Is there no space for the father in the typical modern family? A newly-erected statue in the centre of Birmingham has portrayed the typical modern family as consisting of two women, two born children and an unborn child.The statue was designed by Gillian Wearing, whose brief was to select and portra...

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Brittany Maynard became famous after filming a video outlining her plans to kill herself A young woman dying from cancer who moved to Oregon in order to commit suicide has killed herself. Brittany Maynard swallowed a fatal dose of barbiturates on Saturday evening surrounded by family members.Mrs May...

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Safe at School has condemned plans to sink £2 million into dealing with alleged homophobic bullying in schools.(See "Government to fund campaign to stamp out anti-gay bullying in schools", Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/11193812/Government-to-fund-campaign-to-stamp-ou...

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Safe at School has produced new guidelines for primary schools entitled Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) for today's primary school children https://www.spuc.org.uk/campaigns/safeatschool/sreprimary201409This new publication promotes good practice in primary schools where parents are the main e...

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Parents from Welford Primary school in Birmingham are presenting 150 letters to Councillor Brigid Jones calling on her to ask the governing body at the school to remove a controversial teaching programme, Challenging Homophobia in Primary Schools (CHIPS).  The parents are angry that CHIPS was introd...

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Belfast: Criticism by Amnesty International of Northern Ireland’s legal protection for unborn children has been described as arrogant and anti-democratic by the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) the UK's largest pro-life organisation.SPUC was responding to an opinion poll, commiss...

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Philip Davies is the Conservative MP for Shipley Philip Davies, Conservative MP for Shipley, has said that all sex education should be dropped in schools.Mr Davies said: "My job as a parent is that I'm supposed to bring up my children with my particular values and the values I think are important to...

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?"You must assume everyone is conscious until you've proved otherwise, not the other way around." A mother who suffered a stroke and 'locked-in-syndrome' (where the patient can hear, think and feel but not move) has spoken of her distress after hearing medical staff and relatives discussing the pos...

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Mr Fidyka took his first steps six months after the surgery A man who was left paralysed by a knife attack is now able to walk using a frame, thanks to treatment using stem cells taken from his nose cavity, transplanted into his spinal cord.The surgery was carried out on Darek Fidyka by surgeons in ...

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The new law introduces a system of 'deemed consent' Students in Wales are being informed of a new organ donation law by an advertising campaign from the Welsh government.The new law introduces a system of 'deemed consent', whereby anyone who has not explicitly removed themselves from the organ dona...

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Baby Ethan has now fully recovered from his treatment A South African couple discovered that a benign tumour had grown on their unborn baby boy’s left lung, taking up 50% of the his lung space and causing fluid on the lungs, resulting in cardiac failure.However, the parents were offered a life-savin...

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Shane died in his parents' arms four hours after birth A baby boy born with anencephaly has died after living for only a few hours.After Shane was diagnosed in the womb, his parents decided to draw up a 'bucketlist' for him - things they would like him to do before he is born and passes away. As bab...

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Belfast: The pro-life movement in Northern Ireland has vowed to oppose any attempt to remove the Province’s existing protection for children diagnosed before birth with serious disabilities. Responding to the announcement that David Ford, the Justice Minister, wants to legalise the abortion of disab...

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A parents' support group has accused The Guardian newspaper of publishing a false and misleading report * about a meeting of parents and staff at Welford Primary school in Birmingham.Safe at School, the parents' support group, commented: "The Guardian's report exaggerated events and linked them to t...

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Ms Hubert is pursuing a private prosecution against two doctors who offered sex-selective abortions The Christian Legal Centre is backing a legal bid by a young pro-life activist against the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).Aisling Hubert instructed solicitors to bring action after it was announced t...

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Nancy's mother said: "I will live with the guilt forever" The mother has spoken of her relief after winning a legal battle to allow her disabled daughter to be dehydrated to death.Charlotte Fitzmaurice said: "Although I will live with the guilt forever, I know I have done everything I can for her an...

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Scientists such as the late Julian Simon argued that a growing population would adapt to the growing number of humans on the planet Population control will not cure the so-called 'crisis' of a perceived shortage of resources for future generations, according to a study published in the Proceedings ...

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Neither one of the parents is terminally ill Two elderly parents in their eighties have chosen their 64th wedding anniversary as the date when they will be euthanised.Their son commented that the euthanasia of his parents was "the best solution". Neither parent is terminally ill but both have vario...

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"This is no consent at all and a donation on this basis is not a donation but something akin to a tax imposed by the state." Reverend Dr Donald MacDonald, of the Free Church of Scotland, has commented on plans to introduce an opt-out organ donation system in Scotland.He objected to the plans saying:...

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The allegations against Dana and her brother have been found to be completely false Dana, the international singing star and leading pro-life politician, has been completely vindicated in a recent court action in which John Brown, her brother, was acquitted on five counts of indecent assault on unde...

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