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MPs voted to reject the assisted suicide bill by 286 votes to 270, effectively ending the parliamentary push for assisted suicide in this Parliament. Christian Concern and other groups opposed the bill, expressing concerns about coercion and pressure on disabled and vulnerable people, and stating that assisted suicide is never compassionate.
Read →On 11 September 2026, assisted suicide is set to return to the House of Commons. Labour MP Lauren Edwards has resurrected the previous bill that ran out of time in the House of Lords because of its inadequate safeguards. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has indicated that it’s not the time to push through assisted suicide, ... The post Stop reckless assisted suicide bill becoming law appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Lauren Edwards MP (Labour) has reintroduced assisted suicide to Parliament. She has brought back the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill to Parliament in the same form as it passed through the House of Commons when put forward in the last parliamentary session. The previous bill was amended heavily in the House of Lords ... The post Ask your MP to stop the deadly assisted suicide bill appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Labour MP Lauren Edwards wants to bring back assisted suicide to Parliament. She plans to bring back the exact bill that Kim Leadbeater pushed through the House of Commons last year, without any attempts to fix any of the bill’s glaring problems. Lauren Edwards thinks it’s perfect as it is and is asking politicians to ... The post Ask your MP to reject the return of assisted suicide appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →On Friday 5 June, following unprecedented developments raising serious questions about judicial impartiality in Northern Ireland, the appeal of Claire Brennan, the first person convicted under the region’s controversial abortion clinic “censorship zone” law, will continue at Antrim County Court. The rehearing follows several significant developments: the recusal of County Court Judge Ciaran Moynagh in ... The post Mother set for retrial after unprecedented judge recusal appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →A Christian mother who became the first person convicted under Northern Ireland’s controversial abortion “censorship zone” law has had a further prosecution for speaking to women outside of a hospital quashed after the case against her fell apart in court last night (May 20) at Coleraine Magistrates’ Court. Claire Brennan, a mother of four from ... The post Praying mother cleared as Northern Ireland censorship zone case fails appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →A High Court judge has overturned the conviction of veteran pro‑life campaigner David Skinner, for sending an email with graphic images opposing abortion and censorship zones around clinics in Bournemouth. On Friday 24 May Mr Justice Saini ruled that although the offence was technically made out under domestic law, maintaining a criminal conviction would amount ... The post High Court overturns conviction of pro-life campaigner who sent abortion images appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Laws are meant to protect life. Governments are meant to do justice, protecting the vulnerable against those who might harm them. But 300,000 vulnerable unborn lives are taken each year, funded by the state. Abortion centres are run like businesses – they’ve been set targets to hit higher numbers of abortions. And if assisted suicide ... The post Week Five: Advocate for justice and the value of life appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →The House of Lords will soon be voting on an amendment to remove a clause in the Crime and Policing Bill which decriminalises abortion. Please write to members of the House of Lords urging them to support this amendment. Clause 208, which decriminalises abortion, was inserted into the Crime and Policing Bill after an amendment ... The post Write to peers to stop up-to-birth abortion appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →‘Safety’ quickly becomes an excuse for suppressing freedom. And that’s what we’re seeing right now. Even silent prayer is banned in abortion censorship zones and politicians keep promising to ban consensual conversations that they call ‘conversion practices’. Our third week of Hope for our Nation sees us praying for our government and business. Watch Paul’s ... The post Week Three: Restore freedom by challenging anti-prayer laws appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →While the Westminster Parliament debate on assisted suicide is on hold, the Scottish Parliament will be holding its final, Stage 3 vote on its Assisted Suicide bill on Tuesday 17 March. Having been proposed by Liam McArthur MSP, this bill has had over 400 amendments submitted. There isn’t a second chamber to seek approval, so this ... The post Stop assisted suicide in Scotland appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →A Christian preacher will continue to appeal his conviction for breaching an abortion buffer zone in Ealing. Stephen Green was convicted in 2024 for breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) by holding a sign with Psalm 139:13. The PSPO prohibits any ‘act of disapproval’ of abortion within the buffer zone. Yesterday, he was denied permission ... The post Preacher continues to appeal buffer zone conviction for Bible verse appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →In an unprecedented development, a judge presiding over the appeal of Claire Brennan, the first person convicted under Northern Ireland’s abortion clinic censorship zone law, has recused himself following serious concerns over judicial impartiality and has been forced to order a retrial. County Court Judge Ciaran Moynagh had heard Claire Brennan’s appeal on 2 September, ... The post Pro-abortion judge steps down for ‘apparent bias’ appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →New analysis by independent public health consultant Kevin Duffy has shown that many women who access abortion in their twenties will remain childless at 45 – a risk they are not told about. It shows that in 2022, it is very likely that