by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
An American woman in Nebraska gave birth to her granddaughter on 25 March at the age of 61. “If you want me to be the gestational carrier, I’d do it in a heartbeat,” Cecile Eledge had said to her son Matthew. Little Uma Louise was born to...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | All other themes
As early as 2017, President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi accused “overpopulation” of being one of the “two greatest threats to Egypt”, on a par with terrorism. With 98.4 million inhabitants, Egypt is the third most populous country in Africa after...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Conscientious objection
Indiana has just passed a new law extending the right of conscientious objection to abortion. Doctors and employees of hospitals and clinics already had the right – for “ethical, moral, or religious reasons” – to not “perform an abortion or participate in...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Organ donation
Since a federal law enacted by Barack Obama in 2013, people with AIDS have been allowed to donate their organs to recipients who are also HIV positive upon their death. However, living donations were not allowed, as the donor’s remaining kidney was at risk of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On Monday, 25 March, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced that he would sign the bill passed by the State Assembly and Senate, “allowing terminally ill patients to seek life-ending medication”. Under the bill, “adult New Jersey residents with a prognosis of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 8 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
The Governor of Utah signed a law Monday evening restricting abortion, which can now only be performed before the eighteenth week of pregnancy. Republican Cheryl Acton, who sponsored the measure, said that the goal was to reduce the number of second-trimester...