More than 1,000 retired military officers, including several who were top commanders, are urging President Barack Obama and Congress to maintain the law that bars gays from serving openly in the armed forces.
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April 2nd, 2009
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April 2nd, 2009
The founder of Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas has defended helping Britons, including some psychiatric patients, kill themselves.
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April 2nd, 2009
New figures obtained by a Northampton MP have revealed a 25 per cent rise in the number of young girls admitted to hospital with alcohol-related illnesses.
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April 2nd, 2009
Teachers at Hanham High School in Bristol, England, tackled sex education a bit differently this year.
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April 2nd, 2009
The founder of Swiss right-to-die organisation Dignitas, Ludwig Minelli, has told the BBC that suicide is a "marvellous possibility". Simon Cox, of Radio 4's The Report - the programme which interviewed Mr Minelli - discusses his call for the assisted suicide law to be clarified.
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April 2nd, 2009
Police have been ordered not to finish off the sentences of people with a stutter to prevent them appearing politically incorrect.
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April 2nd, 2009
Founder of Swiss assisted-suicide clinic wants to test legality of helping healthy person end life alongside terminally ill partner.
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April 2nd, 2009
In a crushing blow to the freedom of speech worldwide, the United Nations Human Rights Council last Thursday approved a resolution calling upon member states to provide legal ?protection against acts of hatred, discrimination, intimidation and coercion resulting from defamation of religions and incitement to religious hatred in general.?
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April 2nd, 2009
Two European countries, Britain and Belgium, have had cause in recent weeks to ponder the same ethical question: what happens when doctors decide a patient has no chance of a bearable life?
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April 2nd, 2009
Feminist For Life is an organization aimed at continuing the efforts of early feminists such as Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton to seek practical solutions to systematically eliminate the root causes for women to have abortions, according to the group?s website.