News, A leading medic in Kenya has lamented the election of Senator Barack Obama as US president. Dr Stephen Karanja, head of the Catholic Doctors' Association, said the president-elect was anti-family and a bad man, and had made unrestricted abortion a key part of his campaign. Africans were unde...

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News, Pro-life proposals were defeated at last week's US general election. A measure to extend human rights to the unborn in Colorado received more than half a million votes in favour, but was opposed by roughly three times that many. 55% of South Dakota voters opposed a proposal to ban most abort...

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Pro-life proposals were defeated at last week's US general election. A measure to extend human rights to the unborn in Colorado received more than half a million votes in favour, but was opposed by roughly three times that many. 55% of South Dakota voters opposed a proposal to ban most abortions. In...

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The Scottish government opposes a parliamentarian's proposal to bring in a law next year which would legalise assisted suicide. Ms Nicola Sturgeon MSP, health minister, says it would not be possible to have "sufficient safeguards" but she welcomes the debate begun by Ms Margo MacDonald, independent ...

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News, The Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, has told Catholic voters that the church's opposition to abortion is "essential and foundational and can never be compromised." Rt Rev Richard Lennon's statement which was distributed at Mass yesterday said that each human life had inestimable value. [Cleveland]...

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News, Senator Barack Obama's proposals for public health could entail state funding of abortion. The Democrat US presidential candidate's campaign responded to a questionnaire by describing "reproductive health care" as basic and essential. The phrase euphemistically includes abortion provision. M...

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Senator Barack Obama's proposals for public health could entail state funding of abortion. The Democrat US presidential candidate's campaign responded to a questionnaire by describing "reproductive health care" as basic and essential. The phrase euphemistically includes abortion provision. Mr Obama ...

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The British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is destined to become law. The House of Lords yesterday approved all amendments by the House of Commons. [Official Report, 29 October] An attempt to restrict the research on human/animal admixed embryos was defeated. Lord Alton of Live...

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News, The British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is destined to become law. The House of Lords yesterday approved all amendments by the House of Commons. [Official Report, 29 October] An attempt to restrict the research on human/animal admixed embryos was defeated. Lord Alton...

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Intervener SPUC relieved at defeat of Purdy assisted suicide legal challenge London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has expressed relief at today's High Court rejection of Debbie Purdy's legal challenge. SPUC, which was an intervener in the case, has campaigned as a lead...

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Scientists and physicians defend embryonic children as UNESCO committee meets London, - Scientists and physicians from around the world have signed a declaration on human rights for nascent human beings. The signatories include human-biology research scientists, obstetricians, gynaecologists, prof...

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News, The House of Lords will debate the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill tomorrow (Wednesday). The house will only consider amendments made by the House of Commons. [UK Parliament] SPUC says the bill is unethical, violating embryonic children's right to life and dignit...

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The House of Lords will debate the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill tomorrow (Wednesday). The house will only consider amendments made by the House of Commons. [UK Parliament] SPUC says the bill is unethical, violating embryonic children's right to life and dignity. The g...

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A new private facility in Scotland will specialise in abortions after 14 weeks' gestation. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service will open the country's first such establishment to avoid sending women to England. SPUC is quoted as saying: "Instead of such clinics being opened, would it not be prefe...

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News, Scotland's cardinal has said that the government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, approved last week by the House of Commons, will further devalue human life in the United Kingdom. Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, told SPUC's Scottish conference on Sa...

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News, Proponents of a new technique for testing IVF embryos claim it screens for many more of the 15,000 genetic conditions than current methods, and takes less time. The Bridge Centre, London, England, will use karyomapping on cells removed from two-day-old embryos. The process would cost patient...

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Proponents of a new technique for testing IVF embryos claim it screens for many more of the 15,000 genetic conditions than current methods, and takes less time. The Bridge Centre, London, England, will use karyomapping on cells removed from two-day-old embryos. The process would cost patients £1,500...

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Human beings are being treated as things, according to an MP speaking in yesterday's debate on the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Mr Edward Leigh, Conservative member for Gainsborough, told the House of Commons: "I believe that human embryos are emphatically not just b...

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News, Human beings are being treated as things, according to an MP speaking in yesterday's debate on the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. Mr Edward Leigh, Conservative member for Gainsborough, told the House of Commons: "I believe that human embryos are emphatically no...

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News, The British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill is now close to becoming law after the House of Commons approved it this evening by 355 votes to 129. SPUC called the result of the bill's third reading a tragedy. John Smeaton, national director, described the law as "extendin...

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