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Organ donation

First kidney transplant from a living HIV-positive donor

Since a federal law enacted by Barack Obama in 2013, people with AIDS have been allowed to donate their organs to recipients who are also HIV positive upon their death.

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8 April 2019
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End of life

The state of New Jersey is set to legalize euthanasia

On Monday, 25 March, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that he would sign the bill passed by the State Assembly and Senate, “allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending

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8 April 2019
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

US: Utah lawmakers pass 18-week abortion bans

The Governor of Utah signed a law Monday evening restricting abortion, which can now only be performed before the eighteenth week of pregnancy. Republican Cheryl Acton, who sponsored the measure,

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8 April 2019
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Washington, D.C: “American taxpayer money will not be used to fund abortion.”

“American taxpayer money will not be used to underwrite abortions”, said Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, yesterday at a press conference in Washington. “We’ll continue to refuse to assist

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8 April 2019
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Abortion in free fall in Portugal

According to a report published by the Portuguese health authorities, the number of abortions performed in the country fell by 25% between 2011 and 2017.   Abortion in Portugal was

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8 April 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

MAR: 1,000 embryo adoptions in Spain

Resulting from medically assisted reproduction procedures, supernumerary embryos will be destroyed, handed over for research or offered for adoption, depending on the decision made by their biological parents. In Spain,

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8 April 2019
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Prenatal diagnosis

At the UN, Archbishop Auza denounces the “genocide” of people with Down syndrome

The situation is “particularly acute for women and girls with Down syndrome [1],” said Archbishop Auza, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. He

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8 April 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Advanced paternal age associated with the risk of schizophrenia in children

A Chinese study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry links advanced paternal age with the risk of schizophrenia in children. “After taking into account polygenic parental risk scores, each additional

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8 April 2019
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

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