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62% vote in favor of easing Gibraltar’s draconian abortion laws
25 Jun, 2021 13:29
A general view shows the Spanish city of La Linea de la Concepcion and the tarmac of the Gibraltar International Airport while tourists stand on the top of the Rock next to the European Union flag, in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, September 14, 2016. © REUTERS/Jon Nazca
Gibraltar has voted 62% in favor of changes that will allow women to terminate a pregnancy before 12 weeks if the fetus has fatal physical defects, or if the mother experiences severe mental or physical health implications.
The verdict was announced in the early hours of Friday morning after residents of the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar cast their votes on Thursday to approve changes to the law that would relax current abortion rules.
The change to the current laws in Gibraltar will grant women access to abortions legally during the first trimester (up to 12 weeks). The approved changes mean that abortion will be allowed in situations where either the mother’s or fetus’ physical health are at risk, or if continuing the pregnancy would inflict severe mental distress on the woman – in cases of incest or rape.
These are fairly reasonable restrictions for a godless society. However, sin is progressive, and it won't be long before abortion becomes just another form of birth control as in most western countries. Another step on the road to Sodom.
Following the release of the verdict, crowds burst into cheers and celebrations. The political group Gibraltar for Yes celebrated the result and chanted “No more shame,” as the vote marked a step forward in de-stigmatizing abortions for women.
The referendum had a turnout of 52.2%, with 62% voting to change the law and 36% against.
Prior to the changing of the law, abortion in Gibraltar was punishable by life imprisonment. However, no woman has been sentenced to prison for having an abortion in recent times.
Gibraltar’s referendum has coincided with the EU Parliament’s passing of a resolution on Thursday that demands all 27 EU member countries grant women access to safe abortions.
(Gibraltar is no longer part of the EU as it exited with Brexit. See European Parliament.... below).
Landmark court ruling overturns ‘oppressively unfair’ anti-LGBT
Hong Kong housing policy
25 Jun, 2021 10:17
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong takes part in the annual pride parade in Hong Kong, China
November 25, 2017. © REUTERS/Bobby Yip
Hong Kong’s High Court ruled on Friday that housing policies “constitute unlawful discrimination” by not acknowledging same-sex partners as a tenant’s family member, marking a landmark victory for LGBT rights in the region.
In its judgement, the High Court stated that current housing policies violate the region’s Basic Law constitution and Bill of Rights by denying joint occupancy and ownership rights to same-sex couples.
The ruling claimed that the subsidized housing policy is “oppressively unfair” and “constituted unlawful discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation,” ordering the authority to rectify the system.
The case had been brought by same-sex couple Henry Li and his now-deceased partner Edgar Ng against the regional government, marking their second victory for LGBT rights in Hong Kong. The duo had purchased a government-subsidized flat in 2018 but were prevented from filing for joint ownership under the housing policy, as the system only recognized nine categories of relationships, including heterosexual couples, such as a husband and wife.
Celebrating the ruling, Li called it a “bittersweet” moment, urging authorities to “timely, proactive actions to protect fundamental rights,” so other couples do not have to suffer the legal or emotional challenges of discriminatory policies.
Previously, Li and Ng secured a win in a 2020 court ruling that declared same-sex couples have equal rights to inheritance as their heterosexual counterparts. While Hong Kong does not recognize same-sex couples, the court system allows LGBT individuals to challenge existing policies that they believe discriminate against them.
In response to the Friday ruling, the Hong Kong housing authority said it will “take appropriate action after studying the judgement in detail and seeking legal advice.”
European Parliament Votes in Favor of Abortion-On-Demand
as a Human Right
By Stefano Gennarini, J.D.
| June 24, 2021
BRUSSELS, June 25 (C-Fam) The European Parliament adopted a resolution that labels abortion a “human right” and attacks the conscience rights of doctors who refuse to perform abortions.
The resolution “on the situation of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the EU”, adopted earlier today, calls on EU member states to decriminalize all abortions and to allow abortion-on-demand in order to bring their laws “into line with international human rights standards.” A similar resolution was narrowly defeated in 2013.
Did I mention, sin is progressive? Abortion-on-demand is a completely different animal than Gibraltar's narrow restrictions. Abortion-on-demand makes abortion just another form of birth control. It is a sign of a godless society where life is not recognized as originating in God, and therefore is a rebuke to God. This, of course, will lead to His eventual judgment, like the judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Abortion advocates were militant in their speeches during a heated debate and resorted to violent and fearful rhetoric.
“We feminists know that we have to fight for the right to rule of over our body and our sexuality,” said MEP Malin Björk, of the Left group. She called anyone who opposed the resolution “misogynistic.”
I wonder if Eve had the same thoughts before eating of the forbidden fruit?
“There is no gender equality without the right to universal and safe abortion. There is no rule of law without respecting full sexual and reproductive health and rights. There are no human rights without the right to abortion. And without these rights, the union does not exist,” said Polish Member of the European Parliament Sylwia Iwona Spurek.
There are no rights without the right to life!
The resolution, prepared by Croatian socialist Predrag Fred Matić, doesn’t just promote abortion. It attacks the conscience rights of doctors who refuse to perform abortions and calls on EU members to remove “all limitations” on abortion during the COVID-19 emergency.
The vice-president of the Parliament, Finnish MEP Heidi Hautala, explained the reason for this in the debate. “If [sexual and reproductive health and rights] are not guaranteed for all, they can take them away from any of us.”
Some abortion supporters openly voiced their opposition to the Catholic Church.
“It is high time to end the church’s influence on healthcare. Women across Europe must have separation of church and state on these issues,” said Irish politician Frances Fitzgerald of the European People’s Party, also known as Christian Democrats.
The Conference of European Bishops and the Polish Bishops’ Conference both issued statements against the resolution that were republished in articles on the official Vatican News agency.
The resolution also endorses “comprehensive sexuality education”
and promotes the most extreme elements of the LGBT agenda.
It calls for bans on any kind of therapy to help individuals with same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria to cope with or overcome their condition, and it calls on the World Health Organization to change its definition of infertility to ensure it applies to same-sex couples and men and women who identify as transgender.
“In certain circumstances transgender men and non-binary persons may also undergo pregnancy,” the resolution states, adding that they should be provided government funded maternal health care.
Most of the opponents of the resolution insisted that abortion, and health policy more broadly, should not be subject to EU interference, since the EU treaty leaves these issues up to individual member states to decide.
Several pro-life MEPs also made passionate calls for protections for mothers and children in the womb from abortion.
“This resolution does not protect women. It degrades women’s dignity. It swindles and subjugates women to a false liberty that does not allow women to respect their own body and the miracle of life that women carry within,” said member of the parliament, or MEP, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, on behalf of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group of parliamentarians.
Italian MEP Silvia Baldassare of the Lega party, a doctor turned politician, called the resolution “absurd” and a “new low” for the parliament. She complained that the resolution speaks of government funding for abortion but does not address maternal health, family policy, or other measures to help women avoid abortion.
“What does the EU do to protect women from abortion?” she asked.
Despite the spirited opposition to the resolution, it passed comfortably with 378 votes in favor and 255 against. While the resolution is not binding, its recommendations can be incorporated into the policies of the powerful European Commission.
During the debate EU Commissioner Helena Dalli acknowledged that health policy was an exclusive competence of EU member states, but she insisted that EU member states “must respect the fundamental rights that bind them under international law.”
Dalli said “all commission services will closely examine them (the recommendations in the resolution) to see where we can include them in our policies.”
This is a disaster for the EU. The LGBTQ lobby has hijacked the EU Parliament and all but removed any thought of God from its laws. The EU will suffer greatly because of this.
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