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By parsimony, indolence and indifference, the British Government is killing off imaginative research. It must act quickly if it cares to retrieve the situation. But it may already be too late.
Britain has been given a framework for new laws on in vitro fertilization. But the Warnock package is unduly inflexible, while its appearance will stimulate demand, thus changing the circumstances.