There is no new evidence to show fetuses feel pain in the womb before 24 weeks, a report by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has stated.
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Government data have disclosed that 89 girls aged 17 or under who terminated a pregnancy last year had had at least two abortions previously, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The study set out to evaluate medical abortion as a treatment alternative for late first-trimester abortions and to evaluate the decrease in beta-hCG after abortion at 63-90 days of gestation. From Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Protestant Churches are joining forces in an advertising campaign that shows a scan of ‘baby Jesus in the Virgin Mary’s womb’, complete with halo, the Times (London) reports.