Stalinist tactics must be resisted
Fri, 21st Mar, 8:36pm
Gordon Brown announced yesterday that he would not be allowing a conscience vote on any of the controversial moral issues within the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. In so doing he ignored requests for a free vote from the leader of the opposition , from other MPs including those within his own party, from 108 professors with varying views on the bill itself and from Cardinal O'Brien . The government is now headed for it biggest confrontation yet with the Catholic Church.
The French Lady - A tragic hard case
Thu, 20th Mar, 5:23pm
Chantal Sebire was a 52-year old former teacher and mother of three, who had hoped to set a legal precedent in France for patients seeking 'medical help' to end their own lives. She was suffering from esthesioneuroblastoma , a rare malignancy of the nasal cavity, which had left her face horribly disfigured and partially blind. A court in Dijon, Burgundy, had ruled against allowing a doctor to help her take a lethal dose of barbiturates. She was then found dead at home this morning, presumably having taken her own life, although this has not been confirmed.
Royal College of Psychiatrists changes view on abortion and mental health
Tue, 18th Mar, 3:10pm
Are there are psychiatric grounds for abortion? Does abortion lead to mental health problems?
Cameron backs abortion for disabled up to birth and bottles out on hfe bill
Mon, 17th Mar, 2:04pm
David Cameron is to be commended for backing the campaign to lower the upper abortion upper limit for 'normal' babies from 24 to 20 weeks; but he has today said that he thinks that disabled babies should continue to be aborted up until birth, even for minor correctible abnormalities like cleft palate and club foot.
Embryonic Stem Cells – the government is driving us up a dead end street
Mon, 10th Mar, 1:31pm
It is now nine years since the publication of the 1999 Donaldson Report, on which the government based its current policy on stem cells. Embryonic stem cells were apparently going to provide miracle cures for people with degenerative diseases like Parkinsons, Diabetes and Alzheimers. Immunologically compatible stem cells were going to be produced by therapeutic cloning, the same technology that produced Dolly the sheep.
