Pre-implantation diagnostics have been carried out since the 1990s to detect chromosomal anomalies in embryos prior to implantation. Several techniques have been devised for this purpose. Polar body biopsies were initially carried out prior to fertilisation. Polar bodies or globules are cells formed during egg maturation, which disappear after fertilisation. They should have the same…
On Thursday 14th December Italian lawmakers passed a law to allow living wills and the Refusal of End-of-Life Care. The law just approved permits Italians to write living wills and refuse medical treatment, artificial nutrition and hydration, without the possibility of conscience objection. “Norme in materia di consenso informato e di disposizioni anticipate di trattamento”…
Brussels December 12th 2017. The EP will vote on December 12th and 13th the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2016 and the European Union’s policy on the matter and the report EU Citizenship Report 2017: Strengthening Citizens’ Rights in a Union of Democratic Change (2017/2069(INI)) Access to safe abortion” has…
15.000 people marched for Life last Saturday in The Hague, the administrative capital of the Netherlands. Theme for the March for Life this year, which was held for the 25th time: When did your heart start beating? Around 11.00 o’clock in the morning thousands of participants gathered at the Malieveld in The Hague, where…
December 9th the Netherlands will see its 25th edition of the March for Life. The theme of this year’s March is “When did your heart start beating?” Pointing out a baby’s heat starts beating at only 3 weeks of gestation. Of course during the March for Life there also will be a focus on…
830.000 signatures were delivered to the Parliament of Poland on Thursday, November 30. Supporters of the Citizens Initiative #StopAbortion greatly surpassed the required by law minimum of 100.000 signatures. Now, the legal proposition to ban eugenic abortion will be proceed by the Polish Parliament within the next three months. The number of signatories is…
The latest hot discussion in widening the scope of the Embryo Protection Act is for allowing anonymous gamete donation. This means using a third party, that is, a man or woman, other than the couple, to provide sperm or egg. In this case, the donor is given an altruistic description comparing this to an act…
For 4 years, the French Ministry of Health has established a system to record data of the pregnant women who are likely to bear foetus with Down syndrome – this is a first in History. Today, this terrifying reality happens in France; tomorrow, it may extend to other countries. In July 2016, the two decrees…
HE or SHE is One of Us
Last Saturday, 4th November in three cities of Portugal (Aveiro, Lisboa [the capital] and Porto) took place the March for Life (7thedition in Lisbon and first time in Aveiro and Porto). The marches where a success with more than 6 thousands in Lisbon and more than 500 in Aveiro and some more in Porto,…