more than 5,000 childless women aged 29, who presented for an abortion, ... The post Women accessing abortion not told of the risk they would remain childless appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Demonstrators placed hundreds of pairs of shoes outside Parliament today to solemnly represent the hundreds, if not thousands, of people who would die each year by state-sanctioned suicide if the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is made law. The government’s impact assessment of Kim Leadbeater’s bill estimates that between 164 and 647 people ... The post Hundreds of pairs of shoes in demo against assisted suicide appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →An activist lawyer turned judge in Northern Ireland has been forced to allow an application for his own recusal after being publicly challenged over his impartiality in a landmark case involving the criminalisation of prayer outside an abortion clinic. In a dramatic moment at Ballymena Court on Tuesday morning (16 September), Claire Brennan, pro-life activist ... The post Judge accused of bias in pro-life case appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →A judge presiding over the appeal of Claire Brennan, the first person convicted under Northern Ireland’s abortion clinic censorship zone law, has been reported for serious concerns over judicial impartiality. Deputy County Court Judge Ciaran Moynagh, who heard Mrs Brennan’s appeal last Tuesday (2 September), was previously awarded Humanist of the Year by Humanists UK for his legal ... The post Abortion activist judge reported over concerns of impartiality in pro-life case appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →In September 2025, Kim Leadbeater’s bill to legalise assisted suicide will come back to Parliament, where it would have to pass through the House of Lords to become a law. The House of Lords can block this bill. It isn’t a government bill and it wasn’t a manifesto promise, which means that the House of ... The post How to write to peers to stop assisted suicide appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →In this report commissioned by Christian Concern, Dr Martin Parsons and Dr Gregory Gardner study the emergence of buffer zones in the UK Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre has been challenging so-called ‘buffer zones’ since their introduction by certain local councils from 2014. This report offers an in-depth legal, ethical, and human rights ... The post Abortion buffer zones: Reintroducing state censorship? appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Prominent campaigner against assisted suicide, Philip Bateman, has died peacefully at home with his family this week. Philip was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in spring last year. He was given less than six months to live, meaning that he would have qualified for assisted suicide under Kim Leadbeater’s Bill. Philip was supported by his wife, ... The post Prominent campaigner against assisted suicide dies two days before crucial vote appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →On Friday 20 June MPs are set to hold their final decisive vote on whether to introduce assisted suicide. The new law would allow people with terminal illnesses to receive assistance to kill themselves, even if their motivation is because they feel like a burden on their loved ones. What would that mean for ordinary ... The post What killed Aliyah? appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Two extremely dangerous amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill are set to be debated and voted on in parliament on Tuesday 17 June, next week. Amendment NC1, proposed by Tonia Antoniazzi MP, has the support of over 150 MPs. This amendment would decriminalise abortion right up to birth for any “woman acting in relation ... The post Abortion decriminalisation set to be voted on in Parliament appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Kim Leadbeater has produced a briefing claiming that the Committee Stage of her bill to legalise assisted suicide has been a success, strengthening the safeguards and ensuring that people are “protected at each stage” of the process. Her briefing applauds the acceptance of multiple amendments, obscuring the reality that a significant number of key safeguarding ... The post Responding to Kim Leadbeater’s claims her assisted suicide bill is a success appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →On Friday 20 June, MPs are expected to vote on whether assisted suicide will be legalised in England and Wales. This private members’ bill is now in Report stage and heading towards the crucial vote at Third reading on Friday. Similar bills have been rejected in recent years but the challenge now is greater than ... The post Act now to stop assisted suicide appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →We produced this briefing after the assisted suicide bill committee finished its scrutiny of the Bill last week. It is a recap of what happened in committee and is designed to expose how, despite promises to the contrary, this Bill is even more flawed, dangerous and open to abuse than it was originally. Overview The ... The post Briefing: Assisted suicide bill more flawed after Committee stage appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →Assisted suicide can still be stopped from becoming law. The bill committee continued to meet in the past weeks, rejecting more amendments that could have made the bill safer. It’s increasingly clear that the cheerleaders for assisted suicide are not taking seriously enough concerns that vulnerable people would be pressured into death. MPs and others ... The post Pray against assisted suicide this Lent appeared first on Christian Concern .
Read →This week, MPs debated the costs involved with Kim Leadbeater MP’s bill to legalise assisted suicide. Christian Concern’s public policy team covers some of the highlights and lowlights of the debate To further the assisted suicide bill, MPs must first approve its financing through what is called the ‘money resolutions’ stage. This week, Kim Leadbeater, ... The post MPs approve ‘blank cheque’ for funding assisted suicide appeared first on Christian Concern .
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