News,

Morning-after pill free at pharmacies in Wales from April

Morning-after pills, which may cause early abortions, are to be made available free of charge in pharmacies in Wales. The move will be funded by the national health service (NHS). A health minister said that the move would complement the Welsh Assembly government's sexual health plan. [Wales Online, 13 November] http://bit.ly/bfC5Y9

Glasgow company starts clinical trials using neural stem cells from abortion victim

Reneuron, a Scottish company, has started clinical trials using neural stem cells taken from an aborted foetus. The trials are aimed at repairing the brains of stroke victims. [Reuters, 16 November] http://reut.rs/d2PzZ1 Dr James L. Sherley, a leading American stem cell expert who advises SPUC, commented: “Even if bone fide pure neural stem cells were available from ethically consented donors, why would any competent researcher suggest that cells taken from one specific spot in the brain could work anywhere in the brain or spinal cord?"

Inglis appeal judgment is a fascinating revelation into how euthanasia works

Frances Inglis, who murdered her brain-damaged son Thomas, has lost her appeal against her conviction and life sentence. Mrs Inglis killed her son because she was convinced that he was better off dead. Lord Judge, presiding, said that "a disabled life, even a life lived at the extremes of disability, is not one jot less precious than the life of an able-bodied person". [John Smeaton, 13 November] http://bit.ly/aS3Vqq

Abortion

• UK survey of women about abortion and promiscuity [Daily Mail, 16 November] http://bit.ly/cNoJ71
• SPUC's UN lobbyists are defending the unborn against anti-life bias [John Smeaton, 16 November]
• Retiring US Catholic bishops' president laments dissent on abortion in healthcare [CatholicCulture.org, 16 November] http://bit.ly/bxNOFz
• Russian pro-life movement is determined to stop abortion [John Smeaton, 14 November] http://bit.ly/aox3Hi
• Woman speaks of decision to abort terminally-ill unborn boy [Daily Mail, 13 November] http://bit.ly/d1SVHx
• SPUC is saving lives in Tanzania [John Smeaton, 12 November] http://bit.ly/96jieu
• Holy See at the UN stands up for mothers and their children [John Smeaton, 10 November] http://bit.ly/cdvgos

Embryology

• Disabled man overcame locked-in syndrome with help of stem cells [Daily Mail, 16 November] http://bit.ly/bocHK5
• World's oldest mother wants child [Daily Mail, 14 November] http://bit.ly/c22hyN
• NHS Surrey stops funding new IVF courses [BBC, 12 November] http://bbc.in/9aRr2S Also in Essex [Yellow Advertiser, 11 November] http://bit.ly/dpDLuu
• Baby saved by cord blood transplant [Evening Standard, 11 November] http://bit.ly/cvBP9K
• London clinic to help gay men become parents with British surrogate mother [Evening Standard, 11 November] http://bit.ly/bUolwj Profile of clinic director [Evening Standard, 11 November] http://bit.ly/bh2TEp Woman, 50, steps in as surrogate and bears her gay son a child [Daily Mail, 10 November] http://bit.ly/dq6O2v
• IVF part of the holocaust of abortion, says Argentinean archbishop [CNA, 10 November] http://bit.ly/9aXuEI

Euthanasia

• Columnist says death panels needed to fix economy [LifeNews.com, 15 November] http://bit.ly/bKCAuG
• Euthanasia lobby reaction to Inglis’ sentence reveals agenda says doctor [Peter Saunders, 13 November]
• New findings into extent of neglect of elderly in NHS hospitals [Daily Mail, 11 November] http://bit.ly/axngRG Another report: Daughter claims mother was starved to death [Guardian, 11 November] http://bit.ly/9iNH82
• Japanese man streams suicide live on the internet [Telegraph, 11 November] http://bit.ly/bWhX6q

Population

• Former US president Bill Clinton says large Philippines population is good for economic growth [Catholic Culture, 15 November] http://bit.ly/9wQvBZ

Sexual ethics

• NHS criticised for explict video promoting youth condom use [Daily Mail, 15 November] http://bit.ly/ceSi9j
• Welsh Assembly says primary schools won't be forced to teach sex and relationships education (SRE) [Christian Institute, 12 November]
• Pope Benedict makes major new statements defending families against (bishop-backed) sex ed [John Smeaton, 11 November] http://bit.ly/ds4dkR
• Teaching students about contraception is tantamount to abuse, says Maltese bishop [Times of Malta, 2 November] http://bit.ly/dgc3X0

General

• Some events and useful resources for the vigil for all nascent human life, 27 November [John Smeaton, 15 November] http://bit.ly/azTJSp
• Rising in requests for caesarean sections due to birth trauma [Guardian, 14 November] http://bit.ly/c1RFae

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