[1], President of the Fondation Lejeune, and Laurent Alexandre[2], surgeon and neurobiologist, compare their vision for the future of mankind. Whereas Laurent

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11 December 2017
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Down syndrome: research is progressing

Scientists at the University of Geneva and ETHZ Zurich (Institute for Technology and Natural Sciences)“have discovered that the symptoms of Down syndrome are triggered by the uncontrolled deregulation of cell proteins”.

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11 December 2017
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MAP – Surrogacy

Born through gamete donation: “My entire life is nothing but a lie”

This is what John, a 22 year-old Englishman said when he learned that he had been born through gamete donation. His younger sister, who is 19 and pregnant, asked her

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

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