News, A doctor convicted of performing a botched illegal abortion has been deregistered by the New South Wales Medical Tribunal. Suman Sood is awaiting sentence after the woman whom she adminstered drugs to gave birth in a toilet at 23 weeks in May 2002. The hearing, held on Friday, heard evidence...

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News, Sam Archbishop Celestina Migliore, the Catholic Church's representative to the United Nations, has addressed the UN General Assembly telling it that it should not consider "access to reproductive health" as a tool to promote abortions. He reminded the General Assembly that previous UN docume...

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About 1,175 pro-life people who were peacefully protesting against abortion in Wilmington, North Carolina were pelted with eggs by passers-by and had signs reading "Abortion kills children" and "Adoption: The loving option" plucked from their hands. It was the 16th year that the "Life Chain", an ann...

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Professor Stuart Campbell of the Create Health Clinic, London, who pioneered the '4D' scanning technology which has produced vivid images of unborn babies moving in the womb, has said in an article written for the Daily Telegraph newspaper that he believes foetuses "who exhibit the signs of humanity...

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News, Professor Stuart Campbell of the Create Health Clinic, London, who pioneered the '4D' scanning technology which has produced vivid images of unborn babies moving in the womb, has said in an article written for that Daily Telegraph newspaper that he believes foetuses "who exhibit the signs of...

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weekly update, 27 September to 3 October weekly update, 27 September to 3 October The Pope has said that there is never any justification for abortion. Addressing the new German ambassador to the Holy See, Benedict XVI said: "[A] life with handicap has equal value and is wanted by the Lord, ther...

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The Chinese regime has reiterated its determination not to relax China's one-child policy. Li Yunli, deputy head of the Beijing Municipal Population and Family Planning Committee rejected a proposal that couples with higher educational qualifications should be allowed a second child. Li said: "Those...

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News, Dr John Reid, Britain's Home Secretary (interior minister), has repeated Prime Minister Tony Blair's criticism of the US administration's restrictions on funding for embryonic stem cell research, as we reported last Wednesday. Speaking to the Labour party conference, Dr Reid said: "We should...

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News, SPUC has condemned Tony Blair's endorsement of embryonic stem cell research in his farewell speech to the Labour party conference. Mr Blair said: "America does not want stem cell research, we do, we welcome it here." Mr Blair was referring to embryonic stem cell research, which kills embryon...

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British police are to take no action in the case of a terminally ill man who died in an assisted suicide death in Switzerland. Paul Bennett, 47, from Swansea, who suffered from motor neurone disease, was taken to a Swiss clinic last May by family members and friends where he died. South Wales Police...

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The President of Italy has called for a parliamentary debate on euthanasia after receiving a letter from a terminally ill man campaigning for its legalisation. President Giorgio Napolitano received a letter from Piergiorgio Welby, 60, who suffers from advanced muscular dystrophy, saying that he want...

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weekly update, 8 to 26 September weekly update, 8 to 26 September SPUC has condemned Tony Blair's endorsement of embryonic stem cell research in his farewell speech to the Labour party conference. Mr Blair said: "America does not want stem cell research, we do, we welcome it here." Mr Blair was ...

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News, The President of Italy has called for a parliamentary debate on euthanasia after receiving a letter from a terminally ill man campaigning for its legalisation. President Giorgio Napolitano received a letter from Piergiorgio Welby, 60, who suffers from advanced muscular dystrophy, saying that...

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Blair promoted unethical research in farewell conference speech, says SPUC Blair promoted unethical research in farewell conference speech, says SPUC Westminster, 26th September 2006 - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has condemned Tony Blair's endorsement of embryonic st...

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News, Researchers based at Newcastle's Centre for Life have published research in the new edition of the scientific journal Stem Cells saying that they have successfully derived live stem cells from human embryos that were "effectively dead". Professor Miodrag Stojkovic, who spent some time workin...

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Researchers based at Newcastle's Centre for Life have published research in the new edition of the scientific journal Stem Cells saying that they have successfully derived live stem cells from human embryos that were "effectively dead". Professor Miodrag Stojkovic, who spent some time working at the...

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A blood test has been developed which researchers claim can identify the sex of an unborn child at seven weeks into pregnancy. The UK's Institute of Child Health did research on more than 70 pregnant women and says that an early knowledge of the child's sex rendered further tests for many genetic di...

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News, Almost two-thirds of young people in Scotland said they are not satisfied with their sex education, a survey has found. According to the poll more than half of Scots did not use contraception the first time they had sex. More than three-quarters of those polled thought it was a parent's resp...

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News, The British government's National Institute for Biological Standards and Control met on Sunday to confirm release of six embryo stem cell lines. The cells are being made available through the Medical Research Council's stem cell bank established in 2003, which aims to hold and supply every s...

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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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