Monday 15 August 2011

Today's must-read pro-life news-stories, Mon 15 Aug

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Top stories:

UK equality legislation used to defend conscientious objection to abortion
A UK Catholic legal centre has used equalities legislation to uphold conscientious objection to abortion. The Thomas More Legal Centre helped two nurses whose hospital management told them that they had no choice but to participate in abortion. John Smeaton, SPUC director, congratulated the centre on making the hospital management back down. [John Smeaton, 13 August] http://bit.ly/ojzH2q

IVF centres blunders treble in three years
Mistakes at UK IVF centres have trebled in the last three years, according to official statistics. 564 mistakes have occurred since 2007, involving sperm injections, embryo destructions and implantations. A failure by regulators to uphold standards at IVF centres is suspected. [Mail, 13 August] http://bit.ly/qDyW31

Israeli court grants permission for harvesting of dead girl's eggs
A court in Israel has granted permission for the family of a dead girl to harvest her eggs. The judge made the decision after determining that there had been proof that the teenager had wanted children. US ethicists raised concerns about what may be the first such case in the world. [Mail, 12 August] http://bit.ly/q26CDk

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