Issue 2021 July 24
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Let’s stop counting chromosomes
Photo from Don’t Screen Us Out via Flickr. Three people have begun a case before Britain’s High Court to challenge the law allowing the termination up to birth of a foetus with Down’s syndrome (also known as trisomy 21) – a person with an extra 21st chromosome. The case has been taken by Heidi Crowter, a recently married 26-year-old woman with Down’s syndrome…
Biden’s cut-and-run sends wrong signals to China
Since taking office six months ago, U.S. President Joe Biden has sent China unmistakable signals that he is unwilling to act against China’s increasingly aggressive conduct in Hong Kong and threatening behaviour towards Taiwan. Even more dangerously, Biden has ordered the unconditional United States withdrawal from Afghanistan, despite the clearest evidence that the Taliban, a terrorist organisation which has been attempting to overthrow…
