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By SPUC—the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children Pro-life marches in Germany and Slovakia saw stunning turnouts last weekend, with 40,000 people attending one march in the Slovakian city of Košice. “Keep up your witness. Your steadfast determination will...
By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The assisted suicide issue has been debated in Germany for many years. In recent years Swiss assisted suicide groups have been campaigning for assisted suicide not only in Germany but worldwide....
By Michael Cook A male nurse may have killed scores of patients in nursing homes in northern Germany. Niels Högel was given a life sentence in 2015 after he confessed to the murders of about 30 people at two clinics. Even at the time police suspected that he was...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition I have sad news. Yesterday the federal administrative court in Leipzig, Germany ruled that "in extreme circumstances," it is illegal to refuse a suicide drug. According to a DW [Deutsche Welle]...
By Jan Bentz December 14, 2016 — In the few last years, the number of abortions in Germany dropped slightly, but newly published statistics show a slight upturn this year. The third quarter of 2016 has seen 24,200 registered abortions in Germany, which is 0.2 percent...
By Dave Andrusko The streets of Berlin were filled Saturday with joyful pro-life marchers carrying placards supporting the right to life from conception to natural death. “The 12th March for Life in Berlin was a fantastic success and an impressive testimony for life!”...
By Wesley J. Smith If there is one lesson I have learned in 22 years of anti-euthanasia activism, it is that you can’t compromise with the culture of death. Once it gets its scythe through the door, it becomes like the universe: it never stops expanding. Now, Germany...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The German Bundestag [Parliament] is scheduled to debate four assisted suicide proposals on Friday, November 6. The Handelsblatt Global Edition reported, in a mostly pro-euthanasia article, that...
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition The lower house of German parliament began debate today on euthanasia and/or assisted suicide. EuropeOnline Magazine reported No legislation is on the table yet, but five caucuses have...
By Wesley J. Smith Germany is creating a memorial to the 200,000 + victims of the euthanasia Holocaust, in which doctors enthusiastically killed disabled babies and adults between the years 1939-45. From the BBC story: Work has begun on a memorial in Germany for the...