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Govt pares back home-ed register bureaucracy from Children and Schools Bill ([link removed])
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Intrusive and administratively burdensome measures under Government plans for a register of children not in school have been significantly cut back.



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Peer: CI civil service case highlights dangers of ‘politicised policing’ ([link removed])
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Baroness Fox of Buckley has commended The Christian Institute’s legal action against the Civil Service’s taxpayer-funded participation in Pride marches.





New campaign launches to overturn same-sex marriage in US ([link removed])
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Same-sex marriage in the US should be overturned to protect children, a new coalition has declared.





NI smacking ban risks ‘compromising child safety’, CI warns ([link removed])
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Stormont has been told by the Institute that a smacking ban could backfire and endanger children.





Pornhub to stop access to new UK users in age verification row ([link removed])
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Pornhub is set to block new UK users rather than continuing to comply with age verification rules.





Pro-abortion MP rejects ‘extreme’ proposal over risks to women ([link removed])
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A staunch supporter of ‘abortion access’ has spoken out against decriminalisation on the grounds that it poses a risk to women’s health.






Senedd urged to stop assisted suicide being imposed on Wales ([link removed])
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More than 250 health care professionals have called on MSs to deny legislative consent to Westminster’s assisted suicide Bill.


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Drug seller guilty of assisting suicides gets 14 years ([link removed])
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MLAs unite to tackle ‘online retail’ of prostitution ([link removed])
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Stormont’s newly formed parliamentary group on human trafficking has launched an inquiry into ‘pimping websites’.






Parents call for ‘life-saving’ rehab facilities as drug use increases ([link removed])
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Parents have called for more rehab facilities to be made available for under-18s amid a surge in drug use.


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Huge rise in drug-driving reoffending ([link removed])
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‘Life is a gift’: Crowds March for Life in Washington ([link removed])
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Tens of thousands joined the annual US March for Life, declaring ‘life is a gift’.





Preemie mum thanks hospital staff for saving both their lives ([link removed])
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A mother, whose baby was born at just 24 weeks has returned to thank hospital staff for saving their lives.




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Irish Govt: ‘No legal obligation on schools to use preferred pronouns’ ([link removed])
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Euthanasia Bill stalls in French Senate ([link removed])
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