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  • The Economist: Steps forward and back
    September 30th, 2011

    TO EQUAL measures of joy and dismay, Mexico’s Supreme Court has given the green light to ultra-conservative anti-abortion laws passed in the states of Baja California and San Luis Potosí. On September 28th seven of the Court’s 11 justices voted to strike Baja California’s law down, falling one vote short of the eight needed to overturn it. On Thursday they ruled in the same way on the San Luis Potosí case.

  • Sky News: Iran: Christian Convert May Still Be Hanged
    September 29th, 2011
    An Iranian man due to be hanged for converting to Christianity may still be killed despite claims his death sentence has been annulled, Sky News has learned.
  • CMF: Landmark High Court ruling maintains legal protection for vulnerable people
    September 29th, 2011
    The Christian Medical Fellowship has welcomed a landmark ruling by a High Court Judge that a brain-damaged woman should not have her life ended.
  • SPUC: M case decision welcome but judgment contains future threats to disabled people
    September 29th, 2011
    London, 29 September 2011: SPUC Pro-Life http://www.spuc.org.uk/ a leading anti-euthanasia organisation, has published a summary and in-depth commentary (below) on yesterday's decision in the M case. Mr Justice Baker, sitting in the Court of Protection, refused an application for withdrawal of assisted food and fluids from a woman diagnosed in a so-called 'minimally conscious state'. Yesterday afternoon Paul Tully, SPUC Pro-Life's general secretary, debated the M case with Dr Evan Harris on Sky News. SPUC Pro-Life appeared as an official intervener in the Pretty and Purdy cases; and is expert on the Bland case and Mental Capacity Act, both cited in the M case. For more information, please contact Paul Tully on 07939 178719 or (020) 7820 3129.
  • LA Times: Preachers, choose your words wisely
    September 29th, 2011
    On Sunday, hundreds of preachers are expected to celebrate something called "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" by sermonizing about the moral qualifications of candidates for public office. The event is organized by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal organization. The alliance is offering legal representation to clergy whose remarks might run afoul of the prohibition of politicking by churches. It's a challenge the Internal Revenue Service should take seriously.
  • ADF: Video Media Clip from KTBS-SHV (ABC): Bowie County, TX prayer case
    September 29th, 2011
  • AP: Lawyer: Appeals court may acquit Iranian pastor
    September 29th, 2011
    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The lawyer of an Iranian pastor sentenced to death for apostasy said Thursday he is hopeful an appeals court will acquit his client.
  • Daily Mail: The make-up of modern Britain: 70% of us claim to be Christians... and only 1.5% are gay
    September 29th, 2011

    Three Britons count themselves as Christian for every one non-believer, according to a major survey.

  • Cranmer (blog): Pastor Nadarkhani refuses to renounce Christ
    September 29th, 2011

    Following yesterday's report, Pastor Nadarkhani was brought before Iran's Supreme Court for the third time and asked to recant his faith in Christ. For the third time, he refused. His lawyer presented the final defence and we are presently awaiting further news. Sources indicate that the judges could take up to a week to issue their decision on the implementation of the death sentence. However, they reserve the right to effect execution within a shorter period of time should they so desire. There is a real concern that the death sentence could be implemented without any official announcement at all.

  • Daily Mail: Brain-damaged woman who smiles at nurses and weeps at pop songs has right to live, rules judge
    September 29th, 2011
    A woman who was left helpless by a brain-wasting disease eight years ago should not be allowed to die, a judge decided yesterday in a ground-breaking ruling.