What do the following countries have in common?

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…

The Bioethics Observatory classifies the death of Vincent Lambert as an objectively euthanasic act

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…

Forte fécondité française : ce n’est pas seulement grâce aux femmes immigrées

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…

Adhesion of universities to the cultural platform “One of us” of european thinkers

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…

Caso Lambert: vía libre para la muerte por desconexión del tetrapléjico que divide a la sociedad francesa

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…

M.A. in Bioethics (opening October 2019)

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…