(The Christian Institute) — New Zealand’s parliament has voted in favor of introducing assisted suicide, and the public will vote in a referendum to decide the issue next year. The bill would give people with a terminal illness, and believed to have less than six months to live, the option of requesting assisted suicide. It […]
(The Christian Institute) — Twins believed to be the UK’s smallest ever surviving babies are now seven months old. Born at 23 weeks, Joe and Ashley Keates weighed less than one pound and were each as small as their mother’s hand. After more than four months in intensive care, they are now at home with […]
MANHATTAN — A federal judge nominated to the bench by then-President Barack Obama has struck down a rule recently issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that sought to protect the conscience rights of medical professionals and others who have objections to abortion or physician-assisted suicide. Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District […]
(CTV News) — A Montreal couple is calling for disciplinary measures against a psychologist they say counseled one of them to kill the terminally ill other. When Miranda Edwards was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, she said she was determined to fight it. “I want to live. I want every medical intervention possible,” […]
(The Christian Institute) — Mothers who refuse to abort their children with Down syndrome are pressured by medics to change their decision, a report has revealed. One mother whose child is now five years old told how even at 38 weeks pregnant she was being offered an abortion. Another mother said medical professionals told her […]
(The Christian Institute) — A 23-year-old woman is being assessed to determine whether she can be killed by doctors because of her mental health problems. Kelly, from Belgium, has applied to be killed by lethal injection after suffering for years with anxiety and eating disorders. The UK’s Lives Worth Living campaign said the “shocking example” […]
In a bizarre display, a man identifying as a “black transgender woman” — appearing to be severely mentally ill — took control over the audience microphone at CNN’s Equality Town Hall gathering on Thursday, which included nine of the Democratic presidential candidates, and angrily blasted the network — as other protesters chanted “trans lives matter!” […]
The California legislature continues to take more steps to counter Christianity, and religion in general, with is recent passage of ACR 99. The resolution — which is a direct affront on the Biblical teachings pertaining to sexuality and the need for men to repent, believe the gospel and follow Christ — blames “religious groups” for […]
(Christian Today) — A Dutch lawmaker is preparing to make a fresh push in parliament to radically extend the Netherlands’ assisted suicide laws to older people who feel they have “had enough” of life. Pia Dijkstra, a member of the Democrats 66 party, wants to introduce legislation to the Dutch parliament early next year that […]
(Medical Xpress) — A Dutch doctor was acquitted Wednesday in a landmark trial that prosecutors and physicians hope will help clarify how the country’s 2002 euthanasia law can be applied to people with severe dementia. The doctor, who was not named in court, was cleared of any wrongdoing in carrying out euthanasia three years ago […]