Status of the human body

Gender reassignment: more and more Belgian teenagers are being prescribed puberty blockers

Author / Source : IEB Published on : 02/04/2024 Thematic : Status of the human body News Temps de lecture : 1 min.

More and more teenagers in Belgium are taking puberty blockers to halt the sexual development of their bodies during adolescence. In just three years, 60% more of them have been prescribed these hormone treatments by their doctors, in an attempt to relieve the unease they feel about their biological sex. They are 684 young people between the ages of 9 and 17 in 2022, compared with 432 in 2019, reveals a survey carried out by the De Morgen (24/01/2024). Half of them are being treated at the...

From induced death to useful death: increasing organ donation after euthanasia in Quebec

Author / Source : EIB Published on : 02/04/2024 Thematic : Status of the human body News Temps de lecture : 1 min.

This development raises questions about the confusion that is developing around these two practices, which have completely different, if not irreconcilable, moral values. Little by little, the altruism of organ donation ends up masking the serious attack on the life and dignity of the person being euthanised. Far from being alarmed by this utilitarian shift, Dr Matthew Weiss, medical director of organ donation at Transplant Québec and author of the study, would like to increase...