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Simon Parke: Courage to choose life and feel pain THE BATTLE for the foetus has returned to the spotlight. Subscriber only	Fragile dreams for a secure world I RECENTLY spent a week in Oklahoma, where I grew up and still have family. Subscriber only	Gays should have the same rights The Royal College of Psychiatrists holds the view that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people (LGB) people should be regarded as valued members of society... Subscriber only

Giles Fraser: California: where the giving is cheerful MOST DAYS, the Revd J. Edwin Bacon Jr rises at 4 a.m. for his prayers. He is in the gym at 5 a.m. Subscriber only	Paul Vallely: The redeemed lag has got something Age creeps up on us all. I was struck by the appearance of the sometime Conservative cabinet minister and old lag, Jonathan Aitken, on TV the other day... Subscriber only	How to live without the licence fee All empires are destined to decline and fall. The BBC, as a huge broadcasting empire, is no exception to this. Subscriber only

Leader: Am I my brother’s grim reaper? THE period before Christmas has been customarily the time for safety advice Subscriber only	100 years ago: House for university men A VERY interesting ceremony was performed last week by the Bishop of London — namely, the formal benediction of the new Liddon House in Thurloe-square... Subscriber only	Wrestling with the ethics of human enhancement ‘Less-individualistic ethical thinking is surely needed’ Subscriber only

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