News, A survey suggests that support for abortion in America is declining. The ABC and the Washington Post poll found that 53% wanted most or all abortions legal and 44% wanted most or all of them illegal. The former figure has dropped four percent since January, the latter rising by four percent....

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News, British MPs are warning that staff shortages at neonatal units are putting premature babies at risk. The House of Commons public accounts committee says nearly 2,300 extra nurses are needed. The British Association of Perinatal Medicine has recommended that there should be one nurse per prem...

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British MPs are warning that staff shortages at neonatal units are putting premature babies at risk. The House of Commons public accounts committee says nearly 2,300 extra nurses are needed. The British Association of Perinatal Medicine has recommended that there should be one nurse per premature ba...

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If the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill is passed it could permit cloned human embryos to be implanted in a woman after minimal further parliamentary discussion. This assertion has been made by Dr Evan Harris, a leading proponent of embryo research. Dr Harris says that Parliament is unlikely ...

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News, If the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill is passed it could permit cloned human embryos to be implanted in a woman after minimal further parliamentary discussion. This assertion has been made by Dr Evan Harris, a leading proponent of embryo research. Dr Harris says that Parliament is u...

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News, Pro-abortion amendments have been tabled to the HFE bill by Dr Evan Harris and colleagues. The amendments would de-restrict abortions by removing the need for any medical indication prior to 24 weeks. Only one doctor's authorisation would be needed at any stage. Nurses and midwives would be ...

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A woman aged 18 died after taking a drug prescribed to procure an abortion. In 2005, an inquest has heard, Miss Manon Jones of Bristol, England, suffered bleeding, seizures and cardiac arrest some 13 days after taking the substance. All or part of the unborn child was retained by her body, causing s...

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Emily's List, the pro-abortion movement, is backing Senator Barack Obama for US president. The group's leader says Senator John McCain, Republican, would overturn the Roe v. Wade judgement which permitted abortion. NARAL Pro-Choice America has already endorsed Mr Obama. [LifeNews, 6 June]The English...

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Professor Lord Winston, the British fertility expert, has expressed regret at the continuing low IVF success-rate. The rate, he said, was 30% and practitioners tended to treat more promising patients. There needed to be a better way of getting good ova and pre-implantation testing should be improved...

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News, The British Fertility Society is suggesting that there is no evidence which supports the usefulness of embryo-testing in IVF treatment and that it should no longer be routinely offered. The society questions claims that pre-implantation genetic screening can help treatment for over-35s, wome...

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News, The English high court has agreed to let a woman with multiple sclerosis seek a ruling on whether her husband may be prosecuted if he assists her plan to commit suicide overseas. Ms Debbie Purdy, 45, is considering going to Belgium or Switzerland accompanied by Mr Omar Puente. [BBC, 11 June]...

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The English high court has agreed to let a woman with multiple sclerosis seek a ruling on whether her husband may be prosecuted if he assists her plan to commit suicide overseas. Ms Debbie Purdy, 45, is considering going to Belgium or Switzerland accompanied by Mr Omar Puente. [BBC, 11 June] SPUC wi...

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Disability group comments on assisted suicide case London, - A group representing people disabled people, their families and carers has commented on today's High Court decision in the case of Debbie Purdy. Debbie Purdy, a lady with multiple sclerosis, is asking the legal authorities to clarify the...

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SPUC to intervene in assisted suicide case London, - Leading anti-euthanasia and pro-life campaigning group the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has announced that it is seeking to intervene in the case of Debbie Purdy, a lady with multiple sclerosis who is seeking an assurance ...

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Human embryo cells have been used to treat neural defects in mice. Scientists at Rochester University, NY, put glial progenitor cells from human foetal brains into the spines of mutant mice, some of whose longevity was increased because of the consequent growth of myelin. [Nature, 4 June] Human adul...

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News, An opinion survey suggests that the European Union's Lisbon treaty could be rejected by the Irish people next week. The TNS/MRBI poll found 35% against the treaty with 30% for it. [Telegraph, 6 June] It is unclear whether the treaty will make Ireland's law restricting abortion the subject of...

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News, National Right to Life wants to stop Senator Barack Obama, the de facto Democrat candidate, from being elected US president. Ms Karen Cross, political director, says he would vigorously promote abortion. Mr Obama would reportedly sign an act to make abortion federal law, overturning states' ...

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National Right to Life wants to stop Senator Barack Obama, the de facto Democrat candidate, from being elected US president. Ms Karen Cross, political director, says he would vigorously promote abortion. Mr Obama would reportedly sign an act to make abortion federal law, overturning states' restrict...

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Australia could lift a ban on funding abortion overseas. Ministers have asked a government committee whether it should lift the prohibition which resembles one in place in the USA. The opposition warns that such a move would alienate Christian support which Mr Kevin Rudd, the prime minister and a pr...

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A British couple who are expecting naturally-conceived quads have refused so-called selective abortion. Mr Michael Wing, the father, is quoted as saying that such intervention could lead to the deaths of all the children. Mrs Emma Wing, of Devon, says she wants nature take its course. [BBC, 3 June] ...

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