Thursday 29 March 2012

Must-read pro-life news-stories, Thu 29 Mar

The Hazell family
Top story:

Guardian publishes SPUC's response to its 'exposé' of SPUC's schools talk
The Guardian newspaper has published a letter by Anthony McCarthy, SPUC's education and publications manager, responding to its 'exposé' of SPUC's schools talk. Mr McCarthy wrote: "Your report on our schools talk has an air of shock at the mention of any potential risks of abortion, whether physical or psychological (Revealed: what children are being told about abortion, 24 March). Where such risks either do or may exist, it is not surprising that many will deny them and/or seek to silence those who raise them ... Supporters of abortion may not like to hear such things, but do they have a right to stop schoolchildren hearing them?" [John Smeaton, 29 March]

Other stories:

Abortion
Embryology
  • Sperm donors should all be identified, says committee in Australian state of Victoria [BioEdge, 29 March]
Euthanasia
  • Swiss mercy deaths rise sevenfold in just 11 years, with more women dying by assisted suicide than men [Mail, 28 March]
Sexual ethics
General
  • UK couple (pictured): "We loved our little Down's baby so much we adopted another" [Mail, 29 March]
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