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	<title>The Christian Institute &#187; Embryos Bill</title>
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		<title>World stem cell day: adult stem cells yielding results</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[International Stem Cell Day on Wednesday marked 25 years of the science &#8211; a period which has seen the development of over 100 treatments using adult stem cells and no successful treatments from controversial embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cell research involves the destruction of human embryos and has proved highly contentious across the globe. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saviour sibling programme broadcast on BBC criticised</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/saviour-sibling-programme-broadcast-on-bbc-criticised/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A BBC documentary on ‘saviour siblings’ broadcast last night gave little attention to the complex moral issues involved, a national newspaper critic has said. The programme focused on two families with children who have Fanconi anaemia, a genetic illness which leads to bone marrow failure and is expected to dramatically shorten their lives. But the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First morning-after   pill ad on TV tonight</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Jess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[News that an advert for the morning-after pill will be screened on UK television for the first time tonight has outraged pro-life campaigners. Watch the TV ad Some viewers may find the content offensive. The advertisement will be screened after 9pm on several channels, including ITV, Channel 4 and Sky. The move comes just weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientist hails ethical stem cell discovery</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientist-hail-ethical-stem-cell-discovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientist-hail-ethical-stem-cell-discovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A major breakthrough in producing stem cells to treat diseases without destroying human embryos has been described by one scientist as “a home run”. This is the latest advance in non-embryonic stem cell research, which has already yielded over 70 medical therapies. Research using human embryos has failed to produce any treatments so far, leading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-life minister leaves Cabinet</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ruth-kelly-to-resign-over-embryology-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ruth-kelly-to-resign-over-embryology-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cabinet Minister Ruth Kelly is resigning amid speculation that she could not reconcile her conscience with the Government’s controversial embryology Bill. According to The Daily Telegraph, Downing Street is linking Miss Kelly&#8217;s departure to her religious objections to the contents of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, which has been strongly opposed by pro-life groups. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical stem cell blood bank opens</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ethical-stem-cell-blood-bank-opens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ethical-stem-cell-blood-bank-opens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new centre has opened for storing umbilical cord blood, a source of stem cells that has been championed by pro-life groups. The Anthony Nolan Trust, a leukaemia charity, aims to store 50,000 cord blood donations at its new centre based at Nottingham Trent University. The new centre has been welcomed by parents of children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New effort to collect cord blood stem cells</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-effort-to-collect-cord-blood-stem-cells/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-effort-to-collect-cord-blood-stem-cells/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=581</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new storage bank will soon open which will store donations of umbilical cord blood, a source of stem cells that does not involve the destruction of embryos. Thousands of cord blood donations will be stored at the new centre, Kingscord, which will be run by a leukaemia charity, the Anthony Nolan Trust. Umbilical cord [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour loses Glasgow East to pro-life SNP candidate</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labour-loses-glasgow-east-amid-embryos-controversy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/labour-loses-glasgow-east-amid-embryos-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Judge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Labour has lost the Glasgow East by-election to a pro-life candidate who openly criticised the Government&#8217;s controversial embryos Bill. The winner, John Mason of the SNP, opposes abortion on demand and so-called &#8220;social abortion&#8221;. He is &#8220;extremely uncomfortable&#8221; with embryo experimentation. During his victory speech he said, &#8220;I would like to thank all those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bishop: embryos Bill could hurt Labour in by-election</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bishop-embryos-bill-could-hurt-labour-in-by-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bishop-embryos-bill-could-hurt-labour-in-by-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The highly controversial embryos Bill has cost the Government its “ethical credibility” with voters, a Roman Catholic Bishop has warned ahead of a by-election in East Glasgow. Bishop Joseph Devine is Scotland’s second most senior Roman Catholic figure. He has warned that Catholic voters in Glasgow are appalled by the unethical measures contained in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final embryos votes delayed until autumn</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/final-embryos-votes-delayed-until-autumn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/final-embryos-votes-delayed-until-autumn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=548</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government has announced that the remaining Commons stages of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill have been pushed back to the autumn. The Bill contains several measures that The Christian Institute and other pro-life groups say are unethical. Attempts to prevent some of the most alarming measures in the Bill failed when it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists given licence for human-pig embryos</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientists-given-licence-for-human-pig-embryo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientists-given-licence-for-human-pig-embryo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Animal-human