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MPs have voted 379 to 137 to back an amendment to take abortion out of English and Welsh criminal law for women in relation to their own pregnancies. Humanists UK has long been alarmed about the growing number of women facing police investigations for this. Today it has expressed delight at MPs standing up for… Read more »
Humanists UK’s Chief Executive Andrew Copson has been awarded an OBE for ‘services to the non-religious’ in the UK national honours announced today. This is the first time an award has been made for services to the non-religious, who now represent a majority of the UK’s population. Andrew Copson has worked for Humanists UK since… Read more »
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Shadow attorney general Dominic Grieve has been named parliamentarian of the year by Spectator. The right-wing magazine praised Mr Grieve for his “skilled and assiduous” performance in the House of Commons, and his constant attempts to hold ministers to account. Other awards handed out included politician of the year, presented to David Cameron for his… Read more »
Proposals to allow nurses and pharmacists to prescribe a far wider range of drugs have been condemned as “irresponsible and dangerous” by leading doctors. Under the government’s plans suitably trained nurses would be allowed to prescribe almost any licensed medicine from spring 2006 and could do so without the supervision of a doctor. At present… Read more »
