In the latest online edition of the World Congress of Families newsletter, there is a special report on the Top Ten Best and Worst Developments Impacting on the Family in 2008. Each has a brief description and I encourage you to zip over there (the report is on pages 4 and 5 of this pdf version). But here's the unannotated list.The Best:
1) Vatican Panel Issues Instruction on Bioethics;
2) Pro-Life Woman Is Vice-Presidential Nominee;
3) Lithuania Bill Would Protect Minors From Homosexual Agitation;
4) Honduran Family-Perspective Law;
5) Proposition 8 Passes In California;
6) Greater Awareness of Demographic Winter;
7) UN Study Links Abstinence and Delayed Rates of AIDS/HIV in Africa;
8) British Psychiatrists’ Group Says Abortion Can Cause Mental Problems;
9) Family Advocate Becomes Senior Advisor To Canadian Prime Minister;
10) Anti-Human Trafficking Law Passed;
The Worst:
1) The Election of Barack Obama;
2) Mexican Supreme Court Backs Mexico City Abortion Law;
3) Luxembourg and Washington State Legalize Assisted Suicide;
4) German Persecution of Home-Schooling Families;
5) OAS Passes “Sexual-Orientation” Resolution;
6) Brazilian President Calls Opposition to Homosexuality A “Perverse Disease”;
7) UNFPA Nigeria Meeting Pushes Abortion In the Guise of Women’s Health;
8) In France, Most Births Out-of-Wedlock;
9) Australian Prof Proposes “Baby Tax”;
10) Queen’s Representative In Canada Celebrates Androgyny.
