News,

Defeat of sex ed amendment welcome but further threat looms large.

Last week the House of Lords rejected an amendment to the government's Academies bill by Baronness Massey, which would have made sex education compulsory in academies. SPUC has warned that similar amendments will be tabled to the forthcoming Education and Childrens bill. [John Smeaton, 8 July] http://bit.ly/cShAbt

Archbishop says Catholics who co-operate with abortion are excommunicated.

Robert Carlson, Catholic archbishop of St. Louis, America, has written that one cannot be a good Catholic and pro-abortion. He said that formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offence and that the Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life. [LifeSiteNews.com, 8 July] http://bit.ly/bP66vI

Scottish doctors back proposals to give contraceptive injections to 13-year olds.

The Scottish government's family planning body has issued guidance stating that girls as young as 13 should be given contraceptive jabs. Scottish medical experts have backed the plans. A spokesman for the Catholic Church said it was deeply sad that children were being treated like commodities and prepared for use as sexual commodities through the use of long-term contraceptives. [Scottish Express, 12 July] http://bit.ly/9IrTXA

Other stories

Abortion

• Early feminists campaigned for children and other vulnerable individuals. [John Smeaton, 11 July] http://bit.ly/arW4bs
• US Catholic bishops publish document clarifying Catholic position on abortion. [LifeNews.com, 9 July] http://bit.ly/bhi58K
• Holy See shows determination in resisting UN pro-abortion plans. [John Smeaton, 8 July] http://bit.ly/bxpSJk
• 8 US Senators oppose appointment of Elena Kagan to Supreme Court. [LifeNews.com, 8 July] http://bit.ly/c9q6U6

Embryology

• Australian woman seeks sex selective IVF. [Wesley Smith, 9 July] http://bit.ly/d8Sgz3

Euthanasia

• Couple giving live saving hope at suicide spot are named Citizens of the Year. [John Smeaton, 9 July] http://bit.ly/97YcS9

Population

• UK Royal Society launch global population study. [BBC, 12 July] http://bit.ly/bbjbep
• Celebrate World Population Day by proclaiming the truth about condoms. [John Smeaton, 10 July] http://bit.ly/cyVHBI
• World Population Day theme unintentionally affirms life of the unborn. [Patrick Buckley, 10 July] http://bit.ly/dkzpG1

Sexual ethics

• British county schools to stop sex education lessons during Islamic  Ramadan. [Irish SUN, 12 July] http://bit.ly/cNsq25
• Civil Partnership bills shows democracy is all but dead, says Dana Scallon. [Irish Examiner, 12 July] http://bit.ly/cQ0CzV
• Pop music band with homosexual links invited to Catholic schools. [Fr Timothy Finigan, 11 July] http://bit.ly/bTrcPj
• Irish Senate passes Civil Partnerships bill. [Patrick Buckley, 9 July] http://bit.ly/9mZ1LN

General

• The Tablet should not be sold in Catholic Churches. [John Smeaton, 10 July] http://bit.ly/aigIsl
• Appointment of Archbishop Burke to Vatican congregation has pro-life significance. [LifeSiteNews.com, 9 July] http://bit.ly/c7RjLw

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