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  Secular charity challenges UK Government’s evidence for LGBT conversion therapy ban

  A secular sexual rights group challenged the reliability of evidence supporting UK Government plans for a ban on LGBT conversion practices, claiming the underlying data fails to justify the creation of a new criminal law.

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  Joni and Friends donates 250,000th wheelchair to Thai girl

  Global disability ministry Joni and Friends marked the distribution of its 250,000th wheelchair by presenting it to an 11-year-old Thai girl who previously relied on her mother to carry her everywhere.

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  Liberian church leaders divided over public health bill as abortion concerns overshadow Ebola reforms

  A proposed overhaul of Liberia's public health laws, originally designed to strengthen the country's preparedness for future disease outbreaks, has sparked divisions among Christian leaders over concerns that the legislation could expand access to abortion.

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  Moves to decriminalize abortion in Germany decried by evangelical alliance leader

  Efforts to remove abortion from Germany’s criminal code could endanger protections for both mothers and unborn children, the leader of the country’s national evangelical alliance told Christian Daily International.

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  States launch UN declaration calling for global moratorium on surrogacy

  A coalition of governments formally launched a political declaration at the United Nations on June 22 calling for an international moratorium on surrogacy, framing the practice as incompatible with human rights protections for women and children.

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  Assisted-dying bill returns to UK Parliament amid renewed opposition

  UK lawmakers will debate again whether to grant terminally ill adults a legal right to end their lives, following a fresh legislative push that has drawn fierce condemnation from Christian leaders and medical professionals.

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  'How do we prevent suicide among your teenage friends?' — A podcast on listening to the next generation

  “How do we prevent suicide among your teenage friends?” This powerful question sits at the heart of today's episode of Faith Without Frontiers, where host Gordon Showell-Rogers speaks with Geordon Rendle, Youth for Christ’s global youth advocate, about faith, mental health, grief, hope, and the urgent need to truly listen to today’s teenagers.

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