Maritimes--Prince Edward Island, with no lobbying from the public, has followed the lead of the federal government and scratched out all marriage statutes which include the words husband, wife, bride, groom, and replacing them with the neutrally-gendered "spouse.".Maritimes -- Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island, province (2001 pop. 135,294), 2,184 sq mi (5,657 sq km), E Canada, off N.B. and N.S. Geography One of the Maritime Provinces, Prince Edward Island lies in the Gulf of St. , with no lobbying from the public, has followed the lead of the federal government and scratched out all marriage statutes which include the words husband, wife, bride, groom, and replacing them with the neutrally-gendered "spouse." The Health Minister claimed, "We didn't have a lot of pressure from the public, actually, but this was necessary. We had to do this." Really?.... A recent study by Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (dălhou`zē), at Halifax, N.S., Canada; nonsectarian; coeducational; founded 1818 by the 9th earl of Dalhousie. Except for a few years between 1838 and 1845, Dalhousie did not function as a university until 1863. confirms what many have already suspected: Canada's fertility clinics are not in compliance with the laws governing the use of human embryos for stem-cell research Noun 1. stem-cell research - research on stem cells and their use in medicine biological research - scientific research conducted by biologists embryonic stem-cell research - biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine (Can West News Service, Oct. 26, 2005). Margaret Somerville Margaret Anne Ganley Somerville, AM, FRSC (born April 13, 1942) is an Australian/Canadian ethicist and academic. She is the Samuel Gale Professor of Law, Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and the Founding Director of the Faculty of Law's Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law at , law and ethics professor at McGill University, says that the findings should "sound a serious warning for everyone connected with research." |
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