Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 16:27:51 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Activists seek right to home birth /item/36699-activists-seek-right-to-home-birth /item/36699-activists-seek-right-to-home-birth

COVID-19 and life issues have brought bodily autonomy and the right to accept or refuse medical treatment to the forefront in recent years.

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Canada Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:41:00 -0400
Pregnancy centres under legislative threat /item/34762-pregnancy-centres-under-legislative-threat /item/34762-pregnancy-centres-under-legislative-threat

A bullet point on page four of the Liberal Party of CanadaƵapp 2021 election platform “Forward. For Everyone.” conveyed the partyƵapp intention to strip pro-life non-profits of their charity status.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Wed, 14 Sep 2022 10:28:46 -0400
Why thereƵapp no ‘I’ in pregnancy /opinion/guest-columnists/item/33958-why-there-s-no-i-in-pregnancy /opinion/guest-columnists/item/33958-why-there-s-no-i-in-pregnancy

Pregnancy. An injury? Run-of-the-mill event? Special circumstance? Choice? A recent report in the National Post highlighted the indignation of Olympic athletes in learning that pregnancy is often categorized by the I-word — “injury” — in their contracts.

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Guest Columns Sun, 23 Jan 2022 14:30:00 -0500
Rally mobilizes support for pregnancy care centres /item/33788-rally-mobilizes-support-for-pregnancy-care-centres /item/33788-rally-mobilizes-support-for-pregnancy-care-centres

Carol Butler does not get into a regular habit of engaging in political demonstrations.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Fri, 03 Dec 2021 08:54:31 -0500
Sisters turn crisis pregnancy into a storybook ending /item/32903-sisters-turn-crisis-pregnancy-into-a-storybook-ending /item/32903-sisters-turn-crisis-pregnancy-into-a-storybook-ending

When she discovered she was pregnant again in 2020, Nicole Meinen was scared, stressed and didn’t know who to turn to for answers.

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Youth Speak News Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:43:20 -0400
South Korea identifies abortion as an 'immoral medical action' /home/international/item/27916-south-korea-identifies-abortion-as-an-immoral-medical-action /home/international/item/27916-south-korea-identifies-abortion-as-an-immoral-medical-action SEOUL, South Korea – The South Korean government included abortion in a list of “immoral medical actions” earlier this month as the countryƵapp abortion law was revised to enable authorities to suspend medical professionals for performing abortions illegally.
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International Fri, 31 Aug 2018 10:26:09 -0400
U.S. Supreme Court sides with pro-life pregnancy centres in California abortion case /home/international/item/27618-u-s-supreme-court-sides-with-pro-life-pregnancy-centres-in-california-abortion-case /home/international/item/27618-u-s-supreme-court-sides-with-pro-life-pregnancy-centres-in-california-abortion-case WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court blocked a California law requiring pro-life pregnancy centers to post information on programs to obtain and free or low-cost abortion on June 26.
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International Tue, 26 Jun 2018 09:08:42 -0400
Florida races to stem Zika spread, offer pregnant women testing /home/international/item/22855-florida-races-to-stem-zika-spread-offer-pregnant-women-testing /home/international/item/22855-florida-races-to-stem-zika-spread-offer-pregnant-women-testing

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Florida residents, officials and health care leaders have their hands full this summer containing the Zika virus outbreak, which prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue its first domestic travel advisory.

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International Mon, 08 Aug 2016 16:00:00 -0400
For MotherƵapp Day, a place to mourn the babies who never came home /faith/item/20193-for-mother-s-day-a-place-to-mourn-the-babies-who-never-came-home /faith/item/20193-for-mother-s-day-a-place-to-mourn-the-babies-who-never-came-home

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. - The night she miscarried in 1968, Dorothy Caruso remembers remaining calm, as if she was watching someone else losing a much-wanted pregnancy. The baby was about three months along; she’d already bought a white baby sweater and a set of blocks.

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Faith Sat, 09 May 2015 14:00:00 -0400
In vitro moms pressured to abort some fetuses /item/19955-in-vitro-moms-pressured-to-abort-some-fetuses /item/19955-in-vitro-moms-pressured-to-abort-some-fetuses

GATINEAU, QUE. - Women who achieve multiple pregnancies through in vitro fertilization are increasingly being pressured to abort all but one of the babies, a conference on life and family was told.

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ccn-ottawa@rogers.com (Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News) Canada Sun, 29 Mar 2015 15:00:00 -0400