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The number of embryos killed in the UK has increased almost every year since records began, now amounting to 170,000 a year, according to new figures. The same figures also show that 2,053,656 embryos have been killed since 1990. The figures are held by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and were released in a parliamentary answer to Lord Alton. [Catholic Herald, 11 Mar]
France considers "deep sleep" bill
A bill to allow patients to halt treatment and be given general anaesthesia until death will be debated in the French parliament tomorrow. Jean Leonetti of the UMP party said: "The patient has to be at the end of their life and suffering despite the treatment given...When these elements are present, I (the doctor) am obliged to start sedation that is deep and continues until death". Representatives of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities in France have opposed the legislation. [France 24, 10 Mar]
Dublin rally challenges media's pro-abortion bias
A rally in Dublin against the media's basis against the pro-life cause was attended by 300 demonstrators in Dublin last week. The rally, entitled "33 to 1: Challenging Media Bias" was organised by the Pro-life Campaign. Wendy Grace of the Pro-Life Campaign told The Irish Times that the title of the rally was chosen because 33 pro-abortion articles had been published in the Irish media compared to just one pro-life article within a period of two weeks. [Irish Times, 11 Mar]
Pro-abortion buffer-zone campaign is money-driven and anti-women
The abortion industry's "Back-Off" campaign is a money-driven exercise designed to stop women receiving help to avoid abortions. Paul Tully, SPUC's general secretary, said: "The campaign against these pro-life counsellors is being supported and run by private abortion clinics and others with financial interests in abortion. They do not want women getting help to avoid abortions." [SPUC, 4 Mar]
Other stories:
Abortion
- Pro-life group calls for end to use of term "incompatible with life" [TheJournal, 9 Mar]
- Mass takes place in a former abortuary [Catholic World Report, 6 March]
- Another Irish MP launches bill to allow abortion of terminally-ill children [Clare FM, 5 Mar]
- UN committee targets Ecuador over abortion restrictions [LifeNews.com, 3 Mar]
- Scientists call for halt on embryo modification research [Reuters, 12 March]
- Woman gives birth to her own son's IVF baby [Mail, 5 Mar]
- Australian Medical Association expels Philip Nitschke [Mercatornet, 12 Mar]
- Victory in Canadian court against euthanasia by omission [Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, 3 Mar]
- Chinese mothers travel to US to give birth [Vice, 10 March]
- Chinese regime says: no further adjustments to population control policy [EU Reporter, 5 Mar]
- Polish Bishops’ Conference rejects Holy Communion for divorced and "remarried" [Voice of the Family, 17 Mar]
- Catholic authorities' platform for Fr Radcliffe is a grave betrayal of trust [John Smeaton, 16 Mar]
- Catholic bishops of Ireland urge serious reflection on SSM referendum [Zenit, 11 Mar]
- Same-sex marriage: Children are being sacrificed on the altar of adults' "sexual rights" [John Smeaton, 11 Mar]
- Cardinal calls for saint-like love in defence of marriage [Voice of the Family, 9 Mar]
- Three Thai homosexuals 'marry' in Buddhist ceremony [New York Post, 27 Feb]
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