embryos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A team of scientists has been granted permission to create embryos that are part pig, part human. The team from the University of Warwick wants to use the embryos to produce embryonic stem cells for research into heart disease. This is the third licence to create animal-human embryos in Britain granted by the Human Fertilisation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill loophole could allow full cloning</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bill-loophole-could-allow-full-cloning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bill-loophole-could-allow-full-cloning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Human clones could be born without any need to change an Act of Parliament because of loose wording in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, critics have warned. The Bill replaces the current ban on reproductive cloning with new wording that makes an exception for the creation of so-called &#8216;three-parent embryos&#8217;. Scientists want to do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three-parent families &#8216;just three years away&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/three-parent-families-just-three-years-away/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/three-parent-families-just-three-years-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A child with three genetic parents could be born within the next three years, scientists have predicted. A team of scientists from Newcastle University have successfully created embryos containing DNA from one man and two women. Under the current law, these embryos must be destroyed after fourteen days. However, new measures in the Human Fertilisation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stem cell advance avoids embryo problem</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/stem-cell-breakthrough-avoids-embryo-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/stem-cell-breakthrough-avoids-embryo-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jen Davis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have taken another significant step away from using embryos in stem cell research as a new and safer alternative is discovered. A team of scientists from America and Germany has found a way of treating adult brain cells with drugs to make them behave like embryonic stem cells. They believe this will help them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fathers not needed, say MPs, and abortion law stays as it is</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/fathers-not-needed-say-mps-and-abortion-law-stays-as-it-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/fathers-not-needed-say-mps-and-abortion-law-stays-as-it-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://christian.org.uk/news/?p=322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors will no longer be required to consider a child&#8217;s need for a father when providing IVF, and the upper time limit for abortion will not change, the House of Commons has decided. The controversial votes took place on Tuesday 20 May, as MPs debated key issues in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctors don&#8217;t want to perform late abortions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/doctors-dont-want-to-perform-late-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/doctors-dont-want-to-perform-late-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://christian.org.uk/news/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three in four abortions after 17 weeks of pregnancy are carried out privately because NHS doctors are increasingly reluctant to perform them. Figures from the Department of Health show that of the 7,021 abortions of pregnancies between 17 and 24 weeks carried out in England and Wales in 2006, 5,453 were performed outside the NHS. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPs vote on embryos Bill: abortion and fatherhood</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/this-is-a-test-post-to-see-the-content-progression-working/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/this-is-a-test-post-to-see-the-content-progression-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pete Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPs are preparing to vote on abortion and the importance of fatherhood, after animal-human embryos and &#8216;saviour siblings&#8217; were approved last night in the House of Commons. On Monday, MPs voted by 336 to 176 against an amendment to ban animal-human embryos, tabled by Edward Leigh, Conservative MP for Gainsborough. Mr Leigh warned the House: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPs vote on animal-human embryos and saviour siblings</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mps-vote-on-animal-human-embryos-and-saviour-siblings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mps-vote-on-animal-human-embryos-and-saviour-siblings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 09:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://christian.org.uk/news/?p=323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[MPs are preparing to vote on key issues in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill as it passes through Committee stage in the House of Commons. On Monday, MPs will vote on two key measures: Allowing scientists to create embryos using material from animals and humans for use in research, and allowing parents of sick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make abortion law stricter, say women</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/make-abortion-law-stricter-say-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/make-abortion-law-stricter-say-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 11:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven in ten women think the abortion time limit should be decreased given survival rates of babies born before 24 weeks, a new poll shows. 