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INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES
No. 126 - May 2024
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After receiving a consultation from a patient who, after ingesting a dose of postcoital contraceptive, has regretted the possibility that it acts through an anti-implantation mechanism, which would cause the death of the early embryo. We proceed to propose a reflection on this possibility. Background Official bodies such as the WHO or FIGO maintain the impossibility of these drugs to …
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A new understanding of the world Viktor Frankl, a young Austrian psychiatrist who survived the horrors of the concentration camps in Nazi Germany, has conveyed his thoughts that the search for meaning is the primary motivational force in human life. That search for meaning should be found in the understanding of the world in which we live. To know the …
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Space exploration is driven by an interest in scientific and technological progress, but it is also motivated by an innate desire to explore the unknown, as well as geopolitical and strategic considerations. In fact, the first man set foot on the Moon in 1969 specifically for the latter reason, as President Kennedy had made clear a …
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On April 8, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith published the Declaration “Dignitas Infinita” on human dignity in which it insists that euthanasia, gender theory or abortion constitute great threats to human dignity. The new document, consisting of 68 points and signed by the prefect of the Dicastery, the Argentine theologian and Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, was approved …
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Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will vote next Thursday, April 11, whether to include abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In a recently approved resolution, some MEPs urge member states to decriminalise abortion, and to remove and combat the remaining legal, financial, social and practical restrictions still hampering access in some member states. MEPs …
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On April 5 and 6, the “International Conference for the Universal Abolition of Surrogacy” took place in Rome, with the participation of representatives of international organizations, politicians and academics who sought to generate a public debate on this practice. The conference was organized by the expert signatories of the Declaration of Casablanca. In that document, presented on March 3, 2023, …
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Zoraya ter Beek, 28, living in the Netherlands, will receive euthanasia this May after requesting it for suffering from various mental health problems such as autism, borderline personality disorder and depression. This decision was made, despite not suffering from any terminal illness, when her psychiatrist informed her that he could no longer help her cope with her suffering. “I was …
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