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Image Source: Police Scotland | Courtney Gartshore A Scottish mother who killed her three-month-old daughter by subjecting her to sustained heat from a hairdryer has been sentenced to six years in prison in what a judge described as a “uniquely disturbing and distressing case”. Courtney Gartshore, 28, was convicted of…
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Image Source: Suffolk Police | (L) Lorna Nightingale, (R) Emma Nightingale A woman from Lowestoft who was accused of murdering her 70-year-old mother has said she gave her a fatal quantity of medication after her mother repeatedly asked for help to end her life. Emma Nightingale, 36, was charged with…
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Image Source: Shutterstock Disability rights groups in Malta have called for an expansion of genetic testing on IVF embryos to stop, warning that selecting embryos according to disability or genetic conditions sends a message that some human lives are less worthy of being born. The Thalidomide Survivors Association (TSA) and…
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Image Source: Facebook / McKenna West An unborn baby at the centre of a bitter international surrogacy dispute will receive medically necessary treatment for a serious heart condition after a Texas court intervened to protect his life. McKenna West, an Alaskan nurse carrying the baby she has named Gabriel, secured…
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Image Source: Shutterstock Scientists have moved closer to creating human sperm in the laboratory, a development presented as a potential treatment for male infertility but which also raises profound ethical questions about the creation and destruction of human embryos, and the prospect of deliberately creating children without a mother or…
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Image source: Shutterstock Massachusetts has legalised abortion up-to-birth after Democrat Governor Maura Healey signed legislation removing the state’s previous restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks. Healey signed H.5595, the “Act Prioritising Patient Access to Care”, on Monday, surrounded by a large group of women who applauded as the Governor approved…
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Image source: Shutterstock The family of an 83-year-old Canadian grandmother has alleged that she was euthanised despite previously rejecting assisted suicide on religious grounds and later expressing distress about the decision. Brigitte Stegemann, known to her family as “GG,” died through Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) programme on 10th…
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Image Source: Shutterstock Government plans to give cohabiting couples automatic marriage-style rights could further undermine marriage and worsen Britain’s demographic crisis, with new research suggesting similar reforms could be associated with tens of thousands fewer births each year. Under proposals being considered for England and Wales, couples who have lived…
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Image: Accra, Ghana | Source: Shutterstock Twenty African governments have backed a draft charter asserting national sovereignty over family policy, abortion, agriculture, natural resources, and international agreements, in a significant rejection of pressure from Western governments and international institutions. The African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values, adopted at a…
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Image source: Shutterstock New York’s controversial assisted suicide law has come into force, allowing doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill adults despite sustained opposition from Catholic leaders, disability advocates, and pro-life campaigners. The Medical Aid in Dying Act took effect on 5th August after being signed by Governor…
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The Babies Bill aims to give support during the 1,001 days from pregnancy to age two a stronger and more enduring legal foundation.
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Image Source: McKenna West A surrogate mother is fighting for custody of the unborn baby she is carrying after the intended parents allegedly requested an abortion when he was diagnosed with a serious heart condition. McKenna West, a nurse from Alaska, became pregnant through commercial surrogacy after signing with Worldwide…
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Image Source: (L) UK Parliament | (R) SPUC Pro-Life New Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said that palliative and social care funding should be fixed before Parliament considers legalising assisted suicide in England and Wales. It is the first time Burnham has set out his position on the issue since…
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Image Source: Shutterstock Former Sinn Féin MEP and MLA Martina Anderson has revealed that she underwent an abortion while preparing to join an IRA bombing mission in England, saying the decision left her emotionally broken. Anderson was 22 in 1985 and on the run in the Republic of Ireland when…