News,

• Stitches embedded with patients' own stem cells could dramatically speed up healing after surgery [Daily Mail, 18 August] http://is.gd/2mBki

• A bargain shop has been accused of encouraging underage sex by selling pregnancy testing kits at 99p [Daily Mail, 18 August] http://is.gd/2mB79
• Op-ed argues that government promotion of casual sex is damaging for the poor [Telegraph, 14 August] http://is.gd/2mArM

• A Tunisian woman in her 30s is expecting 12 babies [Guardian, 18 August] http://is.gd/2mzQT

• Mother writes about choosing life for her disabled child who died naturally [LifeSiteNews.com, 17 August] http://is.gd/2mA2m
• A critically ill teenager who won the right to die changed her mind and is now "feeling brilliant" after a heart transplant [Birmingham Post, 18 August] http://is.gd/2mACx
• Hospital aims to make tissue donation "a normal part of end-of-life care" [Nursing Times, 18 August] http://is.gd/2mAP6

• More girls were born in Delhi than boys last year for the first time, according to official figures, after parents were given cash bonuses of £125 for each new daughter as part of a drive to stamp out female infanticide [Times, 17 August] http://is.gd/2mAa7

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