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  • Mail: Irish woman live tweets her journey to Liverpool for an abortion
    November 11th, 2016

    An Irish woman who was forced to travel to Liverpool for an abortion has live-tweeted the heartbreaking journey of ending her pregnancy.

    The unnamed pregnant woman found out her baby had a genetic condition that meant he or she would only survive for a few hours or even minutes after being born.

    But due to Ireland's ban on abortion unless the mother's life is at risk, she was forced to leave her severely disabled child at home and travel with her husband to from Dublin to Liverpool today for a termination.

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  • Times (£): Lab-grown eggs boost IVF chances for older women
    November 11th, 2016

    Human eggs have been regenerated from spare cells in women’s ovaries in an advance that is expected to significantly improve older women’s chances of giving birth through IVF treatment.

    Scientists say they can double the number of embryos available to would-be mothers with fertility problems after finding a way to turn tiny sacs of genetic “waste” into viable eggs.

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  • Premier: Ashers to try and appeal gay cake case in Supreme Court
    November 10th, 2016

    Christian bakers found to have breached equality laws by refusing to make a pro-gay marriage cake have asked judges to rule on whether they can appeal to the UK's highest court.

    The owners of Ashers bakery are seeking clarity on their legal position in regard to a potential Supreme Court challenge. The McArthur family are also considering taking their case to the European Court of Human Rights if the route to the doors of the Supreme Court is not open.

    Last month, Court of Appeal judges in Belfast upheld an original judgment which ruled that Ashers had discriminated against a gay activist for declining his order for a cake bearing the slogan "Support Gay Marriage".

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  • Fox: Mexico congressional committee rejects same-sex marriage measure
    November 10th, 2016

    Mexico’s congressional committee rejected a measure on Wednesday that would’ve legalized same-sex marriage throughout the country.

    The measure on enshrining same-sex couples' right to wed in the constitution was defeated 19-8, with one abstention, in the Commission on Constitutional Matters.

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  • Christian Today: Modern Society Has 'Destroyed' Family Bonds And Community Life, Says Former Archbishop
    November 10th, 2016

    The automobile has left the elderly generation behind, said the 80-year-old former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey on Wednesday.

    Old patterns of family life were "hollowed out" as communities became scattered by improved modes of transport and new career patterns, he said according to the Telegraph. Carey spoke with nostalgia at a conference on ageing Britain about his working-class upbringing that "revolved around the older generation".

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  • Archbishop of Canterbury: Archbishop of Canterbury appoints new Head of Media
    November 10th, 2016

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has appointed Jonathan Petre as Head of Media at Lambeth Palace. Mr Petre is currently the Religion and Education Correspondent on the Mail on Sunday newspaper.

    This is a new role which will oversee day to day contact with the media and provide the Archbishop with regular advice and guidance. The Archbishop’s Communications team at Lambeth, led by Director of Communications Ailsa Anderson, remains a total of three people.

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  • Christian Institute: Justin Welby: I'm an extremist, according to the Govt's definition
    November 10th, 2016

    The Archbishop of Canterbury says the Government has a seriously flawed view of extremism that places Christians alongside extreme Muslim groups.

    Criticising ministers and civil servants for "religious illiteracy", Justin Welby said many assume conservative Christian believers are "a bit bonkers".

    The Archbishop also recounted a conversation where he told a politician that he was an "extremist" because he believed the "kingdom of God outweighs everything else".

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  • Telegraph: 'Festive' Christmas cribs in France's town halls don't flout secularism, top court rules
    November 10th, 2016

    Frenchtown halls can continue bedecking their entrance halls with nativity scenes, the country’s highest administrative court ruled on Wednesday, after a bitter two-year battle over whether doing so flouted rules on secularism.

    However, adding a hair-splitting condition, the State Council said such cribs could only be installed if the intent was "cultural, artistic or festive", and not religious proselytism.

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  • Telegraph: One in four prisons hold transgender inmates, says Ministry of Justice report
    November 10th, 2016

    One in four prisons in England and Wales are holding transgender inmates, an official report has revealed.

    Data collected in March and April showed that 33 of the 123 public and private prisons reported they had one or more transgender prisoners.

    There were 19 establishments with one transgender inmate, ten prisons with between two and four, and four facilities holding at least five.

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  • PinkNews: Transgender prisoners 'should be allowed to express their gender' behind bars
    November 10th, 2016

    The government has concluded a review a review of the treatment of transgender people in the justice system, after a number of shocking cases in which women were sent to men’s prisons.

    The government promised a review last year of the way trans people in prisons are dealt with, after two female prisoners died within weeks of each-other while being held in all-male facilities.

    A third prisoner, Tara Hudson, was moved to a female facility after a public campaign – and since her release has been vocal in criticising her treatment.

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