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MPs back GM babies despite safety and ethical concerns

MPs back GM babies despite safety and ethical concerns

MPs have voted in favour of legalising controversial techniques to create three and four-parent babies, despite serious safety and ethical concerns.

3 Feb 2015

Young pro-life people are the ‘future’

Young pro-life people are the ‘future’

A leading academic has welcomed the rise in pro-life attitudes amongst students and young people in America.

3 Feb 2015

Opposition to GM babies builds ahead of MPs’ vote

Opposition to GM babies builds ahead of MPs’ vote

2 Feb 2015

C of E: Legalising GM babies would be ‘irresponsible’

C of E: Legalising GM babies would be ‘irresponsible’

30 Jan 2015

Commons vote on GM babies set for Tues 3 February

Commons vote on GM babies set for Tues 3 February

30 Jan 2015

Assisted suicide Bill ‘erodes dignity’ and ‘creates mistrust’

Assisted suicide Bill ‘erodes dignity’ and ‘creates mistrust’

29 Jan 2015
Scotland

Ethical stem cells used for dementia ‘breakthrough’

Ethical stem cells used for dementia ‘breakthrough’

29 Jan 2015

Presumed consent is ‘state-imposed tax on bodies’

Presumed consent is ‘state-imposed tax on bodies’

29 Jan 2015
Scotland

China to get tough on illegal sex-selective abortions

29 Jan 2015
World

Palliative care doctors reveal opposition to assisted suicide

28 Jan 2015

US: Bill restricting abortion passed, as pro-lifers march

27 Jan 2015
World

Young and old at risk from ‘naïve’ assisted suicide plans

27 Jan 2015
Scotland

Parents of twins explain why they refused to abort

26 Jan 2015

Sex-selective abortion could be outlawed in months

23 Jan 2015