Italy plans to stop requiring hospital stay for abortions using RU-486

After the Italian health minister confirmed on Twitter plans to approve the administration of abortion-inducing pharmaceuticals outside of hospitals, Catholic commentators reacted with concern, especially for women who could be at home, cramping and bleeding. Roberto Speranza, the health minister, recently tweeted that new guidelines from the ministry would be forthcoming and would ‘foresee the... Read More

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Abortion, abortions, hospital, Italy

August 7, 2020

Warning that new Down Syndrome test is likely to see rise in abortions

The number of abortions of babies with Down Syndrome is likely to increase following a decision announced by the Government, a campaign group has warned. People with Down Syndrome, their families and campaign groups have said they are very disappointed that a new prenatal test that is projected to lead to a profound increase in... Read More

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Abortion, Don’t Screen Us Out, Down Syndrome, Government, NIPT, non-invasive prenatal testing

July 30, 2020

Mexico: Supreme Court rules against decriminalisation of abortion

Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled against a proposal that could have paved the way for the decriminalisation of abortion across the country. In a 4-1 decision handed down on 29th July, the high court’s first bench voted down a proposal to uphold a lower court decision from the state of Veracruz. The Veracruz decision ordered the... Read More

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Abortion, bishops, decriminalisation, Mexican, mexico, Supreme Court

July 24, 2020

Irish Minister for Health urged to give assurances on telemedicine abortions

The Irish Minister for Health has a duty to give explicit assurances concerning telemedicine abortions, pro-lifers have said. Their statement comes as the Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, has refused to definitively state on the record that the system of remote or home access to abortion will cease to happen after the Covid-19 crisis comes... Read More

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Abortion, abortions, coronavirus, COVID-19, crisis, health, Ireland, Irish, pandemic, PLC, Pro Life Campaign, pro-life, pro-lifers, Stephen Donnelly, telemedicine

July 24, 2020

Radio host Purvis pledges to address racism as she sees appropriate

Staunch pro-life advocate and radio program host Gloria Purvis said she considers racism as much a sin as abortion. Any time an affront to human dignity occurs, whether in the Catholic Church or across broader society, Purvis explained, people of faith are called to confront it. “Racism is demonic. It’s the influence of the evil... Read More

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Abortion, EWTN, Gloria Purvis, racism, radio

July 17, 2020

US judge stops Georgia’s ‘heartbeat law’ from ever taking effect

Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Atlanta said he was “deeply disappointed that a federal judge struck Georgia’s so-called “heartbeat law” on abortion. “All life is precious from the moment of conception until its natural end. As a people of faith, we must defend and protect life in all its stages,” he said, adding he was... Read More

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Abortion, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, Archbishop Hartmayer, Atlanta, Georgia, pro-life, United States, US

July 13, 2020

SDLP councillor quits over party’s abortion stance

A Northern Ireland councillor has resigned from her political party over its stance on abortion. Stephanie Quigley announced that she was quitting the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) but would remain on Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council as an independent councillor. Announcing her resignation, Cllr Quigley, whose father Gerry McLaughlin was also an... Read More

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Abortion, councillor, party, pro-life, quits, resign, resigns, SDLP, Stephanie Quigley

July 9, 2020

Supreme Court decision on contraceptives called a win for religious freedom

Several organisations praised the US Supreme Court decision that upheld Trump administration regulations giving employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans. Groups as diverse as Students for Life of America and the Heritage Foundation hailed the 8th July decision as a victory for the free exercise of religion... Read More

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July 7, 2020

‘Major victory for the unborn child and women’ as abortionists’ attempt to hijack Domestic Abuse Bill rejected

Pro-life groups have expressed relief as attempts to hijack the UK Government’s flagship Domestic Abuse Bill to decriminalise abortion and permanently legalise dangerous home abortions failed, in what is being described as “a major victory for the unborn child and women”. However, they expressed concern about an announcement by Minister Victoria Atkins that the Government... Read More

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Abortion, Domestic abuse, Domestic Abuse Bill, Houses of Commons, life, parliament, pro-life, Right To Life UK, speaker, SPUC

July 5, 2020

Thousands of abortions in Ireland should be ‘fresh call to conversion’, say bishops

Ireland’s bishops have mourned the thousands of unborn babies who were aborted in the country last year, saying the “staggering” number is a “fresh call to conversion” for politicians and society as a whole. Official statistics, released by the Department of Health and described by pro-life groups as “Ireland’s shame”, revealed that 6,666 abortions were... Read More

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Abortion, abortions, Bernadette Smyth, bishops, Government, Ireland, Irish, law, Leo Varadkar, Liam Gibson, life, Life Institute, Maeve O’Hanlon, Niamh Uí Bhriain, Precious Life, Pro Life Campaign, Simon Harris, SPUC

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Italy plans to stop requiring hospital stay for abortions using RU-486

Warning that new Down Syndrome test is likely to see rise in abortions

Mexico: Supreme Court rules against decriminalisation of abortion

Irish Minister for Health urged to give assurances on telemedicine abortions

Radio host Purvis pledges to address racism as she sees appropriate

US judge stops Georgia’s ‘heartbeat law’ from ever taking effect

SDLP councillor quits over party’s abortion stance

Supreme Court decision on contraceptives called a win for religious freedom

‘Major victory for the unborn child and women’ as abortionists’ attempt to hijack Domestic Abuse Bill rejected

Thousands of abortions in Ireland should be ‘fresh call to conversion’, say bishops

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