Inventor of suicide machine holds London suicide workshop
All Saints singer Melanie Blatt reveals band members were pressured into having abortions
Wrap up: Scotland assisted suicide Bill Stage 2 committee – day 1
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“Miracles do happen”: Premature baby born at 23 weeks and spending 230 days in hospital now home
A "miracle" baby boy was born at just 23 weeks and had to spend 230 days in hospital before he was finally able to go home. Lucy Havard, 30, had to go into labour early after complications were discovered while she was pregnant with twins. She said "I went into labour...
Hospices in financial crisis as assisted suicide fully funded
Hundreds of hospice beds have been cut across England, and the majority of hospices are now operating in deficit, according to a major report – raising serious criticism that while palliative care services are undergoing a financial crisis, Parliament has committed to...
Wrap up: House of Lords assisted suicide Bill select committee – day 3
The House of Lords assisted suicide Bill select committee held its third day of public sessions last Wednesday, allowing a select group of Peers to interrogate and cross-examine the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill through expert witnesses. The first day...
Scottish Parliament votes in favour of “blank cheque” for assisted suicide services
The Scottish Parliament has passed a financial resolution to the Scottish assisted suicide Bill that would hand a "blank cheque" to implement assisted suicide, with funding likely to have to be diverted from other services to pay for this. The Assisted Dying for...
Baroness Grey-Thompson tells select committee that assisted suicide Bill is “a danger to disabled people”
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, the gold medal-winning Paralympic athlete who now sits in the House of Lords, has today told a House of Lords select committee that the proposed assisted suicide legislation in England and Wales is “a danger to disabled people”. The...
Talking a loved one out of assisted suicide could become a crime in Scotland
A new amendment to the Scottish assisted suicide Bill could make it a crime for a family member to attempt to dissuade a loved one from ending their life by state-assisted suicide inside “buffer zones”, and to have suicide prevention literature in hospitals and care...
“Miracles do happen”: Premature baby born at 23 weeks and spending 230 days in hospital now home
A "miracle" baby boy was born at just 23 weeks and had to spend 230 days in hospital before he was...
Baby born weighing barely a pound goes home from hospital after 350 days
A tiny baby boy, who was born at just 22 weeks weighing barely a pound, has gone home from the hospital after 350 days. Caroline Golden was only seven weeks pregnant with her son when she began to have complications. While Caroline did not have a miscarriage,...
Born at just 25 weeks and weighing 14 ounces, baby Eloise is finally home after five months in hospital
Baby Eloise, born weighing less than a pound at just 25 weeks gestation, has finally come home and is thriving after nearly five months in hospital. At her mum Julia’s 18-week scan, doctors noticed that the baby was measuring small and her medical team became...
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Press release – 58th anniversary of Abortion Act receiving royal assent, 10,880,563 lives lost since 1967
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 58 years of abortion: 10,880,563 lives lost since 1967 Today, Monday 27 October, marks the 58th anniversary of the Abortion Act receiving royal assent. Since then, a staggering 10,880,563* unborn babies have lost their lives to...
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Nearly 1,000 amendments tabled to assisted suicide Bill
I am getting in touch to let you know that tomorrow is a very big day on the assisted suicide front in Westminster – the Leadbeater assisted suicide Bill is having its first day of Committee Stage, its next major stage in the House of Lords. Committee Stage is when...
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“Devalued to death”: activists with disabilities share fears about assisted suicide Bill
Activists with disabilities are speaking out against the legalisation of assisted suicide and are warning that vulnerable people risk “being devalued to death” as Labour MP Kim Leadbeater attempts to introduce assisted suicide. Leadbeater's announcement that she would...
Olympics opening celebrates three women responsible for law introducing disability abortion ahead of Paralympic Games
The Paris Olympics recently glorified three French women instrumental in introducing France's abortion law, which allows disability abortion up to birth. Meanwhile, the Paralympics, which celebrates the lives and achievements of athletes with disabilities, is set to...
Nearly 90% of babies prenatally diagnosed with Down’s syndrome were aborted in 2021
In 2021, nearly 90% of all babies prenatally diagnosed with Down's syndrome in England and the Crown Dependencies had their lives ended by abortion, according to statistics released by NHS England. Statistics released by NHS England this morning reveal that 87.26% of...
