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Posted on 22 Jul 2015

by Agata Ferretti
In Thailand, a homosexual couple is embroiled in a legal battle with the Thai government. The couple wants to leave the country with their surrogate baby daughter, because the surrogate mother, who is not biologically related to the child, is refusing to give the couple the child because she claims that she had not been informed that the couple was gay.
In January, this child had been entrusted to …

Posted on 21 Jul 2015
Summer School on Bioethics 2015, a Smashing Success!

by Ana Lita
Graduations always signify turning points; we’re so glad that our participants spent these past few weeks with us, and we hope they have learned a lot! We know we have! It is our hope that our students will take what they have learned through our summer program and apply it to their future endeavors, whatever they are. We also hope that we have inspired all of them to …

Posted on 21 Jul 2015

by Remy Servis
In Israel, like in many other countries around the world, the sale of organs for transplantation is illegal. However, a new policy established this week by the National Transplant Center– an organization formed by Israel’s Ministry of Health in 1994– guarantees that donors will still be protected and compensated for their contributions.
Donors will be financially reimbursed for up to five years—considering both the scope and breadth of the …

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