News, The UN General Assembly's legal committee voted 80-79 in favour of delaying a decision on a cloning ban for two years. James Cunningham the US deputy ambassador to the UN, said that 100 nations supported a total ban and that countries opposing the total ban had voted to delay because they...

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SPUC warns of anti-life dangers in draft EU constitution London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned that the draft European Union constitution may establish the right to abortion on demand and assisted suicide in every EU country. In a letter to every Catholic bis...

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News, The UN General Assembly's legal committee voted 80-79 in favour of delaying a decision on a cloning ban for two years. James Cunningham the US deputy ambassador to the UN, said that 100 nations supported a total ban and that countries opposing the total ban had voted to delay because they fe...

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Pro-life organisations warn on birth control dangers Belfast and Dublin, - The dangers of birth control to women and unborn children are the subject of a leaflet jointly published on Saturday (8 November) by the European Life Network (ELN) of Dublin and the Northern Ireland division of the Society ...

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News, President Bush has signed the new law banning partial birth abortion. It is the first major change in American abortion law since 1973, coming at a time when the abortion rate in the US is falling. President Bush stated: "For years, a terrible form of violence has been directed against c...

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News, President Bush has signed the new law banning partial birth abortion. It is the first major change in American abortion law since 1973, coming at a time when the abortion rate in the US is falling. President Bush stated: "For years, a terrible form of violence has been directed against child...

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News, A Florida judge has appointed a university professor as Terri Schiavo's guardian, Yahoo News reports. Jay Wolfson is to report to Governor Bush on the value of testing Terri to see if rehabilitation is possible. However, if the law allowing the governor to intervene in the case is found to b...

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News, A Florida judge has appointed a university professor as Terri Schiavo's guardian, Yahoo News reports. Jay Wolfson is to report to Governor Bush on the value of testing Terri to see if rehabilitation is possible. However, if the law allowing the governor to intervene in the case is found t...

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News, The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has responded to the passing of a bill on assisted human reproduction by the House of Commons. The statement reaffirms the humanity of the early embryo, praises the positive elements within the bill but laments its failure to prohibit embryo re...

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News, The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has responded to the passing of a bill on assisted human reproduction by the House of Commons. The statement reaffirms the humanity of the early embryo, praises the positive elements within the bill but laments its failure to prohibit embryo resear...

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News, A study published in the journal Human Reproduction suggests that women who donate their eggs in exchange for cut-price IVF treatment are not at risk of added side effects. At the hospital where the study was conducted, couples pay £3,000 for an IVF treatment cycle, but only £500 if they agr...

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News, A study published in the journal Human Reproduction suggests that women who donate their eggs in exchange for cut-price IVF treatment are not at risk of added side effects. At the hospital where the study was conducted, couples pay £3,000 for an IVF treatment cycle, but only £500 if they...

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News, SPUC has described last year's abortion statistics as 'a tragedy'. In a press release, Paul Tully, general secretary of SPUC stated: "The 2002 abortion figures for England and Wales show no significant shift in the number of recorded abortions or in the rate of abortions per 1,000 women ...

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News, SPUC has described last year's abortion statistics as 'a tragedy'. In a press release, Paul Tully, general secretary of SPUC stated: "The 2002 abortion figures for England and Wales show no significant shift in the number of recorded abortions or in the rate of abortions per 1,000 women in t...

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News, A number of pro-life groups are considering the possibility of a legal challenge to UK law permitting prenatal screening and abortion of the disabled, The Times of London reports. The groups plan to use a reference in the draft EU constitution banning countries from "eugenic practices" to ac...

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News, A number of pro-life groups are considering the possibility of a legal challenge to UK law permitting prenatal screening and abortion of the disabled, The Times of London reports. The groups plan to use a reference in the draft EU constitution banning countries from "eugenic practices" t...

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SPUC calls new abortion figures a tragedy London, -- The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) says last year's England and Wales abortion statistics, just published, are evidence of a national tragedy. Paul Tully, SPUC's general secretary, said: "The 2002 abortion figures for Englan...

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News, UN diplomats are expecting a decision to be made within a week on whether to press for a vote by the UN General Assembly on a human cloning ban. Over 60 countries, including Costa Rica and the US, have sponsored a resolution calling for a convention against human cloning, though a counte...

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News, UN diplomats are expecting a decision to be made within a week on whether to press for a vote by the UN General Assembly on a human cloning ban. Over 60 countries, including Costa Rica and the US, have sponsored a resolution calling for a convention against human cloning, though a counter-pr...

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News, A US couple who wanted to be one of the first to have a cloned baby, have almost given up after receiving a letter from Dr Panos Zavos requesting $80,000 to fund their cloning treatment. Kathy and Bill, whose surname was not divulged on their request, claim that they were led to believe that...

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