Amendment to stop abortion to birth for Down’s syndrome tabled by Sir Liam Fox MP
An MP has tabled an amendment that would bring an end to the current situation where abortion is available between 24 weeks and birth for babies with Down’s syndrome. Sir Liam Fox, former GP, cabinet minister and defence secretary, announced his amendment to the...
Mother of child with Down’s syndrome refused abortion and founded a non-profit
A mother, who was offered an abortion after tests suggested her unborn child had Down’s syndrome, is launching a non-profit organisation dedicated to serving families of children with special needs. Marsha Weigum was told that there was a 99% chance her son would be...
Line of Duty actor wants a superhero with Down’s syndrome on the big screen
Tommy Jessop, an actor with Down’s syndrome known for his role in the prime time BBC drama, Line of Duty, has petitioned Hollywood to make a new superhero film starring an actor with Down's syndrome. A BBC documentary released last month follows brothers Tommy and...
“Devalued to death”: activists with disabilities share fears about assisted suicide Bill
Activists with disabilities are speaking out against the legalisation of assisted suicide and are warning that vulnerable people risk “being devalued to death” as Labour MP Kim Leadbeater attempts to introduce assisted suicide. Leadbeater's announcement that she would...
Olympics opening celebrates three women responsible for law introducing disability abortion ahead of Paralympic Games
The Paris Olympics recently glorified three French women instrumental in introducing France's abortion law, which allows disability abortion up to birth. Meanwhile, the Paralympics, which celebrates the lives and achievements of athletes with disabilities, is set to...
Nearly 90% of babies prenatally diagnosed with Down’s syndrome were aborted in 2021
In 2021, nearly 90% of all babies prenatally diagnosed with Down's syndrome in England and the Crown Dependencies had their lives ended by abortion, according to statistics released by NHS England. Statistics released by NHS England this morning reveal that 87.26% of...
Amendment to stop abortion to birth for Down’s syndrome tabled by Sir Liam Fox MP
An MP has tabled an amendment that would bring an end to the current situation where abortion is available between 24 weeks and birth for babies with Down’s syndrome. Sir Liam Fox, former GP, cabinet minister and defence secretary, announced his amendment to the...
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200 MP candidates sign pro-life pledge in biggest response to Right To Life UK election campaign ever
In the biggest response to a Right To Life UK election campaign ever, 200 candidates from around the country have signed the Both Lives Pledge since it was launched last Monday. In the build up to the General Election next month, Right To Life UK launched the Vote For...
Baby born before the abortion limit now a year old and thriving
Baby Isla was born 18 weeks early and given only a 10% chance of survival. A year on, she’s thriving and has just celebrated her first birthday. Lauren Ormston and Oliver Dewey were expecting their first child together in July last year. But their daughter, baby Isla,...
Christian Democrats in Belgium want to change law to allow abortion for babies between 12 and 14 weeks
The Christian Democratic and Flemish party, which is part of the coalition government in Belgium, was previously opposed to changing abortion laws, but has now said that it will support increasing the abortion time limit from 12 to 14 weeks and cutting the current...
“Absolutely horrendous” – Liam Fox MP speaks out against abortion up to birth for Down’s syndrome
Former UK Defence Secretary, Liam Fox MP, has said that the abortion laws in the UK are “far too liberal” and that abortion up to birth for babies with Down’s syndrome is “absolutely horrendous”. In response to a question in an interview with GB News about...
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All Saints singer Melanie Blatt reveals band members were pressured into having abortions
All Saints singer Melanie Blatt has revealed she and bandmate Nicole Appleton experienced pressure to have abortions when the group was at the height of its fame in the 1990s. Speaking in a new BBC documentary named Girlbands Forever, Blatt, 50, spoke about her...
Britney Spears’ sister reveals pressure to have abortion when she was pregnant at 16
Actress, singer and sister of Britney Spears, Jamie Lynn Spears, revealed she experienced pressure to have an abortion when she was pregnant at 16. The 32-year-old contestant on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! told fellow contestants and viewers about her teen...
