Thousands of Scottish women risk catching sexually transmitted infections (STIs) by relying on the morning-after pill as a regular contraceptive, a new study has revealed.
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January 11th, 2011
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January 11th, 2011
The heart transplant pioneer Sir Terence English has joined the right-to-die campaign. As one of Britain's most eminent surgeons, and a former president of the Royal College of Surgeons, Sir Terence's involvement will give added impetus to demands for doctors to be allowed to assist terminally ill patients to take their own lives.
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January 11th, 2011
Americans take religious liberty for granted. Unfortunately, this most fundamental freedom is not protected in many countries around the world.
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January 11th, 2011
Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York joined other local religious leaders on Thursday in calling for a new effort to reduce the number of abortions in the city. The annual figure has averaged 90,000 in recent years, or about 40 percent of all pregnancies, twice the national rate.
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January 11th, 2011
God's mind was behind complex scientific theories such as the Big Bang, and Christians should reject the idea that the universe came into being by accident, Pope Benedict said on Thursday.
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January 10th, 2011
At the age of two, Mackenzie Stephens is many years away from even thinking about starting a family of her own. But her mother already wants to take steps to make sure it can happen – even though her daughter will never be able to have children in the normal way.
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January 10th, 2011
Roman Catholic schools feel they are under constant attack from political opponents of faith-based education, according to the head of the Catholic Education Service in England and Wales.
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January 10th, 2011
A couple so desperate for a girl that they terminated twin boys want the right to choose the sex of their next child.
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January 10th, 2011
Attacks on religious minorities in places like Egypt, Nigeria and Pakistan should serve as a wake-up call to authorities everywhere to combat rising fanaticism, the top U.N. human rights official said Friday.
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January 9th, 2011
It used to be the case that Christians suffered greatest in communist countries, but today Islamic fundamentalism has replaced communism as the number one cause of persecution against Christians, says International Christian Concern.