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Western Europe
Fewer Dutch women have reason to celebrate Mother's Day
In the Netherlands, the number of mothers is declining, while the average age at which Dutch women become mother is increasing. In Italy too, mothers are becoming rarer and rarer. For more and more women, Mother's Day is a day like any other. And the women that bear a child,…
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European Union
How the LGBT lobby infiltrates European legislation
A member of the an LGBT family organisation writes the report on rainbow families for the EU. Advisors of surrogacy experts produce new LGBT legislation. An EU employee warns about the rainbow lobby in the European Union. LGBT proponents write ánd check the EU legislation on rainbow issues. News website…
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Southern Europe
Spanish court ratifies abortion legislation from 2010
The highest court in Spain has approved the abortion law in the country. After 13 years, the judges found a way to decide on the controversial legislation. Spain changed its abortion law in 2010. That year, women could get an abortion up to 14 weeks of pregnancy, Irish Times writes.…
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European Union
European Parliament ratifies Istanbul Convention despite criticism from conservatives
The European Parliament ratified the European Union joining the Istanbul Convention. Parts of this agreement would thereby extend to conservative member states that have refused to sign the controversial Convention so far. The EU has signed but not yet formally ratified the treaty, thus being not a formal part of…
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Western Europe
French government advisors in favour of self-determined death
The French advisory body pleads for better palliative care and for the liberalisation of self-determined death. It believes that the two are not mutually exclusive. The Economic, Social and Environmental Council (Cese) met on Tuesday to vote on a statement called “End of life: changing the law?” A vote showed…
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European Union
EU Parliament demands stop on Palestinian funds because of schoolbooks
For the fourth time, the European Parliament calls upon the European Commission to stop funding anti-Semitic Palestinian textbooks. On Wednesday, MEPs passed a resolution that calls for the suspense of aid to the Palestinian Authority's educational system until anti-Semitic and violent content is removed from the schoolbooks in line with…
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Northern Europe
Christian school must close its doors after media frenzy
A Christian primary school inspected by the Norwegian government for its conservative teachings is forced to close. According to the chairman, the media played an important role in this. A media frenzy and a lack of teachers were bad enough. But the decline in pupil numbers were the last nail…
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Western Europe
Dutch report: Transgenders are sent for medical treatment too quickly
People who struggle with their gender almost always end up at a gender clinic. There, they are often guided into a medical process, even though not all of them feel the need for this. That should change, researchers point out. In the medical world, gender clinics are almost the only…
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Northern Europe
Church provides girls with menstrual protection
The Church of Sweden will start helping female pupils who cannot afford menstrual products. Vicar Ilona Degermark sees it as a diaconal task. The Church of Sweden in Borensberg has noticed that the economic decline leads to more poverty among students. Some young girls stay home from school during their…
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Central Europe
Germans want more support for the traditional family
More than half of the Germans would like to see the State promoting the traditional family. About 60 per cent of the respondents of a poll by Die Tagespost indicated that more support for traditional families is important. In total, 22 per cent responded negatively to the statement, “The State…
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