On October 10, 2009, the French National Federation of the Free Thought (FNLP, an IHEU Member Organization) organized a colloquium on the review of the law passed on August 6, 2004 concerning bioethics. At the end of this colloquium, and without renouncing to carry on the reflection of today’s free and fruitful debate, the FNLP insists on recalling that no special morality should curb or guide scientific research towards any other goa but knowledge and the improvement of the conditions of humankind.

IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics and Bioethics International cordially invite you to a one-day conference concerning New Dilemmas in Medicine: Three Current Controversies in Genetics, Religion, and Big Pharma.

"The Impact of Obstetric Fistulas on Economic Empowerment” was the title of a topic dissected by a unique panel discussion held 3 March 2008 in New York City. The medical and socioeconomic impact of obstetric fistulas was considered under the auspices of the United Nations Commission of the Status of Women, with the co-sponsorship of the IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics.

The IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics is to co-sponsor a side event at the 52nd UN Commission on the Status of Women, on 3 March 2008 in New York City, USA.

The IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics has a new channel on YouTube with details of its events. The channel includes videos of presentations made at a number of past events sponsored by the Center.

Ana Lita, Director of the IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics, reports on the panel discussion held in New York City by the Center.

The IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics in New York was started in 2004 by a generous grant from the Louis J. Appignani Foundation. It is truly the first of its kind – a bioethics project dedicated to understanding contemporary bioethical challenges from an explicitly Humanist perspective.

IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics in NYC co-sponsored by The UN Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the Advancement of Women (OSAGI) and The Council of Europe invite you to attend the panel:

Research on embryonic stem cells is controversial in the USA, where it is opposed by many so-called “pro-life” supporters – mainly Catholics and fundamentalist Protestants. These opponents object to the consequent destruction of embryos used in the research, but these embryos are ones that would be destroyed in any case as surplus to requirements in fertility treatments.