A leading advocate of easier access to the morning after pill has admitted that such access has had no effect on reducing abortion rates. Writing in the British Medical Journal, Professor Anna Glasier, director of family planning at the Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust, said: "Despite the clear increa...

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Government accused of experimenting on children London, - A leading economist has accused the government of experimenting on children through its policy of free access to morning-after pills. Dr David Paton, professor of industrial economics at Nottingham University Business School, said there had ...

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Patients diagnosed as being in Persistent Vegetative State have improved greatly and some have been able to move and have simple conversations after an accidental discovery by a South African General Practitioner. Dr Wally Nel found that a commonly used sleeping pill, Zolpidem, can have this effect,...

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News, Patients diagnosed as being in Persistent Vegetative State have improved greatly and some have been able to move and have simple conversations after an accidental discovery by a South African General Practitioner. Dr. Wally Nel found that a commonly used sleeping pill, Zolpidem, can have thi...

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News, A suicide prevention charity in the UK has called on the government to outlaw websites that help people commit suicide. Papyrus, a group which works to prevent young people killing themselves, has criticised websites that give advice on the most painless form of suicide and internet chat roo...

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A suicide prevention charity in the UK has called on the government to outlaw websites that help people commit suicide. Papyrus, a group which works to prevent young people killing themselves, has criticised websites that give advice on the most painless form of suicide and internet chat rooms where...

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The man most likely to be the next British prime minister has in general an equally bad record on life-related issues as Mr Tony Blair, the incumbent. Mr Gordon Brown MP, currently the Labour government's Chancellor of the Exchequer (chief finance minister), is expected to succeed Mr Blair following...

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weekly update, 30 August to 7 September weekly update, 30 August to 7 September The man most likely to be the next British prime minister has in general an equally bad record on life-related issues as Mr Tony Blair, the incumbent. Mr Gordon Brown MP, currently the Labour government's Chancellor ...

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News, The man most likely to be the next British prime minister has in general an equally bad record on life-related issues as Mr Tony Blair, the incumbent. Mr Gordon Brown MP, currently the Labour government's Chancellor of the Exchequer (chief finance minister), is expected to succeed Mr Blair f...

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News, Mr. Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, has launched a massive expansion of the Government's sex education policy by vowing "better access to contraceptives" for those under 18, the Daily Mail reports. As a result of this, free morning after pills will be made available to pupils under t...

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Tony Blair, the British Prime Minister, has launched a massive expansion of the Government's sex education policy by vowing "better access to contraceptives" for those under 18, the Daily Mail reports. As a result of this, free morning after pills will be made available to pupils under the age of co...

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A former British Labour MP has said that the prime minister's plans to identify problematic children before they are born amount to eugenics. Mr Tony Benn, who was a cabinet minister, told BBC Five Live radio that the plan was one of "a million new gimmicks" put forward by Tony Blair. He said: "This...

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News, Correction: Re Colombia - the quote attributed to Cardinal López Trujillo in Friday's SPUC news summary has been disputed: Cardinal López Trujillo has said that the story first attributing the quote to him, issued by Colombian news outlets, was false. We apologise for any distress or confusi...

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Blair's pre birth plan will lead to more pressure for more abortions, warns SPUC Blair's "pre-birth" plan will lead to more pressure for more abortions, warns SPUC Westminster, 5th September 2006 - Plans outlined by Tony Blair, the prime minister, to identify those who might be a "menace to soci...

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News, The British prime minister has proposed plans to identify children who could be antisocial before they are born. In an interview with the BBC, Tony Blair said that teenage mothers, people in care and the mentally ill could face sanctions if they do not accept state help, such as parenting cl...

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The British prime minister has proposed plans to identify children who could be antisocial before they are born. In an interview with the BBC, Tony Blair said that teenage mothers, people in care and the mentally ill could face sanctions if they do not accept state help, such as parenting classes, b...

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Obese women in Britain should not be given IVF treatment on the National Health Service until they lose weight, according to the British Fertility Society (BFS). The BFS has also recommended that lesbian and single women, and couples with children from previous relationships, should be given the sam...

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weekly update, 23 to 29 August Weekly Update, 23 to 29 August Wording to counter euthanasia and assisted suicide has been included in a draft UN convention on disabled people's rights, thanks to pro-life lobbying. Activists had feared the convention could remove disabled people's right to life ...

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Wording to counter euthanasia and assisted suicide has been included in a draft UN convention on disabled people's rights, thanks to pro-life lobbying. Activists had feared the convention could remove disabled people's right to life by creating "rights" to abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide. ...

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A prominent Chinese opponent of forced abortion has been jailed for four years. Chen Guangcheng was convicted of damaging property and disrupting traffic, charges which Mr Guangcheng's supporters believe were trumped up. Mr Guangcheng, who is blind, was tried without his lawyers present and his fami...

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