The new provision that murderers and rapists serving time in jail are being offered the chance to participate in IVF treatment was condemned by former Shadow Home Secretary David Davis, who said it was 'madness' and an 'insult' to ordinary families.
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November 23rd, 2008
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November 23rd, 2008
The stem cells required for the Claudia Castillo's operation were taken from a patient rather than embryos, sidestepping the ethics issue.
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November 23rd, 2008
The decision to provide a Sharia-compliant pension fund is another sign of the growing influence of Islamic law in British public life and in particular the country's finance industry.
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November 23rd, 2008
The UK Pavilion at the 15th World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) in Bahrain demonstrates that despite its origins overseas, Islamic finance has found a natural home in London and the UK.
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November 23rd, 2008
Despite a huge potential client base, Germany has proven reluctant to adapt its legal and tax systems to attract Islamic finance, which has enjoyed stellar success in Britain.
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November 23rd, 2008
Victoria Lambert terminated her pregnancy because the baby was disabled, but is now troubled by how readily society accepts such action.
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November 23rd, 2008
Despite the impressive strides Islamic finance has achieved in many European countries, particularly Britain, Germany remains wary to adapt its laws to the Shari`ah-compliant industry.
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November 22nd, 2008
Every 11 to 18-year-old in England should be able to receive advice on contraception, pregnancy tests and screening for sexually transmitted diseases between lessons, according to a leading charity.
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November 21st, 2008
Ronan Mullen (Ind) received the consent of the House to place on its agenda his Bill which seeks to prohibit the creation of human embryos for research and to ban research involving or deriving from the destruction of such embryos.
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November 21st, 2008
Brazilian police are investigating more than 1,200 women suspected of having had abortions in a clinic in the state of Mato Grosso Do Sul.