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LIFEalerts – Sexual Exploitation
Sexual Exploitation USA – COVID-19 Impact Exposes Millions To The Risk Of Trafficking Although almost 50,000 victims of human trafficking were detected and reported in 2018 by 148 countries, the “hidden nature” of the crime means that the actual number of victims could be “far higher”, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said. … Read more
LIFEalerts – Abortion
Abortion Brazil – New study shows unborn baby react to needle injection causing pain With the advent of high-definition 4-dimensional ultrasound (4D-US), it is possible to record fetal body and facial expressions. In a recent study, unborn babies undergoing an anaesthetic injection into their thigh ahead of intrauterine surgery exhibit changes in facial expression similar … Read more
LIFEalerts – Euthanasia
Euthanasia UK – Human Rights Experts alarmed at growing trend seeking euthanasia for the disabled United Nations Human Rights experts expressed alarm at a growing trend to legalise euthanasia based largely on having a disability or disabling conditions, including in old age. They said that Disability should never be a ground or justification to end … Read more
LIFEalerts – IVF & Surrogacy
IVF & Surrogacy Australia – Class action lawsuit against IVF clinic might be the biggest case yet A class action was just lodged against Monash IVF Pty Ltd, the owner of IVF clinics in Australia. The legal documents were filed in the Supreme Court of Victoria against Monash IVF on behalf of patients who had … Read more
LIFEalerts – Medical Ethics
Medical Ethics USA – New state plan to decide life-saving treatment of overwhelmed hospitals The NC Institute of Medicine, the NC Healthcare Association, and the NC Medical Society developed a hospital triage released a plan to help guide medical providers navigate ethical questions of who would get life-saving treatment when hospitals are overwhelmed by critically ill patients, and running out of … Read more
LIFEalerts – LGBTQ+ Issues
LGBTQ+ Issues UK – Parents force BBC to remove video teaching kids there are 100 gender identities Parental backlash has forced the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) to remove educational content which taught children aged 9 and 12 that more than a 100 gender identities exist. Groups like Transgender Trend and Safe Schools Alliance called the … Read more
LIFEalerts – Substance Abuse
Substance Abuse USA – South Dakota voters said yes to legalizing marijuana. But a judge ruled it’s unconstitutional. In November last year, 54% of South Dakota voters took to the polls in favour of legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Judge Christina Klinger however, ruled against it and rejected the change arguing that violates the state … Read more
LIFEalerts – Pornography
Pornography Canada – To make tech giants pay for news Canada’s government wants to follow Australia’s example of introducing a bill that address how social media companies should compensate Canadian news publishers. According to reports, Canada will be looking at creating a new federal regulator to oversee how Google and Big Tech companies deal with … Read more
Presentation on Vaccines by Dr Albu van Eeden: unpacking the Science and Answering the Trending Questions.
On January 26, 2021, Doctors For Life gave a presentation on the topic of vaccines. The presentation was hosted by the National Alliance for Life (NAL) which is a pro-life group that networks with all pro-life organisations of different kinds. The issue of vaccines are of particular interest to pro-lifers since the big question is: … Read more