Key Quotes for 2018

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The vast majority of MPs do not think it is right that the Digital Economy Act makes non-photographic child sex abuse images available online, after age verification. ComRes polling conduced on behalf of CARE shows 71 per cent of MPs are not happy with this accommodation of animated child sex abuse images and that number jumps to 76 per cent of female MPs. Only five per cent of MPs disagreed.
Sex	CARE - 10th August 2018



At least one in five British mammals is at high risk of extinction in the face of threats such as disease and loss of their natural habitat, a study has found. Red squirrels, wildcats and grey long-eared bats are among the species which face severe threats to their survival, the first major review of British mammals for more than 20 years revealed. Populations of nine species, including hedgehogs, water voles, hazel dormice and even rabbits, have declined in the past 20 years.
Environment	The Sentinel – 13th June 2018



New research from the Home Office revealed in July that the cost of modern slavery in the UK could be as high as £4.3 billion annually, an average of just under £330,000 per victim. This estimate is contained in an analysis of three forms of modern slavery – labour exploitation, domestic servitude and sexual exploitation.
Crime	Evangelicals Now – September 2018



New research from the Home Office has revealed the cost of modern slavery in the UK could be as high as £4.3billion annually, an average of just under £330,000 per victim. This is the first ever estimate of the cost and is contained in an analysis of three forms of modern slavery – labour exploitation, domestic servitude and sexual exploitation.
Crime	CARE - 31st July 2018



Christian symbols are being hidden or removed at funeral services in Scotland for fear that they will cause offence, it has emerged. The Scottish Inspector of Crematoria reports that demands for the removal of Bibles and crosses by humanists and other minorities are on the rise.
Social Issues	The Christian Institute - 27th July 2018



A survey has found that Department of Health (DoH) officials are unhappy answering questions about their sexuality, despite overseeing a policy which forces doctors to ask patients about theirs. From April next year, NHS doctors and nurses will have to ask patients over the age of 16 if they are heterosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual, other, or unsure, regardless of the relevance of sexuality to their health complaint.
Social Issues	The Christian Institute - 27th July 2018



In 2017 the number of euthanasia cases in Belgium increased by fourteen per cent according to an official report by the federal control and evaluation committee. Key Findings: In 2016/17 there were 4,337 deaths. 3 children under the age of 18 were euthanised 710 patients had conditions such as sight loss or incontinence
World Issues	CARE Impact Direct - 27th July 2018



Patients suffering from brain damage have lost an “important safeguard” that protects their lives, say campaigners in response to a Supreme Court decision. Yesterday, judges at the UK’s highest court ruled that if families and doctors agree to withdraw food and fluids, they can do so without a court’s permission.
Health	The Christian Institute - 3rd August 2018



Over half of Scotland’s population say they want to donate their organs after death – under the current opt-in system. Scotland beats the national average for organ pledges, with 50.4 per cent on the voluntary register, compared to 38 per cent in the rest of the UK.
Health	The Christian Institute - 3rd August 2018



A Barnabas Fund freedom of information request has revealed that no Christians were allowed to resettle in the UK in the first three months of 2018 (from 1,358 Syrian refugee applications). Four Christians - recommended for resettlement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - were rejected, with only Muslims granted permission. The Home Office only made the admission after the Information Commissioner's Office threatened court proceedings.
Social Issues	Christian Concern - 3rd August 2018



Amnesty International has declared abortion to be “a human right”. It voted to adopt a policy to support ‘safe’ access to abortion at a conference held in Poland earlier this month.
Health	The Christian Institute - 13th July 2018



Baldness could be beaten by an experimental drug originally designed to treat brittle bone disease, research suggests. In lab experiments the osteoporosis drug had a dramatic effect on donated follicles, stimulating them to sprout growing hairs.
Health	The Sentinel - 9 May 2018



If all preaching was like the royal-wedding address given by the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, the Most Revd Michael Curry, 16 per cent of those who took part in an online survey would be more likely to go to church. But the survey, for the Christian think tank Theos, suggests that 38 per cent would not be more likely to attend.
Church	Church Times - 22 June 2018



Sex education which is ‘fully inclusive of all genders and sexualities’, and covers school-children from the age of five, was announced by the Welsh Government in May. Re-branded as Relationships and Sexuality Education (RSE), the subject will be embedded within the curriculum.
Education	Evangelical now – July 2018



An attempt to legalise euthanasia was resoundingly defeated in Finland in May. The Finnish Parliament voted 128-60 against an initiative on the issue. Lawmakers have agreed to carry out a comprehensive investigation into end-of-life care.
Politics	Evangelicals now - July 2018

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