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.
An nine-year old Australian boy with dwarfism has received a huge outpouring of love and support after his mother felt forced into sharing a video showing that he wanted to take his own life because of repeated bullying. A distressing video of Quaden Bayles which showed him crying and saying he wanted to die after […]
In the wake of widespread condemnation of Government ‘“super-forecaster”’ Andrew Sabisky’s remarks about ‘the intelligence of black people and compulsory birth control to prevent the creation of a “permanent underclass” Conservative peer Lord Shinkwin says business minister Kwasi Kwarteng was ‘right to call out racism in his condemnation’ of Mr Sabisky’s ‘past remarks’, insisting that […]
The uncovering of an espionage plot at the heart of a Harvard advanced research lab, might be just the “tip of an iceberg” says retired American air force General, Steve Kwast. In a long ranging discussion on the technological arms race betwen the USA and China, covering issues from 5G to the emerging strategic domain […]
A bill to allow euthanasia and assisted suicide took its first step in the Spanish parliament last week, in a win for the new left-leaning government. In a vote on whether to allow the bill to proceed, 203 deputies voted in favour, 140 against and two abstained. The bill will be debated before a final […]
Jair Bolsonaro’s first year as Brazilian president saw the lowest national murder rate in over a decade, whilst 2019’s decline in the number of murders was also the sharpest since 2007.
Democrat contenders hoping to face Donald Trump in November remain entrenched in their unswerving support for “reproductive rights”, often taking the most extreme positions imaginable.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in prison is always a controversial issue, even when they are legal. Informed consent is difficult to verify; the prisoners are evading their debt to society. The cost of maintaining inmates may decrease but voters may be horrified by utilitarian policies. Nonetheless, Switzerland has decided to allow prisoners to request assisted suicide. […]
Former police officer Harry Miller has successfully challenged the use of Hate Crime Operational guidelines, issued by the College of Policing in 2014 and followed by police forces nationally; a Judge found they had been ‘unlawfully used to interfere with Mr Miller’s freedom of speech’ when he was visited by a policeman to question him […]
A couple of weeks ago we discussed different strategies that European countries are taking to increase their birth rates and thus their natural population growth. Most European countries have very low birth rates and are relying on migration to keep their populations from declining. Some countries have tried cash incentives or tax breaks for parents, others have […]