Jordan Baker
December 3, 2024
High-profile conservative Catholic lawyers have warned the Australian Catholic University it faces losing its religious designation if it fails to defend the faith as church leaders split with university bosses in the fallout from an anti-abortion speech on campus.
The warning follows a furious, six-page letter to ACU from Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher, who raised concerns about the ambivalence of the university’s commitment to its Catholic identity.
1st December 2024
By Godfrey George
Abortion remains a contentious issue in Nigeria, shaped by the nation’s intricate blend of cultural, religious, and legal frameworks. Broadly prohibited, the practice is only allowed under specific circumstances, as reported by Sunday PUNCH.
This delicate balance between prohibition and exception illustrates the ongoing tension between Nigeria’s colonial legal inheritance and contemporary demands for reproductive health rights. Recently, the Chief Medical Director of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Professor Adetokunbo Fabamwo, called for a review of Nigeria’s abortion laws.
Continued: https://punchng.com/special-cases-where-abortion-is-legal-under-nigerian-law/
Founded by members of shadowy Catholic organisation Opus Dei, the AFI has become one of Guatemala’s most influential groups
26 November 2024
OpenDemocracy
In the first half of this year, seven girls aged between 10 and 14 gave birth in Guatemala every single day.
Guatemalan law states that these 1,298 girls are the victims of sexual violence. Medical professionals say their pregnancies pose a high risk to their physical and mental health. But the Asociación la Familia Importa (AFI), Guatemala’s most influential anti-abortion organisation, has focused on preventing such girls from having abortions at any cost – and it is succeeding.
Continued: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/afi-guatemala-opus-dei-anti-abortion-restrict-rights-latin-america/
Abortion rights groups are pivoting away from ballot initiatives and starting to go on defense.
Shefali Luthra
November 21, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory has energized anti-abortion groups, even as abortion rights organizers notched victories on Election Day. Now, reproductive rights groups are preparing for legal and legislative battles in a new, less friendly environment.
They are planning to embrace a multipronged approach: challenging anti-abortion policies in court, organizing political protests, and lobbying state and national lawmakers to oppose proposed bans.
Continued: https://19thnews.org/2024/11/abortion-rights-second-trump-administration/
By Joshua McElwee
November 5, 2024
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Tuesday paid a home visit to Emma Bonino, a veteran politician who successfully campaigned in the 1970s to legalise abortion in Italy, bringing her a bouquet of roses and chocolates. A photo posted by Bonino on social media showed them both sitting in wheelchairs on her sun-drenched terrace in Rome.
Bonino, 76, was released from hospital last month after suffering from respiratory and heart problems. Last year, she said she had recovered from an eight-year battle with lung cancer.
By Betiana Fernández Martino, CNN en Español
October 29, 2024
Montecarlo is a small city in the province of Misiones, Argentina, with just under 20,000 inhabitants. Those who walk through its neighborhoods can find cobblestone streets, but most of the roads are made of dirt. Anyone who wants to travel from this town to Posadas, the provincial capital, has to drive for about three hours.
María (who asked not to be identified by her real name to avoid being recognized in her city) says that in Montecarlo, all the neighbors know each other. She has four children: the oldest is 13 years old, and the youngest is just over a year old.
Continued: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/29/americas/argentina-abortion-access-javier-milei-intl-latam/index.html
Exclusive: Conservative forces pose ‘genuine threats to the protections women have fought for and won’, Victoria’s premier says
Benita Kolovos, Victorian state correspondent
Thu 24 Oct 2024
Jacinta Allan is warning that the battle for abortion rights must continue as conservative forces pose “real and genuine threats to the protections women have fought for and won” amid “frightening” debate in South Australia and Queensland.
Victoria’s Labor premier made her strongest comments to date on abortion in an interview with Guardian Australia, just days before Queenslanders go to the polls in an election that has become dominated by the issue.
Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/25/jacinta-allan-queensland-election-abortion-policies
While the pope’s position on abortion is not surprising and he has used the same exact words before, his remarks come at a sensitive time for Belgium.
October 3, 2024
By Ketrin Jochecová
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo summoned the Vatican’s ambassador to Belgium, Franco Coppola, on Thursday after “unacceptable” comments by Pope Frances on abortion.
Earlier that day, the Free University of Brussels (VUB) had urged the Belgian government to call the Vatican to account over statements by the pope comparing doctors who perform abortions to hitmen.
Quilt featuring stories of Catholic women who have had terminations unfurled outside event hosted by the Pope
Angela Giuffrida in Rome
Thu 3 Oct 2024
A vibrantly coloured, 15-metre-long quilt woven with stories of Catholic women who have had abortions has been unrolled outside the Vatican in protest against the topic being left off the agenda of a major summit hosted by Pope Francis.
Thursday’s demonstration by Catholics for Choice, a US-based abortion rights group, comes days after the pontiff emphasised his traditional views of women while reiterating that abortion was “murder” and that doctors who terminate pregnancies were “hitmen”.
It was the second time in as many weeks that Francis has been asked about his views on abortion, which remains a hotly-contested issue for the Catholic Church
By Euronews with AP
Published on 30/09/2024
Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday by doubling down on his traditional views on abortion, calling the abortion law “homicidal”.
“Doctors who do this are — allow me the word — hitmen. They are hitmen," Francis said. “And on this you cannot argue. You are killing a human life.”
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