In an interview with Fox News released during the Republican National Convention, former president Donald Trump reasserted his stance that abortion is exclusively a state issue and said that it “will never be a federal issue again.” “By getting rid of Roe v Wade, I was able to get it back into the states, and Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Abortion’
Italian women who reject abortion could get income support
Monday, July 15th, 2024
Italian women who reject abortion could soon receive income support from the state. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government is promoting a “maternity income” bill that proposes aid of 1,000 euros (about NZ$1,800) for five years to Italian women who reject abortion. Meloni (pictured) says payments would target women who could not otherwise cope financially with Read more
Archbishop Justin Welby: wife pressured to abort disabled daughter
Thursday, July 11th, 2024
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has disclosed that hospital staff pressured his wife Caroline to consider aborting their disabled daughter during pregnancy. Speaking at the General Synod in York, Welby explained that his daughter Ellie had dyspraxia; a condition affecting movement and coordination. Hospital staff suggested abortion if a disability test returned positive results, Read more
Kiwi student questions Pope on abortion
Monday, June 24th, 2024
Abortion was one topic New Zealand student Seamus Lohrey quizzed the Pope on during an online forum last Thursday. He was one of 12 students from the Asia-Pacific region who shared young people’s concerns with the Pope during the online “Building Bridges” forum. Organised by Loyola University Chicago, the forum was designed to enable Pope Read more
Javier Milei smooths waters with “imbecile” pope
Thursday, November 23rd, 2023
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
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
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, 2023Texas 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, 2023Police 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
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