Issue no. 26 July 2011 “Abortion and patient protection”

World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research the bulletin Number 26, July 2011 A veiled ban on abortion in Russia. “On the 7th of July, Valery Draganov, a member of the Russian Federation’s Chamber of Deputies (Duma), introduced a bill on the “prevention of abortion and support for a child’s life before as well as

A veiled ban on abortion in Russia

On the 7th of July, Valery Draganov, a member of the Russian Federation’s Chamber of Deputies (Duma), introduced a bill on the “prevention of abortion and support for a child’s life before as well as after birth”. The proposed bill, which includes changes to the law “on the fundamental rights of children in the Russian

A closer look at stem cell frauds is needed

I have recently been forwarded an article by Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, commenting the negative effects of fraudulent uses of stem cells: “Stem cell clinics ripping off patients, bullying scientists” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43760409/ns/health-health_care/. No news, I said, since Luca Coscioni Association, who has been advocating for the promotion

ECHR condemns Poland for treating a woman inhumanely by denying her a prompt diagnosis and abortion

On the 26th of May 2011, the the European Court of Human Rights [ECHR] condemned Poland in the first degree with a six to one majority, because it stopped a pregnant woman from having a prompt amniocentesis after tests that showed malformations in her foetus: due to the obstacles posed by the doctors, the woman