During this crisis period, we are even more deeply concerned about individuals who are anxious, alone and struggling. Like many others in France, Alliance VITA provides support for the most vulnerable: those who are elderly, sick, alone, or disabled. They are even...
On March 5th the Belgian Federal Parliament voted to further extend legislation in favor of increasing access to euthanasia. The revised law also plans to eliminate conscientious objection for healthcare professionals. It should be underscored that the State Council...
Since October 2019, the Belgian Federal Parliament has been examining a bill on abortion. On March 12, the debate was postponed after the deputies requested for the Council of State to give an opinion prior to examining the newly submitted amendments for legislation...
The French Public Health Agency has just published the results of two evaluations of autism cases in its latest weekly epidemiology bulletin. This is a first in France. Until now, France could only provide unreliable statistics on autism, based on forecasts. This...
The CRISPR-Cas9 genetic engineering technique is currently being tested on an adult patient with a rare form of blindness. The patient has a rare hereditary eye disease known as Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) which progressively leads to blindness, due to a gene...
On March 3, 2020, the French National Consultative Committee on Ethics (“CCNE”) published the "Ethical Challenges of Gene Editing: Between Hope and Caution". The members had unanimously adopted these recommendations on September 19, 2019. This statement referred to as...
