5+ hour, 19+ min ago   (890+ words) Mexico’s Supreme Court. Image credit: By Thelmadatter – Own work, Public Domain, Link Catholic activists are accusing Mexico’s Supreme Court of judicial activism when it comes to expanding access to abortion in the Latin American nation. Over the past few months,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (721+ words) The parliamentary building in the Republic of Ireland. (Credit: Wikimedia.) On Wednesday, a bill was defeated in the Irish parliament that sought to abolish the mandatory three-day waiting period before an abortion. Proposed by the Social Democrats, the Reproductive Rights…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (761+ words) Members of the French parliament in Paris, France, on Dec. 9, 2025. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.) Since Monday, the French Senate has been debating whether to approve controversial legislation that will allow for assisted suicide, with the vote due to take place…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (618+ words) Following a spate of attacks against premises belonging to pro-choice organizations, the French government has said there is a “general mobilization” against the actions of pro-life movements and activists. The Minister Delegate for Gender Equality, Aurore Bergé, spoke in the…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (852+ words) Pro-life protesters stand outside the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, March 18, 2021. Banner in Spanish reads: ‘Government of Death’. (Credit: Paul White/AP.) The bishops of Spain have condemned the euthanasia of Noelia Castillo, the 25-year-old woman who died Thursday evening…...

4+ mon, 6+ day ago   (920+ words) A young woman who has been paraplegic since 2022 after a failed suicide attempt is due to be euthanised on Thursday in Spain after her father unsuccessfully fought several legal battles to try to prevent it from taking place. Noelia Castillo,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (546+ words) A Bill that would legalize assisted suicide has been rejected by the parliament in Scotland, a vote which Scottish bishops say “serves to protect some of Scotland’s most vulnerable.” Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) made their final vote on…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (867+ words) LEICESTER, United Kingdom – On Tuesday, the Scottish Parliament is scheduled to vote on a Bill that would legalize assisted suicide, something the Catholic Church in Scotland says would cause “a serious threat to vulnerable Scots.” It is the final vote…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1322+ words) As the legalization of “assisted dying” increases around the world, there are risks the practice could be expanded beyond the terminally ill to people suffering different kinds of non-terminal illness. There are at least 12 U.S. states that have legalized…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (601+ words) LEICESTER, United Kingdom – As Scotland nears a final vote by the Scottish Government’s Assisted Dying for Terminal Ill Adults Bill, the country’s bishops are expressing “deep concern” about the proposal. In a statement released on Tuesday, the bishops noted the…...