UK Member of Parliament Seeks to Help Situations Where Doctors, Parents Cannot Agree About Child’s Treatment

UK Member of Parliament Seeks to Help Situations Where Doctors, Parents Cannot Agree About Child’s Treatment

 (The Christian Institute) — A Labor Party member of Parliament has called for a clarification in the law surrounding situations where parents and doctors cannot agree about medical treatments for a child. … In introducing his bill, Bambos Charalambous highlighted Tafida Raqeeb’s case, where doctors of a girl who suffered a traumatic brain injury […]

UK Paralympic Gold Medalist Says Doctor Suggested an Abortion Because Disabled People Might ‘Spread’

UK Paralympic Gold Medalist Says Doctor Suggested an Abortion Because Disabled People Might ‘Spread’

An 11-time paralympic gold medalist who was born with spina bifida says that she was offered an abortion when she became pregnant years ago because of thinking that disabled people like herself might “spread.” “When I was pregnant, I lost count of the number of people who asked me how I got pregnant,” Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson […]

NHS Guidelines: Women Who Complain About Sharing Hospital Ward With ‘Transgenders’ Should Be Treated Like Racists

NHS Guidelines: Women Who Complain About Sharing Hospital Ward With ‘Transgenders’ Should Be Treated Like Racists

SCOTLAND (The Christian Institute) — New NHS guidelines in Scotland say that women who complain about sharing a ward with biological men are “transphobic” and should be treated like racists. Staff will be expected to say that there are “no men present” in response to a complaint from a female patient sharing a ward with […]

Australian Couple to Sue for ‘Wrongful Birth’ of Down Syndrome Daughter

Australian Couple to Sue for ‘Wrongful Birth’ of Down Syndrome Daughter

(The Christian Institute) — A couple in Australia have been granted permission to sue an ultrasound clinic for not diagnosing their daughter with Down syndrome. The couple claim they would have aborted their child, who is now four years old, if they knew she might have the condition. The unnamed parents are seeking damages for […]

Scottish Mother Offered an Abortion ‘Every Week’ Gives Birth to Healthy Boy

Scottish Mother Offered an Abortion ‘Every Week’ Gives Birth to Healthy Boy

(The Christian Institute) — A Scottish mother who refused to give in to pressure to abort her unborn baby has given birth to a healthy boy. Lauren Webster, from North Lanarkshire, was told at a 13-week scan that her unborn son had a “bladder obstruction” and could possibly be suffering from Edwards’ syndrome. Speaking to […]