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Tuesday 25 June will mark a decade since the historic judgement that ruled against the right to die. The ruling of R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice made on 25 June 2014 by the Supreme Court, found it was up to parliament to decide on the matter of assisted dying. Humanists UK would like to… Read more »
In light of new investigatory powers granted to the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Animals (SSPCA), the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has issued a letter to Police Scotland and the Crown Office, urging them to closely monitor and guard against the potential for bias in any evidence gathered by the… Read more »
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Education secretary Gillian Keegan has said she believes that 16-year-olds are old enough to make a decision on changing gender. Ms Keegan told Sky News that she was “working at 16, I was paying tax at 16, I could make decisions for myself at 16” in answer to a question over whether it was too… Read more »
The Westminster government could torpedo a law passed in Scotland which would allow children to change their gender from the age of 16 as soon as today. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill was passed by a majority of MSPs last month. The bill would remove the need for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria for… Read more »
