?German MPs are aiming to pass assisted suicide legislation by November A debate began at the Bundestag on Thursday 2 July discussing assisted suicide, during which four draft bills were heard.Renate Künast of the Greens and Petra Sitte of the Left party put forward a bill which would give the 'righ...

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Holyrood's Health Committee will be examining palliative and end-of-life care It has been reported that Scottish MPs will be examining palliative and end-of-life care.Following the rejection of the Assisted Suicide Scotland bill in May 2015, Holyrood's Health Committee will work towards providing "...

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News,   Top Story: German parliament opens debate on assisted suicide A debate began at the Bundestag on Thursday 2 July discussing assisted suicide, during which four draft bills were heard. Renate Künast of the Greens and Petra Sitte of the Left party put forward a bill which would give the ‘rig...

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Bernadette Smyth has won her appeal against an harassment charge brought by NI Marie Stopes clinic director Dawn Purvis The head of NI pro-life organisation Precious Life has won an appeal against a harassment charge.NI Marie Stopes clinic director Dawn Purvis brought a case against Bernadette Smyth...

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Caroline Lucas is attempting to ban pro-life counsellors from peaceful vigils outside abortion centres MPs are calling for buffer zones to be established outside abortion clinics.An Early Day Motion proposed by Caroline Lucas MP aims to prevent a peaceful prayer presence outside abortion centres. Ni...

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The Dutch Paediatric Association says that children "should be allowed to request euthanasia" Dutch doctors are calling for legislation allowing children under twelve to be euthanised.The Dutch Paediatric Association released a statement last week saying that children "should be allowed to request e...

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Women on Waves are planning to fly in the drugs as a publicity stunt A "woman's rights" group plan to deliver abortion drugs to Poland using small, unmanned helicopters.According to recent reports, Women on Waves are planning to fly in the drugs from Germany, to address the so-called "social injusti...

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News, Top Story: MPs call for buffer zones around abortion clinics MPs are calling for buffer zones to be established outside abortion clinics. An early day motion proposed by Caroline Lucas MP aims to prevent a peaceful prayer presence outside abortion centres. Nine MPs have already signed the mo...

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News, Top Story: UN committee calls for Irish abortion referendum The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has called for a referendum on abortion in Ireland. Following a two day hearing in Geneva, the 17-member committee stated its concern at "Ireland's ... legislation on abortion...

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The UN Committee is calling for a referendum to overturn protection for Irish unborn children The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has called for a referendum on abortion in Ireland.Following a two day hearing in Geneva, the 17-member committee stated its concern at "Ireland's .....

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The Court of Protection granted doctors permission to withhold treatment An 18-year-old suffering from a brain tumour has died months after doctors gave him two weeks to live.Alexander Elliot's case was first heard in February in the Court of Protection. Doctors from the University Hospital Southamp...

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Alberto Fujimori will be questioned over his involvement in a state programme that sterilised almost half a million Peruvians A criminal investigation has been reopened into a former president's role in a sterilisation programme. Questions will be asked of Alberto Fujimori to determine his involveme...

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The anti-birth drug is now "available for use by any women of reproductive age in Europe" A brand of the morning-after pill has been officially licensed for use by girls under the age of sixteen.The license for 'EllaOne' has been changed by the European medicines agency, and now this anti-birth drug...

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The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission wants to see the current law liberalised Calls have been made for abortion to be legalised in Northern Ireland.A judicial review began on Monday 15th June 2015, with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission seeking to legalise abortions "in cases of r...

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The report brings into question the existing euthanasia laws in Belgium A professor at Hull University has written a report which reveals "around one in every 60 deaths of a patient under GP care involves someone who has not requested euthanasia." Authored by Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor of Hull ...

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"This woman died precisely because she could access abortion in England" A doctor and two nurses have been charged with manslaughter following the death of an Irish mother who travelled to England to abort her baby.She had been denied an abortion at a maternity hospital in Dublin. The mother travell...

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News, Top story: Morning-after pill officially made available to girls under 16 A brand of the morning-after pill has been officially licensed for use by girls under the age of sixteen. The license for 'EllaOne' has been changed by the European medicines agency, and now this anti-birth drug is "av...

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SPUC has condemned giving "morning-after pills" to children from 13 upwards, as sanctioned by the European Medicines Agency yesterday. Previously pharmacists were not allowed to give under-16s the drug without a doctor’s prescription.  Commenting on the decision, Paul Tully, general secretary of the...

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SPUC Pro-Life fears that vulnerable people will be adversely affected by the decision of Rob Marris, Labour MP for Wolverhampton South West, to propose an 'Assisted Dying' bill in the House of Commons. The bill is expected to single out people who are terminally ill or have disabilities as candidate...

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Women in Northern Ireland are clearly looking for better options than abortion according to the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC). As the Court of Appeal hears the case of  R(A and B) v. Secretary of State for Health, SPUC has pointed to the declining number of Northern Irish wome...

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