http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1012_en.htm Tomorrow, organisers of the first eight European Citizens’ Initiatives (ECIs) run out of time to collect statements of support. Three groups claim to have reached the target of one million signatures. This includes a minimum number of signatures in at least seven Member States, as required by the ECI legislation. They include Right2Water, who…
The European Citizen’s Initiative One of us has already collected over 1.500.00 signatures all over Europe. ECI rules petitions require a minimum number of signatures in at least 7 member states. As of today, 17 countries (Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Spain) have…
Brain infarction, or stroke, is caused by a blood clot blocking a blood vessel in the brain, which leads to interruption of blood flow and shortage of oxygen. Now a research group at Lund University, Sweden, has taken an important step towards a treatment for stroke using stem cells.
The vote scheduled for today on the non-binding resolution on sexual and reproductive health and rights, drawn up by Edite Estrela (S&D, PT), did not take place as MEPs voted by majority to refer it back to the Women’s Rights and Gender Equality committee for further deliberation. The Estrela report is built under an extremist…
According to data from the European Coordination Office of the Initiative, on 21st October 2013, collected more than 9,000 signatures in support of the initiative “One of Us” in Croatia. That means that minimum signatures to the European Commission asks Croatian citizens in the European Citizens’ Initiative. The initiative for the protection of life from…
The gender imbalance has grown so severe that a team of pregnant Indian women went undercover to help expose sex-selection abortion practices ravaging their country. According to India’s 2011 census, the gap between boys and girls born in India has grown even wider in the last decade. by Lauren Enriquez | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com…
On Oct. 6, hospital officials in the coastal province of Jiangsu pronounced a 28-year-old woman and her unborn baby dead after the hospital had postponed an emergency cesarean section until the family had paid the required amount. by China Aid Association | Beijing, China | LifeNews.com On Oct. 5, Cao Xiangjuan was rushed to the…
There are still more than two weeks to go, but the European Citizens’ Initiative “One of Us” has already collected 1.3 million signatures, which places it comfortably above the 1-million-signatures threshold that decides on success or failure of such petitions. by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com “One of Us” is only the second…
Pro-life advocates and a member of Parliament at the Australia March for Life were assaulted by thousands of pro-abortion activists over the weekend. by Steven Ertelt | Melbourne, Australia | LifeNews.com Bryan Kemper, one of the speakers at the event and the leader of the American pro-life group Stand True, offered LifeNews more on what…