60 per cent of the general public, and 70 per cent of 25-34 year-olds, agree. Unsurprisingly, the overwhelming majority of women &#8211; 92 per cent &#8211; want those considering abortion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public want abortion weeks cut in line with rest of Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/public-want-abortion-weeks-cut-in-line-with-rest-of-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/public-want-abortion-weeks-cut-in-line-with-rest-of-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people, and three in four women, think the abortion time limit in Great Britain should be reduced to 20 weeks or lower in line with laws in other EU countries, a new poll shows. In a poll conducted this month by ComRes for The Christian Institute, over 1000 GB adults were asked whether they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative spokesman backs abortion on demand</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/conservative-spokesman-backs-abortion-on-demand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/conservative-spokesman-backs-abortion-on-demand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=328</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Conservative Health Spokesman Andrew Lansley MP has asked MPs to consider making abortion even easier to access in Great Britain. Mr Lansley made the comments in a speech to the House of Commons as the controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill received its Second Reading. Mr Lansley asserted that &#8220;there continue to be far too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government criticised for restricting embryos votes</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/government-criticised-for-restricting-embryos-votes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/government-criticised-for-restricting-embryos-votes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Conservative Health Secretary Kenneth Clarke has criticised the Government for only allowing limited free votes on certain issues in its &#8216;flagship&#8217; embryos Bill. Speaking in a Second Reading debate on the Bill, Mr Clarke pointed out that when similar legislation was passed in 1990, all MPs were allowed free votes on all aspects of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPs lead push to save 3,000 babies a year from abortion</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mps-lead-push-to-save-3000-babies-a-year-from-abortion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mps-lead-push-to-save-3000-babies-a-year-from-abortion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 11:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A cross-party group of MPs has launched a campaign to reduce the upper time limit for abortion from 24 to 20 weeks. The group, led by Conservative MP Nadine Dorries, says that the reduction could prevent the termination of up to 3,000 pregnancies a year. The &#8217;20 Reasons for 20 Weeks&#8217; campaign points out that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creator of abortion law wants &#8216;abortion on request&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/creator-of-abortion-law-wants-abortion-on-request/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/creator-of-abortion-law-wants-abortion-on-request/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An architect of Britain&#8217;s abortion law, Lord Steel, wants to scrap the need for two doctors to give permission for early abortions. Under the existing law, introduced by Lord Steel when he was an MP in the 60s, two doctors must agree to a termination. Abortions are allowed for &#8216;social reasons&#8217; up to 24 weeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More twelve-year-olds are having abortions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/more-twelve-year-olds-are-having-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/more-twelve-year-olds-are-having-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of twelve-year-old girls becoming pregnant and having abortions is increasing, and &#8220;society just has to come to terms with that&#8221;, a leading abortion provider says. In 2004 there were 15 girls aged twelve who had abortions, up from 10 in 2003, according to figures obtained from the Department of Health by The Sunday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists want embryos Bill to allow the &#8220;ultimate incest&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientists-want-embryos-bill-to-allow-the-ultimate-incest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientists-want-embryos-bill-to-allow-the-ultimate-incest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Same sex couples could &#8216;create&#8217; their own biological babies, and a person could even be both mother and father, if fertility scientists get the go ahead. A group of scientists wants the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill amended to allow artificial sperm and eggs to be used in fertility treatment. Listen to a City Talk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court case over animal- human embryos decision</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/court-case-over-animal-human-embryos-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/court-case-over-animal-human-embryos-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christians have launched a court case over a quango&#8217;s decision to allow the creation of the UK&#8217;s first animal-human embryos. The embryos were created by scientists before MPs have even voted on the issue as part of the Government&#8217;s controversial embryos Bill. The Christian Legal Centre (CLC) and Comment on Reproductive Ethics (CORE) believes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New hope of stem cell cures without destroying embryos</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-hope-of-stem-cell-cures-without-destroying-embryos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-hope-of-stem-cell-cures-without-destroying-embryos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An important step forward in adult stem cell research has offered hope of new medical treatments without any need to use human embryos. This will fuel calls to reject embryo research which, after a decade of work, has failed to produce any treatments. In this latest advance, scientists at Harvard Medical School used cells from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists discount MPs and create animal-human embryo</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientists-discount-mps-and-create-animal-human-embryo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientists-discount-mps-and-create-animal-human-embryo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists in Newcastle have created the UK&#8217;s first part-animal part-human embryos, even though MPs have not yet voted to make the research lawful. The embryos were created by inserting human DNA into cows&#8217; eggs. The embryos did not survive beyond three days, according to reports. Watch an ITV news report featuring The Christian Institute. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poll shows public are against embryos Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/poll-shows-public-are-against-embryos-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/poll-shows-public-are-against-embryos-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The majority of the public are against three crucial plans in the Government&#8217;s controversial embryos Bill, a new poll reveals. In the first poll since widespread media coverage of the proposals, 79% think it is important to consider a child&#8217;s need for a father in IVF, 60% think it is wrong to create animal-human embryos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early baby survival rates fuel calls for lower abortion limit</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/early-baby-survival-rates-fuel-calls-for-lower-abortion-limit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/early-baby-survival-rates-fuel-calls-for-lower-abortion-limit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of premature babies born before the upper time limit for abortion are surviving, the Department of Health has admitted. In 2005 there were 250 babies born between 22 and 24 weeks of pregnancy who survived beyond their first birthday, according to official figures. The numbers were revealed in answer to a written Parliamentary question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The embryology Bill: what happens next?