A heated debate on proposals to legalise euthanasia for minors in Belgium intensified this week. The governing Socialist party has proposed the bill while the Christian Democratic Flemish party has declared that it will challenge it in the European Court of Human Rights, if it were to become law.
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November 13th, 2013
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November 13th, 2013
Opponents of euthanasia will meet fellow campaigners from across Europe as they prepare to speak out against further attempts to legislate for assisted suicide at Holyrood.
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November 12th, 2013
A EUTHANASIA clinic set up in Adelaide will test drugs, distribute nitrogen kits and "provide services" to terminally ill patients.
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November 11th, 2013
A leading bioethical research institute has a released a new book highlighting ground-breaking research by medical professionals into the physical, psychological and social complications that women experience as a result of abortion.
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November 11th, 2013
The mother of a disabled girl who died at the age of 11 is suing for compensation, claiming doctors had failed to warn her that she could be born handicapped.
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November 10th, 2013
THE Prince of Wales, who has waited 61 years to be king, is facing a legal challenge to bar him and future monarchs from having a Christian coronation.
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November 10th, 2013
Campaigners are to attempting to launch a legal challenge to the Christian coronation of future monarchs in an attack on the most powerful symbol of the union between church and state.
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November 10th, 2013
The Bible does not support the view that some human lives are worth less than others. All are made in the image of God and all are equally precious.
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November 8th, 2013
We're not very good at rest, are we?
A new book by American minister Kevin DeYoung – entitled "Crazy Busy" – sums it up well: "Most mornings," he writes, "we drag ourselves out of bed, start the day's routine, and hope against hope that we can simply hold our ground."
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November 8th, 2013
Legalising same-sex marriage was "damaging" for the Conservative Party and was pushed through too quickly by David Cameron, a Cabinet minister has said.