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Reminder of the Law in Quebec Following the Strong Rise in Euthanasia

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

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...

Cost analysis of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAD) in Canada

Cost analysis of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAD) in Canada

LEGAL CONTEXT IN CANADA OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN DYING Medical Assistance in Dying (MAD), i.e. euthanasia, has been available in Canada since 2016 in the context of the so-called Law C-14. Initially, it was available only to those people whose death was reasonably...

The Procreation Marketplace: An Exhibition Which Says a Great Deal

The Procreation Marketplace: An Exhibition Which Says a Great Deal

For the 4th consecutive year, the "Fertility and Parenthood" exhibition will be held on the 2nd and 3rd September in Paris. This year it has been renamed using the English wording "Wish for a Baby", the exhibition was previously known as "désir d’enfant (wishing for a...

Animal Welfare, Animal Rights, What are we Talking about?

Animal Welfare, Animal Rights, What are we Talking about?

Animal welfare, animal rights, such expressions are in widespread use without necessarily explaining what they mean. This lack of precision may in fact be an intentional communication strategy: to be “against animal welfare” would be out of place. At a time when...

Bill deferred on growing old comfortably: Old age abandoned

Bill deferred on growing old comfortably: Old age abandoned

The new deferment of the bill on growing old comfortably and the absence of any road map on old age throws doubt on the priorities of the government at a time when the sector is suffering from a cruel lack of both means and personnel. On Tuesday 18th July, on the...

The French Audit Office calls for the reinforcement of palliative care

The French Audit Office calls for the reinforcement of palliative care

In a detailed 124-page report, the French Audit Office has published a statement on palliative care and is calling for its reinforcement. Under the title “Palliative care, a treatment service which needs reinforcement”, the report was ordered by the President of the...

Attempts to produce “embryo models” manufactured artificially ?

Attempts to produce “embryo models” manufactured artificially ?

What are we actually talking about ? "Synthetic embryos", "embryoids", "synthetic human embryos", "imitation embryos", "embryo models", "embryos derived from stem cells", "laboratory  copy of human embryos", "blastoids" etc. these are the convoluted designations which...

Multiform opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide

Multiform opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide

Various voices are being raised against the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide:  politicians, health workers, as well as citizens including those facing handicap. Although far from exhaustive, these stated positions reveal the profound fractures relating...