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French Bioethics Bill Violates Children’s Rights
Just as France marks its 30th anniversary for signing the United Nations Children’s Rights Convention (UNCRC), Alliance VITA decries the country’s current bioethics bill which violates inherent protections established by this...
WMA Reiterates Opposition to Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide
On October 26, the World Medical Association (WMA) reasserted its opposition to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide during its’ annual Assembly in Tbilisi, Georgia, stating that these practices violate "the principles of medical ethics ". The Netherlands and...
Euthanasia: Pentobarbital Drug Trafficking Network Dismantled in France
On October 15, 2019, police carried out approximately a hundred raids for illegal possession of Pentobarbital, seizing 130 bottles of this very strong barbiturate, which is banned in France. The central office in the fight against environmental and public health...
6th annual World Hospice and Palliative Care Day
The theme for the 6th annual World Hospice and Palliative Care Day held on October 12, 2019 is "My Care, My Right". This unified day of action to celebrate hospice and support palliative care around the world reminds us that every man, woman and child has the right to...
March for the Children: Blanche Streb’s Appeal
On October 6, in Paris, Blanche Streb, Alliance VITA’s Research and Training Director, and Spokesperson for March for the Children, declared at the massive citizen protest against the Bioethics bill: "Science has made us gods, even before we are worthy of being men."...
Greece: Illegal Trafficking of Newborns and Oocytes
Greek police have dismantled a crime network involved in selling ovaries and newborns, mainly from Bulgarian women. The group allegedly transported the women (Bulgarians, Georgians and some Romani) to a private clinic in Thessaloniki to deliver their babies or have...
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