The president of ACLU, Susan Herman, sent a message to the on line congress of Luca Coscioni Association, thus endorsing its advocacy activities and common goals. “I think you can tell just from a couple of examples I have given what our two organizations have in common so I am glad we now have discovered

JOIN US! Send a message to monitor or review data New! LIST OF REVIEWERS A subsequent set of country reports together with synoptic tables will help getting the state of: A. assisted reproduction technologies (ART); B. research with human embryonic stem cells (hESC); C. end-of-life decisions; D. abortion and contraception; E. therapeutic uses of narcotic

A.1.Prenatal genetic diagnosis (PGD) A.1.1. Is it permissible? If the answer is YES, then ask: A.1.1.1. Are there any limiting circumstances? A.2.Reproductive tissue cryoconservation A.2.1. Is it permissible to cryopreserve oocytes for future insemination(s)? If the answer is YES, then ask: A.2.1.1. Are there any limiting circumstances? A.2.2. Is it permissible to cryopreserve sperm for

D.1.Is it legal for a pregnant woman to terminate a pregnancy? If the answer is YES, then ask: D.1.1.1.Does the law impose any restriction on the exercise of her right? What are the restrictions? Conditions? Time range? (Physician certification, time, conditions,…) D.1.1.2. Is the cost of the procedure subsidized by the national health system? D.1.1.3.

C.1. Is a physician required to respect the patient’s refusal of life-sustaining treatment C.2. Is passive euthanasia (Refraining from performing an act, for reasons of compassion, that results in the death of a person—refraining from initiating life-sustained treatment) lawful? C.3. Is active euthanasia (taking positive steps to end life) lawful? C.4. Is physician-assisted suicide (patient

E.1. Is the therapeutic use of cannabis lawful? E.2. Is the therapeutic use of heroin (legally distributed by doctors to heroin addicts) lawful? E.3. Are heroin-equivalents available?

F.1. Are pain treatments available?

B.1. Is it lawful? If the answer is YES, then ask: B.1.1. Can stem cells be taken from supernumerary embryos (embryos that were created for ART purposes and the source couple no longer need) B.1.2. Can embryos be created for the purpose of generating stem cells to be used in research? B.1.3. Can stem cells

– Library of the European Parliament – DG Presidency – the students of Bryant University, RI, USA – D Gareth Jones, Professor at the Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology of University of Otago – Med. Dr J. N. – Sidney Altman, Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Professor of Chemistry; Member of

Europe is deeply split over how it treats its terminally ill. Here, the BBC News website shows the patchwork of different laws in force across Europe. Wednesday, 11 February 2009