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Status of the human body (Belgium)
Between hope and organ shortage, uterus transplants raise ethical questions
Author / Source : EIB Published on : Thematic : Status of the human body News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
The procedure began in 2018, when the uterus of a brain-dead donor was transplanted into a woman suffering from Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome. This syndrome is characterised by the total or partial absence of a vagina and an underdeveloped or non-existent uterus. To achieve pregnancy in these conditions, embryos were conceived by in vitro fertilisation prior to the transplant and subsequently re-implanted once doctors had established that the transplanted uterus had not been...
Organ donation after euthanasia: Altruism to mask utilitarianism?
Author / Source : EIB Published on : Thematic : Status of the human body News Temps de lecture : 3 min.
The 10th ‘Sympadot’ symposium, organised on 21 November by the Transplantation Department of Brussels University Hospital (Erasme), focused on organ donation and transplantation. Among the topics discussed was the deliberately provocative question: ‘Euthanasia, a pathway to the futur? According to the speakers, the aim is to promote an ‘end-of-life project’ that would include organ donation. Is this an attempt to promote an altruistic gesture to divert...
Access to origins: Belgian law deems gamete donor anonymity unconstitutional
Author / Source : EIB Published on : Thematic : Status of the human body News Temps de lecture : 2 min.
After the birth of two daughters conceived through artificial reproduction with a gamete donor, a woman asked the fertilization center for access to the donor's identifying and non-identifying information, without any medical reason. When UZ Brussel refused, the mother and one of her daughters turned to the Brussels Court of First Instance. The 2007 law “relating to medically assisted procreation and the destination of supernumerary embryos and gametes” stipulates that a...
Gender reassignment: more and more Belgian teenagers are being prescribed puberty blockers
Author / Source : IEB Published on : Thematic : Status of the human body News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
More and more teenagers in Belgium are taking puberty blockers to halt the sexual development of their bodies during adolescence. In just three years, 60% more of them have been prescribed these hormone treatments by their doctors, in an attempt to relieve the unease they feel about their biological sex. They are 684 young people between the ages of 9 and 17 in 2022, compared with 432 in 2019, reveals a survey carried out by the De Morgen (24/01/2024). Half of them are being treated at the...