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SPUC is calling upon pro-lifers to lobby the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe prior to a vote this Friday on a pro-abortion report. The report, promoted by Christine McCafferty, the veteran anti-life British MP, promotes abortion as a means of family planning and population control. The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) has produced a briefing rebutting the report. Key points from the report and contact details for assembly members can be found on the blog of John Smeaton, 28 September http://is.gd/3MbCc

Ireland For Life, a pro-life group, has said that the so-called guarantees obtained by the Irish government from the European Union (EU) on abortion are "worthless". The group says that the guarantees of Ireland's pro-life laws are not legally binding and could be ignored by the European Court of Justice. Mary Thornton, the organisation's spokesman, said in a press statement: "No to Lisbon is the only means of ensuring the continued protection of the right to life of the child embryo, in Ireland." [Pat Buckley, 28 September] http://is.gd/3Mb3n

The head of the Canadian Catholic bishops' conference has called upon Canadians to oppose assisted suicide and euthanasia. In a letter, Archbishop V. James Weisgerber argued that legalising the practices would "result [in] a society even more fragmented, with its members living in greater isolation and anxiety." The Canadian parliament is due to debate a bill on the subject. [LifeSiteNews.com, 28 September] http://is.gd/3Ma3q

Other stories:

Abortion

• Slovakia standing up for life at UN Human Rights Council [John Smeaton, 28 September] http://is.gd/3MaSv
• Abortion argument leads to murder of pregnant woman [WMC-TV, 28 September] http://is.gd/3M8wx
• Babies being saved during 40 Days for Life campaign [LifeSiteNews.com, 28 September] http://is.gd/3Mab7
• Boston cardinal-archbishop condemns abortion and eugenics [Salem News, 28 September] http://is.gd/3Mbnk

Population

• Third World population controls won't save climate, study claims [Times, 29 September] http://is.gd/3M7yG

Sexual health; teenage pregnancies

• Schoolgirl dies after being given cervical cancer jab [Times, 29 September] http://is.gd/3M7L5

Euthanasia and assisted suicide; disability

• Law enforcement staff providing info on assisted suicide group to cancer patients [American Thinker, 27 September] http://is.gd/3MauU

Marriage and family; sexual ethics

• Transgendered woman plans another child following miscarriage [Sun, 28 September] http://is.gd/3M87P
• New UN General Assembly president opposes homosexuality [LifeSiteNews.com, 28 September] http://is.gd/3MbIw

General and miscellaneous

• Pro-life day of prayer and fasting today [John Smeaton, 28 September] http://is.gd/3MaJI

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