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The deVeber Institute was founded in 1982 and first known as the Human Life Research Institute. A non-profit educational foundation, its mandate was to research and publish studies relating to the impact of biotechnological advances on the family and society, and ethical issues in health care, especially those resulting from reproductive technologies. The Institute remains steadfast to its original vision of an uncompromising commitment to scholarly and unbiased research. The Institute, then and now, is composed of a Board of Directors and an Advisory Council. These men and women come from diverse disciplines including medicine, science, law, social work, history, philosophy, education, business, and journalism. With such depth and range of knowledge, and their expertise, the deVeber Institute takes pride in offering consultation and direction in bioethics. In particular, the media and students have always been encouraged to consult us. The deVeber Institute is the only Canadian organization continuously studying the long-term effects of induced abortion on women's health. Its most comprehensive study to date, Women's Health after Abortion: The Medical and Psychological Evidence, is available in April 2002. In 1996, the Board of Directors renamed the organization the deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research. The new name features two key pieces of information, the name "deVeber" and "bioethics and social research...

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