Official guidance from several NHS trusts states that male sex offenders who identify as female can be placed in women-only wards.
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NHS trusts: Male sex offenders who identify as female allowed in single-sex wards ([link removed])
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Official guidance from several NHS trusts states that male sex offenders who identify as female can be placed in women-only wards.


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‘Admitting men to women-only wards marks dangerous policy shift’, Peer warns ([link removed])
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A majority of civil servants have rejected a push by the Scottish Government to take a “pronoun pledge” by putting preferred pronouns in their email signatures, a survey has revealed.


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The First Minister of Northern Ireland has said he intends to fight the Secretary of State’s direction to make abortions more readily available.



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A new Bill to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland “is not a step forward” but a return to the values of a cruel pre-Christian world, an MSP has said.


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Over 1,300 people died of drug misuse in Scotland in 2020, setting a new record high for the seventh year in a row.


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US record-breaking gold medallist: ‘The glory of God is eternal’ ([link removed])
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A US record-breaking gold medallist has shared how important her faith in Christ is in her career.


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Dramatic rise in persecution of Christians in Nigeria ([link removed])
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Thousands of Nigerian Christians have been murdered or abducted by Islamic militants since the beginning of the year, a civil liberties group has reported.




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