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UK
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The number of single men becoming fathers through surrogacy has tripled in recent years.
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The Government has stated that this is intended to remove barriers to “timely abortion care”.
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A Scottish NHS board is calling for women to donate their eggs in a new public advertising campaign.
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MPs have approved a significant change to abortion law that will pardon women convicted of illegal abortions and erase records of investigations, arrests and charges.
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Thirteen suspected cases of assisted suicide are currently being considered by prosecutors in England and Wales, according to new figures from the CPS.
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With Kim Leadbeater’s Bill now set to fail, supporters of assisted suicide are preparing a renewed effort for the next session of Parliament.
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In a late night sitting of the House of Lords, Peers voted to approve the Clause to decriminalise self-induced abortion up to birth, and to retain the Pills by post policy.
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MSPs have just voted by 69 votes to 57 to reject the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill.
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The former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland has warned MSPs not to require doctors to offer their patients “a pathway to death”.
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Rather than being the result of obstruction, the bill’s struggles reflect deep ethical concerns, significant legislative problems, and widespread unease about the consequences of changing the law.
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Now, more than ever, concern is mounting about coercion, domestic abuse, and the strength of its safeguards.
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By explicitly committing to reversing both measures, Restore Britain is positioning itself as a socially conservative alternative on the right of British politics.
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With just six sitting days remaining, Labour’s chief whip in the Upper House, Lord Kennedy, has made clear that the government will not repeat December’s move of granting extra time.
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Members of the Welsh Senedd last night narrowly agreed to a motion that would allow the Leadbeater assisted suicide bill, if passed, to be implemented in Wales.
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Seven leading medical and healthcare bodies have issued a rare joint warning over proposed Assisted Suicide Bill in Scotland.