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Press Room News / Portugal

Portugal: Communists firmly oppose euthanasia

By Michael Cook A footnote to last week’s story about the narrow defeat of euthanasia in Portugal’s parliament. The vote was 115-110 and failed because the Communist Party opposes euthanasia. Communist MP Antonio Filipe explained why in the Morning Star, a British...

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Portugal votes down legalization of euthanasia

A narrow win, but a win nonetheless By Vincenzina Santoro The Portuguese General Assembly (Parliament) voted down four government legislative proposals to legalize euthanasia in Portugal May 29. The similar measures had been proposed by the four parties comprising the...

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Portugal Parliament rejects euthanasia

By Dave Andrusko When I read an Associated Press story this morning about the possible legalization of euthanasia in Portugal, the operative sentence was The outcome of Portugal's vote was uncertain and likely to be close. The AP’s Barry Hatton wrote The two main...

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Nurse ignites debate over euthanasia in Portugal

By Michael Cook The head of Portugal's national nurses' association has blown the whistle on covert euthanasia in public hospitals. Ana Rita Cavaco told a radio program that she personally had heard doctors discussing the topic. She declared on the Catholic station...

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Abortion Pill Dangers Surface in Europe, Pacific

By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL Director of Education & Research Two reports this year from overseas, one from Portugal, the other from Australia, confirm what pro-lifers have been telling people for over a dozen years –– chemical abortions using the RU486...

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