The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (AAPLOG) has strengthened its stand on conscientious objection in response to what it calls a move to "cripple, and ultimately eliminate from practice, those doctors who hold a conscience conviction on the sanctity of human life."...

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News, The American Association of ProLife Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (AAPLOG) has strengthened its stand on conscientious objection in response to what it calls a move to "cripple, and ultimately eliminate from practice, those doctors who hold a conscience conviction on the sanctity of human...

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News, The British Government has admitted that hundreds of human embryos have been lost due to accidents at fertility clinics. 500 such incidents have been reported since 2003, with 224 occurring in 2006-7 alone. Accidents included staff dropping dishes containing embryos, eggs or sperm, dishes be...

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The British Government has admitted that hundreds of human embryos have been lost due to accidents at fertility clinics. 500 such incidents have been reported since 2003, with 224 occurring in 2006-7 alone. Accidents included staff dropping dishes containing embryos, eggs or sperm, dishes being thro...

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Increased use of infertility treatments like IVF could make infertility more widespread according to an editorial in the BMJ. They say that couples undergoing IVF are more likely to have children with impaired fertility. Prof Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde, from the Aarhus University in Denmark, and Pro...

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News, Increased use of infertility treatments like IVF could make infertility more widespread according to an editorial in the BMJ. They say that couples undergoing IVF are more likely to have children with impaired fertility. Prof Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde, from the Aarhus University in Denmark,...

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News, Better general education would be more effective in cutting teenage pregnancies than more sex education and greater access to contraceptives, according to Professor David Paton of Nottingham University Business School. Commenting on the Labour government's teenage pregnancy strategy, which i...

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Better general education would be more effective in cutting teenage pregnancies than more sex education and greater access to contraceptives, according to Professor David Paton of Nottingham University Business School. Commenting on the Labour government's teenage pregnancy strategy, which is well b...

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The South African government is planning a further relaxation of the country's abortion laws. Under new proposals, 24-hour abortion facilities will be made available, pre-approval procedures are to be scrapped, and all nurses are to be allowed to perform abortions. Critics have said that the South A...

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News, The South African government is planning a further relaxation of the country's abortion laws. Under new proposals, 24-hour abortion facilities will be made available, pre-approval procedures are to be scrapped, and all nurses are to be allowed to perform abortions. Critics have said that the...

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News, Ms Beverley Hughes the UK minister for children, young people and families, has said that she is under pressure to force schools to extend compulsory sex education lessons. At present schools must teach the biological facts of sex to 11-14 year olds. She said the government was conducting a ...

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Ms Beverley Hughes the UK minister for children, young people and families, has said that she is under pressure to force schools to extend compulsory sex education lessons. At present schools must teach the biological facts of sex to 11-14 year olds. She said the government was conducting a review o...

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The House of Lords approved the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill without accepting any substantial restraining amendments. An attempt by Baroness Williams of Crosby to ensure that embryos could only be used for research when no alternative exists was rejected. The Lords failed to divide on th...

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News, The House of Lords approved the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill without accepting any substantial restraining amendments. An attempt by Baroness Williams of Crosby to ensure that embryos could only be used for research when no alternative exists was rejected. The Lords failed to divi...

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News, Some doctors in the UK think that free medical treatment should not be given in all cases. In a survey by Doctor magazine of 870 doctors, one in three said that elderly patients should not be given free treatment if it were unlikely to do them good for long. One in five said that social abor...

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A young British mother who refused to have an abortion and delayed having cancer treatment has died. When Mrs Lorraine Allard, 33, was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer when she was four months pregnant, she told her husband Martyn: " If I am going to die, my baby is going to live". Liam, their f...

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A leading expert on foetal pain says that babies in the womb can feel pain before 24 weeks. Prof Sunny Anand, of the University of Arkansas, will present his research to British MPs. The meeting will be chaired by Mrs Nadine Norris, an opposition backbencher and former nurse, who wants to introduce ...

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News, The Observer claims that a group of Labour MPs, including three members of the cabinet, have asked to be allowed to vote according to their consciences on the British Government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) bill. An unnamed source told the Observer that a Catholic MP was told b...

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Pro-life campaigners call for nationwide lobby of MPs against embryo bill London, 4th February 2008 - The House of Lords approved the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill this evening without accepting any substantial restraining amendments. The Lords failed to divide on the bill, giving it an un...

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News, A study at a specialist neonatal unit in University College London's hospital shows that premature babies' chances of survival more than doubled between the early 80s and the late 90s. By the end of the last decade, 71% of children born at 22 to 25 weeks lived on. The Telegraph claim that th...

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