Tag: pro-choice

MPs who called her ’emotional’ were using ‘intimidation tactics’ says ACDP’s Dudley

MPs who accused her of being “emotional” while presenting her private member’s bill on abortion to parliament’s portfolio committee on health on Tuesday, were using intimidation tactics, says ACDP MP Cheryllyn Dudley. “The intimidation tactics used by members of the Health Committee, especially ANC and EFF members, aimed to distract […]

Why should pro-life Christians support the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill — Cheryllyn Dudley

ACDP MP Cheryllyn Dudley explains what she has learned from previous unsuccessful attempts to protect the unborn through parliament — and from her historic successful introduction of a private member’s bill on labour legislation last year. She makes a case for a ‘compromise’ approach which has informed her latest bid […]

Saving the next generation — Israeli pregnancy counselling leader in SA

  Visiting Cape Town this month has been inspiring and compassionate speaker Sandy Shoshanni, Director of Be’ad Chaim, (Pro-life) and mother of seven, from Jerusalem. Be’ad Chaim is an organisation that counsels pregnant women considering abortion, and gives aftercare whatever the outcome. It intends soon to start counselling for men […]

The moral status of the human embryo — when is a person?

By Peter Saunders — Originally published in Christian Medical Comment — via Contact Online Weblog The moral status of the embryo is one of the key pressure-points in ethical debates about post-coital contraception, therapeutic cloning, pre-implantation diagnosis, artificial reproduction, embryo research and cloning. The issue, which has profound implications for medical […]

Number of ‘pro-choice’ Americans hits record low: Gallup poll

Originally published in LifesiteNews A new Gallup poll shows a record-low number of Americans describe themselves as “pro-choice,” while half call themselves “pro-life.” The poll, conducted from May 3-6, found only 41 percent of Americans would embrace the “pro-choice” monicker, the lowest level since the company began asking the question […]