The vote scheduled for today on the non-binding resolution on sexual and reproductive health and rights, drawn up by Edite Estrela (S&D, PT), did not take place as MEPs voted by majority to refer it back to the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality committee for further deliberation. The Estrela report is built under an extremist…
According to data from the European Coordination Office of the Initiative, on 21st October 2013, collected more than 9,000 signatures in support of the initiative “One of Us” in Croatia. That means that minimum signatures to the European Commission asks Croatian citizens in the European Citizens’ Initiative. The initiative for the protection of life from…
The gender imbalance has grown so severe that a team of pregnant Indian women went undercover to help expose sex-selection abortion practices ravaging their country. According to India’s 2011 census, the gap between boys and girls born in India has grown even wider in the last decade. by Lauren Enriquez | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com…
On Oct. 6, hospital officials in the coastal province of Jiangsu pronounced a 28-year-old woman and her unborn baby dead after the hospital had postponed an emergency cesarean section until the family had paid the required amount. by China Aid Association | Beijing, China | LifeNews.com On Oct. 5, Cao Xiangjuan was rushed to the…
There are still more than two weeks to go, but the European Citizens’ Initiative “One of Us” has already collected 1.3 million signatures, which places it comfortably above the 1-million-signatures threshold that decides on success or failure of such petitions. by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com “One of Us” is only the second…
Pro-life advocates and a member of Parliament at the Australia March for Life were assaulted by thousands of pro-abortion activists over the weekend. by Steven Ertelt | Melbourne, Australia | LifeNews.com Bryan Kemper, one of the speakers at the event and the leader of the American pro-life group Stand True, offered LifeNews more on what…
The Bangladesh parliament last month recommended imposing a population control program on tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. Ironically, the Rohingya refugees fled from an oppressive regime in Myanmar which included a two-child policy. No one wants them to have children! by Anne Roback Morse | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com Bangladesh has hosted…
The European Parliament approved a report–Gendercide: the missing women?–that condemns practices that destroy the lives of women and girls, including sex selection abortion and infanticide. by Marie Smith | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com The report by MEP Antigoni Papadopoulou recognizes that sex selective abortion is a form of discrimination and violence against women and girls…
Yesterday a friend of mine sent me a link to a set of photos on the New York Times webpage. The first of 7 photos showed a set of giant white balloons. by Dave Andrusko | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com To be honest, I was busy, wasn’t immediately interested, and didn’t bother to investigate the…
Using remarkable technology to eavesdrop on the unborn child, it seems as if every day in every way we find that he or she is a remarkable human being. One study builds on another on another, and so forth, showing ever-greater complexity. by Dave Andrusko | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com Using 4-dimensional ultrasound, a few…