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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Anorexia survivor once given weeks to live walks Great Wall of China</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/anorexia-survivor-once-given-weeks-to-live-walks-great-wall-of-china/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A woman has completed a nine-day hike along the Great Wall of China to mark a decade of recovery from anorexia.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Canadian euthanasia regime guilty of ‘rushing people to their deaths’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/canadian-euthanasia-regime-guilty-of-rushing-people-to-their-deaths/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Medics who helped to implement Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) programme warn that too many people are being euthanised “without the opportunity for careful reflection”.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Manx doctors ‘sound the alarm’ as assisted suicide law receives Royal Assent</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/manx-doctors-sound-the-alarm-as-assisted-suicide-law-receives-royal-assent/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Doctors have raised serious concerns about introducing assisted suicide on the Isle of Man despite the law receiving Royal Assent.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian care homes denied euthanasia conscience protections in Zurich</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Christian care homes in the Swiss city of Zurich will no longer be afforded conscience protections from offering euthanasia on their premises.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Celebrities urge PM to fix palliative care</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/celebrities-urge-pm-to-fix-palliative-care/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A host of household names have called on the Prime Minister to act on his conviction that end-of-life care funding needs fixing.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia for depressed Canadians put on indefinite pause</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/euthanasia-for-depressed-canadians-put-on-indefinite-pause/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Canada has indefinitely paused its plans to expand euthanasia to physically healthy people with mental health problems.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Pope cautions France against pursuing ‘culture of death’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/pope-cautions-france-against-pursuing-culture-of-death/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV has warned the French President against viewing assisted suicide and euthanasia as a solution to human suffering.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘Mum wasn’t dying’: Daughter slams euthanasia &#039;safeguards&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/mum-wasnt-dying-daughter-slams-euthanasia-safeguards/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A daughter has warned that so-called safeguards under Canada&#8217;s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) regime are woefully inadequate after her mother was euthanised.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 14:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Person dies by taking deceased partner&#039;s unused assisted suicide drugs</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A person has killed themselves using assisted suicide drugs originally prescribed for their partner, a report in the Australian state of Victoria has revealed.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Disabled toddler&#039;s euthanasia was &#039;reasonable&#039;, Netherlands claims</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/disabled-toddlers-euthanasia-was-reasonable-netherlands-claims/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A two-year-old child with disabilities has been euthanised in the Netherlands, in a case that a committee determined was &#8216;handled well&#8217;.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:19:08 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Disability advocates express &#039;overwhelming relief&#039; over assisted suicide defeat</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/disability-advocates-express-overwhelming-relief-over-assisted-suicide-defeat/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Those speaking up for people with disabilities have expressed relief that Lauren Edwards’ assisted suicide Bill was voted down.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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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>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/controversial-inventor-visits-uk-to-promote-diy-suicide-collar/</link>
        <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>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>Sunderland Uni accused of pressuring academic over assisted suicide comments</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/sunderland-uni-accused-of-pressuring-academic-over-assisted-suicide-comments/</link>
        <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>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>Bioethicist: &#039;Assisted suicide Bill an existential threat to hospice movement&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/bioethicist-assisted-suicide-bill-an-existential-threat-to-hospice-movement/</link>
        <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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