News, Ms Clare Short, the pro-population control British secretary of state for international development, has resigned from the British government over the government's approach to post-war reconstruction in Iraq. [BBC, 12 May]. Throughout her tenure in office, Ms Short was a constant promoter of...

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News, Women who have abortions could be almost two-thirds more likely to become clinically depressed, according to results of a new nationwide American survey published in the Medical Science Monitor. Nearly 1,900 women who first became pregnant between 1980 and 1992 were studied. The research all...

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News, Women who have abortions could be almost two-thirds more likely to become clinically depressed, according to results of a new nationwide American survey published in the Medical Science Monitor. Nearly 1,900 women who first became pregnant between 1980 and 1992 were studied. The research...

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News, The European Union has set up a unit to monitor pro-life organisations. Mr Poul Nielson, the EU's aid commissioner, has referred to well-funded American groups which he says have extreme views on religion and sexuality. Mrs Dana Rosemary Scallon, the Irish pro-life member of the European...

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EU unit to monitor pro-life organisations Brussels, --SPUC has added its support to opposition to a European Commission initiative establishing a unit to monitor pro-life organisations. Peter Smith, SPUC's representative at the European Parliament, said: "I am a British taxpayer working for a volunt...

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News, The European Union has set up a unit to monitor pro-life organisations. Mr Poul Nielson, the EU's aid commissioner, has referred to well-funded American groups which he says have extreme views on religion and sexuality. Mrs Dana Rosemary Scallon, the Irish pro-life member of the European par...

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News, A bill which would recognise the status of the unborn will be re-introduced to the US senate this week. For the second time this year and the fourth time ever, Republican Senator Mike DeWine will present the Unborn Victims of Violence Act which will make it an offence to kill or harm an unbo...

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News, A bill which would recognise the status of the unborn will be re-introduced to the US senate this week. For the second time this year and the fourth time ever, Republican Senator Mike DeWine will present the Unborn Victims of Violence Act which will make it an offence to kill or harm an ...

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News, Overweight and obese expectant mothers have double the chance of having children with heart defects and double the risk of multiple birth defects, according to the US government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A study, described in this month's Pediatrics journal, also conf...

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News, Overweight and obese expectant mothers have double the chance of having children with heart defects and double the risk of multiple birth defects, according to the US government's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A study, described in this month's Pediatrics journal, also confirms...

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News, American scientists appear to have developed a process which might provide a plentiful source of ova, thus overcoming a practical restriction on many types of embryonic research. It is reported that a team at Pennsylvania university has prompted mouse embryonic stem cells to develop into fol...

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News, American scientists appear to have developed a process which might provide a plentiful source of ova, thus overcoming a practical restriction on many types of embryonic research. It is reported that a team at Pennsylvania university has prompted mouse embryonic stem cells to develop into...

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News, Misreading of tests for cystic fibrosis in America may have led to the performance of amniocentesis or abortion. For two years screening, based on tests of blood and saliva, has been available to pregnant women and their partners throughout the US. The American College of Medical Genetic...

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News, Misreading of tests for cystic fibrosis in America may have led to the performance of amniocentesis or abortion. For two years screening, based on tests of blood and saliva, has been available to pregnant women and their partners throughout the US. The American College of Medical Genetics re...

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News, British nurses are calling for tighter regulations on how the abortifacient morning-after pill is handed out by pharmacists. The drug became available from pharmacists throughout the UK without the need for a doctor's prescription on 1 January 2001, but participants in a debate at the Royal ...

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News, British nurses are calling for tighter regulations on how the abortifacient morning-after pill is handed out by pharmacists. The drug became available from pharmacists throughout the UK without the need for a doctor's prescription on 1 January 2001, but participants in a debate at the Ro...

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News, The British prime minister has reaffirmed his personal support for destructive research on human embryos. In an article for the Wall Street Journal to mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA, Tony Blair observed that there were "very understandable ethical conc...

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News, The British prime minister has reaffirmed his personal support for destructive research on human embryos. In an article for the Wall Street Journal to mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA, Tony Blair observed that there were "very understandable ethical concerns...

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News, Two pro-life candidates standing in the forthcoming elections to the Welsh national assembly were arrested and charged with a public order offence yesterday for showing a picture of an aborted 21-week-old foetus. Fiona Pinto and Joseph Biddulph, who are standing for the ProLife Party in the ...

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News, Two pro-life candidates standing in the forthcoming elections to the Welsh national assembly were arrested and charged with a public order offence yesterday for showing a picture of an aborted 21-week-old foetus. Fiona Pinto and Joseph Biddulph, who are standing for the ProLife Party in ...

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