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25 November 2008

Tomorrow CORE will join with the Christian Legal Centre to challenge the HFEA over the legality of licences issued to create animal/human hybrid embryos, as well as the process whereby such licences are assessed.

See 'Making the HFEA Accountable' under News for a taste of the rationale behind this case.

Features

The Hamster Test : Not a precursor to animal-human hybrid embryos (31 May, 2008)

The Hamster Test was devised as part of investigation into male infertility, and entails the mixing of human sperm with eggs from the golden hamster, to test sperm motility.

This Test was permitted under the UK’s 1990 Human Fertilisation & Embryology Act, and is much quoted to justify current controversial proposals to allow the creation of animal-human hybrid embryos.

It is argued that this particular Rubicon was crossed 18 years ago, and on this basis two licences for the creation of...more

News

(25 November, 2008)

Making the HFEA Accountable

(The following is an extended rationale of our Case against the HFEA. We are arguing for fair play.)

The HFEA (Authority) was created to “carry out regulation with the purpose of maintaining ‘respect for human life at all stages’.” However, the Authority’s 18-year history of granting research...

Press Releases

(11 November, 2008)

Of Frozen Mice and Men

Frozen mice and men …

The recent news that scientists have been able to clone mice using brain tissue frozen 16 years ago, produced a ‘Daily Mail’ front page, entitled ‘Cloning from the...

Events

(21 April, 2006)

A Feminist Colloquium On Reprotechnology

Feminist authors discuss modern reprotech, the physical risks to the female body, and broader sociological concerns on 3 May 2006 in the European Parliament, Room ASP 1A2, Brussels.

Registration recommended but no fee for conference.
Please register by post, telephone or email.

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