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Here is CMF's update on key stories in the news from a Christian and medical perspective.
Elderly care: do we care?
CMF Head of Allied Professions Ministries, Steve Fouch, looks at a report from Age UK suggesting funding for elderly care has stagnated, while in the same period a quarter of a million more people need care.
Sexual freedom and relationship breakdown cost Britain £100 billion annually
According to a new report, the costs of sexual freedom and relationship breakdown to the taxpayer and wider economy total some £100 billion annually. That's about twice as much as alcohol abuse, smoking and obesity combined.
Diane Abbott MP resigns from abortion counselling consultation group
Ms Abbott's resignation from a cross-party group of MPs has 'thrown the pro-abortion lobby and abortion providers into overdrive' at a crucial time.
The case of 'Martin' – grandstanding by lawyers and the BBC
Lawyers for a stroke victim who wants help to end his 'intolerable' life can continue to act on his behalf without fear of prosecution or disciplinary action, the High Court has ruled. But the publicity this case is producing is unhelpful.
Christian GP in appeal against home office for unjust sacking
Dr Hans-Christian Raabe, a Christian GP, was sacked by the Home Office from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) last year for failing to declare that he had co-authored a paper suggesting that there was an association between homosexuality and paedophilia. Yet, many peer-reviewed articles support his view.
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