News, A member of the Scottish Parliament has criticised doctors who prescribe the birth control pill and give contraceptive advice to girls under the age of 13. Shona Robison MSP said: "There could be child abuse situations going on and adult men could be preying on these girls." However, Ms Robi...

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A member of the Scottish Parliament has criticised doctors who prescribe the birth control pill and give contraceptive advice to girls under the age of 13. Shona Robison MSP said: "There could be child abuse situations going on and adult men could be preying on these girls." However, Ms Robison does...

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A study to be published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood journal has revealed that girls as young as 10 are being prescribed the birth control pill by doctors. The British Medical Association advises that the pill can be given out to girls at any age if they are considered mature enough. Howe...

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News, A study to be published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood journal has revealed that girls as young as 10 are being prescribed the birth control pill by doctors. The British Medical Association advises that the pill can be given out to girls at any age if they are considered mature enou...

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"Beware abortion law review", warns SPUC after election result "Beware abortion law review", warns SPUC after election result WESTMINSTER, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children warned in the wake of Friday's general election results that a review of the abortion law under the new ...

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News, The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK Government's NHS watchdog, has said that patients can be denied drugs and treatment on grounds of age. The NICE proposal states: "Where age is an indicator of benefit or risk, age discrimination is appropriate." The director-gener...

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The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), the UK Government's NHS watchdog, has said that patients can be denied drugs and treatment on grounds of age. The NICE proposal states: "Where age is an indicator of benefit or risk, age discrimination is appropriate." The director-general of Ag...

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A new survey on Australian attitudes to abortion has reported that the majority of Australians are dissatisfied with the polarisation of the abortion debate. The report, entitled Give Women Choice: Australia Speaks on Abortion, involved 1200 people and asked questions on a range of issues related to...

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News, A new survey on Australian attitudes to abortion has reported that the majority of Australians are dissatisfied with the polarisation of the abortion debate. Dr John Fleming co-authored the report entitled Give Women Choice: Australia Speaks on Abortion, which involved 1200 people and asked ...

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News, The House of Lords has ruled in favour of allowing the creation of 'designer babies' through IVF to provide donors for sick siblings. The ruling upholds an earlier judgement, which permitted Raj and Shahana Hashmi to use IVF to create and select an embryo of the same tissue type as their son...

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The House of Lords has ruled in favour of allowing the creation of 'designer babies' through IVF to provide donors for sick siblings.The ruling upholds an earlier judgement, which permitted Raj and Shahana Hashmi to use IVF to create and select an embryo of the same tissue type as their son who has ...

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Pro-life activists stage silent protests - Hundreds of supporters of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) gave silent witness on Saturday (the 23rd) to unborn babies killed since the passing of the Abortion Act in 1967, as well as to the hurt caused to women by abortion. More th...

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The US Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop has urged Planned Parenthood to promote abortion and sex education among 'people of faith'.Bishop Gene Robinson was speaking at Planned Parenthood's fifth annual prayer breakfast in Washington. David Bereit, national director of the pro-life group St...

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News, The US Episcopal Church's first openly gay bishop has urged Planned Parenthood to promote abortion and sex education among 'people of faith'. Bishop Gene Robinson was speaking at Planned Parenthood's fifth annual prayer breakfast in Washington. David Beriet, national director of the pro-life...

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News, Joanna Jepson, the Anglican curate who campaigned against the late-term abortion of a baby with cleft palate, is taking the Health Secretary to court over the legality of eugenic abortion. Babies can be aborted after 24 weeks on grounds of disability and for other reasons. Rev. Jepson from C...

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A survey commissioned by the Irish Hospice Foundation has warned that patients in Irish hospitals are dying in unacceptable conditions.The report highlighted a lack of privacy and special facilities for dying patients, meaning that patients often die in crowded wards in the presence of patients who ...

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A study published in the Lancet claims that nearly half of all newborn babies who died in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium over a period of one year had their deaths hastened by their doctors.Paediatricians either stopped treating the babies or killed them by lethal injection. Dr Gunnar Naulaers o...

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News, A study published in The Lancet claims that nearly half of all newborn babies who died in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium over a period of one year had their deaths hastened by their doctors. Paediatricians either stopped treating the babies or killed them by lethal injection. Dr Gunnar N...

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News, A study investigating a vaccine against cervical cancer has raised hopes that it could be available within two years. The study involved 500 women aged between 16 and 23 from Brazil, America and Europe. The vaccine acts against the sexually transmitted virus Human Papilloma Virus and also pr...

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SPUC, a member of the Campaign Against Euthanasia has described the publication of a parliamentary report on euthanasia as "inconclusive".Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's political secretary, commented: "The report on the Joffe Bill is inconclusive in that it neither endorses nor rejects the legalisation of a...

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