Nurses and midwives should be allowed to give women the pills that end an unwanted pregnancy as part of a relaxation of Britain’s abortion laws, the leader of the country’s specialist women’s health doctors has demanded.
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October 5th, 2017
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October 5th, 2017
A terminally ill man has lost his High Court challenge against the law on assisted dying.
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October 5th, 2017
A man who is terminally ill with motor neurone disease has lost his High Court challenge to fight for his right to die.
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October 5th, 2017
A Christian excluded from Sheffield University after being accused of making "derogatory" comments regarding homosexuality is waiting to learn whether his High Court battle has been successful.
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September 29th, 2017
The first same-sex church wedding in the UK has taken place despite the threat that it will prompt punitive sanctions against the Scottish Anglican denomination that held it.
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September 29th, 2017
The first same-sex church wedding in the UK has taken place in Edinburgh.
Peter Matthews and Alistair Dinnie made history when they were married at St John's Church, run by the Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC), The Times Scotland reported.
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September 28th, 2017
Precise "chemical surgery" has been performed on human embryos to remove disease in a world first, Chinese researchers have told the BBC.
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September 27th, 2017
Ireland's prime minister announced a referendum on whether to repeal the country's ban on abortion in nearly all cases on Tuesday, with the vote due to take place just a few weeks before a visit from the Pope.
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September 26th, 2017
An 18-year-old Christian has lost her job after publicly sharing her opposition to same-sex marriage in Australia on Facebook. -
September 23rd, 2017
A researcher has been refused permission to study cases of people who have surgery to reverse gender reassignment by a university that said it risked generating controversy on social media sites.