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Assisted suicide Bill defeated in major victory for the most vulnerable in our society
Assisted suicide would come into force “regardless of whether the NHS was ready” for it, Shadow Health Secretary warns
Pro-life veteran, Lord Alton, calls on people around the country to take action to defeat the Edwards assisted suicide Bill ahead of vote on Friday
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Over 150 doctors and other medical professionals from the North East of England urge MPs to reject assisted suicide Bill
More than 150 doctors and other healthcare workers from across the North East of England have called on MPs to reject the new assisted suicide Bill at its Second Reading on 11 September, saying that it has “major shortcomings”. The healthcare professionals, whose...
Extremely premature baby born over four months early now thriving at home
A premature baby boy who weighed only 1 lb 2 oz when born and had a low chance of survival is now thriving at home and hitting his developmental milestones. Baby Sebastian was born in September, over four months before his due date, after his mother, Vivian,...
Assisted suicide Bill vote to take place day after World Suicide Prevention Day
A government adviser on suicide prevention has pointed out that the vote on the assisted suicide Bill will take place the day after World Suicide Prevention Day, revealing a striking disparity in supporters of the Bill’s views on suicide. The World Suicide Prevention...
Govt warns large number of ethnic-minority people could opt for assisted death in disproportionate numbers to avoid financial hardship or escape abuse as projected deaths rise 60%
A new Government assessment of the revived assisted suicide Bill, which MPs will vote on at Second Reading on 11 September, has warned that poverty, poorer access to healthcare, lower-quality care and domestic abuse could lead to “disproportionate numbers of ethnic...
Leaked document reveals SNP considering changing law to allow abortion up to birth for any reason, including sex-selection
A leaked copy of the Scottish National Party’s conference draft agenda has revealed that it includes a motion calling for a change in the law so it would no longer be illegal for women to perform their own abortions for any reason, including sex-selective purposes,...
Belfast City Council to celebrate abortion up to birth campaign by illuminating landmark, prompting backlash
Belfast City Hall will be illuminated in green next month to celebrate an international campaign to permit abortion up to birth, prompting a backlash in the region. The decision to illuminate Belfast City Hall on 28 September was made to celebrate International Safe...
Extremely premature baby born over four months early now thriving at home
A premature baby boy who weighed only 1 lb 2 oz when born and had a low chance of survival is now...
Premature baby born at only 23 weeks visits nurses who cared for him in hospital
Eighteen years after being given little chance of survival, Drayton Brindisi returned to the children’s hospital where he was treated to meet some of the doctors and nurses who cared for him during the first months of his life. Drayton spent more than five months in...
Australia’s most premature baby ever born at only 21 weeks 3 days
A tiny premature baby who was born weighing only 351 grams at just over 21 weeks gestation has become Australia’s smallest premature baby to survive. Makerita Tanuvasa, who is affectionately known by her middle name, Miracle, measured only 30.5 cm when she was born at...
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Press release – Assisted suicide Bill defeated in major victory for the most vulnerable in our society
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press release - Assisted suicide Bill defeated in major victory for the most vulnerable in our society COMMENT (PRESS RELEASE BELOW): Alisdair Hungerford-Morgan, Chief Executive of Right To Life UK, a charity that opposes the...
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BREAKING: major victory
MPs have just voted by 286 to 270 to defeat the Edwards assisted suicide Bill. This means assisted suicide will be kept out of England and Wales. If this Bill had passed and gone on to become law, it would have ushered in an irrevocable change that would have put the...
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Poll: 7 in 10 Scots say improve access to care for people with disabilities before assisted suicide
Almost seven in ten Scots believe that access to care should be improved for people with disabilities before any assisted suicide Bill should become law, new polling has revealed. The poll, commissioned by disability advocacy group Not Dead Yet UK, revealed that 69%...
Number of babies with a disability aborted has increased, statistics reveal
The number of unborn children with a disability who were aborted in England and Wales has increased, according to the latest abortion statistics released by the Department of Health and Social Care. Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health and Social...
“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...
Poll: 7 in 10 Scots say improve access to care for people with disabilities before assisted suicide
Almost seven in ten Scots believe that access to care should be improved for people with disabilities before any assisted suicide Bill should become law, new polling has revealed. The poll, commissioned by disability advocacy group Not Dead Yet UK, revealed that 69%...
Number of babies with a disability aborted has increased, statistics reveal
The number of unborn children with a disability who were aborted in England and Wales has increased, according to the latest abortion statistics released by the Department of Health and Social Care. Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health and Social...
“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...
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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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Rapper tells gender reveal guests his unborn child will be aborted if a girl
A rapper has told friends at his gender reveal party for his unborn baby that if the child is not a boy, they will have an abortion. Daniel Hernandez, who goes by the stage name Tekashi 6ix9ine, told his friends during a livestream at his unborn baby’s gender reveal,...
