by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Jun, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
A new bill to decriminalize abortion has just been introduced into Argentina’s parliament. In 2018, a comparable bill was passed by parliament but rejected by the more conservative senate by just a few votes (38 votes against, 31 votes in favour, 2 abstentions)...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Jun, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 30 May, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards passed a law banning abortion as soon as a heart beat is detected, normally around the sixth week of pregnancy. An exception is provided if the mother’s life is in jeopardy. Louisiana lawmakers overwhelmingly...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Jun, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
As part of the current debates in Italy on legalizing euthanasia, the National Federation for the Orders of Doctors and Dentists (FNOMCeO) was heard on Thursday by the Chamber of Deputies’ committees for justice and social affairs. On this occasion, the FNOMCeO...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Jun, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The Supreme Court has ruled that the parents of the cadet who accidentally died in February are authorized to resort to surrogacy to get a descendant from their son’s sperm, which had been frozen from the time of the accident. Peter Zhu, 21, was a student at...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Jun, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Texas has just passed a law expanding the definition of sexual assault to include reproductive fraud. Fertility fraud involves both gynaecologists who inseminate patients with their own sperm, as well as gynaecologists who exchanged sperm samples among several donors,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 11 Jun, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the state of Nevada, “self-induced abortion is punishable by up to 10 years in prison”. After a second review, lawmakers have just adopted a “reform that decriminalizes the over-the-counter sale of drugs causing miscarriage and ‘self-induced’ abortion”....