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Written on 27 Feb, 2003 at 11:23 in
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Mental suffering no reason for euthanasia
Germany considers tougher cloning ban
Liberalization of abortion in Poland opposed
UNFPA caught in coercive family planning
Modest Taiwanese abortion limit proposed
Malaysian Muslims approve research cloning
400,000 Filipino abortions
Mental suffering no reason for euthanasia
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch Supreme Court has ruled that a doctor, Philip Sutorius, who helped an elderly man "tired of living" to die was guilty of assisted suicide, thus upholding the country's limited medical guidelines regulating euthanasia. The ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Jan, 2003 at 12:33 in
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Doctor claims clone imminent
Two Italians jailed for illegal abortions
Wrong diagnosis in pregnancy
PM condemns euthanasia
Pro-lifers hold off abortion in Namibia
Abortion leads to Indian gender imbalance
Doctor claims clone imminent
ROME - Italian cloning promoter and medical charlatan Dr. Severino Antinori claims to know a patient who is eight months' pregnant with an "absolutely healthy" cloned baby boy.Of course, Antinori has made similar claims before; last April, he ... (Continue reading)
Written on 26 Dec, 2002 at 13:56 in
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Abortion-induced infertility crisis
MOSCOW - Vladimir Kulakov, Russia's chief gynecologist and head of Russia's Scientific Centre for Girls, said that 60 per cent of all Russian pregnancies end in abortion, with another 10 per cent ending in miscarriages that are a result of health problems and malnutrition. Kulakov noted that six million Russian women are now infertile and that abortion is a major cause of this. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 24 Nov, 2002 at 9:40 in
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Taiwan promotes larger families
Peru weakens protection for unborn
Call to end spermicide use
Guernsey moves toward euthanasia
Taiwan promotes larger families
TAIPEI - The Taiwanese ministry of the interior and the council for cconomic planning and development have proposed incentives to encourage couples to have more than two children. The inducements include payments of about $855 to couples with at least two children for every further child they have, and extended annual leave for women with children under six. ... (Continue reading)
Written on 5 Oct, 2002 at 9:42 in
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California now most pro-abortion state
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In one day, California's pro-abortion Democratic Governor Gray Davis signed two bills strongly supported by the abortion industry - bills that the California Pro-Life Council says "jeopardize the lives of women and minors seeking abortions in California." The Reproductive Privacy Act will replace the 1967 Therapeutic Abortion Act, and in the process remove the 35-year-old requirement that only physicians may do abortions in California by authorizing midwives, nurse practitioners and physician assistants to ... (Continue reading)
Written on 4 Jul, 2002 at 8:06 in
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India ponders anti-child policies
NEW DELHI - India's National Commission on Population may override the country's current population policy that's been in place for two years. The commission's recommendations include enforced sterilization and limiting families to having just two children. More than 15 million babies are born annually in India. Population growth for developed states in India are 2.1 children per couple, but is almost doubled for in more populous states. "The nation cannot wait for the public to be educated ... (Continue reading)
Written on 3 Jun, 2002 at 13:21 in
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Soldiers given subsidized MAPs
Tel Aviv - The Jerusalem Post reports that the Israeli Defence Force is distributing the "morning-after pill" Postinor 2 to female soldiers at a subsidized cost. Until the new policy was enacted, "female soldiers were given permission to purchase the pill from civilian pharmacies with their own money." The IDF dismisses female soldiers who become pregnant but the Post reports that the "unspoken policy is to allow a female solider to undergo one abortion during her military ... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Mar, 2002 at 11:54 in
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Portugal may have abortion referendum
LISBON — Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio suggested during a BBC interview that the country will hold a referendum on abortion. Sampaio is seeking to liberalize Portugal's current law which limits abortion to cases where a pregnancy is thought to endanger a woman's health or in cases of pregnancy caused by rape, and forbids all abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy. In a 1998 referendum, Portuguese voters narrowly rejected a bid to introduce abortion on demand.... (Continue reading)
Written on 22 Feb, 2002 at 7:15 in
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Long tolerated, euthanasia now legal in Netherlands
AMSTERDAM — Passed by the Dutch parliament last April, the law permitting active euthanasia came into force Jan. 1. Tolerated for decades, euthanasia is now governed by what euthanasia advocates claim are stringent restrictions, including that euthanasia is only available to Dutch residents who have developed a relationship with their family doctor and who are deemed to be in unbearable pain. Yet the BBC reports that international euthanasia organizations have been inundated with calls ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Jan, 2002 at 12:31 in
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British court rejects appeal for assisted suicide
LONDON - The House of Lords rejected an appeal by Dianne Pretty, a 47-year-old British woman suffering from motor neurone disease, who asked the courts to allow her husband to assist in her suicide without facing criminal charges. The appeal was dismissed unanimously with the law lords saying that human rights legislation, on which grounds Pretty appealed, was in place to protect life rather than end it. Pretty, who also lost her case in ... (Continue reading)
Written on 21 Nov, 2001 at 9:31 in
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Fetal pain study
LONDON, England - A British study suggests that an unborn child might feel pain as early as 20 weeks. The head of the government-appointed Medical Research Council at Edinburgh University in the United Kingdom said an unborn child was absolutely aware of pain by 24 weeks and perhaps as early as 20 weeks - earlier than the previously accepted 26 weeks. Kristi Hamrick of the Centre for Reclaiming America said, "This study underscores the gruesome nature of abortion." ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Nov, 2001 at 13:49 in
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Fetal pain study
LONDON, England - A British study suggests that an unborn child might feel pain as early as 20 weeks. The head of the government-appointed Medical Research Council at Edinburgh University in the United Kingdom said an unborn child was absolutely aware of pain by 24 weeks and perhaps as early as 20 weeks - earlier than the previously accepted 26 weeks. Kristi Hamrick of the Centre for Reclaiming America said, "This study underscores the gruesome nature of abortion." ... (Continue reading)
Written on 20 Oct, 2001 at 12:28 in
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Pro-lifer takes helm of British Tories
LONDON, U.K. - Socially conservative Iain Duncan Smith was elected leader of the Conservative Party, defeating the socially liberal Kenneth Clarke following an often nasty two-month leadership race. The UK's Society for the Protection of Unborn Children reports Duncan Smith voted pro-life in Parliament on issues of cloning and euthanasia. He made family values central to his leadership bid, although he seemed to waffle in the final weeks saying that he is open to debating ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Aug, 2000 at 11:24 in
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IRELAND
Youth Defence victory
DUBLIN - Youth Defence, one of the Republic of Ireland's leading pro-life groups, scored a partial victory in July with the overturning of convictions against six of its members. The six were charged with obstructing police and disturbing public order for their role in a May, 1998 picket outside a Dublin hospital that offers abortion counselling. The six Youth Defence members had their convictions dismissed, although they are subject to certain probation conditions. The protest two years ago ... (Continue reading)
Written on 27 Jul, 2000 at 11:26 in
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BRITAIN
Scotland repeals Clause 29
Edinburgh-The Scottish parliament will repeal a law prohibiting the promotion on homosexuality in schools, despite a privately-funded poll showing overwhelming support for the prohibition. Clause 28 was supported by nearly 90 per cent of Scottish voters in an unofficial poll financed by Scottish businessman Brian Souter. A bitter "Keep the Clause" campaign pitted pro-family groups against gay activists, union leaders and most of the media.. Scottish Cardinal Thomas Winning was among the leading voices arguing against repeal.
Hague ... (Continue reading)
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