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February 2001
Contents: Student LifeNet Conference 2001
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here for our press contact details Dear Everyone A big welcome to all those who are new to the Student LifeNet mailing list, and apologies for taking a while to assemble the first newsletter of 2001. Conference, yes Student LifeNet Conference, yes FANTASTIC STUDENT LIFENET CONFERENCE Saturday March 17th starting at 11am and continuing late into the night for those who like to party.Oxford University Catholic Chaplaincy - we hope to be able to provide accommodation for anyone who would like to stay in Oxford on Saturday night. Everyone is very welcome, it's free of charge and a wonderful opportunity to meet and learn from individuals currently fiercely defending the pro-life cause in the public eye. Students will be sharing experiences of pro-life victories such as NAC disaffiliation, as well as giving top tips on effective ways to set up and enlarge a pro-life group. Medical and legal experts will be bringing us right up to date with pressing pro-life issues being hotly debated at the moment, and media personalities will be revealing how to charm journalists. Flyers are being sent out in large quantities with more details but pen 17th March into your diaries asap. The conference marks the beginning of a new Student LifeNet Committee. It is crucial that as a coalition of students, we have a new group of committed students on the committee every year with fresh, mad, bad, inspirational ideas on original pro-life campaigns. The old committee members will be around in the background although moving into the working world, Student LifeNet is too much fun to say a proper goodbye. If you think you might like to be part of next year's committee, we really want to hear from you, please don't be shy, contact Sarah Macken on SLifeNet@aol.com. Student LifeNet campaigns against cloning have included the headline hitting Tony's Clonies and a flock of sheep who deposited themselves in parliament square bravely baaing at the House of Lords not to vote in cloning. Despite the disappointing votes, the Pro-life Alliance has managed to prevent the HFEA issuing any licenses that would permit cloning research (www.prolife.org.uk) by bringing about a judicial review that could result in the need to review the entire cloning legislation. Below are the names of three scientists who have been identified as the most likely to clone humans first, it would be excellent if they were bombarded with emails from students opposing cloning so please take a couple of minutes and help us clog up their inboxes. Professor Peter Andrews p.w.andrews@sheffield.ac.uk Professor Ian Wilmut ian.wilmut@bbsrc.ac.uk Dr Austin Smith ausmith@serv0.bio.ed.ac.uk A team of medical students have written a letter which was sent to the House of Lords and printed in the Telegraph, the number of signaturies is continuing to grow so if you are a medical student and would like to sign the letter, please contact Anna Wilkins on acw28@hermes.cam.ac.uk Best of luck to everyone with the pro-lifing, and I hope things are going well in 2001 - one last reminder.... you cannot miss the first ever Student LifeNet Conference - March 17th, get informed, inspired and party the night away. Thanks Anna |
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