Picture of still born baby wins acclaimed prize (30/04/10).
In
Australia’s largest photographic portrait prize competition the judges have awarded one of the top prizes to a picture of a still born child.
Celebrity is a common theme for photographic portrait prizes but the Head on Competition is all about every day people and moments and not just the standard head and shoulders shot.
Moshe Rosenzveig the festival director commented by saying “Photographer’s roles are to produce pictures that have an impact on people and not just to produce beautiful pictures”.
From over 2,000 entries three winners were selected. Although all the pictures were quite captivating, the picture by Gil Meydan of a father looking down on his still born child is likely to have the biggest impact. As a medical photographer at the Royal women’s hospital in
Melbourne, Maiden has captured a moment between his the father and his still born child.
In February 2010, our Australian Federal Parliament courageously albeit unknowingly made a very pro-life decision. Federal Parliamentarians unanimously agreed to prevent the death penalty from ever being reintroduced in the Commonwealth or in any Australian state or territory.
The Crimes Legislation Amendment (Torture Prohibition and Death Penalty Abolition) Bill 2009 ensures that the barbaric act of capital punishment will never be practised ever again anywhere in Australia. One would be forgiven that the death penalty did not exist in Australia because of its long absence. However, until this Bill, there was nothing to stop any Australian Federal, State or Territory Parliament from reintroducing the death penalty.
Today, I believe we find ourselves at a critical point in our fight for the unborn, the vulnerable, and the aged. In recent times it is evident that there is no limit to the extent some scientists and people are prepared to go.
As recently as 20 years ago we were single-mindedly focussed on the evil practice of abortion but now we are confronted with abortions to full term, as has recently happened with the new laws in
Victoria, gender selection,destruction of babies in the womb who are not considered ‘perfect’, designer babies eg the want for particular hair or eye colour, euthanasia, not just of the aged or ill, but also for all age groups and even those who have lost hope, the destruction of human life during IVF and embryonic stem cell research, the funding of abortion practices in developing nations, and finally the actively anti life agenda followed by Barack Obama and his administration who have declared WAR on the youngest members of our human family.
I am very privileged to have been elected President of NSW Right to Life for the forthcoming year supported by long time campaigners on the executive team as well as a strong and vibrant council. First of all it would be remiss of me not to thank
Dr Simon McCaffrey for his significant contribution to NSW Right to Life through his hard work and untiring support as President. Thank you Simon.
Reflecting on 2008, we pro-lifers can easily feel that we are not progressing as much as we had hoped. Two major issues of significance that come to mind are the legalising of abortion in Victoria (with all its ramifications such as doctors, by law, having to perform or refer for abortions) and, in the USA, the surpassing of 50 million abortions since the Roe v Wade case in 1972.
Part of our responsibilities as Australians is to ensure that we elect people we believe and trust to represent our views and interests. Part of our democratic process is to ensure we support those who reflect our values and can advocate on our behalf, for the greater good of our community.
As such, NSW will have a federal by-election in Lyne following the resignation of former Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile.
An incredible 250,000 young people packed Sydney for a week. Many times bigger than the 2000 Sydney Olympics, World Youth Day 2008 proved to be joyous and uplifting.
NSW Right to Life was one of a number of pro-life and pro-family organisations at the Love & Life site at the University of Notre Dame, Broadway. Working with the organisers, New York's Sisters of Life, the young Knights of Columbus and the international JPII Institutes, our volunteers and staff were excited to mingle with enthusiastic Australian and overseas young people.
Euthanasia: Has Australia learned from Terri Schiavo?
Like rock stars at a book signing, Bobby Schindler and Suzanne Schindler-Vitadamo shared their hearts and family experiences of their late sister, Terri Schiavo on Tuesday, 24 June 2008, at the North Sydney Leagues Club.
The evening was packed with supporters with a mission to thwart euthanasia from becoming a reality in Australia. With the recent manslaughter and accessory to manslaughter verdicts of Shirley Justins, 59, and Caren Jenning, 75, the euthanasia case of Alzheimer's sufferer Graeme Wylie, 71, brought into full focus why any euthanasia legislation would not work in Australia, and could never be the solution for those vulnerable and the weak.
Thanks to our pro-life colleagues Endeavour Forum (VIC) and ACT Right to Life, NSW Right to Life members and supporters had the opportunity to meet Canada’s Silent No More founder and president, Denise Mountenay.
Denise herself has had three abortions and has come to terms of the harsh effects abortion had left her.
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In February 2010, our Australian Federal Parliament courageously albeit unknowingly made a very pro-life decision. Federal Parliamentarians unanimously agreed to prevent the death penalty from ever being reintroduced in the Commonwealth or in any Australian state or territory.
Today, I believe we find ourselves at a critical point in our fight for the unborn, the vulnerable, and the aged. In recent times it is evident that there is no limit to the extent some scientists and people are prepared to go..JPG)
I am very privileged to have been elected President of NSW Right to Life for the forthcoming year supported by long time campaigners on the executive team as well as a strong and vibrant council. First of all it would be remiss of me not to thank
Part of our responsibilities as Australians is to ensure that we elect people we believe and trust to represent our views and interests. Part of our democratic process is to ensure we support those who reflect our values and can advocate on our behalf, for the greater good of our community.
An incredible 250,000 young people packed Sydney for a week. Many times bigger than the 2000 Sydney Olympics, World Youth Day 2008 proved to be joyous and uplifting.
Like rock stars at a book signing, Bobby Schindler and Suzanne Schindler-Vitadamo shared their hearts and family experiences of their late sister, Terri Schiavo on Tuesday, 24 June 2008, at the North Sydney Leagues Club.
Thanks to our pro-life colleagues Endeavour Forum (VIC) and ACT Right to Life, NSW Right to Life members and supporters had the opportunity to meet Canada’s Silent No More founder and president, Denise Mountenay.
