News, A member of the American Psychological Association has criticised that organisation's survey of the effects of abortion on women's mental health, saying it is politically motivated and bad science. The project concluded that a single early abortion did not increase the likelihood of signific...

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News, SPUC has produced a list of questions to be put to prospective parliamentary candidates on how they would vote on abortion-related amendments to the British government's embryo bill. John Smeaton writes: "We don't normally ask people to contact their [prospective candidates] until an electio...

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SPUC has produced a list of questions to be put to prospective parliamentary candidates on how they would vote on abortion-related amendments to the British government's embryo bill. John Smeaton writes: "We don't normally ask people to contact their [prospective candidates] until an election is app...

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The leader of the opposition in the UK parliament has confirmed that he supports abortion for disability up to birth. Asked about the issue by an SPUC supporter at a meeting in Cumbria, England, Mr David Cameron MP said: "[I]n the case of parents who have medical evidence that they may have a very d...

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News, SPUC has produced a briefing on amendments to the Abortion Act proposed as new clauses in the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. It concentrates mainly on the abortion amendments that pose the greatest threat if passed. One change would leave women more vulnerable ...

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News, SPUC is encouraging religious believers to pray and fast to prevent the extension of the Abortion Act to Northern Ireland. John Smeaton, national director, points out that, while SPUC is not a religious organisation, prayer does have a part in national life. Parliament begins its sessions wi...

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There is to be a conference in Illinois next month about the effects on men of abortion. The Knights of Columbus and the National Office of Post-Abortion Reconciliation are repeating what they did last year in California, with sessions on men's healing process after abortion, the procedure's effects...

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The British government's advisory body on medicine has resisted pressure from the pharmaceutical industry to approve the very expensive drugs when they might save lives, regardless of the cost. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) rejected the majority view of its lay adv...

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News, The British government's advisory body on medicine has resisted pressure from the pharmaceutical industry to approve the very expensive drugs when they might save lives, regardless of the cost. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) rejected the majority view of its...

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News, American pro-life protesters have been deported from China. Mr Michael McMonagle, national director of Generation Life, Boise, Idaho, Rev Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, Washington DC, and Ms Brandi Swindell, also of Generation Life, were held after demonstrating at the Mao Z...

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American pro-life protesters have been deported from China. Mr Michael McMonagle, national director of Generation Life, Boise, Idaho, Rev Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, Washington DC, and Ms Brandi Swindell, also of Generation Life, were held after demonstrating at the Mao Zedong ma...

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American protestors against China's one-child policy have been arrested and detained in Beijing. Mr Michael McMonagle, national director of Generation Life, Boise, Idaho, Rev Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, Washington DC, and Ms Brandi Swindell, also of Generation Life, were kneeling...

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News, American protestors against China's one-child policy have been arrested and detained in Beijing. Mr Michael McMonagle, national director of Generation Life, Boise, Idaho, Rev Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, Washington DC, and Ms Brandi Swindell, also of Generation Life, were ...

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London protest against China population policy London, Friday, - Young people will protest against China's one-child policy outside the Chinese embassy in London today. Members of the youth and student division of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children will silently hold a banner drawing...

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News, Three Americans were taken by police from Tiananmen square, Beijing, China, after they protested against that country's population policy. Mr Michael McMonagle, national director of Generation Life, Boise, Idaho, Rev Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, Washington DC, and Ms Brand...

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Three Americans were taken by police from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, after they protested against that country's population policy. Mr Michael McMonagle, national director of Generation Life, Boise, Idaho, Rev Pat Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, Washington DC, and Ms Brandi Swin...

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A British law which permits euthanasia has caused problems because of the complexity of forms and procedures. The 2005 Mental Capacity Act has reportedly made it more difficult and costly for family members to register their wish to manage incapacitated relatives' practical affairs. Mrs Elspeth Chow...

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A United Nations body is pressing the United Kingdom to extend Britain's liberal abortion law to Northern Ireland. The Committee for the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) calls for a consultation on the matter and urges the UK: "to give consideration to the amendm...

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News, Keeping students in education or training for longer can cut teenage pregnancies, according to evidence from Norway and the USA. Research described in the Economic Journal suggests that raising the school-leaving age improves matters by practically reducing girls' opportunities to get pregna...

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News, A court in India has rejected a couple's request to abort their child of 25 weeks' gestation. Mumbai's high court declined Mr and Mrs Mehta's petition after a medical committee said the baby was unlikely to be disabled. Other doctors diagnosed blockage in the heart. The committee also cited ...

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