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Friday, 24 January 2020

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CofE: Marriage between a man and a woman is only place for sex

Sex should only take place within a heterosexual marriage, the Church of England has reaffirmed.

 
 

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The Welsh Assembly

Plan to criminalise parents who smack their children given green light by Welsh Assembly

The Welsh Assembly has further endorsed a Bill to criminalise parents who smack their children.

 
Arlene Foster

First Minister: NI must be heard on abortion and same-sex marriage

The First Minister of Northern Ireland has said that the Stormont Assembly must have its views taken into account on abortion and same-sex marriage.

 
 
Oxford University

Oxford college backs down in trans free speech row

An Oxford college has backed down over a controversial code of conduct for an upcoming debate about transgenderism.

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Ex-trans patient joins landmark legal case against gender clinic

MSP criticises Scots Gov quango for trans bias on census

 
School children

Parents in Wales could lose sex ed right of withdrawal

Parents in Wales will not be allowed to remove their children from lessons on religion or sexuality from 2022, if the Government succeeds in changing the law.

 
 
UK Parliament

‘Current law protects the vulnerable’, say MPs in assisted suicide debate

MPs have said that the current law on assisted suicide protects vulnerable people from ending their lives.

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Isle of Man rejects assisted suicide

 
 
Mother with baby and midwife

Student midwife penalised by uni for pro-life views

A midwifery student is threatening legal action against her university after it cancelled her hospital placement over her pro-life views.

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Radical feminists torch journalist’s car over pro-life articles

 
Boy with phone

Snapchat drug dealing a ‘growing threat’

A 14-year-old boy was able to buy a Class A drug on a popular social media platform, it has been revealed.

 
 
Baby scan

Unborn babies may feel pain from 12 weeks, says pro-abortion researcher

There is “good evidence” unborn babies feel pain well before the 24-week abortion limit, according to new scientific research.

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Baby born with hands smaller than a penny returns home

 
 

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