Evidence of 400 sex-selective abortions as Britain’s largest abortion provider claims practice not illegal
As evidence emerges suggesting approximately 400 sex-selective abortions of baby girls happened between 2017 and 2021, Britain’s largest abortion provider continues to claim the practice is not illegal, despite a Government confirmation to the contrary. The British...
Proposal to make sex-selective abortion legal up to birth in Scotland prompts backlash
Sex-selective abortion could be legalised in Scotland under recommendations from a review of abortion law in Scotland commissioned by the Scottish Government, and undertaken by a group chaired by a former trustee of the UK’s largest abortion provider. The...
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...
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Belfast City Council to celebrate abortion up to birth campaign by illuminating landmark, prompting backlash
Belfast City Hall will be illuminated in green next month to celebrate an international campaign to permit abortion up to birth, prompting a...
Record 2,899 lives lost to abortion in Northern Ireland in 2024/25, latest stats reveal
There were a record 2,899 abortions in Northern Ireland in the year from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, an increase of 104 (3.72%) from the year ending 31 March 2024, according to statistics released by the Department of Health in Northern Ireland. The...
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 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, an increase of 624 (28.78%) from the year ending 31 March 2023. This is the largest...
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...
Leaked document reveals SNP considering changing law to allow abortion up to birth for any reason, including sex-selection
A leaked copy of the Scottish National Party’s conference draft agenda has revealed that it includes a motion calling for a change in the law so it would no longer be illegal for women to perform their own abortions for any reason, including sex-selective purposes,...
Scotland abortion numbers highest ever on record
There were 18,783 abortions in Scotland in 2025, the highest on record, according to statistics released earlier today. Released earlier today by Public Health Scotland, the figures reveal a stark increase in the number of abortions over the last ten years. 2025 saw...
Grandmother arrested for holding sign offering support outside abortion provider has charges dropped
A Scottish grandmother who was arrested for holding a sign in an abortion “buffer zone” has had the charges against her dropped. Rose Docherty, 75, was the first person to be charged under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act, Scotland’s buffer zone...
Wrap-up: Scotland rejects assisted suicide after historic debate
The Scottish assisted suicide Bill was defeated on Tuesday 17 March in a major victory for opponents of the Bill by 69 votes to 57. This defeat has likely settled the issue in Scotland for a generation after a two-year national debate, and will likely contribute to...
Bill to remove three-day wait before abortion progresses in lower house of Irish Parliament
A Bill that would scrap the mandatory three-day waiting period after an initial consultation for an abortion in Ireland has progressed in the lower house of the Irish Parliament. The Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Amendment) Bill 2026, which was put...
Ireland: almost 60,000 abortions since 2019, a 59% increase since law introduced
Abortion statistics released by the Department of Health in Ireland show there were 10,600 abortions in Ireland in 2025, a 59.02% increase since legislation introducing abortion on demand came into effect in 2019, when 6,666 abortions took place. This brings the total...
Ireland: Bill to remove three-day wait before abortion defeated
A Bill in Ireland that would have scrapped the mandatory three-day waiting period between an initial consultation and obtaining an abortion, would have removed doctors from criminal liability in regard to abortion almost entirely - even up to birth - and would have...
108 babies born alive then died after failed abortions in Ireland
108 babies were born alive and possibly left to die following failed abortions in Ireland between 2019 and 2023, according to new data published by the health service. According to reports, the figures released by Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE), following a...
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...
“Dr Death” considering creating “pop-up” Swiss assisted suicide referral service in London
A euthanasia campaigner and former GP nicknamed ‘Dr Death’ has said he plans to open a “pop-up office” in London to advise people on travelling to Switzerland to end their lives by assisted suicide. Philip Nitschke, the controversial founder of pro-euthanasia...
Many people across the media and politics join together in celebrating rejection of assisted suicide Bill
Following the defeat of the assisted suicide Bill in the House of Commons on Friday 11 September, many figures in politics and the media have celebrated the fall of the Bill as “a victory for the vulnerable”. Lauren Edwards’ assisted suicide Bill was defeated by 286...
Assisted suicide Bill defeated in major victory for the most vulnerable in our society
Lauren Edwards’ assisted suicide Bill has been defeated by 286 votes to 270 in a major victory for opponents of the Bill, settling the issue in England and Wales for a generation after a two-year national debate. The assisted suicide Bill was opposed by the leaders of...
Assisted suicide would come into force “regardless of whether the NHS was ready” for it, Shadow Health Secretary warns
Assisted suicide would come into force “regardless of whether the NHS was ready” for it if it is legalised, due to the wording of the Bill, Shadow Health Secretary Damian Hinds has warned. Hinds made these comments in The Telegraph ahead of the Second Reading vote on...
