The United States Supreme Court is set to rule on a case with implications for America’s abortion regime. The case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, specifically deals with a forthcoming law in the state of Texas which will require abortion clinics to have hospital-grade facilities, and, in a ection already in force, requires doctors offering...
Sweden may ban surrogacy in all its forms after a high-level inquiry recommended the move. A report submitted to the government, and authored by Justice Eva Wendel Rosberg who led the governmental inquiry into the practice of surrogacy, states unequivocally that all forms of surrogacy in the nation should be discouraged, and, further, that Swedish...
Catholic Bishops and pro-life groups in Canada have criticised a government report which recommends the legalising of assisted suicide, including for adolescents. Following the issuing of the report compiled by the Special Joint Committee on Physician Assisted Dying, which offered 21 broad-ranging recommendations for government towards drafting a bill to implement assisted suicide across the nation,...
African women availing of a widely used injected contraceptive are more likely to contract the HIV virus, a new study has revealed. According to the Population Research Institute (PRI), the Depo-Provera contraceptive (with the active ingredient Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, DPMA) can be linked to a 50% increased likelihood of HIV contraction, following a major investigation...
A judge in the US state of Louisiana has ruled that a legal requirement that priests breach of the seal of confession if they hear about child abuse in the confessional is unconstitutional. The case before State District Judge Mike Caldwell arose as a result of an allegation in 2008 of molestation against Rebecca Mayeaux, who...
A Christian student in Britain who voiced his opposition to same-sex marriage on his Facebook page has been expelled from university. Felix Ngole was a student of social work at the University of Sheffield when he wrote on Facebook of his support for Kim Davies, the US clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue...
Italian legislators have voted in favour of recognising same-sex civil unions. After inter-party wrangling which saw Prime Minister Matteo Renzi gain support for the proposed Cirinna Bill on the issue from the New Centre Right party when previous supporters M5S backed away, the vote in favour of civil unions passed by 173 votes to 71....
A leading representative of Catholic primary schools in Ireland has accused politicians of hypocrisy for their criticisms of Church-run schools. Speaking to The Irish Catholic newspaper, Fr Tom Deenihan of the Catholic Primary Schools Management Association (CPSMA) said that politicians routinely attack Catholic schools at a national level, but rarely in their own constituencies because...
Bishop Kevin Doran has questioned whether Catholics can in good conscience vote for candidates who back legalising abortion in Ireland. Speaking at a meeting in Sligo last night organised by the Iona Institute, the Bishop of Elphin delivered an address entitled ‘How should a Catholic think about politics?’, and stated : “I find it very difficult to...
Pro-life politicians in Brazil are working to draft legislation to strengthen defences for unborn children allegedly affected by the Zika virus, even as campaigners argue for wider abortion provision as an answer to its impact. The spread of Zika is being blamed by some for a rise in cases of infant microcephaly, which affects the full...
