Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hosted the world’s most powerful leaders in Italy last week and reportedly made a few foes over a flap involving the removal of abortion language from the G7’s final declaration of priorities. But in the United States, she’s winning praise from pro-life Americans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, founder of Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Pro-Life’
The supermarket trolley spawns hundreds of childhood injuries
Monday, May 6th, 2024
A mother whose infant just missed serious injury in a supermarket trolley is warning other parents to be extra vigilant. She hadn’t realised there was a safety strap on the trolley so didn’t use it. Her infant was saved from falling out – in the nick of time – by a staff member. Many injuries Read more
Manila archbishop calls to ‘rethink’ pro-life strategy
Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
It’s time to ‘rethink’ our pro-life strategy says Cardinal Jose Advincula. We need to re-evaluate the strategy in a different way, using new approaches that refrain from further judgment and condemnation. During the Mass for this year’s “Walk for Life” on Saturday, Advincula – who is the head of Manila’s Catholic Church – spoke of 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
Woman with Down syndrome challenges abortion law at EU Human Rights Court
Monday, May 22nd, 2023
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
Luxon’s dilemma: when politics and morals don’t match
Monday, July 4th, 2022
The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling to throw out Roe v Wade is an issue of relevance to political leaders in Aotearoa New Zealand. The decision was met with enthusiasm by those opposed to abortion here, including opposition National MP for Tāmaki Simon O’Connor. Pro-choice groups such as Abortion Rights Aotearoa (ALRANZ) expressed alarm, not Read more
Pro-life rally attracts thousands in Dublin city centre
Monday, July 4th, 2022Several thousand people gathered in Dublin city centre on Saturday for a pro-life rally. The crowds assembled at Parnell Square at lunchtime, before marching down O’Connell Street and onto Custom House Quay. The Rally For Life was the first in-person march to be held since 2019 because of Covid restrictions. Organisers said the chief aim Read more
Pro-life is more than opposing abortion
Thursday, June 30th, 2022
Anti-abortion activists have been told being pro-life involves many issues that can threaten life. It’s not just about abortion. It’s about easy access to guns, poverty and rising maternity mortality. “Being for life always, for example, means being concerned if the mortality rates of women due to motherhood increase,” wrote Andrea Tornielli in his Vatican Read more
Abortion pill reversal service expands
Monday, August 9th, 2021
Many women take the abortion pill and then change their minds, says Russian physician Alexey Fokin. He and his team will help any woman seeking help. Many are asking. “We help all women including Muslims, atheists, and others,” he says. “I know that human life begins from conception and I believe that new life is Read more
Narrow squeak – last minute extreme abortion law amendments withdrawn
Monday, July 12th, 2021
Catholic Bishops of England and Wales are relieved two extreme abortion bills were withdrawn the day they were to be put to the vote in parliament. The bills were included in the UK Government’s flagship Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill. If passed in a vote on Monday this week, the proposed New Clause 55 Read more