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| More than 1,000 complaints about the first UK television commercial for abortion services have been rejected by the advertising watchdog, it was announced on Tuesday. The Marie Stopes advertisement drew 1,054 complaints from the public, GPs, counsellors and MPs objecting that its “Are you late?” campaign was misleading, offensive and harmful. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) also arranged for another 3,296 postcards to be sent to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) opposing the ad. The short film gave ‘advice’ about unplanned pregnancies and ran for four weeks in May and June. It asked “Are you late?”, in reference to a woman who had missed her period, and directed those facing an unplanned pregnancy to Marie Stopes International’s 24-hour helpline. | |
| Family | The Universe - August 8th 2010 |
| More than half of mothers who return to work after having a baby say they are forced to do so because of financial constraints, a survey showed today. Around 52 per cent of women who go back to work said they do so due to financial pressures and debt, with only 22 per cent saying they were keen to continue with their career, according to price comparison website uSwitch.com. The group found that the average family’s income fell by a third while the woman was on statutory maternity pay, dropping to an average of £2.266 a month. | |
| Family | The Sentinel – June 18th 2010 |
| The Daily Mail reports that a woman held her baby for two hours until he died, while doctors stood by refusing to help. Why? Because he was born two days too soon. Guidelines in Britain hold that any baby born prior to 22 weeks not be resuscitated because such resuscitation would be futile and the baby would die anyway. Little Jayden was born at 21 weeks and 5 days. Even if the mother pleads for help? Which she did? Sorry – no can do – was the message to her. | |
| Family | Lifetimes, December 09/January 10 |
| Parents who try to be their children’s friends in preference to deploying traditional parenting methods are failing in their duty, it has been claimed. Leading child psychologist and permanent Catholic deacon Rev Dr Michael Ross was responding to a survey which revealed that one in four parents avoid disciplining their children in favour of “an easy life.” | |
| Family | The Universe – March 7th 2010 |
| The latest data collected on UK youth homelessness (centrepoint.org.uk) revealed that in the last three years across England and Wales, at least 75,000 young people remain at risk of homelessness every year, ranging from rough sleeping to sofa surfing. The reasons for homelessness are wide and varied but primarily revolve around the breakdown in the family home. It’s reported that 45% of all homeless young people have experienced violence in the family home. | |
| Family | Youthwork, April 2010 |
| Children are being increasingly exposed to sexual imagery and their parents have limited opportunities to stop it, a report for the Home Office warns. | |
| Family | Youthwork, April 2010 |
| A baby boom has fuelled a record increase in the population, it has been revealed. The number of people living in the UK has topped 61 million for the first time as fertility rates hit their highest level in more than 30 years. More than 750,000 babies were born last year, fuelling the biggest year-on-year rise in the population since the 1960s. | |
| Family | The Sentinel- 28 August 2009 |
| Married couples will be outnumbered by divorcees, single people and cohabiting couples by 2031, according to the office of National Statistics, it was reported at the beginning of April. The ONS has predicted that only 41% of the over-16 population will be made up of married couples, and a third of 30-44-year olds will be “un-partnered or never married”. The think tank Civitas said that young people are not forming relationships because they are under increasing pressure. | |
| Family | Evangelicals Now- June 2009 |
| Parents were warned by a leading cot death charity not to risk their baby’s life by sleeping alongside them. The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths pointed to several reports that a high proportion of babies who died were sharing a bed or sofa with a sleeping parent. The Royal College of Midwives described the advice as “unhelpful” and urged parents to talk to their midwife. | |
| Family | The Sentinel– 29 April 2009 |
| The Child Support Agency (CSA) missed its target for helping children despite record collection rates last month. The agency collected or arranged more than £100 million in maintainence in a single month for the first time in its history in March, at the end of a three year improvement programme. It failed to arrange or collect benefit on behalf of 790,000 children in 2008/09, a target set in the Department for Work and Pensions’ business plan published in April laast year. | |
| Family | The Sentinel– 30 April 2009 |
| Family courts will be open for the first time to press next Monday. Ministry of Justice reforms will allow journalists to report family courts, including those in Hanley and Stafford, under the new rules. Children will still have their anonymity protected. | |
| Family | The Sentinel- 20 April 2009 |
| The aggressive pursuit of personal success by adults is now the greatest threat to the welfare of British children, a major independent report on childhood says. It calls for an important change in social attitudes and policies to counter how damaged children have been by society. Family break-up, unprincipled advertising, too much competition in education and income inequality are mentioned as big contributing factors. | |
| Family | Youthwork - April 2009 |
| The Government will miss its target of halving child poverty by 2010 unless it spends an extra £4.2 billion a year raising tax credits, a report warned today. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation study estimates the Government will miss the target by 600,000 children unless the money is found. The research predicts that the number of children in poverty will fall to 2.3 million by 2010, missing the target of 1.7 million set by Tony Blair. | |
| Family | The Sentinel - 18th February 2009 |
| Divorce and family breakdown in the UK have left millions of elderly men leading unhappy and isolated lives, a charity has warned. One in five adults has lost touch with their father says help the Aged, while one in four are too busy to contact them regularly. | |
| Family | Evangelical Times - August 2008 |
| In a survey, 59% of women were found to be the primary decision-makers of households, compared to 41% of men. | |
| Family | Inspire - Issue 28 |
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