Bishops regret proposal to tie abortion into overseas aid
Government proposals to “hard-wire” abortion and contraceptive services into overseas development programmes have been criticised by the English and Welsh bishops. Church leaders issued a statement the...
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“Government proposals,” we read in an article by the excellent Simon Caldwell on the Herald’s homepage today, “to ‘hard-wire’ abortion and contraceptive services into overseas development programmes...
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A new report, published this week by that brave and indispensable body, Aid to the Church in Need, reveals – in the words of the report’s author, the excellent John Pontifex – that “75 per cent of all...
View ArticleAt last people are starting to realise that foreign aid achieves very little
Foreign aid, particularly foreign aid to Africa, is one of the sacred cows of modern politics. The Conservative party made a point of ring-fencing the aid budget in its manifesto, and this is one area...
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