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UK Lords To Vote on Assisted Suicide: Archbishop Urges Protection for...:3rd Jun 09
There will be a free vote this month in the UK’s House of Lords during the committee stage of the Coroners and Justice Bill on amendments to change the law on assisted suicide.
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Chlamydia Among British 15-Year-Olds Almost Doubles in a Year:2nd Jun 09
More than 2,000 15-year-olds in the UK were diagnosed with chlamydia last year, new figures show, despite the Government's efforts, including its failed Teenage Pregnancy Strategy. The cases are...More >>
Patients Should be Allowed to Die at Home, Report Finds :27th May 09
Health care providers should let patients die at home, but instead they force hundreds of thousands of people to die in hospital against their wishes every year, an official report in the UK...More >>
New German Law Limits Genetic Testing of Unborn Babies:27th May 09
The German Parliament has approved legislation limiting the use of genetic testing in an effort to prevent abuse of the technology and, by implication, abuse of unborn babies. The bill, which...More >>
Hospital Fined for Refusing to Kill Unborn Baby:27th May 09
A hospital in Colombia must pay a fine for refusing to abort a baby. The Jesuit-run Hospital Universitario San Ignacio faces sanction following a complaint by a mother who sought an abortion in...More >>
UK Nurses to Remind Patients That Assisted Suicide Is Illegal:25th May 09
Nurses will be told to remind patients that it is illegal to end their own lives, under new guidance that the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) will send out. More nurses are facing questions from...More >>
German Parliament Votes to Tighten Abortion Law: Mothers to Learn Abortion’s...:25th May 09
German women seeking abortions late in pregnancy will have to undergo a consideration period of at least three days before a physician can make a final decision, the Bundestag has decided. In...More >>
Suicide Expert Turns on “Dr Death”:20th May 09
The former chairman of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society, Dr Michael Irwin, has launched a fierce attack on Philip Nitschke, the Australian voluntary euthanasia campaigner nicknamed “Dr Death”....More >>
RCN Surveying Nurses’ Views on Assisted Suicide:18th May 09
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in the UK is conducting an extensive consultation among its members to learn their attitudes towards assisted suicide. The RCN says this hotly debated issue is...More >>
Parents Sue NHS over “Wrongful Birth” of Disabled Son:13th May 09
A UK couple who say they were not given a chance to abort their severely disabled son, known as “X”, are suing the National Health Service (NHS) for more than £1 million. The parents, who cannot...More >>