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	<title>The Christian Institute &#187; Medical ethics</title>
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		<title>GMC release guidance on assisted suicide cases</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/gmc-release-guidance-on-assisted-suicide-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Assisted suicide “is illegal and doctors should have no part of it”, the leader of the General Medical Council (GMC) has said. Niall Dickson’s comments came as the GMC, the regulatory authority for doctors, launched a consultation on its first ever guidance on assisted suicide. The guidance, which is subject to a three month consultation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop warns of &#8216;disaster&#8217; if assisted suicide is legalised</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/archbishop-warns-of-disaster-if-assisted-suicide-is-legalised/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weakening the law on assisted suicide would be a &#8220;disaster&#8221;, Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has cautioned this week. The Archbishop commented: &#8220;To say that there are certain conditions in which life is legally declared to be not worth living is a major shift in the moral and spiritual atmosphere in which we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t ever legalise euthanasia, says European body</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/dont-ever-legalise-euthanasia-says-european-body/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Euthanasia &#8220;must always be prohibited&#8221; in Europe, the Council of Europe has ruled. The declaration came from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, a body which is made up of representatives from 47 countries across the European continent. The resolution said: &#8220;Euthanasia, in the sense of the intentional killing by act or omission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHS funds puberty-delaying drugs for sex-confused kids</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/nhs-funds-puberty-delaying-drugs-for-sex-confused-kids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/nhs-funds-puberty-delaying-drugs-for-sex-confused-kids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transsexualism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A group of children who think they were born the wrong sex are to be given drugs by an NHS group to halt the onset of puberty while they decide if they want sex change surgery. The drugs, which will be administered by monthly injections, will give the children a &#8220;window&#8221; in which to decide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mum, I love you: Paralysed man&#8217;s first words in 19 years</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mum-i-love-you-paralysed-mans-first-words-in-19-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mum-i-love-you-paralysed-mans-first-words-in-19-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 37-year-old paralysed man has spoken for the first time in nearly 20 years – and told his mum &#8220;I love you&#8221;. The news comes amidst pressure to change the law so that people in a similar position can have their lives ended by euthanasia. Simon Ellis was told he would never talk again after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: abortion can help daughters &#8216;fulfill their dreams&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/obama-abortion-can-help-daughters-fulfil-their-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/obama-abortion-can-help-daughters-fulfil-their-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abortion helps daughters “fulfill their dreams”, the US President has declared in a statement to mark 39 years since the legalisation of abortions in America. President Barack Obama asserted he was “committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose” an abortion and said the government “should not intrude on private family matters”. The remarks came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSP in second bid to change the law on assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/msp-in-second-bid-to-change-the-law-on-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/msp-in-second-bid-to-change-the-law-on-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An Independent MSP has launched a second attempt to overturn the law against assisted suicide in Scotland, but critics warn it would set a dangerous precedent. Margo MacDonald’s last attempt to legalise assisted suicide was soundly rejected in 2010 by 85 votes to 16. Now the Lothians MSP has launched a consultation on a proposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Govt opposes paralysed man&#8217;s bid for euthanasia</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-opposes-paralysed-mans-bid-for-euthanasia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/govt-opposes-paralysed-mans-bid-for-euthanasia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The High Court case of a paralysed man who wants a doctor to be allowed to kill him should be dismissed, the Ministry of Justice has said. The Government says there are &#8220;compelling reasons&#8221; for the court not to get involved in Tony Nicklinson&#8217;s case, saying that only Parliament can make such a decision. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private clinics free to advertise abortion services on TV</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/private-clinics-free-to-advertise-abortion-services-on-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/private-clinics-free-to-advertise-abortion-services-on-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Critics have slammed the decision to allow private clinics that carry out abortions for profit to advertise on television and radio. The Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) has ruled that organisations that charge for pregnancy services are free to promote their work on broadcast media from 30 April. BCAP believe there is no justification [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church leaders unite against change in organ donation law</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/church-leaders-unite-against-change-in-organ-donation-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/church-leaders-unite-against-change-in-organ-donation-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Organ donation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Church leaders in Wales have united to criticise “ill-judged” proposals for a system of presumed consent for organ donation. Currently those who wish to donate their organs opt in by signing an organ donor register. But the Welsh Government wants to switch to a system of presumed consent, and it is currently consulting on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assisted suicide is cheaper than caring, warns doctor</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/assisted-suicide-is-cheaper-than-caring-warns-doctor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/assisted-suicide-is-cheaper-than-caring-warns-doctor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:39:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An experienced doctor who works with terminal patients has asked whether assisted suicide is just a cost-saving exercise. Dr Elizabeth A Burroughs, in a letter to a national newspaper, said: &#8220;Quality palliative care costs money; assisted suicide is a cheaper option. But how long would it be before pressure was being placed on the terminally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government plans for three-parent babies</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/government-plans-for-three-parent-babies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/government-plans-for-three-parent-babies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Babies with three genetic parents could be born within a few years, as the Government this week announced plans for a consultation on changing embryology rules. The Government says the controversial technique may help avoid certain genetic diseases being passed on from mother to child. But critics say there are serious ethical considerations and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Focus on care, not assisted suicide, say MPs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-focus-on-care-not-assisted-suicide-say-mps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-focus-on-care-not-assisted-suicide-say-mps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Rather than legislating for an abrupt end to life, we need to find better ways to help care for the dying&#8221;, an MP has said as he led a debate on palliative care in Parliament. David Burrowes MP was joined in the Westminster Hall debate on Tuesday by around 20 MPs. Mr Burrowes quoted Dame [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midwives claim NHS ignored abortion objections</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/midwives-claim-nhs-ignored-abortion-objections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/midwives-claim-nhs-ignored-abortion-objections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gordon