New Zealand: almost 50% surge in euthanasia and assisted deaths over 3 years
In New Zealand, cases of euthanasia and assisted suicide have increased by almost 50% (48.17%) for the year April 2025 to March 2026 compared with the same period in 2022-2023, just three years ago, according to data released by the New Zealand Ministry of Health...
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”. ...
Woman has organs harvested following assisted suicide in world first
A woman in Australia has become the first person in the world to have their organs harvested after ending their life by assisted suicide. Karen Duncan, from Victoria, Australia, ended her life by assisted suicide after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease...
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...
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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New Zealand: almost 50% surge in euthanasia and assisted deaths over 3 years
In New Zealand, cases of euthanasia and assisted suicide have increased by almost 50% (48.17%) for the year April 2025 to March 2026 compared with the same period in 2022-2023, just three years ago, according to data released by the New Zealand Ministry of Health...
Anorexia loophole would remain in assisted suicide Bill if brought back, expert says
An eating disorders researcher has warned that bringing back the assisted suicide Bill using the Parliament Acts would also bring back a loophole that would put the lives of people with eating disorders at risk. Chelsea Roff, the founder of leading eating disorder...
Family blindsided after learning of sister’s assisted suicide on Instagram – after secret Swiss clinic death
A family have been left blindsided after learning of their sister's secret assisted suicide on Instagram at a Swiss assisted suicide clinic. Wendy Duffy, a 56-year-old former care worker from the West Midlands, reportedly paid £10,000 to end her life at the Pegasos...
Healthy British woman ends life by assisted suicide in Switzerland
A physically healthy woman who ended her life in a Swiss assisted suicide clinic last week discovered she could end her life this way after viewing an ITV documentary about a similar case three years previously. Wendy Duffy, a 56-year-old former care worker from the...
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New Zealand: almost 50% surge in euthanasia and assisted deaths over 3 years
In New Zealand, cases of euthanasia and assisted suicide have increased by almost 50% (48.17%) for the year April 2025 to March 2026 compared with the same period in 2022-2023, just three years ago, according to data released by the New Zealand Ministry of Health...
Anorexia loophole would remain in assisted suicide Bill if brought back, expert says
An eating disorders researcher has warned that bringing back the assisted suicide Bill using the Parliament Acts would also bring back a loophole that would put the lives of people with eating disorders at risk. Chelsea Roff, the founder of leading eating disorder...
Family blindsided after learning of sister’s assisted suicide on Instagram – after secret Swiss clinic death
A family have been left blindsided after learning of their sister's secret assisted suicide on Instagram at a Swiss assisted suicide clinic. Wendy Duffy, a 56-year-old former care worker from the West Midlands, reportedly paid £10,000 to end her life at the Pegasos...
Healthy British woman ends life by assisted suicide in Switzerland
A physically healthy woman who ended her life in a Swiss assisted suicide clinic last week discovered she could end her life this way after viewing an ITV documentary about a similar case three years previously. Wendy Duffy, a 56-year-old former care worker from the...
A warning from Canada
When I heard Andy Burnham recently say that Britain must fix its crisis in social care and palliative care provision before entertaining the introduction of assisted dying I knew, perhaps more than most, how right he was. When campaigners insist that assisted death is...
Almost eight in ten say disabled people need better care before assisted suicide is approved
A new poll shared exclusively with LBC has found 78% of people believe Parliament should improve access to care for disabled people before introducing assisted suicide. Click here to read the full article
The impact assessment sets out why I cannot support the assisted dying bill
Since I was elected, I have listened to constituents describe the agony of watching someone they love approach the end of life. I have experienced that agony myself. When cancer claimed my wife, I witnessed the fear and helplessness that serious illness can bring in...
“Assisted dying” and the psychiatric reality of death
I have spent over three decades working as a psychiatrist and psycho-oncologist, including years as a palliative care psychiatrist in a hospice, caring for people with serious physical illness and mental illness, and helping patients and families navigate the...
A warning from Canada
When I heard Andy Burnham recently say that Britain must fix its crisis in social care and palliative care provision before entertaining the introduction of assisted dying I knew, perhaps more than most, how right he was. When campaigners insist that assisted death is...
Almost eight in ten say disabled people need better care before assisted suicide is approved
A new poll shared exclusively with LBC has found 78% of people believe Parliament should improve access to care for disabled people before introducing assisted suicide. Click here to read the full article
The impact assessment sets out why I cannot support the assisted dying bill
Since I was elected, I have listened to constituents describe the agony of watching someone they love approach the end of life. I have experienced that agony myself. When cancer claimed my wife, I witnessed the fear and helplessness that serious illness can bring in...
“Assisted dying” and the psychiatric reality of death
I have spent over three decades working as a psychiatrist and psycho-oncologist, including years as a palliative care psychiatrist in a hospice, caring for people with serious physical illness and mental illness, and helping patients and families navigate the...