(The Christian Institute) — The number of divorces will rapidly increase if the government’s plans for no-fault divorce become law, pro-marriage groups have warned. Today, Justice Secretary David Gauke announced that the government will introduce legislation “as soon as Parliamentary time allows.” The Coalition for Marriage (C4M) described the change as a “cheaters’ charter,” while The Christian […]

(The Christian Institute) — A national newspaper has said police time and resources are being wasted by making officers in England and Wales “arbiters of acceptable opinion.” The Telegraph criticized the police for “the continued harassment of people, often Christians, for making perfectly lawful statements that are decreed ‘hate crimes.’” In October, the U.K. government […]

(The Christian Institute) — Pro-life events have been banned outside another London area abortion clinic. Richmond councilors unanimously approved a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) outside the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) building in Twickenham. The ban prohibits “any form of interaction” relating to abortion with those attending the clinic. The Society for the Protection […]

(The Christian Institute) — A judge in Canada has ruled that the father of a troubled 14-year-old cannot stop medics from giving her damaging hormonal treatment against his will. The teenage girl from Vancouver, identified only as A.B, became interested in “changing sex” after being exposed to teaching, videos and counsellors promoting LGBT values at […]

(The Christian Institute) — A mother who was told on five separate occasions that her child would die has shared how her tiny baby defied doctors’ expectations to survive. Hanna Rose went into labor at 23 weeks and was told her son George had a “one in a million chance of surviving.” She said, “I […]

(The Christian Institute) — An academic has challenged a decision by Bath Spa University to refuse him permission to research transgender regret. Psychotherapist James Caspian wanted to study people who had undergone “sex-change” operations only to later regret their decision and seek to reverse their transition. His research proposal was rejected by the university for […]

(The Christian Institute) — A mother whose baby died two minutes after she was born, says choosing not to abort was the right decision. Erin O’Hara and Jamie McCormick received significant media attention last October when they revealed they would carry baby Freya to full term, despite doctors advising an abortion. Though Freya’s life was […]

(The Christian Institute) — A new documentary on BBC Radio 4 has investigated puberty blockers—the controversial drugs given to children who are confused about their gender. The drugs were originally designed to pause development in children suffering from “precocious puberty,” where they begin to go through puberty at a very early age. They are, however, […]

(The Christian Institute) — A new study by University College London (UCL) confirms that children who experience family breakup are more likely to develop emotional and behavioral problems than those living with both parents. In 2009, the University of London (UoL) found that “evidence indicates that younger children are at greater risk of adverse outcomes, […]

(The Christian Institute) — A young man from Germany who, as an unborn baby, survived an abortion attempt in 1997 has died at age 21. Medics assumed that Tim Guido would not survive premature labor and that the usual lethal drug injection would be unnecessary. His adoptive family say that his 21 years were “full […]