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Freedom of research in United Kingdom

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:05:55 +0200

United Kingdom was surveyed by the Library of the European Parliament - DG Presidency. Last update: December 2008. Any peer review of data is welcome

(see attachment)

Drugs: the Radicals participate in the Vienna Declaration, requesting that Ban Ki Moon supports the decriminalisation

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:17:04 +0200

03/08/2010

Joint declaration by the Nonviolent Radical Party transnational and transparty, Luca Coscioni Association and the International Anti-prohibitionist League

For decades, staff working with HIV-positive patients or patients with drug addiction have collected scientific evidence bearing witness to the failings of prohibitionist policies; however, reading this data from an ideological standpoint one could easily ignore the devastating effects of the “drugs war” in terms of public health: number of deaths and levels of infection, recovery, and cure. When political powers decide to trample on every bit of evidence, the road to new forms of totalitarianism is opened: it is because of this that we decided to back the mobilisation of scientists and doctors through the Vienna Declaration, which includes among the first signatories Elly Katabira, President of the International AIDS Society; Evan Wood, PhD, founder of the International Centre for Science in Drug Policy; Julio Montaner, President of the International AIDS Society; Fernando Henrique Cardoso, President of Brazil 1995-2003, and Adeeba Kamarulzaman, Head of the Department for Infectious Diseases, University of Malaysia.

Freedom of research in Québec (Canada)

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:53:10 +0200

Québec (Canada) was surveyed by the students of Bryant University, RI, USA. Last update: March 2009. Any peer review of data is welcome. A special thanks to Sidney Altman, Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Professor of Chemistry; Member of Yale faculty since 1971

Monitoring freedom of research and cure in
QUEBEC (CANADA)
Table of content:

IVF in Poland. World Congress helps the Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning facing Church's prohibitionism

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:50:29 +0200

Last June 30 the Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning held a press conference to challenge Church's prohibitionism on IVF. An open letter by Luca Coscioni Association and the Nonviolent Radical Party was read on that occasion.

According to Luca Coscioni Association the right to health has no national barriers, since it is a fundamental and universal human right. To endorse this right in a concrete way our association together with the Nonviolent Radical Party, transnational and transparty campaigns at the United Nations, the European Parliament and worldwide.

Freedom of research in Italy - Request of support

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:35:27 +0200

In concert with professor Elena Cattaneo, Elisabetta Cerbai and Silvia Garagna, Luca Coscioni Association launched an appeal to raise funds aimed at covering part of the legal expenses of the three Italian scientists appealing against the Italian government’s decision to arbitrarily exclude human embryonic stem cells from an 8-million euro fund for stem-cell biology (read the chronology of the action). Since the beginning of the appeal (July 7) 7.974,79 euro (around 10.337 USD) have already been raised. The first tranche of legal expenses has been promptly refunded (see attachments).

Maternal health should be a priority at the G8 Summit in Canada

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:29:31 +0200

Luca Coscioni Association endorsed an open letter by the National Abortion Federation addressed to the Prime Minister of Canada after members of his cabinet had publicly stated that the government’s maternal health strategy will not address unsafe abortions in developing countries or support access to family planning and contraceptives. “It is imperative that the work done in Canada build on—not backtrack from—previous commitments”, wrote a hundred sign-on organizations, including the Nonviolent Radical Party, Hands Off Cain and No Peace Without Justice.

REVIEWED! Freedom of research and cure in NEW ZEALAND - Country report and synoptic table

Wed, 26 May 2010 19:24:21 +0200

New Zealand was surveyed by the students of Bryant University, RI, USA. Last update: March 2009. Any peer review of data is welcome. A special thanks to D Gareth Jones, Professor at the Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology of University of Otago for his review of data concerning ART

Monitoring freedom of research and cure in
NEW ZEALAND*
Table of content:
A. Artificial reproduction technologies (ART)

Freedom of research and cure in PANAMA - Country report and synoptic table

Wed, 26 May 2010 16:26:19 +0200

Panama was surveyed by the students of Bryant University, RI, USA. Last update: March 2009. Any peer review of data is welcome.

