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Quote of the day:
"I'm a patient victim. I put up with everything. I sacrifice myself for everyone."
—Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, explaining why he calls himself "the Jesus Christ of Italian politics."

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Abortion:

1. Ind. proposal: Life starts at conception | Only one state — South Dakota — has gone so far in what it orders doctors to tell women before they can get abortions, and that law has been blocked by a court (Associated Press)
   
   
2. Clinic bill goes beyond abortion | An inspection proposal that has been vetoed twice now covers all clinics that perform outpatient surgery (The Wichita Eagle, Kan.)
   
   
3. Judge upholds Fla. parental-notification law | Minor girls must tell their parents or get a judicial waiver before an abortion (The Orlando Sentinel)
   
   
4. Parental notification ballot article in Milton | Parental notification relating to minors seeking abortion will again be an issue in Chittenden County come Town Meeting Day (Burlington Free Press, Vt.)
   
   
5. Indian wedding vow: we will not abort daughters | Couples in the western Indian state of Gujarat have added a promise to avoid "female foeticide" to their wedding vows amid growing concern about the effects of selective abortion on the balance between the sexes (The Times, London)
   
   

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Abortion debate in Australia:

1. Women 'aborting away the future' | Pro-life Liberal MP Danna Vale has warned that Australia risks becoming a Muslim nation if women continue to abort children at the current rate (The Australian)
   
   
2. Also: Abortion will lead to Muslim nation: MP | Australia could become a Muslim nation within 50 years because "we are aborting ourselves almost out of existence", a Government backbencher says (The Sydney Morning Herald)
   
   
3. MPs may get final say on abortion pill | Government MPs are considering whether to support an amendment that would give the drugs regulator the power to assess abortion pills such as RU486 but give Parliament the final say on whether or not they are made available to the public (The Sydney Morning Herald)
   
   

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