US stem cell update
Embryonic stem (ES) cell research might be back on the election agenda in Michigan this year. The campaign to collect enough signatures to place a measure on the ballot-box that relaxes Michigan's laws on embryo research is gathering pace. Opponents have started to run counter-campaigns to prevent...
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Should the need for a father be enshrined in law?
by Dr Jess Buxton
Those offering IVF and associated techniques in the UK are currently required, by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, to consider the welfare of the child who might be born as a result - including the child's 'need for a father'. However, the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill currently...