Justin Timberlake became outspoken advocate for “right to choose” after pressuring Britney Spears into abortion
Justin Timberlake has been slammed by fans after revelations that he put pressure on his then girlfriend, Britney Spears, to have an abortion and then went on to publicily campaign for “the right to choose”. In her memoir, The...
“One of the most agonising things I have ever experienced” – Spears pushed into having abortion by Timberlake
In her new memoir, popstar Britney Spears revealed that she became pregnant while dating fellow popstar Justin Timberlake and has described her subsequent abortion as "one of the most agonising things I have ever experienced in my life". The singers had been dating...
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200 MP candidates sign pro-life pledge in biggest response to Right To Life UK election campaign ever
In the biggest response to a Right To Life UK election campaign ever, 200 candidates from around the country have signed the Both Lives Pledge since it was launched last Monday. In the build up to the General Election next month, Right To Life UK launched the Vote For...
MPs propose law change that would make sex-selective abortion legal in England and Wales
The campaign group against sex-selective abortion, Stop Gendercide, has raised concerns that pro-abortion amendments to a Government Bill would make sex-selective abortions legal in England and Wales. Ahead of a vote on amendments introduced by Stella Creasy MP and...
Australian sonographer shocks journalist as she reveals reality of sex-selective abortion
An Australian journalist has written about her shock following a conversation with her sonographer who revealed that some families choose abortion after discovering the sex of their unborn baby. The anonymous writer shared her experience of going for her 20-week...
“Biased” Jersey consultation seeks views on introducing abortion for any reason up to birth
The Minister for Health and Social Services in Jersey is undertaking a heavily biased consultation into the abortion laws on the island, which includes asking whether abortion should be made legal for any reason up to birth, and consults on whether to allow...
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Massive 29% increase in lives ended through abortion in Northern Ireland in just one year
Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland show that 2,792 lives were ended through abortion in the year from 1...
First prosecution for praying the Lord’s Prayer in NI abortion buffer zone
A woman arrested for praying outside a hospital is being prosecuted for an alleged breach of abortion buffer zone legislation in Northern Ireland. Claire Brennan, 52, supported by the Christian Legal Centre, is challenging the prosecution which began earlier this week...
NI abortions increase by almost 25% in 12 months, record 2,168 lives lost
Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland this morning show that a record number of 2,168 lives were ended through abortion in Northern Ireland for the year from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. The figures reveal an increase of 413...
Northern Ireland consultation shows 73% are opposed to sex education covering “access to abortion”
The results of a consultation by the Department of Education in Northern Ireland have revealed that 73% of respondents are opposed to sex education resources covering "access to abortion". At the same time, guidance released by the Department of Education in...
Wrap up: Scotland assisted suicide Bill Stage 2 committee – day 1
The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee convened last week to debate the Scottish assisted suicide Bill as it began its scrutiny of amendments at Stage 2. The debate took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. In addition to the committee...
Scotland abortion numbers highest on record
Abortion statistics released today by Public Health Scotland show there were 18,710 abortions in Scotland in 2024, the highest number on record. This represents an increase of 468 abortions, with numbers increasing from 18,242 in 2023 to 18,710 in 2024. The...
Scotland’s assisted suicide Bill in doubt after reports 21 MSPs could drop support
The future of Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill in Scotland is in doubt after reports emerged that more than 20 MSPs could drop their support for the Bill. McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill passed Stage 1 by only 14 votes. This...
Major vote on extreme Scottish assisted suicide Bill scheduled for 13 May
It has been confirmed that the major Stage One debate and vote on Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill in Scotland will be taking place in less than a fortnight, on Tuesday 13 May. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is a Scotland-only...
Ireland: Doctors could make over €21,000 each per year extra for providing abortions, Irish Parliament reveals
Doctors in Ireland are receiving an average of €21,029 extra per year in taxpayers' money for providing abortions, according to new data from the Irish Parliament. Based on responses to Parliamentary Questions submitted by Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins,...
Record 10,852 abortions in Ireland in 2024, a 62.8% increase since 2019
Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health in Ireland show there were a record 10,852 abortions in Ireland in 2024, a 62.8% increase since 2019, when the abortion legislation introducing abortion on demand in Ireland came into effect, and 6,666 abortions...
