Terminally ill man loses high court fight to end his life

A man who fears being entombed in his own body as he suffers the effects of motor neurone disease has lost his high court fight to enable doctors to help him to end his own life.

Three judges ruled against Noel Conway, a 67-year-old retired lecturer, who argued that the law on assisted dying should be changed to allow him a “peaceful and dignified” death.

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Jacob Rees-Mogg opposed to gay marriage and abortion – even after rape

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Terminally ill former lecturer wins right to fight assisted dying ban

A terminally ill former lecturer has won the right to challenge the legal ban on assisted dying in the hope that he can end his life at home surrounded by his family.

Noel Conway, 67, from Shrewsbury, Shropshire, was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in November 2014. His condition is incurable and he is not expected to live beyond 12 months.

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Terminally ill men to hear if assisted dying ban will be reviewed

Two terminally ill men are expecting to hear this week whether they will be granted permission for a judicial review of the ban on assisted dying which, they say, prevents them from ending their lives without protracted pain.

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GENETIC ENGINEERING REVISION - MEDICAL ETHICS

BBC BITESIZE IS USEFUL, YOU NEED TO REVISE GENETIC ENGINEERING FOR THE 'RELIGION AND MEDICINE' UNIT,

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‘I want my late husband’s children’: the fight for posthumous conception

Three widows have been brought together through their battle for the right to have their partners’ children. But should it be a decision for the courts?

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The doctor’s dilemma: is it ever good to do harm?

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Euthanasia - For and Against video case studies

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Marieke Vervoort: Paralympian who has signed euthanasia papers

Doors open for you in Diest when you're with Marieke Vervoort.

Go to a restaurant in this pretty Belgian town, and all the diners know her. They come over to congratulate her on winning two medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics; she raises a glass to a family celebrating a birthday.

For a few hours, she's the life and soul of the party.

But, at 37, the Belgian wheelchair racer suffers such pain she wakes her neighbours by screaming in the night. As she watches her precious, fiercely defended independence dwindling, she has planned her own death.

Euthanasia is legal in Belgium, and eight years ago Vervoort signed the papers which will, eventually, allow a doctor to end her life. It's not that she wants to die. She wants to live. But she wants to live on her terms.

Man urges MPs to back assisted dying before ending his life at Dignitas

A grandfather has called on parliament to legislate in favour of assisted dying before ending his own life at Dignitas.

Andrew Barclay, 65, died on Thursday after taking a lethal dose of drugs in an apartment near Zurich, having travelled to Switzerland with his wife. He had advanced multiple sclerosis.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, the former civil servant, from Folkestone, Kent, said he was concerned that his partner, Sandra, 67, may face a police investigation on her return to Britain for helping him fulfil his wish.

 “We need a law that makes it a feasible option in Britain,” he said. “It needs to be tightly regulated but why not draw the line where Dignitas has?

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Rillington Place - Capital Punishment and Abortion

BBC series 'Rillington Place' has details you can use for Capital Punishment (miscarriage of justice leading to execution of Timothy Evans) and episode 2 also includes reference to a 'backstreet' abortion (the type you can use in your evaluation of the issue of abortion. i.e. if abortion had been legal, then women would not have needed to resort to the services of illegal abortionists). 

WATCH EPISODE 1 HERE

WATCH EPISODE 2 HERE

When was Timothy Evans’ name finally cleared?

In 2003 the Home Office’s independent assessor, Lorn Brennan QC declared that “the conviction of Timothy Evans is now recognised to have been one of the most notorious, if not the most notorious, miscarriages of justice.”

“There is no evidence to implicate Timothy Evans in the murder of his wife”, he continued. “She was most probably murdered by Christie.”

Sturgeon confirms Scottish talks on free abortions for Northern Irish women

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that the Scottish government is to explore how to allow Northern Irish women to obtain free access to abortions in Scotland’s NHS hospitals.

Scotland’s first minister, during a visit to Dublin on Tuesday, said that the Edinburgh devolved government would hold talks with the Scottish NHS that may enable women from Northern Ireland to have terminations for free on the health service.

Across the UK, the NHS has so far refused to pay for abortions for women from Northern Ireland who travel to Britain. The procedure is only available in Northern Ireland’s hospitals when the pregnancy poses a direct threat to the mother’s life. It is illegal in all other cases.

Last week. Patrick Harvie MSP, the leader of the Green party in the Scottish parliament, said it can cost between £400 and £2,000 for a woman from Northern Ireland to obtain an abortion at a private clinic in Britain.

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Pope Francis cements priests' power to forgive abortion

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‘Please, I am out of options’: inside the murky world of DIY abortions

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Woman who imported 'euthanasia kit' took her own life, rules inquest

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The label ‘incurable’ is not a justification for ending a life

The rising number of people with severe mental health problems in the Netherlands who are ending their lives under Dutch euthanasia laws is deeply disturbing

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New mother, 62, sends 'message of hope'

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Is testing on primates still needed?

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Green Christian and GM Freeze

As a real-life example of Christians against genetic engineering in crops, you  could use Green Christian and their support for the GM Freeze campaign.

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Cathy Newman: What happened the day I confronted a zealous anti-abortion protester

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