U.N. vote shows 'continuing pattern of growing opposition' to proposal.
In the News
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December 19th, 2009
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December 18th, 2009
Aruna Shanbaug was raped 36 years ago at the Mumbai hospital where she worked as a nurse. She has remained in the same hospital ever since; brain dead, confined to bed in a vegetative state.
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December 18th, 2009
A Labour MP has bitterly attacked plans for a Muslim ?Eton? for girls. The college for 1,500 pupils would be both the largest Muslim faith school and the biggest boarding school in the country ? larger than 1,330-pupil Eton.
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December 18th, 2009
In a decision many hope will lead to greater religious freedom in Turkey, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that a Turkish court ruling barring a church from starting a foundation violated the congregation?s right to freedom of association.
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December 17th, 2009
Parents who allow their children alcohol at home may be increasing the chances of future drinking problems, says England's chief medical officer.
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December 17th, 2009
Elderly people are now buying their loved ones suicide kits as Christmas gifts, according to a prominent euthanasia physician nicknamed 'Dr. Death.'
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December 17th, 2009
People should not be allowed legally to commit suicide just because they are disabled, campaigners have told Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions.
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December 17th, 2009
New guidelines on assisted suicide prosecutions issued following the case of Debbie Purdy, the multiple sclerosis sufferer, will ?legalise killing? a group of MPs and peers have warned.
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December 17th, 2009
Little Alfie Patten, a dark- haired boy from Eastbourne who is 13 but looks just eight, became a worldwide media sensation in February when it was reported that he had fathered a child.
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December 16th, 2009
A registrar who refused to conduct civil partnership ceremonies because they were against her Christian beliefs broke the law, Appeal Court judges ruled yesterday.