Wednesday May 31, 2000

ABORTION-HOLOCAUST COMPARISON OKAYED BY GERMAN COURT

KARLSRUHE, Germany, May 31 (LSN.ca) - A German federal court has ruled that pro-lifers have the right to compare the Nazi Holocaust to the abortion holocaust. Freedom of expression on the issue was nearly quashed when a lower court ruling had ruled a pamphlet saying "Yesterday the Holocaust. Today the Babycaust," illegal. Agence France Presse reports that while the current ruling did say the comparison was not illegal it did say it was improper.

(with files from Pro-Life E-News)

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