By Jonathon Van Maren In one fell swoop, the state parliament of the Australian province of Queensland has both legalized abortion up until the point of viability as well as destroyed conscience rights for dissenting medical professionals. From The Guardian: Abortion will become legal in Queensland, after the state’s parliament voted to support new legislation and…
By Jonathon Van Maren Kathleen Clubb is the mother of thirteen children, one of Australia’s most prominent pro-life activists—and she homeschools, to boot. Last year, The Australian recently reported, Clubb became “the first person to be convicted under abortion protest laws in Victoria, which will play in what may become one of the most important…
By Jonathon Van Maren I’m often asked how I manage to stay in good spirits when one of my primary jobs working fulltime as a pro-life activist is to research and write about the crumbling culture all around us, and that’s a pretty good question. Frustration, disbelief, and even anger are pretty regular sentiments when…
By Jonathon Van Maren Wonderful news this week out of Australia: The Senate has rejected the legalization of assisted suicide by the razor-thin margin of only two votes. From the Sydney Morning Herald: A private member’s bill that would have cleared the way for assisted suicide to be legalised across Australia has been defeated. The…
By Jonathon Van Maren Australia is the latest nation to discover that the activists who spent years pushing for gay marriage while insisting that it would have no impact on anyone were lying. Australian LGBT activists, just like those in other Western nations, had absolutely no intention of winning the right to marry and then…