by Alexis DUPORT | 5 Jul, 2017 | Gènéthique informs you
During the European meeting “Preventing Abortion in Europe” , which took place in Brussels at the COMECE[1] last June 22nd”, Grégor Puppinck, Doctor of law and director of the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ- Strasbourg), reminded his audience...
by Alexis DUPORT | 5 Jul, 2017 | Gènéthique informs you
This morning, the CCNE (French National Consultative Ethics committee) made public its opinion on MAP[1]. This opinion includes several decisions: Despite well-known reservations, it delivered a favourable opinion concerning “medically assisted procreation for...
by Alexis DUPORT | 5 Jul, 2017 | Gènéthique informs you
The ECLJ (European Court for Law and Justice) gave a lecture at the Human Rights Council in Geneva last June 20th, during an interactive dialogue on racism with the special rapporteur. He worked on “the contemporary forms of racism”, but according to the ECLJ he...
by Alexis DUPORT | 27 Jun, 2017 | Gènéthique informs you
In the UK, the minister for Health made public her annual report on “abortion statistics” mid-June. In 2016, 190 406 women aborted in the country. Among them, 3208 aborted after the diagnosis of a foetal abnormality (congenital malformations and chromosomal...
by Alexis DUPORT | 27 Jun, 2017 | Gènéthique informs you
On June 9th last, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), called upon by Charlie’s parents, ordered the British government to maintain care until Tuesday 13th June (cf. Royaume-Uni : La CEDH requiert le maintien provisoire des soins de Charlie). The...
by Alexis DUPORT | 27 Jun, 2017 | Gènéthique informs you
“When testing questions birth”. Last 8th and 9th June, the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris) organized two days of reflection around prenatal diagnosis (PND). Among the various discussions, one of...