On April 15, Madrid, heart of life The platform of, Sí a la vida, is calling the civil society to a large march to celebrate the International Day of Life, since 2011 is commemorated every March 25. This year, as it occur simultaneously with Holy Week, the central event will take place on Sunday, April…
Induced abortion is one of the most current problems in social and healthcare sector, it is known as well as deliberate, elective or voluntary abortion. It is a complex issue that adds to its strictly medical side, some other of legal nature, moral, sociological, religious and demographic issues. Despite the facts that only a…
Every year, 1,000 Belgians are given a lethal injection without requesting it. This point was highlighted on 29 January by Doctor Marc Cosyns[1], during the trial of Ivo Poppe, the nurse accused of murdering about twenty people (see Belgium: former nurse accused of administering euthanasia to dozens of patients”). Marc Cosyns has always said that there…
International Seminar Palliative and Social Care vs. Euthanasia
Every year the European Parliament celebrates the day of the Week for Life in which One of Us participates since the beginning of the European Citizens’ Initiative. Week For Life session 2018 will be held on March 20th . Member organizations of One of Us will meet at this event to celebrate the Ordinary General Assembly of…
In the United States, the FDA has approved “the very first algorithm to monitor vital signs in patients in order to predict potentially fatal events a few hours before they occur”. Developed by the ExcelMedical Company, this form of “artificial intelligence” detects “subtle changes in vital signs and issues warnings up to six hours before a potentially fatal event occurs”. The…
Copyright: The Conversation, Academic rigor, journalistic flair. We’d all like to be a little happier. The problem is that much of what determines happiness is outside of our control. Some of us are genetically predisposed to see the world through rose-colored glasses, while others have a generally negative outlook. Bad things happen, to us and in…
More than 300 people have registered to participate in the International Seminar Palliative Care and Euthanasia Social Vs. held at the Congress of Deputies and organized by organizations: European Values and Society Foundation, Family and Human Dignity Association, Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, One Of Us Federation and Network for Political Values. Jaime Mayor Oreja,…
The March for Life in Paris, France, took place on January 21 during four hours from the Ponte Dauphine square to the Trocadero esplanade, in the center of Paris. Given the challenges we face today in the defense and protection of human life, the March for Life in Paris wanted to put on the streets…
Twenty-five years ago, after undergoing in-vitro fertilisation, an anonymous couple donated frozen embryos to “give a chance to those unable to conceive a child naturally”. For their part, Tina and Benjamin Gibson knew when they got married that they would not be able to have their own biological children as Benjamin has cystic fibrosis, which has left him…