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News, 28 September 2009
Top stories:
The Spanish government has announced that the morning-after pill will be available in pharmacies without a prescription. The pill will be sold for under 20 euro (£18) without any age restriction. The Spanish health minister said the pill should only be used in emergencies. [Telegraph, 27 September] http://is.gd/3K3cM Anthony Ozimic of SPUC commented: "According the manufacturers, the morning-after pill can cause early abortions. As we know from experience in Britain, the morning-after pill is used as a regular form of birth control and has backfired as a way to reduce the teenage conception rate."
Two women have been convicted of performing abortions without a medical licence in California, America. The women were given suspended prison sentences and ordered to do community service. The convictions follow sentences handed down earlier this year on two other women who ran the abortion centres where the illegal abortions had been performed. [LifeNews.com, 25 September] http://is.gd/3K4tT
A retired doctor is due to be questioned by police following the suicide of a woman with multiple sclerosis. Dr Libby Wilson, an 83-year-old pro-euthanasia campaigner, allegedly advised Cari Loder, 48, how to gas herself. The investigation follows new rules on prosecuting assisted suicide issued by Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions. [Times, 27 September] http://is.gd/3K2Zb
Other stories:
Abortion
A Catholic bishop from North Dakota has asked all his priests to spend an hour outside an abortion centre [LifeSiteNews.com, 25 September] http://is.gd/3K4AI
IVF; fertility treatment
A woman implanted with the wrong embryo has given birth to a baby boy and handed him over to his genetic parents [Daily Mail, 28 September] http://is.gd/3K2JW
Sexual health; teenage pregnancies
A survey claims that 55% of Irish people do not use contraception when having sex for the first time [Irish Independent, 26 September] http://is.gd/3K3Jj
Euthanasia and assisted suicide; disability
A coroner has said that the suicide deaths of a mother and daughter could have been prevented if the authorities had taken them seriously [BBC, 25 September] http://is.gd/3K3Y7
Debate between SPUC rep and pro-suicide terminally-ill woman [BBC, 25 September] http://is.gd/3K48Q
Marriage and family; sexual ethics
Divorce, cohabitation ruin the lives of many children, says pope says [Catholic News Service, 25 September] http://is.gd/3K4IX
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