Can doctors starve brain-damaged people to death? UK Supreme Court says yes.
Patients with permanent vegetative state and minimally conscious state can now be effectively starved and dehydrated to death in Great Britain.
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Peter Saunders
Biotech company seeks to profit from new search-and-destroy test for babies with Down’s
If rolling out NIPT will result in 195 more babies with Down’s syndrome being detected, that means potentially almost 180 more abortions for Down’s syndrome each year.
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How should Christians respond to new biotechnologies?
We need to understand that there are limits to what we can legitimately do technologically to human beings.
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When the foundations are being destroyed: Christian reflections on broken Britain
Great Britain is in the midst of some troubling times, but Christians must fight the culture war with faith and not retreat.
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Claims that DNA editing of human embryos will help infertile couples lack any evidence base
In reality, it seems to be more about satisfying scientific curiosity about how genes work in the normal development of the human embryo with any therapeutic application a distant dream.
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Lord Falconer’s phoney war continues
While the public are broadly sympathetic to the rights-based argument in favour of ending lives at the time of a person's choice, there is widespread concern about the abuse to which any system is likely to be open.
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Why is Britain allowing this notorious euthanasia campaigner to operate here?
Philip Nitschke’s activities present a real and present risk to vulnerable members of the British public.
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Support for UK assisted dying bill plummets to 43% after hearing opposing arguments
Support for assisted suicide looks to be extremely soft and generally uninformed.
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UK’s care minister backs assisted suicide as treatment
Norman Lamb risks taking Britain down the Dutch and Belgian route where assisted suicide is seen as a cheap treatment option for people with dementia.
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Ten reasons why the UK should not adopt Oregon-style assisted suicide
The lessons from Oregon are clear. We should not go there. Keep Britain safe for vulnerable people.
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