Tags: Reproductive Rights
NSS call on EU Presidents to protect women's right to life
The Presidents of the European Council and European Commission today heard a plea for greater protection for pregnant... Read More »
Another Irish abortion scandal emerges
The Irish Government has paid substantial compensation to a woman who was forced to travel abroad for an abortion,... Read More »
Maltese Catholic extremist examined for post of European Commissioner
On Tuesday, Members of the European Parliament examined Tonio Borg's bid to join the European Commission. Alarm has... Read More »
Secular Medical Forum condemns Irish abortion law cruelty
The Secular Medical Forum has condemned the state of abortion laws in Ireland after a 31-year old woman died of septicaemia... Read More »
Callous treatment of raped girl in Poland leads to condemnation in Human Rights Court
Poland's harsh anti-abortion laws were condemned this week by the European Court of Human Rights after an almost unbelievably... Read More »
European secularists raise concerns about nomination of Maltese reactionary to European Commission
Secular groups around Europe are preparing to oppose the nomination of the Maltese Foreign Affairs Minister Tonio... Read More »
Ireland rejects abortion law reform
The lower house of the Irish Parliament has rejected a private member's bill to ease the Republic's abortion laws.... Read More »
An unbridgeable gulf separates Norway and the Holy See on women’s rights at the United Nations
Two very contrasting statements about abortion and contraception were made this week at the 56th session of the Commission... Read More »
Forty Days of Choice
The Christian anti-abortion group 40 Days for Life are celebrating Lent by picketing abortion clinics, spreading misinformation... Read More »
Pope renews attack on IVF
Speaking at a conference on infertility in Rome, the Pope has renewed his attack on IVF treatments. He said artificial... Read More »
Catholic midwives lose abortion 'conscientious objection' case
Two Catholic midwives have lost a legal battle after claiming that being asked to supervise nurses involved in abortion... Read More »
Vatican back in charge in Spain as Government promises to roll back abortion reforms
Spain's new right-wing government, headed by the People's Party, has announced that it will seek to reform the nation's... Read More »
Abortion counselling amendment to sneak in through the back door
This week, Nadine Dorries MP failed to get a second reading for her amendment proposing that abstinence teaching should... Read More »
Pope attacks ‘radical secularism’ and orders US bishops to twist the arms of politicians over abortion
The pope has again railed against what he sees as the dangers posed by "radical secularism".
At a meeting with US bishops... Read More »
Expert panel to examine abortion law in Ireland
Pro-choice groups in Ireland have expressed hopes that a new expert committee set up by the Government will recommend... Read More »
Liberal Catholics implore President Obama not to turn his back on women
In an open letter to President Obama published on Monday's New York Times op-ed page, the liberal pressure group Catholics... Read More »
Another woman refused morning after pill by religious pharmacist
A Hartlepool woman has been refused the morning after pill by a pharmacist on the grounds of "religious conscience".... Read More »
