By Michael Cook The Federation of Swiss Medical Doctors (FMH) has refused to include in its code of ethics new guidelines on end-of-life care proposed by the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS). These provide that a physician may practice assisted suicide for...
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Another UK Hospital: NO to Baby Transfer + End Life Support
By Wesley J. Smith Readers here may recall the infamous Charlie Gard case earlier this year. Charlie was a terminally ill baby with a progressive and terminal genetic disease. Charlie’s parents wanted to take their boy to a specialist in the US, but was refused...
Recommendation of Irish Committee deciding language for abortion referendum out of kilter with public opinion
By Dave Andrusko Yesterday we wrote about the recommendation of a committee of the Irish Parliament which announced informally what it will formally recommend next Wednesday: an end to the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution which holds that mothers and unborn...
Tens of thousands expected to protest abortion in Netherlands this weekend
By Jonathon van Maren NETHERLANDS, December 7, 2017 -- Cry for Life, a Dutch pro-life organization that has been battling the Culture of Death in the Netherlands since 1985, is predicting a massive turnout for the 25th March for Life in The Hague this weekend, with...
Canada’s Liberal party missed something important in gender-based violence strategy
Editor’s note. This first ran a few months ago on the Canadian pro-life site, WeNeedALaw, and is reposted with permission. The Liberal party released their gender-based violence strategy last month. The strategy aims to address issues ranging from investigating street...
Irish Committee to vote to jettison constitutional amendment giving equal rights to mothers and unborn children
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. A “TD” is a member of the lower house of the Irish Parliament. “Fine Gael “ is a political party. It was a development years in the making and carefully orchestrated by a pro-abortion coalition which included international organizations...
Denmark aborted all but 4 babies diagnosed with Down syndrome last year
By Claire Chretien December 6, 2017 – A Danish official is using the four children with Down syndrome who weren’t aborted in Denmark last year to argue that his country’s policy is not to kill everyone with an extra chromosome. Ireland may repeal its Eighth amendment,...
Sydney, Australia, Geriatrician: “We do not want or need physician assisted suicide”
Editor's note. This appeared on the HOPE, Australia blog and is reposted with permission. Dr. John Obeid, a geriatrician in Western Sydney, has voiced his opinion in the Daily Telegraph about why assisted suicide should not be an option for his elderly patients....
Irish Politician Slams BPAS Support of Late Term and Gender Selective Abortions
Editor’s note. This comes courtesy of the Irish pro-life organization Precious Life. BPAS refers to the British Pregnancy Advisory Service. The Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution provides equal rights to the mother and the unborn child and is under furious...
Newsweek compares death-machine-maker Nitschke to SpaceX-founder Elon Musk
By SPUC—The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children A Newsweek article dated December 1 has compared Dr. Philip Nitschke, designer and proponent of ‘death-machines’, to renowned maverick inventor and technology magnate, Elon Musk, co-founder of Paypal, and...