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Poland grapples with changes to abortion law as Catholic Church hits back

February 01, 2024

Poland’s Catholic Church has spoken out against proposals by Poland’s new ruling coalition to liberalise the country’s abortion law and restore prescription-free access to the morning-after contraceptive pill. Civic Coalition (KO), the largest group in Poland’s ruling coalition, has submitted a bill to parliament to introduce abortion on demand up to the 12th week of pregnancy.

EXCLUSIVE: Calls for ‘urgent’ inquiry into amendments to legalise late-term abortion in UK

January 25, 2024

The UK government is being called to launch an urgent inquiry after the medical director of one of the UK’s largest abortion providers reportedly used his position at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) to issue new guidance to pressurise Parliament to support two amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill related to legalising late-term

Police continue to intimidate Isabel Vaughan-Spruce for ‘thinking’ outside abortion centre

January 22, 2024

The police force in Birmingham has again interrogated Isabel Vaughan-Spruce about what goes on inside her head outside an abortion centre. In footage obtained by ADF UK, a faith-based legal advocacy organisation, a police community support officer presses Vaughan-Spruce as to the nature of her silent thoughts while within the vicinity of an abortion centre-related “buffer zone”.

US Bishops highlight nationwide threats to religious liberty

January 17, 2024

NEW YORK – A first-of-its-kind report from the U.S. Bishops’ Conference spotlights religious freedom concerns nationwide. It highlights a particular concern for attacks on houses of worship, as well as efforts by federal agencies to impose abortion and gender-related requirements. The 48-page report, published 16 January – to coincide with national religious freedom day –

Irish Medical Council endorses ‘fundamental shift’ in medical ethics paving way for government euthanasia push

January 10, 2024

The Irish Medical Council has updated its ethical guidelines for doctors. The standout change—and a disturbing change, especially given the supposedly ethical focus—is the removal of the very explicit direction: “You must not take part in the deliberate killing of a patient.” The amendment to the 2024 Guide to Professional Conduct & Ethics for Registered

Texas bishops ‘celebrate’ court ruling blocking US government’s requirement for abortions if ‘stabilising treatment necessary’

January 04, 2024

NEW YORK – After a federal appeals court ruled 2 January that emergency room doctors in Texas are not required to perform abortions, effectively blocking regulatory guidance previously issued by the federal government, the state’s Catholic bishops said they welcome the ruling. “We celebrate the decision by the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals,” the

The battle for Ireland’s Catholic soul will not slacken in 2024

January 02, 2024

Literary critic Harold Bloom said that all poets must confront their precursors in a type of “Oedipal struggle in order to create an imaginative space for themselves”. He felt that those who came late to the scene of cultural upheaval go through a process of “misreading” their predecessors. It appears as if progressive Ireland

UK politicians table ‘extreme’ abortion amendments to Government bill

December 20, 2023

In the past few weeks Labour Members of Parliament have tabled amendments to the Conservative Government’s Criminal Justice Bill that would decriminalise abortion – that is, remove it from the criminal law. They are using a method that has worked very effectively in recent years: hijacking a government bill to make extreme changes to abortion law.