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Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)

Mississippi Governor signs bill banning abortions after 15 weeks

On Monday, 19 March, Republican Governor, Phil Bryant, signed a bill banning most abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.   The only exceptions to the bill are cases where

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6 April 2018
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Pedestrian dies after being run over by a self-driving vehicle

On Monday, in the US town of Tempe, near Phoenix, Arizona, a female pedestrian was knocked down by a self-driving Uber. “The vehicle was operating in autonomous mode when the

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6 April 2018
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Will paraplegic patients be able to use their legs again?

Scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology) have highlighted new connections between the brain and spinal cord in paraplegic rats, thus fuelling fresh

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6 April 2018
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Prenatal diagnosis

John Franklin Stephens, who has Down syndrome, argues his case before the UN

“I am a man with Down Syndrome and my life is worth living”. American actor and athlete, John Franklin Stephens who has Down syndrome, addressed the UN on 15 March 2018.

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

Abortion in Great Britain: could draft bill pave the way to conscientious objection in the medical profession?

A draft bill extending conscientious objection rights to all health professionals has been branded “pointless” by pro-abortion campaigners in Great Britain.   Advocates of the draft bill, supported by Northern

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6 April 2018
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Researchers warn about ethical questions related to the use of artificial intelligence in medicine

In a perspective piece published on 15 March in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine in California warned about the ethical implications of

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27 March 2018
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Organ donation

“Is it ethically legitimate to continue hand and face transplants? “

“Is it ethically legitimate to continue hand and face transplants? “. Authorised in France which performed world firsts for hand and face transplants in Lyon in 1998 and in Amiens in

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27 March 2018
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MAP – Surrogacy

Medically Assisted Procreation (MAP) – is this the answer when you can’t find a soul mate?

The number of women requesting fatherless MAP has increased by 35%. The most recent figures show that 1,272 women were authorised for fertility treatment without a partner in 2016 compared

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27 March 2018
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Bioethics News - News and insight on bioethics today

News and insight on bioethics today

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    • Conscientious objection
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    • End of life
    • Genome
    • GMO
    • MAP / surrogacy
    • Organ donation
    • Preimplantation genetic diagnosis
    • Prenatal diagnosis
    • Transhumanism
  • Contact
  • About & legals
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