German doctors remove ban on assisting suicide from code of conduct

The German Medical Assembly, the annual meeting of the German Medical Association, has lifted the professional ban on assisted suicide. The German Catholic news agency KNA reported that the clause “The doctor may not provide assistance in suicide” will be deleted from the professional code of conduct in response to last year’s ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court... Read More

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May 14, 2021

Doctors risk loss of rights under new ethics code

Pro-lifers have voiced concern over a new draft of the International Code of Medical Ethics, warning that it threatens to undermine a doctors’ right to conscientious objection. The World Medical Association (WMA) adopted the International Code of Medical Ethics (ICoME) in 1949. Modelled after the Declaration of Geneva, the code’s main goal is to establish... Read More

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November 25, 2020

Doctor survey reveals abortion’s true horror

A new study published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, based on interviews with doctors carrying out abortions in Ireland, makes for truly devastating reading, according to the Pro Life Campaign. The study confirms that under Ireland’s new abortion law, unborn babies are sometimes born alive after botched abortions and left to die.... Read More

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November 23, 2020

Kenyan bishops urge support for doctors during pandemic

Kenyan bishops are calling for increased support for medical personnel in the Covid-19 pandemic front lines, as reports indicate 25 doctors have died of the disease since March. Archbishop Philip Anyolo, the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops’ chairman, expressed the Church’s sadness at the deaths, saying doctors, nurses and other medical personnel were behind the... Read More

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May 4, 2020

On Good Shepherd Sunday, pope remembers fallen priests and doctors

Priests and doctors who gave their lives caring for the spiritual and physical well-being of others during the coronavirus pandemic are like Jesus, the good shepherd, who laid down his life for his flock, Pope Francis said. Celebrating Mass on Good Shepherd Sunday, 3rd May, the pope said the feast reminded him of the more... Read More

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October 11, 2019

Abortion guidelines for medics in Northern Ireland are ‘document of death’

A set of newly published abortion guidelines for medical professionals in Northern Ireland have been described as a “document of death”. The guidelines will come into effect on 22nd October 22nd unless the Northern Ireland Assembly is reconvened by 21st October. This is due to the forcing through of Labour MP Stella Creasy’s extreme abortion... Read More

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July 11, 2019

Pope mourns death of French patient after doctors withhold care

‘Every life is valuable, always,’ Pope Francis tweeted after offering prayers for Vincent Lambert, a 42-year-old French man who died today, nine days after doctors stopped providing him with nutrition and hydration. ‘May God the Father welcome Vincent Lambert in his arms,’ the pope’s tweet said. ‘Let us not build a civilisation that discards persons... Read More

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