Category: Sanctity of Life

Liberal Western governments pledged to make abortion and feminism a central component of global security policy at the UN Security Council on Monday. A representative of the European Union said the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda is “central” to the EU Gender Action Plan, which includes the promotion of “sexual and reproductive health and rights.”

A Houston man who originally received a light sentence after drugging his wife in an attempt to force an abortion has now been sentenced to eight years in prison for violating his probation.

A dementia patient was killed utilizing Canada’s “Medical Assistance in Dying” (MAiD) framework at the request of the patient’s family. According to a 2025 report issued by the Canadian Office of the Chief Coroner and Ministry of the Solicitor General, MAiD Death Review Committee, six case studies of euthanasia deserved special attention from 2023 and 2024. One of them involved an elderly patient, “Mrs. 6F,” who had “moderately advanced” dementia.

According to The Herald, a panel of students, politicians, and medical experts gathered to debate the issue of legalizing assisted suicide. The debate was on the motion, “This House Welcomes the Legalisation of Assisted Dying.” Dr. Miro Griffiths, who is also the spokesman for Better Way, opposes assisted suicide, arguing it puts people with disabilities at risk. But he couldn’t attend the debate because it was held in a building with no wheelchair access.

One family experienced two tragic diagnoses of anencephaly, and both times, they chose to abort their preborn daughters — but did the medical community truly provide the holistic support this family needed?

A friend of a British couple who ended their lives at an assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland has shared her concerns that the husband coerced his wife into ending her life, according to media reports. Ruth Posner, 96, and husband Michael, 97, neither of whom were terminally ill, told friends and family in an email message of their intention to end their lives at Swiss assisted suicide clinic, Pegasos, saying, “There came a point when failing senses, of sight and hearing and lack of energy was not living but existing that no care would improve”.

A leading U.S. Catholic bishop has issued a blistering condemnation of the FDA’s recent decision to approve a generic version of the abortion drug mifepristone, calling it a “shocking inconsistency” that both endangers women’s health and accelerates the death toll of unborn children.

In 2025, a quiet but powerful shift is happening across the United States: more women than ever are seeking life-affirming support during unexpected pregnancies.

At Heartbeat International, an international network of pregnancy help organizations, our 24/7 Option Line contact center has connected with more than 750,000 women already this year alone—nearly double the anticipated annual volume.