Topic: legalisation
The following article was originally published on MercatorNet on May 17, 2013By Tom Mortier & Steven BiesemanIn 2002, Belgium became the second country in the world after its neighbour, the Nethe ... discussHow legal euthanasia changed Belgium for ever The ideology of absolute self-determination has become sacred and unquestionable.By Tom Mortier and Steven Bieseman In 2002, Belgiu ... discuss
From a study in the British Medical Journal: Main outcome measure: Conditional sex ratios (CSRs) were calculated, specifically the CSR for second-born children where the first born was female. Thi ... discuss
The following articles has been edited from its original version that was published by LifeSiteNews on May 20, 2013.By Georges BuscemiNearly 2000 people converged on the Quebec Capital on a brilliant ... discuss
Disabled newborns are being killed LEGALLY in The Netherlands: here’s the proof by Peter Saunders In an intervie ... discuss
Peter SaundersThis article was written by Dr Peter Saunders, the campaign director for the Care Not Killing Alliance in the UK and published on his blog. By Dr Peter Saunders - May 13, 2013In an ... discuss
Just read this here:Philadelphia, Pa., May 14, 2013 / 03:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Following his conviction for the murder of three babies born alive, abortionist Kermit Gosnell was sentenced Tuesday ... discuss
by Peter Saunders In an interview this morning on BBC Five Live on the Paul Lamb case I was asked by the presenter Nicky Campbell about evidence for a slippery slope following the legalisation of euth ... discuss
by Peter Saunders In an interview this morning on BBC Five Live on the Paul Lamb case I was asked by the presenter Nicky Campbell about evidence for a slippery slope following the legalisation of euth ... discuss
Don’t be fooled by Lord Falconer’s ‘modest’ assisted suicide proposals By Dr. Peter Saunders Editor’s note. Dr. Saunders is a former general surgeon and is CEO of Chri ... discuss
The following article was written by Dr Peter Saunders, the campaign director of the Care Not Killing Alliance in the UK, and published on his blog.Dr Peter SaundersBy Dr Peter Saunders - May 8, 2013L ... discuss
By Paul Russell, HOPE AustraliaLink to the original article published on the HOPE Australia blog.Paul RussellStraight from the 'I-could-have-told-you-so' files, the think tank, Australia21, released i ... discuss
Nikki KenwardEarlier today I received the bold press release below, announcing that Nikki Kenward (pictured), disability rights campaigner, has challenged Sarah Wootton, chief executive of the Volunta ... discuss
The following article was written by Wesley Smith and published on his blog on April 30, 2013. Link to the original article.Wesley SmithThe people of the UK have apparently lost so much trust in ... discuss
Liam Gibson, SPUC's Northern Ireland development officer who blogs at Pro-Life Belfast, has kindly sent me this exclusive report: "In an extremely close vote a motion calling for the legalisation of a ... discuss
The following article was written by Dr. Sinéad Donnelly, a consultant in palliative care from Wellington New Zealand. The article was published in the Journal of the New Zealand Medical As ... discuss
Amsterdam hospital sexologists Rik van Lunsen and Erik van Beek claim allowing perverts to view drawings or computer-generated images of children would 'regulate their desires'. .. 'If you make vir ... discuss
Anyone who has followed the cases of Tony Nicklinson, Diane Pretty and Debbie Purdy – whose personal tragedies can leave no sane man or woman untouched – will inevitably ask the question is it pos ... discuss
On Tuesday 2 October 2012 Matt participated in a debate on the moot “This House supports the legalisation of same-sex marriage in New Zealand” at the University of Auckland along with: Louisa W ... discuss
Peter SaundersBy Peter Saunders, the Campaign Director - Care Not Killing Alliance - UK.The US state of Massachusetts is to hold a referendum on the legalisation of assisted suicide next month at the ... discuss
Time To Challenge The Conspiracy Of Silence About Abortion by Lord Alton Jeremy Hunt’s announcement that he would favour a reduction in the abortion upper time limit to twelve weeks was ... discuss
Tonight’s debate between Louisa Wall MP, Colin Craig, Matthew Flannagan, et al at Auckland University has been moved to a larger room – it is now in Lib 28 – due to the response the ... discuss
Dr. Peter SaundersBy Peter Saunders - Campaign Director - Care Not Killing Alliance - UKMembers of the pro-euthanasia movement frequently point to the US state of Oregon, which legalised assisted suic ... discuss
