The Pro-Life Campaign (PLC) has issued a fresh warning on Ireland’s Constitutional protection for the unborn after Taoiseach Enda Kenny refused to be drawn on the question of a referendum on the issue after the next election. Questioned by reporters on the protective 8th Amendment to the Constitution, Mr Kenny only went so far as to...
British parliamentarians have rejected assisted suicide legislation following a lengthy debate. In a free vote on the Assisted Dying Bill, tabled by Labour’s Rob Marris, 330 MPs voted against the proposed legislation, with 118 in favour. One of the most vocal MPs against the bill since its introduction, the Conservative Fiona Bruce, warned her fellow...
Pope Francis has once again spoken in defence of traditional marriage and called on Catholics to defend families against all redefinitions of marriage. Addressing a gathering in Rome of members of Equipes Notre Dame, a lay group dedicated to the spiritual well being of families, the Pontiff warned that “the family, as God wants it,...
A Labour politician in Britain has suggested that the Westminster Parliament should legislate for same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland if the Stormont Assembly falls. Despite four failed votes in three years at Stormont on the issue of same-sex marriage, Ivan Lewis, Shadow Secretary for Northern Ireland said that any suspension of Stormont would provide an...
Legislators in the US state of California have voted to legalise assisted suicide. According to Lifesite News, ‘The End of Life Option Bill’ will now proceed for a final vote at the state Senate following a 42-33 vote in its favour at the Assembly level and is expected to pass easily. End of Life has...
A US marriage clerk imprisoned for six days over her repeated refusals, on religious grounds, to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples “will return to work”, her legal counsel has insisted. Kim Davis had been arrested and imprisoned on September 3 on the order of Kentucky District Court Judge David Bunning following her defiance of his...
Calls in Britain to allow genetically modifying human embryos have been criticised by pro-life campaigners. Five major funding bodies have stated that a debate around the banned practice of testing genetic modification on embryos should take place now. They say genetically modified embryos will eventually allow scientists to treat genetic conditions by ‘reworking’ affected DNA....
Supporters of a county clerk in the US state of Kentucky, imprisoned for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licences, have rallied to her defence and led calls for specific legislation to protect religious conscience. Having repeatedly refused a court order to issue licences to newly-married same-sex couples in the wake of the US Supreme Court...
End-of-life care in Britain must broaden to include the spiritual needs of patients, experts on health and social issues have said. According to The Daily Telegraph, as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) carries out consultations on new guidelines on caring for terminally ill patients in the UK – to replace the controversial Liverpool Care Pathway – concerns have...
Gardaí are investigating an alleged assault on the retired Bishop of Kerry. According to The Irish Examiner newspaper, 79-year-old Bishop Bill Murphy was attacked by a man while on a train journey between Kerry and Dublin in August. Details of the alleged assault have only now come to light. The man accused in the incident, aged in...
