The news from Ireland and the United States reminds us of Herod, of Pharaoh. What culture betrays its children?
Abortion
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Voters in Ireland pave way for abortion on demand
The repeal of Ireland’s Eighth Amendment, which guarantees the right to life of the unborn, has passed with a nearly 2-1 margin.
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Catholic leaders notably quiet as Ireland debates and votes on abortion
“Priests and bishops get verbal abuse by being told, ‘How can you speak for women? You don’t know what it’s like!’”
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Some Irish believe lives were saved by country’s prohibition on abortion
The Irish bishops have warned that if the Eighth Amendment is repealed, legislation the government plans to introduce would make Ireland one of the most liberal abortion regimes in Europe.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Legalizing abortion would betray Ireland’s future
The United States can offer this nation’s own grim legacy on abortion as an ominous warning to the Irish people.
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What’s more dangerous than a dictatorship of relativism? A dictatorship of positivism.
The battles being waged in the public square are not so much about whether ultimate truths exist, but which absolute “truths” will govern public affairs.
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Crisis pregnancy centers in California at center of free speech fight
California, it is argued, cannot be permitted to enforce this law, which levies fines for noncompliance, against centers whose “sole mission is encouraging expectant mothers to give their children the opportunity for life.”
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‘Elimination’ of Down syndrome is a ‘great hate crime,’ says Holy See conference at the U.N.
“Maybe one day we will live in a world without disabilities. Wouldn’t that be perfect for modern-day Hitlers?”
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Supreme Court examines freedom of speech at crisis pregnancy centers
Justices seemed skeptical about a law that requires pro-life pregnancy centers to visibly display information about abortions.
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British lawyer says no buffer zones needed around abortion clinics
Local councils in London, Birmingham, Portsmouth and Manchester are considering establishing buffer zones around abortion clinics.