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        <title>&#039;Praise God&#039;: Assisted suicide Bill defeated in House of Commons</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[MPs have voted to reject Lauren Edwards&#8217; assisted suicide Bill by 286 votes to 270.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 16:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Cancer survivor celebrates wedding after outliving terminal diagnosis by years</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/cancer-survivor-celebrates-wedding-after-outliving-terminal-diagnosis-by-years/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[An Australian man with pancreatic cancer, given just a few weeks to live four years ago, is now looking forward to married life with his new wife.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christians unite in prayer ahead of assisted suicide vote</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/christians-unite-in-prayer-ahead-of-assisted-suicide-vote/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Christians have come together to pray that MPs will vote down the assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 11:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Controversial inventor visits UK to promote DIY ‘suicide collar’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A neck device that chokes its wearer to death has been promoted at an assisted suicide workshop in London.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Middle-aged men &#039;buying babies&#039;: Concerns raised over UK surrogacy applicants</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/middle-aged-men-buying-babies-concerns-raised-over-uk-surrogacy-applicants/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[More than 100 single men over the age of 40 applied to be recognised as fathers to babies born through surrogacy, The Times has revealed.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Marginal groups more likely to be coerced into assisted suicide</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/marginal-groups-more-likely-to-be-coerced-into-assisted-suicide/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Legalising assisted suicide could lead to a disproportionate number of people with a disability or from an ethnic minority background seeking help to kill themselves, it has been predicted.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Scotland considers sidelining children&#039;s welfare by liberalising IVF</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Government is reviewing whether to allow single women to undergo IVF via the NHS.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>NHS Wales halts trans surgeries over high referral rates</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/nhs-wales-halts-trans-surgeries-over-high-referral-rates/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[NHS Wales has temporarily cancelled all ‘sex-swap’ surgeries over safety concerns.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Sunderland Uni accused of pressuring academic over assisted suicide comments</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An academic has criticised his university for ordering him to reconsider his public comments against assisted suicide.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 15:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Abortion network attacks Welsh medics&#039; conscience rights</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/abortion-network-attacks-welsh-medics-conscientious-rights/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The British Society of Abortion Care Providers (BSACP) has attacked medical professionals in Wales who conscientiously object to abortion.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Disabled campaigners’ plea: ‘Halt push for assisted suicide law’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/disabled-campaigners-plea-halt-push-for-assisted-suicide-law/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Parliament has been urged to halt the &#8216;assisted suicide programme&#8217; and prioritise helping disabled people to live instead.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Detransitioner ‘misled and disfigured by gender-affirming medics’</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A man in the US has launched legal action against medics he believes set him on the pathway to drastic sex-swap surgery.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Bioethicist: &#039;Assisted suicide Bill an existential threat to hospice movement&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An absence of the right to &#8220;institutional conscientious objection&#8221; in Lauren Edwards MP&#8217;s assisted suicide Bill could see a &#8220;significant number&#8221; of hospices and care homes close, a bioethicist has warned.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Irish Govt highlights &#039;challenging issues&#039; with legalising assisted suicide</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration has noted that assisted suicide is &#8220;very complex, requiring careful consideration of medical, ethical and cultural issues&#8221;.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Critics call for puberty blockers experiment to be abandoned</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/critics-call-for-puberty-blockers-experiment-to-be-abandoned/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The puberty blockers trial is unethical and must be stopped, a columnist has warned.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 12:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Bishop of Rochester speaks out against local MP’s assisted suicide Bill</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Bishop of Rochester has publicly opposed his MP’s decision to bring the assisted suicide Bill back to Parliament.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Support group promoting male ‘chestfeeding’ sparks outrage</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/support-group-promoting-male-chestfeeding-sparks-outrage/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A group in Edinburgh promoting the practice of biological men ‘chestfeeding’ babies has sparked outrage.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>High Court refuses to stop puberty blocker trial despite child safety concerns</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[NHS England’s puberty blocker trial will go ahead, the High Court has confirmed, after refusing an emergency injunction to halt it.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia &#039;case reports&#039; in Canadian province riddled with errors</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[British Columbia (BC) has documented nearly three thousand errors in the administration of its euthanasia programme in 2024.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>PM: &#039;Assisted suicide should not be debated until palliative care is fixed&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The new Prime Minister says he believes palliative and social care funding should be prioritised over debates on whether to legalise assisted suicide.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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