
European Parliament Again Rejects Bill Declaring Abortion a Human Right For the second time in two months, the European Parliament rejected a report that recommended that EU nations declare abortion to be a human right and to make abortion available within all public health systems of member countries. Adoption of the report would have placed more pressure on pro-life nations like Ireland, Poland and Malta to legalize abortion on demand.
The proposal was rejected in Strasbourg today and instead an alternative report proposed by the European People's Party was adopted by 334 to 327 votes. Ref. Source 8
Liberal Activists Angry European Parliament Rejected Declaring Abortion a Human Right
The European left is outraged today as a controversial resolution went down to a totally unexpected defeat in the European Parliament on Tuesday in Brussels. Called the Estrela Report, the resolution called for a whole host of 'sexual and reproductive rights."
Writing at the blog Turtle Bay and Beyond, European human rights lawyer JC von Krempach said the non-binding Estrela report would have defined abortion as a human right, a first in the European context, eliminate conscience protection for medical personnel, federally fund abortion and in-vitro-fertilization, and through "comprehensive sexuality education" begin to teach toddlers about things like masturbation. Ref. Source 3
Abortion Methods: The Gruesome Reality of How Babies Are Killed in Abortion
[WARNING: As the title implies, this blog post is highly disturbing. You should not read it if you have a weak stomach.]
Most people who see nothing wrong with abortion have that belief because they don't think an unborn baby is a person. They don't even like the term "unborn baby" because it lends to the idea that what's in the womb is a person. They usually stick with the term "fetus" because the emotional response generated from discussion of killing a fetus is more palatable than that of killing a baby. But even if they were right about the absence of humanity in a fetus, it doesn't change the fact that aborting a fetus is a horrific, senseless tragedy. Ref. Source 7
Man Outside Abortion Clinic: I"ll Spare the Baby if You Give Me $50,000
A man outside an abortion clinic says he will spare the child if protesters give him $50,000. The man tells anti-abortion protestors that he has one child already and can't afford to pay for another. Ref. Source 7
Abortionist Admits: "Of Course We Know It's Killing" Babies
Abortionist Neville Sender was quoted saying: "Of course we know it's killing, but the state permits killing in certain circumstances." Another time, he said: "We all know what abortion does, what it is. It's terminating a pregnancy, with all its implications." (Comments after he was asked if abortion was a form of killing.) Ref. Source 4
What They Won't Tell Women: Abortion Raises the Risk of Premature Birth 36%
November 17 was World Prematurity Day. New global estimates indicate that, as Eve Lackritz of the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth explains. Ref. Source 1