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MAP – Surrogacy

Gamete donor anonymity: “It’s difficult to move on without knowing your true origins”

“Who do I look like?“—a question often asked by individuals born through sperm donation. Marion Tièche, a psychologist specialising in adoption and medically assisted reproduction, explains the relevance of knowing

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5 October 2018
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End of life

US – terminally ill family man opposes medically assisted dying

In May 2014, J.J. Hanson, married with two children, was diagnosed with a glioblastoma multiforme stage 4 tumour and given just four months to live.   Following his diagnosis, he

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5 October 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Arizona – law allocates frozen embryos to the party who chooses to “develop them to birth”

In the US, the increase in the number of frozen embryos, currently amounting to millions, inevitably leads to disputes surrounding their fate. Judges have often, although not always, ruled in

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2 August 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

New US Supreme Court Justice nominated

On Monday evening, US President, Donald Trump, named Brett Kavanaugh as a nominee for Supreme Court Justice. In his televised address, President Trump stated that he had not chosen the

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2 August 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Abortion and contraception will not appear in the French Constitution

The National Assembly has rejected changes from the opposition calling for the inclusion of rights to abortion and contraception in the French Constitution (see French Senate debate on including a “right

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1 August 2018
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Organ donation

Tenth artificial heart implant for Carmat

The company Carmat  recently performed an artificial heart implant for its tenth patient (see: Carmat prepares to market its artificial heart). According to a company press release, none of the study

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1 August 2018
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Conscientious objection

Sentenced in France, pharmacist turns to the European Court of Human Rights to defend conscientious objection

Sentenced in 2016 for refusing to sell an intrauterine device because of the product’s potential abortive effects, pharmacist Bruno Pichon has just submitted a request to the European Court of

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1 August 2018
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India – abused surrogate mother presses charges

A 30-year-old Indian surrogate mother with two children has just pressed charges for rape, blackmail and fraud. The incident dates back to when she had to look for work following

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1 August 2018
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

News and insight on bioethics today

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    • Bioethics law
    • Cloning
    • Conscientious objection
    • Embryo research and alternatives
    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
    • MAP / surrogacy
    • Organ donation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
  • Contact
  • About & legals
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