News, The Life organisation, based in Warwickshire, England, has criticised the UK government's Mental Capacity Bill, saying: "The bill was drafted so as to allow deliberate killing by omission - denial of food and water - despite repeated complaints that it opened the back door to euthanasia." In...

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News, The Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, is today launching a scheme to help women considering abortion. Cardinal George Pell wants his Centacare programme to provide "life affirming options". The service offers counselling and referrals for accommodation, and is also prepared to help pregnant ...

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The Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia, is today launching a scheme to help women considering abortion. Cardinal George Pell wants his Centacare programme to provide "life affirming options". The service offers counselling and referrals for accommodation, and is also prepared to help pregnant women's ...

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An epidemiologist who works with the World Health Organisation has said that care for pregnant women in the area affected by Sunday's tidal wave in the Indian Ocean should be a priority. Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir of Louvain University, Belgium, made the plea in a letter to the British-based Fina...

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News, An epidemiologist who works with the World Health Organisation has said that care for pregnant women in the area affected by Sunday's tidal wave in the Indian Ocean should be a priority. Professor Debarati Guha-Sapir of Louvain University, Belgium, made the plea in a letter to the British-ba...

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News, The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) wants "the special needs of women and girls" to be addressed as part of relief operations among victims of Sunday's tidal wave in the Indian Ocean. Our source suggests that the UNFPA will help establish "temporary health facilities". [Medical News T]...

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The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) wants "the special needs of women and girls" to be addressed as part of relief operations among victims of Sunday's tidal wave in the Indian Ocean. Our source suggests that the UNFPA will help establish "temporary health facilities". [Medical News Today, 28]...

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The parents of a young Californian woman who died last year of septic shock after taking the RU 486 abortion drug have filed wrongful death and product liability lawsuits against Danco Laboratories, which supply the substance under the Mifeprex brand. Ms Cynthia Summers, Danco's marketing director, ...

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News, The parents of a young Californian woman who died last year of septic shock after taking the RU 486 abortion drug have filed wrongful death and product liability lawsuits against Danco Laboratories, which supply the substance under the Mifeprex brand. Ms Cynthia Summers, Danco's marketing di...

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News, The Dutch government is being asked to take action to diminish the likelihood of the prosecution of doctors who give newborn babies fatal morphine injections. Although it remains illegal, it is said that, once a month on average, newborns with what are described as life-threatening disabilit...

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The Dutch government is being asked to take action to diminish the likelihood of the prosecution of doctors who give newborn babies fatal morphine injections. Although it remains illegal, it is said that, once a month on average, newborns with what are described as life-threatening disabilities are ...

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Peter Smith, the Archbishop of Cardiff, has commented upon his understanding with the Lord Chancellor regarding an amendment to the Mental Capacity Bill. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Archbishop says: "Last Tuesday, during a rather frenetic parliamentary debate, and after many months of discu...

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News, Peter Smith, the Archbishop of Cardiff, has commented upon his understanding with the Lord Chancellor regarding an amendment to the Mental Capacity Bill. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Archbishop says: "Last Tuesday, during a rather frenetic parliamentary debate, and after many months ...

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SPUC welcomes beatification of anti-euthanasia Cardinal London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has welcomed today's announcement by His Holiness Pope John Paul II that Cardinal Clemens August von Galen is to be beatified. Count von Galen, known as "The Lion of Munster", ...

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News, The high court will review the case of baby Charlotte Wyatt today after a dispute over the decision not to resuscitate her. Charlotte was born at St. Mary's hospital in Portsmouth, three months premature, and her condition required a constant supply of oxygen. On 7 October the judge ruled th...

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The high court will review the case of baby Charlotte Wyatt today after a dispute over the decision not to resuscitate her. Charlotte was born at St. Mary's hospital in Portsmouth, three months premature, and her condition required a constant supply of oxygen. On 7 October the judge ruled that it wa...

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A city in China is introducing a policy banning late-term abortions in an attempt to curtail the number of sex selection abortions in the area. China's one-child policy has contributed to a serious gender imbalance in many parts of the country, resulting in social problems such as large numbers of m...

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News, A city in China is introducing a policy banning late-term abortions in an attempt to curtail the number of sex selection abortions in the area. China's one-child policy has contributed to a serious gender imbalance in many parts of the country, resulting in social problems such as large numb...

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News, The US National Institute of Health has awarded a grant to researchers at the University of Georgia to develop a test derived from embryonic stem cell lines for screening drugs which could be used in treating spinal muscular atrophy. Steven Stice, the primary investigator involved in the pro...

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The US National Institute of Health has awarded a grant to researchers at the University of Georgia to develop a test derived from embryonic stem cell lines for screening drugs which could be used in treating spinal muscular atrophy. Steven Stice, the primary investigator involved in the project, ex...

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