Tag: law

Spain Votes to Criminalise Pro-life Presence at Abortion Clinics

The new law, which criminalises pro-life advocates who are caught within close proximity of abortion clinics, is expected to be immediately challenged in the country’s constitutional court. Legal experts assert its questionable legality and impossible prosecution.

Assange Refused Appeal Against U.S. Extradition

The Wikileaks founder—presently incarcerated in the UK—is wanted by U.S. authorities for having published thousands of classified documents between 2010 and 2011. If convicted, he faces a 175-year prison term.

Swedish Health Agency Nixes Puberty Blockers

According to the Swedish health agency, there is insufficient data to explain why the diagnosis of “gender dysphoria” has increased in recent years and why there are more girls than boys among patients with the diagnosis. 

What Ever Happened to Britain’s Freedom of Speech Bill?

Conservatives, if they still go by that name, should not be bashful about re-asserting the university as a place of free thought and academic inquiry. If the prime minister wants to be taken seriously, he must guarantee that the bill immediately resumes its journey to the Queen’s desk.

Change a Surname, Lose a Legacy

The patronymic is primarily a symbol of continuity and transmission. With this new law, the idea of transmission of a symbolic heritage, that of the name, leaves the realm of designation to become the object of a choice subject to personal convenience.