Posts Tagged ‘Abortion’

Javier Milei smooths waters with “imbecile” pope

Thursday, November 23rd, 2023
Javier Milei

During the election campaign the now new Argentine president Javier Milei labelled Pope Francis a “‘filthy’ communist”, an “imbecile”, and the “representative of the Evil One seated on the throne of the house of God”. Milei – a far-right populist and libertarian economist who was prone to brandishing a chainsaw on the campaign – got Read more

Brian Tamaki rages at gutless Christians after election losses

Monday, October 16th, 2023
Gutless Christians

In a fiery address during a Destiny Church gathering on Sunday morning, Destiny New Zealand’s Bishop Brian Tamaki didn’t hold back in his criticism of what he called “gutless Christians.” Tamaki’s focus was the election result and the state of Kiwi society. The outspoken Bishop began his address with an apology for being late, attributing Read more

Science helps avoid bad compassion

Thursday, September 28th, 2023
Bad compassion

In a candid discussion with reporters on September 23, Pope Francis warned against what he termed bad compassion. Francis defined bad compassion as the law not to let the child grow in the mother’s womb or the law of euthanasia in disease and old age.” Clarifying, he added “I am not saying it is a Read more

Judge orders lawyers to undergo religious liberty training

Monday, September 11th, 2023

Texas federal Judge Brantley Starr handed down a penalty requiring three Southwest Airlines lawyers to undergo religious liberty training from Alliance Defending Freedom, a leading Christian conservative group. Starr requested training after discovering that Southwest Airlines had not followed a court order in a lawsuit involving a flight attendant who was terminated due to social Read more

Florida man charged with double homicide in killing of girlfriend who refused abortion

Monday, September 11th, 2023

Police in Sanford, Florida, charged a 21-year-old man with double homicide in the killing of his pregnant girlfriend and preborn child, an action police believe was motivated by her refusal to get an abortion. Sanford police arrested the former boyfriend, Donovan Faison, on Tuesday, Aug 29, for the November 2022 killing. He was charged with Read more

What does respect life really mean?

Thursday, August 24th, 2023
respect life

Before backing a law banning abortion in Texas altogether, Gov. Greg Abbott propelled a 2021 measure banning abortion after a heartbeat has been detected, saying he “would protect the life of every child with a heartbeat.” He happens to be Catholic. So why did Abbott put razor wire and a floating barrier in the Rio Read more

Study: Most women don’t want abortion

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

Pro-abortion advocates like to frame their position as “pro-choice,” as if women can easily decide whether or not they want to have an abortion. But for many women who go through with abortion, the decision wasn’t really their choice at all, according to a new study. A peer-reviewed study by the anti-abortion Charlotte Lozier Institute Read more

Taxpayers should be free to choose to pay for abortions

Monday, May 29th, 2023
taxpayers

If women are free to choose whether to have an abortion, taxpayers should be free to choose if they contribute taxes to fund their choice. In a recent statement, the pro-life advocacy group Right to Life argues that while taxpayers have a moral obligation to contribute their taxes, they should not be obligated to fund Read more

Woman with Down syndrome challenges abortion law at EU Human Rights Court

Monday, May 22nd, 2023
Down syndrome

A woman with Down syndrome is fighting the UK abortion law at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Heidi Crowter says the current legislation discriminates against people with disabilities. It allows abortion up to birth if the foetus has a condition such as Down syndrome. “I am taking this case to Strasbourg because it Read more

Teen pregnancies halved, abortion numbers down

Monday, February 27th, 2023
Teen pregnancies

Teen pregnancies in New Zealand are on the decline at present. Numbers giving birth have more than halved in the past decade. The past ten years has also seen a downward trend in abortions, according to the latest Abortion Services Aotearoa New Zealand annual report . The stats Newly released figures from Stats NZ on Read more