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EC Rejects Demands to Restrict Stem Cell Research, Women's Rights

The “One of Us” campaign, spearheaded by ultra-conservative, anti-choice movements, demanded that the European Commission cut off all funding for human embryonic stem cell research and funding to any organization...

by LibertiesEU

The “One of Us” campaign, spearheaded by ultra-conservative, anti-choice movements, demanded that the European Commission cut off all funding for human embryonic stem cell research and funding to any organization involved in the provision of indirect or direct abortion or “abortion-related” services in low- and middle-income countries. This would have had devastating consequences for women’s health and would have forced women to seek unsafe abortion services. The EC has decided not to act on the demands of this campaign.

Read the European Women’s Lobby press release here.

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