HFEA Public Consultation : Debating Mitochondria Replacement
Can we urge and encourage you to take part in this consultation exercise being conducted by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)? If you go to this link on the HFEA website you will find a comprehensive analysis of the proposal, and the exercise itself can be completed easily online. http://mitochondria.hfea.gov.uk/mitochondria If anybody wishes to contact CORE for further...
Read MoreDr Shinya Yamanaka wins the Nobel Prize for Medicine and gives us a much-needed lesson on the beginning of life
When the newly appointed UK Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, announced last week that he would support lowering the upper limit for abortion to 12 weeks, nobody could have imagined what a headline grabbing statement it would turn out to be. Much of the subsequent media attention focused on discussions about the beginning of life and what value should be attributed to it at what stages of...
Read MoreUp and running again – with apologies
CORE is at last back online and we apologise to those of you who follow our comments for being ‘on holiday’ for such a long time. What started off as minor renovations turned into a massive refurbishment (still not complete!). These will continue but the decision is to get back online anyway in the meantime.
Read MoreAborted fetal tissue used in stem cell trial – no thank you
We share the dream of seeking cures for strokes, spinal injury, cancers and all the other conditions which beset modern man, but the realization of that dream cannot depend on the taking of life of other human beings, no matter how early in development those tiny lives may be.
Read MoreRCOG blatantly endorses status quo of UK Abortion Law in Government commissioned reports
RCOG blatantly endorses status quo of UK Abortion Law in Government commissioned reports Two reports, commissioned by the Government in relationship to abortion were published last week by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) on ‘Fetal Awareness’ and ‘Termination of Pregnancy for Fetal Abnormality’ (*). CORE works with many colleagues nationally and internationally...
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