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Transhumanism

UNESCO promotes reflection on a “humanistic approach” to artificial intelligence

Last Monday, UNESCO’s director-general Audrey Azoulay opened the first world conference to promote a “humanistic approach” to artificial intelligence (AI).   OECD secretary-general Angel Gurria stressed that all stakeholders, whether “academic,

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18 March 2019
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Organ donation

A network of illegal human-organ transplants uncovered in Pakistan

The anti-corruption branch of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in Peshawar, Pakistan, has uncovered an inter-provincial network of illegal human-organ transplants, involving hospital officials, doctors and illegal donors. This discovery followed a

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18 March 2019
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The human body subject to market laws?

Asked about feminism, the philosopher Sylviane Agacinski believes that “the most frightening thing today is the grip that the economy is exerting over all individuals — not just women —

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18 March 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

An expert group at The Hague wants to provide an international framework for surrogacy

The Hague Conference on Private International Law’s Council on General Affairs and Policy met on 6–8 March. The agenda included making decisions on the parentage/surrogacy project launched in March 2015.

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18 March 2019
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Is abortion necessary when the mother’s life is in danger?

The argument put forward to defend the proposal to extend the law on abortion in New York State and to authorize it during the nine months of pregnancy is that

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11 March 2019
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End of life

Belgium: 2,537 cases of euthanasia in 2018

In 2018, 2,357 cases of euthanasia were reported in Belgium, representing 2% of annual deaths and an increase of 1.8% compared to 2017. The majority involved patients 60 to 89

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11 March 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Saviour sibling: should a bio-compatible baby be created to treat an older sibling with thalassemia?

Indian parents have conceived 18 babies by IVF in order to find a compatible donor and treat their first-born with thalassemia. They already had two children, a seven-year-old girl and

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11 March 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Fatal risk for surrogates: the clause of too many surrogacy contracts

“The surrogate declares and guarantees that she has consulted a doctor and is aware of the physical, medical, and injurious risks, including death, that may result from taking medications …,

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11 March 2019
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    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
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    • Organ donation
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    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
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