by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Indian parents have conceived 18 babies by IVF in order to find a compatible donor and treat their first-born with thalassemia. They already had two children, a seven-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy. The boy, who suffers from severe thalassemia, first had to...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
“The surrogate declares and guarantees that she has consulted a doctor and is aware of the physical, medical, and injurious risks, including death, that may result from taking medications …, embryo transfers, and the complications related to pregnancy and...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Lawmakers in Utah have just passed a law that will ban any foetal abortion in cases where a genetic abnormality such as Down syndrome has been detected. The law still has to be approved by the Governor, Gary Herbert, who “declined to say whether he would sign the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In the United States, the Senate of Indiana has approved a bill according to which doctors could be prosecuted for the fraudulent use of their own sperm to inseminate their patients. This bill must now be reviewed by the Indiana General Assembly. This...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A Swiss nurse is under criminal investigation for homicide following suspicions of euthanasia of elderly patients. An employee of the Regional Hospital of Mendrisio, he allegedly administered “non-prescribed medications” according to the Public Prosecutor and Canton...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Mar, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Saturday, after a month-long trial and three days of deliberations, 57-year-old Michel Cadotte, accused of suffocating his wife with Alzheimer’s disease, has been convicted of manslaughter by a jury of the Court of Montreal, Canada. The verdict “spares him from...