News,

• A court in the American state of South Dakota affirmed that a woman has a right to know that an abortion "terminates the life of a whole, separate, unique, living human being" [Americans United For Life, 21 August] http://is.gd/2w0L7
• Australian government now funding abortions overseas [The Age, 20 August] http://is.gd/2w1s4

• Law suit filed against US federal guidelines allowing embryonic stem cell research [Catholic News Agency, 21 August] http://is.gd/2w1Ql

• British couples who want to choose their babies' sex are being targeted by a new clinic in Manhattan [Scotsman, 23 August] http://is.gd/2w28D
• Woman had child using sister's egg [Guardian, 22 August] http://is.gd/2w3fM

• The health service in Tayside, Scotland has nearly doubled over five years the amount of money it spends on educational initiatives to combat teenage pregnancies in Dundee. Dundee now has the highest teenage pregancy rate in the UK [Evening Telegraph, 21 August] http://is.gd/2w2vP
• The American state of Wisconsin now requires Catholic institutions to pay for contraception within health insurance [Catholic News Agency, 23 August] http://is.gd/2w0nb
• New book questions safety of the hormonal birth control pill [Daily Mail, 24 August] http://is.gd/2w02r
• Catholic Church spokesman in Scotland writes in Times letter that "It is a myth to suggest that the HIV/Aids problem is linked to Catholicism" [Times, 24 August] http://is.gd/2vZSr

• Israeli rabbis back gay parenting [Jewish Chronicle, 20 August] http://is.gd/2w2TE

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