Government draft bill will mean euthanasia for mentally incapacitated adults, says SPUC Government draft bill will mean euthanasia for mentally incapacitated adults, says SPUC Westminster, --The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has commented on the government's draft Mental I...

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News, The UK government today published a Draft Mental Incapacity Bill, which it claims will effect in law the principle that adults have capacity to make their own decisions. [BBC, 27 June] SPUC general secretary Paul Tully commented: "The government's draft Bill would establish a system in which...

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News, A child has been born after being selected at embryo stage for his suitability to provide tissue to treat his four-year-old brother. Jamie Whitaker's British parents went to Chicago for the procedure because it was not allowed in Britain. Charlie, Jamie's brother, has the rare diamond blackf...

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SPUC expresses concern at birth of "designer-baby" Westminster, --The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has commented in the light of the recently-reported birth of a child who was selected at embryo stage for his suitability to provide tissue to treat his four-year-old brother. J...

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News, A child has been born after being selected at embryo stage for his suitability to provide tissue to treat his four-year-old brother. Jamie Whitaker's British parents went to Chicago for the procedure because it was not allowed in Britain. Charlie, Jamie's brother, has the rare diamond bl...

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News, A technique to screen for chromosomal anomalies has been licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Known as 'aneuploidy screening' it is used to eliminate IVF embryos with chromosomal anomalies. Techniques used to screen test-tube babies up to now have looked for spec...

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News, A technique to screen for chromosomal anomalies has been licensed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority. Known as 'aneuploidy screening' it is used to eliminate IVF embryos with chromosomal anomalies. Techniques used to screen test-tube babies up to now have looked for specific...

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News, SPUC has condemned calls by the House of Commons health select committee to liberalise abortion practice. The report calls for open access to abortion services and for non-hospital nurses to perform early non-surgical abortions. SPUC political secretary, Anthony Ozimic, criticised the promot...

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News, SPUC has condemned calls by the House of Commons health select committee to liberalise abortion practice. The report calls for open access to abortion services and for non-hospital nurses to perform early non-surgical abortions. SPUC political secretary, Anthony Ozimic, criticised the pr...

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SPUC condemns appointments of anti-life ministers Westminster, --The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has condemned the appointment of new British government ministers who have sympathies with abortion, embryo experimentation and/or euthanasia. Of particular concern to SPUC are t...

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SPUC condemns call by health committee for more abortions Westminster, --The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has condemned a report by the House of Commons health select committee which calls for the liberalisation of abortion practice. The report into sexual health calls for op...

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News, A reshuffle of the British government has seen the promotion to key posts of ministers who support abortion, embryo experimentation and/or euthanasia. Of particular concern to SPUC are appointments to the portfolios of health, children and international development. SPUC political spokesman ...

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News, A reshuffle of the British government has seen the promotion to key posts of ministers who support abortion, embryo experimentation and/or euthanasia. Of particular concern to SPUC are appointments to the portfolios of health, children and international development. SPUC political spokes...

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News, The case of a 52-year-old woman who committed suicide, allegedly following advice from a website, has sparked a legal battle to crack down on websites offering information on suicide methods. The woman from St Louis in the United States had a history of clinical depression and used heliu...

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News, The case of a 52-year-old woman who committed suicide, allegedly following advice from a website, has sparked a legal battle to crack down on websites offering information on suicide methods. The woman from St Louis in the United States had a history of clinical depression and used helium to...

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News, A Sydney company has applied to the ethics committee of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide to send foetal tissue from aborted babies to the Dutch biotech company, Crucell. Australia is one of only four countries in the world capable of providing foetal tissue free from CJD contamination, b...

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News, A Sydney company has applied to the ethics committee of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide to send foetal tissue from aborted babies to the Dutch biotech company, Crucell. Australia is one of only four countries in the world capable of providing foetal tissue free from CJD contaminatio...

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News, The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has granted The Roslin Institute a licence to carry out human parthenogenesis. The process involves prompting unfertilised eggs to begin dividing, in effect generating embryos without fertilisation. Parthenogenesis would not necessarily gen...

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News, The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has granted The Roslin Institute a licence to carry out human parthenogenesis. The process involves prompting unfertilised eggs to begin dividing, in effect generating embryos without fertilisation. Parthenogenesis would not necessarily genera...

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News, Lord Joffe's bill to legalise euthanasia ran into stiff opposition during a seven-hour debate at the House of Lords on Friday. In keeping with convention, the bill was given its second reading unopposed but it is unlikely to become law. In spite of widespread media support for the bill, it i...

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