Figures revealed from replies to separate parliamentary questions submitted by deputies Carol Nolan and Seán Canney have shown that 1,601 women who initially made an appointment did not proceed to have an abortion last year at primary care level. In 2021, there were 8,284 initial consultations but 6,683 abortions took place last year, according to…
At the Pro Life Campaign’s National Conference in Dublin on Saturday, the group strongly criticised government plans to make ‘at home’ telemedicine abortion a permanent fixture. The Government sanctioned the practice following the Covid outbreak but gave strong assurances at the time that the practice would end along with other Covid restrictions being lifted. However,…
Malta might soon liberalise its total ban on abortions. Prime Minister Robert Abela hinted at that during an interview with local media. An amendment will be on the table within two weeks, Abela promised in an interview with Times of Malta on Sunday. He stressed that this amendment was not about legalising abortion but about saving mothers’…
European Parliament, Brussels november 16th from 9h20 to 16h30 Our countries face increasing pressure to legalize euthanasia or to include new groups in current euthanasia laws. Doctors are increasingly faced with requests from patients to end their lives through euthanasia. Ending the suffering does not imply a right to require a care professional to end…
Today El Debate publishes a research report in which it reveals the finances of the seven abortion centers most profitable in the capital of Spain. In the same way, this newspaper publishes the names of the businessmen behind this millionaire business. Since 2016, the year in which 93,131 abortions were registered in Spain, until today, the…
After heated discussions, 172 Senators voted against it, while 139 supported the motion. Most opponents of the proposal belong to the right-wing of the political spectrum, while the left was mainly in favour of including abortion in the Constitution, Valeurs Actuelles reports. The text of the draft would add two sentences to the Constitution, La Croix reports. “No one…
The World Medical Association reiterates its rejection of euthanasia and remains firmly opposed to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide, as stipulated in the World Medical Association (WMA) Statement on Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide. Ethically appropriate end-of-life care should routinely promote patient autonomy and shared decision-making, and be respectful of the values of the patient, his or…
The Belgian Constitutional Court declared that the country’s euthanasia law is unconstitutional and must be amended. Thomas Moller-Nielsen reported for The Brussels Times on October 21 that: The ruling does not imply that euthanasia is, or soon will be, illegal in Belgium: rather, it merely notes that key provisions of the law cannot be consistently reconciled with…
A lawsuit filed against Planned Parenthood accuses the organization of miscalculating a woman’s pregnancy so egregiously that she painfully delivered a “fully formed” 30 to 36-week baby boy into a toilet. The suit alleges that the abortionist calculated her pregnancy at just six (6) weeks, then prescribed her abortion pills. The named “defendants” are Planned Parenthood abortionist…
The Irish Pro Life Campaign (PLC) made a submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health in relation to the Bill that the Committee is considering on exclusion zones outside abortion facilities. The bill seeks to prohibit peaceful pro-life vigils in the vicinity of abortion facilities, establishing an exclusion zone of 100 metres in radius…