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Surrogacy: Controversial Ruling at French Court of Appeals
On November 25, 2019, the Court of Appeals in Rennes, France recognized the filiation on French civil registration for four children born to surrogate women abroad. This decision is equivalent to authorizing surrogacy, even though it is prohibited by French law. This...
Bioethics: “Mass Grave” at Paris-Descartes University
Human bodies given to science have been stored without any dignity whatsoever in the Paris-Descartes University Center for Donations, for several years and some body parts have been illicitly sold. First reported on November 27 in the French newspaper, L’Express, the...
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...
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...
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