Abortion

Peers to introduce bills on abortion complications and babies born alive

Lord Moylan and Baroness O’Loan will introduce Private Members’ Bills after both were drawn in the House of Lords ballot
The Catholic Herald

Grandmother arrested for holding sign offering support outside abortion provider has charges dropped

Scotland has the most extreme abortion buffer zone legislation in the world
The Catholic Herald

Two doors in a hospital corridor

A father reflects on two contrasting realities within the same hospital and what they reveal about how we value life
Michael J Robinson

Ireland is being pushed towards abortion without limits

Since the repeal of the Eighth Amendment, Ireland has seen tens of thousands of abortions and continued pressure for further liberalisation despite promises that abortion would be rare
Sandra Parda

Mexico’s Catholic Church mobilises against euthanasia bill

Catholic leaders in Mexico are rallying opposition to a euthanasia bill as public debate sharpens over palliative care and assisted death
The Catholic Herald

The Anglican bishops who made the Abortion Act possible

The history of the Abortion Act 1967 cannot be told without recognising the role Church of England bishops played in its passage
Peter Day-Milne

Record abortion figures sharpen debate on anniversary of Abortion Act

More than half a century after the Abortion Act came into effect, campaigners are again clashing over its legacy as abortion figures remain at historic highs
The Catholic Herald

Louisiana pro-lifers raise alarm over bills targeting pregnancy centres

Pro-life advocates in Louisiana say two bills before the state legislature could restrict the work and religious character of pregnancy resource centres
The Catholic Herald

Dutch lawmakers consider bill allowing embryos from same-sex couples

Critics say a Dutch bill widening embryo research would mark a serious moral shift by allowing human embryos to be created for experimentation
The Catholic Herald

Baby girl born at just 23 weeks a “tough cookie” after 146 days in hospital

Baby girl born at 23 weeks after emergency complications spends 146 days in hospital before returning home and continuing to make progress one year on
The Catholic Herald