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Press Conference by “March for the Children” to Request the Withdrawal of France’s Bioethics Bill
Together with the collective group “March for the Children”, Alliance VITA participated in an emergency press conference on June 18, 2020 in front of the French Health Ministry to denounce the government’s obstinate attempt to push through the bioethics bill in an...
Abortion: COVID-19 Pandemic Exploited as Pretext
Following the extended deadlines for having drug-induced abortions at home from 5 to 7 weeks of pregnancy, Alliance VITA, is sounding the alarm to protect human dignity. Apparently the number of consultations and abortions has declined during the two-month confinement...
Covid-19 in France: Abuse of Power for Drug-induced Abortions at Home
On May 22, the French State Council voted to prolong the recent decree, which extends access to drug-induced abortions at home. The April 14, 2020 decree was originally enacted as part of the national emergency health measures taken to fight the Coronavirus pandemic. ...
Ongoing Abortion Controversy in the French Senate
The latest abortion controversy started right at the beginning of the confinement, when Senator Laurence Rossignol (Socialist Party) tried to extend the statutory deadline for performing abortions from 12 to 14 weeks of pregnancy. On the night of May 28, two...
Coronavirus: Temporary “Off-label” Derogation for Rivotril® Rescinded
In France, the official decree issued on March 29, 2020, which authorized Rivotril® to be prescribed “off-label, in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak” was rescinded on May 12, (decree n° 2020-548, Art. 28, dated May 11, 2020). The exceptional derogation for using...
End-of-life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Could the COVID-19 pandemic change our vision of the care for the dying or for people at the end of their life? The COVID-19 crisis has sparked a significant and genuine thinking on our relation with the dying, especially in the institutional and hospital settings. As...
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