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In Canada – three adults acknowledged as legal parents of a baby

Last April, the Newfoundland Court in Canada recognised three legal parents—two fathers and one mother—of a child born naturally in 2017. This is the first known co-parenting case for a

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

Decriminalisation of abortion: 173 MPs call for an end to Northern Ireland exemption

173 Irish and British MPs have jointly signed a letter calling for the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland. The letter was addressed to British Prime Minister Theresa May, and

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

Essure sterilisation implants withdrawn from the US market

The pharmaceutical group, Bayer, has announced the withdrawal of its contraceptive implants, Essure, from the market amidst accusations of significant side effects. These small permanent sterilisation implants in the form

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5 October 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

United Kingdom – judge authorises sperm extraction from dying man for the purpose of IVF

In the United Kingdom, Judge Gwynneth Knowles has authorised a woman to arrange the extraction of her dying husband’s sperm to allow her to try to conceive after his death.

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5 October 2018
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US – only 9% of health expenditure spent on end-of-life care

Contrary to popular belief, only 9% of national health expenditure is spent on end-of-life care in the USA. Although 5% of Medicare patients die every year, the final treatments are

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5 October 2018
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The Netherlands – formal reprimand for doctor who administered euthanasia to dementia patient

In the Netherlands, the Dutch medical complaints board has formally reprimanded a doctor who performed euthanasia on a patient with severe dementia. Diagnosed five years earlier, the 74-year-old woman had

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5 October 2018
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Embryo research and alternatives

A step closer to the creation of artificial embryos?

An international team of researchers led by Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz at Cambridge University claims to be very close to the creation of artificial embryos. Using murine stem cells, the scientists

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5 October 2018
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European Court of Justice – GMO legislation to prevail over new gene-editing techniques

On 25 July 2018, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on the status of new gene-editing techniques in living organisms. It estimated that plants “improved” with the

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5 October 2018
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