Ronan Mullen, an independent senator and pro-life campaigner, is planning to publish a private members? bill banning all research on human embryos. Mullen said the government needs to act urgently to ?protect human life? in the wake of UCC?s decision.
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November 1st, 2008
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November 1st, 2008
This ethical dilemma on embryo research can be bypassed altogether if adult mammalian cells are reprogrammed to form iPS, which are cells almost identical to those from embryonic stem cells but which come from adult tissue instead of embryos, and the same results can be obtained.
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November 1st, 2008
Plans to end Christian prayers at the daily opening of Parliament and have multi-faith prayers modelled on BBC Radio 4's Thought for the Day are to be considered by the House of Lords' procedure committee.
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October 31st, 2008
Thirteen members of the British parliament have filed a motion saying that the 1967 law that legalizes abortion in the rest of the U.K. should be extended to Northern Ireland.
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October 31st, 2008
The head of the Catholic Diocese of Saginaw joined bishops statewide in opposing the state proposal on human embryonic stem cell research.
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October 31st, 2008
How embryo research can take place in Ireland where there is a constitution that protects the life of the unborn and an embryo surely falls into that category?
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October 31st, 2008
Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the leader of Scotland's Roman Catholics, was today at the centre of a fresh row over his comments likening embryo research to Nazi experiments.
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October 31st, 2008
Churches with diminished congregations which are falling into disuse should be transformed into secular spaces such as gyms, restaurants and multi-faith centres, Andy Burnham, the Culture Secretary, suggested yesterday.
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October 31st, 2008
First Minister Peter Robinson last night endorsed his wife?s controversial views on homosexuality.
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October 31st, 2008
One in 50 people in Sunderland is suffering from severe mental health problems, according to new figures.