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Bishops condemn plan to reintroduce assisted suicide Bill
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (419+ words) The Catholic Herald We value your privacy - Description Word Press sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a Word Press site. It helps determine if the user's browser can display emojis properly. - Description The cookietest cookie is…...
US bill would require hospitals to inform parents of burial rights after miscarriage
3+ week, 6+ day ago (488+ words) A US senator has introduced legislation requiring hospitals and freestanding birth centres to inform parents of their rights to arrange burial or cremation following a miscarriage or stillbirth. Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas and a former obstetrician-gynaecologist, introduced…...
Ireland: Bill to remove three-day wait before abortion defeated
4+ week, 2+ day ago (609+ words) A Bill that would have scrapped the mandatory three-day waiting period after an initial consultation for an abortion in Ireland has suffered a resounding defeat in the D'il (Irish Parliament). The Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill 2026, which would also have allowed…...
Peers to introduce bills on abortion complications and babies born alive
1+ mon, 13+ hour ago (891+ words) Two Private Members" Bills addressing abortion complication reporting and babies born alive after an abortion are to be introduced in the House of Lords after being drawn in a ballot. Lord Moylan"s Complications from Abortions (Annual Report) Bill was…...
Grandmother arrested for holding sign offering support outside abortion provider has charges dropped
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (407+ words) Rose Docherty, 75, was the first person to be charged under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act, Scotland's buffer zone legislation. Docherty was arrested and charged in September last year for holding a sign outside the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital…...
Ireland is being pushed towards abortion without limits
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (939+ words) The Catholic Herald Ireland is being pushed towards abortion without limits An estimated 60, 000 babies have been killed through abortion in Ireland since 2019. Staggering as this is, it does not seem to discourage politicians from pushing to further liberalise abortion safeguards....
Indiana ruling raises questions about religious freedom and abortion law|
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (399+ words) Protecting unborn babies in the womb is a violation of religious freedom, according to an Indiana judge with an axe to grind against pro-life policy and people of faith. Recently, Judge Christina R Klineman ruled that Indiana's pro-life law violates…...
Professor Jack Scarisbrick: historian of Henry VIII and pro-life pioneer
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (149+ words) The Catholic Herald Those two achievements " one academic, one civic " were not separate chapters but cohesive expressions of Professor Scarisbrick's temperament: historically serious, morally earnest and fundamentally unafraid of controversy. Within 10 years, Life had grown from the modest beginnings of…...
Notre Dame appointment criticised by bishop over professor's pro-abortion stance
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (187+ words) The Catholic Herald The bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend has criticised the University of Notre Dame over its decision to appoint a professor who has publicly supported abortion rights to lead one of its academic institutes, prompting a widening response…...
Lib Dem leader abandons anti-abortion stance after Guardian questioning
4+ mon, 6+ day ago (298+ words) When asked about the subject by ITV last week, however, he said he supports the law as it stands, and refused to be drawn on his personal view of the practice, saying: "Again, what one believes in one's personal private…...