Bill to oppose funds for gender-based abortion

The Democratic Labor Party senator John Madigan will introduce on Wednesday a private members’ bill seeking to remove Medicare funding for abortions ”procured on the basis of gender selection”. Senator Madigan, who could hold a balance of power vote in the Senate after the September election, said he would ”seek support from other politicians who…

Polish start of the "One of Us" Campaign

Action of collecting the signatures under ECI “One of us” begun in Poland today. It’s aim is to enhance the protection of human life within the scope of EU rights and financial policy. At a press conference at the Polish Press Agency announced the line-up of National Committee supporting this initiative. “One of us” relate…

FYI, the Swedish Government has presented a law proposal asking for the obligation of sterilisation prior to a change of sex to be removed.

The text presented by the Government includes a proposal to change ‘pregnant woman’ to gender neutral ‘pregnant person’ in the relevant laws since a woman could henceforth be a ‘man’ once the law has been passed, in both cases capable of being pregnant. The change of the law is suggested to be effective as of 1st July 2013: http://rod.se/steriliseringskravet-lyfts-bort-fr%C3%A5n-lagen

Surrogate Motherhood

The growing practice of using surrogate mothers for infertile or same-sex couples is drawing increased attention. The demand for surrogacy is growing, as data from Israel shows. Israel’s High Court recently heard a case involving a same-sex couple in which it came out that in the last eight years there have been 314 cases of…

Immediately following the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his support for the Movement for Life (MPV)

Vatican City, February 05, 2013 (Zenit.org). Junno De Jesús Arocho Esteves | 4 hits   Immediately following the recitation of the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his support for the Movement for Life (MPV) and congratulated them on their success of in obtaining signatures all over Europe in support of recognizing life from the moment of…