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250 women’s human rights organisations call for surrogacy ban by UN

A coalition of women’s human rights organisations has petitioned the UN and world leaders calling for a ban on surrogacy (womb rental). The petition also exhorts governments to withdraw funding

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19 November 2018
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Transgender man gives birth – is this person the mother or the father?

In the UK, a transgender man, who was born a woman, gave birth to a child but refuses to be registered as the mother on the birth certificate. He simply

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19 November 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Down syndrome: the joy of four mothers whose children are ‘different’

Currently in the UK, 90% of people whose unborn child is diagnosed with Down syndrome decide to abort. Furthermore, no-one believes that the introduction of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) could

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19 November 2018
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Presumed consent in England and Scotland? One in ten people refuse to donate their organs

Following on from Wales, which adopted this system in 2015, the British government is considering changing the organ donation system in England and Scotland to switch to presumed consent by

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19 November 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Israel rejects surrogacy for single men and homosexual couples

The Knesset (the Israeli Parliament) voted against a draft bill seeking to “extend the circle of people using the services of a surrogate mother to single men and homosexual couples “.

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19 November 2018
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Organ donation

Heavy smoker donates lungs and passes on cancer to recipient

Two years after undergoing lung transplant surgery, a female patient developed a very aggressive form of lung cancer. It turns out that the donor—a woman in her fifties—had been a

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19 November 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

India: first birth following uterine transplant

In India, a baby girl was born in mid-October 2018 following uterine transplant surgery performed on her mother in May 2017 (see India: two women given uterine transplants). A Caesarean

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12 November 2018
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Conscientious objection

Norway – victory in favour of conscientious objection

The Norwegian Supreme Court has ruled in favour of conscientious objection and freedom of conscience for doctors. It held that Dr Katarzyna Jachimowicz had acted within her rights by refusing

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12 November 2018
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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
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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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