Search results
All themes
Beginning of Life
End of Life
Rights and Freedoms
Human Being
120 result(s)
News Embryo
The International Society for Stem Cell Research Drops the 14-day Limit on Human Embryo Research
During the last four decades, a period of 14 days was officially accepted as the ethical and legal limit on human embryo research. In other words, scientists were not allowed to pursue research on embryos beyond the fourteenth day after their fertilisation or after their unfreezing if they were previously...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Position of the WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (WMA) on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide – Chronological overview (1987-2019)
In October 2019, the World Medical Association1 (WMA) adopted a declaration on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. This new declaration is an opportunity to analyze the documents successively adopted by the WMA...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Death by Request in Switzerland: Post-traumatic stress disorder and complicated grief after witnessing assisted suicide
A study conducted in Switzerland in December 2007 among 85 family members and friends who were present at an assisted suicide showed higher prevalence of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and complicated grief after...
Paper Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Report 2016 euthanasia in Netherlands
Netherlands 2016 euthanasia deaths increase by another 10%
Paper Abortion
The psychological consequences of abortion
Identifying the the psychological consequences of abortion is complicated for our society, because talking about them leads the audience to think that the proposed approach calls into question the decriminalisation of abortion, an unwelcome debate in the Belgian and French democracies.
Paper Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia of minors in Belgium
On 28 February 2014 a law was enacted "amending the Act of 28 May 2002 on euthanasia in order to extend it to minors"1. Belgium thus became the first and only country to authorise euthanasia of minors without specifying...
Paper Medically Assisted Reproduction
Is IVF (ART) indisputable?
A chorus of praise accompanied the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Medicine to Professor Edwards, inventor of in vitro fertilisation (IVF). However, there remain numerous objections.
Paper Illness & Disability
Are people in a persistent vegetative state "Vegetables"?
Playing tennis in your headThe case which has clearly contributed the most to broadcasting the issue of people in a persistent vegetative state is the one of Terri Schiavo. In medical history, persistent vegetative...
Our Themes
Beginning of Life
End of Life
Rights and Freedoms
Stay informed
Subscribe to our free newsletter!
Support the IEB
To carry out its activities, the IEB relies solely on the enthusiasm and motivation of private donors.
Any donation of €40 or more to the IEB is tax-deductible in Belgium, allowing you to reclaim 30% of your donation.