Bell</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two Roman Catholic midwives have taken the NHS to court, claiming their conscientious objections to abortions have been ignored. Mary Doogan, 57, and Concepta Wood, 51, who work at Glasgow’s Southern General Hospital, argue that being forced to supervise staff taking part in the procedures violates their human rights. Mrs Wood says the issue has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby scan parties criticised for encouraging foetus’ rights</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/baby-scan-parties-criticised-for-encouraging-foetus-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/baby-scan-parties-criticised-for-encouraging-foetus-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain’s top midwife has criticised mums who celebrate their pregnancy by showing off scanned images of their baby because it might encourage people to consider the rights of unborn children. In a column for the BBC News website Professor Cathy Warwick hit out at the practice of holding baby scan parties &#8211; dubbed “foetus parties” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Selective reduction&#8217; abortions on the rise</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/selective-reduction-abortions-on-the-rise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/selective-reduction-abortions-on-the-rise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>benr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An increasing number of women expecting multiple births are aborting one or more of their unborn babies. Government figures show that in 2010 85 women pregnant with two or more babies had a ‘selective reduction’ – which means choosing to end the life of at least one child in the womb. Dr Peter Saunders, CEO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No safe way to allow assisted suicide, admits Lord Falconer</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/no-safe-way-to-allow-assisted-suicide-admits-lord-falconer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/no-safe-way-to-allow-assisted-suicide-admits-lord-falconer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A contentious plan which would allow terminally ill people to undergo an assisted suicide is not without risk, its own chief architect has admitted. Last week Lord Falconer&#8217;s Commission on Assisted Dying released a report saying that adults thought to have less than a year to live should be able to ask doctors for drugs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK teen abortions are nearly double EU average</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/uk-teen-abortions-are-nearly-double-eu-average/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/uk-teen-abortions-are-nearly-double-eu-average/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teenage abortions in the UK stand at nearly twice the EU average, according to a sobering newly released report. Figures in the report show 22.1 per cent of all abortions in the UK in 2008 were carried out on under 20-year-olds – nearly twice the EU average of 12.0 per cent. While a co-auther of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Biased’ assisted suicide report under fire from critics</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/biased-assisted-suicide-report-under-fire-from-critics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/biased-assisted-suicide-report-under-fire-from-critics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critics have warned that a controversial new report advocating assisted suicide is “seriously flawed”. The report, which was produced by the Commission on Assisted Dying, says that adults who are thought to have less than a year to live should be able to ask doctors for drugs which would end their life. But Dr Peter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US nurses retain right to refuse to assist abortions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-nurses-retain-right-to-refuse-to-assist-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-nurses-retain-right-to-refuse-to-assist-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious liberty]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5398</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of nurses in America has won a major court battle against the hospital which tried to force them to help with abortions. A policy change in September 2011 at a New Jersey hospital required all nurses to participate in abortions, despite state law saying: “No person shall be required to perform or assist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Trans equality&#8217; teaching for 5-year-olds being considered</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/trans-equality-teaching-for-5-year-olds-being-considered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/trans-equality-teaching-for-5-year-olds-being-considered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transsexualism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Schoolchildren as young as five may be taught about &#8220;transgender equality&#8221;, a Government document has disclosed. The move, which is being considered by the Department for Education (DfE), was highlighted in the Government&#8217;s new action plan for advancing transgender equality. But one campaigner has warned that these issues are adult ones and should not be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer patient&#8217;s joy at meeting her life saving stem cell donor</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cancer-patients-joy-at-meeting-her-life-saving-stem-cell-donor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cancer-patients-joy-at-meeting-her-life-saving-stem-cell-donor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem cells]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5324</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Scottish mother-of-three who had been fighting cancer for ten years has met the stem cell donor who helped save her life, after discovering he only lived 70 miles away. Sheena Stanbridge had undergone four cycles of chemotherapy, but with options running out, doctors contacted the Anthony Nolan Trust, a national charity which conducts worldwide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BPAS to post morning-after pills out for free at Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bpas-to-post-morning-after-pills-out-for-free-at-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/bpas-to-post-morning-after-pills-out-for-free-at-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The morning-after pill will be posted out to women for free throughout December under a “vulgar” new scheme which has been slammed by critics. A poster advertising the scheme shows the word &#8216;sex&#8217; in Christmas-tree lights, and bears the slogan: &#8220;Getting &#8216;turned on&#8217; this Christmas?” And a dedicated website for the controversial service is entitled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scots morning-after pill prescriptions rocket</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scots-morning-after-pill-prescriptions-rocket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scots-morning-after-pill-prescriptions-rocket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morning-after pill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prescriptions of the morning-after pill have trebled in just three years in Scotland after pharmacists began giving the drug out to girls as young as 13. New figures show more than 2,300 morning-after pills (MAPs), which can cause an early stage abortion, were handed out in Scotland every week last year. Norman Wells, Director of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t weaken euthanasia law based on rare cases, says doctor</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/dont-weaken-euthanasia-law-based-on-rare-cases-says-doctor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/dont-weaken-euthanasia-law-based-on-rare-cases-says-doctor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A severely disabled man who is seeking to change the law so a doctor can end his life “deserves sympathy but hard cases make bad law”, a leading pro-life ethicist has warned. Tony Nicklinson, 57, suffers from &#8216;locked-in syndrome&#8217; and wants a doctor to end his life. He is paralysed from the neck down after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skirts for boys: Schoolboy takes demand to Holyrood</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/skirts-for-boys-schoolboy-takes-demand-to-holyrood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/skirts-for-boys-schoolboy-takes-demand-to-holyrood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transsexualism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Scots schoolboy has taken his demand for boys to be allowed to wear skirts to the Scottish Parliament. Luca Scarabello claims that male and female uniforms “do not serve any practical purpose”, and pose a problem for gender variant pupils. Mr Scarabello, who is 13, made