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By Cassy Fiano-Chesser A motion recognizing that preborn children who survive abortion should be provided medical care instead of being routinely left to die was defeated in Australia. Queensland midwife Louise Adsett testified before Parliament this month, saying...
By Madalaine Elhabbal Christian pro-life advocate and law professor, Dr Joanna Howe has won the anti-bullying case she brought against her employers at the University of Adelaide after it attempted to halt her pro-life research efforts. “I am delighted to share with...
Editor’s note. This is from Cheris Life in Queensland, Australia
By SPUC, the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children A doctor must pay compensation to angry parents after they “overlooked the child’s severe disability” in an ultrasound. The parents claim that they would have aborted the baby if they knew about their child’s...
By Michael Cook As of November 28, eligible people in New South Wales can request “voluntary assisted dying”. NSW was the last Australian state to legalise assisted suicide in May 2022. There was an 18-month implementation period. Two territories (which have a...
By Michael Cook Although the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is on track to creating the nation’s most progressive “voluntary assisted dying” (VAD) legislation, its human rights commission is already complaining that it is too restrictive. With a population of only...
By Michael Cook Although the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is on track to creating the nation’s most progressive “voluntary assisted dying” (VAD) legislation, its human rights commission is already complaining that it is too restrictive. With a population of only...
By Michael Cook Such is the stigma surrounding suicide that advocates of “voluntary assisted dying” [VAD] insist vehemently that it is by no means suicide. For instance, Go Gentle Australia, a leading lobby group for VAD, explains in its website’s FAQ that:...
By Michael Cook Such is the stigma surrounding suicide that advocates of “voluntary assisted dying” [VAD] insist vehemently that it is by no means suicide. For instance, Go Gentle Australia, a leading lobby group for VAD, explains in its website’s FAQ that:...
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Natassia Chrysanthos reported for the Sydney Morning Herald on November 30, 2023 that Federal Court Justice Wendy Abraham ruled that: voluntary assisted dying was considered suicide under the...