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MAP – Surrogacy

After their son’s accidental death, a Chinese couple ask for his sperm to produce a new heir

Peter Zhu, a 21-year-old cadet of Chinese origin, was declared brain-dead after a skiing accident at the prestigious West Point Military Academy in northern New York State, USA.  His parents

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25 March 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Surrogacy in India: police remove a boy from his biological mother to take him to his intended parents

A 4-year-old boy in India was found by the police and taken to his biological father’s family, where he met his twin brother. Both brothers were born in 2015, to

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25 March 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Australia: between the sperm donor and the mother’s partner, who is the legal parent?

Should a sperm donor be considered as the legal parent of a child conceived with his sperm? In an ongoing case, the Australian High Court is being called on to

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25 March 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

“I was implanted with a stranger’s embryos”

The trial relating to a complaint filed against the fertility clinic in Bregenz, Austria by a 44-year-old Swiss woman began on Monday. She has accused the clinic of implanting her

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25 March 2019
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Conscientious objection

Irish Bishops warn against an attack on doctors’ freedom of conscience

At their annual general meeting in Maynooth, the Irish Catholic Bishops reacted to last month’s announcement made by the National Maternity Hospital. The hospital said it will only accept doctors willing

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25 March 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Freezing your own eggs? One in two British women is considering it

Around one in two women are thinking about oocyte cryopreservation. This is revealed in a study published by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), which shows that “many

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25 March 2019
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Organ donation

In South Africa: first transplants of middle-ear bones made using 3D technology

On Thursday, a South African medical team announced that it had fitted “transplants of small middle-ear bones [1] made using 3D printing”. This is reportedly “a world first“. The latest

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25 March 2019
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Cooperation with the FBI: FamilyTreeDNA nuances the availability of genetic data

FamilyTreeDNA, one of the leading US home genetic testing websites, was strongly criticized when it announced that the FBI would be allowed to use its genetic data to identify wanted

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25 March 2019
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

News and insight on bioethics today

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    • Cloning
    • Conscientious objection
    • Embryo research and alternatives
    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
    • MAP / surrogacy
    • Organ donation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
  • Contact
  • About & legals
  • Cookie policy (EU)
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