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‘Cheerleading’ BBC to show an assisted suicide on TV

‘Cheerleading’ BBC to show an assisted suicide on TV

The BBC stands accused of being a cheerleader for assisted suicide after deciding to show a man with motor neurone disease killing himself at a facility in Switzerland.

15 Apr 2011
England & Wales

£8.6m in UK taxes to overseas abortion group

£8.6m in UK taxes to overseas abortion group

UK taxpayers are to provide nearly £9 million to a huge international abortion group which has links to a beleaguered US abortion provider.

14 Apr 2011

Gay blood safeguard set to be weakened

Gay blood safeguard set to be weakened

13 Apr 2011

Eugenics fear as report backs pre-pregnancy genetic screening

Eugenics fear as report backs pre-pregnancy genetic screening

13 Apr 2011

Morning-after pill free over the counter for Welsh teens

Morning-after pill free over the counter for Welsh teens

7 Apr 2011
England & Wales

‘Healthy’ assisted suicide activist dies at Swiss clinic

‘Healthy’ assisted suicide activist dies at Swiss clinic

5 Apr 2011
England & Wales

Locked-in sufferer: I will not give up on life

Locked-in sufferer: I will not give up on life

31 Mar 2011

UK’s smallest twin born at 24 weeks allowed home

UK’s smallest twin born at 24 weeks allowed home

25 Mar 2011

Firebomb thrown at pro-life demonstrator in US

24 Mar 2011
World

Locked-in sufferers: ‘We are happy to be alive’

18 Mar 2011

Mum’s grief: Medics left 22 week pre-term baby to die

18 Mar 2011

Trans man loses court battle for bigger breasts on NHS

17 Mar 2011

Oxford ethicist: keep clever embryos, destroy the rest

15 Mar 2011

Health Secretary to consider allowing ‘three-parent IVF’

11 Mar 2011