Complete Text Alex Schadenberg Executive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A Chinese man, Li Zhihua from Xiangyang in Hubei Province, woke up from a 5 year Coma thanks to his wife literally caring for him night and day. The first thing Mr Li said to his wife after waking up was: ‘Wife, I love you!’
Complete Text Stem cell biologist Hiromitsu Nakauchi has been waiting for this moment for more than a decade. After years of planning, the persistent researcher has at last received approval from a government willing to pursue one of the most controversial scientific studies there is: human-animal embryo experiments. While many countries around the world have…
Source. What do the following countries have in common (USA, Norway, South Korea, South Africa, New Zealand, Colombia, Finland, Iran, Egypt, Costa Rica, Ireland, Puerto Rico, Turkey, Ukraine, Panama, Iceland and Moldova? Answer: in all of them, total fertility rate (children per woman) in 2018 was the smallest ever. What do the former countries have in common…
Complete text. The death of any human being is always dignified, because dignity is intrinsic to human nature. The Bioethics Observatory https://www.observatoriobioetica.org/ at the Catholic University of Valencia considers that “the death of Vincent Lambert following the withdrawal of hydration and nutrition is an objectively euthanasic act since, although he suffered severe brain damage, he…
Fuente. Selon les auteurs d’une étude, l’explication est plutôt à chercher du côté des politiques publiques de soutien à la famille, particulièrement incitatives. Si la fécondité de la France est la plus élevée des pays de l’Union européenne, ce n’est pas grâce à l’immigration, contrairement aux idées reçues. C’est le constat d’une étude publiée ce mercredi par l’Institut…
On February 23, 2019 was presented in the Paris Senate, the Cultural Platform “One of Us”, which brings together thinkers from different European countries. This platform has been promoted by the European Federation “One of Us”, integrated by national organizations that defend life and family in Europe and which is chaired by the Spanish, Jaime…
Fuente Fue un fallo jurisdiccional: El Tribunal de Apelación no tiene competencia en el caso Lambert. Eso dice el Tribunal de Casación dando la razón a los recursos del Estado y del hospital de Reims. Eso implica que “desde ahora”, en palabras del abogado de la mujer del paciente, pueden cesar toda hidratación y toda alimentación…
Alex SchadenbergExecutive Director – Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I was contacted by man with a disability, who was telling me how he was feeling pressured to ask for euthanasia. After explaining his concerns he sent me this email comment: I am living in the advanced stages of quadriplegia, now 33 years along. I am feeling the…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the leading U.S. federal agency for public health protection, recently changed its information on natural birth control methods on their website. Until now, the site mentioned a failure rate of 24% for these methods, a figure intended to discourage couples from using them and to prevent doctors…
The Faculty of Theology at the University of Malta is currently accepting applications for the Master of Arts in Bioethics (opening October 2019). Offered on a part-time basis (evening), the course aims to foster a culture respectful of bioethics and to empower candidates for ethical decision and policy-making relevant to their professional practices. The M.A. in Bioethics is strongly inter-disciplinary. It encourages research in bioethics and…