By the time you read this, I will be just waking up – still a little groggy and sore, but euphoric. Because for the first time in my life, today I know for certain that I will never have children.
That might seem like a strange thing to be excited about. For many people, it would be devastating news. But for me, it’s everything I’ve been fighting for over the last four years.
I’ve been patronised, ignored, harassed, judged and demonised, but I’ve never wavered in my determination to be sterilised.
In the News
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May 14th, 2016
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May 14th, 2016
The leader of the Christian Church in Samoa has called for the country to bring in a blanket ban on Islam.
Reverend Ma'auga Motu, secretary general of the Samoa Council of Churches, said the council was pressing the government to prohibit the religion on the Pacific island.
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi last week called for a review of religious freedom provisions in the Samoan Constitution.
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May 14th, 2016
Don’t become a midwife if you just want to save and help unborn lives, and bring new life into the world.
According to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), which is meant to represent all midwives, the role and duty of midwives must now also include assisting in ending the lives of unborn babies. And, it makes clear, if you refuse you have little right of appeal.
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May 14th, 2016
It is time to decommission the BBC and in particular its main weapon of mass destruction the Today programme. Every morning taxpayer’s money is used to promote an ultra leftist agenda, from Europe and immigration to the latest fad ‘transgenderism’.
On Friday, on the prime 8.10 am slot transgenderism was given pride of place and at least 15 minutes of air time. With gay marriage in the bag, abolishing gender is now front and centre of the Left's assault on reality and objective truth.
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May 14th, 2016
A Dutch woman with a phobia of germs is among scores of people who have been offered euthanasia for mental health problems in the Netherlands.
Last year, 56 people classed as being mentally ill opted to terminate their lives, while the End of Life Clinic in Amsterdam currently has more than 1,234 applications for euthanasia by patients suffering from mental health conditions including psychological trauma and dementia.
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May 14th, 2016
People who want to change gender in Norway may no longer be required to undergo any surgery or physical transformation if a ground-breaking healthcare bill gets the go-ahead.
Since the 1970s, gaining official gender reassignment in Norway has involved psychiatric exams, hormone treatment and surgery resulting in irreversible sterilisations.
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May 14th, 2016
Sometimes you can see a whole society's self-delusion in under a minute. Consider a single minute that occurred in Britain this week.
On Monday night, Greater Manchester Police staged a pre-prepared mock terrorist attack in a Manchester shopping centre in order to test emergency responses capabilities, readiness and response times. At one stage, an actor playing a suicide bomber burst through a doorway in a crowded part of the shopping centre and detonated a fake device.
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May 13th, 2016
Scientists are now contemplating the fabrication of a human genome, meaning they would use chemicals to manufacture all the DNA contained in human chromosomes.
The prospect is spurring both intrigue and concern in the life sciences community because it might be possible, such as through cloning, to use a synthetic genome to create human beings without biological parents.
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May 13th, 2016
The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer announced on Friday that it had imposed sweeping controls on the distribution of its products to ensure that none are used in lethal injections, a step that closes off the last remaining open-market source of drugs used in executions.
More than 20 American and European drug companies have already adopted such restrictions, citing either moral or business reasons. Nonetheless, the decision from one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical manufacturers is seen as a milestone.
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May 12th, 2016
Copenhagen bar owners are begging for government protection against Muslim activists trying to impose a strict “Sharia zone.”
The businesses claim they’ve been harassed and their shops vandalized by organized groups of teens and young men who are opposed to booze, gambling and other acts that are considered offensive to Sharia, or Islamic law.