News,

• Pro-abortion interviewer surprised by her reaction to witnessing abortion [LifeSiteNews.com, 18 August] http://is.gd/2o7iN

• The average age of women giving birth for the first time is increasing worldwide but remains lower in the U.S. than in other developed countries because of the nation's higher teen birth rate, according to a report [MediLexicon, 14 August] http://is.gd/2o7H6

• As people head off for their summer holidays, health officials in Hertfordshire are warning of the dangers of sexually-transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy [St Albans Review, 18 August] http://is.gd/2n9PB
  

• A simple non-surgical test could identify endometriosis, according to new research [Telegraph, 19 August] http://is.gd/2o6fh
• Pregnant women are having to wait until very late in their pregnancy to have their first appointment with a doctor at Dublin's maternity hospitals [Irish Times, 19 August] http://is.gd/2o6vi
• Home foetal heart scan kits may put unborn babies at risk [Daily Mail, 19 August] http://is.gd/2o6Hc
• Father turned away from hospital with pregnant wife delivers baby on bathroom floor [Daily Mail, 18 August] http://is.gd/2o6No

• The first-ever International Synod of People with Down Syndrome is being held in Dublin [Irish Independent, 19 August] http://is.gd/2o66H

• The European Committee of Social Rights, which monitors compliance with the Council of Europe's European Social Charter, has ruled that Croatia's sex-education curriculum discriminates on the basis of sexual orientation [Pink Paper, 18 August] http://is.gd/2o6WG
• The Australian state of Queenland seeking to allow homosexuals to acquire children through surrogacy [LifeSiteNews.com, 18 August] http://is.gd/2o7vd

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