News, The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) learned today that a vote in parliament on the British government's proposals to allow research on cloned human embryos is likely to take place on Wednesday 20 December. This follows an announcement earlier today that another adjou...

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Government suspected of second attempt to railroad human cloning vote Westminster, --It has been revealed by various sources close to Parliament that a vote on the Government's proposals to allow human cloning is most likely to be held on Wednesday 20th December. This follows today's announcement by...

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News, Figures issued by the Office for National Statistics in the UK have indicated that, while teenagers living in deprived areas are more likely to become pregnant than those in more affluent regions, they are also far less likely to have abortions. The study, published in Population Trends,...

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News, Figures issued by the Office for National Statistics in the UK have indicated that, while teenagers living in deprived areas are more likely to become pregnant than those in more affluent regions, they are also far less likely to have abortions. The study, published in Population Trends, fou...

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News, A national Catholic newspaper reported over the weekend that the British government has postponed its plans to make the morning-after pill available from pharmacists without a doctor's prescription "due to pressure from pro-life groups". It had been suggested that the government might rush t...

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News, A national Catholic newspaper reported over the weekend that the British government has postponed its plans to make the morning-after pill available from pharmacists without a doctor's prescription "due to pressure from pro-life groups". It had been suggested that the government might ru...

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News, A man who confessed to the so-called mercy killing of his terminally ill mother during a local radio phone-in programme has been questioned by British police. The man phoned the programme on BBC Radio Sheffield last Thursday during a discussion on euthanasia to reveal that he had adminis...

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News, A man who confessed to the so-called mercy killing of his terminally ill mother during a local radio phone-in programme has been questioned by British police. The man phoned the programme on BBC Radio Sheffield last Thursday during a discussion on euthanasia to reveal that he had administere...

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News, Two more studies suggest that adult bone marrow cells can be used as an alternative to human embryos and so-called therapeutic cloning. Both studies were published in today's Science journal. Dr Helen Blau and her team at Stanford University suggest that cells derived from bone marrow natura...

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News, Two more studies suggest that adult bone marrow cells can be used as an alternative to human embryos and so-called therapeutic cloning. Both studies were published in today's Science journal. Dr Helen Blau and her team at Stanford University suggest that cells derived from bone marrow na...

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News, The British government's legislation to authorise research into so-called therapeutic cloning has been introduced into parliament this week. Alan Milburn, the health secretary, tabled a draft statutory instrument on Monday which passed the relevant procedural committee on Tuesday evening...

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News, The British government's legislation to authorise research into so-called therapeutic cloning has been introduced into parliament this week. Alan Milburn, the health secretary, tabled a draft statutory instrument on Monday which passed the relevant procedural committee on Tuesday evening. Su...

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News, The Dutch parliament's lower house voted yesterday to legalise euthanasia. The Bill was passed by 104 votes to 40 and, with senate approval considered a formality, it is expected that the legislation will come into force next year. At present euthanasia is tolerated in Holland, but is in the...

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News, The Dutch parliament's lower house voted yesterday to legalise euthanasia. The Bill was passed by 104 votes to 40 and, with senate approval considered a formality, it is expected that the legislation will come into force next year. At present euthanasia is tolerated in Holland, but is in...

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News, It has been reported in the British media that the government might rush through measures to make the morning-after pill available nationwide from pharmacists without a doctor's prescription before Christmas. The Medicines Commission has already recommended reclassification of Levonelle-...

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News, It has been reported in the British media that the government might rush through measures to make the morning-after pill available nationwide from pharmacists without a doctor's prescription before Christmas. The Medicines Commission has already recommended reclassification of Levonelle-2 as...

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News, It has been revealed that the British government will probably try to authorise research on cloned human embryos this week. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has learned that the government plans to lay before Parliament tomorrow a statutory instument which would amend...

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News, It has been revealed that the British government will probably try to authorise research on cloned human embryos this week. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has learned that the government plans to lay before Parliament tomorrow a statutory instument which would a...

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Government expected to rush through new regulations on human cloning this week Westminster, --It has been revealed that the government will try to authorise research on cloned human embryos this week. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) learned today that the government plans to...

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News, The lower house of the Dutch parliament is expected to pass a bill legalising euthanasia next Tuesday, after debating the issue for a final time yesterday. The upper house is then expected to endorse the bill, which would take effect early next year. The Netherlands would thus become the...

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