A former Peruvian health minister says pro-abortion feminist groups make false claims regarding illegal abortion numbers. Luis Solari said that when minister of health he was able to confirm that the figures claimed by pro-abortion groups were several times higher than the official figures. Mr Solari also said the pro-abortion groups in Peru were receiving money from foreign groups in order to change the law. [Catholic News Agency, 15 October] http://is.gd/4m3eH SPUC has pointed out that a new report on worldwide abortion rates by the pro-abortion Alan Guttmacher Institute also relies upon highly spurious guesstimates. The pro-abortion lobby has a proven track record of exaggerating illegal abortions numbers. [SPUC, 14 October] http://is.gd/4msvB
A nurse who gave suicide advice online has loses his professional licence. William Melchert-Dinkel, a male nurse from Minnesota, America, used pseudonyms in online suicide chat-rooms to pose as an expert on suicide techniques. Two participants in the chat-rooms committed suicide. [Wesley J. Smith, 15 October] http://is.gd/4m25x
Other stories:
- MEPs call for compulsory pro-Lisbon, pro-abortion school lessons
- Pro-abortion feminist groups inflate illegal abortion numbers
- Online suicide nurse loses licence
- Late abortions data must be published, rules information commissioner [Telegraph, 15 October] http://is.gd/4m08c
- 46% of Spaniards oppose, 44% approve of government plans to expand abortion [LifeNews.com, 12 October] http://is.gd/4m0QE
- Europe is terminally ill from abortion says Spanish bishop [Catholic News Agency, 15 October] http://is.gd/4m4su
- Italian abortion rate falls, fertility rises in latest stats [MercatorNet.com, 15 October] http://is.gd/4m2Vu
- Actor rallies Mexicans to join march against abortion clinic [Catholic News Agency, 15 October] http://is.gd/4m4Gw
- Botched legal abortion almost kills Canadian woman [LifeSiteNews.com, 16 October] http://is.gd/4m4aJ
- Abortionist reflects on performing abortions while pregnant [LifeSiteNews.com, 15 October] http://is.gd/4m1DC
- Another African cardinal condemns Western imposition of abortion on Africa [Zenit, 15 October] http://is.gd/4m3Oy
- Pro-life group launches law-suit to stop state paying women to donate eggs for embryo research [Catholic News Agency, 15 October] http://is.gd/4lZVU