News Bulletin 5 October 2012

A row has broken out in Canada over a poster campaign in schools which promotes polygamy — The number of patients with psychiatric conditions and dementia who had their lives ended under The Netherlands controversial euthanasia laws is on the rise — UK judges have ruled that the case of Tony Nicklinson, who campaigned for doctors to be allowed to kill him, will not be allowed to go to the Court of Appeal — A motion debated in the Northern Ireland Assembly in support of redefining marriage has been defeated — Homosexual actor Rupert Everett has voiced his opposition to gay marriage, revealing that he has received hate mail and death threats for his views about same-sex parenting — The French Government has announced plans which would mean that tax payers money would be used to cover the ‘full’ medical costs of abortions — And the UK Government’s chief drugs adviser, Professor Leslie Iversen, has criticised a Channel 4 programme which showed volunteers taking ecstasy, saying it glamorised drug-taking.