Matt has accepted an invitation from the Auckland University Students Association (AUSA) to participate in a public debate on the Same Sex Marriage Bill to be held at 7pm at the University of Aucklan ... discuss
Dr. Peter SaundersBy Dr Peter Saunders, Campaign Director, Care Not Killing Alliance - UKMore than seven out of ten MPs refuse to back calls to legalise assisted suicide, according to a new survey rel ... discuss
By Dr. Peter Saunders - Campaign Director - Care Not Killing Alliance, September 11, 2012Dr Peter SaundersThe British Medical Association Council, the governing body of the UK doctors’ trade union, ... discuss
Paul Russell PDFNightmare on Ramsay StreetA talk by Paul RussellDirector of Hope: Preventing Euthanasia and assisted suicide in AustraliaPaul Russell from HOPE Australia will be visiting Scotland to s ... discuss
Top story:Donegal county council back call opposing abortion legislationThe Donegal Daily reports that a motion has been passed by Donegal County Council opposing any form of legislation on abortion. ... discuss
by Hilary White DUBLIN, Ireland July 26, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leading party insiders are expressing fears that the fragile coalition government will be “torn apart” if it continues to insis ... discuss
by Hilary White DUBLIN, Ireland July 26, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leading party insiders are expressing fears that the fragile coalition government will be “torn apart” if it continues to insis ... discuss
Dr Peter SaundersBy Dr. Peter Saunders, Campaign Chair - Care Not Killing Alliance - UKWhen euthanasia became a dirty word the Voluntary Euthanasia Society changed its name to ‘Dignity in Dying’ i ... discuss
By Dr. Peter Hammond Invictus: A Film Review Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman as President Nelson Mandela, Invictus makes a major contribution towards the building up of ... discuss
This week we've launched a billboard campaign highlighting the findings of our most recent opinion poll, conducted by Millward Brown Landsdowne in May 2012. This polling research shows strong pub ... discuss
by Peter Saunders The Lancet has just published an article purporting to show that euthanasia rates have not increased in the Netherlands since legalisation in 2002. This news will probably be seized ... discuss
Dr. Peter SaundersBy: Dr. Peter SaundersCampaign Director, Care Not Killing Alliance - UK, July 10, 2012The Lancet has just published an article purporting to show that euthanasia rates have not incr ... discuss
George Pitcher has written an excellent article that was published in the Daily Mail - UK a few days ago. Pitcher is writing about the new assisted suicide bill that is being promoted by Lord Falconer ... discuss
Peter Saunders, the campaign director for the Care Not Killing Alliance published two important comments on his blog. This first commentary relates to the fact that Lord Falconer intentionally misrepr ... discuss
Peter SaundersPeter Saunders, the campaign director for the Care Not Killing Alliance published two important comments on his blog recently. In the UK Lord Falconer has introduced a new bill to legali ... discuss
Liam Gibson, SPUC Northern Ireland's development officer, has sent me the following notice about this Saturday's Rally for Life in Belfast:"The annual All-Ireland Rally for Life will take place this y ... discuss
by Lord AltonThe so-called consultation on the Falconer proposals is intended to provide a cloak of respectability for a Bill which will lead to doctors being required to take the lives of some patien ... discuss
Top stories:Save the Children 'family planning' claims are "false, illogical and unfounded" says SPUCClaims about the so-called unmet need for family planning in the developing world made by Save th ... discuss
Make History with us in Westminster, Promoting Care, not Killing on 3 July 2012On 3 July 2012, Care Not Killing – in association with CARE and Right to Life – has organised a Rally in Westminster ... discuss
James ReillyIreland's pro-abortion minister for healthUnder the simple title "pro-life alert" Pat Buckley has published one of the most important blogposts of its kind that I've read. I urge you to re ... discuss
This is the second time that the swells who lead the British Medical Association have tried to move organized medicine out of the way of opposing the legalization of assisted suicide. Last time, in ... discuss
Dr. Iona HeathMichael Cook reported in Bioedge.org (June 1) on the article by Iona Heath, the President of the Royal College of General Practitioners in the UK, that was published in the British Medic ... discuss
