CCFON bring to you stories of fundamental significance to Christians and the UK. To equip you to pray and act. Abortion, Bioethics, Church, Crime, End of Life, Family, Freedom of Expression, Islam, Religious Freedom.

Andrea Williams
Andrea Williams

Abortion

SPUC: Director John Smeaton says "Pray and fast to protect Northern Ireland from the British Abortion Act".

Daily Mail: "I was raped and left pregnant at 16...but I still love my baby".

SPUC: Director John Smeaton says: "Morning-after pills can interrupt a pregnancy at an early stage".

Bioethics

Scotsman: Bright future for leukaemia girl after stem-cell transplant from umbilical cord.

BBC News: First "fast-freeze" IVF baby born.

Channel 4: Taking the contraceptive pill can lead a woman to choose the "wrong" partner, a new study suggests.

Church

Telegraph: A "Substantial number" of clergy will leave over plans for women bishops, warn senior clergy.

Times: Nineteen bishops in the Church of England came to the defence of the Archbishop of Canterbury last night and his views on homosexual sex.

Highland News: A Highland minister heads off to the Beijing Olympics next week to spread the word about his book on Scottish gold medallist Eric Liddell.

Crime

Telegraph: Rise in drug use sees more than 1,200 children hospitalised last year.