News,
Pro-life young adults to trek 44 miles to raise funds for SPUC
Six SPUC supporters aged 26-37 will trek 44 miles to raise funds for SPUC on 18 June. The trek will follow the Lyke Wake Walk across the North Yorkshire Moors, over some of the most inhospitable moorland terrain in Britain. People wishing to sponsor the trekkers should download the forms at the following link: [SPUC, 25 May] http://bit.ly/mtTzxh
Patients' charter poses euthanasia danger, warns patients' helpline
A proposed charter for terminally-ill patients poses the danger of euthanasia, warns Patients First Network (PFN). PFN was responding to reports of the charter's launch by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). PFN is an initiative of SPUC Pro-Life. [SPUC, 1 June] http://bit.ly/jAwExR
Barcelona priests begin monthly protest against bishop’s association with abortionist hospital
Catholic priests in Barcelona, Spain have begun a monthly protest outside a city hospital which performs abortion. The protest is aimed at the link between Barcelona's archdiocese and the hospital's board. The priests are demanding that the archdiocese follow a Vatican instruction for it to cut the link. [LifeSiteNews.com 31 May] http://bit.ly/kDXY2c
Other stories
Abortion
Embryology
Euthanasia
Population
Sexual ethics
- UK anti-life columnist: "If sex and power are what women want, don't stop them" [Independent, 2 June] http://ind.pn/imrUNn
- Dutch officials to be quizzed each year on gay marriage [Christian Institute, 2 June] http://bit.ly/mLfjZW
- US report says divorce permanently harms children [Daily Mail, 2 June] http://bit.ly/lhAj4k
- President Obama declares June month for gays [Pink News, 2 June] http://bit.ly/jyZin2
- West’s Aids strategy is a failure, says new report [Catholic Herald, 1 June] http://bit.ly/lXLJ0T
- UK Catholic adoption agency plans to appeal a 4th time over gay adoption ruling [Pink News, 31 May] http://bit.ly/k7669k
- Malta votes to legalise divorce [LifeSiteNews.com, 30 May] http://bit.ly/jEiUHG
- Marriage reduces childhood poverty by two thirds: study [LifeSiteNews.com, 30 May] http://bit.ly/itGoEO
- Chilean president endorses de facto gay civil unions [Pink News, 30 May] http://bit.ly/lZej62
- Proposed bill would effectively ban US Catholic adoption agencies [EWTN, 28 May] http://bit.ly/meSOYL
- French diocese writes to oppose school contraception passes [DICI, 28 May] http://bit.ly/l8bQXW
- Inventor of birth control pill lays out terrifying future for female fertility [Daily Mail, 28 May] http://bit.ly/jd64Tz
- Report on Vatican conference on HIV and condoms [AP, 27 May] http://usat.ly/jTLDa0
- US professor implicates the pill for changing face of marriage [Washington Times, 25 May] http://bit.ly/kf4qll
General
- Radical social engineering is being pushed at the World Health Organisation (WHO) [John Smeaton, 2 June] http://bit.ly/iwQrdk
- US girl with Down's Syndrome crowned prom queen [Daily Mail, 2 June] http://bit.ly/kUL4Hs
- David Norris, would-be Irish presidential candidate, is no friend of the unborn or the family [John Smeaton, 31 May] http://bit.ly/kD5fPR
- SPUC recruits Anthony McCarthy, bioethics heavyweight, to help youth confront the culture of death [SPUC, 31 May] http://bit.ly/jAWGtI
- Paris Vigil for Life seen as hopeful sign by beleaguered pro-life movement [LifeSiteNews.com, 31 May] http://bit.ly/lLuCzV
- Pope says Catholic aid groups must obey Catholic pro-life teachings [LifeSiteNews.com, 27 May] http://bit.ly/j4tkkl
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