(The Guardian) — South Australia premier Jay Weatherill has said he is “gutted” after the state parliament’s 15th attempt to pass a voluntary euthanasia bill was defeated by one vote. Weatherill told ABC radio on Thursday he respected the decision of MPs in the overnight vote but he was personally “incredibly disappointed.” Opposition leader Steven […]
(The Christian Institute) — Assisted suicides increased by more than a quarter in just one year in Switzerland, according to newly released figures. There were 742 cases of assisted suicide in 2014, up 26 percent on the previous year. There has been a steady rise in the country, which has seen a 250 percent increase […]
The state of North Dakota is now the sixth state to sue the Obama administration over rules that some believe might require doctors to aid patients who desire to undergo gender transition treatments—from hormone therapy to mastectomies—despite their convictions or belief that the procedure would not be beneficial for the person. “The regulation … undermines […]
PARKER, Co. — A five-month-old baby girl is wowing the world as her adoptive parents are sharing the story of how their Snowflake baby was a frozen embryo for 17 years before her birth. Elizabeth and Marty Wilson turned to Nightlight Christian Adoptions a few years ago after having difficulty conceiving again following the birth of […]
WARSAW, Poland — Lawmakers in Poland have approved a plan to give $1000 to families whose children are born with a disability or life-threatening condition in an effort to curb abortions in such instances. According to reports, the “For Life” plan passed 267–140 on Friday with 21 lawmakers abstaining from voting. President Andrzej Duda is expected to sign the […]
LEWISVILLE, Texas (People) — Lynlee Boemer was just 1 lb., 3 oz. when doctors removed a tumor from her body that weighed almost as much as she did. At just 23 weeks, she was taken from her mother Margaret Boemer’s womb for 20 minutes so doctors could perform a five-hour, life-saving surgery. The surgeons then […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama who once ordered the removal of Roy Moore’s Ten Commandments monument has now also blocked a state law banning abortion facilities from operating near k-8 schools. Judge Myron Thompson, appointed to the bench by then-President Jimmy Carter, opined that the law would close two abortion facilities that […]
NEW YORK — In an article published this week by Religion News Service, a clergy woman from New York City defended her choice to obtain a late-term abortion, and asserted that every woman ought to have the “right” to make the decision. “I wish I never had to live through the loss of my child, but […]
A California OB/GYN is speaking out after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton defended her stance on late-term abortion Wednesday night. “As an OB/GYN physician for 31 years, there is no medical situation that requires aborting/killing the baby in the third trimester to ‘save the mother’s life,’” Dr. Lawrence Koning of Corona, California wrote on social media following […]
WASHINGTON (NBC News) — More cases of sexually transmitted diseases were reported last year than ever before, federal officials said Wednesday—just as state and local health departments that could help fight them lose funding. More than 1.5 million people were reported with chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD), the Centers for Disease Control […]