With words of hope and healing, Americans marked the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, in which two student gunmen killed 12 students and a teacher.

THE editor of a US medical journal who published an article saying foetuses probably do not feel pain until late pregnancy has been swamped by “horrible, vindictive” emails.

A review of medical evidence has found that foetuses do not feel pain until the final months of pregnancy – a powerful challenge to abortion opponents who hope that discussions about foetal pain will make women think twice.