On Thursday, 27th June 2013 an extraordinary session of the Assembly of the Croatian Alliance for Life CRO-VITA, took place in Zagreb, the Capital of Croatia. The Alliance has 15 ordinary and associate members. All of them are NGOs that are committed to the protection of human life from conception to natural death. The main…
In an article of the newspaper, Le Figaro, Alain Privat, professor of neurobiology at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), former director at the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, and corresponding member of the Academy of Medicine, “responds to the recent decision of the [French] Parliament to re-examine legislation…
AUSTIN, Texas, June 26, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amidst a mob of shouting pro-abortion advocates, a Texas bill to ban abortion after 20 weeks failed to pass despite securing the needed votes because the voting concluded two minutes after the session’s midnight deadline. Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis successfully filibustered the bill Tuesday for eleven hours. After…
Fascinating new research shows that unborn children can recognize and process varying forms of speech at 29 weeks, even before speech centers appear. The processing is advanced enough, for example, to allow them to differentiate between male and female voices. Keith Barrington, a neonatologist and clinical researcher and chief of service at Sainte Justine University…
A dissertation submitted to the University of Hong Kong found that children in China are more likely to face serious health complications, including death, if their mothers have had multiple induced abortions. The study concluded that having more than one abortion increases the risk of low birth weight in subsequent pregnancies. Indeed, women who have…
The European Citizens, the European Institutions, and the National Authorities among the member States, are currently observing the “ONE OF US” European Citizens Initiative. As part of the campaign of One of Us, the organizers have arranged a pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago. Crossroadswalk One of Us is an special event that will start…
One of the three main topics at the Austrian Bishops’ Conference meeting held this week in Mariazell was the European Citizens’ Initiative “One of Us”. The European Bishops´ Conference welcomed the European Citizens´ Initiative “One of Us” for the protection of the human embryo and is pleased to see how many parishes, Catholic organizations and…
The House of Representatives today approved a that bans abortions from after 20-weeks of pregnancy up to the day of birth. by Steven Ertelt | Washington, DC | LifeNews.com The vote for the bill broke down on mostly partisan lines with Republicans supporting the ban on late-term abortions and Democrats opposing it. The House approved…
A Discussion about the “The Status of the Embryo. What does the Brüstle judgment mean for the future of reserach and biotechnology?” in Europe has taken place in Bruxelles the 19th of june at the European Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Avenue de l’Yser/ Ijzerlaan 11. The conference, organized by the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and European Dignity Watch,…
Colin Brewer, who disgustingly called for the infanticide of disabled infants some time ago, is apparently under police investigation for those comments. From the Independent story: A councillor who compared disabled children with deformed lambs that are dealt with at birth by “smashing them against a wall” is being investigated by police over his comments, it emerged. Brewer also…