</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/the-embryology-bill-what-happens-next/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/the-embryology-bill-what-happens-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Second Reading The Bill will have its Second Reading in the House of Commons. According to press reports, this is not expected until May. Only the general principles of the Bill are debated at Second Reading and the Bill is voted on as a whole. Amendments cannot be tabled on specific issues. The Prime Minister, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM fails to give assurance on abortion in Northern Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-fails-to-give-assurance-on-abortion-in-northern-ireland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-fails-to-give-assurance-on-abortion-in-northern-ireland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown has refused to promise that the Government will oppose any &#8220;backdoor&#8221; attempt to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland. Instead, the Prime Minister said it was up to MPs to decide and he didn&#8217;t think they would want to change the law in the Province. Mr Brown was responding to a question from Northern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM gives free vote on embryology Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-gives-free-vote-on-embryology-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-gives-free-vote-on-embryology-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After weeks of mounting pressure, Gordon Brown says he will allow Labour MPs to vote according to their conscience on three controversial aspects of the embryos Bill. The three areas are animal-human embryos, &#8216;saviour siblings&#8217; and the importance of fatherhood for children created by IVF. But if the Commons backs the Government&#8217;s plans, Mr Brown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown under pressure over embryology Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/brown-under-pressure-over-embryology-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/brown-under-pressure-over-embryology-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has come under heavy criticism over plans to change the law on embryo research and allow the development of animal-human embryos. The leader of Scotland&#8217;s Roman Catholics, Cardinal Keith O&#8217;Brien, used his Easter Sunday sermon to attack the plans. He said, &#8220;One might say that in our country we are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cameron repeats attack on Brown over embryo votes</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cameron-repeats-attack-on-brown-over-embryo-votes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cameron-repeats-attack-on-brown-over-embryo-votes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the second week running the Prime Minister has come under pressure in Parliament to say whether Labour MPs will be allowed to vote according to their conscience on the highly controversial embryos Bill. The Bill proposes measures which may allow more embryos to be destroyed as part of medical research. It also includes plans [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1,300 girls on their second abortion by 18th birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/1300-girls-on-their-second-abortion-by-18th-birthday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/1300-girls-on-their-second-abortion-by-18th-birthday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More women, including an alarming number of teenage girls, are having repeat abortions, the Government has admitted. Among under-18s nearly 1,400 abortions were performed on girls who had already had one or two abortions. 18,619 pregnancies were terminated in total among under-18s in 2006. Of the 200,000 abortions that took place in 2006, 32% were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion can harm mental health, say psychiatrists</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-can-harm-mental-health-say-psychiatrists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-can-harm-mental-health-say-psychiatrists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal College of Psychiatrists says that having an abortion can damage a woman&#8217;s mental health and women should be told the risks before proceeding. This represents a significant shift in policy for the RCP. In 1994 it said that the mental health risks associated with abortion were far less than those incurred when an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PM attacked for forcing votes on embryos Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-attacked-for-forcing-votes-on-embryos-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-attacked-for-forcing-votes-on-embryos-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=408</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has faced renewed calls to allow his MPs to vote according to their conscience on the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. During Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions, Conservative leader David Cameron launched a scathing attack on Gordon Brown&#8217;s stance on the matter. Mr Cameron said that given the Bill&#8217;s sensitive contents it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couple want right to choose IVF embryo with deaf gene</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/couple-want-right-to-choose-ivf-embryo-with-deaf-gene/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/couple-want-right-to-choose-ivf-embryo-with-deaf-gene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A deaf couple want new embryology legislation to allow them to deliberately select a deaf child from embryos created by IVF. The Government&#8217;s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill could allow parents to screen embryos and choose to discard any with a serious disability. But Paula Garfield and Tomato Lichy argue that the rules should apply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foetal pain and &#8216;disabled&#8217; abortions to be reviewed</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/foetal-pain-and-disabled-abortions-to-be-reviewed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/foetal-pain-and-disabled-abortions-to-be-reviewed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=403</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The