News, The price of abortifacient morning-after pills is expected to fall by 12% after Mr Gordon Brown, the British finance minister, yesterday announced a cut in sales tax on birth control supplies. The reduction in value added tax from 17.5% to 5% will mean that morning-after pills will cost £22 ...

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News, China will not change its one-child policy, according to a senior official in the family planning programme. In an attempt to quash rumours that the policy could be dropped, Zhang Weiqing, Minister in charge of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, said, "To maintain the cu...

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China will not change its one-child policy, according to a senior official in the family planning programme. In an attempt to quash rumours that the policy could be dropped, Zhang Weiqing, Minister in charge of the National Population and Family Planning Commission, said, "To maintain the current lo...

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weekly update, 16 to weekly update, 16 to A UK peer spoke out strongly against the dangers of Lord Joffe's Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill at a public debate at the Middle Temple Inn of Court, London. Lord Brennan called the bill "wrong in principle, unworkable in practice and a ser...

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A woman in Scotland who gave birth following an abortion is suing the state-funded hospital involved. Stacy Dow, 21, decided to have an abortion when she was 16. One of the twin unborn babies she was carrying was aborted in the procedure but she subsequently gave birth to the other, a daughter, Jayd...

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News, The Anglican Bishop of Hereford, England, has publicly opposed Lord Joffe's Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill. Rt Rev Anthony Priddis called on churchgoers to show their opposition to euthanasia by writing to their MPs and urging them to vote against the bill. He said that, if assis...

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News, Nigeria's bishops have warned against the promotion of anti-life legislation. In the statement issued on 16th March after the meeting of the Catholic Bishops' Conference in Abuja, the bishops criticised the Bill on the Establishment of a National Reproductive Health Institute. "We urge all m...

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The Ohio State Supreme Court has issued a 4-3 ruling allowing parents to sue doctors if they fail to diagnose a severe or fatal condition in an unborn child that would have caused the parents to seek an abortion had they been aware of it. Richard and Helen Schirmer won a ruling in favour of damages ...

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The parents of baby MB have expressed their joy at Mr Justice Holman's ruling in the High Court which forbade doctors from removing their son's life-saving ventilation. MB's father said "I'm glad to be his father. He deserves life. He deserves to stay alive". Meanwhile Jeremy Howat, whose daughter a...

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News, The parents of baby MB have expressed their joy at Mr Justice Holman's ruling in the High Court which forbade doctors from removing their son's life-saving ventilation. MB's father said "I'm glad to be his father. He deserves life. He deserves to stay alive". Meanwhile Jeremy Howat, whose da...

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News, The parents of a severely disabled baby have won him the right not to have his ventilation switched off by medical staff. Mr Justice Holman ruled in the English High Court today that evidence for the boy's quality of life was sufficient that doctors should not withdraw life support from him....

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The parents of a severely disabled baby have won him the right not to have his ventilation switched off by medical staff. Mr Justice Holman ruled in the English High Court today that evidence for the boy's quality of life was sufficient that doctors should not withdraw life support from him. The chi...

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weekly update, 7 to weekly update, 7 to The parents of a severely disabled baby have won him the right not to have his ventilation switched off by medical staff. Mr Justice Holman ruled in the English High Court today that evidence for the boy's quality of life was sufficient that doctors shou...

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A Birmingham hospital has become a pioneer in treating life-threatening conditions prior to birth. Mark Kilby, professor in maternal and foetal medicine at Birmingham Women's Hospital, has developed a treatment for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) which uses laser and keyhole surgery to seal...

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News, A Birmingham hospital has become a pioneer in treating life-threatening conditions prior to birth. Mark Kilby, professor in maternal and foetal medicine at Birmingham Women's Hospital, has developed a treatment for twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS) which uses laser and keyhole surgery...

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News, An Irish woman has started a lawsuit against her ex-husband over custody of embryos created during IVF treatment and currently in storage. The woman wants the embryos implanted in her womb, but the father argues that this would violate his ownership rights. The Irish constitution protects th...

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An Irish woman has started a lawsuit against her ex-husband over custody of embryos created during IVF treatment and currently in storage. The woman wants the embryos implanted in her womb, but the father argues that this would violate his ownership rights. The Irish constitution protects the right ...

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A study carried out by consultants at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland and the Crumlin children's hospital, Ireland has found that children conceived through IVF are at higher risk from two brain defects, the Times reports. Cathy Allen and Professor William Reardon found that IVF children are t...

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News, A study carried out by consultants at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland and the Crumlin children's hospital, Ireland has found that children conceived through IVF are at higher risk from two brain defects, the Times reports. Cathy Allen and Professor William Reardon found that IVF childr...

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News, The Government has announced a draft code of practice for the Mental Capacity Act, the 2005 law which enshrines euthanasia by neglect in English law. The government has invited the public to make submissions to a consultation on the draft code until 2nd June. [Department for Constitutional A]...

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