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        <title>Critics call for puberty blockers experiment to be abandoned</title>
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        <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>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/pm-assisted-suicide-should-not-be-debated-until-palliative-care-is-fixed/</link>
        <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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        <title>Medics push for ‘death by organ donation’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/medics-push-for-death-by-organ-donation/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Patients approved for euthanasia should be allowed to ask doctors to kill them by removing their organs, North American academics have argued.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>German doctor who murdered patients convicted as a serial killer</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/german-doctor-who-murdered-patients-convicted-as-a-serial-killer/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A palliative care doctor in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 15 patients.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 09:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Doctors: ‘Assisted suicide is not medical treatment’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/doctors-assisted-suicide-is-not-medical-treatment/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The British Medical Association (BMA) has agreed that assisted suicide is not a medical treatment.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 12:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>‘Clamour to tinker with human germline must be resisted’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/clamour-to-tinker-with-human-germline-must-be-resisted/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Guardian has warned that lifting a ban on creating gene-edited humans could have dangerous and unethical ramifications.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 11:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Dark day as Jersey assisted suicide law receives Royal Assent</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Jersey&#8217;s assisted suicide law has been granted Royal Assent, enabling eligible residents to get help to kill themselves as early as next year.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Dawn French: &#039;I worry that the poor will suffer most under assisted suicide&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/dawn-french-i-worry-that-the-poor-will-suffer-most-under-assisted-suicide/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Actress and author Dawn French has expressed doubts about legalising assisted suicide, after previously calling it a &#8220;no-brainer&#8221;.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ethical stem research offers hope to those with &#039;juvenile parkinsonism&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Reprogrammed human cells have been used in the quest to treat a rare genetic condition in children.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 12:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Assisted suicide: MPs told to &#039;facilitate care not death&#039;</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Campaigners are urging Parliament to prioritise improving end-of-life care instead of relentlessly pursuing assisted suicide.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Canadian Govt advised to abandon plans to euthanise people with mental illness</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/canadian-govt-advised-to-abandon-plans-to-euthanise-people-with-mental-illness/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[People should not be allowed to ask for help to die on the grounds of mental illness alone, a Canadian parliamentary committee has concluded.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Scandal as NHS goes ahead with ‘unethical’ puberty blockers trial</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Campaigners warn of irreversible harm as the NHS restarts its plans for a puberty blockers trial for children as young as 11.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>RC Bishops mark ‘sobering anniversary’ of Canada’s euthanasia regime</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has urged “renewed concern” for life in defiance of the nation’s decade-long ‘programme of death’.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Assisted suicide legislation set to return to Westminster</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Plans to legalise assisted suicide will be brought forward again at Westminster in the form of a Private Member&#8217;s Bill.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Man pleads guilty to murder of a mother and her unborn child</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A man has pleaded guilty to both murder and child destruction after killing a heavily pregnant woman in Northern Ireland.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Outrage as dad normalises aborting his Down’s baby</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/outrage-as-dad-normalises-aborting-his-downs-baby/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A father and YouTuber has been criticised for airing his decision to abort a child with Down’s syndrome.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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