international
Revealing Abortion Data Compared for India, UK and US
Thursday, August 14th, 2008The Times of India published a data-filled article on Monday, providing a comparison of abortion data from India, UK and United States. Statistics from governmental sources further substantiate revealing abortion trends in these countries and are worth analyzing.
India, as opposed to UK and US, defines human life as beginning at conception (according to the Medical [...]
Polish Athlete to Be Honored for Her Defense of Life
Friday, August 8th, 2008As someone who has given her professional life to pro-life public policy, I am always mindful of the ability of one person to make an important difference in the fight to defend, protect, and honor all human life. But, every so often, a story of one person’s life is so powerful that it touches me [...]
Democrats and Republicans Unite in Fight against Coerced Abortions in China
Thursday, July 31st, 2008In a vote of 419 to 1 yesterday, the House of Representatives approved House Resolution 1370, which calls for an end to Chinese human rights abuses, such as China’s coerced abortion and involuntary sterilization policies. The measure seeks to ensure that the Olympic Games take place “in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of [...]
Endangered Human Exceptionalism: Granting Animals “Human” Rights?
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Spain’s parliament recently passed a nonbinding resolution granting apes legal rights. The New York Times discussed the trend toward granting animals human-like rights at length here and here.
According to columnist Adam Cohen, “[s]trip away the goofier rhetoric of the ape-rights activists, and their claim is straightforward. Great apes are biologically very close to humans; [...]
America’s Growing Problem: Sex-Selective Abortions
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Emerging evidence suggests that China and India may not be the only countries where sex-selective abortion is commonly practiced. In a video released today, Steven Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute (PRI), argues that America also has a hidden and growing problem with sex-selective abortion, a problem that most pro-abortion and feminist groups refuse [...]
Kemp-Kasten Provision under Fire
Friday, July 18th, 2008This week, the U.S. House State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Subcommittee approved a 2009 funding bill that will undermine the Kemp-Kasten provision—the provision that allows the President to withhold funds from any organization that “supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization.”
It is under the Kemp-Kasten [...]
