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News Surrogacy
The Hague Conference: another setback for the international recognition of surrogacy
TThe Hague Conference has abandoned the draft protocol setting out the conditions under which states should recognise parent-child relationships arising from cross-border surrogacy. This was announced by the Conference’s Council on General Affairs and Policy (CGAP), which met from 3 to 6 March 2026.
News Parentage and Access to Origins
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...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Scotland – Rejection of the assisted suicide bill: a strong signal at European level?
On 17 March 2026, the Scottish Parliament rejected the “Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults Bill” at its third reading, by 69 votes to 57. This vote brings to an end a legislative process lasting nearly two years,...
News Fertility and Pregnancy
Perinatal bereavement – Belgium: towards the possibility of burial for all stillborn foetuses, regardless of gestational age?
In its Opinion No. 90 published at the end of 2025, the Belgian Bioethics Advisory Committee examined the ‘Funeral destination of foetuses that are stillborn at an early gestational age’. Among its recommendations is...
News Organ Donation
Donating one’s face after euthanasia: when death on demand turns the body into a resource
In autumn 2025, the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona performed a face transplant on a patient suffering from a bacterial infection. In twenty years, around fifty transplants of this type have been performed worldwide (including six in Spain). In this case, the face transplant was performed using a donor who had...
News Medically Assisted Reproduction
From embryo screening to eugenics: how private companies circumvent national legislation
Even as assisted reproductive technology (ART) becomes increasingly widespread (+19.7% between 2015 and 2022...
Paper Artificial Intelligence
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) - Recommendations to the European Commission
Implantable technologies, particularly Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs), raise significant ethical and legal concerns, notably regarding the physical and mental integrity of citizens in Europe and beyond.
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Bioethics in 2026: what developments can we expect at Belgian and European level?
The coming year promises to bring important new debates in several European countries and at European Union level, particularly on artificial reproduction, surrogacy, euthanasia and abortion, but also on new issues...
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