The science academy of the UK and Commonwealth has welcomed parliamentarians' support for human-animal hybrids. The Royal Society was responding to Wednesday's report by the peers' and MPs' committee considering the government's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill. Sir Richard Gardner, chairman of t...

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News, The science academy of the UK and Commonwealth has welcomed parliamentarians' support for human-animal hybrids. The Royal Society was responding to Wednesday's report by the peers' and MPs' committee considering the government's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill. Sir Richard Gardner, chair...

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News, British parliamentarians have produced a report on the government's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill and SPUC is deeply concerned about it. If the committee has its way, wide areas of embryo research would be exempt from licensing and the regulatory authority would have unprecedented new ...

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British parliamentarians have produced a report on the government's draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill and SPUC is deeply concerned about it. If the committee has its way, wide areas of embryo research would be exempt from licensing and the regulatory authority would have unprecedented new power. T...

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SPUC condemns report of the Joint Committee into the government’s Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill SPUC condemns report of the Joint Committee into the government’s Human Tissue and Embryos (Draft) Bill Westminster, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has condemned t...

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Amnesty International will officially launch its new pro-abortion stance on 11 August in Mexico City. Ms Kate Gilmore, deputy secretary-general, has said: "The Catholic Church, through a misrepresented account of our position on selective aspects of abortion, is placing in peril work on human rights...

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weekly update, 25 to 31 July weekly update, 25 to 31 July Amnesty International will officially launch its new pro-abortion stance on 11 August in Mexico City. Ms Kate Gilmore, deputy secretary-general, has said: "The Catholic Church, through a misrepresented account of our position on selective...

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News, Amnesty International will officially launch its new pro-abortion stance on 11 August in Mexico City. Ms Kate Gilmore, deputy secretary-general, has said: "The Catholic Church, through a misrepresented account of our position on selective aspects of abortion, is placing in peril work on huma...

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News, Children born by IVF should be monitored into adulthood, according to British and German researchers. The study, published in The Lancet, warned that not enough is known about the long term consequences of in-vitro fertilisation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Dr Alastair Sutcliffe of ...

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Children born by IVF should be monitored into adulthood, according to British and German researchers. The study, published in The Lancet, warned that not enough is known about the long term consequences of in-vitro fertilisation and intracytoplasmic sperm injection. Dr Alastair Sutcliffe of the Inst...

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The new Indian president has criticised the practice of sex selective abortion which results in the killing of many unborn girls. Pratibha Patil, who was elected last week, emphasised, as she was being sworn in, that women's rights were important to her. She said: "We must banish malnutrition, socia...

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News, The new Indian president has criticised the practice of sex selective abortion which results in the killing of many unborn girls. Pratibha Patil, who was elected last week, emphasised, as she was being sworn in, that women's rights were important to her. She said: "We must banish malnutritio...

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News, The British public health minister has announced that there will be new measures to improve the availability and quality of IVF treatment on the National Health Service. Ms Dawn Primarolo MP outlined measures to standardise eligibility criteria, to produce better guidance for primary care tr...

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The British public health minister has announced that there will be new measures to improve the availability and quality of IVF treatment on the National Health Service. Ms Dawn Primarolo MP outlined measures to standardise eligibility criteria, to produce better guidance for primary care trusts and...

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A British couple who have a family history of breast cancer have reportedly won the right to screen their embryos for a gene that may trigger the disease. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) gave them the licence, which is the first of its kind in Britain. Gemma Wilkie, a spokesw...

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weekly update, 18 to 24 July weekly update, 18 to 24 July The United Kingdom government says it has no plans to change Northern Ireland's restrictive abortion law and would expect the province's assembly to take over legislation in this area. Mr Paul Goggins MP, a UK minister responsible for Nor...

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News, A British couple who have a family history of breast cancer have reportedly won the right to screen their embryos for a gene that may trigger the disease. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) gave them the licence, which is the first of its kind in Britain. Gemma Wilkie, a...

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News, It has been reported that the majority of Portuguese doctors will refuse to perform abortions now that it has been made more widely available in the country. The recently passed law to allow abortion of all types of children until the 10th week of pregnancy came into effect on 15 July. 80% o...

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It has been reported that the majority of Portuguese doctors will refuse to perform abortions now that it has been made more widely available in the country. The recently passed law to allow abortion of all types of children until the 10th week of pregnancy came into effect on 15 July. 80% of doctor...

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An unborn baby is not a human person until the mother goes into labour, South Korea's highest court has ruled. The ruling is based on a case in 2001 in which a 37-year-old pregnant woman gave birth to a stillborn baby two weeks overdue. It was delivered by Caesarean section after the midwife advised...

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