Posts Tagged ‘religious freedom’
Oregon pregnancy centers threatened
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: April 6, 2011
Legislation targets pregnancy centers in Oregon. Info here.
Pro-life medical providers get some support
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: October 19, 2010
From Denise Burke, writing at Americans United for Life (October 8, 2010): Yesterday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), meeting in London, adopted a resolution supporting the fundamental right of health care providers to practice medicine in accord with their individual consciences. In pertinent part, the provisional resolution stated that “[N]o person, [...]
Attacks on “conscientious objectors”
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: October 7, 2010
How, in my lifetime, we have gone from a world where doctors and support medical staff are expected to help people, to one in which they face government reprisals if they don’t want to kill people, I’m not quite sure, but, well, it’s a problem in Europe, too. (You knew that, I’m sure, but this [...]
A nurse’s story
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: August 23, 2010
A Christian nurse who had been promised she would not have to participate in abortions finds herself cornered and betrayed.
The Manhattan Declaration
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: January 4, 2010
Christians from across doctrinal divides are joining to speak in one voice for the sanctity of life, amongst other things, by signing and promoting The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience. hat tip: Plain Catholic in the Mountains
7 Quick Takes Friday
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: October 23, 2009
1. Last weekend, hundreds of thousands (perhaps as many as two million) people took to the streets of Madrid to protest the Spanish government’s proposals to reduce restrictions on abortion. (Via Alliance Alert, Oct. 19, 2009) 2. A Canadian student who tried to join in the Pro-Life Silent Day of Solidarity this week was put in isolation for the [...]
President Obama’s ‘reaching out’ to date
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: May 1, 2009
Marilyn Musgrave and Marjorie Dannenfelser of the Susan B. Anthony List, writing in The Weekly Standard, note that “We are learning all sorts of lessons, very early on, about what President Obama means by “reaching out” to find “common ground” with pro-life Americans…” Joseph Bottum, writing at First Things, also has a few things to [...]
Pro-life students get legal help
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: March 12, 2009
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Christian college students who were barred from holding a pro-life event because it didn’t contain a pro-abortion viewpoint, and who were bullied by a “Stop the Hate” campaign. (George Orwell, call your office…) Oh, if you want to see a flyer the college freaked out over, here it is (pdf).
President Obama moves to remove recently added conscience clause protection
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: February 28, 2009
Health care providers are in danger of losing the protections President Bush put into place on his way out of office. Link to LifeNews.com article. For comparison: links to abortion-supporter responses. Related/background: The Tip of the Spear: Defending Pharmacists’ Freedom of Conscience, by Elizabeth Rose, at Defending Life 2009. See also: The Declaration of Independence [...]
Nov. 15 round-up
Posted by: kathrynjudson on: November 15, 2008
Via Suzy B., here’s an interview by Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review, with Marjorie Dannenfelser, president and chairman of the board of the Susan B. Anthony List, going over the losses and gains in the recent elections in the United States, and looking at where the pro-life movement goes from here. Dannenfelser feels there is much [...]
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