June 3
NOW AG States Legal Stand On Abortion
AllAfrica.com - Africa
allafrica.com/stories/200406010620.html
The Government yesterday firmly stressed its stand on the ongoing debate on abortion: the fundamental right to life must be protected.
NGILU Attacks Ex-AG Over Abortion Stand
AllAfrica.com - Africa
allafrica.com/stories/200406011083.htm
Health Minister Charity Ngilu has criticised former Attorney-General and minister for Constitutional Affairs Mr Charles Njonjo for his stand on abortion and homosexual rights.
ABORTION Of Disabled Babies Increasing at Alarming Rate
Men's News Daily - Guerneville,CA,USA
www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/newswire/ ... ortion.htm
Abortions of babies with Down's syndrome, deformed feet, cleft lips and palates, as well as other medical abnormalities, have become more and more commonplace, according to statistics recently released by the Office For National Statistics in England and Wales.
NEW: 'Partial-Birth' Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
www.dailyherald.com/cook/main_story.asp?intID=38139272
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge today declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, saying the measure infringes on a woman's right to choose.
ANTI-abortion groups agree to drop lawsuit over DNC protest rules
Boston Herald - Boston,MA,USA
news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=30186
BOSTON - A coalition of anti-abortion groups has agreed to drop its lawsuit over the permitting process for protesters at the upcoming Democratic National Convention after the city agreed to simplify the process and add guidelines for spontaneous demonstrations.
ACDP slams 'destructive' abortion ruling
Independent Online - South Africa
www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=6&art_ ... 9&set_id=1
Allowing girls under 18 years to have abortions without their parents' knowledge is allowing the nation to gnaw away at itself, says the African Christian Democratic Party's Kenneth Meshoe.
ABORTION ruling could save lives, say experts
Business Day, South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,35 ... -0,00.html
THE ruling by the Pretoria High Court that girls under the age of 18 years do not require their parents' consent before terminating a pregnancy could save lives, say womens' rights groups.
GEORGIA SENATE CANDIDATE'S ADS CRITICIZE ISAKSON'S ABORTION VOTE
LifeNews.com - Helena,MT,USA
www.lifenews.com/state591.html
Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- Herman Cain, a business executive who is one of three leading candidates seeking the Republican nomination for Georgia's open U.S. Senate seat, is running television commercials criticizing an opponent for a vote in favor of abortion.
MARK Shields : Catholic contradictions
CNN - USA
www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/31/catholic.politics
WASHINGTON (Creators Syndicate) -- To his mostly conservative admirers, U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pennsylvania, is admired for being candid in speech and rock solid on social issues. To his critics, mostly non-conservatives, Santorum is judged abrasive and too quick to demonize political adversaries.
FURORE rages over abortion
East African Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
www.eastandard.net/headlines/news30050415.htm
Catholic Bishop Ndingi Mwana a’ Nzeki yesterday reiterated the Church’s stand that abortion should never be legalised.
ILLINOIS Hospital Merger-Abortion Battle Continues, Pro-Life ...
LifeNews.com - Helena,MT,USA
www.lifenews.com/state590.html
Chiacgo, IL (LifeNews.com) -- As the public comment phase ended Thursday in Illinois' battle between two new hospitals, thousands of postcards expressed the public's opinion that they wanted Catholic and pro-life St. Francis Hospital and Health Center over another hospital by pro-abortion Advocate Health Care Systems.
ISSUES that the abortion debate should address
East African Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
www.eastandard.net/intelligence/intel30050407.htm
The recovery of 15 foetuses packed in garbage bags from Ngong River in Nairobi’s South C Estate last Wednesday has re-ignited the emotive controversy over abortion.
SPANISH Socialists' Proposals Opposed by Church
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
www.nytimes.com/2004/05/30/internationa ... 0madr.html
MADRID, May 29 - Spain's new Socialist government is clashing with the Roman Catholic Church over the administration's plans to allow gay marriages, speed up divorce and make abortion easier to obtain in this traditionally Catholic country.