News, Philip Nitschke, the Australian euthanasia campaigner, is travelling to Washington for the US premiere of a film depicting the suicide of a healthy woman who was inspired by him to end her life. Lisette Nigot, a 78-year-old French academic was not ill, in pain or depressed but wanted to ...

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News, Philip Nitschke, the Australian euthanasia campaigner, is travelling to Washington for the US premiere of a film depicting the suicide of a healthy woman who was inspired by him to end her life. Lisette Nigot, a 78-year-old French academic was not ill, in pain or depressed but wanted to die ...

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News, A study published in Human Reproduction has reported that women are more likely to have sex during the period of ovulation, increasing the chance of pregnancy. Researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Durham, North Carolina, found the women they monitored, ...

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News, A study published in Human Reproduction has reported that women are more likely to have sex during the period of ovulation, increasing the chance of pregnancy. Researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences in Durham, North Carolina, found the women they monitor...

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SPUC calls for democratic voting system for elections Westminster, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has reiterated its call for voters to be allowed to vote for candidates rather than parties in European Parliament elections. Paul Tully, SPUC's general secretary, said: "It...

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News, The official post mortem report of Nancy Crick, the Australian euthanasia campaigner, has confirmed that she was not suffering from cancer at the time she committed suicide. The 69-year-old claimed that she was terminally ill and kept an internet diary chronicling her suicide plans. Witn...

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News, The official post mortem report of Nancy Crick, the Australian euthanasia campaigner, has confirmed that she was not suffering from cancer at the time she committed suicide. The 69-year-old claimed that she was terminally ill and kept an internet diary chronicling her suicide plans. Witnesse...

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News, 58 out of 100 US senators have signed a letter asking President Bush to reverse restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. Some have used the occasion of Ronald Reagan's death to further their campaign, with Senator Dianne Feinstein claiming that "embryonic stem cell research might hold t...

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News, 58 out of 100 US senators have signed a letter asking President Bush to reverse restrictions on embryonic stem cell research. Some have used the occasion of Ronald Reagan's death to further their campaign, with Senator Dianne Feinstein claiming that "embryonic stem cell research might ho...

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News, Pro-life organisations have offered tributes to former US President Ronald Reagan upon news of his death, Lifenews.com reports. Dr Wanda Franz of the National Right to Life Committee, described Mr Reagan as "one of the great champions of the pro-life movement". Nikolas Nikas of Americans...

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News, The Dutch Health Minister has reminded doctors of their duty to report euthanasia cases after figures for 2003 revealed that reported cases had fallen for the fourth consecutive year. Clemence Ross said that it was 'difficult to appreciate the declining numbers reported' because it was u...

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News, The Dutch Health Minister has reminded doctors of their duty to report euthanasia cases after figures for 2003 revealed that reported cases had fallen for the fourth consecutive year. Clemence Ross said that it was 'difficult to appreciate the declining numbers reported' because it was uncle...

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News, Bulgaria's parliament has voted overwhelmingly against the legalisation of euthanasia. 93 out of 107 MPs voted against the bill after a week of parliamentary debate. [Novinite, 2 June] Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Centre have converted bone marrow stem cells into liver ce...

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News, Bulgaria's parliament has voted overwhelmingly against the legalisation of euthanasia. 93 out of 107 MPs voted against the bill after a week of parliamentary debate. [Novinite, 2 June ] Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Centre have converted bone marrow stem cells into liv...

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SPUC speaks at the UN on rights for disabled people New York City, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has addressed the United Nations general assembly in support of the rights of disabled people. Mr Patrick Buckley asked the assembly yesterday (2 June) to amend a draft conv...

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News, A San Francisco judge has declared the ban on partial birth abortion to be unconstitutional. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton sided with Planned Parenthood, stating that the law was vague, should have had a health exception and placed 'an undue burden on a woman's ability to choose ...

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News, A San Francisco judge has declared the ban on partial birth abortion to be unconstitutional. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton sided with Planned Parenthood, stating that the law was vague, should have had a health exception and placed 'an undue burden on a woman's ability to choose a se...

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News, Gaps in the UK's embryo research laws could allow the creation of human-animal hybrids, The Times of London reports. UK law permits so-called 'therapeutic' human cloning and bans 'reproductive' cloning, which would involve the implantation of a cloned human embryo into a woman's uterus, but ...

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News, Gaps in the UK's embryo research laws could allow the creation of human-animal hybrids, The Times of London reports. UK law permits so-called 'therapeutic' human cloning and bans 'reproductive' cloning, which would involve the implantation of a cloned human embryo into a woman's uterus, ...

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The number of babies aborted on grounds of disability rose by 8% between 2001 and 2002, according to UK figures. 1,863 abortions were carried out for this reason, compared with 1,722 in 2001. Anne Weyman, chief executive of the Family Planning Association, described killing an unborn baby with a dis...

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