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The end of the road for assisted suicide
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (250+ words) The vote in the Scottish parliament against an assisted suicide measure must spell the end of the road, for now at least, of efforts to legislate in this area. MSPs voted by 69 to 57 to throw out the Assisted Dying for…...
Pro-life demonstration causes outrage at seaside town
6+ mon, 6+ day ago (287+ words) Locals at a Pembrokeshire seaside town were shocked and angry to see a roadside pro-life demonstration on Saturday, September 13. The pro-life demonstration took place at around midday on Goodwick Parrog with a group of elderly protestors, many of them male,…...
What does birth control pill have to do with Auschwitz?
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1039+ words) Renee Duering still remembers how painful it felt when an Auschwitz prisoner tattooed the camp number on her arm. "Be glad you're getting a number, otherwise you'd end up straight in the oven," the man told her. The Nazis gave…...
Pill taken by millions of women linked to 'life-threatening' attacks
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (429+ words) Younger women with asthma who take the mini pill may be at a higher risk of potentially life-threatening asthma attacks, a new study suggests. Researchers from Imperial College London found that taking the progesterone-only contraceptive pill was linked to an…...
All you need to know as the assisted dying Bill returned to Parliament
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (943+ words) The assisted dying Bill was back in the House of Commons on Friday, where MPs once again debated the controversial issue. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at the Bill and how the process might work. " What is…...