Several studies have shown that rates of cerebral palsy, the neurological condition which can result in speech problems, muscular stiffness and curvature of the spine, are higher in couples who have undergone in vitro fertilisation (IVF). Now researchers at the University of Aarhus in Denmark found ...

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Dilma Roussef, the pro-abortion politician, has won the presidential election in Brazil. During the election campaign a group of Catholic bishops in Brazil had urged voters not to elect Mrs Roussef. In an address to Brazilian bishops, Pope Benedict said that the right to life of the unborn preceded ...

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News, Dilma Roussef, the pro-abortion politician, has won the presidential election in Brazil. During the election campaign a group of Catholic bishops in Brazil had urged voters not to elect Mrs Roussef. In a address ot Brazilian bishops, Pope Benedict said that the right to life of the unborn pr...

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Isle of Wight pill-for-13-year-olds policy challenged London, : A pilot scheme for pharmacies to give teenagers as young as 13 the contraceptive pill has been condemned by the Safe at School campaign. The pilot is being run on the Isle of Wight.   "This is a sad and misguided move", said Antonia Tul...

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News, Pro-abortion lobby routed at Council of Europe An attack on the right of conscientious objection in the Council of Europe has been defeated. The Council's parliamentary assembly voted on a report that recommended a crack-down on medical personnel who refuse to be complicit in abortion and o...

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An attack on the right of conscientious objection in the Council of Europe has been defeated. The Council's parliamentary assembly voted on a report that recommended a crack-down on medical personnel who refuse to be complicit in abortion and other unethical procedures. The report was totally revers...

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Pro-abortion lobby routed at Council of Europe in debate on conscientious objection London, : An attack on the right of conscientious objection to abortion was defeated this evening in the Council of Europe, reports UK-based pro-life group the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). Th...

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Health minister should end public funding of abortion advocates, says pro life group SPUC Health minister should end public funding of abortion advocates, says pro-life group SPUC Belfast, : Pro-life campaigners in Northern Ireland are urging the health minister to end the public funding of the ...

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Nobel prize for IVF is wrong, says pro life group SPUC Nobel prize for IVF is wrong, says pro-life group SPUC London, : The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Medicine to Professor Robert Edwards for co-inventing in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) is wrong, says UK-based pro-life group the Society for th...

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Pope calls for support for the pro-life movement London, : Pope Benedict has issued a clarion call for Christians and all people to be pro-life, says the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). Pope Benedict, speaking at a residence for the elderly yesterday evening, said: "Life is a u...

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United Nations attacks conscientious objection to abortion Geneva, : At the Human Rights Council in Geneva, top United Nations officials have called for the policing of nations worldwide to "address the refusal of physicians to perform legal abortions". At the same time as Pope Benedict XVI was war...

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Catholic bishops must obey Pope’s words that school teaching must be pro life, says SPUC Catholic bishops must obey Pope’s words that school teaching must be pro-life, says SPUC : The Catholic bishops of England and Wales must obey Pope Benedict’s words this morning that teaching in Catholic sch...

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Pro life group echoes Pope's warning of threat to conscientious objection Pro-life group echoes Pope's warning of threat to conscientious objection London, : A leading British pro-life group has echoed Pope Benedict's warning that governments are threatening conscientious objection. The Society ...

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Pope’s message on resistance to tyranny is timely, says pro life group Pope’s message on resistance to tyranny is timely, says pro-life group London, - Pope Benedict’s first address on British soil this morning contained a timely warning about anti-life laws and governments, said the Society fo...

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Pope's warning of dictatorship of relativism includes abortion, says pro life group SPUC Pope's warning of "dictatorship of relativism" includes abortion, says pro-life group SPUC London, : Pope Benedict's warning of a "dictatorship of relativism" this evening is closely linked with his teaching...

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SPUC deplores false claims about sex education in House of Commons London, : SPUC has deplored the misinformation provided by Chris Bryant, MP for Rhondda, in introducing a bill to force all schools to provide sex education. His claims about sex education in other European countries were roundly cri...

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Msgr Ignatio Barreiro-Carambula, interim head of Human Life International, has criticised calls for Britain's unfit to be forcibly sterilised. Professor David Marsland recently told the BBC that child abuse could be solved by permanently sterilising a small minority of parents with chronic mental il...

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A new study has suggested that only 13 percent of Nigerian doctors would be prepared to perform abortion, if the Nigerian abortion laws were liberalised. The study also revealed that doctors do not think the liberalisation of abortion laws will reduce abortion-related maternal deaths. Previous studi...

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News, Nigerian doctors unwilling to commit abortions, suggests study A new study has suggested that only 13 percent of Nigerian doctors would be prepared to perform abortion, if the Nigerian abortion laws were liberalised. The study also revealed that doctors do not think the liberalisation of ab...

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News, African Union extends plans to promote abortion The African Union concluded its annual summit last week, during which member states agreed to increase legal abortion in Africa. The pro-abortion Maputo Plan of Action was extended until 2015. States also agreed to expand a new pro-abortion in...

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