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** Your daily media briefing - Monday 12 October
In the Media <[link removed]> is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news <[link removed]> and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts <[link removed]> on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Half of UK doctors would like to see assisted dying made legal in Britain <[link removed]>
A poll of members of the British Medical Association, which has officially opposed assisted dying since 2006, revealed 50% support a law change with just 39% opposed and 11% undecided.
The Mirror
* Change RSE policy or prejudices will take root, says headteacher <[link removed]>
The government's policy on relationships and sex education (RSE) has put schools in an "unnecessary and unforgivable" position, as it allows room for prejudices to "take root and be legitimised", the head who faced down protests against LGBT-inclusive teaching has said.
TES
* Keir Starmer vows to end 'totally inappropriate' use of 'Catholic data' for Scottish poll predictions <[link removed]>
Keir Starmer has vowed to stop using data on voter religion in Scotland to estimate the success of his party in elections.
The Herald
* Boy, 15, cleared of preparing for Isis-inspired terror attack <[link removed]>
A 15-year-old boy has been cleared of planning Isis-inspired terror attacks after being radicalised in a matter of months.
The Independent
* 'The moment my heart stopped fainting' <[link removed]>
Julie Macfarlane's decision to pursue justice after sexual abuse by a church minister exposed hypocrisy, she writes.
Church Times
* 'What to do about adult abuse' <[link removed]>
Change is needed to ensure that victims of clerical abuse are taken seriously, says Sarah Lothian
Church Times
* Women in Italy find their names on grave markers for aborted foetuses <[link removed]>
The Italian feminist organization Differenza Donna has filed a formal complaint with the public prosecutor of Rome on behalf of dozens of women who were named on small crosses in an area of the graveyard referred to as the Garden of Angels.
CBC
* Hungarian government calls new children's book 'homosexual propaganda' <[link removed]>
Hungary's nationalist government on Thursday condemned a book of modern fairy tales for children published by a lesbian group as "homosexual propaganda" and said it should be banned.
Reuters
* US: Supreme Court temporarily lets women get abortion pills without doctor visits <[link removed]>
The Supreme Court ruled on a temporary basis Thursday night that women seeking to end their pregnancies with medication do not need to visit a health care provider, given the COVID-19 pandemic.
USA Today
* Barrett was member of anti-abortion group that promoted clinic criticised for misleading women <[link removed]>
Amy Coney Barrett, the supreme court nominee, was a member of a "right to life" organization in 2016 that promoted a clinic that has been criticised for misleading vulnerable women who were seeking abortions and pressuring them to keep their pregnancies.
The Guardian
* US: Student who claimed school gave him 'conversion therapy' forced to pay damages <[link removed]>
A student who claimed an elite school forced him to undergo conversion therapy after he was caught watching gay porn has been ordered to pay $800 of the school's legal fees.
Pink News
* Russia: One Jehovah’s Witness acquitted in Russia as others get months of restrictions <[link removed]>
A day after a Jehovah's Witness became the first to be acquitted in Russia since a 2017 ruling declared his faith group "extremist," six Russian members received suspended sentences for gathering for worship.
Religion News Service
** The latest from the No More Faith Schools campaign
* Parents’ perspective: religious discrimination could cost our children places in a suitable school
Local faith schools' selective policies have created an unseemly competition for places, leaving parents who don't have a faith or attend church with few decent options, say Rachael and David from Liverpool.
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