Pandemic raises concerns about links between vaccination and abortion

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, people around the world have been hoping for a vaccine. If one or more effective vaccines could be created, mass-produced and quickly rolled out, a huge amount of illness, disability and death would be prevented, burdensome restrictions on gathering and on travel could be lifted, and life would return more or less to normal.

Chesterton and the tragic mystery of suicide

One of the sad surprises that confronted me as an undertaker’s assistant—working with the police at the start of the coronial process—was the frequency of suicide, especially male suicide.

A good death: statement on the provision of high-quality end-of-life care

Death is part of our existence. Dying well is an important part of what it means to flourish as individuals and communities. We maintain that so-called ‘voluntary assisted dying’ (assisted suicide) is not dying well.

South Australian Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020

A new bill has been introduced to the South Australian parliament under the name ‘Termination of Pregnancy Bill, 2020’. The LCA already has a fundamental conflict with the South Australian abortion laws as they stand. However, this new bill seeks to further liberalize the existing laws and so raises even greater concerns about our society’s attitude toward human life.

South Australian Abortion Law Reform Bill 2018

On 5 December 2018, the Greens introduced a radical abortion law reform bill into our South Australian parliament.

Building a Culture of Life: Steps the LCA and its members can take to help reduce the number of abortions in Australia

Most Australians are unaware that 70–80,000 abortions take place in our country each year. Here are 10 suggested ways we can help reduce this number in a meaningful way.

Commemoration of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

On this exact day ten years ago, towards evening, one of the most courageous Christians of the twentieth century died from heart failure on the outskirts of Moscow. His name was Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

The most important decision you ever made

LAUNCH OF LFL WEBSITE 18 October 2017 by Linda Macqueen In 1999 I read an advertisement for the job of editor of ...

‘Just google it’: remarks at the launch of LFL website

We all rely on Google and the internet in general to find our information today. In our time we are not short on information, or knowledge, but we might be short on wisdom.

Life, Death and Hamlet: an interview with Gene Veith

Kimberley Pfeiffer discusses life, death and Hamlet with Dr Gene Veith during his recent tour to Australia. A timely discussion, given the current euthanasia debate in Australia.