Public healthcare officials in the UK have authorised prescribing the morning-after pill, which may cause abortion, for girls as young as 12 without parental knowledge, the Daily Express claims. 84% of National Health Service primary care trusts (PCTs) say that they permit secret prescription of the...

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News, A Northern Ireland member of the House of Lords has called on the UK government to resist any attempts to extend the 1967 Abortion Act to the province. Speaking against the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, Baroness Paisley of St George's reminded the house of previous assurances that...

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News, The Archbishop of Birmingham, UK, has spoken out against the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, presently before parliament. Speaking at the annual civic Mass in the city's St Chad's Cathedral, Archbishop Vincent Nichols said that allowing two women to register as a child's parents wou...

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Four people have been arrested in Barcelona, Spain, on suspicion of performing illegal late abortions. Spain allows abortions up to 12 weeks in the case of rape, and up to 22 weeks for foetal disability. [BBC, 26 November]The Archbishop of Birmingham, UK, has spoken out against the Human Fertilisati...

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Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, is planning a meeting with Catholic MPs to discuss the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill currently before the UK Parliament, The Times newspaper reports. All 64 voting Catholic MPs have been invited to the meeting which will raise 'is...

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weekly update, 29 November weekly update, 29 November Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, Archbishop of Westminster, is planning a meeting with Catholic MPs to discuss the Human Fertilisation and Embryology bill currently before the UK Parliament, The Times newspaper reports. All 64 voting Catholic...

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News, SPUC is promoting the Society's work through a dedicated group on Facebook, one of the world's most popular social networking websites. The group's profile page is updated frequently with the latest news, and features photos, a discussion board and a comments wall. Members are sent occasiona...

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News, SPUC will continue to campaign against the British government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, which passed without a vote to the next stage in the House of Lords. Anthony Ozimic, SPUC political secretary, said that they would support whatever parliamentary action was most likely t...

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BBC journalists have found evidence of illegal trading in abortion-inducing drugs in Britain. An undercover journalist claiming to be pregnant obtained a herbal drug from a Chinese herbalist in London, who was also able to supply the RU486 prescription abortion drug on the black market. She was also...

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SPUC laments "widespread" illegal abortion London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has lamented the fact that illegal abortion is reportedly widespread in Britain. Paul Tully, SPUC's general secretary, said: "Many years ago we began warning of the danger of RU486 being d...

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Campaign against embryo bill continues, says SPUC Campaign against embryo bill continues, says SPUC Westminster, 21st November 2007 - The British government's determination to push forward its radically anti-life embryo bill will continue to be resisted by the pro-life movement, says the Society...

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An inquest has recently been held into the death of a British woman who died after receiving IVF treatment. Mrs Nina Thanki suffered from endometriosis, which had made her unable to conceive, and which can cause blood clots. She had gone into hospital for an egg retrieval operation, but this led to ...

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News, An American team of researchers is to publish results confirming that embryonic-type stem cells can be derived from human skin. Professor James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has confirmed the work of Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University. A number of leading scientists note t...

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News, The second reading debate in the House of Lords on the UK government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill got under way on Monday. The debate was adjourned after Catholic Labour peer Lord Brennan collapsed in the chamber shortly after making a speech. Many peers expressed concern at the...

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The second reading debate in the House of Lords on the UK government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill got under way on Monday. The debate was adjourned after Catholic Labour peer Lord Brennan collapsed in the chamber shortly after making a speech. Many peers expressed concern at the proposa...

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weekly update, 20 November weekly update, 20 November The second reading debate in the House of Lords on the UK government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill got under way on Monday. The debate was adjourned after Catholic Labour peer Lord Brennan collapsed in the chamber shortly after ma...

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Adult stem cell breakthrough exposes embryo research as redundant, says SPUC Adult stem cell breakthrough exposes embryo research as redundant, says SPUC Westminster, 20th November 2007 - Today's reports that Japanese and American scientists have developed highly promising stem cells without usi...

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Embryo bill unethical, unnecessary and dangerous, says SPUC Embryo bill unethical, unnecessary and dangerous, says SPUC Westminster, 19th November 2007 - The House of Lords should reject the government's bill radically extending destructive embryo experimentation, says the Society for the Protec...

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Pro life lobbyists comment on tonight’s embryo bill debate Pro-life lobbyists comment on tonight’s embryo bill debate Westminster, 19th November 2007 - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) expressed concern and sympathy for the welfare of Lord Brennan, the Catholic peer who c...

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A study at Oxford University, UK, and published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that there is little evidence that occasional heavy drinking during pregnancy can harm the unborn baby. Dr Ron Gray, lead author, said that women should not take the report as a licence to dr...

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