On 21st September 2016, for the second time, the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) rejected a controversial resolution on surrogacy presented by the Belgian Senator Dr. Petra De Sutter. However, the Committee approved to propose the draft recommendation “European guidelines to safeguard…
By Nicolás Jouve, Professor of Genetics, President of CiViCa (member of the One of Us Federation) On February of 2015 a request formulated by the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority (HFEA), to apply a method of obtaining three-parent human embryos (two mothers and a father), was approved by the House of Commons in the United Kingdom.…
The Polish Parliament is scheduled to consider a new bill this week that would provide more protections for unborn babies by banning all abortions. The strong Catholic country already prohibits most abortions. In Poland, abortion is legal in cases of rape and incest, the life or health of the mother or severe fetal deformities –…
It is a first time in the history of Romania when such a large number of citizens support an initiative for a constitutional amendment ballot. The new phrasing in Romania’s Constitution is also aimed to enhance the parental right to raise and educate children by the parents’ values and beliefs: „A family is established through…
For years, Planned Parenthood has tried to bolster its public image by saying that abortion “is only three percent” of its activities. Now, a new video from Live Action explodes that myth, exposing the sleight-of-hand the nation’s largest abortion provider uses to artifice such a low number.
According to its most recent annual report, in the 2014-2015 fiscal year Planned Parenthood performed 323,999 abortions and saw a total of “approximately” 2.5 million patients – not all of whom are women. That’s one abortion every 97 seconds.
That also means that one of every eight patients will have an abortion – making the percentage of abortions Planned Parenthood performs more than four times higher than it commonly reports.
The ONE OF US Federation welcomes the rejection by the Council of Europe of a report legalizing surrogate motherhood as a clear step toward the stop of women and children trafficking Brussels, March 16th. 2016. The ONE OF US Federation applauds the rejection of the “de Sutter” report on Human Rights and ethical issues related…
1st ONE OF US Forum: Full house and high-ranking speakers 1st ONE OF US Award given to “Koy” Pattaramon Chanbua, from Thailand, mother of Baby Gammy. This Saturday March 12, the new ONE OF US Federation organized the 1st ONE OF US Forum for its first major public launch in Paris at Salle Gaveau. 1200 participants…
Pope Francis has just given his support to the participants and organisers of the One of Us European Forum which will take place on Saturday 12 March in Paris. In a letter dated 16 February 2016 addressed to the Vice President of the One of Us Federation, Thierry de la Villejegu (Director of the Jerome…
The first ONE OF US European Award will be given on March the 12th, 2016 in Paris during the closing ceremony of the ONE OF US Forum. Following a wide consultation, grassroots organizations from 18 various European countries nominated individuals who “showed exceptional commitment to the promotion, respect and defense of life and dignity of…
