The British Government last night forced the pro-euthanasia Mental Capacity Bill through a sceptical House of Commons and refused to reverse the Bill's euthanasia nature. The Bill was passed at its Third Reading by 354 votes to 118. The Government rejected Report Stage amendments, backed by 200 MPs,...

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News, The British Government last night forced the pro-euthanasia Mental Capacity Bill through a sceptical House of Commons and refused to reverse the Bill's euthanasia nature. The Bill was passed at its Third Reading by 354 votes to 118. The Government rejected Report Stage amendments, backed by ...

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Government ploy on Mental Capacity Bill causes uproar Westminster, 17:28, - The House of Commons was in uproar when government officials circulated correspondence between the Lord Chancellor and Catholic Archbishop Peter Smith of Cardiff in which the Archbishop claimed that the Government has made ...

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SPUC expresses deep disquiet as Government forces euthanasia bill through Commons Westminster, 19:00, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has expressed deep disquiet that the Government has refused to reverse the euthanasia nature of the Mental Capacity Bill and tonight whipp...

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News, Baroness Warnock has been criticised, according to the Guardian newspaper, by the charity Age Concern, after she said that she would prefer euthanasia to being a 'burden' or 'an increasing nuisance'. In an adulatory interview in The Times of London, Baroness Warnock said: "I know I am not re...

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Baroness Warnock has been criticised, according to the Guardian newspaper, by the charity Age Concern, after she said that she would prefer euthanasia to being a 'burden' or 'an increasing nuisance'. In an adulatory interview in The Times of London, Baroness Warnock said: "I know I am not really all...

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A UK fertility expert has called for the abolition of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, BBC reports. In an interview for BBC radio, Lord Robert Winston said that the HFEA should be replaced with a 'less bureaucratic' body that 'doesn't inhibit research.' He commented: "It is very str...

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News, A UK fertility expert has called for the abolition of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, BBC reports. In an interview for BBC radio, Lord Robert Winston said that the HFEA should be replaced with a 'less bureaucratic' body that 'doesn't inhibit research.' He commented: "It is ...

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News, The General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing and the British Medical Association's head of science and ethics have questioned the assumption that only 'a small religious minority' oppose euthanasia. In a letter to the Guardian newspaper, Dr Beverly Malone and Dr Vivienne Nathanson s...

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The General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing and the British Medical Association's head of science and ethics have questioned the assumption that only 'a small religious minority' oppose euthanasia. In a letter to the Guardian newspaper, Dr Beverly Malone and Dr Vivienne Nathanson stated th...

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Researchers from the Universities of Sydney and Oxford have questioned the theory that bigger babies grow into healthier adults, Reuters reports. The analysis of studies covering more than 74,000 people across the world found that cholesterol levels in adults who had a low birth weight were only sli...

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News, Researchers from the Universities of Sydney and Oxford have questioned the theory that bigger babies grow into healthier adults, Reuters reports. The analysis of studies covering more than 74,000 people across the world found that cholesterol levels in adults who had a low birth weight were ...

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News, A survey of 2000 disabled people commissioned by the Voluntary Euthanasia Society has concluded that four- fifths of disabled people want the law changed to allow assisted suicide. The Observer newspaper claimed that the poll was 'a key plank' in support of Lord Joffe's assisted dying bill a...

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A survey of 2000 disabled people commissioned by the Voluntary Euthanasia Society has concluded that four- fifths of disabled people want the law changed to allow assisted suicide. The Observer newspaper claimed that the poll was 'a key plank' in support of Lord Joffe's assisted dying bill and that ...

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Withdrawal of abortion drug ads victory for life, says SPUC Withdrawal of abortion drug ads "victory for life", says SPUC Westminster, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is delighted that the campaign of protest and prayer against misleading and blasphemous morning-after...

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A British peer and director of Marie Stopes International has suggested that parents from deprived areas should be dissuaded from having large families. Baroness Flather stated: "We need people with skills and large families are not always focused on that." Parents of larger families dismissed Baron...

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News, A British peer and director of Marie Stopes International has suggested that parents from deprived areas should be dissuaded from having large families. Baroness Flather stated: "We need people with skills and large families are not always focused on that." Parents of larger families dismiss...

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News, A report in the British Medical Journal has expressed concern that suicide pacts arranged via the internet known as 'cybersuicides' may be on the increase. Dr Sundararajan Rajagopal wrote that an average of one suicide pact per day was made in England and Wales and that even though the numbe...

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A report in the British Medical Journal has expressed concern that suicide pacts arranged via the internet known as 'cybersuicides' may be on the increase. Dr Sundararajan Rajagopal wrote that an average of one suicide pact per day was made in England and Wales and that even though the number had de...

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A Democrat Congressman has had a report into abstinence education produced which alleges that abstinence programmes are giving US teenagers misinformation about the consequences of abortion and various forms of sexual activity. Henry Waxman said: "I have no objection to talking about abstinence as a...

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