A deaf father who wishes to have a deaf child has spoken of his anger that a clause in new fertility legislation will make it illegal to use embryos with a genetic abnormality in IVF treatment, when ones without the same defect are available.
In the News
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March 11th, 2008
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March 11th, 2008
Along with the Comment pages of The Daily Telegraph, the 8.10am argument on the Today programme is one of the great engine-starters in British culture.
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March 11th, 2008
Rules surrounding the abortion of disabled foetuses are to be reviewed to take account of the latest medical advances.
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March 11th, 2008
New fertility legislation will make it illegal to use embryos with a known genetic abnormality in IVF treatment when ones without the same defect are available.
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March 10th, 2008
Three Roman Catholic Cabinet ministers are under pressure to vote against controversial laws on fertility and embryo research or risk being called hypocrites.
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March 10th, 2008
Controversial plans allowing babies to be conceived from artificial sperm are being considered by Ministers, it emerged last night.
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March 10th, 2008
Britain's first telephone counselling service for women considering an abortion has opened.
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March 10th, 2008
The controversy over legislation on embryology grew last night following proposals to allow babies to be conceived using "artificial" sperm and eggs.
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March 10th, 2008
The number of late abortions taking place in Britain has reached a record high, The Sunday Telegraph has revealed, against a backdrop of intense campaigning for a reduction of the current 24 week legal time limit.
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March 10th, 2008
MPs are planning a change in the law to allow babies to be conceived from artificial sperm, a move described by opponents as playing God with human DNA.