News Bulletin 27 April 2012

Doctors who refuse to provide sex change operations, could be struck off under new draft guidance proposed by the General Medical Council — The BBC has come under fire over plans to host a live show on Radio 5 from an abortion clinic — Premier Christian Radio has lost its High Court challenge against a decision to ban an advert that asked Christians to report their experiences of workplace marginalization, with Peter Kerridge calling the decision a threat to free speech — Prominent gay commentator Matthew Parris has said that “male sexual orientation is less fixed than we suppose” — Pressure is mounting on internet service providers to tackle online pornography, with MP Claire Perry warning that current safeguards are failing to protect children from accessing adult content — Police forces in Scotland have been told by the Gay Police Association not to accept a gift of free Bibles from the Gideons because the book ‘condemns homosexuality’ — And Charles Colson, who was sent to prison for a crime linked to the US Watergate scandal, but later led a major Christian outreach ministry to prisoners, has died aged 80.