Cardinals' call over abortion law
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Catholic church leaders urge women to look at alternatives to termination, as the Abortion Act's 40th anniversary approaches.
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Select Committee wants evidence The new joint committee on the draft Human Tissue and Embryos Bill has issued a call for evidence as it starts its analysis of the proposed legislation.â¦
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Portugal is deciding in a national referendum Sunday whether to discard its strict abortion law, a battle that pits the Socialist government against conservative parties and the Catholic Church.Comment
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Jewish campaigners and Poland's president call for the Catholic Church to act against a controversial priest.
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Most people think women have a right to choose an abortion, but the number is falling, a survey says.
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A VALLETTA, Malta, DEC. 2, 2004 .- This island nation's Catholic bishops are protesting against the pressures exerted by a U.N. Commission on Malta to legalize abortion in certain circumstances.
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Abortion opponents on Monday marked the 32nd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion with a day of rallies, protests and other activities as the issue takes on new urgency with the likelihood of a high court vacancy during President Bush's term.
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US Sen. Arlen Specter, a moderate Republican engulfed in a political firestorm fanned by abortion foes, wants to make the case to fellow party members that he should
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A mother calls on the government to allow  parents to be told if their young daughters are pregnant and want an abortion.
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Portugal is deciding in a national referendum Sunday whether to discard its strict abortion law, a battle that pits the Socialists government against conservative parties and the Catholic Church.Comment
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ARSAW, Poland, NOV. 11, 2004 .- A representative of the Catholic Church in Poland reported the undue interference of U.N. organizations trying to impose the liberalization of abortion in his country.
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The Catholic church in Northern Ireland has told schools to ban Amnesty for its pro-abortion stance.
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Roman Catholic Church leaders say they are frustrated with Rudolph W. Giulianiâs position on abortion.
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Portugal holds a referendum on Sunday to  decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the  overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not  enough people will vote to validate a decision.
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Pope Benedict rejected the concept that abortion could be considered a human right on Friday and urged European leaders to do everything possible to raise birth rates and make their countries more child-friendly.
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A Roman Catholic church buried the ashes of hundreds of aborted fetuses Sunday, a day after the 32nd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal, drawing criticism that the church was exploiting women's grief to make a political statement.
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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Roman Catholic Church has been cleared of accusations that its opposition to abortion violated a law banning priests from mixing in politics, but the church said yesterday that it will mount a campaign to change the law it believes is too restrictive.