February 2017 News Archive
Back to 2017 News Archive- 'Plan to salvage doomed Named Person scheme shrouded in secrecy' (28 Feb 2017)
- Labour MP hits out at politicians who support marriage (28 Feb 2017)
- ‘US must end gay rights drive’, say church leaders (28 Feb 2017)
- Traditional values being squeezed out of public life, ex-equality chief warns (27 Feb 2017)
- Scottish Labour leader backs ‘controversial’ LGBT measures (27 Feb 2017)
- Lord Waddington, free speech defender: 1929-2017 (24 Feb 2017)
- ‘Right-to-die' language is really about wanting a 'right to be killed', says former GP (24 Feb 2017)
- ‘Quash convictions for brothel-keeping’, Lib Dems urged (24 Feb 2017)
- Police continue to ignore cannabis offences, new figures show (24 Feb 2017)
- Pharmacy plans are ‘unethical and unnecessary’ (24 Feb 2017)
- US Govt revokes trans bathroom guidance for schools (23 Feb 2017)
- Inspirational martyr Jim Elliot highlighted by BBC (23 Feb 2017)
- Countries join forces to fund overseas abortion (23 Feb 2017)
- 'Conservative Anglicans are like ISIS', says Tory MP (23 Feb 2017)
- '£5bn' heterosexual civil partnerships blocked by Court of Appeal (22 Feb 2017)
- Judge berates council for seizing baby from parents in ‘very serious interference with family life’ (22 Feb 2017)
- 9 in 10 UK universities restrict free speech, report says (21 Feb 2017)
- 'Irresponsible' US scientists back human gene editing (21 Feb 2017)
- ‘Smash dangerous porn illusion’, says rapper (20 Feb 2017)
- Fudged C of E sexuality report unravels at Synod (17 Feb 2017)
- Comment: What was wrong with the Bishops' marriage report? (17 Feb 2017)
- BBC resists humanist call for secular Thought for the Day (17 Feb 2017)
- Pro-life campaign launched to protect the unborn in Ireland (17 Feb 2017)
- C of E urges action on ‘crack cocaine of gambling’ (17 Feb 2017)
- Medical cannabis given green light in Ireland despite safety fears (17 Feb 2017)
- New tech allows parents to see their unborn babies in crystal clear video (16 Feb 2017)
- Huge Christian landmark to be erected in UK (16 Feb 2017)
- 'Are you Gender Fluid?' Council asks sex questions in building survey (15 Feb 2017)
- Pharmacy plans afford Christians no equality (15 Feb 2017)
- C of E report on sexuality causes ‘serious concerns’ (15 Feb 2017)
- 'Fathers are crucial to children, not just an extra' (14 Feb 2017)
- ‘Winning EuroMillions has ruined my life’, says 21-year-old (14 Feb 2017)
- ‘Radical feminist’ group joins forces with Christian charity to fight trans bathroom laws (14 Feb 2017)
- YouTube gamers fined under Gambling Act in legal first (13 Feb 2017)
- School kids as young as 5 could get sex ed ‘by the back door’ (10 Feb 2017)
- Youngest ever twins prompt call for lower abortion limit (10 Feb 2017)
- Children do better with married parents, confirms new report (10 Feb 2017)
- US group: ‘Abortions are good for the environment’ (09 Feb 2017)
- Calls for Scotland drug-driving ban as death toll mounts (08 Feb 2017)
- One billion abortions in the last 100 years (08 Feb 2017)
- Alarm as figures show rapid rise in child-on-child sex offences (08 Feb 2017)
- C of E college held blasphemous service (07 Feb 2017)
- 'The baby I lost at 23 weeks must be officially recognised' (07 Feb 2017)
- Radio presenter glad mum chose not to abort him (06 Feb 2017)
- ‘Parents might neglect their responsibilities under sex ed plans’, MP warns (03 Feb 2017)
- Couples who 'would have aborted' disabled children receive millions from NHS in compensation (03 Feb 2017)
- Abortion facility rapped after watchdog raises safety questions (03 Feb 2017)
- ‘We’re happy’ say locked-in patients in tech breakthrough (03 Feb 2017)
- Planned Parenthood: ‘We only do ultrasounds for abortions' (03 Feb 2017)
- Kids who go to badger protests may be considered extremists (02 Feb 2017)
- Record-breaking twins born three days before abortion limit (02 Feb 2017)
- Dutch doctor who killed dementia sufferer against her will acted ‘in good faith’, panel rules (02 Feb 2017)
- Supreme Court nominee backs religious liberty, sanctity of life (01 Feb 2017)
- US Boy Scouts give in to trans pressure and end single-sex programmes (01 Feb 2017)
- Bookmakers ‘in denial’ as 'crack cocaine of gambling' report released (01 Feb 2017)
- March for Life in honour of 58 million lost (01 Feb 2017)
- Strong backing in Lords for Bill to curb Sharia courts (01 Feb 2017)
- C of E drives wedge between doctrine and practice on marriage (01 Feb 2017)