News, An unconscious woman's life-support was discontinued after her daughter was delivered by caesarean section. Mrs Jayne Soliman, 41, of Berkshire, England, had a brain haemorrhage and was declared dead when 25 weeks' pregnant, though her heart was kept beating and she was given steroids. The c...

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An unconscious woman's life-support was discontinued after her daughter was delivered by caesarean section. Mrs Jayne Soliman, 41, of Berkshire, England, had a brain haemorrhage and was declared dead when 25 weeks' pregnant, though her heart was kept beating and she was given steroids. The child, wh...

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A resolution which is likely to promote abortion will be voted on in the European Parliament on Wednesday (14 January). The proposal from a committee led by Mr Giusto Catania MEP, an Italian communist, urges European Union countries to guarantee access to "sexual and reproductive health and rights",...

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News, A resolution which is likely to promote abortion will be voted on in the European Parliament on Wednesday (14 January). The proposal from a committee led by Mr Giusto Catania MEP, an Italian communist, urges European Union countries to guarantee access to "sexual and reproductive health and ...

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News, A 43-year-old man with Down's syndrome, who could not swallow because of a stroke, was not provided with a feeding tube and starved to death "in agony" in a British state hospital. Doctors mistakenly thought nurses were feeding Mr Martin Ryan who died after 26 days without food. Once the mis...

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A 43-year-old man with Down's syndrome, who could not swallow because of a stroke, was not provided with a feeding tube and starved to death "in agony" in a British state hospital. Doctors mistakenly thought nurses were feeding Mr Martin Ryan who died after 26 days without food. Once the mistake was...

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Human embryo cells which, when analysed, appear as though they could provide therapies could actually be about to become cancerous, according to an article in Nature describing research at McMaster University, Ontario, and the University of Southern California. Adult stem cells have already provided...

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News, Human embryo cells which, when analysed, appear as though they could provide therapies could actually be about to become cancerous, according to an article in Nature describing research at McMaster University, Ontario, and the University of Southern California. Adult stem cells have already ...

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News, A scientist who helped develop hormonal birth control pills has lamented the consequent fall in the birth rate. Mr Carl Djerassi writes in an Austrian newspaper of what he calls an epidemic of small families in that country, mentioning a "demographic catastrophe". Mr Djerassi, 85, cooperated...

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A philosopher and parliamentarian who helped set up the framework for Britain's artificial reproduction industry has said that doctors who refuse to help patients kill themselves are wicked. Baroness Warnock told a debate in a church in Northern Ireland that medical staff should ask people when they...

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Around a tenth of Americans would ban all abortion and a similar proportion would allow it in all cases, according to an internet-based survey last month of more than 2,300 adults. Just under two fifths wanted it limited to rape, incest and mortal danger to the mother. Three quarters support medical...

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News, A survey of research on hormonal birth control pills supports the view that they can kill newly conceived embryos. It is also suggested the pills can cause cancer. The 100-page document is published by the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations and Dr Pedro José María Simó...

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News, Almost a third of secondary schools in England have sexual health clinics. The government wants all schools either to set up such clinics or to refer pupils to external facilities. Services include provision of morning-after pills and some secondary pupils are as young as 11. A survey of 16 ...

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A woman in Britain says that she has been scarred and tortured by her decision to abort her son nine years ago, and that he still haunts her thoughts. Ms Victoria Lambert terminated the pregnancy at 13 weeks' gestation because the baby had Patau's syndrome, also known as trisomy 13. People with the ...

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Doctors in England predicted an unborn baby with a heart condition would be stillborn, and twice recommended abortion, yet the child has been born and is now 10 months old. Hypoplastic aortic arch was diagnosed at four months' gestation. Gaynor and Lee Purdy, the boy's parents, switched hospitals du...

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News, Doctors in England predicted an unborn baby with a heart condition would be stillborn, and twice recommended abortion, yet the child has been born and is now 10 months old. Hypoplastic aortic arch was diagnosed at four months' gestation. Gaynor and Lee Purdy, the boy's parents, switched hosp...

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News, At least 20 girls aged under 16 in Britain get pregnant every day and most abort the child. The government has spent millions of pounds on trying to cut teenage pregnancy yet its own figures show no decrease. Professor David Paton, an economist at Nottingham University Business School, noted...

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At least 20 girls aged under 16 in Britain get pregnant every day and most abort the child. The government has spent millions of pounds on trying to cut teenage pregnancy yet its own figures show no decrease. Professor David Paton, an economist at Nottingham University Business School, noted that th...

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A pro-life Canadian MP wants the abortion issue discussed, saying that there is popular ignorance of how the unborn are denied human rights. Mr Rod Bruinooge, member for Winnipeg South, points out that, while there is a law against selling body-parts on the internet, babies can be aborted at any sta...

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News, The British prime minister has re-stated his opposition to changing the law on assisted suicide. Mr Gordon Brown MP said: "[W]e have got to make it absolutely clear that the importance of human life is recognised." He was being interviewed on radio by Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbis...

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