A group of experts meeting in Canada are claiming that dolphins are persons with the right to life. The experts are calling for recognition of their Declaration on the Rights of Cetaceans. [Metro, 21 February]

Anthony Ozimic of SPUC commented: "The most commonly-accepted definition of person is 'an individual substance of a rational nature'. Dolphins are not of a rational nature, unlike unborn children who have an innate rationality which develops with age.

"The proposed declaration shows just how far modern bioethics has become divorced from reality."

Other stories:

• Please continue to lobby government to overrule abortion ads decision [John Smeaton, 21 February]
• Undercover at a pro-abortion meeting: Part III [SPUC youth blog, 21 February]
• Skilled attendance at birth and maternal mortality - what the data shows [Pat Buckley, 21 February]
• New attempt to introduce abortion in Ireland [Pat Buckley, 20 February]
• Traditionalist Catholics protest against abortion ads outside regulator's HQ [Integrity and Action, 17 February]
• 40 Days for Life London launches latest campaign [SPUC youth blog, 16 February]
• UK mother went to Belgium for controversial IVF screening process [Mail, 16 February]
• Chinese forced abortion opponent collapses from home detention [LifeNews.com, 20 February]