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Protection of the embryo: the Alabama Supreme Court recognises that embryos are "unborn children"
Author / Source : IEB Published on : News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
The ruling was prompted by a complaint lodged against a clinic by three couples whose embryos stored for in vitro fertilisation were accidentally destroyed in 2020. The Supreme Court based its decision on the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act of 1872. The justices relied on specific case law (Mack v. Carmack) to define the term "minor child" and to declare that unborn children fell within that definition - "regardless of stage of development and regardless of location", in the words of Justice...
Dementia and end-of-life decisions : the Hastings Center is going to examine the question
Author / Source : The Hastings Center, National Institute in Aging Published on : News Temps de lecture : 1 min.
The senior population in the United States is growing, and as such, so is the number of cases of dementia. When a person has dementia, they experience the progressive impairment of cognitive facilities, including memory, problem solving and language. There is no cure yet for dementia and there is no effective way to halt its progression. As the condition progresses, the affected person requires daily assistance and eventually total care. Because dementia causes a loss of many cognitive...