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Employees in the UK are only eligible for parental bereavement leave if they or their partner have suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth after 24 weeks of pregnancy, but this may soon change. Speaking to MPs, Business Minister Justin Madders said that he will be looking into extending the leave to…
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The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has taken a neutral position on assisted suicide for the first time in its history, despite opposition among GPs increasing in recent years. A poll of GPs found that only a third of GPs support legalisation. A poll of thousands of UK GPs…
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BMA consultants have voted in favour of a motion stating that assisted suicide is not healthcare and presents “serious moral hazards to consultants”.
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The MP committee scrutinising Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill has voted to scrap the High Court judge safeguard that would have required a higher level of judicial sign-off.
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Labour MPs have indicated that they may use a government bill to push for abortion to be removed from criminal law.
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SPUC has lauded its largest-ever Youth Conference that saw over 200 young people come together from across the UK in defence of life.
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Gove said that praying silently inside a buffer zone could not be considered “genuine intimidation”.
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Livia Tossici-Bolt, 63, is on trial for standing with a sign that read, “Here to talk, if you want to”, near an abortion facility in Bournemouth.
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MP Kit Malthouse has attempted to censor the backlash after an assisted suicide committee rejected an amendment that would have stopped doctors from suggesting suicide to people with Down’s syndrome.
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Stuart Worby has had his jail sentence increased by five years following his case’s referral to the Court of Appeal by the Solicitor General.
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Official statistics for 2023/24 show the biggest percentage rise in abortion ever seen in the UK.
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Student midwife Sara Spencer was placed on special leave and subjected to an investigation after posting her pro-life views on social media.
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Hardly a week goes by without another expert identifying a serious concern about MP Kim Leadbeater’s assisted suicide bill.
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The author of the Scottish buffer zones law has said that prayer inside a home within a buffer zone might break the law.
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Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on 14 February, US Vice-President JD Vance censured Western governments’ curtailing of free speech.