Where Are We With the Bioethics Legislation in France Today?The latest bioethics law was adopted on 2nd August 2021. It is part of a legislative sequence dating back to 1994, the date of the first bioethics law. The 2021 law incorporates 7 major chapters (the...
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French Senate Special Committee on Bioethics: Some Success Albeit Mixed
In early February, the French Senate will continue to examinate the bioethics bill at second reading. The latest version of the bill produced by the Assembly was amended by the Special Committee, without achieving ethical relevance. This latest version amply...
March for the children : Press Conference held August 26, 2020
Following the adoption at 2nd reading, on August 1, of the bioethics bill by the National Assembly, a press conference by the Marchons Enfants collective! was held on August 26, 2020 in Paris. Caroline Roux, Deputy General Delegate of Alliance VITA, took part in this...
March for the Children: Caroline Roux’s Speech
In Paris, on January 19, 2020, Caroline Roux, Alliance VITA’s Assistant General Delegate, spoke at the massive citizen protest movement against the bioethics bill, organized by “March for the Children”. “If we are here today, braving the cold, some travelling from...
Bioethics: Ramifications of Permitting ART without Medical Infertility Criteria
Excerpts from the hearing at the French Senate, pronounced by Alliance VITA’s Assistant General Delegate, Caroline Roux, regarding the bioethics bill: Alliance VITA was founded in France at the end of 1993 when the first bioethics laws were introduced. We are very...
CRISPR Babies: Our Worries are Confirmed
Last November 2018, the CRISPR-Cas9 technique was first used in a human experiment which led to the birth of twin girls in China. Since then alarming information continues to spill out regarding the genetically modified babies born from this technique, who are...
[Press Release]: Understanding Bioethics Ethical and Humanistic Implications of France’s New Bioethics Bill
The French Parliamentary Committee started the first readings of the new bioethics law on September 10, prior to the public sessions scheduled to be held on September 24th.For this event, Alliance VITA has published an Understanding Bioethics (n ° 49) to...