By Nicolás Jouve, Emeritus Professor of Genetics. President of CiViCa, member of the Bioethics Committee of Spain. (Cover image: A monkey-human blastocyst, an early stage of embryonic development Weizhi Ji, Kunming University of Science and Technology). A work has just been published in the journal Cell [1] in which the group led by the Spanish…
In addition to producing human-animal organs, these experiences seek to study the first stages of embryonic development, and even be used to deepen the knowledge of some diseases and their treatment. An article in the journal Cell (April 15, 2021), was the first work describing the chimera production human-ape (read HERE). The authors said that Monkey (Macaca fascicularis)…
Solo cinco años después de la ley Claeys-Leonetti del 2 de febrero de 2016, el debate sobre el fin de la vida se relanza en Francia con una ofensiva proeutanasia compuesta por cuatro proyectos de ley. En el Senado, el 11 de marzo de 2021 se rechazó el “encaminado a establecer el derecho a morir…
Only five years after the Claeys-Leonetti law of February 2, 2016, the debate on the end of life is relaunched in France with a pro-euthanasia offensive consisting of four bills. In the Senate, that «aimed at establishing the right to die with dignity» (n ° 131) carried by Senator Marie-Pierre de la Gontrie (PS) was…
It is argued that the “slippery slope” that could be created after the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide could open the door to euthanasia practices that go beyond those permitted by law. In this respect, we address three specific circumstances in which we believe this could occur: 1) euthanasia techniques could be applied in…
In some countries, particularly Spain, one of the arguments used to justify the legalization of euthanasia is that there is a strong social demand for it. To try to ascertain the truth of this statement, we review different surveys of physicians and the general public, to determine their opinion on whether or not to legalize…
La emisora pública letona LSM.LV informó que, después de un largo debate, el letón Saeima rechazó una iniciativa ciudadana para legalizar la eutanasia por 49 votos contra 38 y 2 abstenciones. Una iniciativa ciudadana recogió 10.000 firmas que obligaron a la Saeima a debatir el tema. LSM informó que los representantes de Saeima vieron el debate…
The Latvian public broadcaster LSM.LV reported that, after a long debate, the Latvian Saeima rejected a citizens initiative to legalize euthanasia by a vote of 49 to 38 with 2 abstentions. A citizens initiative collected 10,000 signatures which required the Saeima to debate the issue. LSM reported that Saeima representatives saw the euthanasia debate as opening the…
El Presidente del Centro Europeo para el Derecho y la Justicia, y la Prevención del Aborto en Europa, Gregor Puppinck, recuerda que Francia se encuentra en la media alta de abortos y señala con el dedo la actuación de las instituciones europeas en esta materia. En Francia en 2019, hubo 232.000 abortos. ¿Dónde nos encontramos…
El estudio que aquí se nos propone muestra que la principal dificultad tiene su origen en «la pérdida del sentido de la objetividad de la moral», según los términos utilizados por el autor, por tanto en la ampliación del ámbito de lo relativo. y los “contigentes”. Es decir, la moral como referencia a un bien…
