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Designer babies lawful to help sick siblings, UK Law Lords decide (29.4.2005)
Five Law Lords in the UK have ruled that families can legally create babies to help their sick brother or sister, the authority would come from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, UK.

Baby 'should be allowed to die' (21.4.2005)
Charlotte was born with brain, lung and kidney damage. A severely brain-damaged baby should be allowed to die if she stops breathing, a High Court judge has ruled.

Quotes From New Pope Benedict XVI on Abortion, Bioethics Issues (19.4.2005)
The Vatican - The following is a compilation of quotes from new Pope Benedict XVI, former German cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, on abortion and bioethics issues such as euthanasia and embryonic stem cell research.

France Adopts End of Life Law (13.4.2005)
The French senate has approved a law granting terminally ill patients the right to end their life.

La Suede autorise le clonage therapeutique (5.4.2005)
Le 2 février 2005, le Riksdag, parlement suédois, a adopté une nouvelle loi autorisant la recherche sur l'embryon à partir d'embryons issus de fécondation in vitro ou créés par clonage.