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Sheffield pro-lifers hold roadside vigil

Pro-lifers have held a roadside vigil in Sheffield highlighting the truth about abortion. 30 members of SPUC from Sheffield and Rotherham gathered on the approach road to Meadowhall Shopping Centre on Saturday. They formed a chain, standing along the kerbside at intervals holding placards which bring home the reality of abortion. This year's event was arguably the most effective roadside witness ever held in Sheffield. [SPUC, 3 May]

Paralysed man ‘wins’ court battle to end life by having respirator removed

An English court has approved the withdrawal of a respirator sustaining the life of a British motor neurone disease patient. The Court of Protection held that the man had made a valid advance directive under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Anthony Ozimic of SPUC told LifeSiteNews.com: "It is not unethical for a non-dying patient to refuse futile or disproportionately burdensome medical treatment, as long as their intention is not suicidal. In this case, however, what is being withdrawn is standard care appropriate for the condition, with the intention of ending life based on the person’s quality of life. We warned for years that the Mental Capacity Act is based on the inhuman notion that disabled people’s lives may not be worth living. It is sanitised barbarism.” [LifeSiteNews.com, 2 May]

Other stories:

Abortion

• There's hope for unborn children in the Faroe Islands [John Smeaton, 3 May]
• Please join the push for one million rosaries for unborn babies [John Smeaton, 1 May]
• Nobel Peace Prize Committee disregards violence towards unborn children and their mothers [SPUC youth blog, 1 May]

Euthanasia

• Euthanasia debate in New Zealand examines bill to legalize euthanasia [Alex Schadenberg, 26 April]
  

Sexual ethics

• Congratulations to SPUC's Safe at School for effective campaigning to protect children from sex DVDs [John Smeaton, 2 May]
• Dr Halliday G. Sutherland and resistance to the birth control movement [SPUC youth blog, 2 May]
• Parents, not states, had duty to educate children, Vatican reminds UN [Catholic Culture,26 April]

General

• Obesity and delayed motherhood behind doubling of mums who die in labour, suggests study [Mail, 30 April]

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