Members of the Philippine House will try to pass a single, comprehensive family planning bill before Congress adjourns in June 2011, despite strong opposition from the Catholic Church, the AP/Miami Herald reports.
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November 15th, 2010
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November 15th, 2010
A FORMER Bishop "dismayed" at changes within the Church of England has spoken about his decision to become a Catholic. The Right Reverend Andrew Burnham, once a vicar in Nottingham, announced his resignation as Bishop of Ebbsfleet last Monday.
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November 15th, 2010
West parishes which opted out of local control over the ordaining of women bishops are waiting to see what church leaders arrange after their bishops joined the Roman Catholic Church.
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November 15th, 2010
A man accused of blasphemy was shot and killed near his house on Thursday, shortly after being granted bail in the case.
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November 15th, 2010
Most people who ask for euthanasia have cancer and are administered death by drug overdose by general practitioners.
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November 15th, 2010
I agree with our new governor-to be, and I'm an independent, on the funding of adult stem cell research only. Adult stem cell success stories total 5,000 last year compared with the embryonic stem cell success rate, which was zero.
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November 15th, 2010
All high street pharmacies in Wales will be allowed to provide the morning-after pill for free on the NHS from April.
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November 15th, 2010
If Pakistan is serious about freedom of speech its blasphemy law must go, says Michael Nazir-Ali.
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November 15th, 2010
Planned Parenthood of Lawrence quietly closed its abortion facility nine weeks ago located near the University of Kansas, where it did abortions on college students attending the university.
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November 14th, 2010
Crafted with the help of induced pluripotent stem cells from patients diagnosed with RTT syndrome, the tool may be employed for drug screening, diagnosis and personalized treatment. During the research, investigators employed induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) for developing a culture system.