the call in a petition to MSPs last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>£118m for 173,000 NHS-funded abortions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/118m-for-173000-nhs-funded-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/118m-for-173000-nhs-funded-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Abortions in England cost the NHS £118 million last year, according to new Government estimates – a figure much higher than previously thought. The statistics, released by the Department of Health, show that the NHS funded 173,000 abortions in England last year. They also indicate that significantly more NHS-funded abortions were carried out by independent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Baby twins die after abortion blunder</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/baby-twins-die-after-abortion-blunder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/baby-twins-die-after-abortion-blunder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A woman in Australia has lost both her baby twins at 32 weeks gestation after doctors aborted the ‘wrong’ baby in a major medical mix-up. The tragedy has prompted critics to question why it is considered socially acceptable to abort babies with medical complications. The unnamed woman wanted to abort one of her babies because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paralysed footballer lands talent scout job</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/paralysed-footballer-lands-talent-scout-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/paralysed-footballer-lands-talent-scout-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locked-in syndrome]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A former footballer with &#8216;locked-in syndrome&#8217; has landed a job as a talent scout – using just the blinking of his eyes to communicate. Research published earlier this year found that a majority of locked-in patients are happy and do not want to die. The study, which was published online by the British Medical Journal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dr Death group boasts of helping five Scots&#8217; suicides</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/dr-death-group-boasts-of-helping-five-scots-suicides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/dr-death-group-boasts-of-helping-five-scots-suicides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An Australian euthanasia campaigner dubbed &#8216;Dr Death&#8217; has boasted about how his suicide ‘workshops’ have helped at least five Scots kill themselves. Dr Philip Nitschke leads do-it-yourself suicide workshops, advising the elderly and terminally ill on suicide methods. He told an audience in Edinburgh on Saturday that it is wise for every elderly or ill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Support for ‘personhood’ embryo vote in US state</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/support-for-personhood-embryo-vote-in-us-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/support-for-personhood-embryo-vote-in-us-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem cells]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over 40 per cent of voters in the US state of Mississippi have backed a proposal to give human embryos full legal rights as people. It wasn’t enough for the measure to become law, but it has stirred debate around the world about the status of human embryos. The group behind the proposal is still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First human trial using embryo stem cells halted</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/first-human-trial-using-embryo-stem-cells-halted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/first-human-trial-using-embryo-stem-cells-halted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem cells]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Californian bio-tech company has pulled the plug on the world’s first trial using embryonic stem cells to treat human patients, claiming the project is too expensive. But critics say the trial has been halted because it simply doesn’t work, and it shows that the promises of amazing cures from embryonic stem cells are over-hyped. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welsh Govt consults on presumed organ donation</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/welsh-govt-consults-on-presumed-organ-donation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/welsh-govt-consults-on-presumed-organ-donation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organ donation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Welsh Assembly Government wants to change the law so that doctors can take organs from dead people who did not give explicit consent before they died. Currently those who wish to donate their organs opt in by signing an organ donor register. But the Welsh Government wants to switch to a system of presumed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trans lesbian couple marry after one half has sex change</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/trans-lesbian-couple-can-marry-after-one-half-has-sex-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/trans-lesbian-couple-can-marry-after-one-half-has-sex-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marriage & family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two divorced fathers who became a transsexual &#8216;lesbian&#8217; couple have been allowed to legally marry after one of the men had a sex change operation. Paul, 65, now known as Jenny-Anne Bishop, and Alan, 68, now named Elen Heart, initially divorced their wives and lived together as a gay couple. They then both became transsexuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch doctors end the life of senile dementia patient</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/dutch-doctors-end-the-life-of-senile-dementia-patient/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/dutch-doctors-end-the-life-of-senile-dementia-patient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5215</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Dutch woman suffering from severe senile dementia has become the first person in such a condition to have her life ended by doctors in the Netherlands. The case is controversial because it involves a patient who was not mentally capable to give her consent at the time that doctors ended her life. The 64-year-old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia’s Dr Death heading back to UK for euthanasia tour</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/australia%e2%80%99s-dr-death-heading-back-to-uk-for-euthanasia-tour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/australia%e2%80%99s-dr-death-heading-back-to-uk-for-euthanasia-tour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An Australian euthanasia campaigner is set to hold a seminar on suicide methods in a seaside retirement town as part of his tour of Britain. Dr Philip Nitschke has faced criticism for advising the elderly and terminally ill on suicide methods. Dr Nitschke hit the headlines in 2008 after Bournemouth council intervened to stop his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US abortion clinic worker admits to murdering baby</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-abortion-clinic-worker-admits-to-murdering-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-abortion-clinic-worker-admits-to-murdering-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5163</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A woman, who worked for an abortion doctor charged with killing babies with scissors, has admitted to murdering a newborn baby at a court hearing in Philadelphia, USA. (Some readers may find this story upsetting) Adrienne Moton, 34, admitted to killing a baby by cutting its throat. The baby had been delivered over a toilet. