Human dignity
Every person has an inherent and immeasurable worth and dignity. Each human life is sacred, from its start to its end.
“How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two points?”
Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium
What European Perspectives for Surrogacy?
On 22 October 2014, in Strasbourg, the EPP Working Group on bioethics and human dignity sponsored a meeting on surrogacy. The meeting, chaired by the Slovak MEP Miroslav Mikolášik, focused on the case of France, thanks to the
Press release | The human: the most notable absentee of the 2015 European Commission Work Programme
Brussels, 17 December 2014 Yesterday 16 December the European Commission presented its 2015 Work Programme to the European Parliament. With this document, the College sets out its plans for the 12 months ahead, making new proposals and proposing to withdraw
The EU and Abortion: a twofold need for subsidiarity
Brussels, 16 January 2014 Following a statement on the behalf of the European Commission on “Non-discrimination in the framework of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)”, a debate took place at the plenary session of the European Parliament this morning.
At the end it is preferable to live a better than a longer life – the European Family Associations’ comments on palliative medicine
Berlin, 22.01.2009: The Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe (FAFCE) welcomes the resolution application "Palliative Care", which the Council of Europe will discuss on January 28th, 2009 in Strasbourg. By stressing the quality of life palliative medicine
