Socialists at the Council of Europe (yes, the same entity that brought you the European Convention on Human Rights) have been very busy lately. A Ms Carina Hagg of the Swedish Socialist Group and Ms Christine McCafferty of the UK Socialist Group are scheming to name and shame conscientious objectors in the medical profession who refuse to carry out abortions, hand out birth control devices or engage in euthanasia.
In the News
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October 9th, 2010
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October 9th, 2010
Pro-choice campaigners have called for Northern Ireland?s ?restrictive? abortion laws to be modernised.
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October 8th, 2010
Italy is set to become the next European country to ban the burka after a government report ruled in favour of the proposed legislation.
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October 8th, 2010
U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle told a crowd of supporters that the country needs to address a "militant terrorist situation" that has allowed Islamic religious law to take hold in some American cities.
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October 8th, 2010
In the land where Jesus lived, Christians say their dwindling numbers are turning churches from places of worship into museums.
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October 8th, 2010
Perhaps you've already heard about the most recent assault on citizens' freedom of conscience, which happened right here in the Midwest. The owners of the Just Cookies bakery in Indianapolis, David and Lily Stockton, politely declined to fill a special order for rainbow-decorated cupcakes from a group of students from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) who wanted to purchase them for a celebration of the shameful "National Coming Out Day."
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October 8th, 2010
A leading human rights group last week stepped up its promotion of abortion, targeting Latin America and particularly Nicaragua.
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October 8th, 2010
Police have been ordered to protect doggers and arrest anyone suspected of committing a hate crime against people taking part in outdoor sex.
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October 7th, 2010
The Government's new family cap on benefits reflects the need for long-term claimants to 'take responsibility' for the number of children they have, a Cabinet minister said tonight.
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October 7th, 2010
One in eight working mothers who have a full-time office job are desperate to quit because it is damaging their family life, research reveals today.