Does assisted reproductive technology (ART) resort too often to the use of unnecessary and costly techniques? In a recent study published in the Lancet, Australian researchers investigated this issue, especially focusing on the technique of intracytoplasmic sperm...
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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...
Bioethics: What Does “ROPA” Conceal?
An amendment to legalize “ROPA” was introduced at the French National Assembly by deputy and spokesman Jean-Louis Touraine (from President Macron’s centrist and liberal party “LREM”: the Republic Moving Forward). Although the government has thus far been opposed to...
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...
[Press Release] Bioethics Bill: Alliance VITA Urges Senators to Fight against Injustice
On December 3, in a hearing at the French Senate, Alliance VITA appealed to the Special Bioethics Committee to conscientiously revise and upgrade its’ ethical decisions. Caroline Roux, Alliance VITA’s Assistant General Delegate and Blanche Streb, Alliance VITA’s...
[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:...