An appeals court has ruled that West Virginia and North Carolina cannot prohibit Medicaid coverage for so-called gender reassignment procedures for trans-identified individuals.

Just say it evolved because of selective pressure, and your work is done.

Yesterday's report on neonatal survival rates, along with resounding evidence produced by the world's leading foetal pain expert, Professor Anand, that a foetus feels pain from quite an early stage - certainly at 20 weeks - makes the recent science and technology committee report redundant. It also serves to highlight the selective way in which the evidence was presented.