rules governing abortion of disabled babies are to be reviewed together with a fresh look at what point babies in the womb feel pain. Under the current law babies can be aborted up to birth if there is a &#8220;substantial risk&#8221; of &#8220;serious handicap&#8221;. However, this has been interpreted to include treatable conditions such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministers may allow babies from artificial sperm and eggs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ministers-may-allow-babies-from-artificial-sperm-and-eggs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ministers-may-allow-babies-from-artificial-sperm-and-eggs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government is considering supporting plans to allow children to be born who have been created using artificial sperm and eggs, according to press reports. Liberal Democrat MP, Evan Harris, wants to amend the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill to allow the method to be used for human reproduction. Currently, the law allows the method [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surge in late abortions fuels calls for reduced time limit</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/surge-in-late-abortions-fuels-calls-for-reduced-time-limit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/surge-in-late-abortions-fuels-calls-for-reduced-time-limit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=401</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of pregnancies terminated beyond 20 weeks has hit a record high, according to new figures. Nearly 3,000 late abortions were carried out in 2006, mostly for &#8216;lifestyle&#8217; reasons, reports The Sunday Telegraph. It calculates that the numbers represent an increase of 44 per cent since 1997. The upper time limit for abortions is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let MPs have free vote on embryos Bill, say experts</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/let-mps-have-free-vote-on-embryos-bill-say-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/let-mps-have-free-vote-on-embryos-bill-say-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 100 doctors, scientists, philosophers and theologians have called for MPs to be allowed a free vote on the Government&#8217;s controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. In a letter sent to The Times the leading academics say the Bill &#8220;covers sensitive ethical questions&#8221; and MPs should be free to vote according to their conscience. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cabinet ministers threaten to rebel over embryos Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cabinet-ministers-threaten-to-rebel-over-embryos-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cabinet-ministers-threaten-to-rebel-over-embryos-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Three senior Cabinet ministers have said they will vote against the Government&#8217;s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill because of ethical objections. In December it was reported that Labour MPs may be allowed a free vote, but the convention of &#8216;collective responsibility&#8217; within the Cabinet means senior ministers are expected to vote in line with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPs slam embryo watchdog for pre-empting Parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mps-slam-embryo-watchdog-for-pre-empting-parliament/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mps-slam-embryo-watchdog-for-pre-empting-parliament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A number of MPs have criticised the licensing of research using animal-human hybrid embryos before the issue had even been considered by the House of Commons. In January two teams of scientists were given permission by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to perform experiments on hybrid embryos. In a letter to The Daily [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown sees no reason for lower abortion time limit</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/brown-sees-no-reason-for-lower-abortion-time-limit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/brown-sees-no-reason-for-lower-abortion-time-limit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=389</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has said that the Government has no plans to change the law on abortion, but that there will be a free vote on this issue if the opportunity arises. Downing Street&#8217;s official spokesman said the Prime Minister &#8220;had always made clear that we should be guided by the best medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Cameron wants abortion limit lowered</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/david-cameron-wants-abortion-limit-lowered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/david-cameron-wants-abortion-limit-lowered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron, has joined in calls for the upper time limit for abortion to be lowered. Women can currently terminate a pregnancy up to 24 weeks&#8217; gestation. However, as babies are now far more likely to survive at 24 weeks, many feel the time limit ought to be lowered. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grief over aborted twins drove woman to suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/grief-over-aborted-twins-drove-woman-to-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/grief-over-aborted-twins-drove-woman-to-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A woman whose grief for her aborted twin babies led her to take her own life left a note saying she had never wanted to terminate the pregnancies, an inquest has heard. Emma Beck, who was 30 when she died, wrote that &#8220;Living is hell for me. I should never have had an abortion. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Female sperm&#8217; blurs human definitions, warn experts</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/female-sperm-blurs-human-definitions-warn-experts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/female-sperm-blurs-human-definitions-warn-experts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Secular and Christian ethicists have expressed alarm at new attempts by some scientists to create artificial eggs and sperm by re-programming other cells in the body. Several concerns were raised at a meeting held on 12 February by the Progress Educational Trust at the Centre for Life in Newcastle, entitled &#8216;Artificial Gametes: The What, Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists create GM embryo with two mums and one dad</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientists-create-gm-embryo-with-two-mums-and-one-dad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scientists-create-gm-embryo-with-two-mums-and-one-dad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists are a step closer to producing genetically-modified