"Major anthropological rupture": the Academy of Medicine warns against the fatherless PMA
In an official opinion on the opening of the PMA to lesbian couples and single women, the National Academy of Medicine found that "the deliberate conception of a child without a father" was "not without risks" for the child.
"The deliberate conception of a child deprived of a father constitutes a major anthropological break which is not without risks for the psychological development and the blossoming of the child": on September 21st, the National Academy of Medicine published a report pointing out its concerns about the opening of the PMA to lesbian couples and single women.
"The deliberate conception of a child deprived of a father constitutes a major anthropological break which is not without risks for the psychological development and the blossoming of the child": on September 21st, the National Academy of Medicine published a report pointing out its concerns about the opening of the PMA to lesbian couples and single women.
In the latter, the Academy states that its purpose is not to "give an opinion" on a "societal measure", but considers that it is its "duty to raise a number of reservations related to possible medical consequences ".
This opinion on the law of bioethics, of which the opening of the PMA is the most symbolic measure, was adopted in session by the Academy Tuesday, September 17th, by 69 votes for, 11 against and 5 abstentions. His rapporteur is former Minister of Health Jean-François Mattei.
The Academy "recognizes the legitimacy of the desire for maternity in any woman whatever its situation", but considers that "it is also necessary, under the same equality of rights, to take into account the right of every child to have a father and a child. mother as far as possible ".
This opinion on the law of bioethics, of which the opening of the PMA is the most symbolic measure, was adopted in session by the Academy Tuesday, September 17th, by 69 votes for, 11 against and 5 abstentions. His rapporteur is former Minister of Health Jean-François Mattei.
The Academy "recognizes the legitimacy of the desire for maternity in any woman whatever its situation", but considers that "it is also necessary, under the same equality of rights, to take into account the right of every child to have a father and a child. mother as far as possible ".
More and more mistreated by societal changes, the figure of the father
is still foundational for the child's personality
"The argument regularly put forward to reject the risk for the child is based on certain evaluations, mainly in some Anglo-Saxon and European countries, indicating the absence of a proven impact on the future of the child", continues the Academy. However, it does not consider these data methodologically convincing, in terms of number of cases and in terms of length of observation, of children who have not yet reached the age of existential questions.
The Academy also believes that, "increasingly mistreated by societal changes, the figure of the father is still founding
for the personality of the child as recalled by child psychiatrists, pediatricians and psychologists."
The bioethics bill will be debated from 24 September in the Assembly, promising intense debates on extending the PMA to all women. According to its statutes, the National Academy of Medicine can be seized of a request for opinion by the government and can also be self-sufficient
on any question concerning the domains of the health and the medical ethics.
is still foundational for the child's personality
"The argument regularly put forward to reject the risk for the child is based on certain evaluations, mainly in some Anglo-Saxon and European countries, indicating the absence of a proven impact on the future of the child", continues the Academy. However, it does not consider these data methodologically convincing, in terms of number of cases and in terms of length of observation, of children who have not yet reached the age of existential questions.
The Academy also believes that, "increasingly mistreated by societal changes, the figure of the father is still founding
for the personality of the child as recalled by child psychiatrists, pediatricians and psychologists."
The bioethics bill will be debated from 24 September in the Assembly, promising intense debates on extending the PMA to all women. According to its statutes, the National Academy of Medicine can be seized of a request for opinion by the government and can also be self-sufficient
on any question concerning the domains of the health and the medical ethics.
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