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By Danny David This Friday, the United Kingdom’s House of Lords is set to debate a bill that would prevent preborn babies from being targeted for abortion due to disability. The bill, proposed by Lord Kevin Shinkwin – who has a disability – would remove two clauses...
By Paul Russell Editor’s note. The following is excerpted from a post on Mr. Russell’s blog. Today a diverse group of disability activists assembled in the South Australian [SA] Parliament to deliver a very clear message to politicians about their concerns with the...
The beauty of parenting…is that you aren’t given a child with a disability. You are given your child with a disability Editor’s note. Respect Life Program Materials, of which this is one, are produced by The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat of...
By Leticia Velasquez, Co-founder of KIDS (Keep Infants with Down Syndrome) Editor’s note. October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month. We will be running a series of stories leading up to and during the month of October celebrating the lives of people with Down syndrome...
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The Australian News Weekly magazine published an excellent article by Paul Russell, the Executive Director of Hope Australia and Vice Chair of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition-International....
Editor’s note. The following was distributed by the disability rights organization “Not Dead Yet.” Disability rights advocates who protested the film “Me Before You” in cities across the United States are calling on Warner Brothers to add a public service...
By Dave Andrusko I was unable to attend a hearing in Indianapolis before U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Walton Pratt in which Judge Pratt, an Obama appointment, heard a challenge to Indiana’s new law that bars aborting a child solely because of a prenatal diagnosis...
Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The movie Me Before You will be released in theatres across North America on June 3. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is urging its supporters to boycott Me Before You in order not to give any...
By Nancy Valko In the article “Sides discuss NY proposal for aid in dying”, the exchange between Diane Coleman, a founder of Not Dead Yet, the foremost disability organization fighting physician-assisted suicide, and Dr. Timothy Quill, who fought for the...
By Dr. Karen Forrest Editor’s note. This appeared on the blog of the Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF). When I went to see the midwife at 36 weeks of pregnancy, I did not expect to find myself leaving in the back of an ambulance. My BP [blood pressure] was 200/115...