UPDATE 12/18, 12:20p: The Irish pro-life groups Precious Life and Youth Defence have released an informative joint statement on the European court’s ruling. UPDATE 12/17, 3:35p: Another view from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, which says the European Court “unilaterally misinterpreted” Ireland’s constitution re: the abortion of the mother with cancer in […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the country of Ireland to pay a woman approximately $20k for violating her human rights under the European Rights Convention. The woman was in remission of a rare form of cancer (which she felt might relapse during pregnancy) and went […]

I ate dinner last night with Youth Defence conference attendees from Belgium, France, Germany, and, of course, Ireland. I learned that Marches for Life have begun springing up all over Europe just in the past 5 years. For instance, from ABS-CBNnews.com, April 13, 2010:

“Dia dhuit” means “God to you” in Gaelic, the language of Ireland – where Rich and I arrived yesterday! I was invited to speak last night at Youth Defence’s annual conference. Good friends Bryan Kemper of Stand True and Eric Scheidler of Pro-Life Action League are also here. Our luggage was not so interested in […]

Kristan Hawkins, executive director of Washington Examiner today regarding nationalized health care and the detrimental effect it would have on special-needs patients, including her new son: When my son Gunner (pictured above with Mommy and Daddy and left) was born, it was the best day of my life. But it was followed soon after by […]

by Associated Press writer Margery Gibbs into thinking NE had stricter abortion laws than KS, abortionist Leroy Carhart is