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In the News
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November 19th, 2016
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November 19th, 2016
A Northern Irish woman is launching a judicial review against a decision to prosecute her for securing abortion pills for her daughter.
The woman in her thirties, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Belfast magistrates’ court last year charged under a 19th-century law with supplying her daughter with pills to induce abortion.
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November 19th, 2016
Four children have been granted permission by the courts to register a different gender from their birth, following legislation passed last year. The 16- and 17-year-olds were among 149 people granted gender-recognition certificates in the first full year of the Gender Recognition Act.
Two-thirds of those who opted to change their gender also applied for new birth certificates, in order to alter the record of their gender at birth, as permitted under the legislation. A further 12 applied for passports under their preferred gender.
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November 18th, 2016
The students’ union of City University in London last night passed a motion apparently seeking to ban The Sun, Daily Mail and Express newspaper titles from the campus.
The motion was passed at the union’s annual general meeting.
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November 18th, 2016
I just heard on the news this morning that in a landmark ruling a judge in England granted the dying wish of a 14 year old girl with cancer to have her body cryogenically frozen until the day when medical knowledge is sufficiently advanced to revive and cure her.
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November 18th, 2016
Last week another big step was taken towards the mass persecution of children with Down syndrome. On November 10th, the French ‘State Counsel’ rejected an appeal made by people with Down syndrome, their families and allies to lift the ban on broadcasting the award winning “Dear Future Mom” video on French television. The ban was previously imposed by the French Broadcasting Counsel. Kids who are unjustly described as a ‘risk’ before they are born, are now wrongfully portrayed as a 'risk' after birth too.
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November 18th, 2016
LGBT charity Galop has been given almost £30,000 to identify, monitor and support victims of online hate crime.
The charity’s project aims to encourage victims to report incidents of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia.
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November 18th, 2016
It is "quite clear" that Ashers Bakery in Belfast did discriminate against a gay man by refusing to make a cake with a slogan in favour of same sex marriage, a government minister has said.
Lord Bourne, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities, has given an exclusive interview to Premier.
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November 18th, 2016
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November 18th, 2016
A 14-year-old girl who wanted her body to be preserved in case she could be cured in the future, won a historic legal fight shortly before her death.
The girl, who was terminally ill with a rare cancer, was supported in her wish to be cryogenically preserved by her mother - but not by her father.
A High Court judge ruled that the girl's mother should be allowed to decide what happened to the body.