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Alternative to IVF: London hospital freezes ovaries
This could prevent medically assisted pregnancy (MAP) for thousands of women with cancer, who are at risk of becoming infertile during treatment. Instead of freezing their eggs for in-vitro fertilisation, it is possible to surgically remove an ovary from the patient...
A quarter of all deaths are induced in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, fifteen years after the decriminalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide, "more than 25% of deaths in the country are induced". This is the figure highlighted in the 2017 statistics. More than 6,500 cases of euthanasia have been recorded with...
United States – pro-abortion laws proposed and defeated in the states of New York and Iowa
In the US state of New York, pro-abortionists are increasingly afraid of a Supreme Court reversal on the hot topic of abortion[1], a reversal by the Supreme Court of the landmark decision Roe v. Wade[2]. A law has also just been passed to "secure" access to abortion...
“Palliative care is a human right.”
" Palliative care is a human right," said Bishop Paglia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, at a conference entitled " Muslim and Christian Perspectives on Palliative Care and the End of Life "[1]in Doha, Qatar, on 22 January 2019. "...
China: monkeys cloned for medical research
Five cloned monkeys have been born at the Institute of Neurosciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai over the last six months. They were produced from the fibroblasts of a genetically modified adult Macaque monkey. Its BMAL1 gene, which helps regulate...
Woman pregnant with “three-parent” baby in Barcelona
A new "three-parent" pregnancy has been attempted by Spanish researchers. The 32 year-old pregnant woman is Greek. She has already had four attempts at IVF, all of which have failed. Directed by Nuno Costa-Borges, researchers at Embryotool, University of Barcelona,...
Embryos accidentally thawed: 8 more families are suing
In Ohio, eight new families are suing the Cleveland fertility clinic, which had allowed 4,000 frozen embryos to perish due to a lack of monitoring in March 2018 (see Ohio: Over 2,000 eggs and embryos potentially damaged The latest lawsuits were filed on Thursday for...
Abortion in Ireland: slower start than anticipated
The provision of abortion services in Ireland is delayed due to the shortage of willing doctors and the lack of medical training. Voted last December following the May 2018 referendum, the law decriminalising abortion came into force on 1 January 2019. Only...
Investigation into “thousands” of sterilisations and forced abortions on Reunion Island in the 1960s
A commission of inquiry[1] was set up at the French National Assembly on 19 December 2018 "to examine cases of sterilisation or forced abortion in Reunion Island in the 1960s and 1970s". In the 1960s, on Reunion Island, several practitioners performed thousands...
Japan: clinical trial to focus on iPS cells in cancer treatment
Japanese researchers are about to start a clinical trial in cancer patients to assess treatment based on induced pluripotent stem cells, also known as iPS cells. This research is being conducted by Haruhiko Koseki of Riken research institute and Professor Yoshitaka...
US – Federal judges halt expanded exemption from ACA contraceptive mandate
In the United States, on Monday, 14 January 2019, a federal judge temporarily suspended a provision to limit access to contraception for American women, pending a substantive review of the case. This provision, introduced by the Trump administration in 2017,...
Spain passes law on “death with dignity” and paves the way for euthanasia
On 20 December 2018, Spanish Congress MPs adopted the final text of the Muerte Digna law on "death with dignity". While the law officially aims to harmonise palliative care between the different Spanish regions, for Marta Sorlí, a member of the Compromís party, this...