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Andy Burnham
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Image Source: Shutterstock The Government has acknowledged that new abortion provisions contained in the Crime and Policing Act 2026 mean a woman cannot be prosecuted for ending her own pregnancy at any gestation, including beyond 24 weeks, and would not commit an abortion offence by deliberately misleading a doctor about…
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Image Source: Shutterstock Women who deliberately end their pregnancies through abortion will be entitled to statutory bereavement leave under new Government rules which treat abortion, failed IVF, and other forms of pregnancy loss as grounds for grieving. From April 2027, women and their partners who experience a pregnancy ending before…
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Image Source: (L) UK Parliament | (R) Society for the Protection of Unborn Children According to Politics UK, Andy Burnham has told Labour MPs that he will not be voting on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at its Second Reading on 11th September. This comes at the…
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Image source: assistustolive.com A coalition of disabled and terminally ill people, and allies, have called on Andy Burnham and MPs to halt the assisted suicide Bill until palliative and social care have been comprehensively reformed. In a letter organised by the Assist Us To Live campaign, signatories argue that disabled…
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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 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…