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16/12/2010

Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Sarah Phillips, whose tribute to her dying mother became an internet hit.

Presented by Jenni Murray. Including Sarah Phillips whose tribute to her dying mother became an internet hit and the burgeoning musical career that she's hoping will help fund research into a cure for cervical cancer, the disease responsible for her mother's death. There's an update on the case of three women living in the Irish Republic who are awaiting a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights on their legal challenge to the country's strict law on abortion. Novelist Leila Aboulela and the childhood upbringing that provided the inspiration for her latest book which is set in 1950s Sudan. The use of hormone implants as contraception is on the rise but what impact will this - and the reduced use of condoms - have on the spread of sexually transmitted disease?

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45 minutes

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Thu 16 Dec 2010 10:00

Chapters

  • Sarah Phillips

    Sarah Phillips's tribute to her mother, a cover of Paulo Nutini's Autumn, became an internet sensation. She joins Jenni to talk about her music and the charitable fund set up in memory of her mother.

    Duration: 11:00

  • Hormone Implants

    Natika Halil, Director of Information, Family Planning Association & Alyson Elliman, Vice President of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

    Duration: 09:20

  • Leila Aboulela

    The writer Leila Aboulela speaks about her latest novel, "Lyrics Alley"

    Duration: 08:32

  • Tamasin Day Lewis

    Reporter Sally Williams meets cookery writer and broadcaster Tamasin Day Lewis in her Somerset kitchen, to cook up a chick pea based soup

    Duration: 10:36

  • Irish Abortion Ruling

    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Europe Correspondent Jonty Bloom joins Jenni to discuss the European Court of Human Rights' judgement in the case brought by three women against Ireland's abortion law.

    Duration: 02:21

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Dec 2010 10:00

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