Tag: Abortion

Thousands gathered outside NSW Parliament House on Wednesday evening to protest against an extreme bill that would – among other things – allow the NSW Health Minister to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions and remove conscientious objection rights from health care practitioners.  

Four pro-life activists, including two pardoned by President Donald Trump in January for earlier convictions under the FACE Act, were found guilty of trespassing 14 March for their 2019 "rescue" at a New Jersey abortion clinic.

A new bill tabled in NSW parliament seeking to force Catholic hospitals to provide abortions is a push to make the state’s already extreme abortion laws even more radical, writes Monica Doumit.

The British army veteran prosecuted for silently praying in front of the abortion clinic was, to his own surprise, caught in the global spotlight when his case was cited by US Vice President JD Vance in a 14 February speech at a landmark security conference in Munich.

Pro-life advocates in the UK are urging Catholic bishops to take a stronger stance against abortion, following a major maternity scandal in Nottingham.

George Weigel shares his deep concern about the state of medicine in the United States. Until recently a highly noble profession, it is being degraded by complicity in abortion, euthanasia and sex-reassignment of the young, he writes.

On the eve of the national March for Life rally in Washington, President Donald Trump announced 23 January he was issuing pardons for 23 protesters arrested for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinics (FACE) Act.

As we come to the end of 2024, the tide appears to be turning on key social issues, writes Monica Doumit.

The decades’ long campaign to make abortion unthinkable is gaining momentum after the inaugural National Life Summit held in Sydney on 30 November.

There are two reasons why we shouldn’t ignore the federal Greens’ recent promise to provide $100m of funding for abortion in public hospitals, writes Monica Doumit.

Monica Doumit explains why she thinks Australia moving slowly towards having abortion as an election issue is a good thing for the pro-life movement.

A local council in the UK spent £90,000 prosecuting Adam Smith-Connor for praying outside an abortion clinic. While exclusion zones around abortion clinics are increasingly seen in western, supposedly civilised countries, they are much more akin to totalitarian regimes, writes Monica Doumit.