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News, 27 August 2009

Abortion

• Abortionists in Queensland, Australia are refusing to perform abortions unless the state government enshrines abortion in statute law [LifeNews.com, 24 August] http://is.gd/2AYOf Abortionists in the neighbouring state of New South Wales are refusing to perform abortions on women denied abortions in Queensland [The Australian, 27 August] http://is.gd/2AZ3e
• Jim Caviezel, who played Jesus in the film The Passion of the Christ, has said pro-life convictions are worth risking one's career [LifeSiteNews.com, 25 August] http://is.gd/2AZhH
• Opposition in Cameroon to the pro-abortion Maputo protocol [IPPF, 26 August] http://is.gd/2AZDZ
• Pro-abortion lobby admits morning-after pills less effective than it hoped [WorldNetDaily, 26 August] http://is.gd/2B17i
• The government of Medellin, Colombia, is being inundated with email protests in response to plans to build an abortion center with millions of dollars in public money [LifeSiteNews.com, 26 August] http://is.gd/2B2AQ

Embryology; stem cells

• American scientists claimed to have achieved births of monkeys following mitochondrial transplantation. The technique will be legal using humans when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act comes into force on 1 October [Daily Mail, 27 August] http://is.gd/2B1KH

IVF; fertility treatment

• Cheap IVF due to be offered in Sudan [New Scientist, 26 August] http://is.gd/2B4J2
• Women falls pregnant naturally after losing eight-and-a-half stone to qualify for IVF [Daily Mail, 26 August] http://is.gd/2B55b

Sexual health; teenage pregnancies

• UNESCO/UNFPA report calls for explicit sex ed for all the world's children over five [LifeSiteNews.com, 26 August] http://is.gd/2B1oc

Maternal health and unborn health

• UK has more guidance on dealing with abandoned cars than abandoned babies, study finds [BMJ, 25 August] http://is.gd/2B4jt

Euthanasia and assisted suicide; disability

• Study reveals some elderly NHS patients neglected and left without food or drink [Daily Mail, 27 August] http://is.gd/2B6sm
  
• Deputy editor of the British Medical Journal (BMJ) backs assisted suicide, criticised disability rights lobby [BMJ, 26 August] http://is.gd/2B3X5
• The Christian Medical Association is warning of a pro-suicide bias in US law and policy [Christian NewsWire via Deacon for Life, 26 August] http://is.gd/2B3zg

Marriage and family; sexual ethics

• The German Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of homosexual adoption [The Local, 26 August] http://is.gd/2B0gk

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