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News Surrogacy
Surrogate motherhood: in Rome, a large panel of experts calls for an international ban on the practice
An international conference for the universal abolition of surrogate motherhood was held in Rome on 5 and 6 April 2024.
This meeting of international experts is part of the Casablanca Declaration, signed on 3 March 2023 at the conference launching this initiative (see EIB news 14/3/23).
More than a hundred experts of 75...
News Gender & Sexuality
End of puberty blockers for minors: England reviews its treatment of gender dysphoria
On 12 March 2024, following a review of a public consultation and in the face of the many unknowns and concerns raised by an independent study, the British health service (NHS) officially announced that puberty blockers...
News Medically Assisted Reproduction
A study highlights the link between artificial procreation and risk of placenta accreta
Published on 29 March 2024 in the journal Nature, the study examines the risk factors associated with placenta accreta* after vaginal delivery. Until now, this complication of pregnancy has been seen, in the majority of...
News Abortion
Constitutionalisation of abortion in France: a high-risk symbol
At Versailles on Monday 4 March 2024, French parliamentarians meeting in Congress voted 780 to 52 to include the freedom to have an abortion in the Constitution. The single article aimed at amending article 34 of the...
News Medically Assisted Reproduction
PMA: René Frydman criticises the absolutism of the desire for a child
"(...) sometimes you may have to give up medicine before it becomes harmful". Coming from René Frydman, a leading gynaecologist and "father" of France's first IVF baby, this sentence, taken from his latest book La tyrannie de la reproduction, may come as a surprise.
News Abortion
Protection of the embryo: the Alabama Supreme Court recognises that embryos are "unborn children"
In a ruling handed down on 16 February, the Alabama Supreme Court declared that embryos frozen for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) must be considered as "unborn children" and are therefore protected by law.
News Gender & Sexuality
Gender reassignment: more and more Belgian teenagers are being prescribed puberty blockers
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...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia in Belgium: 15% increase in 2023 - Towards a normalisation of programmed death
On Tuesday 27 February, the Federal Commission for the Control and Evaluation of Euthanasia in Belgium (CFCEE) released the figures for euthanasia declared in 2023. The number of euthanasia procedures officially carried...
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