Posts tagged with ‘life’

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SCOTUS Nominee a Strong Defender of Life and Liberty

by MFI News

Like many of you, I was eager to see if President Trump would make good on his pledge to nominate a conservative Supreme Court Justice to replace the late Antonin Scalia.  I was therefore very happy to hear the president announce last night that he is nominating Judge Neil Gorsuch.  Several weeks ago, I had […]

MA appeals court rules judge was wrong to order abortion, sterilization

by mafamily

The Massachusetts Appeals Court on Tuesday reversed a probate judge’s decision to order a schizophrenic woman to undergo an abortion and to then be sterilized, saying the woman had consistently expressed her opposition to the practice as a Roman Catholic. According to the Boston Globe, in October, the state Department of Mental Heath filed a […]

Testimony in Support of HB611

by mafamily

TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF HB611 AN ACT RELATIVE TO REPROGRAMMED HUMAN SKIN CELLS FOR EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH Joint Committee on Public health May 10, 2010 Massachusetts Family Institute (MFI) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to strengthening the family and the traditional Judeo-Christian values upon which the family is based. We support HB […]

Woman wins “wrongful life” lawsuit against medical staff

by mafamily

Last week, a superior court judge approved a $7 million settlement in a lawsuit brought by a Shrewsbury woman against four medical professionals at a Worcester hospital, whom she accused of failing to offer or explain tests that could have prompted her to have an abortion rather than carry her now-disabled child to term, reports […]