An Ohio appeals court upheld on Thursday a previous ruling that frozen embryos are not people. This decision was based on an Ohio law that states that an embryo is considered a person only if it can survive outside the womb. The decision was taken following lawsuits filed for the destruction of 4,000 frozen embryos…
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has released its latest data on medically assisted reproduction in the United Kingdom. More than 54,000 patients underwent 75,000 fertility treatments in 2017, with the number of IVF cycles increasing by 2.5% compared to 2016. In 2017, more than 20,500 children were born by IVF in the United…
Since abortion was decriminalized in Ireland on 2 January 2019, the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) My Options helpline has received 6,000 calls. Of the 317 Irish general practitioners willing to perform abortions, 169 agreed to have their contact details shared on the My Options website. The others can be accessed when a person contacts the…
Profesor de Filosofía árabe y medieval en La Sorbona, el pensador francés ha estado en España para hablar de «La fuerza del bien» Si dese descargar la entrevista en papel, puede hacerlo aquí. Rémi Brague es el ejemplo de un europeo de nuestro tiempo a la altura de nuestro tiempo. Profesor emérito de Filosofía árabe y…
On 4 May 2019, the UN International Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – to which the matter was referred by Vincent Lambert’s parents – asked France to suspend, “as a precautionary measure,” the decision to stop Vincent Lambert’s hydration and nutrition “while this case is investigated on its merits“. “Although we…
We MARCHED in our tens of thousands against abortion. WATCH and see why we will do so again on July 6th for the preborn child who is STILL alive, STILL human and STILL needs our voice
Los españoles cuentan con los mismos equipos especializados en esta materia que los que tenían hace ocho años. En España la creación de unidades de cuidados paliativos en los centros sanitarios se ha estancado hasta caer a niveles como los de Rumanía, mientras otros países de la Unión Europea han promovido el acompañamiento a los enfermos…
“Faced with these undeniable advances in managing infertility, potential problems have arisen from their use”. During a debate organised by the European Lawyers’ Union (UAE) in Marseille, Gérard Abitbol – the UAE’s dean of honorary presidents – addressed a panel of professionals, the majority of whom were judges, doctors and lawyers. “MAR and surrogacy bear…
Faced with the permanent shortage of organ donors, researchers are looking into alternatives. 3D-bioprinting “to build fully functional organs outside the body” has already begun to prove its worth: for example, to create artificial corneas that can be transplanted into the eye. However, bioprinting requires extensive equipment for culturing and transplanting. Researchers at the University of Fribourg…
