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GMO babies: a mutation that could “have serious disadvantages”

In late November, He Jiankui announced that twins had been born with a gene that he had edited to make them resistant to infection with HIV (see China: birth of

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

Ohio: the Senate bans abortion as soon as a heartbeat is detectable

The Ohio Senate voted 18 votes in favour and 13 votes against the bill that would ban abortion as soon as a heartbeat is detected. The bill was passed by

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

Irish Parliament decriminalizes abortion

Seven months after the referendum that began the procedure for decriminalizing abortion in Ireland, Parliament passed the bill on Thursday (see In Ireland, marketing authorisation for the abortion pill and

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

In Belgium, children stillborn at 4.5 months can be registered in the civil registry office

In Belgium, the House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday 13 December that will allow a foetus to be registered starting at140 days after conception, or 4.5 months. Women

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7 January 2019
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Embryo research and alternatives

GMO babies: WHO sets up a working group, Harvard team launches similar research

Following the revelation of the birth of two genetically modified babies in China last week, WHO announced the establishment of a “panel to study gene editing”. WHO “brings together experts

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18 December 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

In Indiana, towards a crime of “fertility fraud”?

In the United States, in the state of Indiana, a proposed bill aims to make it a criminal offence for a doctor, in the context of infertility treatment, to use

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18 December 2018
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Prenatal diagnosis

In Iran, no more children are born with Down Syndrome

In Iran, the birth of babies diagnosed with Down’s syndrome has almost stopped. According to Mahmoud Tavallaei, director of the Iranian Genetics Society of Iran, “Over the past few years,

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18 December 2018
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Conscientious objection

Abortion in Ireland: limited conscientious objection

Irish general practitioners will have the right not to perform abortions if they do not wish to, but they will be required to provide all the information patients need to

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18 December 2018
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

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    • Transhumanism
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