A US presidential candidate has said that rape should not be a justification for abortion. Addressing the National Catholic Men's Conference, Senator Sam Brownback said: "Rape is terrible. Rape is awful. Is it made any better by killing an innocent child? Does it solve the problem for the mother tha...

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weekly update, 7 to 12 June weekly update, 7 to 12 June A cross-party coalition of MPs is to push for changes to current abortion legislation to mark the 40th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act in Britain. Moves to increase access to abortion include removing the need for two doctors...

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News, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, has said that the Scottish parliament should be able to make its own laws on issues such as abortion. The cardinal said that the outcome of the recent election, in which the Labour party had their worst result in Scotl...

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News, A cross-party coalition of MPs is to push for changes to current abortion legislation to mark the 40th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act in Britain. Moves to increase access to abortion include removing the need for two doctors to sign an abortion referral and the extension of t...

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A cross-party coalition of MPs is to push for changes to current abortion legislation to mark the 40th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act in Britain. Moves to increase access to abortion include removing the need for two doctors to sign an abortion referral and the extension of the Abort...

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A bill designed to allow cloning of human embryos for destructive research while forbidding the birth of babies created in this way has been defeated in the US House of Representatives. The White House confirmed that President Bush would have vetoed the bill because it would have allowed the creatio...

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News, A bill designed to allow cloning of human embryos for destructive research while forbidding the birth of babies created in this way has been defeated in the US House of Representatives. The White House confirmed that President Bush would have vetoed the bill because it would have allowed the...

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News, The British Medical Association (BMA) has said that women should be able to get abortion on demand and that it should be carried out by midwives and nurses. The BMA's ethics committee published a briefing paper supporting changes to the Abortion Act to speed up treatment for women who are le...

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weekly update, 31 May to 6 June weekly update, 31 May to 6 June The British Medical Association (BMA) has said that women should be able to get abortion on demand and that it should be carried out by midwives and nurses. The BMA's ethics committee published a briefing paper supporting changes to...

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A bill to make counselling compulsory for women seeking abortion has been rejected by 75 votes by British MPs. The proposals, which were sponsored by Conservative Ann Winterton, also included a mandatory "cooling off" period of a week and would have ensured that women were warned about the possible ...

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SPUC deplores BMA's call for wider abortion provision SPUC deplores BMA's call for wider abortion provision Westminster, 6th June 2007 - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has condemned the call by the British Medical Association (BMA) for nurses to be given the role of abo...

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The British Medical Association will vote at its forthcoming conference on whether first trimester abortion should be carried out by medical professionals other than doctors, whether to abandon the requirement for two doctors to sign an abortion referral form and the possible extension of the Aborti...

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News, The British Medical Association will vote at its forthcoming conference on whether first trimester abortion should be carried out by medical professionals other than doctors, whether to abandon the requirement for two doctors to sign an abortion referral form and the possible extension of th...

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News, The Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, England, has supported Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Scotland in his condemnation yesterday of abortion and his advice to politicians that they should search their consciences before receiving Holy Communion. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor called abortion...

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The Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, England, has supported Cardinal Keith O'Brien of Scotland in his condemnation yesterday of abortion and his advice to politicians that they should search their consciences before receiving Holy Communion. Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor called abortion the "ta...

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A study by researchers at Imperial College, London, has found that unborn children may be affected by their mothers' stress levels from 17 weeks' gestation. The research, published in Clinical Endocrinology, found a correlation between levels of the cortisol stress hormone in the maternal blood and ...

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News, The Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, has today referred to the millions of registered abortions in Britain since 1967 as an "unspeakable crime" and "wanton killing of innocents". Cardinal Keith O'Brien's sermon, which marked 40 years since the passage of the Abortio...

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News, Official figures show that the number of abortions carried out in Scotland is continuing to rise. There were 13,081 so-called therapeutic abortions in Scotland in 2006 compared with 12,603 in 2005. The rate is highest among women aged 16 to 19 (24.1 per 1000), and those aged 20 to 24 (23.6 p...

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weekly update, 23 to 30 May weekly update, 23 to 30 May Official figures show that the number of abortions carried out in Scotland is continuing to rise. There were 13,081 so-called therapeutic abortions in Scotland in 2006 compared with 12,603 in 2005. The rate is highest among women aged 16 to...

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Official figures show that the number of abortions carried out in Scotland is continuing to rise. There were 13,081 so-called therapeutic abortions in Scotland in 2006 compared with 12,603 in 2005. The rate is highest among women aged 16 to 19 (24.1 per 1000), and those aged 20 to 24 (23.6 per 1000)...

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