Manifesto CoreFamily, Demography and Social Order
Family
The family formed around marriage is the fundamental social institution, and public policy should make marriage and child-rearing materially realistic.
Policy catalogueConstitutional, Religious and Moral Order
Agreed PolicyAbortion
Restore Europe holds that human life must be protected from conception, and that elective direct abortion should be prohibited.
Position
Restore Europe follows Catholic teaching that human life must be respected and protected from conception. Elective direct abortion should be prohibited.
Policy
- Legal protection of unborn human life from conception.
- Prohibition of elective direct abortion.
- Material, medical and social support for pregnant women and families.
- Support for adoption and practical alternatives to abortion.
- Medical treatment intended to save the mother may remain permissible where the death of the unborn child is an unintended secondary effect rather than the intended means or end.
Principle
Human dignity and the right to life do not begin only when the state chooses to recognize them.
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- Agreed PolicyConstitutional, Religious and Moral Order
Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
Restore Europe opposes direct euthanasia and assisted suicide, supports palliative care, and allows the refusal of extraordinary or disproportionate treatment.
- Agreed PolicyHealthcare
Catholic Medical Ethics
Public healthcare should respect Catholic medical ethics, and Catholic hospitals should be free to maintain their own ethical standards.
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