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Doctors who support Canada's 'assisted dying' regime say it's gone too far

Two psychiatrists have penned an op-ed in the The New York Times explaining why they no longer fully support Canada's Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) program, saying that it is no longer the "last resort" it was meant to be.

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Groups outraged as UK includes abortion in bereavement leave

The United Kingdom will expand bereavement leave starting in April 2027 to include two weeks of unpaid leave for employees and their partners who suffer a miscarriage, undergo an abortion before 24 weeks, or lose an embryo during IVF transfer, including surrogacy cases. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children and other critics argue that equating abortion with miscarriage in bereavement leave policy is an insult and raises questions about the recognition of unborn human life and the normalization of abortion and surrogacy practices.

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FedEx shareholders warn of legal risks if company ships abortion pills

Pro-life shareholders at the FedEx annual meeting introduced a resolution urging the company to evaluate and potentially prohibit the shipping of abortion drugs like mifepristone due to legal and reputational risks, though the FedEx board opposed the resolution. Similar shareholder actions have been taken with UPS and Costco, highlighting concerns about the shipment of abortion pills into states with laws protecting unborn children, despite federal laws like the Comstock Act that restrict mailing abortion-related items.

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Parents of babies with anencephaly have ethical, life-honoring options

Amanda Jablonski and Brandon Chancey, a Tennessee couple, traveled to Chicago to obtain a late abortion after learning their unborn daughter Daisy had anencephaly at 22 weeks because Tennessee law did not allow it without immediate risk to the mother's health. Tennessee law permits abortion only under specific health risk criteria, which the couple's doctors did not find met, and many women with anencephalic pregnancies carry to term with perinatal hospice support.

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Nancy Flanders|Live Action News|

SECURITY ALERT: US Army vet secretly pairs Chinese nationals with American surrogates

U.S. Army veteran Haotian Bai runs Patriot Conceptions, a surrogacy agency that facilitates wealthy Chinese couples having American-born babies, which has raised national security concerns due to the potential for these children to later access sensitive U.S.

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Nancy Flanders|Live Action News|
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'Dancing with the Stars' host touts Witney's baby as part of dance 'trio'

On Season 35 of "Dancing with the Stars," co-host Julianne Hough referred to dancer Witney Carson's preborn baby as part of a dance "trio" during an interview with contestant Guillermo Rodriguez. Rodriguez praised Carson's ability to dance while pregnant, emphasizing that motherhood and career are not mutually exclusive and highlighting the importance of supporting women to balance both roles.

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Justice Kagan denies emergency appeal request from surrogate McKenna West

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied surrogate McKenna West's emergency appeal to overturn a California court ruling that she has no legal or physical claim to the medically fragile baby boy she carried, who was diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Despite West's efforts to secure custody and ensure the baby received life-saving care in Texas, the baby's genetic parents, Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed, retain legal rights and are currently suing West for damages, while courts have ordered that the baby must receive stabilizing and life-sustaining care.

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Nancy Flanders|Live Action News|

Court ends emergency order meant to protect baby in surrogacy case

A Texas District Court vacated an emergency order that had kept Baby Gabriel/Rumi, born via surrogate McKenna West, in Texas to receive care for hypoplastic left heart syndrome, allowing his genetic parents to move him to California if approved by doctors. The court found that the genetic parents have consented to all recommended medical treatments and that some restrictions of the emergency order were no longer medically necessary, while maintaining that stabilizing and life-sustaining care must continue and that the Guardian Ad Litem remains appointed for the child.

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Nancy Flanders|Live Action News|

Two women sue Oklahoma over pro-life law after prenatal diagnoses

Two women, Magon Hoffman and Sheena Hamlin, filed a lawsuit against Oklahoma officials and health advisors after being denied abortions following prenatal diagnoses of fatal fetal conditions, leading them to seek abortions out of state. The lawsuit, supported by two doctors and a pro-abortion group, argues that Oklahoma's pro-life law violates their rights to life, liberty, and equal protection by not allowing abortion exceptions for fatal fetal diagnoses, despite the state's law permitting abortion only to save the life of the mother.

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Nancy Flanders|Live Action News|

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints condemns Idaho pro-abortion ballot measure

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has officially opposed Idaho's Proposition 1, a pro-abortion ballot measure that would legalize abortion through viability and after viability for certain reasons, urging its nearly 483,000 members in Idaho to vote no. The Church condemns elective abortion for personal or social convenience but allows exceptions when the mother's health or life is in serious jeopardy or when the baby has a severe diagnosis, and it encourages respectful opposition to the measure in line with Christlike love and civility.

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Nancy Flanders|Live Action News|

Andorran Prime Minister vows to decriminalize abortion

Andorran Prime Minister Xavier Espot has vowed to decriminalize abortion by April 2027 regardless of the Holy See's approval, with legislation requiring the signature of either the President of France or the Bishop of Urgell. Despite ongoing discussions with the Holy See, which opposes abortion, the government aims to pass the law before the upcoming parliamentary elections, though the specific parameters of the proposal have not yet been published.

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Italian doctors criminally investigated for refusing to kill patient

In Italy, 10 doctors are under criminal investigation for refusing to assist actress Sibilla Barbieri in dying by assisted suicide, despite the procedure not being officially legal in the country and Barbieri ultimately dying by assisted suicide in Switzerland in October 2023. The investigation continues after prosecutors sought to drop the case, but a judge ruled that evidence must be presented on December 16 following a complaint from Barbieri's family alleging denial of a constitutional right.

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LAWSUIT: Tierra Walker's family says abortion was the 'only stabilizing treatment' she needed

The family of Tierra Walker filed a lawsuit against Texas officials and medical professionals, alleging that the state's pro-life law prevented doctors from performing an abortion that they claim was the only stabilizing treatment for her preeclampsia and other health conditions. Medical experts and reports indicate that the standard of care for severe preeclampsia is early delivery to save the mother and baby, not an induced abortion, and Walker's death was likely due to subpar medical care rather than the abortion law itself.

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Nancy Flanders|Live Action News|

Parents give birth to baby frozen for 22 years after death of 21-year-old son

A Greek couple, Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi and Constantinos Raptis, welcomed a baby girl named Georgia after implanting an embryo that had been frozen for 22 years following the death of their 21-year-old son Giorgos in a motor accident. Georgia was born just before Cristina reached the age limit for IVF procedures in Greece, and the couple considers her a continuation of their family story and a second chance at life after their loss.

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Parents give birth to baby frozen for 22 years after death of 21-year-old son

A Greek couple, Cristina Rapti-Tzelepi and Constantinos Raptis, welcomed a baby girl named Georgia after implanting an embryo that had been frozen for 22 years following the death of their 21-year-old son Giorgos in a motor accident. Due to Greek law restricting IVF procedures after age 54, they had a limited window to implant the embryo, and they have not ruled out the possibility of implanting other frozen embryos in the future.

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Nancy Flanders|Live Action News|