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Subject ‘Praise God’: Assisted suicide Bill defeated in House of Commons – and other news this week
Date September 11, 2026 4:33 PM
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** Friday, 11 September 2026
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** ‘Praise God’: Assisted suicide Bill defeated in House of Commons ([link removed])
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MPs have voted to reject Lauren Edwards’ assisted suicide Bill by 286 votes to 270.


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** Controversial inventor visits UK to promote DIY ‘suicide collar’ ([link removed])
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** Stormont ‘conversion therapy’ Bill enables self-ID in law, top KC warns ([link removed])
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A private member’s Bill to ban so-called conversion practices in Northern Ireland would enshrine “gender self-identification” into law, a distinguished KC has warned.


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** Civil Servants troubled by ‘non-binary’ colleague dressing as a cat ([link removed])
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Civil servants have raised concerns that a workplace culture surrounding ‘identity issues’ has left them feeling unable to object to a colleague dressing as a cat.


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** Greens under fire for allowing man to be elected to female position ([link removed])
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** Canada: Men win flurry of women’s golf tournaments ([link removed])
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** Campaigners urge PM to tackle ‘censorship crisis’ ([link removed])
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Big Brother Watch (BBW) has called on the Government to commission an independent review of laws affecting free speech.


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** Scots school settles with teacher fired over pro-life views ([link removed])
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A Roman Catholic supply teacher who was sacked for telling students she was against abortion has received a payout from the school involved.


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** Retailers slammed over T-shirts ‘glorifying’ ketamine use ([link removed])
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A number of online retailers have been criticised for normalising ketamine use by selling graphic T-shirts ‘celebrating’ the dangerous drug.


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** Middle-aged men ‘buying babies’: Concerns raised over UK surrogacy applicants ([link removed])
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More than 100 single men over the age of 40 applied to be recognised as fathers to babies born through surrogacy, The Times has revealed.


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** March for Life: ‘Abortion wounds families’ ([link removed])
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Thousands gathered in London at March for Life UK to highlight the far-reaching consequences of abortion.




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Yours in Christ,
Ciarán Kelly
Ciarán Kelly
Director, The Christian Institute


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