Personhood

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Does an embryo made from monkey and human cells have a soul?

If life begins at conception, and it is at the point of conception that personhood is inaugurated, is there 'ensoulment' of an embryo made from human and monkey cells? If man is made in the image of God, and this…

Labour MP’s campaign for the stillborn to be recognised by the State raises a few awkward questions about abortion

February 7, 2018
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When Labour MP Sharon Hodgson rose to deliver her contribution to the debate on the Civil Partnerships, Marriages and Deaths (Registration Etc.) Bill, the House was sparsely attended, but all…

A World Without Down’s Syndrome – let the abortion/eugenics debate begin

October 6, 2016
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They shoot horses, don't they? Much better to put them out of their misery than suffer a broken leg. If it's compassionate to kill horses to end their pain, why…

The revelation of Justin Welby's real father does not change nothing

April 10, 2016
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"Justin Welby. What a bastard," wrote a communicant of this blog, in a rapidly degenerating comment thread of the sort the Bishop of Buckingham insists ought to be censored:…

If babies may be aborted on the grounds of their sex, why not sexuality?

February 23, 2015
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"Thank heaven for little girls," sang Maurice Chevalier in the 1958 film Gigi. The reason? Well, mainly because they i) "get bigger every day"; and ii) "grow up in…

Rochester & Strood: the Christian case for supporting Mark Reckless

November 2, 2014
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According to the latest opinion polls on the wacky race for Rochester & Strood, the suave, educated, cultured and erudite Peter Perfect Mark Reckless is blazing ahead for Ukip,…