News, AbortionAt least 13 million abortions a year in China, says state media [Irish Examiner, 30 July] http://is.gd/1U0L5Embryology; stem cellsHungarian police have detained four people on suspicion of carrying out illegal, untested stem cell treatments using embryos or aborted foetuses [Reuters,]...

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SPUC criticises Law Lords over judgment on assisted suicide London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has criticised senior judges for supporting assisted suicide in their judgment today in the case of Ms Debbie Purdy. Paul Tully, SPUC general secretary, said: "This judgme...

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News, AbortionThe US Senate's judiciary committee has approved the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. She now awaits confirmation by the full Senate. Pro-life groups have opposed her nomination. [LifeSiteNews.com, 28 July] http://is.gd/1Sk27 The Women on Waves abortion boat has be...

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The US Senate's judiciary committee has approved the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. She now awaits confirmation by the full Senate.Pro-life groups have opposed her nomination. [LifeSiteNews.com, 28 July] http://is.gd/1Sk27Other stories: The Women on Waves abortion boat has been ...

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Amnesty International has attacked the total ban on abortion in Nicaragua, saying that it has resulted in pregnant women being denied other medical procedures. [Amnesty International, 27 July] http://is.gd/1Q3oi A pro-life source working in Latin America has told SPUC that there is no evidence that ...

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News, AbortionAmnesty International has attacked the total ban on abortion in Nicaragua, saying that it has resulted in pregnant women being denied other medical procedures. [Amnesty International, 27 July] http://is.gd/1Q3oi A pro-life source working in Latin America has told SPUC that there is n...

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News, AbortionVatican newspaper columnist: Obama's words show tide is turning against abortion [Catholic Culture, 24 July] http://is.gd/1KeiN Vote on Obama health care plan postponed until September [LifeNews.com, 23 July] http://is.gd/1OyaGEmbryology; stem cellsWorld's first cardiac adult stem ce...

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Disabled people alarmed at nurses organisation new stance on assisted suicide London, - No Less Human (NLH), a disability rights group, has expressed great alarm at yesterday's news that the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has moved from opposing assisted suicide to taking a neutral stance on the is...

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Nursing college position on assisted suicide shameful London, - The Royal College of Nursing's revised position on assisted suicide has been criticised as a shameful manoeuvre which serves the interests of the euthanasia lobby. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), a leading ant...

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News, AbortionLife-sized model of unborn child named after Spanish minister who said unborn babies not human at 13 weeks [Catholic News Agency, 23 July] http://is.gd/1K1xA Head of the Pontifical Academy for Life opposes government-funded abortion in America [Catholic News Service, 22 July] http://...

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Two teams of Chinese researchers claim to have created live mice from reprogrammed cells. In a complex experiment, the researchers inserted so-called induced pluripotency stem (iPS) cells into modified mouse embryos, and brought the resulting embryos to birth via female mice. Some of the born mice d...

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A British man whose terminally ill partner committed suicide in Switzerland has been arrested on suspicion of assisting suicide.Alan Rees, from London, accompanied Raymond Cutkelvin to Dignitas, the Zurich suicide centre in 2007. Mr Rees was questioned and released on bail until September. [BBC, 23 ]...

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Pressure is being put on the government to abolish parents' right to withdraw their children from sex education. Simon Blake, chief executive of Brook, an abortion referral agency, said: "Our belief is you cannot reconcile children's rights to high-quality sex and relationships education with the pa...

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News, AbortionCatholic nurse forced to participate in an abortion under the threat of disciplinary action [ProLifeBlogs.com, 22 July] http://is.gd/1IyCz Pro-life commentary debunking claim that legalising abortion protects women's health [SPUC director's blog, 21 July] http://is.gd/1IzHqEmbryology...

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News, Subscribers receiving plain text emails: we have started today to add compressed URLs at the end of each headline, which you can copy & paste into your web-browser (if they are not already clickable for you). Alternatively, you may consider changing your subscription preferences to HTML.Abor...

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Maternal health prior to pregnancy may affect children's later health. Studies reported at a meeting in Pittsburgh, America, suggest that maternal nutrition, protein intake and level of fat in the mother's diet may cause damaging changes in her unborn child. [Medical News Today, 22 July] http://is.g...

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The number of people aged over 65 is on course to overtake the number of infants for the first time in history, a study has found. The trend is most prevalent in the developed world and is now rapidly gaining pace in the developing world. Richard Suzman, from the National Institute of Ageing in Mary...

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News, AbortionIrish government defames pro-life counselling centres [Irish Times, 21 July] 31 per cent drop in the numbers of Irish women travelling to Britain for a termination over the last seven years [Irish Times, 21 July]Embryology; stem cellsReprogrammed stem cells repair damaged mouse heart...

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News, Abortion20,000 March against Abortion in Cameroon, Africa [LifeSiteNews.com, 17 July] A new study from England finds that women who have repeat abortions are more likely to be involved in abusive relationships with their partner. [LifeNews.com, 17 July]IVF; fertility treatmentLesbian couple...

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The oldest recorded mother told a television channel before her death that she had no regrets about conceiving children in old age. Carmen Bousada, who died this month aged 69, had given birth aged 66 to twins conceived via IVF. Ms Bousada said: "[K]nowing [my children] will be looked after by my fa...

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