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28 August 2009

Abortion

SPUC launches new petition against abortion ads on TV [SPUC, 25 August] http://is.gd/2DBZc
New petition launched by Amnesty for Babies [SPUC director's blog, 21 August] http://is.gd/2DCaU
Op-ed on the significance of this Saturday's funeral for Edward "Ted" Kennedy, the pro-abortion US senator [LifeSiteNews.com, 26 August] http://is.gd/2DAHU
Catholic bishop explains decision to boycott Obama's Notre Dame speech last May [LifeNews.com, 25 August] http://is.gd/2DAzi
The president of Slovakia has signed into law a bill that would inform women of the dangers of and alternatives to abortion, require parental consent before a teen can get an abortion, and furnish women considering an abortion with information on the development of their unborn child [LifeNews, 26 August] http://is.gd/2DzaQ
Pro-abortion and pro-life organizations in Mexico are appealing to the Interamerican Court of Human Rights to vindicate their legal positions in the struggle over the legalization of abortion in Mexico [LifeSiteNews.com, 27 August] http://is.gd/2DA89
Study by a pro-abortion institute finds that doctors outside abortion facilities in America are distributing RU486 [LifeNews.com, 26 August] http://is.gd/2DB0r

Embryology; stem cells

Human trial of embryonic stem cell research stopped due to animal problems [LifeNews.com, 27 August] http://is.gd/2DB9K

IVF; fertility treatment

An embryologist at a leading fertility clinic said her safety concerns were ignored after she reported its blunders [Telegraph, 28 August] http://is.gd/2DwQs

Population

The UK population passed 61 million after the largest annual increase for at least a generation [Telegraph, 27 August] http://is.gd/2DxXO Op-ed against the hoax of over-population [Times, 28 August] http://is.gd/2Dy31
Analysis of demographics in Africa [Economist, 27 August] http://is.gd/2DyrE

Euthanasia and assisted suicide; disability

A man in Louisiana, America, is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of assisting suicide [WWL.com, 27 August] http://is.gd/2Dzy8
Video testimony of family support for anencephalic baby [SPUC director's blog, 24 August] http://is.gd/2DCSI Extracts from a paper on the right to life of anencephalic babies by Alison Davis of No Less Human and from a letter by another mother who gave birth to a child with anencephaly [SPUC director's blog, 22 August] http://is.gd/2DD73
Alison Davis comments on a mother's choice not to have tests for Down's syndrome on her unborn daughter [SPUC director's blog, 23 August] http://is.gd/2DCyO

Marriage and family; sexual ethics

Op-ed criticising book which promotes childlessness [Mercator.net, 28 August] http://is.gd/2DBxC

General and miscellaneous

SPUC webshop updated with new products, including Christmas items [SPUC] http://is.gd/2DDq8
Latest SPUC Evangelicals newsletter, summer 2009 [SPUC] http://is.gd/2DDiZ
250th anniversary of the birth of William Wilberforce, a inspiration for pro-lifers today [SPUC director's blog, 25 August] http://is.gd/2DDgy