Scientist Professor Stephen Hawking has spoken out in favour of assisted suicide for people with terminal diseases.
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September 17th, 2013
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September 17th, 2013
Scientist Professor Stephen Hawking has spoken out in favour of assisted suicide for people with terminal diseases (See Independent, BBC, Telegraph).
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September 16th, 2013
A Muslim woman will be allowed to stand trial wearing a full-face veil - but must remove it while giving evidence, a judge has ruled.
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September 16th, 2013
A Muslim woman can stand trial wearing a full-face veil but must remove it to give evidence, a judge has ruled.
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September 14th, 2013
SIR – We are writing as MPs representing different views about abortion but united in concern regarding the recent decision of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) not to prosecute GPs alleged to have authorised illegal gender-selection abortions (report, September 6).
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September 13th, 2013
Two Christian groups are considering a private prosecution after Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decided not to charge two doctors who agreed to arrange abortions of baby girls purely because of their gender.
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September 13th, 2013
THE Church of Scotland has warned it may stop conducting marriage ceremonies altogether for fear of legal challenges if gay couples are given the right to wed.
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September 13th, 2013
An alliance of 50 MPs on Saturday accuses the Crown Prosecution Service of an “unconstitutional” encroachment on the role of Parliament by refusing to bring charges against doctors linked to illegal abortions.
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September 13th, 2013
The vexing debate over the wearing of full-face veils in public has come to Britain, a country that prides itself on the protection of individual liberty.
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September 12th, 2013
A yes-no vote to allow female bishops in the Church in Wales is to be held.