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Markets have a way of meeting needs. Already, "reproductive tourists" travel to countries where looser rules might increase their odds of success. Could patients create as many embryos as they like and pick the best, as long as they line up couples to adopt the rest--or sell the extras to offset the costs? This is no wild plan; in the U.K. researchers offer women reduced rates on fertility treatment if they agree to donate half their harvested eggs for research...
While there was no disagreement at the meeting about the idea of sending Haig abroad, there were differences of opinion over the tone that the U.S. should adopt during the mission. U.N. Ambassador Kirkpatrick, a guest at the session, argued strongly that the U.S. should respect the sensitivities of the nationalistic Argentines. Her repeated point: the U.S. must not allow the Falklands issue to undermine the American interest in building a common anti-Communist front among Latin Americans...
...This backlash against Williams’ moderate suggestions derives from an inherent misunderstanding of what the Archbishop’s intentions were. He recognized that certain provisions of Shariah were already acknowledged by society, not that the U.K. should adopt Shariah as a “parallel jurisprudence.” For example, Williams said individuals could resolve aspects of specified matters such as martial law and regulation of financial transactions under the jurisdiction of their choice, allowing British Muslims to forego choosing between cultural and state loyalties. That there is one law for everybody is an important part...
Schrag said he would like to see Harvard adopt a new plan for reducing energy usage...
...Macau's greyhound population: Some 300 to 400 of the racing dogs are destroyed each year, a Canidrome official told the South China Morning Post last August. (The Canidrome declined interview requests.) A local law confines greyhound ownership to the Canidrome, making it impossible for anyone else to adopt the dogs. Some are injured or too old to race - greyhounds have a racing life of only two to three years - but others have simply been deemed too expensive for the struggling enterprise to maintain. "They're making a huge mistake," says Cynthia Branigan, founder of Make Peace With Animals...