HFEA Grant Licences for Hybrid Embryos

Headlines

• HFEA grant licences for human-animal hybrid embryos

• Lords vote on Monday: Need for a Father and Abortion

• Islam Conference: book now

HFEA grant licences for human-animal hybrid embryos

The fertility watchdog, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, have taken the controversial step of granting licences to two research centres to create human-animal hybrid embryos. The democratically elected House of Commons have not yet voted on whether or not such research should be legal, and are expected to do so in the coming weeks.

The Christian Legal Centre (CLC) and Comment on Reproductive Ethics (CORE) are considering whether to bring a legal challenge against the HFEA.

Media Links

• BBC News 24 report on the HFEA decision, 17 Jan 2008

  http://www.ccfon.org/mediacentre.php?avid=30&avap=1

  
  

• BBC News 24 with Josephine Quintavalle of CORE on the HFEA decision, 17 Jan 2008

  http://www.ccfon.org/mediacentre.php?avid=29&avap=1

• BBC ‘The Record’, showing highlights of the House of Lords debate on hybrid embryos, 15 Jan 2008

  http://www.ccfon.org/mediacentre.php?avid=31&avap=1

• CCFONtv: footage of CCFON rally outside the Lords, 15 Jan 2008

  http://www.ccfon.org/mediacentre.php?avid=26&avap=1

Lords vote on Monday: Need for a Father and Abortion

Please remember to pray for the debate and vote taking place this Monday in the House of Lords. Peers will be voting on whether to keep the child’s need for a father as a consideration in granting IVF treatment, as well as on whether to repeal the law which allows foetuses to be aborted because of a disability.

Islam Conference: Book now

Places at our day long Islam conference are fast disappearing, so book your place now to avoid disappointment. The conference takes place on Monday 28^th January in central London. Use the link below for more information on the conference and how to book a place.

• Islam Conference

  http://www.ccfon.org/view.php?id=146