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December, 2004
Center for Reproductive Rights demands in vitro fertilization
UN asks Poland to "track" conscientious objectors
Irish doctor advocates eugenic screening
ACLJ files brief to support protection of conscience law
'Wrongful life' lawsuit rejected
Guidelines sought to regularize illegal killing of infants
Mental Capacity Bill passes
Euthanasia of infants said to be widespread
Lawsuits launched to suppress freedom of conscience measure
Dissension among professional associations over euthanasia
Case of South African nurse to go to Labour Court
Pope notes urgent need for instruction on proper formation of conscience
Suicide in Switzerland renews calls for legalization of assisted suicide in
the UK
Guidelines sought on euthanasia of incompetent patients
Four babies killed in Dutch
hospital
November, 2004
Withdrawal of treatment in
France
Husband
may take wife to Switzerland for suicide
Protection of conscience bill introduced in Texas
Queen's University students succeed in human rights complaint
UK pharmacist defended by
employer
Florida judge
rules life support may be withdrawn
'Pro-choice' groups continue attack on freedom of choice for health
care workers
California senator plans attack on anti-discrimination amendment
Referrals for torture criticized
New
law will discourage attacks on freedom of conscience
Canadian Justice Minister suggests Commons debate assisted suicide
Medical Federation of Ecuador denounces morning-after pill
Majority of South
Africans oppose abortion
Kenyan abortion controversy continues
Abortion law amendment likely to impact South African nurses
Abortion
justified on grounds of freedom of conscience
United
Nations orders Morocco to decriminalize abortion
Ability to choose Catholic insurance plan angers 'pro-choice' groups
Canadian
MP-physician supports legalization of euthanasia
Re-examination of euthanasia suggested by Church of Scotland
Kenyan
medical association wants abortion legalized
Canadian woman
acquitted of assisting in suicides
Irish woman using European court to force abortion on Ireland
October, 2004
KwaZulu-Natal Parliament rejects protection of conscience provision
Ethics of the bottom line
Opposition to South African bill to liberalize abortion
Assisted suicide bill in UK no longer opposed by physicians' groups
South African nurse denied
position
Wisconsin pharmacist at hearing for professional misconduct
US Supreme
Court rejects appeal of repressive ruling
UK group wants more
involved with abortion
September,
2004
First 'wrongful birth' case in Singapore
Objecting pharmacist faces disciplinary hearing
New Hampshire pharmacist criticized for not referring patient
Continued pressure for euthanasia on Guernsey
International Palliative Care Conference
Abortion bill proposed in Poland
Professor claims doctors assist with suicide or euthanasia of 20,000
annually
Catholic hospitals inducing premature labour for handicapped infants
Euthanasia debate in Netherlands, Spain and UK
Wrongful birth lawsuit launched in California
Accommodation for late term abortions
UK Mental Capacity Bill opposed
Protection of conscience clause survives U.S. House
Belgian bill would legalize euthanasia for children
Gym teacher settles lawsuit
Lord Joffe's bill and Mental Capacity Bill in the news again
Dutch
propose euthanasia for children under 12
Euthanasia controversy continues in Britain
Sex selection popular in Australia
State may order withdrawal of wards' life support without consent
August. 2004
French committee recommends 'passive' euthanasia
French government plans to legalize euthanasia
Planned Parenthood urges complaints against conscientious objectors
Nurse in South Africa
persecuted for refusal to assist with abortions
Siblings dispute provision of nutrition and hydration for mother;
court sanctions withdrawal
'Right' to caesarean section claimed
US medical personnel accused of complicity in abuse of Iraqi prisoners
South African Parliament
amends abortion law
'Brain dead' child recovers
Human cloning to begin in UK
Abortifacient drugs to be more widely used in the UK
South Africans
fear bill will be used to force nurses to assist with abortions
Opposition to Mental Capacity Bill in UK
Alabama public health ordered to rescind policy
South African physicians concerned that new law jeopardizes freedom of
conscience
Terminal sedation in Netherlands associated to death by starvation,
dehydration
July, 2004
Pharmacist attacked for exercising freedom of conscience
General Medical Council may appeal ruling
Euthanasia bill in preparation for Scotland
Lack of conscience clause cited as concern in Mental Capacity Bill
Diagnosis cited as reason not to treat infant
Royal College of
Nursing to reconsider euthanasia
Audiotapes available from Conflict and Conscience in Health Care
First international conference on ethics, science, and moral philosophy of
assisted human reproduction
Embryos to be conceived
as tissue donors
Controversy about
MAP in Northern Ireland
$60,000.00 damages for birth of child
Controversy
continues re: Mental Capacity Bill
Only half of Dutch euthanasia cases are reported
