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  • Independent: Norway allows foreign women pregnant with twins to have selective abortions
    October 18th, 2016

    Norway’s health ministry has ruled foreign women pregnant with twins can have selective reduction abortions in the country’s hospitals even if the foetus is healthy. 

    The ruling means women from neighbouring Sweden and Denmark where “selective reduction” abortions – meaning aborting one or more foetuses and leaving at least one behind – are illegal can come to Norway for the procedure. 

    As hospitals are not required to ask for a fixed address there are fears the move could lead to a rise in “abortion tourism” – though foreign women will have to pay for the procedure, Dagsavisen reported.

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  • Christian Today: This Could Be The Biggest Move Against Abortion In 50 Years
    October 18th, 2016

    The biggest cut back in abortion in nearly half a century will be debated in the House of Lords on Friday.

    Lord Shinkwin's Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill would remove two major clauses of the original Abortion Act 1967 and in doing so be the largest claw back of abortion provision in the UK since it was first legalised.

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  • Open Doors USA: Muslims turn to Christ in unprecedented numbers Pt. 1
    October 18th, 2016

    The Islamic State has been filling the headlines for a long time and filling the hearts of many people in the Middle East with fear. But in the midst of all this, the church in the Middle East is showing the love of Christ to those who fled their homes. Muslims in the Middle East are turning to Jesus in unprecedented numbers.

    Before the war, it was rare that a Muslim would become a follower of Jesus Christ. The war has changed everything. According to one of the Christian workers of a church in Lebanon, many new converts say they had their doubts about Islam before they converted. “Doubt is many times the key to start a change,” says the church worker.

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  • British Human Association: Professor Alice Roberts launches fundraising campaign to oppose 'faith' schools in 2017
    October 18th, 2016

    Writer and broadcaster, Professor Alice Roberts, has today launched an appeal to pay for the salary and work of the faith schools campaigner dedicated to opposing ‘faith’ schools and the prevalence of religious discrimination in the education system.

    The fundraising campaign comes in the wake of the Church of England’s recent announcement to open more than a hundred new schools in the next four years, while the Catholic Church has stated its intention to follow suit. For its part, the Government has proposed removing existing limits on religious discrimination in school admissions and paved the way for a whole new generation of 100% religiously selective state schools.

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  • BBC: David Ford removed from Church role over gay marriage stance
    October 18th, 2016

    Former Alliance leader David Ford has been removed from his role as an elder in his local Presbyterian Church after he spoke out for gay marriage.

    The former justice minister had held the role with Second Donegore Presbyterian Church, Dunamuggy, for nearly 30 years.

    In a statement, Mr Ford said he was being removed because the other elders refused to work with him.

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  • Breitbart: British Peer: Polygamy 'commonplace' within Muslim communities in Britain
    October 18th, 2016

    Polygamy is “commonplace” within Muslim communities in Britain, with husbands fathering as many as 20 children by four wives, a Peer has said. She has called for a change in the law so that Muslim women know their rights under British law not to be discriminated against.

    Although it has long been recognised that polygamy occurs in Muslim communities, it is typically seen as very rare.

    But in a statement delivered to a conference on Islam in the UK on Sunday, Baroness Cox, a cross-bench member of the house of Lords, told the audience that polygamy in some communities is “commonplace” and that, as the marriages are Islamic ceremonies which have no legal status in British law, women who find themselves in polygamous marriages are being left without any rights.

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  • Guardian: Healthy mice born from first lab-grown eggs spark calls for debate on future use
    October 18th, 2016

    The birth of baby mice made from artificial eggs has prompted calls for a public debate on whether the same approach should ever be offered by fertility clinics.

    Nearly a dozen rodents were born after scientists created the early-stage mouse eggs from stem cells and nurtured them in the lab until they were mature enough to fertilise with mouse sperm.

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  • Irish Times: Amnesty poll finds 72 % in North favour abortion in cases of rape and incest
    October 18th, 2016

    More than seven out of 10 people now support access to abortion in the North in cases of rape and incest, according to a new poll conducted for Amnesty in Northern Ireland. The poll findings were disclosed as Amnesty prepared to hand in a petition to the Northern Assembly with 45,000 signatures calling for changes to abortion legislation in Northern Ireland.

    The poll showed that 72 per cent of those polled now support the availability of abortion in cases of pregnancy through sexual crime. Two years ago, 69 per cent favoured in such cases.

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  • Australian Christian Lobby: Best Interests Not Served With Euthanasia Laws by Dan Flynn
    October 18th, 2016

    No amount of tinkering with proposed euthanasia legislation in South Australia will provide adequate safeguards, warns Australian Christian Lobby acting South Australia Director Dan Flynn.

    “It is disappointing to see the focus by those sponsoring the bill to do whatever it takes to get the legislation passed, through making amendments, rather than looking at what is in the best interest of South Australians,” Mr Flynn said.

    The bill is slated for debate on Thursday.

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  • Guardian: Church of England could drop legal requirement for weekly Sunday services
    October 17th, 2016

    The Church of England is considering dropping its legal requirement to hold weekly Sunday services in churches with small and declining congregations.

    A paper posted on the C of E website discloses that the “simplification task group” is considering amending clauses in canon law to relax the requirement for morning and evening prayer in every parish church every Sunday.

    The task group is part of a wide-ranging programme to modernise the church and stem its falling numbers.

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