El Dr. Jacinto Bátiz, secretario de la Comisión Central de Deontología de la Organización Médica Colegial (OMC), y director del Instituto de Sensibilización, Formación, Investigación e Innovación para Cuidar Mejor del Hospital San Juan de Dios de Santurce (Vizcaya), reflexiona en este artículo sobre la proposición de ley de la eutanasia, que el presidente del…
Launched in May 2018, a citizens’ consultation will enable all Europeans to voice their opinion on the direction in which they wish to steer the European Union. For the first time, the European Commission convened a citizens’ panel on 5 and 6 May 2018 to draft a public consultation. Ninety-six Europeans met in Brussels to…
Malta has passed new legislation allowing for embryo freezing and gamete donation. Controversial amendments to the Embryo Protection Bill were passed by 34 votes to 27 by the parliament of Malta and now await the President’s formal assent to become law. Maltese law currently allows couples undergoing IVF to fertilise two eggs and implant the…
Historic debate in Argentina today . The human rights defense and protection have taken an step back and the abortion law pass thorough . The pulse and pressure from the radical groups and lobbies have decided the balance by a few votes. Life is not first , before the contrary , the defense of the…
The American Medical Association (AMA) is debating their position on assisted suicide at their convention this weekend in Chicago. Source: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2018/06/assisted-suicide-is-incompatible-with.html?utm_source=Euthanasia+Prevention+Coalition+Contacts&utm_campaign=9d94047bde-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_06_08_06_41_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_105a5cdd2d-9d94047bde-198493857
Online consultation on the future of Europe : opportunity to advocate for the respect of human life The European Commission has launched a public consultation for the European citizens about the future of Europe. In March 2017, the Commission launched a new debate on the future of the EU at 27, through the publication of a …
Citizens of democracies must avoid complacency in the defense of human rights The bill about the 8th amend voted in Ireland reminded us all how crucial it is for citizens of democracies to avoid complacency in the defense of human rights, particularly the rights of those in greatest peril. They also are a reminder that…
Dear friends from all over the world Yesterday (29th May) the Portuguese parliament rejected four proposals of law which would allow euthanasia and assisted suicide. The results of the vote where narrow (115 votes would be needed and the proposal best voted had 110 votes) but enough to end the legislative procedure on course. The debate…
On Saturday, May 26 the Seminar of the Cultural Platform One of Us, organised by the Universidad Católica de Valencia (Catholic University of Valencia) was held in the city of Valencia, Spain Jaime Mayor Oreja, president of the One of Us Federation, has claimed that this European citizens’ initiative is: “the result of the grouping…
On May the 25th the electorate of the Republic of Ireland will be asked to remove the acknowledgement of the right to life of the unborn child and to replace it with the power to Legislate for abortion. If this referendum is passed Ireland will become the first and only country in the world to…