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A prominent physician in Canada says doctors should not be able to tell pregnant women the sex of their baby until 30 weeks into a pregnancy. By not revealing the gender, doctors would prevent abor

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Patients previously believed to be in a persistent vegetative state (PVS) have responded to basic questions through the use of a portable bedside brain scanner, raising hopes that in future, they m

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Canada's Catholic bishops approved a national pastoral plan on life and family at their annual assembly. Bishops have a particular responsibility to stand up for the dignity of human life from begi

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Women who take painkillers such as ibuprofen are at more than double the risk of suffering a miscarriage, new research suggests. A class of painkillers known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

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Dr George Annas, writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides a useful summary of the recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada in a case relating to how assisted reproduc

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The Organisation of American States (OAS) has rejected a treaty which would have pressured member countries to legalise abortion and same-sex unions. The treaty was designed as “a legal pathw

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Stem cells extracted from body fat may pave the way for the development of new regenerative therapies including soft tissue reconstruction following tumour removal or mastectomy surgery, the develo

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The parents of a terminally ill Canadian boy have transferred him to a US Catholic hospital after an Ontario court ruled doctors could remove a breathing tube keeping him alive. The Canadian doctor

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