This has been a dark and desperate week for Britain. Two votes in the UK Parliament. Abortion has been decriminalised. Assisted suicide approved. Lives will be needlessly lost as a result.
Assisted Suicide
A woman who illegally took abortion pills at home while around six months pregnant has recently appeared in court.
Abortion
The final version of new rules to govern child protection online have been published by the regulator Ofcom.
Pornography
Assisted Suicide
Judges at the UK’s highest court have unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equality law, ending a long-running legal battle over sex-based rights.
Transgender
Freedom of Speech
The Ultimate Pool Women’s Pro Series final in Wigan faced protests after being contested by two transgender players, Harriet Haynes and Lucy Smith. Both defeated four female-born players to reach the final.
Transgender
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has delayed a crucial vote on her proposed Assisted Suicide Bill by three weeks, claiming it allows MP colleagues more time for further scrutiny.
Assisted Suicide
The US State Department has warned the UK over its criminalisation of free speech in abortion buffer zones, in a highly unusual move.
Freedom of Speech
A ban on gambling adverts across the London Underground has been delayed until a national definition of harmful gambling is established, Mayor Sadiq Khan has confirmed. The decision has led to criticism…
Gambling
Prosecutors in England and Wales are being urged to do more to ensure that offenders convicted of sharing intimate images without consent—commonly referred to as "revenge porn"—are stripped of any remaining access…
Pornography
The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education watchdog for failing to protect free speech in the case of gender-critical academic Kathleen Stock. The Office for Students (OfS)…
Freedom of Speech
A group of Labour parliamentarians have told party colleagues that Kim Leadbeater's assisted suicide bill is "irredeemably flawed and unfit to become law".
Assisted Suicide