Campaigners call for parental consent in stem cell research
Campaigners are lobbying the UK Government to change the current Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to allow embryonic stem cells to be created using tissue from ill children, in order to facilitate research into life-limiting diseases. Under the current version of the Bill the procedure could not...
Comment
Legislation, Deafness and Reproductive Rights: Comments on Clause 14 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill
by Teresa Blankmeyer Burke
A new Bill to replace the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 is passing through the UK Houses of Parliament at the moment. One particular clause raises a controversial issue regarding preferences of certain kinds of persons or potential persons. Clause 14, section 4, number 9 (Lines 23-30, Page...