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        <title>Planned Parenthood boasts &#039;record-breaking&#039; year for abortions</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/planned-parenthood-boasts-record-breaking-year-for-abortions/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[US abortion giant Planned Parenthood performed 434,450 abortions in 2023-24.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Academics advocate forced abortions for ‘impregnated girls’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/academics-advocate-forced-abortions-for-impregnated-girls/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Parents and carers have a “moral duty” to ensure under-18s abort their babies, researchers have argued.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Elderly woman offered death before care in Canada</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/elderly-woman-offered-death-before-care-in-canada/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[An 84-year-old woman was offered euthanasia as a first option in a Canadian A&amp;E.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Alberta backtracks on euthanasia expansions</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/alberta-backtracks-on-euthanasia-expansions/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Canadian politicians have proposed new legislation to reduce access to euthanasia.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Philosopher warns against ‘frightening moral order’ of assisted suicide</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Legalising state-sponsored suicide would be a “monumental mistake”, a prominent philosopher has warned.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Euthanasia responsible for 4 per cent of Belgium&#039;s deaths in 2025</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/euthanasia-responsible-for-4-per-cent-of-belgiums-deaths-in-2025/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Four per cent of deaths in Belgium resulted from euthanasia last year, official statistics show.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>High St pharmacies under fire for dispensing trans drugs to 16 and 17-year-olds</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/pharmacies-under-fire-for-prescribing-trans-drugs-to-16-and-17-year-olds/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Parents are urging high street pharmacies to stop dispensing sex-swap drugs to 16 and 17-year-olds.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Outrage over euthanasia of 25-year-old rape victim in Spain</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/outrage-over-euthanasia-of-25-year-old-rape-victim-in-spain/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Spain’s euthanasia laws have been labelled ‘morally depraved’ after a 25-year-old woman was killed following injuries caused by a failed suicide attempt.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Former GLAAD president says medicalising children is ‘wrong’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/former-glaad-president-says-medicalising-children-is-wrong/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The former president of US LGBT activist group GLAAD has said it is “wrong” to medicalise gender confused children.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Autistic teen overwhelmed with depression is euthanised</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/autistic-teen-overwhelmed-with-depression-is-euthanised/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A Dutch autistic teenager who attempted to commit suicide has undergone euthanasia at the hands of medics in the Netherlands, it has been revealed.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Urgent calls to pause ‘reckless’ new abortion legislation</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/urgent-calls-to-pause-reckless-new-abortion-legislation/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[MPs and Peers have urged the Government to halt legislation allowing a woman to kill her unborn baby at any stage of pregnancy without sanction.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Disability group warns assisted suicide laws are unsafe</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/disability-group-warns-assisted-suicide-laws-are-unsafe/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A disability organisation has warned European states and EU institutions that assisted suicide legislation is unsafe.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Ireland urged not to legislate on assisted suicide</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/ireland-urged-not-to-legislate-on-assisted-suicide/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Assisted suicide laws “put vulnerable people at risk” and should not be countenanced in Ireland, a Senator has warned.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Medicinal cannabis ‘worsens mental health’</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/medicinal-cannabis-worsens-mental-health/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A new study has questioned the use of ‘medicinal cannabis’ as an effective treatment for drug addiction and mental ill-health.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>&#039;Dangerous&#039; drug shooting gallery proposed in Edinburgh</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/dangerous-drug-shooting-gallery-proposed-in-edinburgh/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[More drug addicts in Scotland could inject illegal drugs without fear of arrest under plans to open a shooting gallery in Edinburgh.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Peers vote through extreme abortion measure</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/peers-vote-through-extreme-abortion-measure/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The House of Lords has voted to allow women in England and Wales to kill their unborn babies at any stage of pregnancy without sanction.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Mother urges ban on private sex-swap prescriptions for children</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/mother-urges-ban-on-private-sex-swap-prescriptions-for-children/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A mother has written to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) asking it to ban private clinics giving sex-swap drugs to gender-confused minors.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Victory: MSPs reject dangerous assisted suicide Bill</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/victory-msps-reject-dangerous-assisted-suicide-bill/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The Scottish Parliament has rejected an attempt to legalise assisted suicide for adults deemed to be terminally ill with less than six months to live.
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 23:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Pharmacists and psychiatrists reject assisted suicide Bill</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/pharmacists-and-psychiatrists-reject-assisted-suicide-bill/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The professional bodies for psychiatrists and pharmacists in Scotland have separately announced their opposition to Liam McArthur’s assisted suicide Bill.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 16:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Sharron Davies: &#039;Scrap pills-by-post scheme to protect women&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/sharron-davies-scrap-pills-by-post-scheme-to-protect-women/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Pro-abortion Peer Baroness Davies of Devonport has explained why she backs the reintroduction of in-person consultations for abortions.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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