The Former Democracy?
The Former Democracy? Religious freedom and freedom of speech took a savage blow today, as ‘Safe Access zones’ of 150 m from abortion facilities were finally enacted in our state of Victoria. Having learned nothing from the Holocaust, from the tragedy of slavery, or from any dictatorship that disavowed the rights of one specific class of people, our Marxist government has decided not to protect pre-born babies, but instead...
Interview with Rachel Carling-Jenkins
Interview with Rachel Carling-Jenkins Dr. Rachel Carling-Jenkins, MP, is the Western Metropolitan member responsible for introducing the Infant Viability bill into the Victorian parliament late last year. The pro-life movement is very excited about this bill, which is the first real attempt to roll back Victoria’s extremely liberal abortion laws. (You can read a post by Melbourne Helpers member, Richard Grant, here.) Rachel...
Why We Need the Infant Viability Bill
Richard Grant, of the Helpers of God’s Precious Infants, writes about Dr. Rachel Carling-Jenkins’ new Infant Viability Bill. Why We Need the Infant Viability Bill The main purpose of this post is to seek your support for a critically important Private Member’s Bill soon to be debated in State Parliament which aims to wind back Victoria’s current draconian abortion laws in order to help save the lives of later term unborn...
Answering Eureka Street
Answering Eureka Street Catholic (and other) pro-lifers were disappointed to read a recent post supporting buffer-zones and the ‘right to choice’ in general, in the Jesuit online magazine, Eureka Street. Fatima Measham wrote this article about the introduction of 150 metre buffer-zones outside Victoria’s abortion facilities, and while she believes life begins at conception, she simultaneously holds that women have...
Obscene and Not Heard
Obscene and Not Heard Michelle Fraser’s Trial: *warning - this post contains graphic images of abortion victims* My friend, Michelle Fraser, recently appeared in court to appeal the charge made against her of holding two graphic images outside the East Melbourne abortion facility over two years ago. Regardless of what you may think about the use of graphic images in this location, or any other, this is an important...
Buffer-Zone Arrests
Buffer-Zone Arrests Three people were arrested in Hobart, Tasmania, for protesting the state’s abortion-provider exclusion-zone laws. Two were later released, but my friend, Graham was strip-searched and held in custody for four hours! You can read Graham’s report below. And please sign the Change.Org petition which has been organised by a group of prolife people in the ACT, where similar laws are being suggested....