February 16th – Gènétique Website In less than two hours, the French Senate went over, for the second time, the writing of the new criminal offence concerning abortion proposed by the National Assembly. 171 voices against 147 allowed the left-wing senators and a couple of centrists to restore the version they had adopted during the…
Jaime Mayor Oreja, President of the Federation One of Us: “After the resounding voice expressed by 2 million EU citizens demanding to the European Institutions to ban the fund of the activities that suppose the destruction of human life, the new declarations and requests for funding actions that directly threaten human life are not a right, but a clear violation of our democratic principles and of the defence and protection of life we owe to our society”.
Brussels, February 7th., 2017 European Federation “One of Us” applauds the decision taken in the executive order signed by President Donald Trump, officially pulling taxpayer funding for abortions overseas, reversing former President Obama’s destruction of what is known as the Mexico City Policy. This executive decision embodies the spirit of the European Citizens’ Initiative One…
The French National Assembly has just voted this week the draft law concerning the offence of obstructing abortion. Next round with the examination of the draft law by the Senate in February. Will the parliament add to the law a 30 000-euro fine or two years of imprisonment for anyone considered to have exerted “moral or…
It is incredible that the France of reason and freedom of thought considers it a crime to use words in the websites to advise how to avoid abortion by offering to help mothers in difficulty because of a difficult or unwanted pregnancy. We are not surprised that a law has been passed to introduce this…
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…