Dec 1, 2023 | Sanctity of Life
As of November 28, eligible people in New South Wales can request “voluntary assisted dying”. NSW was the last Australian state to legalise assisted suicide in May 2022. There was an 18-month implementation period.
Read MoreDec 1, 2023 | Religious Freedom
Imagine that paediatricians are asked by the parents of a child with severe developmental disabilities to perform a hysterectomy and mastectomy on their daughter and give her hormones to restrict her growth. Imagine that, though the paediatricians sympathetically appreciate the motivation of the parents for this request – that restricting her growth will enable them to continue to care for her themselves, they think that they cannot do these things to the child. Should we compel them to provide the procedures or accommodate their conscientious judgment? Or again. Imagine that a doctor is willing to provide a first trimester termination but is reluctant to terminate a pregnancy in the third trimester. Should we compel him to provide the procedure or accommodate his conscientious judgment? The general question to be considered is whether it is ever justifiable to compel performance by a doctor in violation of his or her conscience. Or, to put the question another way: what scope – if any at all — should be given to conscientious judgment in healthcare?
Read MoreNov 30, 2023 | Marriage/Family, Parental Rights/ Parenting, Sanctity of Life
The V Transatlantic Summit of Political Network for Values (PNfV), convened under the theme “Affirming Universal Human Rights – Uniting Cultures for Life, Family and Freedom”, took place on 16 and 17 November at the UN headquarters in New York. The International Organization for the Family was among the organizations that helped organize the event.
Read MoreNov 30, 2023 | Parental Rights/ Parenting, Sexual Orientation
A Seattle public school teacher sent the parental rights group Moms for Liberty a packet with “hate letters” reading “Gay is Slay,” “Grow up” and “Stop bullying and excluding LGBTQ youth and families.” …Moms for Liberty posted photos of the letters on Saturday with the message, “Seattle Public Schools are spending class time indoctrinating and weaponizing your children. The building of the Red Guard in America.”
Read MoreNov 29, 2023 | Sanctity of Life
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has condemned the vandalism of a pro-life organization’s headquarters in Rome perpetrated during a protest to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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