by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In Ireland, the Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Bill was passed by the Dàil, the Assembly of Ireland, last night with 90 votes in favour, 15 against and 12 abstentions, after a lengthy debate. Abortion is authorised up to 12 weeks. Beyond this term, a pregnancy...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
A ground-breaking study published in La Presse [1] reveals that in Quebec, some patients received Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) before other end-of-life options were offered to them. According to the study, “when MAiD was legalized in Quebec three years ago, the...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Belgium, a clinical trial has just been announced by NeuroHealing Pharmaceuticals (USA) and the Coma Science Group (University of Liège) to develop a treatment for recovery from coma. At the Coma Science Group and the William Lennox Neurological Hospital...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 18 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
Canadian employers are no longer required to recognize women’s sexual and reproductive rights and access to abortion. This condition for benefiting from subsidies for hiring youth for summer jobs, created last year, caused an outcry from religious organisations,...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | Genome
Experts at the Hong Kong summit [1] have unanimously condemned the work of He Jiankui, who claims to have created genetically edited twin girls. In a press release published this morning, the experts called for “an independent enquiry to confirm this...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 17 Dec, 2018 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
The judgement in the case of Caen University Hospital Centre v. the parents of a young disabled woman aged 19, instructs the hospital to treat Léah, although she is disabled, because she is not an end-of-life patient and her case does not come under the Leonetti law...