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End of life

2016-2017, 98 Belgians withdrew their “euthanasia declaration”

In 2016 and 2017, “98 Belgians withdrew their anticipated euthanasia declaration that they had submitted”.   Belgium has authorised this type of declaration since 2008. 170,942 requests for euthanasia have

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5 October 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

United States – funeral service for embryos destroyed as a result of freezer malfunction

Last March, following a technical failure in a cryogenic tank at the Cleveland University Hospitals Fertility Center, four thousand eggs and embryos were destroyed within a few days. The future

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5 October 2018
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End of life

In Australia – Senate rejects draft bill authorising territories to legislate on voluntary euthanasia

In Australia, the draft bill which would have allowed territories to pass their own laws concerning voluntary euthanasia was rejected by 36 votes to 34 after two days of impassioned

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5 October 2018
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All other themes

United States – new guidelines for patients in vegetative and minimally conscious states

In the United States, new guidelines have been drawn up and published in the Neurology Journal seeking to remedy errors made in diagnosing disturbances of consciousness.   These guidelines describe

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5 October 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

MPs refuse to legalise abortion in Argentina

On Thursday, MPs in Argentina rejected the law aimed at legalising abortion despite the fact that the draft bill had been approved by MPs in June (see In Argentina, the

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5 October 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Divorced Canadian woman awarded ownership of her frozen embryo but forced to compensate her ex-husband for 50% of the purchase value

A Canadian couple get divorced. The judge shares the material assets between the man and woman. The couple have a frozen embryo in a fertility clinic which was produced from

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5 October 2018
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Organ donation

First heart transplant in patient with Carmat artificial heart

The French company,Carmat, has just announced the first successful heart transplant in a patient previously implanted with a Carmat artificial heart, in its Pivot study.   The patient received the

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5 October 2018
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End of life

United Kingdom Supreme Court authorises withdrawal of food and water for patients in a vegetative state

The United Kingdom Supreme Court has just ruled that medical personnel can remove feeding tubes from patients in a permanent vegetative or minimally conscious state, without requesting legal authorisation from

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5 October 2018
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    • Organ donation
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