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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Gay couple seek partial refund if surrogate has a girl</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Two gay men have been made the legal parents of a boy, born as part of an illegal surrogacy arrangement involving sex selection.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>GP felt bullied into resigning over puberty blocker concerns</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/gp-felt-bullied-into-resigning-over-puberty-blocker-concerns/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A doctor argues she was hounded out of her job after raising safeguarding concerns about prescribing trans drugs to vulnerable teenagers.
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        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:49:59 +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>
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        <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>Jersey to rein in liberal laws on medicinal cannabis</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/jersey-to-rein-in-liberal-laws-on-medicinal-cannabis/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Robust measures are to be introduced on Jersey to control prescribing cannabis.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Assisted reproduction technologies driving adoption shortfall</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/assisted-reproduction-technologies-driving-adoption-shortfall/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[Procedures such as surrogacy, IVF, and egg freezing are having a detrimental effect on adopter recruitment, a recent study has found.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Surrogate who loved her baby horrified at being &#039;used and discarded&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/surrogate-who-loved-her-baby-horrified-at-being-used-and-discarded/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A mother of three who entered surrogacy in desperation to escape her violent boyfriend is now campaigning to abolish the &#8216;exploitative&#8217; practice.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Christian care homes denied euthanasia conscience protections in Zurich</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/christian-care-homes-denied-euthanasia-conscience-protections-in-zurich/</link>
        <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>Suicide drug dealer &#039;stole futures of those struggling with mental illness&#039;</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/suicide-drug-dealer-stole-futures-of-those-struggling-with-mental-illness/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A Canadian man who assisted multiple suicides has been told that young people with mental health issues need hope not hastening to their deaths.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Pope cautions France against pursuing ‘culture of death’</title>
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        <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>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/person-dies-by-taking-deceased-partners-unused-assisted-suicide-drugs/</link>
        <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>Sharp drop in organ donation rates sparks campaign for consent</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/sharp-drop-in-organ-donation-rates-sparks-campaign-for-consent/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[The NHS is urging people to opt in to the organ donation system after a significant fall in donations under the controversial ‘presumed consent’ model.
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        <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 14:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Chinese billionaire’s 100 children sparks ethical concerns over surrogacy</title>
        <link>https://www.christian.org.uk/news/chinese-billionaires-100-children-sparks-ethical-concerns-over-surrogacy/</link>
        <description><![CDATA[A Chinese billionaire has allegedly bought hundreds of babies through surrogacy.
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        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:53:12 +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>Doctor fined $28k for refusing to give puberty blocker injection</title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A doctor in Canada has been fined $28,100 for refusing to give puberty blockers to a teenage boy.
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        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 15:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Disability advocates express &#039;overwhelming relief&#039; over assisted suicide defeat</title>
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        <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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