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Westminster MPs today voted in favour of Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill by 314 to 291. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) voiced its “deep disappointment” and called the decision an “abdication” of MP responsibilities.
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MPs have just voted to decriminalise abortion. NC1, proposed by Tonia Antoniazzi MP, was approved by 379 votes to 137. You can see the vote breakdown here.
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SPUC has slammed a pro-assisted suicide advertising campaign across the Transport for London (TfL) network as “irresponsible” and “beyond belief” when suicide is a common occurrence at stations across the capital.
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Bishop John Keenan of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paisley has condemned a “supposedly independent abortion law review” into Scotland’s abortion law for excluding all pro-life representation.
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An open letter to the Prime Minister, signed by 3,400 doctors and other medical staff, has warned that a proposed assisted suicide bill is “remarkably out of touch” at a time when the NHS is “broken”.