One more step forward of the day

France's new Government is to legalise both same-sex marriage and adoption.

Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault office issued a statement saying that the Government has made it an objective to implement the changes within the next few months, and that this reflected changing attitudes towards the issue amongst the French, despite two-thirds of them identifying with the Roman Catholic faith in a 2010 survey.

Opposition from conservatives is expected, with Thierry Vidor of the group Familles de France vowing to take action.


[reuters]

Inhumanity of the day

Feng Jianmei, a 23 year old Chinese woman, was held down while officials administerd a lethal injection to her unborn baby.

Her crime? Failing to fill in the application form to have a second child.

The above photo showing Feng lying on a hospital bed next to the body of her child has gone viral and forced the Chinese Government to admit that an illegal abortion had taken place.

It is unclear at this stage why Feng's family did not fill in the proper paperwork, but it is alleged that the abortion was carried out after they were unable to pay 40,000 Yuan to the officials to smooth them over.

The Chinese Government is sending a team to investigate.

[source: smh]