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Going crazy in the UK

August 26, 2008 by Brigitte Pellerin 3 Comments

LONDON, August 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Crisis pregnancy centres, as well as doctors, nurses and midwives, may be subject to prosecution and a two-year jail sentence if they convince a woman to forego an abortion. Under a proposed amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, those groups advertising services to pregnant women who provide “false information” or even information that is “factually correct” that convinces a woman to change her mind about abortion, will have committed an offense.

Tabled by one of David Cameron’s Tory MPs, John Bercow, the amendment says, “It shall be an offence to deliberately mislead through advertising in relation to the termination of pregnancy and alternatives thereto.” Bercow has recently gone on record in support of an effort to bring explicit “sex-education” to six-year-old children in mandatory school curriculums.

The amendment continues, “Any person, association or body corporate shall be guilty of an offence” if they provide “material which … contains false information and is untruthful … or in its overall presentation deceives or is in any way likely to deceive the average person…even if the information is factually correct”.

An offense will have been committed if the information given “causes or is likely to cause the average pregnant woman to take a decision in relation to the termination of her pregnancy she would not have taken otherwise.”

This can’t be true, can it?

Saving money on special effects

May 20, 2008 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

The UK votes to support animal human hybrids and saviour siblings. The negatives are many: a devaluing of human life, embryos as commodities, using people for parts. A loss of the uniqueness of the human soul, a utilitarian approach to medicine.

But let it not be said that I am always negative, a wet blanket, a downer. On the plus side, in due time, budgets for movies like the Narnia series should go way down (save on graphic designers, hire a real centaur instead.)

A debate I’d sooner not have

February 25, 2008 by Andrea Mrozek Leave a Comment

David Cameron, Conservative opposition leader in the UK will support a lower limit on abortion. That limit currently stands at 24 weeks.

Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister, won’t, “on the basis of medical advice.”

Though it’s admirable that Cameron will support a lower limit, this is the kind of debate I’d rather not have. Abortion is not typically at any number of weeks about women’s health, but rather about our cultural mentality. If it were truly about women’s health, we’d encourage a woman’s ability to support what her body does naturally. 24 weeks, 20 weeks, 14 weeks, eight weeks, four weeks or two… always a person, and largely a choice made for distinctly non-medical reasons.

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