The Irish bishops have warned that if the Eighth Amendment is repealed, legislation the government plans to introduce would make Ireland one of the most liberal abortion regimes in Europe.
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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.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
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.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
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.
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The Editors: Bipartisanship is the only way forward for the pro-life movement
Bipartisanship will be absolutely necessary to pass any meaningful federal legislation that changes our current stalemate on abortion.
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Do mothers and unborn children have an equal right to life? Irish voters will decide in May
The vote could open the door to legal abortion on demand in Ireland.
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Senate rejects bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks
Three Democrats voted in favor of the bill, while two Republicans voted to reject it.