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Representatives from the European Union are increasing pressure on the government of Nicaragua to reverse its recent law which unilaterally forbids abortion under any circumstances. According to a report from the Catholic News Agency, the EU representation has threatened to withdraw economic assistance to the country if the abortion law is not reversed. Nicaragua’s new abortion law was unanimously voted in by the Nicaraguan Legislature in October, 2006 and signed into law by then President Enrique Bolanos the following month. Nicaragua’s new president, Daniel Ortega voiced his support of the pro-life law in his election campaign. Marc Litvine, the EU...

Europe's abortion rules AUSTRIA Availability: On request Gestational limit: First three months - in practice often before 12 weeks Conditions: Must have medical consultation. May be performed after 12 weeks if necessary to avoid serious danger to the woman's physical or mental health; if the child is at risk of being born with a serious physical or mental defect; or if the woman is under 14 years of age. In practice, the ability of a woman to pay for an abortion is an important factor. It is difficult for women to get an abortion outside Vienna and other big...

The first funeral of unborn children in Poland Artur Stelmasiak On 20 June 2005 there was a collective funeral of unborn children who died as the result of abortion or miscarriage. It was the first funeral of that sort in Poland. 'Today's celebration makes us aware that every man is embraced by God's Mercy', said Fr Prof. Jerzy Bajda at the funeral Mass. Thanks to the organisers of this unprecedented funeral the bodies of children were not desecrated. The children's remains are often simply thrown out with the rubbish. The bodies were taken from one of the Warsaw hospitals. However,...

Our Last Christmas in America I, after much research, have come to know hundreds upon hundreds of unborn children of American Citizens are banished, exiled, removed from the soil of these United States each and every year. It is disheartening to know so-called "pro-life" and "pro-family" groups and organizations are in either overt or covert support of the exiling of unborn children of United States Citizens. "Why, why your care, why your concern, about these unborn children" you ask? I am a natural born citizen of the United States. My wife came to the United States as in immigrant by...

Deadly hernia corrected in womb Surgeons have developed an operation to repair a potentially fatal abnormality in babies before they are born. Some babies develop a hole in their diaphragm which leads to their gut or liver moving into their chest, and squashing their lungs. The new operation, pioneered at London's King's College Hospital, has reduced death rates in the most at risk by 50%. Details are published in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology. The condition, known as a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), is a relatively common foetal abnormality - occurring in about one in every 3,000 pregnancies. It...

by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor July 12, 2004 Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- Two new studies are providing further argument that embryonic stem cell research is unnecessary because adult stem cells are not only more ethical, but more effective as well. Researchers at the Tufts-New England Medical Center reported last week that that unborn children may be giving their mothers the gift of life. As reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the researchers have uncovered evidence that fetal stem cells may be migrating from the developing unborn child to diseased tissue and organs in the mother's body. Evidence...