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU ruling on stem cells hailed as triumph of ethics</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/eu-ruling-on-stem-cells-hailed-as-triumph-of-ethics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/eu-ruling-on-stem-cells-hailed-as-triumph-of-ethics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adult stem cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem cells]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scientists will no longer be able to patent stem cell work which involves the destruction of human embryos after a landmark ruling last month. Commentators welcomed the ruling, with one bioethics group saying it was a &#8220;triumph of ethical standards over commercial interest&#8221;. The decision, from the European Court of Justice (ECJ), now means scientists [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSP re-launches bid to change the law on assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/msp-re-launches-bid-to-change-the-law-on-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/msp-re-launches-bid-to-change-the-law-on-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5149</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An Independent MSP has re-launched her controversial campaign to legalise assisted suicide in Scotland, even though her previous attempt was soundly defeated. Margo MacDonald tried to pass legislation to legalise assisted suicide last year, but her Bill was comprehensively rejected by MSPs in December. Now the Independent Lothian MSP has submitted a proposed consultation document [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NI keeps blood safeguard, but critics slam decision</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ni-keeps-blood-safeguard-but-critics-slam-decision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ni-keeps-blood-safeguard-but-critics-slam-decision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood ban]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Edwin Poots, Northern Ireland&#8217;s health minister, has decided to keep a lifetime blood safeguard which helps to protect against the risk of HIV contamination. His decision was met with a furious reaction by his political opponents and a homosexual lobby group. The safeguard prevents blood being donated by men who have ever had sex with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judge rejects bid to end &#8216;conscious&#8217; woman&#8217;s life</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/judge-rejects-bid-to-end-conscious-womans-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/judge-rejects-bid-to-end-conscious-womans-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A High Court judge has today ruled in favour of a &#8220;minimally conscious&#8221; woman whose family wanted to end her life. Mr Justice Baker said the &#8220;preservation of life&#8221; was an important factor in his decision. The court also heard from a QC that a decision in favour of the woman&#8217;s family would be &#8220;a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First embryonic stem cell trial is given go-ahead in the UK</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/first-embryonic-stem-cell-trial-is-given-go-ahead-in-the-uk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/first-embryonic-stem-cell-trial-is-given-go-ahead-in-the-uk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embryos Bill]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[British doctors will inject stem cells derived from human embryos into the eyes of young patients suffering sight problems, in the first clinical trial of its kind approved in Europe. Embryonic stem cell research remains highly controversial because it involves the destruction of human embryos. Doctors at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London will attempt to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion provider to send text message reminders to women</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-provider-to-send-text-message-reminders-to-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-provider-to-send-text-message-reminders-to-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain’s largest abortion provider has been criticised for trivialising abortion after announcing plans to send text message reminders to women booked in for an abortion. BPAS, formerly the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, which carries out almost one third of NHS-funded abortions, likened the service to reminders sent out by dentists before a check-up. Critics slammed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lib Dems vote for complete removal of blood safeguard</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lib-dems-vote-for-complete-removal-of-blood-safeguard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/lib-dems-vote-for-complete-removal-of-blood-safeguard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5018</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A weakened safeguard which protects against HIV contaminating the blood supply should be removed because it is homophobic, the Liberal Democrats&#8217; conference has heard. A stronger safeguard, which prevented men who had ever had sex with men from giving blood, was weakened earlier this month. From November men whose last sexual contact with another man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Office considers genderless passports</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/home-office-considers-genderless-passports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/home-office-considers-genderless-passports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transsexualism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=5006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[British passports could scrap any mention of a person’s sex for the sake of ‘transsexual equality’, the Home Office says. A Home Office spokeswoman confirmed that the security implications of such a radical move are being &#8216;explored&#8217;. No decision has yet been taken and discussions are still at an early stage. Burden However, critics are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion mental health risk revealed in major study</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-mental-health-risk-revealed-in-major-study/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-mental-health-risk-revealed-in-major-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women who have had an abortion are at a much greater risk of mental health problems than those who have not, according to major new analysis of research. The analysis, which was published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, said: &#8220;Overall, the results revealed that women who had undergone an abortion experienced an 81 per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study: babies develop facial expressions before birth</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/study-babies-develop-facial-expressions-before-birth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/study-babies-develop-facial-expressions-before-birth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4997</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Facial expressions such as smiling or crying develop while babies are still in the womb, research has revealed. Scientists for the first time have been able to show that facial movements of unborn babies become increasingly complex between 24 and 36 weeks gestation. Facial movements were recorded using 4D ultrasound technology and scientists examined the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gay lobbyists pressure NI over blood safeguard</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/gay-lobbyists-pressure-ni-over-blood-safeguard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/gay-lobbyists-pressure-ni-over-blood-safeguard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northern Ireland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homosexuality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A homosexual pressure group is calling for Northern Ireland to lift the safeguard which prevents men who have ever had sex with men from giving blood. In the rest of the UK the lifelong safeguard will be lifted from 7 November. From then on men whose last sexual contact with another man was more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boy, aged 10, returns to school as a girl</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/boy-aged-10-returns-to-school-as-a-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/boy-aged-10-returns-to-school-as-a-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transsexualism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A ten-year-old boy has been allowed to return to school after the summer holidays as a girl because he believes he was born the wrong sex. The boy’s mother is supporting his decision and has allowed him to dress as a girl and says he will start hormone blocker therapy, the first step to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comment: blood donation rules changed for equality&#8217;s sake</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/comment-blood-donation-rules-changed-for-equalitys-sake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/comment-blood-donation-rules-changed-for-equalitys-sake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Judge</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood ban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blood transfusions save lives. Sensible rules about who can and cannot donate blood are there to safeguard the national blood supply. Decisions about who may safely donate blood should be left to medical science, not political lobbying or equality laws. But it was announced last week that, starting 7 November, the rules on blood donation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homosexual blood safeguard weakened</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/homosexual-blood-safeguard-weakened/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/homosexual-blood-safeguard-weakened/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood ban]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[peter tatchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stonewall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A longstanding safeguard which prevents blood being donated by men who have ever had sex