One-time New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s bid for Democrat leader has suffered a setback as a female former employee claimed she had signed a non-disclosure agreement after the billionaire media mogul ‘responded to news of her pregnancy by saying “kill it”’; Sekiko Sekai Garrison, 55, ‘also accused Mr Bloomberg of saying “Great! Number 16!”’ – […]
Last week, Marks & Spencer issued a series of apologies to a “transgender non-binary” shopper, over what they called a “mistake”. 30-year-old Myla Corvidae, who is biologically female, but uses “they/them” pronouns, was reportedly turned away from using the male changing room by a member of staff, who informed “them” that the changing facilities were […]
A woman with Down Syndrome has launched a unprecedented case against the UK government because she says the abortion law discriminates against babies with disabilities by allowing abortion up to birth where a range of conditions are diagnosed, including Down Syndrome and cleft lip. 24-year old Heidi Crowter says the current abortion laws amount to “downright discrimination”, and […]
The American Democratic Party has something of a dilemma, as its primary season to select a candidate to take down Donald Trump kicks into high gear: Do they want to select the candidate best placed to beat Trump, or do they want a candidate who says everything they want to hear? Do they marry the […]
The number of teenagers born as girls who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria has increased by almost 1,500 percent in ten years in Sweden, according to a report from the Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen). The report examines mental health and the rise of gender between 2008 and 2018. In that time the number […]
The Metropolitan Police is facing ‘an assessment over its contact with Caroline Flack’, the 40-year-old former presenter of reality TV programme Love Island, prior to her taking her own life last Saturday; the tragedy happened shortly after learning that she would ‘face trial for an alleged assault’ on her boyfriend Lewis Burton, even although Mr […]
After its parliament approved five bills this week, Portugal will probably become the next country to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide. The next step is for a committee to consolidate the five proposals into one bill. However, right to die is not yet done and dusted. President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a conservative, could veto […]
The world’s major economies are being hit hard by demographic change. From China to Europe, they may well grow old before they grow any richer. Over the next three decades, the global number of older persons is projected to more than double, reaching over 1.5 billion persons in 2050. Currently, Eastern and South-Eastern Asia are home to the […]
In 2010, President Barack Obama made January National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month. It’s incredible that anyone needs to be aware of slavery 157 years after the Emancipation Proclamation. But it still exists. “Human trafficking erodes personal dignity and destroys the moral fabric of society,” said President Trump when he launched this year’s commemoration. “It […]
After consulting its members, the British representative body for family doctors, the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) said it remained opposed to assisted suicide. Almost half (47%) of those surveyed said the College should not change its position, while 40% of GPs said they would support a change in the law, if safeguards were in […]
It is incredible how rare babies are becoming in the Republic of Korea. In 2018, the country’s total fertility rate (the number of babies a woman will have on average in her lifetime) crashed down to 0.98. That’s far below the rate of 2.1 considered necessary for a stable population and is about the lowest […]
US officials have informed Senator Bernie Sanders that Russian agents are trying to help him win the Democratic nomination to contest the US presidential election.