June 2013, Norway
Medical doctors in Norway must be willing to refer their patients to abortion clinics even if this is against their conscience. Read more ...
June 2013, Ireland
The Irish Cabinet has reached a consensus on the draft of the "Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013". The law prohibits objections on the basis of ones conscience: “no institution, organisation or third party shall refuse to provide a lawful termination of pregnancy to a woman on grounds of conscientious objection”. Apart from this clause, the law that will regulate abortion in Ireland is rather restrictive compared to the legislation concerning abortion of other European countries. Read more ...
May 2013, United Kingdom
Mr Williamson from Portadown in Northern Ireland, faces court proceedings for refusing to print materials of gay magazine. He says the website of MyGayZine contained explicit images, and he wasn’t prepared to print that kind of material whether homosexual or heterosexual. Read more ...
May 2013, Spain
The Asturian regional government has sent a circular to schools asking for all references to Christmas to be removed from the school calendar and replaced with “winter holidays”. Read more ...
May 2013, Germany
On May 22nd the district court sentenced parents of nine to pay a fine of 700 Euros for their violation of the compulsory school attendance for all children in Germany. The public prosecution department demanded six months in prison for the married couple due to their repeated offense.
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