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Image Source: LAPD | David Anthony Burke mugshot The murder trial of 21-year-old rapper and singer D4vd continues in California after he pleaded not guilty to killing 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. He is also charged with having a continued sexual relationship with her, a minor. In recent court proceedings text…
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Image Source: Shutterstock Roman Catholic religious sisters and healthcare organisations are suing the State of New York over its forthcoming assisted suicide law, arguing that it would force them to participate in practices that violate their religious beliefs. Ten Catholic plaintiffs filed the lawsuit, including the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne,…
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Australia’s governing Labor Party has voted to support the removal of federal legal barriers preventing euthanasia consultations from taking place by telephone or video call, while also changing its constitution to allow MPs a conscience vote on future voluntary assisted dying legislation. The measures were approved at the Australian Labor…
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Image Source: Shutterstock A senior German politician has resigned after admitting that he and his husband became parents through surrogacy in the United States, despite having spent years defending Germany’s ban on the practice. Jens Spahn, parliamentary leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and a former health…
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France has moved a step closer to legalising assisted suicide after the country’s National Assembly voted to approve controversial legislation despite the French Senate rejecting the Bill on three separate occasions. The legislation, one of President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship social reforms, would create a legal right to assisted suicide for…
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Spain’s conservative People’s Party (PP) has inadvertently fanned the flames of the country’s abortion debate after introducing new family support measures that recognise unborn children when calculating eligibility for certain benefits. The legislation, introduced by the PP government in the Madrid region, allows expectant parents to apply for some family…
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Image Source: Shutterstock A same-sex couple in Canada has launched a lawsuit against the surrogate mother who carried their son after she refused their request to abort the baby when doctors identified a cleft lip and a possible heart defect during pregnancy. The case, filed in Ontario Superior Court, has…
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France’s Senate has rejected a Bill to legalise assisted suicide for the third time, although supporters remain on course to introduce the law after the legislation returns to the National Assembly, where there is stronger backing. On Tuesday, senators voted by 169 votes to 164, with 11 abstentions, in favour…
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Image Source: Shutterstock Six years after the Republic of Ireland legalised abortion new figures published by the Health Service Executive (HSE) paint a stark picture of how dramatically the nation has changed. Almost 47,000 abortions have taken place since services began in January 2019, with pro-life groups warning that what…
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More than sixty American pro-life leaders and conservative commentators have signed a declaration calling for unborn children to receive the same legal protection as every other human being, arguing that abortion should no longer be treated differently to other acts of murder under the law. The move comes amid an…
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Image Source: Shutterstock Republican lawmakers in the United States have introduced two new bills aimed at tightening regulation of the surrogacy industry, arguing that current laws leave children vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania unveiled the Protecting Kids from Creeps Act and the Preventing International Surrogacy…
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Image Source: Shutterstock The Times has reported that Nigeria has become the second most popular destination for people in England seeking children through foreign surrogacy arrangements, with official figures revealing a sharp rise over the past decade. According to data released by Cafcass under freedom of information laws, the number…
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Hawaii has become one of the first American states to embrace a deeply controversial new abortion policy, allowing women to obtain so-called “just in case” abortion pills before they are even pregnant. The scheme, introduced through a Planned Parenthood affiliate, means women can stockpile abortion drugs at home for future…
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Image source: Shutterstock A man has been arrested at Tymbou (Ercan) airport in the area known as Northern Cyprus after allegedly attempting to transport four human embryos off the island in his luggage, in a case which has intensified scrutiny of the region’s controversial IVF industry. The 24-year-old suspect was…
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Image Source: X/@ProfJoannaHowe | Demonstrators outside of the SA Parliament South Australia’s parliament is once again set to debate late-term abortion laws, after independent upper house MP Sarah Game introduced a new bill seeking to restrict abortions after 25 weeks. The proposed legislation, introduced on Wednesday, would remove provisions in…