babies after a team of scientists from Newcastle University has successfully created embryos with three genetic parents. Using embryos left over from fertility treatment, the scientists claim they were able to transplant the nucleus from one fertilised egg to an egg from another woman that had already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ministers to &#8216;cave in&#8217; over embryo research consent</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ministers-to-cave-in-over-embryo-research-consent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ministers-to-cave-in-over-embryo-research-consent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government has been accused of backing down under pressure from scientists who want to be allowed to conduct embryo experiments using human tissues without the donor&#8217;s permission. Scientists want to make use of current stocks of human tissue donated in the past. They want to use them to develop embryos for research. The embryos [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calls for lower abortion limit as more early babies survive</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/calls-for-lower-abortion-limit-as-more-early-babies-survive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/calls-for-lower-abortion-limit-as-more-early-babies-survive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=361</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More babies born as early as 22 weeks are surviving with the right care, according to a new study that has fuelled calls for a lower time limit for abortion. Experts from the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) found that while in 1983 just 32% of babies born at between 22 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop slams 24-hour drinking and Embryos Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/archbishop-slams-24-hour-drinking-and-embryos-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/archbishop-slams-24-hour-drinking-and-embryos-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has attacked 24-hour alcohol licensing and proposals in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Speaking in an interview to mark his 5th anniversary as Archbishop, he expressed his concern that the law allowing 24-hour drinking is likely to survive a Government review. &#8220;I would be interested to see why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bid to restrict abortion of disabled babies fails</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bid-to-restrict-abortion-of-disabled-babies-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bid-to-restrict-abortion-of-disabled-babies-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An attempt to repeal the law that allows disabled babies to be aborted up to birth has been defeated in the Lords. Most abortions are only allowed up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, but the time limit does not apply if a &#8216;serious handicap&#8217; is detected in the baby. However, &#8216;serious handicap&#8217; has been taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babies feel pain before 24 week abortion limit</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/babies-feel-pain-before-24-week-abortion-limit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/babies-feel-pain-before-24-week-abortion-limit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/news/?p=354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unborn babies can experience pain before the upper age limit for abortion, a world expert in foetal pain will tell MPs. Professor Sunny Anand, from the University of Arkansas, will address MPs at a discussion group on abortion on Monday, 28 January 2008. The meeting has been organised ahead of expected attempts to change the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peers vote to sideline role of fathers for IVF children</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/peers-vote-to-sideline-role-of-fathers-for-ivf-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/peers-vote-to-sideline-role-of-fathers-for-ivf-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On 21 January Peers voted in favour of a change in the law which undermines the importance of the father to a child born after in-vitro fertilisation. The law currently refers explicitly to a child&#8217;s &#8216;need for a father&#8217;, which doctors must consider before providing fertility treatment. But the Government proposes to replace this with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law to undermine fathers is &#8220;irresponsible&#8221;, says Peer</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/law-to-undermine-fathers-is-irresponsible-says-peer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 11:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baroness Deech has dennounced as &#8220;irresponsible&#8221; proposals which undermine the role of the father, to be voted on by Peers next week as part of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Baroness Deech, the former chairman of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, said that the change would be a &#8220;move backwards&#8221;, particularly coming at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lords approve animal-human embryos and saviour siblings</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lords-approve-animal-human-embryos-and-saviour-siblings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Lords has voted to allow the creation of animal-human embryos for medical research. Proposals to permit so-called &#8216;saviour siblings&#8217; were also approved. An attempt to ban animal-human embryos was defeated by 268 votes to 96. A vote to outlaw &#8216;saviour siblings&#8217; was also lost. To see how Peers voted on the animal-human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lords vote on animal-human hybrids and &#8216;saviour siblings&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lords-vote-on-animal-human-hybrids-and-saviour-siblings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Lords is set to vote on controversial proposals to allow animal-human embryos and so-called &#8216;saviour siblings&#8217;. The pro-life Peer, Lord Alton, has tabled an amendment to the Human Tissue and Embryology Bill which will ban creation of animal-human embryos. If this is not carried, Peers will have an opportunity to vote to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peers to vote on embryos Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Hewer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Lords will soon vote on the Government&#8217;s controversial Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. The Bill, which will be voted upon by Peers on 15 and 21 January, concerns the way in which human life is treated at its very earliest stages. Several Peers have already raised significant moral objections to certain aspects [...]]]></description>
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