News,

• Vatican newspaper columnist: Obama's words show tide is turning against abortion [Catholic Culture, 24 July] http://is.gd/1KeiN
• Vote on Obama health care plan postponed until September [LifeNews.com, 23 July] http://is.gd/1OyaG

• World's first cardiac adult stem cell patient receives infusion [Medical News Today, 25 July] http://is.gd/1OxW0

• The head of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has called for a fresh debate on reversing the ban on paying egg and sperm donors. [BBC, 27 July] http://is.gd/1Owuf
• Alternative to IVF offered by complementary medicine in America [Sunday Times, 26 July] http://is.gd/1OxuD

• Health chiefs in the North East of England said they believed steps to tackle sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are having an impact [BBC, 24 July] http://is.gd/1KeoQ

• The H1N1 ("swine flu") virus can damage the developing brains of unborn offspring, scientists have found [Sunday Times, 26 July] http://is.gd/1OxBi

• The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has reversed its opposition to assisted suicide and adopted a neutral position [SPUC, 24 July] http://is.gd/1OwRQ The Christian Nurses and Midwives group said the RCN's policy shift would send "the wrong signals to the vulnerable" [Observer, 26 July] http://is.gd/1OwXK
• Op-ed by Melanie Phillips against assisted suicide [Mail on Sunday, 26 July] http://is.gd/1OwDd
• New poll on assisted suicide/assisted dying [Metro, 26 July] http://is.gd/1OxhD

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