‘The Government’s attempt to legalise so-called “three parent” babies is open to challenge by judicial review because of serious flaws in the proposed legislation, a senior lawyer has warned.’
The Independent, 14th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The EU bans the patenting of human embryos for commercial purposes. This ban is implemented in national law via the 1977 Patents Act. But what precisely is a ‘human embryo’ for the purposes of the Biotech Directive? Or, put another way, must the process involving embryonic stem cells be capable of developing into a human being, before the ban can bite?”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.co.uk
“An English couple who paid Indian women to have their babies can keep them and bring them up as their own ruled one of Britain’s top judges, Sir Nicholas Wall ruled today (6 December).”
Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Brüstle v Greenpeace eV (Case C-34/10); [2011] WLR (D) 305
“Any human ovum after fertilisation, any non-fertilised human ovum into which the cell nucleus from a mature human cell had been transplanted, and any non-fertilised human ovum whose division and further development had been stimulated by parthenogenesis constituted a ‘human embryo’ within the meaning of article 6(2)(c) of Parliament and Council Directive 98/44/EC of 6 July 1998 on the legal protection of biotechnological inventions (OJ 1998 L 213, p 13) and could not therefore be patented.”
WLR Daily, 18th October 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Cutting-edge research into new medical treatments in Britain was thrown into disarray on Tuesday as the highest European court ruled that stem cells from human embryos cannot be patented.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Work on revolutionary medical treatments for incurable diseases is in danger of being wiped out by a European court ruling on embryonic stem cells, according to leading scientists.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The human embryo may be in danger of losing the special status that guards it against use in anything other than important and necessary research, under proposals due out next week.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two men who netted £250,000 after providing women with access to sperm through an illegal fertility company were spared an immediate jail term today.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two men are facing jail after they were convicted yesterday of running an illegal fertility company that gave women access to sperm donors. Nigel Woodforth, 43, ran the operation from the basement of his home in Reading, Berkshire, with 49-year-old Ricky Gage. A jury at Southwark Crown Court, in south London, convicted both men of three counts each of providing sperm without a licence or third-party agreement.”
The Independent, 18th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Two businessmen earned £250,000 through an illegal fertility company providing women with access to sperm donors, a court heard today. In the first case of its kind, a jury was told that Nigel Woodforth, 43, ran the firm from the basement of his home in Reading, Berkshire, with 49-year-old Ricky Gage.”
The Guardian, 13th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Couples undergoing fertility treatment are being left at risk of embryo mix-ups and blunders because the industry regulator fails to take action early enough, a review has found.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Children conceived by egg or sperm donation will have the chance to find their biological siblings once they turn 18 under new laws which coming into effect, authorities said.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A couple spoke of their joy and renewed desire to have children last night after ministers allowed them to keep frozen embryos that otherwise would have been destroyed.”
The Times, 10th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A mother faces losing 11 frozen embryos under a new law which rules they must be destroyed after five years.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Medical research using embryos that contain both human and animal material was cleared to continue yesterday, after the High Court threw out a legal challenge by religious campaigners.”
The Times, 20th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Christian campaigners have lost their High Court challenge to scientists being allowed to create human-animal embryos for research purposes.”
BBC News, 9th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 published
Full text of Act (PDF)
Source: www.opsi.gov.uk
“The most significant shake-up of embryology laws for 20 years was last night approved by MPs, as the government faced down accusations of ‘shabby’ behaviour for thwarting the debate on abortion.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Plans to overhaul Britain’s fertility laws have been held up by political squabbling over abortion rights, the head of the country’s fertility watchdog said yesterday.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gordon Brown has lost a of trial of strength with Ruth Kelly and is allowing her to miss a crucial vote to relax embryo research next week, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 1st July 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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