Religious Freedom
- India: Police help Hindu extremist efforts shut down Christian worship
– Morning Star News - UN investigator describes violence against Nigerian Christians as a ‘pressure cooker of injustice’
– Premier - Priest’s murder latest violent attack against Church personnel in Brazil’s capital
– Crux - A Fork in the Road: What lies ahead for religious minorities in Sri Lanka, India and South Asia?
– Christian Solidarity Worldwide - Emirati authorities officially recognise 17 churches and a Hindu temple
– Herald Malaysia
Marriage & Family
- UK: ‘Seahorse’ transgender man loses challenge to be named father
– BBC - UK: The High Court is right to rule against motherless birth certificates
– Telegraph - Australia: Hundreds of doctors demand inquiry into treatment for transgender kids
– Mail - Belgian’s surrogacy law under pressure after ‘Men Having Babies’ conference
– Brussels Times
Sanctity of Life
- Australia: Abortion will be legal in New South Wales as controversial bill finally passes after a heated 40-hour debate
– Mail - Mexico’s Oaxaca state legalises abortion in historic move for Catholic nation
– Reuters - UK: Manchester abortion clinic protest ban moves closer
– BBC - Abortions by phone call: UK women to be offered video chats with doctors
– Mail - 150 babies in Canada born alive after failed abortions and left to die last year
– LifeNews - Slovakia: Pro-life safeguards to abortion did not get a green light in parliament
– Slovak Spectator
