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MAR : Access to Origins, What is the Reality ?

MAR : Access to Origins, What is the Reality ?

Although the 2nd August 2021 bioethics law partly authorised access to their origins for children born by Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) with a third-party donor, it is not until 2043 that children who so wish will systematically have access to the identity of...

Assisted Suicide not Recognized in European Law

Assisted Suicide not Recognized in European Law

Assisted suicide: The State Council has rejected a new request by the Dignitas association. A new attempt by the Swiss Dignitas association, has again resulted in rejection by the State Council.

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Vigilance on the Semantics

Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide: Vigilance on the Semantics

According to Le Figaro newspaper,  Erik Orsenna, the member of the French Academy has been mandated to explain the vocabulary used for the end of life with publication of the first items in early December 2022 to correspond with the launch of the “citizens’ convention”.

French Ethics Committee’s Deadly Volte-Face on Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide

French Ethics Committee’s Deadly Volte-Face on Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide

On September 13, 2022, the “CCNE” (French National Consultative Ethics Committee) published recommendation N° 139. Essentially it recommends for palliative care to be reinforced and for “some unavoidable ethical prerequisites” in the event that euthanasia and assisted suicide are legalized.