The US Supreme Court has upheld as constitutional a federal law banning partial birth abortions. The law was passed and signed by President Bush in 2003, but had not come into effect because of a legal challenge that it was unconstitutional in not having a health exception. Justice Anthony Kennedy w...

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News, The US Supreme Court has upheld as constitutional a federal law banning partial birth abortions. The law was passed and signed by President Bush in 2003, but had not come into effect because of a legal challenge that it was unconstitutional in not having a health exception. Justice Anthony K...

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News, Pregnant women in Britain have been warned about suspect pregnancy screenings by private clinics. Members of the Human Genetics Commission (HGC) raised concerns at their conference in Edinburgh over private clinics charging women for specialist Down's Syndrome screening tests which are carri...

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Pregnant women in Britain have been warned about suspect pregnancy screenings by private clinics. Members of the Human Genetics Commission (HGC) raised concerns at their conference in Edinburgh over private clinics charging women for specialist Down's Syndrome screening tests which are carried out u...

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A campaigning front-page story for the Independent misleadingly asserts that The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has said that so many doctors are refusing to do abortions that it threatens to plunge the abortion service into chaos and a crisis. The claims of a "crisis" belong to A...

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News, A campaigning front-page story for the Independent misleadingly asserts that The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has said that so many doctors are refusing to do abortions that it threatens to plunge the abortion service into chaos and a crisis. The claims of a "crisis" bel...

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SPUC welcomes doctors' refusal to do abortions but warns on threats to conscience SPUC welcomes doctors' refusal to do abortions but warns on threats to conscience London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) welcomes news that more and more doctors are refusing to perform...

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News, President Bush has said that he will continue to veto a bill which would allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Speaking after the Senate had voted 63-34 to pass the measure, he said: "This bill crosses a moral line that I and many others find troubling. If it advances all t...

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President Bush has said that he will continue to veto a bill which would allow federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. Speaking after the Senate had voted 63-34 to pass the measure, he said: "This bill crosses a moral line that I and many others find troubling. If it advances all the way t...

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The US Senate has voted against President Bush's restriction on the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The senate voted 63-34 in favour of funding destructive embryo research. Congress is not expected to produce the two-thirds majority votes needed to override the restriction. Senator ...

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News, The US Senate has voted against President Bush's restriction on the federal funding of embryonic stem cell research. The senate voted 63-34 in favour of funding destructive embryo research. Congress is not expected to produce the two-thirds majority votes needed to override the restriction. ...

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News, The father of frozen embryos who were the subject of a European Court decision yesterday on IVF consent has called the ruling "common sense." Mr Howard Johnston said: "It's really a point of principle. I want to choose who, with and when I start a family and the process that we were involved...

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The father of frozen embryos who were the subject of a European Court decision yesterday on IVF consent has called the ruling "common sense." Mr Howard Johnston said: "It's really a point of principle. I want to choose who, with and when I start a family and the process that we were involved in was ...

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weekly update, 5 to 11 April weekly update, 5 to 11 April The highest court with jurisdiction over the United Kingdom has ruled that a woman may not use frozen embryos created by IVF after her former partner withdrew consent. The grand chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg,...

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The highest court with jurisdiction over the United Kingdom has ruled that a woman may not use frozen embryos created by IVF after her former partner withdrew consent. The grand chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, today ruled against Ms Natallie Evans, 35, of Wiltshi...

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News, The highest court with jurisdiction over the United Kingdom has ruled that a woman may not use frozen embryos created by IVF after her former partner withdrew consent. The grand chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, today ruled against Ms Natallie Evans, 35, of...

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Natallie Evans decision highlights tragedy of UK's IVF law Natallie Evans decision highlights tragedy of UK's IVF law London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has commented on today's decision by the European Court to reject Ms Natallie Evans's request to use frozen em...

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News, The Conservative party in Britain has accused the government of misleading women after the health secretary promised that all pregnant women would have the choice of where to give birth. Mr Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, challenged Ms Patricia Hewitt's promise that, from 2009, ...

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weekly update, 30 March to 4 April weekly update, 30 March to 4 April The Mental Capacity Act 2005 comes partially into effect in England and Wales this month, and the Daily Mail reports on serious concern from several doctors opposed to elements in the Act which would give legally binding force...

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The Conservative party in Britain has accused the government of misleading women after the health secretary promised that all pregnant women would have the choice of where to give birth. Mr Andrew Lansley, the shadow health secretary, challenged Ms Patricia Hewitt's promise that, from 2009, women co...

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