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Opponents of the proposal say children need a father figure It is normally the emotive issue of abortion or the complexities of hybrid embryos that have raised the greatest passions in the debate over the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. But the Church of England has reserved its greatest... [read full story]
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Mr Duncan Smith says children need the influence of a father MPs have voted to scrap laws forcing clinics to consider the need for a "father and mother" before allowing women to seek IVF treatment. Iain Duncan Smith, led the cross-party bid, saying the absence of a father had a "detrimental...
Mark Henderson and Francis Elliott Lesbian couples and single women won landmark parental rights tonight, as the House of Commons voted to remove the requirement that fertility clinics consider a child’s need for a father. He also questioned whether the existing law leads to genuine...
Modernisers on both sides of the House of Commons tonight easily defeated attempts to restrict access for lesbian couples seeking to conceive children through IVF treatment. A major change in the law, which will remove the "need for a father" for children conceived by IVF, is likely to come into...
By Trevor Mason and David Hughes, PA The Government tonight comfortably beat off a fresh challenge to its flagship Bill updating fertility laws for the first time in 20 years. On a free vote, MPs rejected a cross-party move for doctors to consider the need for a father in offering fertility...
Fathers are no longer needed for kids born through IVF Children born to lesbians and single mothers using IVF do not need a father, MPs ruled on Tuesday. They must have only 'supporting parenting', under the biggest shake-up of reproduction laws in two decades, agreed in the Commons. The...
Published Date: 21 May 2008 By Gerri Peev political correspondent THE right to a father for children born after fertility treatment was dramatically dropped by MPs last night, after hours of impassioned debate in the Commons. THE right to a father for children born after fertility treatment was...
A change in the law that will remove the "need for a father" for children conceived by IVF will come into force within months after Commons modernisers defeated attempts to restrict access for lesbian couples seeking to conceive children. After a second day of passionate debate over the human...
A change in the law that will remove the "need for a father" for children conceived by IVF will come into force within months after Commons modernisers defeated attempts to restrict access for lesbian couples seeking to conceive children. After a second day of passionate debate over the human...
May 21 2008 by Tomos Livingstone, Western Mail THE fight for lower abortion limits will continue, campaigners promised today after accusing MPs of ignoring overwhelming public opinion by rejecting a cut from 24 weeks. Single women and lesbian couples should now find it easier to secure the...
Fathers are no longer needed for kids born through IVF Children born to lesbians and single mothers using IVF do not need a father, MPs ruled on Tuesday. They must have only 'supporting parenting', under the biggest shake-up of reproduction laws in two decades, agreed in the Commons. The...
Iain Duncan Smith, Female Health, Pregnancy, Human Reproduction, Family, Children, Embryo, United Kingdom, England

