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“Only safeguard is not to introduce assisted suicide" geriatric care expert tells Committee

The only safeguard in the context of the debate around assisted suicide is “not to introduce” it into law in Ireland, the Joint Oireachtas Committee has heard. 

Euthanasia / Ass Suicide

"Travesty" if assisted dying became "substitute for assistance in living" says top professor

An expert in treating mental health for cancer patients has told the Joint Committee on Assisted Dying/Assisted Suicide that “it would be a travesty if assisted dying became a substitute for assistance in living"

Abortion

Abortion rate has ‘almost doubled’ in Northern Ireland since law change, FOI reveals

Northern Ireland’s abortion rate has almost doubled in the last three years since the province’s abortion law was changed, an FOI request has revealed.

Abortion: UK, Exclusion Zones

WATCH: "Thought police still at it": Woman fined for praying in her head

British police have again been accused of acting like "thought police" after they again took action against a woman praying 'in her head' near an abortion clinic, despite recent assurances from Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman that silent prayer near abortion providers is not a crime.

Euthanasia / Ass Suicide

Old and frail may feel 'they are becoming a burden’ if assisted suicide becomes legal, Committee

Veteran Irish barrister William Binchy has told the Oireachtas Committee looking at Assisted Suicide that people who are old and physically frail “may be concerned they are becoming a burden on their families” and in turn, be more vulnerable to ending their lives through the practice if it becomes law.

Abortion, Abortion: Ireland, Exclusion Zones

Abortion Review Chair accused of getting "basic facts wrong" at Oireachtas hearing  

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health has heard concerns from TDs around current practice which permits at-home and remote abortions, and around proposals to scrap the three-day waiting time for abortion made in the abortion review. 

Abortion: Ireland, Canvass, Activism, Rally for Life, Roadshows

LIFE CHAIN' at Belfast City Hall commemorates NI abortion anniversary

Precious Life held a “Life Chain” at Belfast City Hall on Saturday 21st October 2023 at 2.00pm. The event was to mark the 4th anniversary of Westminster forcing abortion on Northern Ireland, and in remembrance of the babies killed since then.

Abortion: Europe, Canvass, Activism, Rally for Life, Roadshows

Crowd of 3,000 gather in support of pro-life march in Bratislava

On the 24th of September, despite the adverse weather conditions, 3,000 pro life supporters joined together for the Bratislava for Life (Bratislava za život) march in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Abortion: World, Canvass, Activism, Rally for Life, Roadshows

India’s March for Life garners almost five times more supporters than previous year

On the 10th of August, a crowd of nearly 1,000 people marched the streets of Pune, Maharashtra in India to raise awareness 52 years after the abortion legislation through the Medical Termination of Pregnancy act was established in India in 1971.

Abortion Politicians, Exclusion Zones

Exclusion Zone Bill : Second Stage Vote

On Wednesday, 27th September, during the second stage of the Exclusion Zones bill, 111 TDs voted to criminalise pro-life prayer, a shameful attempt to censor and silence pro-lifers and deny women real support in pregnancy. 

Abortion

“The very act of teaching about abortion is not morally neutral” says Northern Ireland MP

Leading MPs from Northern Ireland have expressed that teaching young students about abortion at school “normalises” abortion and “diminishes the value of life”. 

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UK Home secretary announces silent prayer near abortion facilities not a crime

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman has announced that silent prayer near abortion providers is not a crime.