Large crowd at March for Life in Dublin told to “vote pro-life”
The large crowd who turned out in Dublin for the March for Life on Bank Holiday Monday were urged to vote pro-life in the country's upcoming local and European elections. With the latest figures in Ireland suggesting that there may have been over 10,000 abortions in...
Woman almost dies after ectopic pregnancy, which may have been masked by abortion
A paper published in the Irish Medical Journal has revealed that a woman almost died from an ectopic pregnancy after having a medical abortion. The paper, released on 21 March 2024, reveals that a woman from Limerick had a medical abortion two weeks prior to being...
Assisted suicide numbers highest ever as Oregon sees 32% increase in a single year
The state of Oregon had the highest number of assisted suicides in 2023 since the practice began in 1998. The latest annual assisted suicide report ‘Oregon Death with Dignity Act: 2023 Data Summary’, released last month, has revealed a total of 367 people ended their...
Lobby group claims majority of religious believers in Scotland support making assisted suicide legal despite unreliable sample size
Based on sample sizes too small to represent the public, an assisted suicide lobby group, along with a prominent news organisation, has claimed that the majority of religious believers in Scotland support a change in the law on assisted suicide. Earlier this year,...
Government review shows abortion complication rates likely much higher than being reported by abortion providers
A Government review has revealed that abortion complication rates are likely much higher than has been previously reported in the annual abortion statistics Released earlier this week, the review compared two different means of analysing complications following an...
Canada sees 31% increase in euthanasia and assisted suicide in one year
In 2022, the number of people who ended their lives by euthanasia or assisted suicide increased by 31.2% from the previous year, accounting for 4.1% of all deaths in Canada. According to the latest report on assisted suicide and euthanasia from Health Canada, 13,241...
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Damien Hirst’s giant sculptures of the development of the unborn baby are still on display in Qatar a decade later
The giant sculptures of the development of the unborn human revealed by English artist, Damien...
Support for Infants Bill launched to provide support for parents and carers of children
An MP has launched a Bill to require the publishing of information regarding support available for parents and carers who look after children. The Support for Infants Bill, presented by MP for Hastings and Rye, Sally-Ann Hart, received its First Reading in the House...
Threefold increase in number of babies born at 22 weeks who survive
The number of babies born at 22 weeks gestation who survive to discharge from hospital has tripled following a change in national guidelines, according to new research. Researchers from the University of Leicester and Imperial College London examined the effects of...
Christian Democrats in Belgium want to change law to allow abortion for babies between 12 and 14 weeks
The Christian Democratic and Flemish party, which is part of the coalition government in Belgium, was previously opposed to changing abortion laws, but has now said that it will support increasing the abortion time limit from 12 to 14 weeks and cutting the current...
Euthanasia law rejected by Portugal’s Constitutional Court
A Portuguese court has rejected its Parliament’s attempt to introduce euthanasia into the country, pointing to the “intolerable vagueness” of the proposed legislation. On Monday, the Constitutional Court in Portugal rejected a law to introduce euthanasia for the...
20,000 attend March for Life in Paris
As a group of politicians in France attempt to make abortion part of the constitution and seek to introduce a law allowing euthanasia, Paris’ annual March for Life has responded with a resounding ‘non’. Held every year on the third Sunday of January to commemorate the...
20,000 take to streets of Malta to demand Government not introduce abortion
Over 20,000 people marched through Malta’s capital, Valletta, on Sunday afternoon, protesting the Maltese Government’s decision to table a bill that would introduce abortion to Malta. The demonstration was one of the largest protests in recent Maltese history,...
80 academics express “grave concern” about Bill to introduce abortion up to birth in Malta
Over 80 Maltese academics have signed a position paper on the Maltese Government’s proposed abortion law amendment that would introduce abortion up to birth, expressing “grave concern” and urging the Government to adopt a law that recognises the right to life of both...
Maltese Government tables abortion up to birth Bill
This afternoon the Maltese Government introduced a Bill to the Maltese Parliament that will introduce de facto abortion on demand, for any reason, up to birth in Malta. The Maltese Government earlier indicated that it would introduce a change to legislation that would...
