October 2012 News Archive Back to 2012 News Archive Tory MP: 'insult' law a 'serious' threat to free speech (31 Oct 2012) Coutts could end sponsorship over Stonewall bigot award row (31 Oct 2012) Concern as Swiss suicide clinic reaches milestone (31 Oct 2012) Barclays may end funding of gay event over 'bigot' award (30 Oct 2012) Schoolgirls, 13, given birth control jabs during lunch (30 Oct 2012) Ken Clarke accepts marriage tax break will be introduced (29 Oct 2012) Scots Council removes prayer from agenda after legal threats (29 Oct 2012) 'Let's celebrate marriage' video by Coalition for Marriage (26 Oct 2012) NI private abortion clinic chiefs to face questioning (26 Oct 2012) Head teachers want dangers of porn taught in sex ed lessons (26 Oct 2012) US: three-parent embryos created by researchers (26 Oct 2012) '5-days-after pill' will encourage promiscuity, warn critics (26 Oct 2012) Lawyer: Sharia courts Bill will prevent women suffering (26 Oct 2012) Brighton Council may ban 'Mr' and 'Mrs' (25 Oct 2012) Gay marriage: pressure mounts on Alex Salmond (25 Oct 2012) Peter Jensen supports Kirk congregation facing eviction (25 Oct 2012) France: Gay marriage must include 'assisted procreation' (25 Oct 2012) Explicit sex education website and app aimed at 13 year olds (24 Oct 2012) Rod Liddle: it's high time we reformed 'insult' law (24 Oct 2012) Court 'forces' gay adoption on Northern Ireland (24 Oct 2012) Gay marriage: grassroots SNP supporters speak out (23 Oct 2012) Prime Minister told not to ignore churchgoers (23 Oct 2012) Nobel Prize for ethical adult stem cell researcher (23 Oct 2012) Bill to curb Sharia courts debated in the House of Lords (22 Oct 2012) Primary school kids watched porn on residential field trip (22 Oct 2012) Stats: 1 in 10 babies born before abortion limit live (22 Oct 2012) QC: Demoting Christian housing manager was 'over-reaction' (19 Oct 2012) Christian B&B owners respond to Nick Griffin's protest tweets (19 Oct 2012) Rowan Atkinson backs reform of 'insult' law (19 Oct 2012) Gay marriage: US diversity officer hits back at suspension (19 Oct 2012) Christian Institute denounces 'nasty' Nick Griffin tweet (19 Oct 2012) Christian B&B loses court case brought by gay couple (18 Oct 2012) Gay Tory MP: No demand in gay community to redefine marriage (18 Oct 2012) Housing manager in court over gay marriage comments (17 Oct 2012) Food chain faces ban because owner opposes gay marriage (17 Oct 2012) Scots teen abortion percentage second highest in world (16 Oct 2012) Liam Fox: most people don't want marriage redefined (16 Oct 2012) Ex-SNP leader attacks same-sex marriage (16 Oct 2012) Iain Duncan Smith pushing for marriage tax break (15 Oct 2012) Girls, 13, given morning-after pill without parents' knowledge (15 Oct 2012) Critics shocked at first NI private abortion clinic (15 Oct 2012) Award-winning TV news from The Christian Institute (12 Oct 2012) US: diversity officer suspended over gay marriage petition (12 Oct 2012) Boris says marriage is a relic of the 'Stone Age' (12 Oct 2012) Kirk to seize St George's Tron in gay clergy row (12 Oct 2012) Scots Govt: traditional marriage not needed to raise kids well (12 Oct 2012) BBC's 'liberal bias' to face independent investigation (12 Oct 2012) Claim of anti-religious bias in gay marriage consultation (12 Oct 2012) PM's gay marriage plans causing unnecessary splits, analyst says (11 Oct 2012) Daily Mail 'baffled' that Govt pressing on with gay marriage (11 Oct 2012) Health Secretary would support halving legal abortion limit (10 Oct 2012) Minister quits Kirk over gay ordination (10 Oct 2012) Organs taken after donor group 'plays God' with patients' lives (10 Oct 2012) Hundreds gather to support marriage at fringe event (09 Oct 2012) Over-40s can sue NHS if denied IVF because of age (09 Oct 2012) Cameron needs to ditch gay marriage, warn Tory chairmen (08 Oct 2012) Redefining marriage won't be good for kids, says Tory (08 Oct 2012) Children branded as 'Nazis' for opposing same-sex marriage (05 Oct 2012) Man who said he hated God murdered vicar, court hears (05 Oct 2012) Judges reject bid to appeal verdict of euthanasia case (05 Oct 2012) Doctor illegally sells abortion pills to undercover reporter (05 Oct 2012) French taxpayers to cover 100% of abortion costs (04 Oct 2012) Former Page 3 girl backs topless ban campaign (04 Oct 2012) New equalities minister says abortion limit should be lowered (04 Oct 2012) Stats show only 'tiny' proportion of UK is gay, lesbian or bisexual (04 Oct 2012) Cardinal: not just Church affected by gay marriage law (03 Oct 2012) Dutch euthanasia: psychiatric and dementia patients killed (03 Oct 2012) School polygamy poster causes controversy in Canada (02 Oct 2012) Government drugs chief criticises Channel 4 show (02 Oct 2012) Rupert Everett opposes gay marriage, gets death threats (02 Oct 2012) NI Assembly rejects motion to redefine marriage (01 Oct 2012) Opposition to redefining marriage tops MPs' postbags (01 Oct 2012) Free Church: gay marriage safeguards won't work (01 Oct 2012)