MADRID, Spain, MAY 24, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Legislation on the end of life has been passed by Spain's Council of Ministers and is expected in Parliament next month, but ethicists are cautioning about a number of defects in the bill.
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May 24th, 2011
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May 24th, 2011You may have seen the news reports in the papers on the decisions made yesterday at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian). Take, for example, this story in the Guardian.
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May 24th, 2011PHOENIX, Arizona, May 24, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Phoenix woman who doctors feared was in a life-threatening pregnancy due to the fact that she was carrying her child outside her womb, has now given birth to a healthy baby boy.
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May 24th, 2011Seven Afghans and their families who converted to Christianity and fled to India may be deported and sent back to Afghanistan where they could be imprisoned or killed. The families applied to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for asylum in India but were rejected.
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May 24th, 2011The Church of Scotland faces a difficult road ahead after voting on Monday to consider lifting a two-year moratorium on the ordination of gay ministers.
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May 24th, 2011Some disturbing Department of Health Statistics:
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May 24th, 2011Up to 6 million females aborted over past decade, often when child was family's second and they already had a daughter
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May 24th, 2011The latest annual abortion figures represent 190,000 unborn babies whose deaths were entirely avoidable. The figures for 2010 in England and Wales show a slight increase in registered abortions over the previous year.
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May 24th, 2011A new study analyzing the prevalence of sex-selection abortions in India finds as many as 12 million girls have been killed specifically because of their gender in a society that values boys over girls.
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May 24th, 2011A new report from the British health department shows abortions on the rise again in the United Kingdom and the number of repeat abortions is still high.