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News Abortion
ECHR condemns Poland: delayed publication of a ruling restricting access to abortion undermined legal certainty
In a judgment handed down on 13 November 2025, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned Poland for violating the right of respect for private and family life of the applicant, a Polish national who travelled to the Netherlands to have an abortion, given the genetic disease diagnosed in her unborn child.
To understand...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Slovenia backtracks on assisted suicide: what arguments won the day in the referendum?
On 23 November, the Slovenian people voted to repeal the law legalising assisted suicide, which had been passed by Parliament a few months earlier.
Passed on 18 July 2025 by the majority of MPs, this law opened the way...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
“Death with dignity” bill in Uruguay: euthanasia could be ob-tained in just a few days
Uruguay would become the first country in Latin America to legally decriminalize euthanasia if the bill approved by the House of Representatives on August 13, 2025, is passed by the Senate.
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia and assisted suicide: what does really distinguish these two practices of planned death?
Several European countries (particularly France and the United Kingdom) are currently considering the legalization of certain forms of “assisted death.” Slovenia has just authorized assisted suicide, while excluding the...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Euthanasia - Do the UN's criticisms of the French bill also apply to Belgium?
On 10 September, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) presented its conclusions on the French bill on the ‘right to assistance in dying’.
This procedure – particularly rare for the CRPD – began on 23 June 2025, when the UN committee expressed its concern that this...
News Surrogacy
Constitutional reform in Slovakia: ban on surrogacy and reaffirmation of national sovereignty in bioethics
On 26 September, the National Council of the Republic adopted a series of amendments to the Slovak Constitution, including several changes aimed at strengthening national sovereignty on various issues, including...
News Surrogacy
The UN calls for a global ban on surrogacy in the name of women's and children's rights
In a report presented on July 14, 2025, to the United Nations General Assembly, the UN Special reporter on violence against women and girls, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, strongly condemned the practice of...
News Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Legalization of assisted suicide in Slovenia
[UPDATE: Following the referendum in November 2025, the entry into force of this law was canceled]
On July 18, 2025, Slovenia joined the small number of countries that allow assisted suicide.
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