Equalities Minister Liz Truss has said parents and teachers will still be able to discuss with children “whether they are transgender or not” amid...
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Liz Truss offers parents and teachers assurances amid rising conversion therapy ban fears ([link removed])
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Equalities Minister Liz Truss has said parents and teachers will still be able to discuss with children “whether they are transgender or not” amid fears the freedom to explore the issues privately could be curtailed under a broad conversion therapy ban.
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Govt hastily amends ‘easy read’ version of conversion therapy ban consultation ([link removed])
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Church in Wales’ push for same-sex marriage ‘contrary to God’s revelation’ ([link removed])
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The Evangelical Fellowship of the Church in Wales (EFCW) has branded the push to introduce same-sex marriage there as “contrary to God’s revelation”.
NI politicians vote against abortion protections for disabled babies ([link removed])
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MLAs have voted against protecting children diagnosed with a disability in the womb from late abortion.
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‘I was put under pressure to abort my daughter because she has spina bifida’ ([link removed])
‘Gender-neutral’ passport case dismissed by Supreme Court judges ([link removed])
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A woman’s attempt to force the Government to issue her with a passport that did not record her sex has ended in failure at the Supreme Court.
Rape support charity: ‘Fine for men to attend survivors’ group’ ([link removed])
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A rape victim felt so unsafe she had to leave a Brighton-based rape support meeting, after it allowed a man to attend because he identified as a woman.
Government backs abstinence-based drug rehab for prisoners ([link removed])
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Prescribing methadone for heroin addiction in prisons is to be replaced by “abstinence-based methods”, the Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has announced.
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Govt publishes 10-year plan to tackle drugs ([link removed])
Porn checks in Online Safety Bill inadequate ([link removed])
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Proposed changes to the draft Online Safety Bill do not include mandatory age verification checks for all commercial pornography websites.
Clear link between marriage and financial stability, says think tank ([link removed])
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The role of marriage is often ignored in discussions on economic inequality, a religious think tank has said.
Bible message on NI sea wall does not require ‘equality screening’ ([link removed])
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A local council in Northern Ireland has dismissed claims by an ‘equality expert’ that repainting Bible texts on a local sea wall may be in breach of its equality scheme.
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