News, A group of American scientists have claimed to have cloned human embryos. The researchers at Stemagen Corporation in California used cell nuclear transfer to create embryos, one of which was reportedly a clone, from the skin cells of two adult men. The research team has not succeeded in deri...

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News, The UK fertility regulator has approved the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos for research. King's College London and Newcastle University are to receive one-year licences from the HFEA. [BBC, 17 January] John Smeaton, SPUC national director, said: "The decision represents a disastrous...

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The UK fertility regulator has approved the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos for research. King's College London and Newcastle University are to receive one-year licences from the HFEA. [BBC, 17 January] John Smeaton, SPUC national director, said: "The decision represents a disastrous setback...

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Ethics and lives would be casualties of cloning London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has reacted to reports that the Stemagen Corporation of California has cloned human embryos. Paul Danon said: "Whatever the truth may be of the claim, it's appalling that scientists a...

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HFEA approval of hybrids "disastrous" London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has called the HFEA's approval of hybrid embryo research "disastrous". John Smeaton, SPUC national director, said: "The HFEA decision represents a disastrous setback for human dignity in Britai...

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weekly update, 16 January weekly update, 16 January Mr Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, has expressed his support for a system of presumed consent for organ donation. This would mean that the organs of any person could be used for transplants after their death, unless they or their rela...

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An attempt to ban the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos failed last night when the House of Lords rejected Lord Alton's amendment to the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Bill by 268 votes to 96. The bill allows research on hybrid embryos for 14 days after their cre...

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News, An attempt to ban the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos failed last night when the House of Lords rejected Lord Alton's amendment to the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) Bill by 268 votes to 96. The bill allows research on hybrid embryos for 14 days after t...

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News, Mr Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, has expressed his support for a system of presumed consent for organ donation. This would mean that the organs of any person could be used for transplants after their death, unless they or their relatives specifically opted out. Britain currently ...

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Mr Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, has expressed his support for a system of presumed consent for organ donation. This would mean that the organs of any person could be used for transplants after their death, unless they or their relatives specifically opted out. Britain currently operates...

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Lords debating bill which would extend killing of young humans London, - A UK government bill which would consolidate and extend the killing and abuse of early human life is again being debated in the House of Lords. John Smeaton, SPUC's national director, said: "The Government seem determined to r...

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Problems with organ donation, SPUC warns Problems with organ donation, SPUC warns London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned of problems with organ donation after the British prime minister said he wanted patients' consent to be presumed . Writing on his blog...

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An Orthodox Jewish man in Canada, whose family is fighting to prevent his respirator being turned off to hasten his death, has regained consciousness and appears to be improving. Mr Samuel Golubchuk, 84, is at the centre of a legal dispute over whether doctors have the right to disconnect his respir...

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News, An Orthodox Jewish man in Canada, whose family is fighting to prevent his respirator being turned off to hasten his death, has regained consciousness and appears to be improving. Mr Samuel Golubchuk, 84, is at the centre of a legal dispute over whether doctors have the right to disconnect hi...

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News, SPUC has asked Mr Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, if he will repudiate some of his previous political actions now that he has become a Catholic. John Smeaton, SPUC national director, has today written to Mr Blair to ask him to admit that he was wrong to support abortion up to ...

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SPUC challenges Blair over life-issues London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has asked Mr Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, if he will repudiate some of his previous political actions now that he has become a Catholic. John Smeaton, SPUC national director,...

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News, A scheme has started in which women who donate eggs to create embryos for research will be given discounted fertility treatment. It is the first time that women will effectively be paid for their eggs. The Newcastle National Health Service Fertility Centre [for] Life has picked 15 women out ...

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A scheme has started in which women who donate eggs to create embryos for research will be given discounted fertility treatment. It is the first time that women will effectively be paid for their eggs. The Newcastle National Health Service Fertility Centre [for] Life has picked 15 women out of 100 w...

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weekly update, 10 January weekly update, 10 January UK teenage pregnancy figures have rocketed under the government's supposed crackdown 10 years ago, statistics have shown. The Department of Health, which set a target of halving reducing teenage pregnancies by 2010, has admitted that "progress ...

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Three quarters of the Irish population believe that morning-after pills should be more readily available, a study commissioned by the Irish Pharmaceutical Union suggests. The pharmacists say that the drug should be available over the counter. This comes just two months after Archbishop Diarmuid Mart...

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