The Texas tragedy comes as experts worry that children around the globe are increasingly at risk from extreme weather events because they are smaller physically, less developed psychologically and dependent on adults for support and protection.
We live in a world where the same people who believe a man built a boat big enough for every animal don't believe in climate science because it’s “unproven.”
Disappointing news from the UK where the Leader of the House of Commons rejected calls to review the House's daily Anglican prayers. humanists.uk/2025/07/03/l...
Only if you are there too :)
At the #International #Humanists #Conference in #Luxembourg
At the #International #Humanists #Conference in #Luxembourg
Having had the weekend to reflect on the wealth of info from oral witnesses last week for my Private Members' Bill on Choice at the End of Life, I keep coming back to five things that really stuck with me 🧵 #AssistedDying 1/7
The goals of good palliative care & assisted dying are the same: to understand & respect dying people's choices. We can help doctors put patient wishes at the heart of end-of-life care. In Dr Chloe Furst's words, voluntary assisted dying practitioner in Aus: 2/7
"Please don't put barriers in the way of understanding." Many witnesses, incl. the BMA Ethics Chair, urged simple safeguards to prevent barriers to access & understanding. Doctors need open convos to get to the heart of patients' end-of-life wants & needs. 3/7
The Mental Capacity Act is the right place to start in terms of determining if a patient can make this decision. It's been tried and tested. It's used every day. Doctors are confident using it and it strikes the right balance - protecting both them and their patients. 4/7
Similarly, safeguarding against coercion is already a vital part of the exceptional care thousands of nurses across the country already deliver across the UK. Vigilance is key - and can co-exist with a safe route to choice. 5/7
This bill is motivated by a non-partisan recognition that the status quo is untenable for dying people and their families who are currently abandoned in a system that protects no one. 6/7
This stage of the process is for scrutiny, analysis, consideration of the evidence, so all witnesses were selected for their expertise. Together, we can deliver a Bill back to the Commons that protects the most vulnerable and gives dying people a true choice at the end of life. 7/7
50yrs ago my dad, who had throat cancer, begged my mam to help him go ... He was a farmer, and said his animal had more dignity in death than he did, my mam cried over this issue and the guilt she felt before dying 30yrs later... I believe in this bill and am grateful it's now being debated Thanks x
Please be assured your patient, diligent work in making this legislation meet the needs of terminally-ill patients in distress is understood and appreciated by those who have encountered the inhumane obtuseness of the law as it stands. Thank you. Your sincerity and decency are manifest.
Yesterday, the Bill Committee heard powerful testimony on my Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. Thoughtful, moving, and clear: this is about choice, compassion & dignity. A quick thread on key moments. 🧵 #AssistedDying
Graphic showing a group of people protesting outside Holyrood. Text reads "Tell your MSP you support assisted dying."
There's currently a bill under discussion at the Scottish parliament to legalise #AssistedDying for the terminally ill. Humanists passionately believe in assisted dying as a natural extension of our rights over our own bodies. If you agree, use our letter template to tell your MSP (link in replies)
The National Football League will stencil the phrase “Choose Love” in the back of the end zone at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIX game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Sad, but true…
another backward step… :(
A sweet welcome from the Norwegian Humanists! I’m only the Humanists International President for another five months and will certainly miss it.
Who would have thought that in 2025 prayers would be a thing in Parliament!
We're excited for our Darwin Day Lecture on 7 February with Jim-Al Khalili! Book your tickets and join us as we track the brain's 700 million-year evolutionary history, and explore how it developed from simple nerve cells to a remarkably complex human system. humanists.uk/events/darwi...
Activism: Yes, Vandalism: NO!
#feminism #humanism
Sadly, we are all holding our breath…
Hoping there are no rough sleepers out there tonight :(
Don’t know why this BBC author is surprised Musk and Weidel discussed god. God and religion are linchpins of the new global right (whether Christian nationalism in US, Russia, and Europe or Hindu, Buddhist, or Islamic elsewhere). Musk’s growing public agnosticism seems to track his political journey
Saddened by the news in #NewOrleans. We don’t want to see repeats :(
