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Expert: Men who get involved with pregnancy may inevitably feel like failure

A medical expert claims that men who get involved with their partner’s pregnancy may have their confidence destroyed and injure their potential relationship with the child in the future.
Dr. Jonathan Ives, of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Birmingham, is fighting against what he calls the “false, modern rhetoric of equal involvement [...]

British couples using overseas surrogate mothers risk losing legal parent status

British couples who pay high surrogacy fees for overseas surrogate mothers risk losing legal parent status, lawyers say.
Current U.K. legislation allows women to use surrogate mothers, but the law states that the surrogate may only receive “expenses reasonably incurred”, like living expenses, time off work and medical bills.
Yet the trend of British couples reaching farther [...]

Heinz baby nutrition ad banned by ASA due to misleading claims

A Heinz advertisement for baby formula was officially banned by the ASA due to misleading claims about improving child health.
The Advertising Standards Authority has finally taken action regarding a Heinz Nurture baby formula advertisement, choosing to ban it after 18 months of deliberation.
The commercial, which first ran in July 2008, showed an adult flipping through [...]

Department of Health: more than 5,000 women under 20 had repeat abortions in 2008

The Department of Health has released statistics for 2008 that provide a revealing look at repeat abortions in the UK.
Health ministers in the U.K. have received new 2008 statistics from the Department of Health that reveal a reported 5,218 instances of repeat abortion among women under the age of 20. Additionally, 15,029 instances of repeat [...]

Minister backs creation of Royal College of Social Work

Minister Ed Balls says the government will announce the intent to create a Royal College of Social Work to create more ‘professional standards’ in the industry.
A report due to be delivered on Tuesday by the U.K.’s social work task force is expected to recommend a national college of social work be created to provide more [...]

Ofsted’s Annual Report says signs of child abuse still missed

Ofsted, the UK’s child care regulator, issued its Annual Report today which revealed that the number of abuse and neglect cases remain comparable to last year.
Following on the heels of strong criticism by the Local Government Association, Ofsted released its Annual Report today, citing that 414 children were killed or injured in abuse or neglect [...]

UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child: 20 years later

The 20th anniversary of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child is commemorated today, but the UN stresses that more work must be done for the world’s children.
On November 20, 1989, United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/25 was signed, “[r]ecognizing that the child, for the full and harmonious development of his or her [...]

Number of children reporting sex abuse by women grows

The number of children calling the Childline service and reporting sexual abuse by women has more than doubled in the last five years.
The charity Childline has published information today revealing that phone calls by children reporting women who have sexually abused them make up nearly 25 percent of call volume, and that the number of [...]

Father fights hospital’s bid to remove his baby’s life support

A father is fighting to keep his one-year-old son, suffering from a neuromuscular condition, on life support.
On Monday, the father of Baby RB will go to London’s High Court tomorrow to argue that his son deserves to remain on life support. The hospital providing the services has asked for a court order to remove the [...]