UN Treaty Writers Weigh Abortion Ban for Disabled
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U.N. diplomats drafting an  international treaty on the rights of the disabled debated a  possible ban on the abortion of fetuses with disabilities in an  emotional negotiating session that ended on Friday.
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The restoration of a blind woman's sight using foetal tissues is likely to spark ethical debate, say scientists.
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The United States was set to bring its call for a total ban on human cloning back to the UN on Thursday as the world community again struggled for consensus on the divisive issue.
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U.S. efforts to secure a global treaty banning the cloning of human embryos, including for stem cell research, were dealt a major setback on Thursday when U.N. diplomats agreed to work for a political declaration on the issue instead.
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The parents of a  baby at the centre of a right-to-life battle claim doctors are trying to hasten her death.
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LISBON, Jul 20 (IPS) - Pleading "conscientious objection," a  significant proportion of doctors in Portugal are preventing  women from making use of the law authorising abortions up to 10  weeks of gestation, which entered into force on Sunday.
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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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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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In a victory for advocates of stem cell research, U.N. diplomats on Thursday gave up trying to craft a treaty to outlaw human cloning, and will probably settle for a less powerful document that won't seek a worldwide ban, officials said.
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The UN General Assembly adopts a treaty giving greater rights to the world's 650m disabled people
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The World Health Organization is campaigning to reduce the numbers of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth. Here we introduce six women around the world who are pregnant.
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This week the United Nations is scheduled to vote on a human cloning ban, and U.S. policy will play a big part in the outcome. By Kristen Philipkoski.
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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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CLONING DECLARATION: U.N. diplomats are poised to approve a draft declaration to outlaw human cloning, a non-binding agreement that would not outlaw research cloning.
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The highly contentious issue of cloning is back on the U.N. agenda, with support among member states for a treaty banning human cloning but divisions over the use of human embryos for medical research.
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Some countries have taken major strides to improve the rights and reproductive health of women but more must be done to meet goals set at a UN conference a decade ago, according to a report released Tuesday.
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UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - The 192-member U.N. General Assembly is expected to  vote, perhaps by early or mid-November, on one of the most  divisive political issues before the world body: a moratorium on  the death penalty.