LIBERTE, EGALITE, FRATERNITE; THE NATIONAL MOTTO OF FRANCE RINGS OUT - 'LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY.' [1]
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen - Declaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen - was passed by France's National Constituent Assembly in August 1789.[2]
Enshrined within the Declaration
is Article 11;
'The free communication of ideas
and opinions is one of the most
precious rights of man.' [3]
Pro-life websites banned
Lawmakers in France have voted to ban supposedly 'misleading' pro-life web sites; Alleged News.
The French National Assembly passed a bill to outlaw websites supposedly spreading misinformation about abortion; Alleged News.
The new law, reportedly still to pass the Senate, extends an existing protection against physical intimidation over abortion to digital media and would extend the scope of a 1993 law, which criminalizes 'false information' related abortions, to digital media: Alleged News. [4]
Bruno Retailleau
Bruno Retailleau, who heads the Republicans party group in the Senate, says the bill 'is totally against freedom of expression'; Alleged News.
He spoke on radio, and claimed the bill went against the 'spirit' of the 1975 law legalizing abortion, which called for women to be informed of alternatives; Alleged News. [4]
Marion Marechal-Le Pen
Marion Marechal-Le Pen, French politician, has criticized the law, according to Brietbart report, calling it an 'aberration' and a frontal attack on 'freedom of expression'; Alleged News. [4]
Prison and 30,000 euros fine
Providing 'false' information on abortion online would be punishable by up to two years in prison and a 30,000 euro fine; Alleged News. [4]
Archbishop Georges Pontier of Marseille
The President of the French Bishops' Conference has written to President Francois Hollande to express his concerns about the fast-tracked legislation that would extend illegal interference on abortions to websites; Alleged News. [5]
Archbishop Georges Pontier of Marseille said the Bishops think the legislation questions the very foundations of liberties in France, and he urged Hollande to not allow the bill's passage; Alleged News. [5]
ABORTION IS MURDER
THE BUTCHERING OF BABIES
MUST STOP
THE RIVERS OF BLOOD FROM THE
MASSACRE OF INNOCENTS MUST STOP!
[1] Wikipedia; Liberté, égalité, fraternité
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libert%C3%A9,_%C3%A9galit%C3%A9,_fraternit%C3%A9
[2] Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen
[3] Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
http://www1.curriculum.edu.au/ddunits/downloads/pdf/dec_of_rights.pdf
[4] New Law in France Banning Pro-Life Web Sites Blasted as "Total Censorship"; Alleged News
http://www.lifenews.com/2016/12/06/new-law-in-france-banning-pro-life-web-sites-blasted-as-total-censorship/
[5] Archbishop appeals to Francois Holland over Bill to ban pro-life websites; Alleged News
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2016/12/01/archbishop-appeals-to-francois-hollande-over-plan-to-ban-pro-life-websites/
With thanks to wikipedia.org, curriculum.edu.au, lifenews.com and catholicherald.co.uk
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