Despite endless efforts to prove the contrary, science shows that an embryo is a human being

For people who advocate the killing of embryonic human beings in the cause of biomedical research, the Holy Grail is an argument that would definitively establish that the human embryo, at least early in its development, is not a living human organism and therefore not a human being at all. The problem for these advocates [...]

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Compromise on Abortion?

And now comes a prominent pro-lifer saying something quite similar to President Obama. Rocco Buttiglione is perhaps the most famous pro-life Catholic politician in Europe. A member of the Italian parliament, professor, and public intellectual, he famously was rejected as a European Commissioner because he holds standard Catholic beliefs on marriage, family and homosexuality.
In a [...]

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The euthanasia lobby insists on confusing pain relief with euthanasia, but there is a clear distinction

Yet again, euthanasia is making headlines in Canada since the Quebec College of Physicians was reported as “tentatively proposing” legalized euthanasia. The college says that it could be seen “as part of appropriate care in certain particular circumstances.”
An Ottawa Citizen editorial (“Debating life’s end,” July 20) interprets this to say: “Terminally ill patients sometimes require [...]

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LIFE MATTERS: We need to be talking more about the rights of families in relation to the anti-smacking law

The Life Matters column is a NEW weekly opinion column that appears EXCLUSIVELY on Semper Vita every Friday morning

Well, it’s been a long wait, but it’s all over and today is the day that the anti-smacking referendum begins.
And yes, I know that some people are probably feeling a little smacked out about now, after all [...]

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Special NZ Public Meeting: End of life decisions – are you worried?

A special one-off public meeting about the issue
of euthanasia and human dignity
Featuring presentations from:
Alison Davis (from No Less Human, SPUC UK)
Brendan Malone (FLI, Christchurch)
When:
7pm, Wednesday 7th October

Where:
Johnsonville Community Centre Hall, 3 Frankmoore Avenue, Johnsonville
For all details contact Clare on (04) 236 0275
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Archbishop encourages Catholics to fight Tasmanian ‘right to die’ bill

Catholic leaders are working to defeat a proposed “right to die” law in the Australian state of Tasmania, saying it is wrong to end a human life. They also warn that the bill will put Catholic health and hospice institutions at odds with their ethical standards against “euthanasia.”
Archbishop of Hobart Adrian Doyle has written to [...]

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Divorce Damages Health and Remarriage Doesn’t Help, New Study Finds

Divorce and widowhood have a lingering, detrimental impact on health, even after a person remarries, research at the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University has shown.
“Among the currently married, those who have ever been divorced show worse health on all dimensions,” said University of Chicago sociologist Linda Waite and co-author of a new study [...]

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If passed as written, health care ‘reform’ in America would expand abortion more radically than anything since Roe.

Abortion activists first introduced the misnamed ‘Freedom of Choice Act’ (FOCA) with the help of Senate sympathizers in 1989 to create a fundamental right to abortion for all women, spread its access, and limit any government regulation, including any that even Roe v. Wade allowed. Twenty years and countless successes since then, the abortion movement [...]

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Wellington Life Fest – September 2009

Wellington Life Fest is a special youth event featuring guest speaker Pete Espil from the United States
When: 1pm to 7:30pm, Tuesday 29th September
(finishes with Jaime Thietten concert at 6:30pm)
Where: Saint Anne’s Parish Hall, Emmett Street, Wellington

For all details contact Clare on (04) 236 0275
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Clever new video debunks overpopulation myth in less than 2 minutes

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