The result of the recent examination of the French bioethics law by the Senate shows that this law cannot be simply amended. The Senators must vote on the amended text in a plenary session scheduled for February 4. Ethics is supposed to protect human rights, life and...
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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...
[Press Release] Bioethics: New Transgressions Enacted by French Senatorial Committee
In less than 48 hours, the Senatorial special committee examined and amended the pending bioethics law in France. Tugdual Derville, Alliance VITA’s General Delegate stated: "We are very concerned about the bioethics committee’s votes, and we hope that in the upcoming...
[Press Release] Alliance VITA Launches a Poster Campaign in Paris against the Bioethics Bill
On January 8, 2020 Alliance VITA launched an unprecedented poster campaign, just a few days before the Senatorial Commission was to resume the debate on the bioethics law. To alert on the dangers of this reform Alliance VITA had installed 400 posters in the train...
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...
Bioethics Bill: Human Embryo Research What is at Stake?
Excerpts from the hearing at the French Senate, pronounced by Alliance VITA’s Director of Training and Research, Blanche Streb, regarding the bioethics bill: It is no longer rational to consider the human embryo on two separate levels: either for procreation or for...
Bioethics bill: Tugdual Derville invited on France Culture, September 24
Tugdual Derville, Alliance VITA’s General Delegate was invited to speak on France Culture, on September 24th, while the bioethics bill was being debated at the French National Assembly. Verbatim excerpts from the broadcast: "What right do we have to deliberately...
[Press Release] Bioethics Bill: Alliance VITA Reiterates Vigilance
Beyond the emblematic issue of "ART without a father” lie many other bioethics issues, which are just as serious. This new bioethics bill contains 3 major transgressions: In the field of artificial procreation, eliminating the infertility criterion to access ART,...