The latest newsletter deals with pregnancy help organisations, which are under threat from Marie Stopes . Marie stopes singles out religion as a reproductive coercive agent. Faith based hospitals are accused of reproductive coercion in
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Bioethics Newsletter May 2018
Behold I am with you always, yes, to the end of time. Matthew 28:20 The latest newsletter deals with infertility, fertility knowledge, and IVF. It is estimated that one in six Australian couples experience infertility,
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Interview with Maitland woman attends UN Commission focusing on rural women
Madeline Banister represented the Catholic Women’s League of Australia at the 62nd United Nations Commission for the Status of Women. She shared her experiences with Aurora in a interview, which can be found here. If
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Bioethics Newsletter March 2018
The March newsletter touches on Childhood gender dysphoria. Childhood gender dysphoria is described as the distress associated with persistent, insistent and resistant identification by a child with the gender of the opposite sex. Gender dysphoria involves a conflict between a person’s physical gender and the gender with which they identify. Since the western cultural affirmation of gender transition, there has been a 2000% increase in the number of children claiming distress over their gender referred to the UK Gender Identity Service. To view the newsletter please click below: Bioethics Newsletter March 2018
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Installation Mass And Handover Report
From the left; Past Presidents Georgie Bruce-Smith (WA), Margaret (Peg) Mcentee OAM (NSW), Karyn Kammann (WA), Anne-Marie Clark (SA), and National President Valma Ivory (WA).) On Sunday 4 February, the Installation Mass for Catholic Women’s
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The New National Executive For 2018-2019
Back row: Treasurer Fran Mulcahy, Vice President Adele Parsons, Treasurer Maria Parkinson, Vice President Karyn Kammann. Front row:President Valma Ivory and National Chaplain Fr Jess Navarra.
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Bioethics Newsletter January 2018
Together with modern human cruelties, persecutions, abortion and genocide, the Holy Innocents remind us of the treasure of each created human life. We recognize the gift of life and, like Balaam’s donkey, will not be beaten anddriven down a godless path where life is cheap and disposable, where others‘ lives will be judged worthless by the more vocal and powerful in our own ambit. There were 10,421 abortions in Queensland in 2017, with 140 occurring at 20 weeks gestation. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians andGynaecologists issued a statement to the Queensland Government in relation to proposed legalisation of abortion. To view the newsletter please click below: CWLA Inc National Bioethics Newsletter January 2018[1] copy
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47th National Biennial Conference
Written by Carolyn Metcalfe The 47th National Biennial Conference of Catholic Women’s League Australia Inc, was held at the Novotel Sydney Parramatta Hotel from the 22nd to the 24th September 2015. 230 delegates attended
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Brief History of WUCWO
“Feminine holiness is indispensable in the life of the Church…” Blessed John Paul II, Message to the WUCWO General Assembly, Rome, 2001 The International Union of Catholic Women’s League (IUCWL), renamed the World Union of