Opinion research suggests most Americans oppose President Obama's dropping his predecessor's ban on funding of abortion overseas. The Gallup survey found more than half disagreed with the move, with around a third approving of it. [LifeSiteNews, 3 February] There is speculation that Mr Obama will ne...

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A semi-conscious woman in Italy has been moved from a clinic where staff refused to starve her to a facility which reportedly will. Demonstrators tried to obstruct the ambulance taking Ms Eluana Englaro, 37, from Lombardy to the Friuli-Venezia Giulia province in the middle of the night. She was in a...

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News, A semi-conscious woman in Italy has been moved from a clinic where staff refused to starve her to a facility which reportedly will. Demonstrators tried to obstruct the ambulance taking Ms Eluana Englaro, 37, from Lombardy to the Friuli-Venezia Giulia province in the middle of the night. She ...

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Purdy assisted suicide appeal is misguided, says intervenor SPUC Purdy assisted suicide appeal is misguided, says intervenor SPUC London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has been granted status as an intervenor in the case brought by Mrs Debbie Purdy against the Direc...

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News, The Pope has said that love can help confront suffering, to which euthanasia was a false solution. Benedict XVI spoke yesterday as authorities in Italy were in conflict over whether to stop feeding a semi-conscious woman. The courts have approved her killing by neglect but the health ministe...

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An advisor to the British government on the environment says adverse climate change should be combated through population control, and that it is irresponsible for couples to have three or more children. Mr Jonathon Porritt, a father of two, said funds might even be moved from medicine to birth cont...

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Stem cells from patients' bone marrow have been used to reverse the early effects of multiple sclerosis. In a trial on 21 adults by Feinberg School of Medicine, Illinois, 17 were less disabled after three years and the others' condition stabilised. The Lancet Neurology journal says a bigger trial is...

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News, Stem cells from patients' bone marrow have been used to reverse the early effects of multiple sclerosis. In a trial on 21 adults by Feinberg School of Medicine, Illinois, 17 were less disabled after three years and the others' condition stabilised. The Lancet Neurology journal says a bigger ...

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News, The US Catholic bishops confused the electorate and helped President Obama win, according to an American prelate in the Vatican. Most Rev Raymond Burke, prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, said the bishops' Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship implied that Catholics could vote for pr...

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The Australian foreign minister is considering lifting a ban on funding for overseas abortion, which he can do without legislation, and which the present government inherited from Mr John Howard's administration. [WA Today, 25 January] An informed source has told SPUC: "If the [present] Rudd governm...

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Orthodox Jewish leaders are expected tomorrow to indicate their agreement with the Catholic church's objections to President Obama's approval of US funding for abortion overseas. Human Life International, Rome, has arranged a visit to the city by Rabbi Yehuda Levin of the Rabbinical Alliance of Amer...

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News, Orthodox Jewish leaders are expected tomorrow to indicate their agreement with the Catholic church's objections to President Obama's approval of US funding for abortion overseas. Human Life International, Rome, has arranged a visit to the city by Rabbi Yehuda Levin of the Rabbinical Alliance...

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News, President Obama has reversed President Bush's ban on US spending on abortion promotion overseas, and is expected to resume funding of the UN Population Fund. Planned Parenthood welcomed the move but National Right to Life pointed out that the president had said he wanted to reduce abortion. ...

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President Obama has reversed President Bush's ban on US spending on abortion promotion overseas, and is expected to resume funding of the UN Population Fund. Planned Parenthood welcomed the move but National Right to Life pointed out that the president had said he wanted to reduce abortion. [BBC, 24]...

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President Barack Obama marked yesterday's 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade by renewing his support for it. He said: "... we must also recommit ourselves more broadly to ensuring that our daughters have the same rights and opportunities as our sons ... to have no limits on their dreams." He added: " ....

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News, President Barack Obama marked yesterday's 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade by renewing his support for it. He said: "... we must also recommit ourselves more broadly to ensuring that our daughters have the same rights and opportunities as our sons ... to have no limits on their dreams." He ad...

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News, More family doctors' surgeries in England will soon start to offer chemical abortion to women who are less than nine weeks' pregnant. GP magazine found that the scheme could start in six places within weeks. Abortion pills are presently provided almost exclusively at hospitals and so-called ...

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More family doctors' surgeries in England will soon start to offer chemical abortion to women who are less than nine weeks' pregnant. GP magazine found that the scheme could start in six places within weeks. Abortion pills are presently provided almost exclusively at hospitals and so-called clinics....

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A British television police drama shows pro-life people kidnapping children. SPUC supporters have expressed concern about BBC1's Hunter. Betty Gibson of SPUC Northern Ireland who watched the programme said: "These supposed pro-lifers were shown inscribing 'sacred' on one of their captives and also k...

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News, A British television police drama shows pro-life people kidnapping children. SPUC supporters have expressed concern about BBC1's Hunter. Betty Gibson of SPUC Northern Ireland who watched the programme said: "These supposed pro-lifers were shown inscribing 'sacred' on one of their captives an...

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