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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Pakistan: one of the highest abortion rates in the world

Pakistan has one of the highest abortion rates in the world. A recent report by National Public Radio in the United States estimated that 48% of pregnancies were unwanted, and

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28 January 2019
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Embryo research and alternatives

United States: House of Representatives expected to continue to prohibit genetic modification of the human embryo

On the occasion of draft bill HR 265, which examines funding issues relating to the activities of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the US House of Representatives is expected

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28 January 2019
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Transhumanism

Facial recognition system to diagnose genetic diseases: good or bad news?

Published in the journal Nature Medicine on 7 January 2019, researchers outlined the results of a study using facial recognition to detect genetic disorders.   This new tool uses the

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28 January 2019
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Organ donation

France – decrease in organ transplants in 2018

The number of organ transplants in France fell in 2018: 5,781 transplants were performed, taking all organs into count, compared to 6,105 and 5,891 in 2017 and 2016, respectively. This

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28 January 2019
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

The “heartbeat bill” – Ohio Governor blocks law restricting abortion

Ohio Governor John Kasich vetoed the “heartbeat”  the law that would ban abortion on detection of the first heartbeat. This law was passed by the Ohio House of Representatives in

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21 January 2019
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End of life

Controversial assisted suicide law in force in Hawaii since 1 January

In Hawaii, the assisted suicide law came into force on 1 January 2019. Most health facilities have adopted neutral legislative policies, leaving it to each physician to decide whether or

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21 January 2019
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MAP – Surrogacy

Twins born through surrogacy in Kenya with a female Indian donor and an Italian father are stateless

Originally from Toronto, the capital of Ontario in Canada, Joseph Tito entered into a surrogacy contract with a Kenyan surrogate mother through Kiran Infertility Centre, a fertility centre located in

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21 January 2019
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Genome

China’s Minister of Education calls on universities to evaluate their research programmes on genome editing

The Chinese Minister of Education has asked universities to inspect all research on genome editing and submit their reports to the government by the end of the year. They must

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21 January 2019
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

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