The President of Portugal gives a new opportunity to the citizens of Portugal by vetoing the euthanasia law for the second time

The president of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has vetoed the law that decriminalized euthanasia and asked Parliament to clarify the reasons why medically assisted death can be accessed. In a statement published on the official website of the Presidency, Rebelo de Sousa communicated that he returned to Parliament, without promulgating, the euthanasia law, so…

Thousands of people demonstrate in Madrid against the euthanasia law and the “attacks” on the objection to abortion

A demonstration, in which some 800 people have participated according to the Government Delegation in Madrid and some 4,000 people according to the organizers, this Sunday in the capital defended “the life of all in any circumstance” and protested against the euthanasia law, the “Attacks” on the conscientious objection of doctors to abortion and against…

The director of the Institute of Life Sciences of the Catholic University of Valencia, Julio Tudela participates in the V European Forum of One of Us in Lisbon

The Catholic University of Valencia, a member of the European Federation “One of Us”, was present on October 29, 30 and 31 in Lisbon, on the occasion of the celebration of the V European Forum “One of Us”. The meeting, which analyzed the Judeo-Christian roots of Europe, threats to freedom and the defense of life, was opened by…

Poland : anniversary Constitutional Court Sentence

It has been a year since polish Constitutional Tribunal has provided a sentence according to which it is unconstitutional to kill an unborn child when prenatal tests or other medical indications point to a substantial likelihood of severe and irreversible fetal disability or incurable life-threatening illness. This judgment was not a jurisprudential aberration. On the…

‘I had the feeling of doing something clandestine’: aborting is legal in Spain but there are doctors who refuse to do it

Many Spanish doctors declare themselves conscientious objectors, which makes access difficult for women seeking the procedure. ZARAGOZA, Spain – Mercedes Sobreviela, a gynecologist in this city in northeastern Spain, believes that the decision to have an abortion concerns women. He says that the “right decision” for a woman is “whenever she wants.” But as a…

The Supreme Court of Mexico validates medical conscientious objection but with limits

The Mexican Supreme Court of Justice  (SCJN) recognized  recently  that conscientious objection of medical personnel is constitutional, but warned that it is not an unlimited right that allows discrimination against women and minorities. By majority of eight votes, the SCJN recognized as constitutional the right to medical conscientious objection, but clarified that it is only…