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Surrogacy: asking the questions no-one wants to ask (or answer)

August 21, 2019 Written by Medical Practice , Society , Start of Life

In June, the Law Commission published a consultation document on surrogacy, which is still open for submissions. The premise of the consultation – and indeed of the Government – is that surrogacy is a positive, family-building, option but the current law is too restrictive and needs to […]

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What happens when a rat has a drug induced medical abortion?

June 21, 2019 Written by New Technologies , Start of Life

The rat is a valuable animal model of human disease. Humans and rats share many common genetic features and by examining the physiology, neurology, neurophysiology and the resulting behaviours such as the response to stress, of a rat, scientists can gain valuable insights into how […]

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Marie Stopes: history erases ugly facts to create a mythical feminist hero

May 7, 2019 Written by Global Health and Mission , Start of Life

For some, the name Marie Stopes speaks of one of the biggest abortion providers in the world. For others, it speaks of a person, a feminist icon and pioneer for birth control and family planning. Both are true, but few people know about Marie Stopes […]

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Prenatal Screening and Down Syndrome – million-dollar ethics

May 1, 2019 Written by New Technologies , Start of Life

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics, an independent think tank on bioethics, launched their report on the ethical issues of NIPT(non-invasive prenatal testing) in 2017.  NIPT, a new more accurate way of screening for Down syndrome, is part of the genetic testing market, predicted to grow […]

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Why is Royal College of GP’s so keen to decriminalise abortion?

April 9, 2019 Written by Start of Life

In February the Royal College of General Practitioners  (RCGP) announced their support for the decriminalisation of abortion. This decision was based on a poll, which only 8.2% of their 53,724 members responded to. 62% of those responding said they supported decriminalisation. The RCGP now joins […]