Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abortion. Show all posts

Zoe Williams: Pro-choice taboo - The Guardian 26th November 2008

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

It doesn't make you a eugenicist to speak up for the right to abort a foetus that may have Down's

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tags: The Guardian, Health, News, UHN, Abortion, Disabilities, Ethics

14-year-old girls to be taught about their 'right' to have an abortion - The Telegraph 26th November 2008

Schoolgirls as young as 14 could be forced to watch a film that teaches them they have the right to choose an abortion.

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tags: Sex Education, Abortion, Ethics, Health, News, UHN, Schools, The Telegraph

Shock tactics: Kate Hilpern reports on the anti-abortion presentations in schools- The Guardian 25th November 2008

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Anti-abortion campaigners are being allowed into schools to present their arguments to teenagers, and are making converts. But what about the facts? Kate Hilpern reports

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tags: Sex Education, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian, Abortion, Ethics

Where a baby girl is a mother’s awful shame - The Observer 23rd November 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Over the past 20 years in India, 10 million female babies have been aborted. The pressure to have sons is terrifying - mothers who bear daughters are beaten or cast aside by husbands and in-laws desperate to escape the financial burden of a girl’s dowry. Now mothers are being urged to ’save the girl child’ as the country tries to end decades of tragic abuse.

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tags: IHN, Ethics, Health, News, Gender, Abortion, Developing Countries