Eugenics
Hundreds protest against new French bioethics bill
Three hundred protesters stood in the cold in front of France's Senate on Jan. 22 to demonstrate against a bill being reviewed there this week involving assisted reproductive technology.
The latest demonstration comes after thousands of opponents of the controversial legislation took to the streets of Paris on Jan. 19.
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Pioneer Brits approve bill for ‘three parent’ babies
United Kingdom becomes the pioneer with the House of Lords approving a bill passed by the Commons to allow ‘three parent’ babies.
UK is the first nation in the world to allow the “mitochondrial transfer” technique, known as “three-parent”.
Ten Indian women die, dozens sick after mass sterilisati
Ten women have died in India and dozens more are in hospital, some in a critical condition, after a state-run programme that pays women to undergo sterilisation went badly wrong, officials said Tuesday.