NEWS SHORTS FOR THURSDAY
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Populous China With Infertility Problems, Made Worse By Abortion And One-Child Policy
At least 40 million couples in mainland China have difficulties in having children or are actually infertile. This puts the infertility rate at 12.5 per cent for all couples in childbearing age. As a result of China's "one-child policy", the most populous country in the world could soon experience labour shortages and a rapidly aging population. The 2009 Investigative Report on the Current State of Infertility in China, which was released at the China International Summit Forum on Infertility in August, found a significant decline in the average sperm count of men on the mainland, from about 100 million sperm per millilitre of semen 40 years ago to about 20 million to 40 million in recent years.
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Spanish pro-lifers organizing march against new abortion bill
The Spanish Parliament is set to debate a new law on abortion that would allow mothers to end the life of their unborn children through the first trimester. In response, pro-life organizations across the country are collecting signatures and organizing a march on October 17.
Currently, Spanish law permits abortion in cases of rape, fetal abnormalities, and in cases that would compromise the health of the mother. This new law would allow abortion on demand for the first trimester. Pro-life groups expect that if the Socialist Spanish government's "new law on abortion" is passed that it will dramatically increase the number of abortions.
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McGill Pro-Life Presentation Shut Down by Protesters - Two Arrested
A controversial pro-life presentation hosted by McGill University's pro-life club Choose Life was chanted down by protesters last night. Police were called to the scene and, after repeated requests for civility, two were arrested.
The talk, entitled 'Echoes of the Holocaust' was given by Jose Ruba of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform. The talk draws a parallel between past atrocities, such as the Holocaust, and abortion.
Prior to the event, the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) passed a motion by a vote of 25-2-2 to censure the event and 'demand' that the university administration intervene to cancel it. The society, further, resolved that if Choose Life chose to continue with the event, the group would be ineligible for funding for the remainder of its existence. Click here to view video footage.
Click here for the full article.
(Referral to Web sites not produced by The Illinois Federation for Right to LIfe is for informational purposes only and does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the sites' content.)
Populous China With Infertility Problems, Made Worse By Abortion And One-Child Policy
At least 40 million couples in mainland China have difficulties in having children or are actually infertile. This puts the infertility rate at 12.5 per cent for all couples in childbearing age. As a result of China's "one-child policy", the most populous country in the world could soon experience labour shortages and a rapidly aging population. The 2009 Investigative Report on the Current State of Infertility in China, which was released at the China International Summit Forum on Infertility in August, found a significant decline in the average sperm count of men on the mainland, from about 100 million sperm per millilitre of semen 40 years ago to about 20 million to 40 million in recent years.
Click here for the full article.
Spanish pro-lifers organizing march against new abortion bill
The Spanish Parliament is set to debate a new law on abortion that would allow mothers to end the life of their unborn children through the first trimester. In response, pro-life organizations across the country are collecting signatures and organizing a march on October 17.
Currently, Spanish law permits abortion in cases of rape, fetal abnormalities, and in cases that would compromise the health of the mother. This new law would allow abortion on demand for the first trimester. Pro-life groups expect that if the Socialist Spanish government's "new law on abortion" is passed that it will dramatically increase the number of abortions.
Click here for the full article.
McGill Pro-Life Presentation Shut Down by Protesters - Two Arrested
A controversial pro-life presentation hosted by McGill University's pro-life club Choose Life was chanted down by protesters last night. Police were called to the scene and, after repeated requests for civility, two were arrested.
The talk, entitled 'Echoes of the Holocaust' was given by Jose Ruba of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform. The talk draws a parallel between past atrocities, such as the Holocaust, and abortion.
Prior to the event, the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU) passed a motion by a vote of 25-2-2 to censure the event and 'demand' that the university administration intervene to cancel it. The society, further, resolved that if Choose Life chose to continue with the event, the group would be ineligible for funding for the remainder of its existence. Click here to view video footage.
Click here for the full article.
