May 25, 2013

Peter Singer backs abortion for curbing population growth

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Peter Singer is an Australian moral philosopher and currently Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He is former editor of the Bioethics journal and one of the most influential thinkers in bioethics today. Singer espouses utilitarianism, … [Read more...]

School contraceptive jabs to 13 year-olds without parental consent – a dangerous and ill-informed strategy

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School nurses have given implants or jabs to girls aged between 13 and 16 more than 900 times in the past two years, a survey by The Daily Telegraph has found. Girls aged 13 have been given contraceptive jabs and implants on more than 20 … [Read more...]

Government ministers and MPs wade in on Liverpool Care Pathway

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The controversial Liverpool care pathway (LCP), a framework used to manage patients who are imminently dying, has not unexpectedly now come to the attention of government ministers and MPs. Earlier this year, the Daily Mail newspaper claimed in a … [Read more...]

The demographic time bomb is most marked in Japan

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The demographic time bomb – whereby the elderly population assumes a greater and greater proportion of the total population - is no more marked than in Japan. Falling birth rates (as a result of abortion, contraception and delaying childbirth) … [Read more...]

Ten questions you never hear asked on the media

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I was on the Radio Four Today programme last week debating Lord Falconer (listen here for Radio Four and here for Radio Five Live and ) on whether or not assisted suicide should be legalised in the light of ten years of British people going to the … [Read more...]