Andrew Tettenborn, Author at Catholic Herald

Andrew Tettenborn

Anti-Christian drift of human rights agenda continues with new European ‘sexual and reproductive rights’ report

March 04, 2024

You might think Catholics and human rights lawyers should have a good deal in common. The political idea of universal rights beyond curtailment by secular powers certainly seems to chime neatly with the Christian doctrine of the unconditional preciousness of each individual as a being made in the image of God. Indeed, at one time

Freedom wins as Finnish politician found ‘not guilty’ of hate speech for Bible tweet

November 14, 2023

It is a worrying fact that the right of Catholics, and indeed all Christians, to manifest their beliefs can’t be taken for granted these days. But freedom received a major boost this morning from, of all places, the Court of Appeal in Lutheran Finland. The background was an affair that has been simmering in the

Permanence of “pills-by-post” scheme is a disaster for the unborn child

March 31, 2022

Covid hasn’t been good for any of us, but at least it’s been temporary. For unborn children, unfortunately, it has indirectly been a disaster. At the beginning of lockdown, the government quietly eased an important part of the Abortion Act 1967. Citing the inaccessibility of licensed clinics to those confined at home, it temporarily removed

Cancelling Christmas would patronise minorities, not empower them

December 16, 2021

The European Commission's attempt to cancel Christmas in the name of inclusivity betrays its condescending attitude towards religious minorities

The ‘right to sex’ was a step too far for the Supreme Court, but they still have questions to answer

November 29, 2021

In our pursuit of autonomy, we have divorced ourselves from moral agency, says Andrew Tettenborn

The European Union’s attack on conscience

November 11, 2021

As its row with Poland intensifies, the EU has passed an abortion resolution that betrays an alarming strain of anti-religious feeling

A pro-life ‘citizens’ initiative’ has received the cold shoulder

January 09, 2020

The EU is constitutionally committed to the idea of democracy. Furthermore, every country in it is by tradition Christian, about a third being fairly strongly Catholic. Yet shortly before Christmas the European Court of Justice rebuffed an attempt to use democracy to promote Christian values. In 2013 an Italian initiative under the aegis of Pope

Should Catholics still back the European Convention on Human Rights?

October 17, 2019

Catholics have often made common cause with the promoters of human rights. And with good reason: as Leo XIII argued in Rerum Novarum (1891), we cannot condone cruelty, neglect or baseless discrimination directed at anyone if we profess the idea that we are all equally made in God’s image, and that mistreatment of any one

We should celebrate the ‘gay cake’ verdict – but the battle for conscience rights goes on

October 11, 2018

The Supreme Court's ruling is a relief, but their reasoning leaves cause for concern

Pro-lifers have little to celebrate from the Supreme Court’s Northern Ireland ruling

June 07, 2018

The law stays, but the judges' arguments leave grave cause for concern

Cake and conscience

May 31, 2018

A simple but important religious freedom case has reached the Supreme Court. Ashers, a bakery in Belfast, appealed against a £500 damages award under British and European Union laws for discrimination on sexual orientation grounds. Its owners, who are devout Presbyterians, had declined to provide a cake decorated with the words “Support Gay Marriage” to

What the ‘gay cake’ decision will mean for religious freedom

May 31, 2018

Later this year the Supreme Court will reveal its judgment on the Ashers saga. It will have far-reaching consequences

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