News, A company in the UK is planning to offer parents the chance to have stem cells from their babies' umbilical cords stored in liquid nitrogen. Cyro-Care UK, which describes its service as the "ultimate health insurance", will charge around 600 pounds to store the stem cells, initially for ...

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News, The same company which cloned Dolly the sheep has announced a new discovery which could further enhance the potential of using adult stem cells as an ethical alternative to human embryos and so-called therapeutic cloning. The American subsidiary of Edinburgh-based PPL Therapeutics has su...

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News, The same company which cloned Dolly the sheep has announced a new discovery which could further enhance the potential of using adult stem cells as an ethical alternative to human embryos and so-called therapeutic cloning. The American subsidiary of Edinburgh-based PPL Therapeutics has succee...

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News, A committee of legislators in Kentucky has approved a measure which would define life as beginning at the moment of conception. The bill, which was passed by the judiciary committee of the state senate without dissent, would allow criminal wrongful death charges to proceed in cases where an ...

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News, A committee of legislators in Kentucky has approved a measure which would define life as beginning at the moment of conception. The bill, which was passed by the judiciary committee of the state senate without dissent, would allow criminal wrongful death charges to proceed in cases where...

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News, Pro-life campaigners picketed the Welsh Assembly yesterday to protest against the legislature's financial and verbal support for the provision of abortifacient morning-after pills to girls as young as nine without the knowledge of parents [see news digest for 15 February ]. A contingent ...

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News, Pro-life campaigners picketed the Welsh Assembly yesterday to protest against the legislature's financial and verbal support for the provision of abortifacient morning-after pills to girls as young as nine without the knowledge of parents [see news digest for 15 February]. A contingent of ab...

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News, Spanish pharmacists have been urged to refuse to dispense the abortifacient morning-after pill. Responding to the news that the morning-after pill would soon be distributed in Spain through pharmacies, José Carlos Areses, president of the Spanish Association of Catholic Pharmacists, called o...

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News, Spanish pharmacists have been urged to refuse to dispense the abortifacient morning-after pill. Responding to the news that the morning-after pill would soon be distributed in Spain through pharmacies, José Carlos Areses, president of the Spanish Association of Catholic Pharmacists, call...

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News, British Conservatives have been urged to take a stronger line on the funding of coercive abortion and birth control programmes in third world countries. Launching his party's international development manifesto last week, Mr Gary Streeter, the Conservative's shadow international developm...

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News, British Conservatives have been urged to take a stronger line on the funding of coercive abortion and birth control programmes in third world countries. Launching his party's international development manifesto last week, Mr Gary Streeter, the Conservative's shadow international development ...

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News, Members of the European parliament are being asked to add their signatures to a draft resolution condemning moves to legalise euthanasia in certain European countries. Maria Martens, a Dutch member of the parliament who belongs to the European People's Party, is collecting the signatures and...

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News, Members of the European parliament are being asked to add their signatures to a draft resolution condemning moves to legalise euthanasia in certain European countries. Maria Martens, a Dutch member of the parliament who belongs to the European People's Party, is collecting the signatures...

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News, A pilot scheme launched yesterday in south Wales could mean that girls as young as nine might obtain the abortifacient morning-after pill without their parents' knowledge. The Iechyd Morgannwg Health Authority is making the morning-after pill available free of charge and with no lower ag...

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News, A pilot scheme launched yesterday in south Wales could mean that girls as young as nine might obtain the abortifacient morning-after pill without their parents' knowledge. The Iechyd Morgannwg Health Authority is making the morning-after pill available free of charge and with no lower age li...

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News, Harrowing photographs of a newborn baby girl lying dead in a gutter in a small town in central China have focused attention on China's population control programme. The photographs were smuggled out by a visitor who was shocked at the indifference of passers-by who ignored the body on their ...

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News, Harrowing photographs of a newborn baby girl lying dead in a gutter in a small town in central China have focused attention on China's population control programme. The photographs were smuggled out by a visitor who was shocked at the indifference of passers-by who ignored the body on th...

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News, The BBC has corrected its explanation of how abortifacient intra-uterine devices (IUDs) work following a request from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. On Sunday, the BBC's online news service reported that an IUD, or coil, "works by destroying sperm before they fertilis...

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News, The BBC has corrected its explanation of how abortifacient intra-uterine devices (IUDs) work following a request from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. On Sunday, the BBC's online news service reported that an IUD, or coil, "works by destroying sperm before they fertilise th...

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News, An influential British think-tank has recommended that pregnant women should receive child benefit payments for their unborn children. The Institute for Public Policy Research has suggested that an allowance of 15 pounds per week for expectant mothers from the 12th week of pregnancy would al...

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