Every year, 1,000 Belgians are given a lethal injection without requesting it. This point was highlighted on 29 January by Doctor Marc Cosyns[1], during the trial of Ivo Poppe, the nurse accused of murdering about twenty people (see Belgium: former nurse accused of administering euthanasia to dozens of patients”). Marc Cosyns has always said that there…
International Seminar Palliative and Social Care vs. Euthanasia
In the United States, the FDA has approved “the very first algorithm to monitor vital signs in patients in order to predict potentially fatal events a few hours before they occur”. Developed by the ExcelMedical Company, this form of “artificial intelligence” detects “subtle changes in vital signs and issues warnings up to six hours before a potentially fatal event occurs”. The…
Copyright: The Conversation, Academic rigor, journalistic flair. We’d all like to be a little happier. The problem is that much of what determines happiness is outside of our control. Some of us are genetically predisposed to see the world through rose-colored glasses, while others have a generally negative outlook. Bad things happen, to us and in…
More than 300 people have registered to participate in the International Seminar Palliative Care and Euthanasia Social Vs. held at the Congress of Deputies and organized by organizations: European Values and Society Foundation, Family and Human Dignity Association, Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, One Of Us Federation and Network for Political Values. Jaime Mayor Oreja,…
The March for Life in Paris, France, took place on January 21 during four hours from the Ponte Dauphine square to the Trocadero esplanade, in the center of Paris. Given the challenges we face today in the defense and protection of human life, the March for Life in Paris wanted to put on the streets…
Twenty-five years ago, after undergoing in-vitro fertilisation, an anonymous couple donated frozen embryos to “give a chance to those unable to conceive a child naturally”. For their part, Tina and Benjamin Gibson knew when they got married that they would not be able to have their own biological children as Benjamin has cystic fibrosis, which has left him…
A study conducted by Boston Children’s Hospital and the University of Montreal warns against the use of genome editing in humans because the “genetic differences between individuals could prove detrimental to the efficacy of gene modification” and affect the safety of tests conducted in humans. The authors are in fact asking for gene editing to be adapted…
In an article published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynaecology, bioethics and medical experts express their desire for a more in-depth investigation into ethical issues relating to “amnioinfusion”—experimental foetal therapy. They list ten key questions to be examined: the potential risks and benefits compared to alternatives, information for parents, consent, evaluation of results, fair access, conflicts of…
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…