The Irish abortion lobby is using a mixed ruling in the European Court of Human Rights to push for legalised abortion in Ireland. The Court ruled that a woman who was unable to procure an abortion while in remission from cancer had been denied her medical options. Mary Harney, the pro-abortion Irish health minister, said that the government would be seeking legal advice on implementing legislation allowing abortion. Eamon Gilmore, the Labour Party leader, said that Irish law must allow abortion where a mother's health is at risk. Liam Gibson, director of SPUC Northern Ireland, said the Labour Party was ignoring the European ruling and acting on an ideological commitment to promote abortion on demand. [LifeSiteNews.com, 6 January] http://bit.ly/hpwETE
Abby Johnson, former abortion centre director, gives hope for the unborn
Abby Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood abortion facility, has released a new book explaining her conversion to pro-life values. In the book 'unPLANNED', Abby Johnson explains that during the first time she was asked to assist with an abortion she realised that the work she had been involved with for years was a lie. Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's communications manager, said that Abby's story gives us a glimmer of hope that the abortion industry may one day collapse from the inside. [John Smeaton, 11 January] http://bit.ly/hAUXtO
SPUC director claims that recent stories show abortion follows in the wake of contraception
A study of women in Spain shows that abortion rates and contraception rates rose in parallel between 1997 and 2007. Secondly, among a large number of British women whose contraceptives failed, some went on to have abortions. John Smeaton, national director of SPUC, has said that both stories provide evidence of the close relationship between contraception and abortion. Mr Smeaton says that the provision of contraception not only fails to prevent unplanned pregnancies, but results in unborn children being victimised to death as the unwelcome consequences of so-called contraceptive failure. [John Smeaton, 5 January] http://bit.ly/g3U62D
Other stories:
American Catholic university hires pro-abortion professor [LifeSiteNews.com, 11 January] http://bit.ly/f6ivyo
Survivor of abortion tells her story in TV interview [LifeSiteNews.com, 11 January] http://bit.ly/etIBK7
Abortion rate rises in the US after years of decline [medilexicon.com, 11 January] http://bit.ly/eE2UVR
Irish GPs criticise Boots for sale of morning-after pill [Irish Examiner, 12 January] http://bit.ly/fivL7T
Australian couple abort twin boys in hope of girl conceived through IVF [associatedcontent.com, 9 January] http://bit.ly/hZp6nL
Claims of rising voluntary abortion rate among young women in China [AP via Guardian, 8 January] http://bit.ly/dFVK8E
American politician introduces measure to cut funds to major abortion provider [LifeSiteNews.com, 7 January] http://bit.ly/ghTHaL
Woman sues NHS claiming contraceptives and abortion destroyed her marriage [Telegraph, 5 January] http://bit.ly/gfvmSJ
Irish people must renew their protection of unborn children [Patrick Buckley, 7 January] http://bit.ly/hbKe4U
Abortion provider calls for sexualisation of children from birth [LifeSiteNews.com, 6 January] http://bit.ly/h8OD1T
Abortion advocate appointed to the Vatican's academy for sciences [LifeSiteNews.com, 6 January] http://bit.ly/h8Zowc
American Catholic hospital investigate staff member's connection to abortion provider [CatholicCulture.org, 6 January] http://bit.ly/ighMsc
Entire student body of American university to attend pro-life march [LifeSiteNews.com, 4 January] http://bit.ly/gb6Ps7
US Republican lawmakers call for new abortion law based on foetal pain [mediLexicon.com, 4 January] http://bit.ly/eZ1Jxm
US newspaper claims anti-abortion activists are buoyed by foetal pain act [mediLexicon.com, 4 January]http://bit.ly/hlhxPb
IVF practice shows human life desperately wanted and readily discarded [Wesley Smith, 4 January] http://bit.ly/gQmCwE
US government allows embryonic stem cell experimentation for blindness [channelnewsasia.com, 3 January] http://bit.ly/h2Jpw4
Couple conceive naturally thanks to ethical treatment after numerous IVF failures [Telegraph, 3 January] http://bit.ly/f3RvaY
Legalised assisted suicide has led to a higher suicide rate in Oregon [Alex Schadenberg, 11 January] http://bit.ly/i5DkcX
Eminent British surgeon joins euthanasia campaign [The Independent, 10 January] http://ind.pn/ghY25V
UK study reveals failings in the care of dementia patients [Telegraph, 8 January] http://bit.ly/f9gci4
Australian euthanasia lobby attack Catholic opponents [Alex Schadenberg, 6 January] http://bit.ly/gAKx50
British pensioner commits suicide after killing his wife [24dash.com, 6 January] http://bit.ly/gnRSFt
Judge who ordered Terri Schiavo's death retires to a bouquet of awards [LifeSiteNews.com, 3 January] http://bit.ly/e7SKt2
Mass grave of Nazi euthanasia victims discovered [LifeSiteNews.com, 3 January] http://bit.ly/hRjjwT
US citizen criticises offensive euthanasia adverts [Ales Schadenberg, 4 January] http://bit.ly/epRWXU
Study finds that only a tiny proportion of elder abuse cases are reported [Alex Schadenberg, 4 January] http://bit.ly/f3ObyX
Swiss doctor acquitted of euthanasia charge reignites end of life debate [UPI.com, 4 January] http://bit.ly/fyksbJ
Novel exploring infanticide wins award [BBC News, 4 January] http://bbc.in/i1I13Z
UK social workers accused of leaving a pensioner to die [Daily Express, 5 January] http://bit.ly/dXTfd3
Popular disc-jockey says women shouldn't delay childbearing [Daily Mail, 7 January] http://bit.ly/eLSsaV
Chinese population control causes eugenics [Wesley Smith, 3 January] http://bit.ly/g7S9yK
Pope Benedict XVI criticises laws that threaten conscientious objection [LifeSiteNews.com, 11 January] http://bit.ly/fLtxWq
New DNA test devised to identify unborn babies with Down Syndrome [The Independent, 12 January] http://ind.pn/fGAYob
Thousands plan to march for life in France [Patrick Buckley, 10 January] http://bit.ly/hlqo4F
Soap-opera cot-death story-line causes uproar [Daily Mail, 7 January] http://bit.ly/h3vB3H
Thousands of Spaniards demand the right to conscientious objection for medical staff [CNA, 6 January] http://bit.ly/g7iCg5
Ambulance technician keeps his job despite allegedly ignoring a heart attack [BBC News, 4 January] http://bbc.in/fDQyc2
Professor John Harris calls for the legalisation of organ trading [The Independent, 5 January] http://ind.pn/gDSmOo
Surgeons call for legalisation of organ trading [Belfast Telegraph, 5 January] http://bit.ly/fT7dBW
Dead baby is found on board a flight to the Philippines [Herald.ie, 4 January] http://bit.ly/dVHHoB
Death of Israeli footballer sparks organ donor debate [medindia.net, 4 January] http://bit.ly/gJRqbJ
US pro-lifers welcome the 'most pro-life' Congress in living memory [LifeSiteNews.com, 5 January] http://bit.ly/g2mo6Y