Tag: Abortion

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.

The promiscuous use of rights talk as a rhetorical intensifier is no more pernicious than in the issue of abortion. How can we talk of rights when the killing of the unborn is concerned? And how can we tolerate the effect of this evasion on our public discourse, asks George Weigel.

Now in its second year, hope will be a running theme at Sydney’s Walk for Life on 21 September seeking to defend the lives of those who cannot speak for themselves.

Queensland law currently requires a lesser standard of care to be provided to babies “born alive” after abortion than to baby animals of the same gestational age. Yet anti-life ideologues can’t bear to look at what their positions really entail, or the whole abortion industry would fall apart in a mess of contradictions, writes Monica Doumit

Professionals who are pro-life and occupy positions of privilege should consider speaking up about abortion, because if we don’t exercise our freedom, we might lose it. Yet we also have to be prudent. Dr Anna Walsh offers three simple pieces of advice for professionals discerning whether to take a stand.

Donald Trump’s support for Christians may be more sand than oasis, but in the absence of genuine leadership on faith matters Americans may take what they can get—whatever they think of the vulgarity of the man himself, writes Monica Doumit.

The task for the pro-life movement in the coming years will be demonstrating authentic choice in a world swimming in counterfeits. But how? writes Monica Doumit.

While the conception of every new life awaits the moment of birth which brings joy for the couple as they hold their new child in awe, there is something very dark and disturbing sweeping the world of our time. It is the culture of abortion, a culture of death, Archbishop Julian Porteous said in his address on the day of the unborn child.

: Recent years have seen many anti-family and anti-faith laws and policies introduced in Australia and around the world. Are they a series of unfortunate, yet unrelated events, or is there more to the story?

The Federal Minister for Woman Katy Gallagher has said she will “consider” a 2019 Labor policy tying hospital funding to abortion provision.

The ACT Government continues to come under fire over its proposed takeover of Calvary Hospital in Bruce, this time for its “appalling” lack of proper process and failure to acknowledge the religious dimension of the crisis.

Those who were surprised that Prime Minster Anthony Albanese backed the ACT Government’s push to compulsorily acquire Calvary Hospital haven’t been paying attention. Ideological decisions regarding the provision of healthcare aren’t limited to the ACT Government.