As MPs prepare to debate a Bill updating the law on embryo research, Science Editor Roger Highfield examines the complex issues at stake.
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May 6th, 2008
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May 1st, 2008
Pro-life and pro-choice MPs will clash next month over possible amendments to the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act. Here Professor Stuart Campbell argues why changes are necessary and below, two young women explain the reasons behind their choices
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April 30th, 2008
The law may be changed to allow ?abortion on request? by ending the need for doctors to give permission for a termination, it has been disclosed.
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April 30th, 2008
Schools will be made to keep records of teenage pregnancy rates, pupils' drug problems, criminal records and obesity levels under government plans to give parents a true picture of children's lives.
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April 29th, 2008
The BBC is facing a High Court challenge over its decision to censor a party political broadcast in the run-up to Thursday?s local elections.
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April 29th, 2008
A LEADING scientist has warned a new species of "humanzee," created from breeding apes with humans, could become a reality unless the government acts to stop scientists experimenting.
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April 27th, 2008
Girls aged as young as 12 are having abortions, figures released for the first time by the Department of Health reveal.
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April 25th, 2008
Changes in the law call for hard thinking about religion and its ?public benefits?
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April 24th, 2008
A violent video game in which players rob and murder their way through the criminal underworld is expected to become the biggest-selling entertainment title of all time when it goes on sale next week.
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April 24th, 2008
Rising numbers of children are suffering mental health problems caused by family breakdown and peer pressure, a report suggests.