A regular pro-choice poster on our Facebook wall directed us to this article from the poorly-named RH Reality Check site, by authors Lynn Paltrow and Emma S. Ketteringham.I would like to comment on th ... discuss
“What we call ‘after-birth abortion’ (killing a newborn baby) should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is not disabled.” These words, publish ... discuss
from Jill Stanek.comby Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and KelliWe welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.c ... discuss
by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and KelliWe welcome your suggestions for additions to our Top Blogs (see tab on right side of home page)! Email Susie@jillstanek.com.At Catholic Heral ... discuss
A claim published today in The Lancet that so-called 'unsafe' - usually illegal - abortions worldwide have risen by 5% is dubious.The claim was made in a report* by researchers from the Guttmacher ... discuss
If we legalise assisted suicide, we risk having a stridentelite condemning the less fortunate to a premature death. The marginalised, thedisabled, the less articulate and the poor are most likely to b ... discuss
Eugenics victimTop stories:Please pray for SPUC on our 45th anniversary45 years ago yesterday (11 January), the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) was established at a meeting in cen ... discuss
The New Year begins with Father Time, who derivesfrom the Greek God Chronos, more commonly known as the Grim Reaper. Howfitting, that a biased and unbalanced Commission on Assisted Suicide is aboutto ... discuss
Alison Davis, leader of No Less Human, a group within SPUC, has written an open letter to the organisers of last week's World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD):Dear Sirs,I found out, only on the day itsel ... discuss
In my last post on John Paul II's Evangelium Vitae, I looked at how he reminds us of the value of life from its very beginning in the womb. Threats to life also exist today, in an unprecedented way, a ... discuss
Stories that caught my eye this week:"Missing women and abortion on demand" by Chuck Colson reminds us of the 160 million Asian women who were never born because of sex-selective abortion and the trag ... discuss
Rally For Life was held this past weekend in Dublin, Ireland. Organizers reported the following: We're thrilled to tell you that last Saturday's Rally for Life saw 7,000 people march for Life in Dubl ... discuss
3 Whitacre Mews, Stannary StreetLondon, SE11 4AB, United KingdomTelephone: (020) 7091 7091Email: information@spuc.org.uk http://www.spuc.org.uk Survey of disabled people on assisted su ... discuss
The Your Rights Right Now group has made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council which calls for abortion to be made available in Ireland.Some Irish organisations had put their name to t ... discuss
Whyam I pro-life? The simple answer is: I love life!Asa Christian, I believe that life is a free, unmerited gift from God, not acommodity which we can use and abuse as we think fit. The questions I al ... discuss
Australian, Dr. David van Gend has written an interesting article about euthanasia that was published today in the onlineopinion.com.au in Australia. I don't like the title - 'Unproductive burdens' st ... discuss
The week before the General Election, Fine Gael gave a written commitment to the Pro-Life Campaign stating it is “opposed to the legalisation of abortion” and “Fine Gael is opposed to research c ... discuss
Parliamentary Network for Critical Issues (PNCI) reports that Ireland's Fine Gael party has won the largest number of seats in the Irish National Parliament's lower house ... discuss
The issue as covered by the UK's Tablet magazine. The Tablet is a Catholic magazine read widely around the English speaking world and unfortunately its coverage of the issue to date has been disappoi ... discuss
If current media is to be believed opposition to legal abortion comes from misogynist fundamentalist fanatics who want to impose their religious mores onto others. This string of pejorative terms is a ... discuss
By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A series of speeches in the US Congress marked the legalisation of abortion in the US by the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision of 197 ... discuss
Dr. Bernard Nathanson is not new news to many of us. As an abortion doctor and abortionist, he played a crucial role in forming media and public opinion with respect to legalized abortion. When he be ... discuss
By Hilary White DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia, April 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Support is growing in Australia for the legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide. At the same time, pr ... discuss
