Abortion
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 »
MPs have finished the Report Stage debate of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, as well as voting on various amendments. More such votes are expected to follow ahead of a crunch Third Reading vote next Friday. During today’s debate, MPs voted in favour of several changes that strengthen the safeguards in the… Read more »
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MPs will vote whether to restrict abortion access this week, as another senior religious official says MPs who support abortion rights cannot fully participate in the Catholic Church. Ann Winterton’s ten minute rule bill will go before the Commons on Tuesday June 5, marking the third attempt in six months to restrict the abortion rules…. Read more »
Cardinal Keith O’Brien has urged Catholics to withhold their vote from pro-abortion politicians, calling the practice an “unspeakable crime”. In an emotive but carefully worded statement, he warned Catholic politicians of “the barrier such co-operation erects to receiving holy communion”. Most commentators are taking the phrase as a thinly veiled warning politicians who do not… Read more »
