Doctors are subverting abortion law by adopting “liberal criteria” as to what constitutes a mental health problem, allowing women to more easily undergo the procedure, says David Fergusson, a University of Otago professor of psychology. He is is not anti-abortion; he says that the law should be liberalised and a set of guidelines should be established to Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Pro-Life’
Abortion does not reduce mental health risks from unwanted pregnancy
Friday, April 19th, 2013
New research from the University of Otago, Christchurch, suggests abortion does not reduce the mental health risks of unwanted pregnancy. Currently, abortion can only be performed legally in New Zealand if there is a risk to the mother’s physical or mental health or if the baby would have a serious disability. About 98 per cent Read more
Archbishop Martin: Church must be ‘destructured’
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013
Irish Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said the Church should be “restructured and destructured” in order to bear more effective witness to the Gospel. “Newness and life will not come out of a Church which still wants to look on itself as an institution of power, even a renewed institution, or from a Church which is Read more
Court penalises Poland for abortion refusal
Friday, November 9th, 2012
A European Court of Human Rights decision ordering Poland to pay compensation for not helping a girl obtain an abortion four years ago has upset many in the predominantly Catholic country. The court, which has jurisdiction over 47 European countries, said Poland had violated the European Convention on Human Rights because the girl — who Read more
Pro-life movement mourns March for Life founder
Friday, August 17th, 2012
The pro-life movement in the United States is mourning the death of Nellie Gray, the founder of the annual March for Life in Washington, DC — probably the world’s largest annual pro-life event. The charismatic octogenarian, once described by Cardinal Sean O’Malley as the “Joan of Arc” of the pro-life movement, was a ubiquitous figure Read more
Pro-life group upset by new abortion service
Friday, July 27th, 2012
Southlanders for Life has accused the Southern District Health Board of being deliberately secretive during the process of establishing an abortion service in Invercargill. Southlanders for Life spokesman Father Vaughan Leslie said the group was so disturbed by the lack of consultation with the public by the health board that a formal complaint would be laid Read more
New prenatal testing could increase abortion rate
Friday, June 29th, 2012A team of scientists at the University of Washington has cracked the entire code of a human fetus using only a sample of blood from its mother and a saliva smear from its father. The technology is a significant step toward standard comprehensive testing of babies in the womb for genetic defects — those that Read more
Abortion breaches ‘do no harm’ ethic
Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
The chief executive of the Southern District Health Board has ‘stated that “abortion services would be provided closer to home”, no doubt meaning at Southland Hospital’, according to Norman MacLean, who opposes the introduction of such services. He says that the introduction of abortion services brings a “conflict of conscience” for many staff members, is opposed Read more
On abortion, Americans say ‘it’s complicated’
Tuesday, June 5th, 2012
Last week, Gallup released new data that, at first glance, appeared to show a significant change in Americans’ perspectives on abortion. The number of Americans who identify as “pro-choice” has dropped six points since last July, from 47 percent to 41 percent, while half (50 percent) of Americans identify as “pro-life.” Given the charged election year atmosphere, Read more
Vatican academy mulls how pro-life is pro-life enough
Friday, June 1st, 2012
In the normally tranquil world of the Vatican, where keeping up at least the appearance of unity is a fine art, the Pontifical Academy for Life has long been something of an outlier. There, internal tensions have a habit of erupting into full public view. The latest such row, featuring a public call from academy Read more