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Macron intends to incorporate abortion into the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
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The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has asked the European Parliament in Strasbourg that abortion and environmental protection be explicitly incorporated (EU) in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. “I want us to consolidate our values as Europeans, which are our unity, our pride and our strength. Twenty years after the proclamation of our Charter of Fundamental …
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Bioethical issues of the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide
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A patient obtains authorization to receive assisted suicide in Italy and opens the door to the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide in that country. Once again, we find ourselves with a similar case to the one experienced in Spain with the assisted suicide of María José Carrasco in March 2021. Just after her story was published in the media, …
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Pig-to-human heart transplant. A new horizon?
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A pig heart was transplanted in the United States in a patient with severe heart disease for whom there was no therapeutic alternative. It was the first time a pig-to-human heart transplant was successful. Since the end of the last century, transplant science has sought alternatives to human organ transplant, exploring the possibility of using genetically modified animal organs. Another …
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Justo Aznar, founder of the Institute of Life Sciences of the Catholic University of Valencia, passes away
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Justo Aznar, director of the Bioethics Observatory and founder of the Life Sciences Institute of the Catholic University of Valencia, has died in Valencia at the age of 84. Doctor of Medicine with Extraordinary Prize from the University of Navarra, he occupied the first chair of Bioethics of the Royal Academy of Medicine of the Valencian Community. His scientific and …
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Transgender children's health at risk in Sweden
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Thirteen children who had undergone hormone-blocking treatments for gender transition suffered serious health problems, a Swedish television program called Uppdrag granskning has reported. In this sense, from the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, they have declared that they will not start transgender children's hormonal treatments again, since, as they affirm, no one can be treated if it is unknown if …
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On the moral problem of vaccination
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The conflict of vaccination mandates that should be accorded to people who refuse to be vaccinated is a topic of bioethical debate. In previous posts, we analyzed the reasons that support vaccination, from the recognition of available scientific evidence and respect for the bioethical principles that defend human life, justice and solidarity. In this sense, we echo the reflection published …
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China records worst birth rates since 1950
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The Chinese National Bureau of Statistics has recently reported 10.62 million births during 2021, 1.4 million less than in 2020. A new unprecedented minimum since 1950, despite the efforts of the authorities to increase the birth rate. In an attempt to prevent population aging and the problems associated with it, new measures have been implemented to reverse the demographic crisis, …
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Pig-to-human kidney transplant
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For the first time, a bilateral kidney xenotransplantation (pig-to-human kidney transplant) performed in a brain-dead person is detailed in a scientific journal. The surgical team responsible for this intervention, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, performed the transplant on September 30, 2021 to check its viability. Porcine kidneys did not cause hyperacute rejection, maintained blood flow, and produced urine …
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