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Friday, 3 January 2020
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2019 Review
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The issues that made the headlines.

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Govt acts on NI same-sex marriage concerns
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Northern Ireland will have some free speech and religious liberty protections in place when same-sex marriage becomes legal, the Government has confirmed.
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Transgender campaigner called transphobic for saying men are men
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A transsexual faces expulsion from an LGBT committee after he wore a T-shirt which affirms that sex is fixed and cannot be changed.
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Academics oppose self-identification of sex in census [link removed]


Netherlands has ‘characteristics of a narco-state’ says top police official
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The Netherlands has the “characteristics of a narco-state”, the chairman of the largest Dutch police union has said.
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Baby that doctors advised to abort will celebrate first Christmas at home
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A mother who was told her baby’s illness would be incompatible with life has shared how she was pressured to have an abortion, but refused.
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‘We celebrated our twins’ Down’s syndrome diagnosis’ [link removed]

US Supreme Court allows pro-life ultrasound law to stand
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More than one in three 13-year olds have been exposed to sexting
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By the age of 13, more than one in three children who use smartphones have been exposed to sexting, a parenting app has revealed.
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Boris Johnson highlights Christian persecution in Christmas speech
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Boris Johnson has used his Christmas Eve speech to pledge to help persecuted Christians around the world.
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