with other men has been lifted. Since the 1980s the lifelong safeguard has been in place to prevent the risk of HIV contamination. But from 7 November men whose last sexual contact with another man was more than 12 months [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CPS is failing to prosecute cases of assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cps-is-failing-to-prosecute-cases-of-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/cps-is-failing-to-prosecute-cases-of-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Crown Prosecution Service has failed to prosecute dozens of people suspected of assisting a suicide over the past 18 months, it has emerged. Critics have accused Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), of trying to change the law by stealth. Last year Mr Starmer issued guidance indicating that a prosecution for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legalise assisted suicide despite risks, says adviser</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/legalise-assisted-suicide-despite-risks-says-adviser/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/legalise-assisted-suicide-despite-risks-says-adviser/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4942</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Assisted suicide should be legalised even though there may be a risk of abuse, a Government health adviser has said. Martin Green, who has advised ministers on a number of dementia policies, conceded that it would be impossible to completely rule out the danger of abuse if the law was changed. He said: “It might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US article exposes trend to abort half a twin pregnancy</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-article-exposes-trend-to-abort-half-a-twin-pregnancy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/us-article-exposes-trend-to-abort-half-a-twin-pregnancy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IVF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4927</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The disturbing trend of ‘pregnancy reduction’ – where one baby in a twin pregnancy is aborted – has been highlighted by a cover story in The New York Times Magazine. ‘Pregnancy reduction’ was first controversially proposed as a means of cutting multiple births arising from IVF. But demand from parents for their twins to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NHS to offer &#8216;New Age&#8217; spiritual healing</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/nhs-to-offer-new-age-spiritual-healing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/nhs-to-offer-new-age-spiritual-healing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>benr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NHS patients will controversially be offered a type of ‘New Age’ &#8216;spiritual healing&#8217; as part of a £205,000 research project funded by the National Lottery. In recent times some Christian nurses have been told not to wear a cross or pray with patients. Doctors have also faced investigation for discussing their faith. But the spiritual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just 1 in 7 US ob-gyns doctors do abortions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/just-1-in-7-us-ob-gyns-doctors-do-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/just-1-in-7-us-ob-gyns-doctors-do-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:58:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4933</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Only 14 per cent of obstetrician-gynecologist (ob-gyns) doctors carry out abortions, according to a US survey. The figure is a drop from the 22 per cent of ob-gyns doctors who said they would perform abortions in a similar survey in 2008. A pro-life group welcomed the drop, saying it was down to &#8220;advances in ultrasound [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paralysed man seeks doctors&#8217; help to die after wife refuses</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/paralysed-man-seeks-doctors-help-to-die-after-wife-refuses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/paralysed-man-seeks-doctors-help-to-die-after-wife-refuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A severely paralysed man is to ask the High Court for permission to allow doctors to help him die, after his wife refused because she said it would be very hard to live with the consequences. Critics, including disability campaigners, say that any weakening of the law would endanger the lives of the vulnerable in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposal to allow for profit abortion ads on TV criticised</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/proposal-to-allow-for-profit-abortion-ads-on-tv-criticised/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/proposal-to-allow-for-profit-abortion-ads-on-tv-criticised/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:31:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4905</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A controversial proposal to allow commercial abortion providers to advertise their services on television and radio has come under fire. Currently abortion clinics can only advertise their services if they are not run for profit. However the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) wants to relax the rules to allow adverts by commercial abortion providers. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: China to crack down on sex-selective abortions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-china-to-crack-down-on-sex-selective-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-china-to-crack-down-on-sex-selective-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aborting children because they are girls is to be curbed in China under new Government proposals. The plans are an attempt to balance the sex ratio in the country, according to the state-run news agency Xinhua. A Chinese Government document states that using &#8220;ultrasonic techniques to conduct non-medical sex determination&#8221; should be strictly prohibited. Prohibited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Wonderful&#8217;: Baby born after mum refuses abortion</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/wonderful-baby-born-after-mum-refuses-abortion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/wonderful-baby-born-after-mum-refuses-abortion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4864</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A mum who was advised to abort her baby when her waters broke at 16 weeks but later gave birth to a healthy boy says she wants &#8220;everyone to know&#8221; about the story. She was told that her baby had only a one per cent chance of living. But Laura Hill, 20, ignored medical advice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Let people sell kidneys to NHS&#8217;, says academic</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/let-people-sell-kidneys-to-nhs-says-academic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/let-people-sell-kidneys-to-nhs-says-academic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Organ donation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4860</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People should be allowed to sell their kidneys for £28,000 in an NHS-regulated organ market, a medical academic at Dundee University has said. In an article in the British Medical Journal online this month, Dr Sue Rabbitt Roff called on the health service to offer financial rewards to living kidney donors to speed up NHS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Living proof&#8217; that abortion limit must be cut</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/living-proof-that-abortion-limit-must-be-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/living-proof-that-abortion-limit-must-be-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A five-year-old boy who was born as one of Britain’s most premature twins is “living proof” that the abortion limit needs to be lowered, the child’s mother says. Charlie Allen was born at 23 weeks but five years on he has grown into a healthy, happy little boy. Charlie’s survival has prompted Mrs Allen to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New morning-after pill rules concern Christian chemists</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-morning-after-pill-rules-concern-christian-chemists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/new-morning-after-pill-rules-concern-christian-chemists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 08:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religious liberty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Christian pharmacists who object to selling the morning-after pill are facing pressure from their professional regulator to recommend other outlets to customers. Many pharmacists – not just Christians – have moral objections to the morning-after pill because the drug can abort a conception. And those with moral objections say there is little difference between being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Over 2,000 