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Legislation Would Protect Minors from Abortion
Sen John Ensign, R-Nev., is set to reintroduce the Child Custody Protection Act, which would prohibit taking minors across state lines to circumvent laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortions.
Then-Sen. Barack Obama voted against identical legislation in 2006.
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How UNICEF, WHO Manipulate Latin American Catholics to Cooperate on Abortion
Church members, clergy considered social workers to recruit to implement UN agenda
When is abortion not really "abortion"? When it is promoted as "therapeutic" by UN-supported international health organizations trying to make a "strategic alliance" with the Catholic Church in Latin America. The Population Research Institute (PRI) has just posted a 6-minute video of highlights from interviews conducted by its Latin American Director that reveal the slick language tactics used by UN agents to manipulate Catholics to cooperate with its anti-life, anti-family agendas.
Dr. Oscar Suriel, International Consultant on Family, Health and Community, for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a member organization of the World Health Organization (WHO), told PRI's Carlos Polo in March, that it is not "abortion per se" that they support, but only "therapeutic abortion."
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Euthanasia Bill Introduced in Tasmanian Parliament
Nick McKim, an MP from the political party the Tasmanian Greens, has tabled a bill that would legalize euthanasia. The bill “seeks to confirm the right of those suffering from a terminal illness and experiencing intolerable pain to request assistance from a medically qualified person to end voluntarily their lives in a humane and dignified manner.”
McKim has responded to critics of the bill who suggest that the bill will be abused, saying that it has “safeguards” in place, including psychiatric evaluations and limitations to Tasmanian residents. The MP also cited an Enterprise Marketing and Research Services (EMRS) poll that estimated Tasmanian support for legal euthanasia at 78%.
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News from Spain....
Massive pro-life demonstration being organized in Spain
More than 40 civic organizations have joined together to organize a massive pro-life demonstration in support of pregnant women and in opposition to the government’s proposal to reform Spain’s abortion laws. The demonstration is set to take place on October 17 in Madrid.
The spokesperson for the organization Right to Life, Gador Joya, told reporters this week that the pro-life community intends to make its voice heard and to urge the government to turn back from the “most violent and radical abortion program in Europe.”
“Our more than 100,000 volunteers will do their best to make the October demonstration another success for an independent and free society in the face of imposition and abuse by our leaders,” she said.
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Former Spanish president slams 'right to abortion'
The former president of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar, has criticized the government’s proposal to overhaul the laws on abortion saying, “Abortion is not and can never be a right” because “what is a right is the right to life.” He also slammed the government for “pretending to make the ending of human life into a right.”
During a speech at the University of San Pablo in Madrid, Aznar warned that Spaniards should be suspicious of a government that “manifests grave difficulties in distinguishing between what is human and what isn’t,” especially in a scientific sense, which he said was “especially alarming.”
“To proceed down a path that leads to the destruction of the right to life and to pervert it into a false right to end life is, simply, to go backwards on the path of civilization,” the former president said.
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Spanish Feminists Seek to Lower Age of Consent for Abortions to 13 Years
Deliver petition with 12,000 signatures to Spanish government
The Governmental Coordinator of Feminist Organizations has gathered 12,000 signatures on a petition demanding that the Spanish government depenalize unlimited abortion on demand, provide abortions in public hospitals, and lower the age of consent for abortion to 13 years.
"We want the text [of the law] of the government not to be so restrictive, so that we truly have one of the most advanced norms in Europe like the socialist parliamentarians say," said Yoland Iglesias, a spokesman for the group.
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