Today - 11/07/2008

Presented by Evan Davis and James Naughtie. Including: Women in countries where abortion is heavily restricted are using drugs bought on the internet to have abortions at home. Dr Martin Lupton of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology discusses the effects of these drugs and why they are being used. A children's charity has warned that parents are leaving themselves open to prosecution if they leave their children home alone in the summer holidays. Dominic Bascombe of the Children's Legal Centre discusses at what age it is acceptable to leave a child alone at home. Environment analyst Roger Harrabin visits Kamikatsu, a Japanese island where there are no waste collections at all. The arts community in Australia has clashed with the country's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after he spoke out about the use of naked children in works purporting to be art. Sydney Correspondent Nick Bryant reports. Thought for the Day with Prof Mona Siddiqui of the University of Glasgow. David Davis has won his by-election battle over civil liberties. He discusses how he will pursue his 42-day detention campaign now he is an MP once again. Music journalists Pierre Perron and Olivier Nuc review the new album by Carla Bruni. A study from the Optimum Population Trust argues that there is no absolute right to have as many children as we want. Professor John Guillebaud, a patron of the trust, and Dominic Lawson, columnist for the Independent, discuss whether humans have a right to procreate.