A woman with a severe learning disability who gave birth to a boy after probably being raped should be given contraception, a senior judge has ruled following a hearing in
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Nicola Sturgeon has proposed a cross-party review of parliamentary procedures amid allegations of sexual misconduct at Holyrood. Scotland’s First Minister has written to presiding officer Ken Macintosh to suggest ways
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Victims of historical child abuse have urged Northern Ireland’s politicians to release compensation which has been blocked due to Stormont’s collapse, as talks aimed at restoring powersharing enter their final
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Broadcaster Anne Robinson has sparked fury after wading into the sexual harassment row by discussing the “fragility of women who aren’t able to cope with the treachery of the workplace”.
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Allegations of sexual harassment and abuse at Westminster are “deeply concerning”, Downing Street has said. Prime Minister Theresa May would urge anyone with information to contact the authorities, a Number
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Child sex abuse is shocking enough but when the perpetrator is a woman it is harder for society to accept because it seems to challenge the nurturing sense of motherhood.
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Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law is set to come under scrutiny at the UK’s highest court. The case centres on the current law which makes it an offence for a
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The leader of Rochdale Council has dismissed claims he knew about allegations of child sexual abuse in the early 90s, insisting his colleague “is lying”. The Independent Inquiry into Child
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Proposed new sentencing guidelines for domestic abuse cases could see harsher punishments handed out for the crimes, a Commons report suggests. MPs said there is likely to be some “inflationary”
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Harriet Harman has called for whistle-blowing hotlines to be set up in response to the “endemic” abuse against women. The veteran Labour MP said society needed to do more in
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