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| Today's must-read pro-life news-stories, Fri 4 Nov | ||
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| New pro-life film |
Top stories:
500 cases of abuse and neglect of elderly reported every week says UK health serviceThe National Health Service (NHS) has for the first time published statistics of the abuse and neglect of the elderly. The figures reveal that almost 500 cases of such abuse and neglect are reported every week. Incidents include denial of food and medication. [Mail, 3 November] http://goo.gl/G0rwp Argentina lower house drops bill to extend abortion
The lower house of Congress in Argentina has dropped a bill to extend abortion. Approval by a committee, necessary for the bill to progress, was not obtained. Cynthia Hotton, a deputy in the congress who opposed the bill, said: "I reaffirm my commitment in defence of the life of the child from conception and to natural death." [LifeNews.com, 3 November] http://goo.gl/NeFfE Other stories:Abortion
- Injectable abortifacient linked with memory loss [Catholic Culture, 4 November] http://goo.gl/l8whi
- US Court temporarily stops hospital from forcing nurses to assist abortions [LifeNews.com, 3 November] http://goo.gl/a78aF
- New pro-life film (pictured) shows the pain of abortion [LifeNews.com, 2 November] http://goo.gl/aT7hN
Embryology
- Austrian law banning egg and sperm donation in a single IVF procedure upheld [Wesley Smith, 3 November] http://goo.gl/F4KHx
- Eugenics rules in Europe, three generations after Nazism [John Smeaton, 3 September] http://goo.gl/wXXE8
Population
- US anti-life columnist claims that 'family planning' is a "solution" to climate change, poverty and civil wars [IPPF, 4 November] http://goo.gl/hJL2m
Sexual ethics
- Family breakdown in Ireland joint highest in Europe [Pat Buckley, 3 November] http://goo.gl/c4gBk
General
- Obama health mandate designed to undermine Catholics, Catholic officials tells Congress [EWTN, 4 November] http://goo.gl/5sA7A
- Swiss police use water cannons to stop attack on pro-lifers [LifeNews.com, 2 November] http://goo.gl/0UagH
