In view of the BMA debate today (Tuesday 28 June) on lowering the upper abortion limit for able-bodied (as opposed to disabled) babies from 24 to 20 weeks (lost by 2 to 1 majority btw) I was interested to see this article yesterday in the New York Times, ‘Several States Forbid Abortion After 20 Weeks’.
In the News
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June 27th, 2011
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June 27th, 2011I posted yesterday the transcript from Charlie Falconer’s disastrous interview with Radio Four’s Ed Stourton, where the noble Lord was forced to concede that his commission on assisted dying was stacked full of the usual suspects and was tied in verbal knots trying to explain how it was still going to deliver an objectively written report.
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June 27th, 2011The Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien has called for a change to Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, which have recently been cited as the cause of numerous attacks on Christians.
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June 27th, 2011A multiple-sclerosis sufferer who killed himself at a Dignitas clinic in Switzerland took 90 minutes to die, it emerged yesterday.
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June 27th, 2011Indian officials have expelled from the country three Christian women for seeking to attend religious prayer meetings.
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June 26th, 2011On to Radio 4’s excellent Sunday programme early this morning to say what I think of Lord Falconer’s Commission on Assisted Dying, which begins to consider the evidence – such as it is – that it has invited for a change in the law in the UK on assisted suicide.
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June 26th, 2011Bank of London and the Middle East (BLME) has announced the launch of a Sharia-compliant fund which targets institutional and high net-worth investors in Gulf countries.
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June 26th, 2011Former Lord Chancellor Charles Falconer (pictured) appeared on the Radio Four Sunday programme this morning. His controversial ‘commission on assisted dying’ will begin to consider the ‘evidence’ it has gathered this coming Wednesday.
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June 25th, 2011New York on Friday night became the sixth and largest state in America to legalise gay marriage when senators voted to allow same-sex unions after protracted negotiations.
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June 25th, 2011Internet companies are to be forced to shield children from a growing tide of pornography.