A recent editorial in the journal Nature has highlighted the alarming rise of complex genetic testing for selecting human embryos in vitro. The emergence of companies offering prospective parents tests based on a "polygenic risk embryo score" prior to in...
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Italian Constitutional Court Rejects Referendum on Euthanasia
On February 15, 2022, the Italian Constitutional Court rejected a request for a referendum on euthanasia, alleging that the text does not ensure the basic protection of human life, especially for the vulnerable ones. At the end of summer 2021, the petition was...
Swiss Canton Votes “No” to Basic Fundamental Rights on Primates
On February 13, under the tradition of direct democracy, voters in Switzerland overwhelmingly rejected a national referendum on the ban on medical testing on animals (79,1% against). In the canton of Basel, voters were called upon to decide whether to amend their...
Euthanasia / Suicide: French Council of State Rejects Dignitas’ Appeal on a Preliminary Question of Constitutionality (PQC)
On 21 December 2021, the French Council of State rejected the Preliminary Question of Constitutionality made by the Swiss association Dignitas to counter the ban on pentobarbital, a drug within the barbiturate class. On September 22, 2021, when Dignitas submitted the...
Vigilance on European Commission’s Initiative on the Recognition of Parenthood Between Member States
In 2020 the European Commission put forward a proposal to "ensure that parenthood, as established in one EU country, is recognized throughout the EU so that children maintain their rights in cross-border situations, in particular when their families travel or move...
Portuguese President Vetoes Euthanasia Law
On November 29, 2021 the President of Portugal vetoed the law decriminalizing euthanasia. In January 2021 this highly controversial legislation was hurriedly pushed through Parliament while the country was facing another wave of the pandemic and had gone under lock...