A woman in England acted as a surrogate mother for a baby whose biological father is her adult son, the Daily Telegraph reports. The man, who is single and in his mid-20s was seeking the approval of the High Court in order to adopt the child. The judge granted him his request, saying that while...
A major study has found that areas with less liberal abortion laws are those with better rates of maternal health. Conducted over a 10-year period from 2002, the study by a team of international researchers examined maternal health in 32 states across Mexico, utilising a standard indicator known as the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR). Mexico...
Gay activists have demanded the removal of a portrait of Lord Carey from King’s College, London, following his defence of man/woman marriage. A high-profile alumnus of King’s College, the former Archbishop of Canterbury’s portrait has become the target of renewed demands for its removal by the college’s LGBT Liberation Association. The group’s ire with Lord...
A hospital in the US state of Washington is to be sued for not providing enough access to abortion. In an action brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Skagit Regional Health stands accused of allowing doctors to opt out of abortion procedures on conscience grounds thereby reducing the number of terminations actually carried...
Newly compiled figures show that at least 57 babies born to a surrogate mother have been brought to Ireland by Irish couples since 2008, according to The Irish Independent. The true number for foreign surrogacy may be much higher, given that the compiling of figures has been based on emergency travel certificates, a document required...
A Catholic bishop in Northern Ireland has criticised laws which enforce “prejudice and discrimination” against people of faith. Speaking before legislators at the North’s Assembly earlier this week ahead of the introduction of a proposed Freedom of Conscience Bill, Bishop Noel Treanor of the Diocese of Down and Connor said that current laws, such as...
“The media is the main driver for abortion in Ireland,” a leading pro-life advocacy group has stated. As it prepares to roll out a major information campaign on what it sees as the media’s pro-abortion agenda, the Pro Life Campaign (PLC) has accused the national media of “blatant” bias on the issue. Writing in The...
Ireland’s proposed surrogacy legislation will “devalue the importance of mothers and fathers in the lives of children” a family advocacy group has warned. Reacting to news that the Irish government is currently working on draft legislation towards regulating surrogacy, while banning commercial surrogacy outright, the Mothers and Fathers Matter group stated that, if implemented, the proposed...
The Church has a right and a duty to “speak out on social issues” Archbishop Diarmuid Martin has said. Referring to the same-sex marriage debate, Dr Martin stressed that “the teaching of the Catholic Church on marriage is well known and is not something just Irish. That teaching is the same in Ireland and in...
A Catholic bishop has stated that campaigners for a Yes vote in Ireland’s same-sex marriage referendum are not seeking ‘marriage equality’. Speaking at a gathering in Dublin last night, Bishop Kevin Doran, the Irish bishops’ spokesman on bioethics and a member of their Council on the family and marriage said that in order for ‘marriage...
