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Your daily media briefing - Tuesday 14 April

  

In the Media is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news and opinion and listen to our podcasts on our website.

  

Secularism in the media

 

Abortion: Pro-choice activists drawing up legal action over ‘stalled access to care’ in Northern Ireland

Pro-choice campaigners are planning to launch a legal action over what they believe is a failure to implement Northern Ireland's new law on abortion.

News Letter

 

Christian group considers legal action after abortion provider offers pills by post

A Christian group has said it is considering legal action after an abortion provider launched a 'pills by post' service for women in Northern Ireland during the coronavirus lockdown.

Christian Today

 

Closure of churches is 'guidance, not instruction', says archbishop

The archbishop of Canterbury has responded to criticism over a request for churches to stay closed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Christian Today

 

Barbara Smoker obituary

Former NSS president Barbara Smoker renounced her Catholic faith for a lifetime spent championing a secular society.

The Times (£)

 

‘Abortion has come grudgingly to Northern Ireland in the wake of coronavirus’

Women are still a pawn in the political game at Stormont.

The Guardian

 

Coronavirus conspiracy theories targeting Muslims spread in India

The hijacking of coronavirus as an excuse for discrimination comes after a growing state-sponsored campaign to turn Muslims into second-class citizens in India, as part of the BJP's agenda of Hindu nationalism.

The Guardian

 

Australian police investigating new child abuse allegations against Cardinal George Pell

Australian police are conducting a new child abuse investigation into Australian cardinal George Pell, less than a week after his previous convictions for raping and assaulting two other boys were overturned.

The Telegraph

 

Cardinal Pell claims Catholic Church has cut out ‘moral cancer’ of child abuse – NSS quoted

In a letter published on Saturday, Pell said the Catholic Church has "cut out a moral cancer" by facing down child sex abuse.

The Freethinker (Patheos)

 

Trump tells religious leaders: 'We're going to beat this plague'

President Donald Trump has told religious leaders that "we have a tremendous year coming up" and that the United States would beat coronavirus "soon," while seeming to implore religious people to support him in his re-election.

NBC News

 

US appeals court blocks Texas curbs on medication abortion

A US appeals court has blocked Texas from enforcing curbs on medication-induced abortions as part of the Republican-governed state's restrictions aimed at postponing medical procedures not deemed urgent during the coronavirus pandemic.

Reuters

 

Appeals court blocks Oklahoma COVID-19-related abortion ban

A federal appeals court in the US has upheld a lower-court order that overturned the Oklahoma governor's ban on abortions during the coronavirus outbreak emergency.

The New York Times (£)

 

Hundreds at Louisiana church flout COVID-19 gatherings ban

Hundreds of worshippers attended services at a Louisiana church on Sunday, flouting a ban on large gatherings.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

  

Latest from the NSS

 

NSS calls for review of religious exemptions in Equality Act

The NSS has called for a review of religious exemptions contained within the Equality Act of 2010 in response to a public consultation.

  

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