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The Spanish government has announced that the morning-after pill will be available in pharmacies without a prescription. The pill will be sold for under 20 euro (£18) without any age restriction. The Spanish health minister said the pill should only be used in emergencies. [Telegraph, 27 September] http://is.gd/3K3cM Anthony Ozimic of SPUC commented: "According the manufacturers, the morning-after pill can cause early abortions. As we know from experience in Britain, the morning-after pill is used as a regular form of birth control and has backfired as a way to reduce the teenage conception rate."
Two women have been convicted of performing abortions without a medical licence in California, America. The women were given suspended prison sentences and ordered to do community service. The convictions follow sentences handed down earlier this year on two other women who ran the abortion centres where the illegal abortions had been performed. [LifeNews.com, 25 September] http://is.gd/3K4tT
A retired doctor is due to be questioned by police following the suicide of a woman with multiple sclerosis. Dr Libby Wilson, an 83-year-old pro-euthanasia campaigner, allegedly advised Cari Loder, 48, how to gas herself. The investigation follows new rules on prosecuting assisted suicide issued by Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions. [Times, 27 September] http://is.gd/3K2Zb
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IVF; fertility treatment
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Euthanasia and assisted suicide; disability
Marriage and family; sexual ethics
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