NEWARK, N.J. — The family of a teenage girl who was declared “brain dead” last year following a tonsillectomy and other throat and nasal procedures state that they have obtained declarations from four doctors who agree that her condition does not meet the definition of brain death. As previously reported, the matter centers around 13-year-old Jahi McMath, […]
SEATTLE — The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against a hospital in Washington in an effort to force the facility to perform abortions on-site. The suit claims that Skagit Regional Health is not following state’s Reproductive Privacy Act, which requires medical facilities that provide maternity care to likewise offer abortion services. […]
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas lawmaker is working to craft a bill that would protect the rights of unborn children in cases where the mother is declared brain dead. The legislation comes in response to an incident in Fort Worth that made headlines last year as a judge ordered that a pregnant woman be removed […]
(Life News) — A British doctor who did an abortion on a 16-year-old girl’s baby and then proceeded to rape her has been found guilty. The doctor, Michael Salmon, reportedly sexually abused multiple girls during his practice. Salmon is on trial at Reading Crown Court accused of three counts a rape, 11 of indecent assault, […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Canadian Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Friday that a law providing criminal penalties for those who take part in ending the life of another should be amended to allow “limited exceptions” for physician assisted suicide. As previously reported, the court had been considering an appeal of a ruling from the British Columbia Court of […]
LONDON — The UK House of Commons has voted to approve a bill that would allow the creation of what has been called “three parent babies”—a move that some applaud as an important health advancement while others are concerned about the ethical aspects of the practice. The practice involves in vitro fertilization (IVF), during which […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Carl Djerassi, the chemist widely considered the father of the birth control pill, has died. Djerrasi died of complications of cancer Friday in his San Francisco home, Stanford University spokesman Dan Stober said. He was 91. Djerassi, a professor emeritus of chemistry at Stanford, was most famous for leading a research […]
ABINGTON, Northhampton — A former Olympic gymnast in the UK who is expecting triplets has refused her doctors’ advice to abort two of her unborn children due to health concerns and risks. Jaime Halsey, 35, and her husband Steve found out that they were expecting triplets in October and were referred to specialists for further care. But […]
A woman from North Carolina who was raped on a business trip a year ago is sharing her story of how she and her husband refused abortion when she found herself pregnant after the assault. Jennifer Christie says the incident happened in January 2014 as she stayed at a hotel in a college town. She […]
OTTAWA, Ontario — Concerns are growing as the Canadian Supreme Court is set to rule on the country’s current assisted suicide ban, which provides criminal penalties for those who take part in ending the life of another. “Every one who … aids or abets a person to commit suicide, whether suicide ensues or not, is guilty […]