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April 1, 2013 (AlbertMohler) - “Somewhere along the way, standing up for gay marriage went from nervy to trendy.” This was the assessment offered by Frank Bruni, an influential, openly gay columnist for The New York Times. Bruni’s column,…

BERLIN, April 1, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The birthrate of the developed world has stopped plummeting, at least in those areas that speak English.

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, in Germany studied 37 of the world's leading…

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A student pro-life group has been silenced on the campus of Johns Hopkins University – one of the nation's leading medical schools – after being likened to an alleged “hate group.”

The JHU…

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – By a two-to-one margin, blacks reject the notion that homosexual rights compare with the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and '60s, according to a new poll commissioned by Robert Johnson, the…

LANSING, April 1, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michigan, an historically Democratic state, enacted a host of pro-life regulations on Easter Sunday.

The omnibus bill, which passed the Republican-dominated legislature in December, requires the…

WICHITA, KS, April 1, 2013 (Operation Rescue) – Through an undercover investigation conducted by Operation Rescue, it has been learned that Chicago area abortionist Cheryl Chastine has made plans to fly to Wichita to provide abortions at South…

TALLAHASSEE, FL, March 30, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – If a child is born alive following a botched abortion, should the abortionist be required to try to save its life? According to a Planned Parenthood lobbyist, the child's right to life after…

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2013 (Heritage Foundation) - At the heart of the current debates about same-sex marriage are three crucial questions: What is marriage, why does marriage matter for public policy, and what would be the consequences of…

PHILADELPHIA, April 1, 2013 (Operation Rescue) - As the second week of testimony wrapped up in the Gosnell capital murder trial, emotions ran high as another argument broke out in court between Defense Attorney Jack McMahon and Medical Examiner…

FRONT ROYAL, VA, April 1, 2013 (HLI Worldwatch) - Simon Rabinovitch in his article, “Data Reveal Scale of China Abortions,” reports that there have been 336 million abortions, 196 million sterilizations and 403 million intrauterine devices used in…

BEIZHANGLOU VILLAGE, Taiking County, Henan Province, April 1, 2013 (WRWF)  - Earlier this month, it was reported widely in Chinese media sources that Yang Yuzhi hanged herself in the local Family Planning Office.  Forcibly sterilized twice, she…

BOSTON, March 28, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Massachusetts pro-life leaders are asking all voters who support the unborn to leave the Democratic Party – at least, for the next month.

Massachusetts Citizens for Life hopes the state's pro-life…

The following is a personal testimony received from Human Life International’s (HLI) affiliate in Latvia, Kustība “Par dzīvību!”.

My name is Vilma, and I have four children. The oldest of my children are teenagers. The youngest two are Gatis,…

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Support for same-sex "marriage" is split significantly along generational lines, with opposition to marriage redefinition remaining strong among older generations and only millennials mustering…