The U.S. House of Representatives is set to spend $50 billion to battle HIV/Aids in the next five years. The bipartisan measure was passed by 308 to 116 votes in an effort to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS around the world, and fight tuberculosis and malaria.

The bill marks a huge increase from the $15 billion authorized during the first five years in 2003. The bill extends President Bush's program called PEPFAR (President's Emergency Program For AIDS Relief) for another five years. The initiative would be the largest U.S. investment ever against a single disease

The government of India will reward cash gifts to any family who could bore a baby girl in an effort to reduce the number of abortions to females because of preference to sons. Indian culture considers having a son better than having a daughter because males can later become breadwinners.

Women and Child Development Minister Renuka Chowdhury said the cash incentive will be given in staggered payments to any family members that could give the country additional female member of the society

Conservative Party leader David Cameron proposed Monday amendment of British laws on abortion to shorten the time limit from 24 weeks. Cameron explained with medical advance today, a 24-week baby can survive outside the mother's womb.

He wants to force a voting on the proposed amendment when the Human Fertilization and Embryology bill is tackled by the House of Commons. Cameron told Daily Mail it is not a party stand, but it must be a conscience issue and a free vote

Pregnant Bahraini women will no longer know the gender of their fetus despite the advances of modern technology. The country's health authorities banned medical staff from disclosing the baby's sex to prevent abortion of female fetuses.

Among several cultures, including the Middle East, pregnant women have been known to abort female babies over the possible negative reaction of their husband once he finds out the child is a girl

The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Missouri has ruled that state inmates have the right to an abortion.

The unanimous ruling issued on Tuesday, the 35th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion in the landmark Roe vs. Wade case, stopped the Missouri government and the state corrections department from restricting inmates' access to abortion