Attorneys for abortion provider George Tiller last week filed a motion with the Kansas Supreme Court to block a grand jury investigation of him and his Wichita, Kan.-based clinic, the AP/Kansas City Star reports. The grand jury is scheduled to convene Tuesday in Sedgwick County, Kan. (AP/Kansas City Star, 10/24). [click link for full article]
Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) on Thursday said he is "much more comfortable" with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani's (R) position on abortion after meeting with him in Washington, D.C., the AP/CBS News reports. [click link for full article]
Marie Stopes, which today hosts an international conference on the need for more abortion facilities in the developing world has been accused of failing to meet the real needs of women. Over 100 young women are expected to picket outside the 'Global Safe' Abortion Conference (http://www.globalsafeabortion. [click link for full article]
The UK's largest organisation of Christian doctors has expressed concern that the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) failed to give full information to a House of Commons Select Committee over current scientific evidence for lowering the upper limit for abortion. [click link for full article]
The British Parliament's Select Committee on Science and Technology on Wednesday concluded an inquiry into the country's abortion law and will consider recommending changes that could relax current restrictions in a report planned to be released next month, London's [click link for full article]
Sergio Cabral -- the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- on Wednesday said that legalizing abortion could help reduce violence in the city, AFP/Independent Online reports (AFP/Independent Online, 10/25). Abortion is banned in Brazil except in cases of rape or to save the life of the pregnant woman (EFE News Service, 10/24). [click link for full article]
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