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The Netherlands issues “gender neutral” passport

In the Netherlands, people can now be identified as “gender neutral” on their passports as opposed to male or female. This is a European first[1], but the practice has already

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12 November 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Cancer during pregnancy: “15 years ago…Lots of abortions were carried out”. That was misguided.

Aurélie, aged 36, was six months pregnant when she discovered she had breast cancer. But doctors reassured her: “Patients often think that they cannot be treated and continue their pregnancy

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12 November 2018
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British national who died in Egypt is repatriated without heart or kidneys

David Humphries, aged 62, was on a family holiday in the Egyptian resort of Makadi, when he sought medical advice about chest pains on 13 September 2018. On 18 September,

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12 November 2018
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“Every minute we spent together was worth the pain” – poignant letter from a mother to her baby who died two days after birth

His parents knew that Ismaël would not live but they allowed the pregnancy to go full-term, to welcome their baby into the world. Born on 8 December, his fragile life

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12 November 2018
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Yann Le Cun: the biological brain is “way ahead of the digital brain”

It’s not a competition, but if it were, “the biological brain would be way ahead of the digital brain”, explains Yann LeCun, chief AI scientist at Facebook. Today, “technologies allow

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12 November 2018
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A man “now a woman” claims mother status

The Montpellier Court of Appeal is dealing with a “complex” case: Bernard and Marie were married with two children when, in 2011, Bernard “made the decision to become a woman

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12 November 2018
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Montpellier: Fertility centre project financed by rich Americans

Professor Hamamah, head of the reproductive biology department at CHU Montpellier (University Hospital Centre), plans to open a “fertility centre” he calls I2F in January 2020. The centre is hoping

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12 November 2018
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More and more transgender individuals want to cancel their sexual conversion

Professor Miroslav Djordjevic, the first surgeon in the world to perform genital reconstruction, confirms that a large number of individuals, especially transgender women over the age of 30, regret their

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12 November 2018
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    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
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    • Transhumanism
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