About this episode

This episode covers recent news including discussions on conversion practices, same-sex weddings in the Church of England, and abortion rates in England and Wales.

In CI News this week: Peers warn that plans to ban ‘conversion practices’ could criminalise parents, the Church of England reopens discussions on allowing same-sex weddings for clergy, and one-in-three babies are now aborted in England and Wales. You can download the video via this link . Featured stories Govt reminds schools not to blindly allow kids to ‘change sex’ as guidance finalised PSNI: ‘Carrying a Bible in hospital may be illegal’ Dawn French: ‘I worry that the poor will suffer most under assisted suicide’ Nurse vindicated after 2-year ‘witch hunt’ for ‘misgendering’ patient

Topics covered

• conversion practices
• same-sex weddings
• abortion
• education
• religion
• assisted suicide

Keywords

• conversion practices
• Church of England
• same-sex weddings
• abortion
• Dawn French
• PSNI
• education
• religion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Church of England, PSNI

Places: England and Wales

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