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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first legally recognised humanist marriage in Scotland. Over 50,000 humanist weddings have happened since. Humanists UK congratulates Humanist Society Scotland on this momentous occasion and calls for the UK Government to act so that humanists in England and Wales can have the same right to marry in line… Read more »
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 »
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Ten Labour MPs have backed a bill that would compel the government to establish a compensation scheme for women who lost out financially from the rise in the state pension age. The bill, put forward by Scottish National Party (SNP) Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, passed a vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon… Read more »
How Labour cabinet ministers have voted on previous assisted dying legislation and their public statements on the contentious issue.
