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CCFON Headlines
CCFON: CCFON urges support for the ‘Resistance Campaign’ to safeguard terminally ill and disabled people from the threat of assisted suicide
| CCFON is supporting the ‘Resistance Campaign’ launched this week by ‘Not Dead Yet UK’ which highlights the dangers of legalising Assisted Suicide and calls for the maintenance of legal protections for terminally ill and disabled people. Please sign the petition, urge your MP to sign the charter and tell others about the initiative. To find out how to do so and to read more, please click here.
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Baroness Jane Cambell, |
For more on Assisted Suicide see the ‘End of Life’ section below.
| CCFON is calling on people to continue to complain to Channel 4, the Advertising Standards Authority and their MPs about the recent airing of the UK’s first abortion advert by Marie Stopes International. For more information and resources to help you, please click here. |
News Report on abortion advert
BBC News, 24 May 2010 (2m 20s) |
CCFON: CCFON and CLC Urge Rethink on EHRC Litigation Strategy
CCFON and CLC are urging the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to ensure that it adopts a multi-faceted approach to protecting human rights and recognising diversity rather than pursuing a one-dimensional ‘equality’ agenda in the United Kingdom.
Click here to read more.
Abortion
Press Association: Government receives more than 600 complaints over abortion advert.
The Times: Women in Italy to be offered €4,500 not to have abortions.
The Times: Marie Stopes opens abortion clinics in China.
Daily Mail: US women to be shown ultrasound of their baby before going ahead with abortion.
AFP News: Austrian abortion museum wins European prize.
Living in Peru: Abortion to protect mother’s health to be legalised in Peru, says Health Ministry.
News 24: Morocco holds its first abortion conference.
Bioethics
Daily Mail: IVF breakthrough: Experts develop new method to pick out best sperm.
Daily Mail: Frozen sperm siblings born - 15 years after cancer left their father infertile.
AFP News: S. Korean court says frozen human embryos ‘not life forms’.
End of Life
CCFON: Suicide clinic Dignitas under investigation for helping mentally ill man kill himself.
Rye and Battle Today: Dr Death planning to hold euthanasia workshop in Eastbourne.
First Things: Commentary: The humanist case against euthanasia.
Family
Irish Times: Irish Partnership Bill includes five-year cohabitation rule.
Examiner (Ireland): Almost half of first births in 2007 outside marriage.
Fox News: Facebook is driving the divorce rate up, says one survey.
AFP News: Egyptian court orders Coptic church to allow remarriage.
Islam
Brussels Journal: The UK and Islamist terror: Conservatives putting the nation at risk?
This is Wiltshire: Muslim project in Swindon is hailed a success.
BBC News: Gaza aid ship protesters try to storm BBC Manchester.
Daily Express: Four MPs targeted by lone Muslim extremist.
Daily Telegraph: Aga Khan plans another attempt at building an Islamic ‘cultural hub’ in London.
The Times: Muslim preacher of hate is let into Britain.
IRNA: Muslim MPs divided over next UK Labour leader.
Daily Telegraph: A remarkable woman's rejection of Islam.
BBC iPlayer (Video): Interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali – Author and critic of Islam.
Washington Post: US agency calls for Pakistan to repeal blasphemy laws.
Boston News: Albanian Muslims sue journalist for Islam articles.
Religious Freedom
CNA: Irish doctor defends ‘fundamental right' to conscience protection.
ECLJ: ECHR crucifix case: Ten member states join Italy in support of the crucifix.
Guardian: Afghanistan to investigate aid groups for 'spreading Christianity'.
World Net Daily: Commentary: Promoting atheism OK, but not 'leaving Islam'.
Fox News: Advocacy group protests Comedy Central's new anti-Christian series.
Associated Press: US Christian conservatives seek to unseat judges.
USA Today: US: Judge says ‘No’ to public school graduation ceremony at Church.
Catholic Culture: Christianity in danger of extinction in Iran, says journalist.
USA Today: Christians in Iraq live with ongoing threats.
Scotsman: Letter: Christianity very much alive and kicking.
Sexual Orientation
Spero News: President Obama declares ‘lesbian-gay-bi-transgender’ pride month.
ABC News: President Obama extends additional benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
Christian Today: Anglican leader reprimands US Church over lesbian bishop.
Daily Mail: Aussie Rules star suspended over ‘homophobic’ comments.
Social
CCFON: Christian campaigner Mary Whitehouse was right, says long time opponent Dame Joan Bakewell
The Star: Health bosses issue sex warning to fight Doncaster’s teenage pregnancy problem.
Daily Telegraph: Binge-drinking teenagers damage their memories, says new study.
Cancer Research UK: NICE recommends minimum alcohol pricing.
BBC News (Video): Would raising the cost of alcohol be good for the UK?
Northern Echo: Counting the cost of alcohol.
Time Magazine: Baby gap: Germany's birth rate hits historic low.
Events
Elim Bible Week 2010 (5 - 12 June)
Amongst speakers: Andrea Minichiello Williams, Director of CCFON/CLC
6-7 June 2010, Pontin’s Prestatyn Holiday Park, Central Beach, Barkby Avenue, Prestatyn, Denbighshire LL19 7LA
Click here for more information.
Waterfront Christian Fellowship
Speaker: Andrea Minichiello Williams, Director of CCFON/CLC on The State of the Nation.
7pm, 8 June 2010, William Street Church, William Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 3XH.
Chester Diocesan Evangelical Fellowship
Speaker: Andrea Minichiello Williams, Director of CCFON/CLC on The State of the Nation.
7.30–9.30pm 10 June 2010, St John's Church, Chester Road, Hartford, Cheshire, CW8 1QA.
Global Day of Prayer
13 June 2010, 2–6pm at West Ham Stadium. £5 per ticket. Click here for tickets.
Andrea Minichiello Williams
Christian Concern for our Nation
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