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Sunday, May 18, 2008

Church 'manipulated' Brown on embryo bill

An adviser on medical ethics to the World Health Organisation has criticised Gordon Brown for allowing himself to be “manipulated” by the Catholic church on embryo research.

Sheila McLean, professor of law and ethics in medicine at Glasgow University, said on the website Bionews that Brown had bowed to “moral populism” by giving MPs a free vote this week on aspects of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

Full story at the Sunday Times.

Full article at Bionews.

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