By Dave Andrusko It was not until a columnist for the publication The Daily Maverick wrote “A letter to aborted twins” that I became aware of the double tragedy that took place last November in Mahikeng, the capital city of the North-West Province of South Africa....
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South African Health Minister determined to stop assisted suicide
By Paul Russell, founder of HOPE Australia. In welcome news today from South Africa's News 24, the Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, signalled an appeal to a recent court ruling that allowed for Assisted Suicide in the African nation. The recent court ruling on an...
South African court approves assisted suicide by lethal injection
By Alex Schadenberg, International Chair - Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Last week Justice Hans Fabricius of the South Africa High Court signed a court order approving the euthanasia death of Robin Stransham-Ford who had prostate cancer. However Stransham-Ford died...
South African Judge Approves Mercy Murder
By Wesley J. Smith I once spoke in South Africa at a biomedical conference in Cape Town against euthanasia. I was the opening keynote and I mentioned that it would be both a tragedy and a travesty if a country in which large swaths of formerly oppressed people–with...
South African mother changes basis of lawsuit from “wrongful life” to “wrongful suffering” in the birth of her now-six year old son
By Dave Andrusko ‘Wrongful life” suits are by their very nature bizarre. But according to a South African newspaper, there is an additional twist to a lawsuit brought by a woman against the Cape Town-based Foetal Assessment Centre as it has moved its way...
Painful abortions: a visit to a South African abortion clinic
By Dave Andrusko There is a rule in covering the abortion issue that is nearly iron-clad. If you want incredibly revealing remarks, look for what come straight out of the mouths of abortionists, their staffs, and their legion of sympathizers in the media. Give...