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Dear Abby: 'Most women feel a sense of relief after an abortion'

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by Ben Johnson Wed Feb 13 14:23 EST Comments (24)

Jeanne Phillips, left, took over the column from her mother
Jeanne Phillips, left, took over the column from her mother Pauline in 2002.

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 13, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The world's most influential advice columnist dispensed some words of dubious wisdom in her most recent column on the subject of abortion.

In Tuesday's column, she answered a letter from…

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Tags: dear abby, depression, jeanne phillips, media bias

Shuttered Alabama abortion clinic will not re-open

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by Ben Johnson Tue Feb 12 17:49 EST Comments (6)

Diane Derzis.
Diane Derzis.

BIRMINGHAM, AL, February 12, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – After a history of violations that produced a 76-page report from the Alabama Department of Public Health, a Birmingham abortion facility is finally calling it quits.

The state revoked the…

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American, global media assail Pope Benedict XVI for standing for life, family

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by Ben Johnson Tue Feb 12 16:24 EST Comments (43)

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 12, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The nation's three major television networks, its most influential newspapers, and its most trafficked websites attacked Pope Benedict XVI and the Roman Catholic Church following the s

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Tags: anti-christian bigotry, bill keller, media bias, new york times

Gay Catholics hope new “progressive” Pope will convene Vatican III

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by Ben Johnson Tue Feb 12 14:09 EST Comments (94)

Members of the Rainbow Sash Movement hope for a Third Vatica
Members of the Rainbow Sash Movement hope for a Third Vatican Council.

VATICAN CITY, February 11, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual Catholic groups hope after Pope Benedict XVI steps down, a new “progressive” Pope will champion LGBT issues, female ordination, and contraception at a Third Vatican Council.

“The…

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Tags: dignityusa, new ways ministry, pope benedict xvi, rainbow sash movement

Obama to Pope: 'I have appreciated our work together over these last four years'

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by Ben Johnson Mon Feb 11 18:54 EST Comments (69)

President Barack Obama has released a statement on the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and, as usual, it's all about himself. In three spartan sentences, he manages to use the word “I” four times.

The use of the first-person singular is Obama's…

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Tags: barack obama, benedict xvi, hhs mandate, john boehner

New owner of Tiller clinic: 'Abortion is about motherhood'

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by Ben Johnson Mon Feb 11 15:34 EST Comments (41)

Julie Burkhart hopes to take up where George Tiller left off
Julie Burkhart hopes to take up where George Tiller left off.

WICHITA, KS, February 11, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The woman trying to reopen George Tiller's abortion clinic has claimed that women who choose abortion are motivated by feelings of motherhood in a new interview with a left-wing magazine.

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Tags: george tiller, julie burkhart, kansas, mother jones

The Guttmacher Institute has a bad prescription for Uganda

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by Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. Fri Feb 08 19:18 EST Comments (1)

February 8, 2013, (C-FAM) - The Guttmacher Institute released a brief report titled Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion in Ugandain which they make their case for why increased contraception and access to “safe” abortion will reduce maternal…

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Tags: guttmacher institute, uganda

'Never again': pro-lifers mourn new Carhart abortion death

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by Ben Johnson Fri Feb 08 14:36 EST Comments (39)

A previous protest outside Carhart's Maryland abortion busin
A previous protest outside Carhart's Maryland abortion business.

GERMANTOWN, MD, February 8, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The news that a 29-year-old woman died of a late term abortion on Thursday has filled the pro-life community with waves of sorrow, outrage, and resilience.

“Never again,” said Students for…

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Tags: abortion deaths, botched abortion, late-term abortion, leroy carhart

Boy Scouts stand strong, delay potential policy reversal

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by Andrew T. Walker and Thomas Messner Fri Feb 08 08:08 EST Comments (3)

IRVING, TX, February 8, 2013, (Heritage Foundation) - The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced on Wednesday that it will postpone deciding whether to reverse its long-standing membership policy regarding open homosexuality. The decision will now…

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Tags: boy scouts of america

Family Research Council: The shots not heard ‘round the world

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by Family Research Center Fri Feb 08 07:45 EST Comments (4)

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 8, 2013, (Family Research Council) - It seems hard to believe, Jim Treacher wrote yesterday, "but once upon a time, there was a shooting the national news didn't want to talk about." That's because the shooting was at…

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Tags: family research council, floyd corkins, hate crimes, media bias

Gay activists celebrate Our Lady of the Lake University’s new policy on homosexuals, transgenders

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by Tim Drake Fri Feb 08 07:29 EST Comments (4)

SAN ANTONIO, February 8, 2013, (Cardinal Newman Society) - The New Civil Rights Movement, a homosexual activist blog, is celebrating reports that Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU), a Catholic university in San Antonio, Texas, has become the…

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Tags: academia, ex corde ecclesiae, our lady of the lake university

Sarah Palin, Baby Joseph's parents to headline Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Award Gala

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by Dave Andrusko Thu Feb 07 20:23 EST Comments (35)

Sana and Moe Maraachlis and Baby Joseph.
Sana and Moe Maraachlis and Baby Joseph.

PHILADELPHIA, February 7, 2013, (National Right to Life News) – The Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network is delighted to announce that Moe & Sana Maraachli will receive the 2013 Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Award at the first Terri Schiavo Life & Hope…

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Tags: baby joseph, bobby schindler, sarah palin, terri schiavo life & hope network

Legal complaint filed over Tonya Reaves' death for 'abandonment of a patient'

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by Ben Johnson Thu Feb 07 17:36 EST Comments (4)

A screenshot of the Planned Parenthood website.
A screenshot of the Planned Parenthood website.

CHICAGO, February 7, 2013, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A scathing legal complaint levied against the Chicago Planned Parenthood that killed 24-year-old Tonya Reaves accuses its personnel of offering medical procedures they are “not properly qualified” to…

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Tags: botched abortion, illinois, pro-life action league, tonya reaves

Obama fills Global Development Council with population control advocates

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by Lisa Correnti Thu Feb 07 15:40 EST Comments (10)

Bill and Melinda Gates (pictured) tapped Sylvia Matthews Bur
Bill and Melinda Gates (pictured) tapped Sylvia Matthews Burewell before Obama.

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 7, 2013, (C-FAM) -- President Obama’s appointments last month to his Global Development Council signal his intent to prioritize abortion over life-saving health issues.

Obama established the President's Global…

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Tags: barack obama, global development council, richard blum, sylvia matthews burewell

Ambulance transported another Sella patient to hospital just as board dismissed charges

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by Operation Rescue staff Thu Feb 07 15:26 EST Comments (6)

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, February 7, 2013, (Operation Rescue) — Operation Rescue has received word that even as the New Mexico Medical Board was preparing to dismiss a negligence case against late-term abortionist Shelley Sella this morning, eyewitnesses…

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Tags: botched abortion, new mexico, shelley sella

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