Spanish Parliament Urged Not to Loosen Abortion Law
18th Nov 08
Representatives of various pro-life and pro-family organizations are urging Spanish lawmakers not to loosen Spain's already liberal abortion law. Family Forum President Benigno Blanco denounced the government’s plans to loosen restrictions on abortion in the country, stating that "it is an enormous injustice to abandon the child and the mother, and this is what the new free abortion law intends to do."
Blanco is urging the Spanish Parliament to implement a "plan for supporting pregnant women, in such a way that it isn't seen as an obligation to put forth abortion as the only solution to their problems." Eduardo Hertfelder of the Family Policy Institute (IPF), is also urging lawmakers to reform the law instead so that existing regulations will actually be enforced rather...
Cardinal O'Malley: Right to Life ‘Centrepiece’ of Catholic Teaching
10th Nov 08
By defending the right to life, American Catholic bishops and their flocks bear witness to the "centrepiece" of Catholic teaching as well as the proper "vision of democracy", said Cardinal O'Malley of Boston in a recent statement. Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley wrote the statement in response to a “Boston Globe” inquiry regarding the recent surge of U.S. bishops speaking out against abortion this...
UK Government Behaving Like Nazis: Edinburgh Cardinal
7th Nov 08
The UK government’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology (HFE) bill contained “grotesque,” “horrifying” and “nightmarish” provisions that are reminiscent of the Nazi eugenics policies, said the cardinal archbishop of Edinburgh.
Following his speech last weekend at a pro-life conference...