News, Scientists in England have reportedly created embryos by putting human DNA into egg cells of a cow. The embryos survived for three days. Newcastle University researchers put human skin-cells in bovine eggs. They say spare human eggs are scarce and that the work has been licensed by the gover...

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Scientists in England have reportedly created embryos by putting human DNA into egg cells of a cow. The embryos survived for three days. Newcastle University researchers put human skin-cells in bovine eggs. They say spare human eggs are scarce and that the work has been licensed by the government's ...

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Hybrid embryo creation "disastrous" says SPUC London, 1st April 2008 - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has called the creation of hybrid embryos "disastrous". Anthony Ozimic, SPUC political secretary, said: "The creation of human-animal hybrid embryos represents a disastrous...

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Bill of Rights recommendations a perversion of law, says SPUC Bill of Rights recommendations "a perversion of law", says SPUC Belfast, 1st April 2008 - Recommendations for a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland could undermine international legal recognition of the right to life of unborn childre...

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A newspaper predicts that more than 200 UK MPs could support a reduction in the time-limit for abortion of non-disabled babies. The change could be made by an amendment to the government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) bill, with other MPs abstaining. Our source points out that, of 900 ba...

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News, A newspaper predicts that more than 200 UK MPs could support a reduction in the time-limit for abortion of non-disabled babies. The change could be made by an amendment to the government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) bill, with other MPs abstaining. Our source points out that, o...

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News, A TV producer has questioned whether teenage pregnancy is always the problem it is portrayed as being. Ms Ruth Pitt, who has been filming young mothers in Merseyside, England, said: "These young women, though none planned their babies, are incredibly committed to them. The children are put a...

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A TV producer has questioned whether teenage pregnancy is always the problem it is portrayed as being. Ms Ruth Pitt, who has been filming young mothers in Merseyside, England, said: "These young women, though none planned their babies, are incredibly committed to them. The children are put at the ab...

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Mr David Cameron MP, leader of the UK's opposition Conservative Party, has said that he will not support a move to ban late abortions of babies with disabilities as part of the government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Mr Cameron has previously said he would support lowering the time lim...

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News, Mr David Cameron MP, leader of the UK's opposition Conservative Party, has said that he will not support a move to ban late abortions of babies with disabilities as part of the government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Mr Cameron has previously said he would support lowering the ...

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Women deserve better than abortion Glasgow, 17th March 2008 - British Victims of Abortion (BVA) today commended the draft position statement from the Royal College of Psychiatrists confirming that women may be at risk of developing mental problems as a result of having an abortion. They also welcome...

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News, Supporters of the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill are reported to be confident that it will become law. Dr Evan Harris MP, Liberal Democrat, said that he thought the number of Labour MPs who might vote against the bill was roughly the same as the number of opposi...

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Supporters of the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill are reported to be confident that it will become law. Dr Evan Harris MP, Liberal Democrat, said that he thought the number of Labour MPs who might vote against the bill was roughly the same as the number of opposition Tor...

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weekly update, 12 March Some Catholic Labour MPs who oppose the UK government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill may have rejected an offer to let them to abstain from voting and, instead, they want to vote against the measure. Mr Greg Pope, MP for Hyndburn, said "I have had hundreds of l...

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A man with cerebral palsy was left unfed in hospital for three days, according to the report of a British parliamentary committee which also found other instances of neglect of vulnerable people.Mr Andrew Dismore MP, committee chairman, said: "It is extremely depressing to see, 10 years after the in...

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News, A Catholic prelate was today challenged by a member of a parliamentary committee over his advice to Catholic schools not to support fund-raising appeals with an anti-life ethos. Ms Fiona McTaggart MP raised the matter with Rt Rev Patrick O'Donoghue, Bishop of Lancaster, England, in the House...

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News, Some Catholic Labour MPs who oppose the UK government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill may have rejected an offer to let them to abstain from voting and, instead, they want to vote against the measure. Mr Greg Pope, MP for Hyndburn, said "I have had hundreds of letters from constitu...

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Some Catholic Labour MPs who oppose the UK government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill may have rejected an offer to let them to abstain from voting and, instead, they want to vote against the measure. Mr Greg Pope, MP for Hyndburn, said "I have had hundreds of letters from constituents abo...

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MPs from the UK's Labour party will be allowed to abstain over their government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill. Mr Geoff Hoon MP, Labour chief whip, said MPs would be allowed to absent themselves rather than vote for the bill. He also argued that support for the medical research promoted ...

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weekly update, 7 March The press are speculating that three British cabinet ministers could defy an instruction from their party to support their government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill. Ms Ruth Kelly and Messrs Des Browne and Paul Murphy, all Catholic MPs, are said to be contemplat...

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