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Euro Court Cannot Enforce Its Decisions Here, Says Ireland's Chief Justice
Euro Court Cannot Enforce Its Decisions Here, Says Ireland’s Chief Justice. Irish courts are entitled to ignore decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unless the Oireachtas votes to change Irish law, according to the Chief Justice. In a ruling as part of the Supreme Court’s unanimous pre-Christmas decision in a case involving a sperm donor, Mr Justice John Murray stated, ‘‘Orders or declarations of the [European Court of Human Rights] are not enforceable at national level unless national law makes them so”.
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Heroic Mom Who Died of Cancer after Giving Birth "Cherished Motherhood"
PARSIPPANY, New York - The obituary for Cathie Doroshenko, who died in her home on Sunday December 17, 2006, 3 ½ years after giving birth to her daughter Victoria Faith, said she "cherished motherhood" - a statement that was proved in a striking way by the unusual way she brought her daughter into the world.
While Cathie died over three years ago, her story has been given fresh life by photojournalist Bob Karp, who documented Cathie's pregnancy, illness, childbirth, and death, and in the process became a close friend of Cathie and her family. This past Dec. 30, Karp reminisced about his experiences with Doroshenko on his blog at the Daily Record, recounting the story that he said "would become the most influential assignment of my 25 year career in photojournalism."
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Prosecutors Who Targeted Tiller Subpoenaed In Murder Trial
Defense attorneys for Scott Roeder, the man accused of fatally shooting abortion provider George Tiller in the doctor's Wichita church, have subpoenaed two state prosecutors who tried unsuccessfully to convict Tiller on criminal charges, the AP/Miami Herald reports.
Defense attorney Mark Rudy said on Tuesday that misdemeanor charges brought against Tiller by former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline (R) and separate charges prosecuted later by Deputy Attorney General Barry Disney (R) demonstrated that they both thought Tiller's actions had been lawless.
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Ill. Candidates For U.S. Senate Mostly Follow Party Lines In Abortion Views
All of the Democrats vying for Illinois' U.S. Senate seat say they support abortion rights, while all but one of the Republicans who responded to a candidate questionnaire say they support more restrictive policies, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Democrats include state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias; David Hoffman, a former Chicago inspector general; Cheryle Jackson, a former president of the Chicago Urban League; physician Robert Marshall; and attorney Jacob Meister. The Republicans who oppose abortion rights include developer John Arrington, Pat Hughes and historical researcher Kathleen Thomas. Five-term Republican Rep. Mark Kirk (Ill.), another candidate, said he is "pro-choice and opposes federal funding of abortion." Republican candidates Donald Lowery and Andy Martin did not respond to the Tribune's questionnaire.
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Jennifer Lopez Down on In Vitro - So Why is IVF Contrary to Pro-Life Values
I have to admit that when I hear the name Jennifer Lopez, traditional morality is not the first thing that springs to mind. Perhaps I'm being too hard on the girl, but I'm afraid the first thing I usually think of is the rather succinct but apt expression of a friend of mine: "pop-tart".
And certainly, for a young woman who spent, as she says, all her school years going through the New York City Catholic education system, one has to wonder if she skipped school every time the issue of modesty was discussed. So it was a pleasant surprise to see today that she refuses to participate in one of the greatest moral disasters of the modern era.
Today Elle magazine issued an interview with Mrs. Marc Anthony in which she avers her moral objection to artificial methods of procreation. Jennifer told Elle, "When it comes to family and relationships, I'm quite traditional. Just because of the way I was raised ... And I also believe in God and I have a lot of faith in that, so I just felt like you don't mess with things like that."
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