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Christian Concern for Our Nation 26/09/08
Every Friday CCFON will bring to you stories of fundamental significance to Christians and our Nation. To equip you to pray and act. To put the hope of Christ at the centre of our Nation.
Abortion, Bioethics, Christian Interest, Family, Sexual Orientation
CCFON Announcements
The Human Fertilisation Embryology Bill (HFE Bill) Information and Action Pack
Download our updated HFE Bill Information and Action Pack for the latest on the Bill and how to lobby your MP. click here
Abortion (and related topics)
CCFON News: ADF to defend Irish abortion ban. ADF attorneys will represent Family Research Council before European Court of Human Rights. http://www.ccfon.org/view.php?id=637
Thousands of Women are Having Abortion, But No One is Talking
Despite having one of the highest abortion rates in the world, women in Britain do not talk about their personal experiences with abortion. The subject, says Bethan Cole in a lengthy article in the Daily Mail, is still taboo. http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/sep/08091911.html
Bioethics
Daily Telegraph: Ruth Kelly expected to leave Cabinet in days over embryology bill
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/3070729/Labour- conference-Ruth-Kelly-expected-to-leave-Cabinet-in-days-over-religious-wrangle.html
Mirror: Woman alleged to have faked a man's signature to have his IVF baby - then kept the news from him for nearly two years http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2008/09/22/exclusive-woman-stole-my- sperm-to-have-ivf-baby-says-furious-ex-115875-20747460/
BBC News: A man who fathered a child for a lesbian couple has confronted a group protesting over Dawn Primarolo's role in the Human Embryology and IVF Bill. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7625791.stm
Christian Interest
CCFONtv Media Centre: Radio interview about the offensive 'Jesus' Statue exhibition, aired on BBC Radio Essex. http://www.ccfon.org/mediacentre.php?avid=120&avap=1
Daily Mail: Archbishops attack the 'bank robbers' who have brought economy to brink of disaster.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1061269/Two-archbishops-attack-bank- robbers-brought-economy-brink-disaster.html?ITO=1490
Family
Daily Telegraph: Married Parents twice as likely to stay together as couples in live-in relationships.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3068755/Married-parents-twice-as- likely-to-stay-together-as-couples-in-live-in-relationships.html
Daily Mail: Sexually active teenage girls 'twice as likely' to become depressed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1058804/Sexually-active-teenage-girls- twice-likely-depressed.html
BBC News: A Roman Catholic school has banned pupils from receiving the new cervical cancer vaccine on its premises. . http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7633761.stm
Sexual Orientation
The Catholic Herald: Sexual Orientation Regulations force Church to withdraw adoption services in Wales . http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/articles/a0000375.shtml
BBC News: Vicar is reprimanded by the Archbishop of Wales for blessing a homosexual civil partnership between two women. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7631356.stm
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