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** Friday, 1 November 2019
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Pupils in classroom
** Parents call for right to withdraw their children from LGBT teaching ([link removed])
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Parents who object to their children being taught LGBT issues in school are calling on the Government to make the teaching optional.
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** Mothers reveal huge pressure to abort babies with Down’s syndrome ([link removed])
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Mothers who refuse to abort their children with Down’s syndrome are pressured by medics to change their decision, a report has revealed.
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** ‘Taking medical cannabis for mental health illnesses can’t be justified’ ([link removed])
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Evidence that medical cannabis helps people with mental health conditions is almost non-existent, a review of 83 studies has found.
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** Jersey law would criminalise parents who smack ([link removed])
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Parents who discipline their children using smacking would be criminalised under new plans from the Government of Jersey.
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** High Court to hear challenge to ‘unfair’ doctors’ assisted suicide poll ([link removed])
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Campaigners challenging the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) over its survey on assisted suicide will have their case heard in the High Court.
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** Parents speak out against rushing children through trans treatments ([link removed])
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A group of parents has formed to campaign against the “coerced medicalisation” of children who believe they were ‘born in the wrong body’.
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** Library refuses to cancel women’s rights meeting amid trans pressure ([link removed])
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Blaine Adamson
** Victory for US Christian printer after seven-year legal battle ([link removed])
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A Christian printer who was sued after he declined to produce t-shirts for an LGBT festival in 2012 has won his case.
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** Parents warned about social media drug dealing ([link removed])
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** High street bank to host gambling counselling ([link removed])
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Ashers podcast
** PODCAST: Ashers Baking Company – One Year On ([link removed])
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A year after the landmark judgment protecting freedom of expression in the UK, The Christian Institute’s Sam Webster gives his verdict on the ruling, explains why it was so important, and dives a little deeper into some of the far-reaching implications.
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