abortions for each baby that’s adopted</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/over-2000-abortions-for-each-baby-thats-adopted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/over-2000-abortions-for-each-baby-thats-adopted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4853</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of pregnancies are being aborted for every adopted baby in the UK, a leading pro-lifer has warned. Dr Peter Saunders, writing on his Christian Medical Comment blog, warns that 203,444 abortions were performed on UK residents in 2009. However, in stark contrast just 91 babies under the age of one were adopted during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Change of heart&#8217; girl loving life at sweet 16</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/change-of-heart-girl-loving-life-at-sweet-16/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/change-of-heart-girl-loving-life-at-sweet-16/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A terminally ill schoolgirl who won a legal battle to refuse a heart transplant but then changed her mind has celebrated her sixteenth birthday with friends and family. Doctors had given 13-year-old Hannah Jones just months to live as her heart had been irretrievably damaged by treatment for leukaemia when she was four. But she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UK&#8217;s most premature twin survives against the odds</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/uks-most-premature-twin-survives-against-the-odds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/uks-most-premature-twin-survives-against-the-odds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A baby boy has defied the odds to be born as the country’s most premature twin, even though his mother was advised to abort him shortly before his birth. Jacob McMahon was born one week below the 24 week abortion limit and weighed just 1lb 4oz. Doctors advised baby Jacob’s mother, Sara Fisher, to abort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MP says BBC&#8217;s assisted suicide reporting is &#8216;totalitarian&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mp-says-bbcs-assisted-suicide-reporting-is-totalitarian/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mp-says-bbcs-assisted-suicide-reporting-is-totalitarian/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Pro-Life Group has likened the BBC’s biased reporting of assisted suicide to &#8220;the practices of a totalitarian state”. Writing in the Catholic Herald earlier this month, Jim Dobbin MP said public debate should not be “subverted by slanted reporting”. And he said the BBC’s reporting of assisted suicide is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Concern over animal-human embryos grown in UK labs</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/concern-over-animal-human-embryos-grown-in-uk-labs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/concern-over-animal-human-embryos-grown-in-uk-labs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem cells]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4810</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than 150 animal-human hybrid embryos have been created by scientists working in British laboratories over the past three years. Critics have questioned the need for such controversial research warning that it &#8220;discredits us as a country&#8221; because it cannot be ethically justified. The creation of hybrid embryos was legalised by the 2008 Human Fertilisation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Half of medical students oppose late abortions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/half-of-medical-students-oppose-late-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/half-of-medical-students-oppose-late-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost half of medical students object to the late term abortion of disabled babies, a new study has revealed. Pro-abortionists are concerned that this will make it more difficult for women to access abortions. Abortion is allowed after 24 weeks if there is a “substantial risk” of the baby having a “serious handicap”, but this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babies aborted for cleft lip are &#8216;lives that should not be lost&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/babies-aborted-for-cleft-lip-are-lives-that-should-not-be-lost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/babies-aborted-for-cleft-lip-are-lives-that-should-not-be-lost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4767</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A woman whose life was marred by a facial deformity for 18 years has warned that the 26 babies aborted for cleft lip and palates over the last decade are “lives that should not have been lost”. Joanna Jepson, who is chaplain at the London College of Fashion, was responding to Government figures revealing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mother in court to end her &#8216;conscious&#8217; daughter&#8217;s life</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mother-in-court-to-end-her-conscious-daughters-life/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mother-in-court-to-end-her-conscious-daughters-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4792</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A mother’s application to end the life of her incapacitated daughter is being heard by the Court of Protection, in a case which could shift the law on euthanasia. It is significant because the daughter has a degree of consciousness &#8211; which means she can respond to touch, move an arm and can put her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Soap takes more &#8216;realistic&#8217; view on assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/soap-takes-more-realistic-view-on-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/soap-takes-more-realistic-view-on-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ITV soap Emmerdale, which shocked viewers last month with a graphic assisted suicide storyline, is now taking a &#8220;more realistic view&#8221; on the subject, according to a medical commentator. Dr Peter Saunders, head of Christian Medical Fellowship, said the BBC could &#8220;take some lessons from ITV&#8221; over the issue, given the recent accusation of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion adverts set to carry warnings in Russia</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-adverts-set-to-carry-warnings-in-russia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-adverts-set-to-carry-warnings-in-russia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Health warnings are set to be placed on abortion adverts in Russia &#8211; where over a million abortions were carried out in 2008. A new bill, passed by the lower house of Russia’s parliament earlier this month, states that warnings will have to cover at least 10 per cent of the total space of adverts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Premature birth risk linked to previous abortions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/premature-birth-risk-linked-to-previous-abortions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/premature-birth-risk-linked-to-previous-abortions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4742</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women who have had an abortion in the past are more likely to give birth to a premature baby, a major British study has revealed. The study, which looked at more than a million pregnancies, found that having one abortion led to a 34 per cent increased risk of having a premature birth compared to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Win a baby&#8217;! Fertility charity launches new IVF lottery</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/win-a-baby-fertility-charity-launches-new-ivf-lottery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/win-a-baby-fertility-charity-launches-new-ivf-lottery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4745</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain’s first IVF lottery is set to launch later this month giving players the chance to win a baby, but critics have branded the contest as ‘exploitative’. The controversial lottery, which has now been granted a licence by the Gambling Commission, will see players spending £20 on each ticket. The contest will be open to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of babies are being aborted over &#8216;disability&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/thousands-of-babies-are-being-aborted-over-disability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/thousands-of-babies-are-being-aborted-over-disability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thousands of babies are being aborted for medical ‘abnormalities’ including treatable conditions like cleft palate and club foot, shocking new Government figures have revealed. Official figures, released after a prolonged legal battle with a pro-life group, show that nearly 18,000 babies were aborted between 2002 and 2010 on the grounds of disability, 1,189 of whom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: