Alliance VITA takes note that the French Senate rejected the latest pro-abortion reform “to extend abortion rights.” Since abortions have reached record high numbers in France, it is particularly ironic and unfair to use the Covid pandemic as a pretext to table even...
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Gamete Donation Campaign to be Launched: to the Best Interest of the Child?
The French Biomedicine Agency (“ABM”) has recently launched a national gamete donation campaign, using a marketing argument prejudicial to the best interests of the child. According to the “ABM”, despite a significant increase in donations (up 38% between 2015 and...
French Elderly: New Law Projected for 2021
On September 22, French President, Emmanuel Macron announced during his visit to an “EPHAD” (nursing home establishments for aged and dependent individuals) that a bill for the elderly is being planned for the beginning of 2021. The advisory phase called the "Laroque...
Further Extension of Euthanasia in Belgium
On March 5th the Belgian Federal Parliament voted to further extend legislation in favor of increasing access to euthanasia. The revised law also plans to eliminate conscientious objection for healthcare professionals. It should be underscored that the State Council...
CRISPR: Clinical Trial on a Blind Patient
The CRISPR-Cas9 genetic engineering technique is currently being tested on an adult patient with a rare form of blindness. The patient has a rare hereditary eye disease known as Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) which progressively leads to blindness, due to a gene...
[Press Release] French Bioethics: Senate Called to Set Limits on Technical Omnipotence
By voting the bioethics bill in its’ current form, the deputies have signed the collapse of most of the ethical barriers that France allegedly held for the past 25 years. Alliance VITA calls for vigilance in the Senate to correct 3 serious injustices in this bill:...