The RCOG has released two new reports, on foetal awareness and abortion on the ground of foetal anomaly. The foetal awareness report claims that a foetus cannot feel pain before 24 weeks because the connections in the foetal brain are not fully formed. Paul Tully, SPUC's general secretary, has said that the RCOG supports the killing of 570 babies every day in Britain, at all stages of pregnancy, and that the report is just a way of denying that what they are doing is evil. [John Smeaton, 25 June] http://bit.ly/b4qUbD

Royal Society of Medicine, UK, to hold debate on assisted suicide

This Wednesday (30 June) there will be a conference/debate on assisted suicide at the Royal Society of Medicine. Fr Timothy Finigan, founder of the Association of Priests for the Gospel of Life, has encouraged pro-lifers to attend. Fr Finigan reports that the pro-euthanasia lobby are trying to stack the debate and generate publicity on Thursday morning ahead of a discussion on ethics at the AGM of the British Medical Association. [Fr Timothy Finigan, 26 June] http://bit.ly/cWgSVY

Abortion may triple the risk of breast cancer, study says

Researchers have claimed that having an abortion can triple a woman's chance of getting breast cancer in later life. The conclusion was made during research into the relationship between breast feeding and breast cancer. Breast feeding was found to provide protection against breast cancer. Having an abortion was the highest reported risk factor in developing the disease. [Daily Mail, 24 June] http://bit.ly/9MyADU

German court approve euthanasia by neglect

Germany's federal court of justice has overturned a conviction against a lawyer who advised his client to remove the feeding tube of her 72-year-old mother in 2002. Alex Schadenberg, founder of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, said that this decision is wrong because the court wrongly defined fluids and food as medical treatment, rather than basic care. Mr Schadenberg said that the court has approved the direct and intentional dehydration of people who are not otherwise dying. [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 25 June] http://bit.ly/cYT2Fz

Other News:

Mother aborts baby because of extreme morning sickness. [Telegraph, 24 June] http://bit.ly/cNCWHk

New UN report pushes for abortion under banner of maternal health. [LifeSiteNews.com, 24 June] http://bit.ly/c6R9KG

US adult stem cell researchers allowed to challenge guidelines that permit human embryo experimentation. [LifeSiteNews, 25 June] http://bit.ly/aHFpad

The restoration of eye sight to some patients via adult stem cells. [The New England Journal of Medicine (pdf)] http://bit.ly/bpy7Q8

UK women over forty may be given free IVF treatment. [Telegraph, 26 June] http://bit.ly/9gfGk5

Wesley Smith criticises UK's new plans for IVF. [Wesley Smith, 28 June] http://bit.ly/btu9Gy

Tasmanian government planning euthanasia bill. [ABC, 28 June] http://bit.ly/9DfuxC

Journal questions how founder of Swiss non-profit suicide clinic has amassed wealth. [Daily Mail, 25 June] http://bit.ly/9wCCW9

Oregon, USA, to open Dignitas-style suicide clinic. [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 25 June] http://bit.ly/cyxNAc