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The vast majority of amendments to the Bill have been uniformly dismissed.
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SPUC brands the report from the Scottish Abortion Law Review as “destructive” and “disastrous for the women and future generations of Scotland”.
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The government has strongly rejected calls to reinstate face-to-face requirements or otherwise restrict the pills-by-post policy.
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The rising cost of living and plummeting birth rate has sent New York State into a panic.
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In a significant victory for freedom of expression and the pro-life movement, the German city of Regensburg has withdrawn its restrictions on prayer vigils near abortion facilities.
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The University of Technology Sydney has proposed to discontinue three postgraduate courses in palliative care in the wake of new assisted suicide law.
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Oral evidence to the Select Committee on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill concluded last week. Again, the expert witnesses voiced a range of concerns they have with the Bill. Here are some highlights.
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Tuesday, 4 November saw Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill begin Stage 2 deliberations with crucial votes on safeguards, palliative care and the criteria for eligibility.
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The proposal seeks to expand access to abortion across all EU member states and introduce EU-level funding to pay for it.
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As pro-lifers, we need to be very clear: yes, it’s sad to think about healthy human embryos being discarded. But it is wrong to destroy any embryos, healthy or otherwise.
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Parents who think donation “doesn’t feel right” can now wear a charm containing the embryo they destined for destruction.
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The Select Committee hearing evidence about the Terminally Ill Adults Bill met again last week. Again, the expert witnesses drew out multiple problems with the Bill. Here are some highlights.
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McGee’s legal challenge in the 1970s led to the legalisation of contraceptives, a big hit in the country once defined by its Catholic moral code.
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Routh described himself as a “constant failure” and expressed a wish to be placed in a prison that allows what he called “medical aid in dying”.
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Patrick Harvie MSP, has proposed what critics describe as “totalitarian” plans to introduce abortion clinic-style buffer zones around locations where assisted suicide could take place.
