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June 2010

Europe: vers une remise en cause de l'objection de conscience? (24.6.2010)
La Commission des questions sociales, de la sante et de la famille de l'Assemblee parlementaire du Conseil de l'Europe (APCE) presente un projet de resolution intitule "Acces des femmes a des soins medicaux legaux: probleme du recours non reglemente a l'objection de conscience".

Test-tube babies 'twice as likely' to have birth defects (15.6.2010)
Test-tube babies are almost twice as likely to suffer birth defects than children born naturally, according to the largest study of its kind. Babies conceived through IVF have a significantly higher risk of being born with heart problems and malformed reproductive systems than those conceived naturally.

Stem cell research no longer threatened by Ohio Senate bill (4.6.2010)
The Ohio Senate passed a bill that would outlaw the mixing of human and animal cells to create "human-animal hybrids," such as the implanting of a human embryo into an animal's womb.