Saturday, January 28, 2012

Hungary defies liberal pressure with conservative family law

Hungarian leaders have passed a law protecting the traditional family, defying ongoing criticism that their new constitution would curtail abortion and homosexuality.

The new law says the family, based upon marriage of a man and a woman whose mission is fulfilled by raising children, is an "autonomous community...established before the emergence of law and the State" and that the State must respect it as a matter of national survival. It says "Embryonic and fetal life shall be entitled to protection and respect from the moment of conception," and the state should encourage "homely circumstances" for...

Read more:

http://www.c-fam.org/fridayfax/volume-15/hungary-defies-critics-with-new-family-law.html

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