Monthly Archives: December 2012

Assisted suicide defeated in Massachusetts

Massachusetts voters rejected assisted suicide in a ballot measure during the Nov. 6 American elections. It was defeated by a slim margin of 51 to 49 per cent. Earlier in the campaign, a September poll sponsored by the Boston Globe and conducted by the University of New Hampshire showed that 68 per cent of voters were in favour of legalization and only [...]

Paul Tuns2012-12-04T09:23:59-05:00December 4, 2012|Assisted Suicide|

EFC releases abortion funding paper

According to a legal analysis released by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, provinces are free to fund, or not fund, abortion as they see fit. The report, “Provincial Decisions: Abortion Funding in Canada,” takes note of the law, regulations, and recent legal and political history of health care funding in general and abortion funding specifically. The EFC argues that a “provincial government [...]

Paul Tuns2012-12-04T09:14:49-05:00December 4, 2012|Defund Abortion|

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