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End of life

“Die with dignity but never anticipate death”

“Helping a patient to die is one thing, making him or her die is something else”. Last Tuesday, Monsignor Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life addressed students at

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10 December 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Gamete donor anonymity in jeopardy

Currently, in the US, “the unprecedented rise in individual DNA testing enables those born from anonymous sperm or egg donation to identify their ‘donor’ in most cases”. The system operates

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30 November 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Surrogacy in Cambodia: Fifteen new arrests in Phnom Penh

Fifteen people were arrested in Cambodia on 8 November 2018 on suspicion of surrogacy. The group comprised eleven pregnant women, two men and two cooks. Surrogacy has been illegal in

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30 November 2018
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Retinal implant restores sight in the visually impaired with age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

The French company Pixium Vision has just published the first results obtained with its new retinal implant. This implant known as Prima was implanted under the retina of the first

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30 November 2018
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Down syndrome: novel eugenics from America?

Eugenics is often likened to 20th century Nazi ideology and its government-run programmes aimed at killing thousands of Germans with disabilities in an attempt to “purify” the race. Or to

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30 November 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Surrogacy now available to homosexuals in the Netherlands

Although surrogacy was already available to heterosexual couples in the Netherlands, two clinics are planning to introduce surrogacy contracts for homosexuals from 2019 onwards. In the one clinic, the procedure

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30 November 2018
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End of life

Canada – advertisement for medical assistance in dying airs in waiting room

In Canada, patients at the William Osler Health System hospital saw the following message on an advertising screen: “Medical assistance in dying is a legal medical service in Canada, whereby

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30 November 2018
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Prenatal diagnosis

Pre-conception screening: Australian trial to allow “informed procreative choices”

A clinical trial for pre-conception screening has been officially launched in Australia. The aim is to test the viability of a pre-conception screening programme for subsequent integration into the Australian

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30 November 2018
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

News and insight on bioethics today

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    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
    • MAP / surrogacy
    • Organ donation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
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  • About & legals
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