News,

• A former attorney-general of Brazil has called for the defence of the unborn in response to a new effort to get the country's supreme court to legalise abortion in cases of anencephaly [Catholic News Agency, 13 August] http://is.gd/2glpA
• The mother of a little girl born with Down's syndrome says despite her initial heartbreak she opposes screening for the condition because it may encourage abortion [Christian Institute, 12 August] http://is.gd/2gm6P

• American states that accepted abstinence education funding saw greater reductions in teen abortions compared to states that didn't [LifeNews.com, 13 August] http://is.gd/2glQW
• A hundred British girls a day asking for morning-after pills in Crete holiday resort [This is Devon, 13 August] http://is.gd/2glcT
• Youth workers are offering free chlamydia tests and condom holders to children at Bournemouth beach [Daily Mail, 13 August] http://is.gd/2gmnc

• Italy's highest court has ruled that cohabitation is the legal equivalent to lawful marriage [LifeSiteNews.com, 13 August] http://is.gd/2glII

• Unborn child to be remembered at memorial service [This is Grimsby, 14 August] http://is.gd/2gkMT

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