Is loneliness the ill of this hyperconnected era? This question is being asked by many observers and organisations such as the WHO (World Health Organisation). Our world has been described as a village since distances have shrunk thanks to high-speed travel and of...
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Abortion in the French Constitution : a Freedom or a Right, the Wrong Debate ?
On 29th October 2023, President Macron announced that a bill to register abortion in the French Constitution would be submitted to the cabinet during December. According to information in La Tribune, the text to appear under article 34 of the constitution would be as...
European Parliament : Parliamentary Committee Vote on a Controversial Proposal on Filiation
On 7th November 2023, the European Parliamentary commission on legal affairs voted for a proposed rule initiated by the European Commission concerning the recognition of filiation certificates between European Union member states. The Commission, during its...
Canada has Broken the Sad Record of its Number of Euthanasia
Santé Canada (Canada Health) has just released its 4th annual report on Medical Assistance In Dying (MAD). Covering euthanasia and assisted suicide, MAD represented 4.1% of deaths in 2022, which is a new record since its legalisation. The situation in Canada is...
Embryo Model : The Biomedicine Agency Has Issued an Advice
Research into what could be termed “embryo models” manufactured artificially in laboratories has been conducted for several years by a few teams (United Kingdom, Israel, United States etc.). They have been the subject of recent scientific publications, with some...
Belgium : Is Euthanasia Economical ?
The case of a young Belgian woman requesting euthanasia due to the failings in the social system acts as a wake-up call on the economic discrimination being suffered by patients. In her testimony relayed by SudInfo and delivered by the Nieuwsblad media, Shanna, at 38...
International Day for Older Persons : Our Elders Have a Lot to Pass on to Us
Since 14th December 1990, the 1st October has been dedicated by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day for Older Persons. The theme for 2023 proposed by the UNO is: "Fulfilling the promises in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for the...
The Hormonal Contraceptive Pill : Scientific Studies are Highlighting the Risks
Several recent scientific studies have examined the risks to which women are exposed when taking hormonal contraceptives. Certain studies go deeper into subjects already known to the public and which have been the subject of publications and articles for many years...
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...
Export of Gametes and Embryos, Post Mortem assisted reproduction : the ECHR Issues a Judgement
The ECHR (European Court of Human Rights) has issued a judgement on the sensitive issue of post mortem assisted reproduction and the export of gametes or embryos. The facts Two recently widowed women, have lodged an appeal with the ECHR concerning the prohibition in...
Reminder of the Law in Quebec Following the Strong Rise in Euthanasia
The Commission on end-of-life care has called upon doctors in Quebec practicing euthanasia, officially designated as "Medical Assistance in Dying (MAD), to follow the law more strictly. Indeed, the exponential increase in the number of euthanasia in that Canadian...
The Shocking Fiasco of a Euthanasia in Belgium
On 6th September 2023, Sudinfo revealed that a Belgian woman in her thirties suffering from terminal cancer had been smothered by two nurses using a pillow following a failed euthanasia attempt. The young 36-year-old woman was suffering from cancer and in December...