The European Commission (EU) must decide before May 28 on how it intends to take action concerning the request of the European Citizens’ Initiative “One of Us” to introduce into the European regulatory an ethics clause explicitly excluding European Union funding any activity that destroys or involves the destruction of human life at the embryonic…
The public hearing in the European Parliament on the citizen’s initiative “One of Us” was a great success, with more than five hundred participants actively discussing about the dignity of the human embryo and the protection that he deserves on our societies.
On 10 April 2014, a public hearing will be held at the EP in Brussels (Room József Antall 4Q2) 09:00 to 12.30 (CET) to allow for the presentation of the Citizens’ Initiative ‘One of Us’. The initiative requests the prohibition of EU financing of activities which involve the destruction of human embryos, especially in the…
A public hearing on the European Citizens’ Initiative “One of Us” will be organised on 10.04.2014 in the European Parliament’s premises in Brussels, room JAN 4Q2, from 09.00 to 12.30. The initiative asks the EU to prohibit the financing of activities which presuppose the destruction of human embryos, especially in the areas of research, development…
On April 10th the European Parliament will organize a public hearing for the ECI “One of Us”. Organizers will present a legal proposition, which will hopefully become an European law.
The Commission has officially received the second successful European Citizens’ Initiative, with properly validated support from at least one million European citizens in at least seven Member States. Support for the One of Us ECI, whose organisers call on the EU to ‘establish a ban and end the financing of activities which presuppose the destruction…
ONE OF US is confirmed as the first European Citizens Initiative in number of statements of support collected from the European Citizens. The European Citizens Initiative (ECI) One of Us has finished the signatures collected verification and validation phase by the National Authorities of each Member State. Over 1,901,947 signatures collected 1,742,156 have been validated.…
The Public Hearing for ECI Right2Water – Europe’s first successful European Citizens’ Initiative – will take place Monday, 17 February from 15h00 to 18h30, in room JAN4Q2 in the European Parliament. It will be chaired by the Environment Committee and will also involve the Petitions Committee (PETI), the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO), and the Development Committee (DEVE).
I have been receiving media calls and emails about the wholly expected lawsuits by the Non Human Rights Project to obtain writs of habeas corpus for chimpanzees. From the US News and World Report story: The lawsuit states that chimps are entitled to a “fundamental right to bodily liberty,” which Wise told Reuters is the…
When it comes to stem cell news you can use the best source is Family Research Council’s resident mad scientist, Dr. David Prentice (actually the only time I’ve ever really seen him mad is when reporters and actual mad scientists neglect to point out the differences between embryonic and ethical forms of research.) His latest…