The legal abortion limit should be lowered from 24 to 20 weeks in England, Wales and Scotland, according to the new Women's Minister Maria Miller.
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October 3rd, 2012
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October 3rd, 2012
David Cameron’s new Minister for Women called yesterday for a change in the abortion laws to reduce the deadline for terminations.
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October 3rd, 2012
The recently re-appointed UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, has issued a document calling for governments to criminalise organised opposition to abortion by non-governmental groups such as pro-life lobbyists or even family members.
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October 3rd, 2012
Release International has condemned an attack on college students in north-eastern Nigeria in which at least 40 people were reportedly killed.
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October 3rd, 2012
Gunmen massacred at least 26 people in a student housing area of northeast Nigeria overnight, calling victims out by name before shooting them or slitting their throats, officials said.
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October 3rd, 2012
Gunmen have massacred at least 26 people in a student housing area in north-east Nigeria, calling victims out by name before killing them.
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October 3rd, 2012
Nigerian soldiers are moving house to house in an urgent bid to hunt the attackers responsible for the massacre of 40 people who were shot or had their throats slit in a student housing area.
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October 3rd, 2012
He has abandoned the vision of one-nation conservatism that so inspired me, and retoxified his party.
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October 3rd, 2012
Nine out of ten couples claim they are happily married as the number of weddings continue to rise while divorce rates dwindle.
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October 2nd, 2012
High Court judges have refused permission for the case of a man who fought for the right to die to go to the Court of Appeal.