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Illegal foetal sales: journalists accused of violating the privacy of Planned Parenthood employees
Journalists David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt are accused of violating the privacy of the fourteen "abortion rights workers" who appear in their videos published in 2015 (see American Family Planning: Partial birth abortions, lifting of veils on trafficking in foetal...
In England, NHS successfully conducts first in-utero spina bifida procedure
A woman has undergone in-utero spina bifida surgery during the 24th week of pregnancy. Her daughter is due to be born in April. This is one of the first procedures of its kind to be performed in the United Kingdom by NHS surgeons. They were trained in Belgium, where...
In Ireland, will babies of lesbian couples have two mothers?
Yesterday, the Irish government agreed to introduce a bill allowing both women in a lesbian couple to appear on the birth certificate of a baby conceived through sperm donation. According to current legislation, only the woman who carries the child and gives birth is...
26 million DNA tests sold in five years but what about privacy?
Over-the-counter DNA kits, banned in France, are growing exponentially, despite their "serious impact on privacy". The principle is very simple. For a one-off price of €59, a kit is sent to your home address. You spit into a tube, return it and wait for the results by...
Woman refusing abortion is accused of being “inhumane”
Twenty-seven-year-old Hannah Morris gave birth to twins a few months ago in Washington. She is accused of being "inhumane" for refusing an abortion. The young mother recounts her story. Just 16 weeks into her pregnancy, Hannah Morris' water broke due to an E....
Fertility treatment for transgender people: British judge calls for review of the Fertility Law
A British transgender man, born a woman, who gave birth following IVF treatment (see transgender man gives birth - is this the mother or the father?), brought the case before the Family Division of the High Court. In-vitro fertilisation took place ten days after this...
Two pro-life legislative initiatives in the US
In Arkansas, a Republican legislator has proposed a law prohibiting abortion after 18 weeks. The current law sets the limit at 20 weeks unless the mother's life is in jeopardy. "We need to make a statement that life is precious..." said Robin Lundstrum, who...
Dutch doctor accused of fathering at least 200 children in his own fertility clinic
During his lifetime he always denied the accusation, refusing to undergo DNA testing, claiming a right to privacy. But facts are facts. There is a "strong probability" that at least 47 people conceived through sperm donation in the 1980s at the Blijdorp Karbaat...
Heartbeat bill: Kentucky’s turn to vote
The Senate for the state of Kentucky has just passed a law by 31 votes to 6 banning abortion as soon as foetal heartbeats are detectable, i.e. around the sixth week of pregnancy. An 18-week-old pregnant woman, April Lanham, gave evidence of her baby's heartbeat to an...
Genetically modified human embryos in the United States
Dieter Egli, a biologist at Columbia University in New York, is conducting experiments with CRISPR on human embryos to "one day" prevent the occurrence of hereditary diseases, specifically retinitis pigmentosa. His research seeks to establish whether CRISPR can safely...
United Kingdom and Scotland introduce presumed consent to organ donation
Following in the footsteps of Wales in 2015, Scotland and the United Kingdom are in the process of changing their organ donation schemes to a presumed consent system. The UK House of Lords approved the law on 31 January while in Scotland, the draft law under...
43rd annual Day for Life in Italy: “Defending life is an absolute duty”
On 2 February, Pope Francis told the world that there is an "absolute duty to defend life". On the eve of the 43rd annual Day for Life, he addressed a delegation from the Italian Pro-Life Movement at the Vatican. The Supreme Pontiff made an urgent appeal to...