The U.S. government has acted to keep contraceptives from reaching clinics run by a charity in Africa, claiming the group condones forced abortions.

LONDON, September 26 /PRNewswire/ -- - World Contraception Day 2008 Highlights Scale and Impact of Unplanned Pregnancy Today, international sexual and reproductive health experts and successful recording artist and media personality Kelly Osbourne, call for more action to address the burgeoning problem of unplanned pregnancies and the subsequent level of abortions worldwide.

The days of brutal back-street terminations are long gone, but debate still rages over the legal time limit Helena has just murdered her unborn child. Or simply prevented a baby from happening, by ending her pregnancy before life began. It depends on your personal point of view.

By EMILY COOK A RECORD number of abortions were carried out last month, health chiefs revealed last night. Experts said excessive Christmas boozing and NHS sex clinic cuts could be to blame for the 5,992 terminations that took place in January.

LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of Britons are being urged to attend what is being branded as Europe's first "Masturbate-a-thon," a leading British reproductive healthcare charity said on Friday.