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Status of the human body (Belgium)
Access to origins: Belgian law deems gamete donor anonymity unconstitutional
Author / Source : EIB Published on : Thematic : Status of the human body News Temps de lecture : 2 min.
After the birth of two daughters conceived through artificial reproduction with a gamete donor, a woman asked the fertilization center for access to the donor's identifying and non-identifying information, without any medical reason. When UZ Brussel refused, the mother and one of her daughters turned to the Brussels Court of First Instance. The 2007 law “relating to medically assisted procreation and the destination of supernumerary embryos and gametes” stipulates that a...
Gender reassignment: more and more Belgian teenagers are being prescribed puberty blockers
Author / Source : IEB Published on : Thematic : Status of the human body News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
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 their doctors, in an attempt to relieve the unease they feel about their biological sex. They are 684 young people between the ages of 9 and 17 in 2022, compared with 432 in 2019, reveals a survey carried out by the De Morgen (24/01/2024). Half of them are being treated at the...