News,

Abortion

• Spanish justice minister says there is no room for conscientious objection to abortion [SPUC director's blog, 16 August] http://is.gd/2jjXC
  
• Catholic Church in Scotland challenges Scottish government and GPs over under-15s abortions [SPUC director's blog, 15 August] http://is.gd/2jism
  
• Pop star says abortion ruined her life [Daily Mail, 15 August] http://is.gd/2kL5B
• A woman has had an abortion over swine flu fear [Pat Buckley - European Life Network, 15 August] http://is.gd/2kM6Y

IVF; fertility treatment

• British women are selling their eggs, which is illegal [Daily Mail, 17 August] http://is.gd/2kLjo

Population

• Sir David Attenborough , the environmentalist, calls for population control to combat climate change [Daily Mail, 17 August] http://is.gd/2kKJn

Sexual health; teenage pregnancies

• A schools guide by Marriage Care, a Catholic charity, contains misleading information about contraception and natural family planning [Catholic Herald, 14 August] http://is.gd/2kMy6

Maternal health and unborn health

• Expectant mother delays cancer treatment to save her unborn child [Sunday Mail, 17 August] http://is.gd/2kKUR

Euthanasia and assisted suicide; disability

• An Australian with quadriplegia has won the legal right to starve himself to death [Daily Mail, 14 August] http://is.gd/2kLQZ
• Wisconsin Medical Society has rejected assisted suicide [Secondhand Smoke, 15 August] http://is.gd/2kMDX
  
• Archbishop Peter Smith of Cardiff has urged Catholics to oppose assisted suicide [Catholic Herald, 14 August] http://is.gd/2kMkO
  
• Terry Waite, the British former hostage, has written against assisted suicide [Pat Buckley - European Life Network, 15 August] http://is.gd/2kMfD
  
• Terminally-ill people share their stories in debate on assisted suicide [Times, 15 August] http://is.gd/2kLse
• Palliative care specialist says the US state of Oregon, where assisted suicide is allowed, has inadequate end-of-life care and low patient trust [Christian Institute, 14 August] http://is.gd/2kLHi

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