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Transhumanism

“It’s not my fault – my brain implant made me do it”

Treated for specific disorders – serious obsessive compulsive disorder and epilepsy, etc. – patients given deep brain stimulation have noticed changes in how they perceive things. The question of responsibility

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17 April 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Embryos accidentally frozen in Ohio – are these classed as persons?

The legal debate is underway – are embryos stored in fertility clinics alive and are they classed as persons? Rick et Wendy Penniman lost their frozen embryos following an equipment

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17 April 2018
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End of life

Assisted suicide legalized in Hawaii

After votes in the House of Representatives and the Senate on 6 and 30 March,[1] Governor of Hawaii David Ige signed a measure into law legalizing assisted suicide. “We know

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17 April 2018
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End of life

Man saved after being in cardiac arrest for eighteen hours

This is an extraordinary medical case according to Professor Xavier Capdevila, Head of the Anaesthesia-Intensive Care Unit at Montpellier University Hospital (CHU). A 53 year-old man was resuscitated eighteen hours

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17 April 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

DNA test confirms that a young woman’s biological father is none other than the doctor who inseminated her mother

Following a DNA test carried out in conjunction with Ancestry.com, a young woman, Kelli Rowlette, not only found out that she was born through artificial insemination, which her parents had

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17 April 2018
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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Japan, Sri Lanka: working women banned from getting pregnant

In Japan, a pregnant employee was reprimanded for getting pregnant outside the company’s “pregnancy schedule”. The company introduced a rotation system for employees wanting to get married or have a

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17 April 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Designer children: Brazilians import American sperm to have children with white skin

Since 2011, American sperm imports to Brazil have increased by approximately 3000%. Over 50% of the Brazilian population is black or mixed-race, yet most applicants choose donors with light-coloured skin

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17 April 2018
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Organ donation

Human tissues soon to be on sale in Belgium

Belgian Health Minister, Maggie de Block, wants to authorise the sale of human tissues by amending the 1986 law governing the harvesting and transplanting of organs. Currently, human tissues (bones,

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17 April 2018
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

News and insight on bioethics today

  • TOPICS
    • Abortion
    • 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
  • Cookie policy (EU)
  • Disclaimer

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