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God back in North Carolina courtroom:

• Court favors petition for God | Judge must restore references to deity in his courtroom (Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.)
• N.C. judge must restore God reference | The state Supreme Court ordered a judge Tuesday to restore references to God in the words used when he enters the courtroom and when witnesses swear to tell the truth (Associated Press)
• Earlier: Judge's Bible Ban Backfires | Complaint filed against judge who banned religious references from court (Weblog, June 24)

Abortion in the UK:

• UK's abortion rates 'vary widely' | Nearly half of pregnant girls aged 15 to 17 opt to have an abortion, but the rate varies widely across the UK, a report says (BBC)
• Class pressures are decisive | Abortion rates among 15- to 17-year-olds vary dramatically around the country, with young women from socially disadvantaged areas far more likely than those in affluent parts to keep the baby, a study reveals today (The Guardian, London)
• Nearly half of pregnant teens opt for abortion | 44 percent of pregnancies among young women aged between 15 and 17 were terminated between 1999 and 2001 (The Telegraph, London)
• Pregnant teenagers live in different worlds | The affluent have an abortion. The poor have a baby (The Times, London)
• Worrying look in the womb | After more than a generation of abortion on demand, Britain has an ageing population and a queasy conscience (Editorial, The Telegraph, London)
• Mother knows best | Teenagers' attitudes to abortion depend on the social and economic context of their lives, not abstract notions of morality (Angela Phillips, The Guardian, London)
• C4 exonerated over abortion film | Complaints against a Channel 4 abortion documentary were dismissed by the UK's media watchdog Ofcom on Monday (BBC)
• Watchdog rejects protests over hoax TV séance | Ofcom also ruled that a Channel 4 programme which featured images of an aborted foetus did not breach broadcasting rules (The Times, London)

Abortion:

• The empty cradle will rock | How abortion is costing the Democrats voters—literally (Larry L. Eastland, The Wall Street Journal)
• Abortion foe to be reappointed to FDA panel | Four lawmakers tell Bush that doctor has 'allowed his personal views to overshadow his duty' (The Washington Post)
• Students hold walk to fight abortion | Protesters head to Washington (The Boston Globe)
• Curves patrons exercise their right to choose | Readers who responded after Monday's column need to know that reports in the San Francisco Chronicle have been retracted with apologies to Curves Founder CEO Gary Heavin. He did not give millions to extreme anti-abortion groups (Susan Paynter, Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• A matter of choice | A simple, black metal fence separates the two factions in this city's ongoing struggle over abortion rights (Lufkin Daily News, Tex.)

Life ethics:

• Kerry's zealotry | Extremism in defense of science is no virtue (Eric Cohen, The Weekly Standard)
• Calif. ballot measure set to ignite stem cell research debate | Nancy Reagan's advocacy could sway voters (The Boston Globe)
• Multiple embryo births 'put babies at risk' | Fertility doctors who transfer two embryos during each round of IVF treatment are unnecessarily putting mothers and babies at risk, a study suggests (The Telegraph, London)

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June (Web-only) 2004, Vol. 48