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Assisted Reproduction – Belgium: End of donor anonymity… to better safeguard the child’s interests?
On 27 February, the Belgian Federal Government’s Council of Ministers approved a preliminary draft bill aimed at completely abolishing the anonymity of gamete donors (sperm and oocytes) in the context of assisted reproduction. From now on, children born through donation will be able, from the age of 16, to access...
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Access to origins: Belgian law deems gamete donor anonymity unconstitutional
In a ruling handed down on September 26, 2024, Belgium's Constitutional Court ruled that legislative provisions which absolutely prevent a child born from a gamete donation from obtaining any information from the...
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Bioethics & Conscience Conference - October 4th in Brussels
Over the last few years, in Europe and Western countries, freedom of conscience of healthcare professionals has been progressively challenged as legal access to certain ethically controversial practices has expanded....
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