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Doctors who aborted foetuses based on their gender could finally be successfully prosecuted after British lawyers launched an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights calling for a reform of abortion law.
The appeal comes four years after a Daily Telegraph undercover investigation found two doctors were offering abortion services to couples based on the sex of their unborn child.
Doctors have a ‘duty’ to help their patients die and it should be a part of their jobs, according to the Queen’s former physician.
Sir Richard Thompson is one of a growing number of eminent doctors who want assisted dying to be made legal.
Next Tuesday, the British Medical Association will vote for the first time in more than a decade on whether to stop opposing the controversial practice.
At their annual meeting in Belfast, more than 500 doctors will decide on whether to take the significant step of adopting a ‘neutral’ stance as their official position on assisted dying.
It is an issue many fear will bring about the biggest split in western Christianity since the Reformation.
But at least in the Church of England, it seems, if you are going to have a schism you might as well do so politely.
Members of the Church’s decision making General Synod have been issued with a manual setting out how to discuss the fraught subject of sexuality without offending each other too much.
Last week the UN put yet more pressure on Ireland to change its abortion laws protecting the unborn. The UN Human Rights Committee ruled that Ireland, in its 'failure' to terminate a baby with a rare genetic condition, had breached the human rights of his or her mother. The Irish Times stated that as a result of the ruling, "there is a provision for another State to take a complaint against Ireland" and goes on to summarise the decision by saying "the real impact of the UN decision is to increase the political pressure for change in abortion law".
Almost a quarter of all charitable giving in England and Wales is received by faith-based charities, according to a new report released today by think tank New Philanthropy Capital (NPC).
Almost half of all overseas aid and human rights charities are religious in nature, with 49 per cent of aid charities and 45 per cent of human rights charities citing a religious foundation.
The new report, entitled Faith Matters: Understanding the size, income and focus of faith-based charities, released by NPC today, is a comprehensive analysis of the role of faith-based charities, both in terms of income and areas they work in.
A school has warned a father his eight-year-old daughter could be radicalised or groomed by predators unless she joined £5-a-time after school clubs.
Matthew Cable from Telford, Shropshire, says he couldn't believe his eyes when he found a letter his daughter Ellen-May brought home from Holmer Lake Primary School pressuring children as young a four into joining a club.
The 37-year-old, who says his daughter is a member of some clubs, believes the school is scaremongering the children, and that clubs can cost up to £5, which some parents cannot afford.
Men who are stressed can pass on anxiety and depression to their children and grandchildren, scientists in Australia have found, in a study which indicates parental advice has been “disproportionately” focused on the health and diet of women.
The study, based on mice which were fed stress hormones, examined the behaviour of the first and second generations of offspring. It found that the later generations – that had no contact with their fathers - showed signs of increased anxiety and depression and that such behaviour may be passed on via molecules called “microRNAs” which affected genetic outcomes.
A Muslim faith school has accused Ofsted of racism after the watchdog slams posters branding music and dancing as 'acts of the devil'.
The Darul Uloom Islamic High School said the leaflets - described by Ofsted as evidence of safeguarding weakness - were not found on its premises but at the rear door of an adjacent mosque.
And the independent school in Small Heath, Birmingham, has alleged that an Ofsted inspector angrily refused to take off their shoes during a recent inspection, describing them as 'extremely belligerent' throughout the visit.
Thirty campaigners, including academics, MPs, peers, faith groups and educators, have called on the Government to abolish the law requiring Christian worship in English schools, following criticism of the practice from the UN.
The signatories to the letter, organised by the National Secular Society, include Ted Cantle, who warned over a decade ago that religious and ethnic communities in Britain were living "parallel lives", Paul Rowe, the CEO of Educate Together, Caroline Lucas MP, historian Dan Snow, Professor AC Grayling and a range of educators concerned about the imposition of Christian worship on pupils.
"There is a growing consensus," the signatories say, that collective worship in schools should be abolished.
Current law fails to reflect children's Human Rights, the letter adds.