News, A head of a hospice association in the American state of Oregon has claimed that palliative care has improved since the introduction of assisted suicide there. Deborah Whiting Jaques, head of the Oregon Hospice Association, writing in a letter to the London Times, argued "[t]hat just 401 peo...

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Ed Balls contradicts health department report on teenage pregnancies London, - A cabinet minister has contradicted a government report by claiming that teenage pregnancies "have come down substantially" nationally. Ed Balls, secretary of state for children, schools and families, made the comments a...

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Court to hear application for review of Northern Ireland abortion guidelines Belfast, Thursday, June 11, 2009 - An application for leave for a judicial review of the Northern Ireland government's guidance on abortion will be heard in the Northern Ireland high court on Monday the 29th of this month (...

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News, Amnesty International, the human rights group, has criticised the Dominican Republic for moves to ban abortion. The country's congress is considering a new constitutional provision to guarantee the right to life from conception to natural death. In a press release, Amnesty admitted that, alt...

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Amnesty International, the pro-abortion 'human rights' group, has criticised the Dominican Republic for moves to ban abortion. The country's congress is considering a new constitutional provision to guarantee the right to life from conception to natural death. In a press release, Amnesty admitted th...

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A leading British columnist has criticised the campaign to undermine English law on assisted suicide. Dominic Lawson, writing in The Times, argued that campaigners for assisted suicide have much broader goals than an amendment tabled in the House of Lords by Lord Falconer, the former Lord Chancellor...

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News, A leading British columnist has criticised the campaign to undermine English law on assisted suicide. Dominic Lawson, writing in The Times, argued that campaigners for assisted suicide have much broader goals than an amendment tabled in the House of Lords by Lord Falconer, the former Lord Ch...

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News, A pregnant woman convicted of drug-smuggling has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Laos. There have been allegations that she became pregnant in order to avoid execution, as under Laotian law pregnant woman cannot be executed. There are moves to transfer her to a British jail. [Times, 4]...

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A pregnant woman convicted of drug-smuggling has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Laos. There have been allegations that she became pregnant in order to avoid execution, as under Laotian law pregnant woman cannot be executed. There are moves to transfer her to a British jail. [Times, 4 June]Th...

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SPUC challenges Northern Ireland government's abortion guidelines SPUC challenges Northern Ireland government's abortion guidelines Belfast, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is to mount a legal challenge to the Northern Ireland government's guidelines on abortion. The ...

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Extreme pro-abortion anti-family report presented at Human Rights Council meeting Geneva, - A report into violence against women has been used to promote an extreme pro-abortion agenda at the United Nations Human Rights Council, currently meeting in Geneva. The report, by Yakin Ertürk, the council'...

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A report into violence against women has been used to promote an extreme pro-abortion agenda at the United Nations Human Rights Council, currently meeting in Geneva. The report, by Yakin Ertürk, the council's special rapporteur on violence against women, attempts to link bans on abortion with violen...

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News, A report into violence against women has been used to promote an extreme pro-abortion agenda at the United Nations Human Rights Council, currently meeting in Geneva. The report, by Yakin Ertürk, the council's special rapporteur on violence against women, attempts to link bans on abortion wit...

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News, The House of Lords is hearing the case of Debbie Purdy, concerning whether her husband will be prosecuted if he takes her overseas to commit suicide. SPUC is represented as an intervenor. The principal issue is whether the Law Lords will overturn the ruling of the High Court and the Court of...

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The House of Lords is hearing the case of Debbie Purdy, concerning whether her husband will be prosecuted if he takes her overseas to commit suicide. SPUC is represented as an intervenor. The principal issue is whether the Law Lords will overturn the ruling of the High Court and the Court of Appeal ...

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Pro-lifers to hold sponsored vigil against TV abortion ads London, - On 19 June members of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) will hold an all-day silent vigil outside the offices of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The ASA is considering allowing abortion providers ...

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SPUC condemns shooting of Dr George Tiller London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), a leading pro-life group based in London, has condemned the shooting in Kansas, USA of George Tiller, a prominent abortion provider. John Smeaton, SPUC national director, commented: "Altho...

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SPUC in assisted suicide case in Lords tomorrow London, Monday, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) will tomorrow be represented in a House of Lords hearing which concerns assisted suicide. SPUC is the intervenor in Ms Debbie Purdy's appeal concerning whether her husband will...

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Pro-life group criticises UN committee for calling for liberal abortion law in Northern Ireland Belfast, Wednesday, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has criticised the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for calling for Britain's liberal aborti...

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World stats show healthcare, not abortion, needed to save women World stats show healthcare, not abortion, needed to save women World Health Assembly, Geneva, - Figures released today by the World Health Organisation (WHO) show that improved standard health care, but not abortion, is needed to ...

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