The latest figures on abortion, which we publish today, generate a deep sense of despair. Despite the billions poured into sex education, the number of teenage girls having abortions is at an all-time high. In some parts of the country, as many as one teenage girl in every 23 has had an abortion. Whatever is required to get the rate of teenage pregnancy down in Britain, it is clearly not being done.
In the News
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March 23rd, 2008
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March 23rd, 2008
Gordon Brown last night faced a direct challenge from the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales over his refusal to let Labour MPs vote with their conscience over laws on genetic research.
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March 23rd, 2008
Leading charities have written to every MP urging them to support the controversial embryo research bill, the BBC has learned.
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March 23rd, 2008
Health Secretary Alan Johnson has said an "accommodation" will be reached for Labour MPs who are opposed to parts of a controversial embryo research bill.
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March 23rd, 2008
The Bishop of Durham has attacked government plans which could allow scientists to create embryos combining human DNA and animal cells.
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March 22nd, 2008
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March 22nd, 2008
'This Bill represents a monstrous attack on human rights, human dignity and human life. In some other European countries one could be jailed for doing what we intend to make legal.
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March 22nd, 2008
The Government is heading for its biggest confrontation with the Roman Catholic Church to date over its controversial new laws which will allow the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos.
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March 22nd, 2008
A mother has lost a High Court battle to stop her ex-husband destroying embryos created during IVF treatment.
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March 22nd, 2008
The Government is heading for its biggest confrontation with the Roman Catholic Church to date over its controversial new laws which will allow the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos.