News,

• At least 13 million abortions a year in China, says state media [Irish Examiner, 30 July] http://is.gd/1U0L5

• Hungarian police have detained four people on suspicion of carrying out illegal, untested stem cell treatments using embryos or aborted foetuses [Reuters, 29 July] http://is.gd/1U2xq

• Letters from Dr Evan Harris MP and others about gamete donation [Times, 30 July] http://is.gd/1U2qN
• Women using IVF have a greater than 50% chance of having a baby after four IVF cycles, according to a new study [Reuters, 29 July] http://is.gd/1U1CC

• Op-ed promoting global population reduction to save the planet [Irish Times, 30 July] http://is.gd/1U1K7

• Analysis of promiscuity and NHS tactics regarding sexually transmitted infections [Daily Mail, 30 July] http://is.gd/1U1ny

• A woman is pregnant with the 14th child. Her 13 other children have been taken into care [Daily Mail, 30 July] http://is.gd/1U1us

• The Times says legal experts believe Debbie Purdy will win her assisted suicide case before the House of Lords judicial committee today. Judgment is due at 16:30 UK time. SPUC will be commenting to the media after the judgment [Times, 30 July] http://is.gd/1U12A
• Baroness Emerton, a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), has condemned the RCN's adoption of "neutrality" on assisted suicide [Christian Institute, 29 July] http://is.gd/1U25T
• The RCN chief executive clarifies the RCN's stance; and other letters on assisted suicide [Times,30 July] http://is.gd/1U2hi

• A British man who fathered a baby in a Laotian jail says he will now die for saving the mother from execution [Yorkshire Post, 29 July] http://is.gd/1U0Sb

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