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Disabled People Need Reason to Live, Not “Right” to Die, Says Campaigner:4th Mar 10
A leading campaigner for the rights of disabled people in the UK has warned that vulnerable people need support and encouragement—not help to commit suicide. Phil Friend, chairman of the Royal...More >>
Breakthrough: No-Refrigeration Vaccines Offer Hope to Poorest Countries :4th Mar 10
Scientists at Oxford University have discovered a way to keep vaccines stable without refrigeration. Writing in Science Translational Medicine, they say the breakthrough could greatly help...More >>
Euthanasia Demanded for People Who Are “Tired of Life” :1st Mar 10
A group of older Dutch academics and politicians have launched a campaign for “assisted suicide” for people over 70. They hope to attract more than 40,000 signatures on a petition, enough to...More >>
U.S. Abortion Centre Put on Probation for Violating Regulations :1st Mar 10
In the USA, state health officials have put an abortion centre in Birmingham, Alabama, on probation after pro-life activists targeted it in an undercover “sting”. State inspectors, who went to...More >>
Chilean Maternal Mortality Study Refutes Pro-Abortion Assertions:1st Mar 10
Preliminary findings by a prominent biomedical researcher who examined the startling decrease in maternal mortality over the past 50 years in Chile, appear to undercut assertions by global...More >>
Research Challenges Euthanasia Plan of Quebec Government:25th Feb 10
The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada has released a new paper objecting to the legalisation of assisted suicide, as the Quebec government began a provincial consultation on legalising...More >>
Weakening Assisted Suicide Laws Crosses a “Moral Boundary”: Archbishop of...:22nd Feb 10
The Archbishop of Canterbury has warned that weakening the assisted suicide law in the UK crosses a “moral boundary” into “very dangerous territory”. Just weeks before final guidelines are due...More >>
Pope Benedict XVI Criticises “Tide of Secularism” and Support for Euthanasia in...:18th Feb 10
Pope Benedict XVI has warned against the “increasing tide of secularism” in the UK in his second commentary on that country in a week. The Pontiff likewise condemned support for euthanasia,...More >>
New Guide for Healthcare Professionals Caring for Dying People:15th Feb 10
Medical staff who give too much pain relief to dying patients might be denying them the chance of a “good death”, the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales cautioned recently. Under-treatment of...More >>
New “Morning-After Pill” Sparks Abortion Row :11th Feb 10
A new “morning-after” pill that women can take for almost a week after having sex has prompted a row over its function as an abortion pill. The drug, ulipristal acetate (UA), is effective up to...More >>