Almost 1,000 amendments tabled to assisted suicide Bill ahead of Lords Committee stage
Almost a thousand amendments have been tabled to the assisted suicide Bill, believed to be approaching a record number, as the Bill enters Committee stage in the House of Lords. The number of amendments tabled appears to reflect the unprecedented interest Peers have...
Inventor of suicide machine holds London suicide workshop
A pro-assisted suicide campaigner, who has been accused of publishing material online that has reportedly been linked to the deaths of over 90 people in the United Kingdom, including the suicides of several teenagers, recently held a workshop in London teaching people...
All Saints singer Melanie Blatt reveals band members were pressured into having abortions
All Saints singer Melanie Blatt has revealed she and bandmate Nicole Appleton experienced pressure to have abortions when the group was at the height of its fame in the 1990s. Speaking in a new BBC documentary named Girlbands Forever, Blatt, 50, spoke about her...
Wrap up: Scotland assisted suicide Bill Stage 2 committee – day 1
The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee convened last week to debate the Scottish assisted suicide Bill as it began its scrutiny of amendments at Stage 2. The debate took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. In addition to the committee...
Former NZ MP urges UK Parliament to reject flawed assisted suicide Bill
A former MP from New Zealand has spoken out against legalising assisted suicide in England and Wales based on his own country’s experience, saying that safeguards which were promised are “so rarely effective”. As Kim Leadbeater’s Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life)...
New Zealand Labour Government that introduced extreme abortion law loses election
New Zealand’s Labour Government, which in 2020 introduced an extreme abortion law allowing de-facto abortion on demand for any reason up to birth, has been voted out of power. New Zealand’s General Election was held on Saturday 14 October 2023; the Labour Party Leader...
“Completely went off” – Abortion clinic owner boasts about performing large number of abortions
Dr Simon Snook, an owner of abortion clinics in New Zealand, has boasted about ending the lives of more babies through his new ‘0800 dial an abortion’ service than expected, saying that in the first two weeks of its launch the new service “completely went off”. ...
NZ PM’s Govt. launches ‘0800 dial an abortion’ service
The New Zealand Government has launched a new ‘DIY’ abortion scheme that allows women and girls to ‘free-phone’ a number and have abortion pills delivered to them in what has been described as ‘state-sponsored backstreet abortion’. Following the introduction of one of...
Victoria, Australia: Major expansion of euthanasia and assisted suicide only six years after law introduced
Just six years after the law came into effect in June 2019, the assisted suicide and euthanasia programme in Victoria, Australia, has been significantly expanded. The raft of changes made by the Government of Victoria, Australia, includes increasing the prognosis...
Australia: Northern Territory recommended assisted suicide and euthanasia with no “prognosis timeframe”
A government committee in Australia’s Northern Territory has recommended that the territory legislate to introduce assisted suicide and euthanasia without requiring a "prognosis timeframe", for people who wish to end their lives in this way. The Legal and...
Queensland: 35% surge in euthanasia and assisted suicide deaths in one year
The number of people who have ended their lives by euthanasia or assisted suicide in Queensland has increased by over 35% for the year 2024-2025 compared with the previous year. According to the 'Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board Annual Report' released...
Quadriplegic Australian has illegal assisted suicide after failing to qualify under state law
A man from the Gold Coast has been accused of illegally supplying lethal drugs to a quadriplegic man so he could end his own life after he had failed to qualify for assisted suicide or euthanasia in Queensland, Australia. According to reports, the 53-year-old, Brett...
Investigation uncovers Nigerian military’s secret mass abortion programme
The Nigerian military has been running a secret illegal mass abortion programme since at least 2013 that has resulted in at least 10,000 abortions, according to a Reuters report. The Reuters report is based on interviews with Nigerian women and girls, a number of...
Pastor marries corpse of fiancée he killed via forced abortion
A Nigerian pastor ‘married’ the corpse of his late fiancée after she died after a brutal abortion he had reportedly forced her to undergo. Reverend Dr. Success Emeka Sunday, the founder of Life Transformation Praying Ministry, in Akwakuma, Nigeria, has been accused of...