What greater proof that euthanasia and assisted suicide are elite agenda than the millions that have been poured into the coffers of advocates by the likes of the George Soros and the Tides Foundation ... discuss
The British Home Office has unexpectedly reversed itself and agreed to toughen its message regarding cannabis. The move follows an accumulation of scientific evidence suggesting a causal link be ... discuss
BOUND4LIFE ANTI-ABORTION RALLY – FROM WASHINGTON DC Tune in to GOD TV for this exclusive Pro-life broadcast with Lou Engle of Bound4LIFE and TheCall. Championed by the Bound4LIFE p ... discuss
A fascinating juxtaposition of news stories about polygamy appears at the Memri Blog. A judge in Sweden, epitome of post-liberal hyper-tolerance, has proposed the legalisation of polygamy. A lea ... discuss
The Melbourne diocese of the Anglican Church in Australia has recommended to a law reform commission that abortion should be legalised. Archdeacon Alison Taylor said yesterday the church recognised th ... discuss
By Hilary White LONDON, October 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While British Parliamentarians debate in committee whether the gestational time limit of 24 weeks for legal abortion is ... discuss
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (at right) has issued a scathing critique of public attitudes toward abortion in the UK. The politicians who spearheaded the legalisation of abortion in 1 ... discuss
The Canadian dollar reached parity with US dollar last week, and Canadian exporters are crying the blues, claiming their sales to the US are suffering as a result. That includes exporters of ill ... discuss
The issue as covered by the UK's Tablet magazine. The Tablet is a Catholic magazine read widely around the English speaking world and unfortunately its coverage of the issue to date has been disappoi ... discuss
So argues one of Canada’s foremost legal and moral philosophers, Margaret Somerville of McGill University. Proponents of same-sex marriage have made a case that marriage is a social constr ... discuss
New scientific findings presented at the Institute of Psychiatry in London show that cannabis disrupts brain function and damages mental health. \"We are very close to finding a causal link between ca ... discuss
A new Canadian public opinion poll shows massive support for government intervention in polygamous communities. Eight in ten Canadians want polygamy to remain illegal. Only one in 10 of those s ... discuss
Catholics and Buddhists together against the legalisation of abortion in Thailand ... discuss
The President decided not to fund stem cell research on anything other than preexisting cell lines and people went hog wild crazy on both sides of the issue. Pro aborts were screaming that this wa ... discuss
Here's an excerpt from the Times (U.K.) story... Doctors today decisively rejected the legalisation of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. In a debate at the British Medical Association me ... discuss
This just in from the Christian Medical Fellowship:The British Medical Association voted overwhelmingly on 29 June to oppose the legalisation of both euthanasia and assisted suicide. Following the res ... discuss
Wow…maybe the Culture of Death ™ of Great Britain has been chased off for awhile. Doctors who make up the British Medical Association have voted against legalizing assisted suicide or euth ... discuss
Between the 1950s and the 1990s, over twenty medical research studies concluded that induced abortion, especially before the first full-term pregnancy, is a statistically significant risk factor in la ... discuss
Our Prime Minister has apparently had a miraculous conversion experience. He's suddenly concerned with the religious beliefs of his fellow Canadians.Prime Minister Paul Martin warned the three oppos ... discuss
Douglas Farrow of McGill University says that Canadians should refuse to recognise C-38, the bill legalising same-sex marriage, as a valid law and refuse to co-operate with its requirements. Prof Fa ... discuss
Leaders of different faiths have joined the outcry agains the euthanasia bill being proposed in Parliment. Major faith groups in the United Kingdom published a joint letter to both Houses of Parlia ... discuss
The headline of this Guardian article is "Euthanasia law must change, says struck-off doctor" As usual the liberal media bends over backwards to give a sympathetic portrayal of euthanasia. A retire ... discuss
In the last post I examined the role of the New Age movement as an enabler of the right-to-die movement and it's links to hospice care in this country. Based at least on media exposure, secular eutha ... discuss
