On this day: Josephine Butler’s age of consent Bill becomes law
On 10 August 1885, the Criminal Law Amendment Act, which established the current age of consent of 16, became law.
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Margaret Sanger: Sex as Salvation
Last month abortion giant Planned Parenthood announced that they would be removing the name of founder Margaret Sanger from its Manhattan clinic because of what it called her “harmful connections to the eugenics movement”.
Fact check: Did a YouGov poll find half the British public back ‘trans rights’?
Earlier this week, The Independent boldly claimed: “A large majority of the British public support transgender people having the right to ‘self-identify’ and choose their own gender, a new poll has found.”
Abortion figures are a serious cause for concern – despite what BPAS says
In a recent opinion piece for The Daily Telegraph, the head of one of the UK’s largest abortionists highlighted that more abortions happened in England and Wales in 2019 than ever before.
Scottish hate crime Bill threatens gospel freedom
The Scottish Government is currently considering introducing new hate crime laws, with Holyrood’s Justice Committee asking for views on the proposed Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill. The closing date for submissions is this Friday.