Warning sounded about Mental Incapacity Bill
Protection of conscience amendment added to bill
Blonde hair and blue eyes required
Nicaraguan concerns about abortion
Canadian Pharmacists Association queried by Catholic bishops
Belgium: 400 cases of euthanasia
Chilean
court rules against morning-after pill
British Medical Association: abortion survivors should not be neglected
Euthanasia supporter threatening suicide
June, 2004
Alabama
suppresses freedom of conscience
New Zealand euthanasia survey
Retired physician defies UK authorities
Mother
wins wrongful birth suit in UK
Diocese of Sacramento appeals Catholic Charities ruling
Moral controversy recognized in embryo research
Disputes about morning-after pill continue in South America
Euthanasia in the Netherlands
Bulgarian and South Australian parliaments reject euthanasia, assisted
suicide
Abortion controversy continues in Kenya
Researchers in UK fuse frogs' eggs and human nuclei
May, 2004
Eugenic screening by abortion in the UK
County Health Department settles for $40,000.00
New York pharmacist refuses to dispense morning-after pill
Euthanasia/assisted suicide nets probation term in Tasmania
Swiss suicide facility will not refuse anyone
Bill reported to approve euthanasia
Pro-euthanasia play, documentary
Chilean Health Ministry defied by mayor
Spanish physicians to be forced to perform abortions
Euthanasia in France
Drive for legalization of abortion in Kenya
Canadian MP's and Physicians for Life call for protection of conscience laws
Illinois ambulance attendant
fired
Judge's ruling may result in starvation and dehydration of patient
Babies conceived for tissue
Controversy in
Chile over morning-after pill
Papal
statement on nutrition and hydration under study
Ethical concerns raised about Merck Pharmaceuticals vaccines
April, 2004
Euthanasia discussed in New
Zealand
University of Manitoba accommodates pro-life medical student
Wisconsin petition drive in support of pharmacists
Decriminalization of euthanasia recommended in Europe
Conscience
legislation passes in Michigan
Conscience
legislation vetoed by Wisconsin governor
Sex-change
ordered for 13 year old Australian girl
Orphaned
New York children used in drug experiments
Euthanasia
campaigner convicted of attempted murder
Papal statement clarified
Assisted suicide bill
moves to committee
March, 2004
Four protection of conscience measures pass Michigan legislative committee
Wisconsin pharmacist fined for acting according to conscience
Sex selection clinic opening in London
Hospital attempts involuntary starvation of patient
96% of Spanish gynaecologists are conscientious objectors
Muslim state cancels vaccination campaign due to fears of clandestine
sterilization
English Liberal Democrats advocate legal assisted suicide
Donor baby to be conceived at public expense
Pope declares nutrition and hydration 'morally obligatory' in principle
Medical student in difficulty at University of Manitoba
Swiss move to reduce suicide tourism
New Zealand euthanasia
trial begins
Australian nurses testify about assaults to prevent emergency care
UNICEF suspected of
clandestine sterilization
Assisted
suicide bill moves to House of Lords committee
Assisted suicide
increase in Oregon
Assisted suicide bill
delayed in Hawaii
Maryland 'conscience clause' inadequate
West Virginia
legislating compulsory vaccination
Plans to increase
abortion in Poland
Baby conceived to be tissue
donor
Planned Parenthood affiliate encourages illegal abortions in Kenya
Controversy in Nigeria over plans to depopulate country
Attempt to reinstate
euthanasia in Australia
California Supreme Court rules against freedom of conscience for Catholic
Charities
February,
2004
Death by withdrawal of nutrition, hydration in United Kingdom
Wisconsin's governor describes conscientious convictions as "whims"
Universal free in vitro fertilization recommended
Euthanasia contemplated on Guernsey
Pharmacy chain apologizes for exercise of freedom of conscience
Immoral not to clone humans
Wisconsin vote on conscience legislation may come next week
Investigation clears euthanasia advocate
Sex selection for IVF
South African campaign
Three Texas pharmacists fired by Eckerd Corporation
Korean scientists clone human embryo
25% of New York City pharmacies don't carry MAP
Honduran Bishops
threaten excommunication for use of "Morning After" Pill
Pharmacist refuses morning-after pill in Manchester
UN wants Ethiopia to legalize abortion, publicly fund contraception
Ambiguous
Swiss statement permits assisted suicide
Abortion controversy in Kenya
January, 2004
Wisconsin bill goes to vote
Clinic sued for refusal to inseminate HIV+ couple
Draft 'truth in advertising' bill proposed
Alternative vaccine source
Ethicist endorses eugenic infanticide
Abortion in Northern Ireland
Marty Report supports assisted suicide in Europe
Fathers superfluous for IVF children
Sex-selection of children
Doctor claims to have implanted cloned embryo
Committee to study legalization of assisted suicide in UK
Some Australian pharmacists refuse to dispense "morning-after pill"
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