Monitoring freedom of research and cure in
PANAMA*
Table of content:
A. Artificial reproduction technologies (ART)
B. Research with human embryonic stem cells (hESC)
C. End-of-life decisions
D. Abortion and contraception
INTRODUCTION
With the help of the United States of America, Panama became a free country in 1903, seceding from Columbia. Panama is an extremely young country (especially when considering the fact that the United States is only a few hundred years old). Our first reaction while researching this country was that it was extremely radical and underdeveloped with poor healthcare and virtually no large hospitals. After digging deeper, we found that this is not the case in Panama. Although it is very young, Panama is on the verge of becoming aware that legislations match their moral values. In May of 2001, Panama established a National Commission on Bio-safety and Bioethics, charged with the drafting of bills pertaining to genetic bio-safety, stem cell research therapy and cloning. This is one of the first steps Panama has taken in regards to establishing a systematic process where bioethical issues can be discussed. We consider it a giant leap forward for the country as a whole in dealing with bioethical issues that will surely arise in greater numbers in the future. Although some health care issues are restricted, the government has not yet established a position and even requirements and limits on many issues. This opens a vacuum of opportunity for private companies to practice without fear of legal retribution, and with minimal (if any) specific requirements or guidelines.

"Bear bile: Bad for bears, bad for humans" by Angela Leary

Fri, 21 May 2010 16:12:56 +0200

A most appreciated article by the Media Manager of Animals Asia Foundation www.animalsasia.org

Animals Asia Foundation is calling on the authorities in China and Vietnam to look urgently into the health risks of consuming bear bile that is sold as a cure-all in these two countries.

The Hong Kong-headquartered charity, which is campaigning to end the brutal bear bile trade in Asia and rescuing hundreds of bears and rehabilitating them at its sanctuaries, says officials are ignoring compelling health concerns about the bile trade, which involves the torture of chronically ill bears for years, sometimes decades, under extremely confined and unhygienic conditions.

The High Committee of Religious Affairs sets out conditions to artificial reproduction in Turkey

Tue, 18 May 2010 18:01:27 +0200

Translated from Turkish by Mattia Bordignon

"Visa released for tube babies from the High Committee of Religious Affairs"

Ankara, Turkey 12/05/2010

"We think that it is not right to decide the gender of the babies in the application of artificial insemination", the chairman of the High Committee of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Hamza Aktan said, "the matter has to be left to its natural course".
While affirming that artificial insemination is legitimate as a cure against infertility, Aktan also pointed out that this method can be implemented by married couples which cannot have a child through natural ways.

Assisted reproduction in Europe - The maps on the legal situation and a sentence by the Strasbourg Court

Tue, 11 May 2010 18:35:44 +0200

See the maps on the legal situation of assisted reproduction techniques in Europe by SISMER and read the recent sentence of the European Court (in attachment).

"Fertility and Sterility - IFFS Surveillance 2007" - Towards monitoring freedom of research in the world

Mon, 10 May 2010 16:56:42 +0200

See on line a compendium by the International Federation for Fertility and Sterility:IFFS Surveillance 2007: A Worldwide Compendium of National Rules and Regulations for ART.

"Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress" by the Guttmacher Institute. Towards monitoring freedom of research and cure

Wed, 05 May 2010 12:33:03 +0200

See the full report on line Singh S et al., Abortion Worldwide: A Decade of Uneven Progress, New York: Guttmacher Institute, 2009.

Freedom of research in SOUTH AFRICA - Country report and synoptic table

Tue, 04 May 2010 16:26:32 +0200

South Africa was surveyed by the students of Bryant University, RI, USA. Last update: March 2009. Any peer review of data is welcome.

Monitoring freedom of research and cure in
SOUTH AFRICA*
Table of content:
A. Artificial reproduction technologies (ART)
B. Research with human embryonic stem cells (hESC)
C. End-of-life decisions
D. Abortion and contraception
Intro
The amount of freedom awarded in regards to ethical and controversial issues is pretty high, in that the government does not prohibit many laws that some people from South Africa would find morally offensive.

Freedom of research in SPAIN - Country report and synoptic table

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:28:29 +0200

Spain was surveyed by the students of Bryant University, RI, USA. Last update: March 2009. Any peer review of data is welcome.

Monitoring freedom of research and cure in
SPAIN*
Table of content:
A. Artificial reproduction technologies (ART)
B. Research with human embryonic stem cells (hESC)
C. End-of-life decisions
D. Abortion and contraception
A. Artificial reproduction technologies (ART)