Bulgarian Center for Bioethics

International Symposium HOTT

Bulgarian Center for Bioethics co-organized the International Symposium HOTT against the trafficking in human beings for the purpose of organ removal at the Europol Headquarters in November 2014 in the Hague. At BCB's invitation Mariana Simeonova, Director of the Bulgarian Transplantation Agency attended the Symposium.

BCB Student Bioethics Essay Contest

Bulgarian Center for Bioethics organized a Student Bioethics Essay Contest. The winners are:

• First place: Svetlana Dimitrova (MU Pleven) for the essay "Surrogate Motherhood – Womb for Hire”.
• Second place: Margarita Gabrovska (SU “St. Kliment Ohridski”) for the essay ”Moral and Medical Issues of Liver Transplantation to Patients with Alcohol Dependency”.
• Third place: Nadia Stoilova (PU “Paisii Hilendarski”) for the essay ”What Is the Price of a Baby? For and Against Surrogate Motherhood In Bulgaria”.