Doctors say suicide commission is biased</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-doctors-say-suicide-commission-is-biased/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/video-doctors-say-suicide-commission-is-biased/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4736</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors have questioned the “stated impartiality and independence” of a commission investigating whether to change the law on assisted suicide. The Commission on Assisted Dying claims to be neutral, but the doctors say it is packed with euthanasia supporters. A motion has been passed at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) annual meeting criticising the commission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial abortion clinics could air ads on national TV</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/commercial-abortion-clinics-could-air-ads-on-national-tv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/commercial-abortion-clinics-could-air-ads-on-national-tv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Commercial abortion providers could soon be able to advertise their services on television and radio if controversial draft rules are approved. Currently abortion clinics can only advertise their services if they are not run for profit. But now the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP) has issued draft guidance recommending a radical shake-up of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let disabled people choose death, says MSP</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/let-disabled-people-choose-death-says-msp/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/let-disabled-people-choose-death-says-msp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People born with disabilities who &#8216;lose the will to live&#8217; would be eligible to end their lives under controversial new legislation proposed for the Scottish Parliament. This is the second attempt by Margo MacDonald MSP to legalise assisted suicide. Her first bill was roundly rejected by the Scottish Parliament. But the Independent MSP now intends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian girls aged just one forced into sex swap ops</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/indian-girls-aged-just-one-forced-into-sex-swap-ops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/indian-girls-aged-just-one-forced-into-sex-swap-ops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transsexualism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Girls as young as one are being forced into sex change operations in India because parents want sons. Hundreds go under the surgeon’s knife each year before being pumped full of hormone drugs, according to local press reports. In India, girls can be regarded as a financial burden. Some parents are believed to pay £2,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assisted suicide robs us of the opportunity for love</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/assisted-suicide-robs-us-of-the-opportunity-for-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/assisted-suicide-robs-us-of-the-opportunity-for-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:45:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Assisted suicide is a cocktail of death disguised as an elixir of life, an author writing on the Guardian website has said. And a columnist in The Independent has warned that assisted suicide could become an &#8220;oppressive social obligation&#8221; if legalised in the UK. Their comments follow a BBC documentary which showed the assisted suicide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MPs support LIFE&#8217;s role in Govt sexual health group</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mps-support-lifes-role-in-govt-sexual-health-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/mps-support-lifes-role-in-govt-sexual-health-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4687</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More pro-life groups should be appointed to advise the Government on sexual health, a group of MPs have said. The MPs also say the Government should ignore the furore coming from the pro-abortion lobby. The eleven MPs, from across the major parties, note in an Early Day Motion that LIFE is &#8220;the first group of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Organs of Belgian euthanasia victims harvested for transplant</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/organs-of-belgian-euthanasia-victims-harvested-for-transplant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/organs-of-belgian-euthanasia-victims-harvested-for-transplant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[People killed by euthanasia in Belgium are having their organs harvested for transplant surgery, a disturbing report has revealed. A quarter of all lung transplants in Belgium are from people killed by euthanasia according to the study led by Dirk van Raemdonck, a surgeon from Leuven in Belgium. Doctors preferred lungs taken from euthanasia victims [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doubts over morning-after pill scheme in Wales</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/doubts-over-morning-after-pill-scheme-in-wales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/doubts-over-morning-after-pill-scheme-in-wales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morning-after pill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teen pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenage pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teenage sex]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4679</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Offering free morning-after pills (MAPs) in Wales has had little impact on teenage pregnancy, a BBC documentary has revealed. Research into a pilot scheme in Bridgend showed despite increased uptake &#8220;the trend in conceptions for Bridgend was not significantly different to the rest of Wales&#8221;. The MAP, which has been available free from pharmacies throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pratchett documentary: BBC faces criticism from peers</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pratchett-documentary-bbc-faces-criticism-from-peers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pratchett-documentary-bbc-faces-criticism-from-peers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4675</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Senior peers have accused the BBC of running an &#8220;orchestrated campaign&#8221; to change the law on assisted suicide in the wake of a controversial documentary on the subject fronted by Sir Terry Pratchett. In a strongly-worded letter of complaint to BBC bosses, four peers said it was &#8220;not the job&#8221; of the Corporation to &#8220;become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Terry Pratchett suicide programme &#8216;one-sided&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/sir-terry-pratchett-suicide-programme-one-sided/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/sir-terry-pratchett-suicide-programme-one-sided/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC is facing a storm of controversy after it aired Sir Terry Pratchett&#8217;s &#8220;very unbalanced&#8221; documentary on assisted suicide last night. The Corporation has received hundreds of complaints about the programme, Choosing to Die, which went out on BBC2 at 9pm. And critics, including the Bishop of Exeter, spoke out against the programme amid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Shameless propaganda’: Suicide to air on BBC tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/shameless-propaganda-suicide-to-air-on-bbc-tonight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/shameless-propaganda-suicide-to-air-on-bbc-tonight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4661</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC’s controversial new documentary on assisted suicide has been branded as “a piece of shameless propaganda” by a terminally ill multiple sclerosis sufferer. And Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, former Bishop of Rochester, has accused the broadcaster of siding with lobbyists campaigning for a change in the law. Tonight viewers of BBC2 will watch motor neurone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor says BBC show risks copycat suicides</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/doctor-says-bbc-show-risks-copycat-suicides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/doctor-says-bbc-show-risks-copycat-suicides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BBC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC risks “encouraging” vulnerable people to end their lives by screening an assisted suicide on national television, a doctor has warned. On Monday viewers will watch motor neurone disease sufferer Peter Smedley end his life at a Swiss suicide clinic. But Dr Peter Saunders has warned that the screening will breach “both BBC and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emmerdale outrages viewers with &#8216;horrific&#8217; assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/emmerdale-outrages-viewers-with-horrific-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/emmerdale-outrages-viewers-with-horrific-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Emmerdale’s controversial assisted suicide storyline has caused outrage amongst viewers, and has been blasted by a spinal injuries charity. The harrowing episode which showed paralysed Jackson Walsh being fed lethal drugs to help him die, provoked a backlash from viewers on Twitter and Facebook after it was aired two hours before the watershed. One viewer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France to keep embryonic stem cell restrictions</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/france-to-keep-embryonic-stem-cell-restrictions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/france-to-keep-embryonic-stem-cell-restrictions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bioethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Embryology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stem cells]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The French National Assembly has voted to maintain current restrictions on human embryonic stem cell (ESC) research. As part of a review of the country&#8217;s bioethics regulations, the Assembly voted 73 to 33 on a Bill to maintain the status quo. The bill is now due to go before the Senate for a second time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hugh Grant: assisted suicide campaigner ‘force for good’</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/hugh-grant-assisted-suicide-campaigner-force-for-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/hugh-grant-assisted-suicide-campaigner-force-for-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4627</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Actor Hugh Grant has said that assisted suicide campaigner Dr Ann McPherson, who died last week, was “right” to want to give people the right to die. The film star, who is patron of healthtalkonline.org, a website and charity founded by Dr McPherson, said she was a “tremendous force for good”. But according to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indian &#8216;gendercide&#8217; fears as more baby girls aborted</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/indian-gendercide-fears-as-more-baby-girls-aborted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/indian-gendercide-fears-as-more-baby-girls-aborted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 08:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Leung</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4601</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[India now has seven million fewer girls than boys under the age of seven because women are aborting girls due to pressure from families to have boys. In India girls are seen as a financial burden. Last year, a journalist expressed concern that British Indian women were going abroad to abort their baby girls. Now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guardian writer criticises row over pro-life group</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/guardian-writer-criticises-row-over-pro-life-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/guardian-writer-criticises-row-over-pro-life-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is impossible to &#8220;call yourself &#8216;pro-choice&#8217; and then bar people who do not agree with you from expressing their opposing view&#8221;, a Guardian columnist has said. Deborah Orr was responding to the row over pro-life group LIFE being invited onto a Government sexual health forum. The columnist said it was &#8220;absolutely remarkable&#8221; that &#8220;people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-lifers given seat on Govt sexual health advice group</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pro-lifers-given-seat-on-govt-sexual-health-advice-group/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/pro-lifers-given-seat-on-govt-sexual-health-advice-group/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pro-life group LIFE will sit on a Government advice forum on sexual health, providing more balance and a wider range of views. LIFE has been invited to join the group, which also includes pro-abortion organisations Marie Stopes International (MSI) and FPA, formerly the Family Planning Association. However BPAS, which used to be called the British [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion stats reveal an increase in terminations</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-stats-reveal-an-increase-in-terminations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-stats-reveal-an-increase-in-terminations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 12:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of abortions in England and Wales has risen by eight per cent over the past decade, according to sobering new statistics. The figures from the Department of Health also reveal that the number of babies aborted because of a disability had leapt by nearly ten per cent in just one year. Last year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>X factor star ‘couldn’t bear the thought’ of an abortion</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/x-factor-star-couldnt-bear-the-thought-of-an-abortion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/x-factor-star-couldnt-bear-the-thought-of-an-abortion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 11:54:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teenage pregnancy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4580</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stacey Solomon has said there was &#8220;no way&#8221; she was going to have an abortion when she faced an unplanned pregnancy at 17. The X Factor and I’m A Celebrity star said that she had gone with her mum to a clinic to discuss an abortion. But the &#8220;harsh reality” of the procedure changed her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethicist: Soaps ‘distort the truth’ on assisted suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ethicist-soaps-distort-the-truth-on-assisted-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/ethicist-soaps-distort-the-truth-on-assisted-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 15:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nigel Kenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Assisted suicide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Euthanasia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.christian.org.uk/?p=4564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soaps such as Emmerdale distort the truth about the demand for assisted suicide, a leading pro-life ethicist has claimed. Dr Peter Saunders, Director of Care Not Killing, says that very few tetraplegic sufferers wish to die. And even atheist Professor Stephen Hawking has said that he is happier now than before he contracted the crippling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zurich votes to keep ‘suicide tourism’</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/zurich-votes-to-keep-suicide-tourism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/zurich-votes-to-keep-suicide-tourism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 15:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roger Jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voters in the Zurich region of Switzerland have decided to keep a law that allows foreigners to end their lives at its assisted suicide facilities. Voters were asked whether assisted suicide should be made illegal, either for Swiss nationals or foreigners. Some 85 per cent voted against an outright ban, and 75 per cent voted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSP to try again with assisted suicide bill</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/msp-to-try-again-with-assisted-suicide-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 12:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Margo MacDonald says she wants to launch a fresh attempt to change the law in Scotland to make assisted suicide legal, despite her failed bid just last year. A free vote in the Scottish Parliament in December saw the Independent MSP&#8217;s End of Life Assistance (Scotland) Bill fall to a comprehensive 85-16 defeat. Now the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No trial over Dignitas death despite &#8216;sufficient evidence&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.christian.org.uk/news/no-trial-over-dignitas-death-despite-sufficient-evidence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 16:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Wylie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two people who helped a man to end his life at a Swiss suicide clinic will not be prosecuted, despite there being &#8220;sufficient evidence&#8221;. The pair were arrested last year on suspicion of helping Douglas Sinclair to commit suicide. But the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, looked at the case and decided it [...]]]></description>
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