News, A man who was cleared of murder after he smothered his disabled son, Jacob, with a pillow and claimed it was a mercy killing has walked free from a court with a two-year suspended sentence. Andrew Wragg admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility. Judge Rafferty said she h...

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News, Many thanks to all those who sent in feedback to the recent changes in our news services. As a subscriber to our weekly news-summary list, you may have unsubscribed from the daily news-service. You may therefore be interested to know that, in response to the wide range of opinions from our ...

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News, British MPs have allowed the government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) bill to advance to its next stage, with 81% of those who voted backing the proposed law. Ms Geraldine Smith MP of the ruling Labour party expressed revulsion at the bill's proposals to allow hybrids and saviou...

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News, A parliamentary inquiry into abortion legislation in Britain has been advised that chemical abortions are safe to carry out at home. Abortion-inducing drugs are given in two doses with an interval of two days. Current law requires that both should be administered in a clinic or hospital, but...

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News, The parents of a severely disabled baby have won him the right not to have his ventilation switched off by medical staff. Mr Justice Holman ruled in the English High Court today that evidence for the boy's quality of life was sufficient that doctors should not withdraw life support from him....

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News, AbortionMembers of the European Parliament (MEPs) are calling for compulsory school-lessons to combat opposition to the Lisbon treaty, including claims that the treaty could result in abortion bans being over-turned. The calls are being led by the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) b...

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News, Mr Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, has expressed his support for a system of presumed consent for organ donation. This would mean that the organs of any person could be used for transplants after their death, unless they or their relatives specifically opted out. Britain currently ...

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News, A demonstration against China's one-child policy was this week held outside the Chinese embassy in London by SPUC's youth and student division. The silent protest drew attention to the forced abortions and sterilisations carried out under the policy, as well as to the injustices suffered by ...

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News, The HFEA has announced a public consultation over whether scientists should be allowed to create hybrid human-animal embryos. The Human Fertilisation and Embryo Authority (HFEA) said it would not rule on any research applications until the consultation is completed in the autumn. The decisio...

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News, The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has responded to the US bishops on the withholding and withdrawing of food and water from patients who can assimilate food and fluids but are in a so-called 'permanent vegetative state' ('persistent non-responsive state'). The congrega...

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News, Proposals to merge the British fertility and embryology regulators have met with criticism from doctors and scientists. The merger between the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority and the Human Tissue Authority was proposed by the Department of Health in 2004 in order to cut costs. T...

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News, Amongst the measures included in the draft Human Tissue and Embryo Bill, published recently by the Department of Health, is permission for scientists to create, under licence, human-animal hybrids for research into serious diseases. Pressure from scientists persuaded ministers not to ban the...

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News, SPUC has called for a proposed UN prohibition of violence against children to include a global ban on abortion. Commenting on the publication of a UN study on violence against children, John Smeaton, SPUC's national director, said: "We are deeply saddened by the report's findings. Abuse of ...

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News, The Board of Amnesty International UK (AIUK) has submitted a resolution to its 2007 international conference to include abortion in its policy on sexual and reproductive rights. The resolution states that AIUK supports research and action to achieve the, "decriminalisation of abortion," "acc...

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News, Members of the British cabinet will be permitted to vote against their government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, according to the Telegraph. Catholic MPs and members of the cabinet, Ms Ruth Kelly, transport secretary, and Mr Des Browne, defence secretary, are said to object to t...

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News, The number of abortions carried out in Britain continues to rise and has exceeded 200,000 for the first time, according to figures for England and Wales published by the Department of Health. [Department of Health, 19 June] SPUC has warned that the promotion of early abortion is putting the ...

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“If a nurse didn’t like you, you were a goner.” The "difficult" patients killed at Gosport nbsp; Families of those killed demand justice. A patient with learning difficulties came in for respite care - and died of "excessive" doses of diamorphine More details are emerging of the scandal in whic...

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