The Latvian public broadcaster LSM.LV reported that, after a long debate, the Latvian Saeima rejected a citizens initiative to legalize euthanasia by a vote of 49 to 38 with 2 abstentions. A citizens initiative collected 10,000 signatures which required the Saeima to debate the issue. LSM reported that Saeima representatives saw the euthanasia debate as opening the…
This is the question the European Court of Human Rights has agreed to decide. Seized by a prisoner who complains of having had his pornographic magazines confiscated, the court must decide whether prisons can legitimately prohibit the possession and use of such documents. The facts of this case can be very succinctly summarized: the applicant…
The Euthanasia Law is published, stealing the social and political debate in Spain. It is not the function of the State to kill, its function is to provide the means for adequate medical assistance to patients. Download the Euthanasia Law
DOWNLOAD STATEMENT 1. The Constitutional Court has just transmitted to His Excellency the President of the Republic the judgment ruling on the request for preventive control of the constitutionality of several rules of Decree No. 109 / XIV of the Assembly of the Republic – insisting on paragraph 1 of article 2. o – concerning…
Next 25th of March, International Day of Life, we will celebrate our General Assembly after the Week for Life program that you have received. Please save the date and time to present the situation in your country and join the Assembly with our partners and colleagues for life. JOIN THE ASSEMBLY HERE https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87585746169?pwd=RnU4YkxCVmVWK0ptTGxlbWxud0NTZz09 ID de…
According to a new study of over 1.9 million women published by the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Healt, the risk of postpartum psychiatric care requiring hospitalization is increased by 83 percent. Read more.
The President of the Republic of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has sent the Euthanasia Law to the Constitutional Court to review its constitutionality.This judicial instance must review the Law proposed by the Congress of Portugal. The more than reasonable doubts about the constitutionality of the Law raise the hope that this law could be…
Freedom is enshrined as a human right that must be protected. Although all human beings are born free and equal, endowed with conscience and subject to life in society, there have always been situations that endanger our freedom. Not only dictatorial governments, but also different forms of modern slavery are some of the threats to…
Read more. A new study has shown that unborn babies undergoing an anaesthetic injection into their thigh ahead of intrauterine surgery exhibit changes in facial expression similar to newborn babies experiencing pain. The study, published at the end of last month by a team of researchers in Brazil, ‘Sorting pain out of salience: assessment of pain facial expressions…
Read more. The recently constituted Asamblea por la Vida has called on the senators not to allow the legalization of Euthanasia in our country. After the rule of the PSOE and Podemos government has been approved in Congress, it will be debated soon in the Senate. He reminds the honorable Members that “it is your…