Abortion “a radical act of self-love” says UN Special Rapporteur
A Special Rapporteur for the United Nation’s Human Rights Council has described abortion as “a radical act of self-love”. Last year, the Special Rapporteur, Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng from South Africa, released a statement in relation to President Trump’s ‘gag rule’ that...
Malawi: Abortion-up-to-birth bill rejected
Lawmakers in Malawi have rejected a proposal to permit abortion up to birth. On 11th March, Mathews Ngwale, head of the Parliamentary Health Committee in Malawi, advanced a bill which would expand abortion access considerably. In late February, the Guardian...
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Chile rejects abortion
Chile’s lower Chamber of Deputies has rejected a Bill that sought to introduce abortion on demand up to 14 weeks gestation. The legislation, introduced in January this year, sought to amend the current Chilean penal code so that the current prohibitions on abortion...
Abortion campaigner dies after getting legal abortion in Argentina
An abortion campaigner has died after a legal medical abortion in Argentina, after the country legalised abortion on demand on 30 December 2020. Twenty-three year old Maria de Valle Gonzalez Lopez died earlier this month on 11 April, four days after being legally...
Abortion campaigners celebrate introduction of abortion on demand to Argentina
Argentina's senate has voted through a bill to introduce abortion on demand to Argentina. The result was announced at 4am on Wednesday with 38 votes in favour, 29 against and one abstention. Pro-abortion campaigners erupted into celebration outside the congressional...
Thousands join rallies across Argentina against new abortion bill
Thousands have joined in pro-life demonstrations, which according to organisers took place in across more than 500 cities in Argentina in opposition to a bill that would legalise abortion on demand. Argentines demonstrated for the protection of the unborn and support...
Vermont becomes America’s first ‘assisted suicide tourism’ state
The state of Vermont has become the first state in the United States to allow non-residents to end their lives by assisted suicide. Under the ‘Patient Choice and Control at the End of Life Act 2013’, Vermont permits doctors to prescribe drugs for self-administration...
Politician faces calls to resign after suggesting babies with disabilities should be aborted to save money
A politician in the US. is facing calls to resign after he suggested that children with disabilities should be aborted to save money. During a city council on 7 February, Michael Hugo, a Massachusetts Democrat and the chair of the Framingham Democratic Committee,...
Man shoots 84-year-old pro-life woman
A Michigan man who shot an 84-year-old woman who was advocating against abortion has been ordered to stand trial. Joan Jacobson, an 84-year-old volunteer, was advocating against a proposed state constitutional amendment that sought to establish a “right” to abortion....
Abortion boat to target women facing unplanned pregnancies
Since Roe v Wade was overturned, 13 states have made abortion illegal, leading activists to launch an ‘at sea’ abortion campaign to provide abortions on boats. According to the Guardian, some states that continue to allow abortions have seen an increase in women...
Crowd takes to the streets for India’s March for Life
Nearly five times as many people gathered for the 2023 March for Life in India compared to the previous year, as close to 1,000 pro-lifers marched to oppose 52 years of legal abortion in India. Youth activists raise awareness This summer, the second national...
South Korea’s smallest premature baby discharged from hospital
South Korea’s smallest baby, Cho Gun-woo, was discharged from hospital last year after five months in intensive care. Gun-woo was born prematurely on 4 April 2021 about 15 weeks prior to his due date. At the time of birth, he was unable to breathe independently, as...
Thailand rejects 24-week abortion bill, but proceeds with abortion on demand up to 12 weeks
Thai politicians have rejected a proposal to introduce abortion on demand through to 24-weeks, but proceeded with introducing abortion on demand up to 12 weeks. The new law, which came into effect today, will make abortion legal throughout the first trimester of...
MP calls out forced abortions on Uyghur women in China
An MP has urged the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to call on the Chinese Communist Party to end their population control measures, including forced abortions and sterilisation, of the Uyghur community in China. Conservative MP Fiona Bruce, in a debate...
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Almost 1,000 amendments tabled to assisted suicide Bill ahead of Lords Committee stage
Almost a thousand amendments have been tabled to the assisted suicide Bill, believed to be approaching a record number, as the Bill enters Committee stage in the House of Lords. The number of amendments tabled appears to reflect the unprecedented interest Peers have...
