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Framing the UK Abortion Debate

by Ephemera Thu Mar 20th, 2008 at 09:43:18 PM EST

The continuing passage of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill has been exploited by pro-life MPs to reignite the debate surrounding the UK's current abortion laws. Despite the bill being only tangentially concerned with abortion, there is a general belief that an amendment to the bill will be introduced to reduce the legal time limit from 24 to 20 weeks.

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Alcibiades
by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

Alcibiades (ca. 450-404 BCE) lived during turbulent times when the city-states of Athens and Sparta were at war. He grew up as a member of the privileged elite in Athens. At a young age he grew influential within the democratic assembly that met on the Pnyx. As the resident consul for Sparta he forged important diplomatic relationships.

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