News - Announcements

July 2009

Abortion pill approved in Italy (31.7.2009)
Italy's drug regulation agency has approved the use of the abortion pill RU486, also known as mifepristone, prompting protests from the Vatican.

UK: Lords reject assisted dying law (8.7.2009)
A move to make it legal to help a terminally ill person to die has been defeated in the House of Lords.

Universal embryo test 'very near' (1.7.2009)
A gene mapping test that can test embryos for almost any inherited disease could be available in the UK within a year, say researchers.