Wrap up: Scotland assisted suicide Bill Stage 2 committee – day 1
The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee convened last week to debate the Scottish assisted suicide Bill as it began its scrutiny of amendments at Stage 2. The debate took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. In addition to the committee...
Assisted suicide legislation “terrifying” for people with disabilities, says actress Liz Carr
Comedian, actress and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr has said that the prospect of making assisted suicide legal in the UK is "terrifying". Ahead of her documentary Better Off Dead? set to be aired on the BBC later this month, in which the actress makes her...
Lobby group claims majority of religious believers in Scotland support making assisted suicide legal despite unreliable sample size
Based on sample sizes too small to represent the public, an assisted suicide lobby group, along with a prominent news organisation, has claimed that the majority of religious believers in Scotland support a change in the law on assisted suicide. Earlier this year,...
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Almost 1,000 amendments tabled to assisted suicide Bill ahead of Lords Committee stage
Almost a thousand amendments have been tabled to the assisted suicide Bill, believed to be approaching a record number, as the Bill enters Committee stage in the House of Lords. The number of amendments tabled appears to reflect the unprecedented interest Peers have...
Wrap up: Scotland assisted suicide Bill Stage 2 committee – day 1
The Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee convened last week to debate the Scottish assisted suicide Bill as it began its scrutiny of amendments at Stage 2. The debate took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. In addition to the committee...
Assisted suicide legislation “terrifying” for people with disabilities, says actress Liz Carr
Comedian, actress and disability rights campaigner Liz Carr has said that the prospect of making assisted suicide legal in the UK is "terrifying". Ahead of her documentary Better Off Dead? set to be aired on the BBC later this month, in which the actress makes her...
Lobby group claims majority of religious believers in Scotland support making assisted suicide legal despite unreliable sample size
Based on sample sizes too small to represent the public, an assisted suicide lobby group, along with a prominent news organisation, has claimed that the majority of religious believers in Scotland support a change in the law on assisted suicide. Earlier this year,...
Todd Stephenson’s End of Life Choice bill risks taking euthanasia ‘choice’ too far
THE FACTS Act MP Todd Stephenson has prepared a members bill that would amend the country’s euthanasia laws. The End of Life Choice Act legalised euthanasia in certain circumstances and came into force in 2021 after the majority of voters supported it in a referendum....
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis
A baby, in Britain, in 2025, takes its stuttering final breaths. All deaths in infancy are harrowing. But the fact that this particular death might have been prevented – had neonatal care not depended so heavily on charity, had the NHS not failed to fund more than...
No safe territory
Three weeks ago, the House of Lords assisted suicide Bill Select Committee set out to test whether the UK could introduce assisted suicide laws and maintain its conscience. By the final day, those weeks of evidence revealed a nightmare of dangerous consequences and an...
Kate Forbes: Here’s why I’m against Holyrood’s Assisted Dying Bill
On Tuesday, members started working their way through a list of almost 300 amendments. Navigating this many potential changes is no mean feat, especially with such a complex piece of legislation. The committee has an unenviable task and is under more pressure than...
Todd Stephenson’s End of Life Choice bill risks taking euthanasia ‘choice’ too far
THE FACTS Act MP Todd Stephenson has prepared a members bill that would amend the country’s euthanasia laws. The End of Life Choice Act legalised euthanasia in certain circumstances and came into force in 2021 after the majority of voters supported it in a referendum....
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis
A baby, in Britain, in 2025, takes its stuttering final breaths. All deaths in infancy are harrowing. But the fact that this particular death might have been prevented – had neonatal care not depended so heavily on charity, had the NHS not failed to fund more than...
No safe territory
Three weeks ago, the House of Lords assisted suicide Bill Select Committee set out to test whether the UK could introduce assisted suicide laws and maintain its conscience. By the final day, those weeks of evidence revealed a nightmare of dangerous consequences and an...
Kate Forbes: Here’s why I’m against Holyrood’s Assisted Dying Bill
On Tuesday, members started working their way through a list of almost 300 amendments. Navigating this many potential changes is no mean feat, especially with such a complex piece of legislation. The committee has an unenviable task and is under more pressure than...