One of Us welcomes this decision which strengthens the protection of children and sends a clear signal against surrogacy and human trafficking. Grand Chamber Judgment clarifies that there is no obligation to recognize parental ties if there is no biological link Strasbourg, 24 January 2017 Today the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights…
The One of Us delegation joined the March for Life in Paris and was represented by several European countries. The motto of this march was “We are all concerned” and 50.000 people joined the march through Paris streets, showing to the world that every life has an inherent and inalienable dignity as a source of human…
July 26, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – All charges have been dismissed against Center for Medical Progress investigators David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt, multiple sources have confirmed to LifeSiteNews. Prosecutors with the Harris County District Attorney’s office dropped the charges before the pair could pursue their legal motion to quash the charges at a hearing at 9…
SPUC (London) – Jan. 12, 2017 A new fertility procedure that could allow sperm and eggs to be made from people’s skin may lead to “embryo farming” on a massive scale and drive parents to have only “ideal” children, researchers have warned. IVG The procedure, in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) involves reprogramming adult cells into a…
The Times of Malta published a New Year’s interview of Chief Justice emeritas Vincent De Gaetano, of the European Court of Human Rights in Malta, conducted by Matthew Xuereb. Xuereb asked Justice De Gaetano about euthanasia, assisted suicide, and Vincent Lambert, who was severely brain-injured in an accident in 2008. Justice De Gaetano responded: One cannot…
Huffington Post, Canada (09.01.2017) The Carter decision to allow assisted suicide and euthanasia claimed that Canada could avoid abuses through careful guidelines and screening. Medically facilitated elder abuse by greedy relatives and medicalized suicide for the depressed — a grim reality where this practice is legal — were supposed to be avoidable, said the judge,…
Dozens of women may have had eggs fertilised by sperm cells from someone other than the intended father, say Dutch authorities The Guardian (U.K.) – A Dutch medical institution has launched an investigation after discovering that up to 26 women’s eggs may have been fertilised by the wrong sperm at its IVF laboratory. A “procedural error”…
If these Christmas days are always different, and therefore new in our lives, it is also true that these times we live are new, and therefore, different. These are not just new times. They are not only times of crisis. These are new times determined by the crisis. Despite all the things we have already…
The news on right-to-life issues in the United Kingdom Peter D. Williams Right to Life The last two months in the UK have seen the beginning of the We’re All Equal campaign, which supports the Abortion (Disability Equality) Bill. This Bill, introduced by disabled peer Lord Shinkwin, would repeal section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967, which allows for abortion…
Alex van Vuuren, Schreeuw om Leven In October the Dutch government came with a new initiative for a law regarding euthanasia. This new law will expand the existing legal euthanasia practice in The Netherlands, but will be a separate law. A parliamentary committee earlier this year however had clearly stated that an expansion of the…