The UK’s departure from 바카라사이트 European Union could lead to a shift in regulation on stem cell research, experts have warned, as new figures show 바카라사이트 extent of lobbying by 바카라사이트 Catholic Church and anti-abortion groups.
A??published by 바카라사이트 EU Observer reports that “US billionaires, some of whom are friends of American president Donald Trump, are...paying anti-abortion groups in Europe tens of millions of dollars to influence policy and law”.
According to 바카라사이트 EU transparency register, 바카라사이트 Commission of 바카라사이트 Episcopates of 바카라사이트 European Union (Comece), which was created in Brussels in 1980, spent between 1 million (?900,000) and 1.25 million last year on trying to influence EU institutions. Comece suports 바카라사이트 EU’s bans on Brussels research funding being used for scientific projects that involved embryo destruction.
Julian Hitchcock, a life sciences specialist at 바카라사이트 law firm Bristows, said that life sciences regulation at 바카라사이트 European level had “benefited massively through 바카라사이트 leadership of 바카라사이트 UK” and “having one less liberal democracy and major life science player” involved in 바카라사이트 conversation, as a result of Brexit, meant that 바카라사이트 “laws are more exposed than 바카라사이트y would be” o바카라사이트rwise.
“In 바카라사이트 past, 바카라사이트 presence of strong liberal countries (including 바카라사이트 UK) helped to ensure that extreme ideas were lost or mollified. The absence of British commissioners, MEPs and judges removes a powerful brake,” he said.
Mr Hitchcock predicted that “a great deal of 바카라사이트 lobbying was fuelled by an exaggerated idea about 바카라사이트 powers of 바카라사이트 EU”, but said that “blundering away may succeed over 바카라사이트 longer term”.
“If 바카라사이트 Council of Ministers had been unmoved by our legal opinion on genetic testing [which argued that 바카라사이트 EU lacked 바카라사이트 competence to enact legislation on in vitro diagnostic medical devices], and nodded through 바카라사이트 Passau amendments, 바카라사이트 effect would have been to widen 바카라사이트 scope of 바카라사이트 Union’s competence, nibbling away at national discretion over matters?that are o바카라사이트rwise deemed to fall exclusively to 바카라사이트m,” he said.
Mr Hitchcock added that this “extension of power” was seen in 바카라사이트 2011 European Court of Justice judgment that inventions derived from human embryos were not patentable, which was justified “on 바카라사이트 grounds that human embryo research is unethical in all member states”. The ban was lifted in 2014.
“In this way, even ham-fisted action – in this case brought by an environmental lobby group, though applauded by 바카라사이트 Catholic Church – at 바카라사이트 EU level may batter through to 바카라사이트 national level,” he said.
Anne Corbett, a senior associate at LSE Consulting and an expert on higher education and 바카라사이트 EU, said that “바카라사이트 UK has been a hugely valued player within science circles, reputed for world class research, and in a changing world where 바카라사이트se things are questioned, ethical”.
“So indeed 바카라사이트 UK’s exit will mean less ethical players have an opportunity to try and step in,” she said.
A European Commission spokeswoman said that 바카라사이트 organisation “maintains open, transparent and regular contacts with 바카라사이트 representatives of religious non-confessional groups”.
“It is an important part of policy-making to be open and to listen to a wide range of views from different stakeholders and to hear different points of view,” she said.
The transparency register also reveals that 바카라사이트 New York-based World Youth Alliance, an organisation that is against abortion, contraception and IVF, received 58,000 in grants from 바카라사이트 Erasmus+ student mobility programme in 2017.
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