An Australian Liberal MP has raised the issue of post-abortion trauma, calling for women to receive proper counselling and information when considering an abortion. Danna Vale MP said that she believes in 'a woman's right to choice' but added: "Some of the evidence that's coming to me is that there ...

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News, An Australian Liberal MP has raised the issue of post-abortion trauma, calling for women to receive proper counselling and information when considering an abortion. Danna Vale MP said that she believes in 'a woman's right to choice' but added: "Some of the evidence that's coming to me is tha...

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News, A US Circuit Court Judge has blocked the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube shortly after a District Court of Appeal freed her estranged husband to order her death by starvation. Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, are seeking medical tests to determine her mental capabilities and ...

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A US Circuit Court Judge has blocked the removal of Terri Schiavo's feeding tube shortly after a District Court of Appeal freed her estranged husband to order her death by starvation. Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, are seeking medical tests to determine her mental capabilities and have ask...

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Official figures released by the Department of Health have revealed that 1023 girls aged 14 and under had abortions in 2003, The Daily Mail reports. One in five abortions in the UK are carried out on teenagers, amounting to some 35,000 a year.[The Daily Mail, 21 February ] The UN General Assembly's ...

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News, Official figures released by the Department of Health have revealed that 1023 girls aged 14 and under had abortions in 2003, The Daily Mail reports. One in five abortions in the UK are carried out on teenagers, amounting to some 35,000 a year. [The Daily Mail, 21 February] The UN General Ass...

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News, Women from Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales have travelled to Canberra to protest against federal funding of abortion. Margaret Tighe, president of Right to Life Australia commented: "By funding abortions, successive Federal Governments are saying to women that having an abortion is ...

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Women from Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales have travelled to Canberra to protest against federal funding of abortion. Margaret Tighe, president of Right to Life Australia commented: "By funding abortions, successive Federal Governments are saying to women that having an abortion is of benef...

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The Polish parliament has voted not to consider a controversial bill, which would have allowed abortion up to 12 weeks into pregnancy. It would also have made sex education a separate subject in primary schools and allowed young people to seek abortions without parental consent. The Catholic Church ...

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News, The Polish parliament has voted not to consider a controversial bill, which would have allowed abortion up to 12 weeks into pregnancy. It would also have made sex education a separate subject in primary schools and allowed young people to seek abortions without parental consent. The Catholic...

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News, The Family Planning Association has called for sex education to be made compulsory in primary and secondary schools. The FPA released a survey it commissioned on the attitudes of young people to sex and claimed that 76% of 18-to-24-year-olds agree with abortion and 63% regard the morning aft...

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The Family Planning Association has called for sex education to be made compulsory in primary and secondary schools. The FPA released a survey it commissioned on the attitudes of young people to sex and claimed that 76% of 18-to-24-year-olds agree with abortion and 63% regard the morning after pill ...

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A baby boy survived three attempts to abort him and is thought to be the earliest premature baby as a result of a botched abortion to survive long term, The Times of London reports. The mother was given a series of abortion drugs at a BPAS facility in Leamingto Spa, Warwickshire, and was told that a...

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News, A baby boy survived three attempts to abort him and is thought to be the earliest premature baby as a result of a botched abortion to survive long term, The Times of London reports. The mother was given a series of abortion drugs at a BPAS facility in Leamingto Spa, Warwickshire, and was tol...

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News, The feeding tube of brain-disabled Terri Schiavo may be removed on 22nd February, under the wishes of her husband, when the 2nd State District Court of Appeal issues its final order. Professor Jay Wolfson from the University of South Florida, a physician and lawyer, believes Terri has no hop...

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The feeding tube of brain-disabled Terri Schiavo may be removed on 22nd February, under the wishes of her husband, when the 2nd State District Court of Appeal issues its final order. Professor Jay Wolfson from the University of South Florida, a physician and lawyer, believes Terri has no hope for re...

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Professor Ian Wilmut, the Edinburgh scientist who cloned Dolly the Sheep, has been granted a licence to clone human embryos. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) received Professor Wilmut's application last September and has already granted scientists from the University of Newcas...

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News, Professor Ian Wilmut, the Edinburgh scientist who cloned Dolly the Sheep, has been granted a licence to clone human embryos. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) received Professor Wilmut's application last September and has already granted scientists from the University o...

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SPUC calls HFEA Wilmut decision "a licence to clone and kill" Westminster, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has described the HFEA's approval of Professor Ian Wilmut's research application as "a licence to clone and kill". It has been announced that the Human Fertilisation...

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News, A survey commissioned by the Times Educational Supplement claims that 59% of school teachers think that pupils should be told how to obtain an abortion during sex education classes. 84% backed telling pupils about the morning after pill and 98% said that children should be taught about contr...

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