The denomination held its first general conference. “This is a new chapter marked by a commitment to faithfulness, integrity, and unity”.

When decriminalising abortion in 1975, the famous feminist Simone Veil called on the next generations to “preserve the supreme value of life”, recalls the CNEF.

President Macron, who urged to make the changes “as soon as possible”, seeks to present France as a champion of women rights worldwide.

A final text is expected for March. An evangelical bioethics group laments the lack of effective efforts to prevent unwanted pregnancies.

In the traditional ceremony, evangelicals pastors called for unity, reconciliation and justice. Freedom of worship should be enshrined in the Constitution, they said.

Meanwhile, Christian families take the street to demand the withdrawal of free textbooks that “make statements on sexual issues totally inappropriate for minors”.

The Spanish Constitutional Court recognises the “woman's right to self-determination” regarding abortion. Evangelicals “regret and denounce the lack of protection of human life”.

The new text of the draft law changes the term “right” for “freedom to terminate the pregnancy”. To be finally adopted, the law must be voted in a referendum.

The upper house rejects the text for a third time: "It will not strengthen the effectiveness of the right to abortion". 

The Portuguese Evangelical Alliance laments that there was neither a broad “philosophical, social and religious” conversation nor enough guarantees of “palliative and social care”. The parliament passed a third version of the text in December.

“The right to kill cannot become a supra-legislative rule, a constitutional right”, said organisers of the march for life.

The initiative of the Senate also seeks to explicitly ban discrimination on the grounds of disability. LGBTQI groups say same-sex marriage and adoption laws need to be shielded.

“This battle is not over. It is just beginning”, pro-abortion parliamentarians say. Two new resolutions will be brought to vote in November.

There were 107 legal abortions in 2021, 90% less than the previous year. “The biggest problem now is illegal abortions using pills”, pro-life groups warn.

Albania is expected to start accession talks concerning full EU membershis immediately, while North Macedonia will first need to make changes in the constitution.

Religious organisations denounced some points “attack” the freedoms of worship and association, but the Council ruled the law is “in conformity with the Constitution”.

Evangelicals denounce that the Constitution “will divide rather than unite the people of Chile, weaken democracy” and that the government did reject their proposals.

The kind of “evangelization” the Pope is advocating for in Praedicate Evangelium is something utterly distant from the biblical meaning of the word.

The ruling of the Constitutional Court came during an extraordinary session marked by a pro-life rally under the motto “the silence of the innocents”.

The Senate of Brazil voted to make the evangelical pastor and former Justice Minister André Mendonça the newest member of the Supreme Court.

Evangelical politicians say changing the preamble of the Constitution would “signal that we want a society without God” that gets rid of the “values” that came with Christianity.

A ruling of the Constitutional Court says the 1993 law was unconstitutional. Protests show the social divide in the traditionally Catholic country.

LGBT groups speak of a “dark” moment for human rights, but evangelicals see it as a “protection” for families and children.

A call to global prayer. An article by Jacob Daniel.

The demonstration was organised by Panamanian evangelical leaders, now that the debate on same-sex marriage has returned to the Centre American country.