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Religious imposition in healthcare, education and public services can harm mental health, the National Secular Society has warned.
Posted: Tue, 10 May 2022
Discriminatory prison chaplaincy may be unlawful, paper warns
The NSS is calling for reform of prison chaplaincy after research found nonreligious prisoners may experience unlawful discrimination.
Posted: Wed, 20 Apr 2022
Religious opt-outs from RSE harming women’s health, report says
Religious exemptions from sex education at schools should be removed to protect women's health, experts have said.
Posted: Wed, 30 Mar 2022
Success: MPs vote to keep early medical at-home abortions
Parliament has voted to keep abortion telemedicine legal following campaigning by medical and women's rights groups, including the NSS.
Posted: Thu, 24 Feb 2022
NSS: Ending abortion pills by post a “regression in women’s rights”
The National Secular Society has warned the government's decision to end abortion 'pills by post' is a "regression" in women's rights.
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