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Bill could be used to restrict churches from teaching about abortion By Bill McMorris The French Senate adopted a bill that will make it a crime to post pro-life information on the internet on Wednesday. The Senate voted 173-126 to approve legislation that will make...
By Leticia Velasquez, Co-founder, KIDS (Keep Infants with Down Syndrome) Last month the French State Council, the nation’s highest administrative court, upheld a decision by a broadcasting tribunal to ban a YouTube video made by an Italian Down syndrome association...
By Wesley J. Smith Conscience is a good thing. It is the path to repentance, forgiveness, and healing. Take Project Rachel, the compassionate pro-life project that aids women overcome the grief and guilt some experience from having had an abortion. But France doesn’t...
By Dave Andrusko Abridging free speech in France does not end with banning an enjoyable and affirming TV advertisement which (to quote Michael Cook) “ depicts Down syndrome children as loving, quirky, independent kids whose parents adore them.” Now the French National...
By Michael Cook France, the nation of liberté, égalité, fraternité. Yeah, right. But not for Down syndrome people. Last year the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo mocked a right-wing politician, Nadine Morano, with a cartoon on its cover describing her as la fille...
September 29, 2016 — The French minister for Families, Childhood and Women’s Rights is celebrating the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion with a plan to gag a number of websites that “mislead” women into thinking they give complete and honest...
By Wesley J. Smith A bit ago I wrote about how the French Senate was considering legalizing terminal sedation as a way to kill the terminally ill. That column also distinguished between the slow motion euthanasia by dehydration/starvation of terminal sedation and the...
By Cassy Fiano It is every expecting mother’s worst nightmare: going into premature labor and giving birth to a baby that cannot survive. Such is the situation that two French parents have found themselves in — only their son did survive. Little Titouan was...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition A panel of French citizens recently recommended that the Government of France legalize assisted suicide and a limited form of euthanasia. The panel of 18 French citizens were chosen by a...
By Dave Andrusko Fulfilling a campaign pledge made by President Francois Hollande to hold a national “debate” on the issue, a public panel of 18 “representative” citizens this week recommended that France legalize assisted suicide. This recommendation flies in...