Published 5 August 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a1173
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a1173

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Proposed US abortion rule provokes outcry: US family planning groups are protesting about a proposed Department of Health and Human Services regulation to deny federal money to health providers who refuse to accept staff who object to abortion. The groups say the rule would outlaw many forms of birth control. Abortion is defined as prescribing, dispensing, or performing a procedure "that results in the termination of life of a human being in utero between conception and natural birth, whether before or after implantation." See www.plannedparenthood.org.

Suicide rate in England is at a record low: The national suicide rate in England is at its lowest ever. The number of suicides over the three years 2004-6 was 8.3 per 100 000; in the previous three years it was 8.5 per 100 000. The sustained fall in the suicide rate among men aged 20-34 continued, resulting in a drop of 7.5% between . . . [Full text of this article]


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