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                In the news this week
                Friday, 21 January 2022
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                           The Government’s proposals for a broad conversion therapy ban will harm children who seek out support, the Association of Christian Teachers (ACT) has warned. 
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                     Almost a third of local authorities in Scotland have refused to roll out the Government’s controversial survey into the sex lives of young people. 
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                     Activist MLAs have attempted to hijack a Bill tackling sexual offences and human trafficking to criminalise parents who smack their children. 
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                     The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been accused of endangering vulnerable people with proposals to make prosecutions for so-called mercy killings less likely. 
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                           Baroness Meacher’s assisted suicide Bill risks becoming a “cheap solution for human suffering”, a highly respected palliative care expert has warned. 
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                     Legislation protecting the unborn from abortion beyond twelve weeks’ gestation must be scrapped, a group in the Republic of Ireland has said. 
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                           The number of older people seeking treatment for mental health problems as a result of using cannabis has soared. 
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                           Pro-trans groups have attacked the BBC’s recent attempts at balanced reporting on the issue of radical gender ideology, complaining the Corporation should not give a platform to those with ‘transphobic’ views. 
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                     Ciarán Kelly speaks to the Institute’s Sharon James about her new book on worldviews and their consequences. 
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                     On 22 January 2009, a Brighton care home for elderly Christians won back thousands of pounds of funding withdrawn by the local council because of its biblical beliefs on homosexuality. 
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               Yours in Christ, 
              
  
               
               
              Colin Hart 
              Director, The Christian Institute 
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