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CLEAR WATER, FL, May 7, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - With the recent success of the pro-life boycott against PepsiCo, relieved pro-lifers all over the country are cracking open cans of Mountain Dew, but few are more gratified than twelve-year-old Gene…

LOS ANGELES, CA, May 7, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A sitcom featuring a gay couple and their adopted daughter was honored last week by Catholics in Media (CIMA), a group which purports to recognize movies and television shows that “[make] clearer…

May 4, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a profound testimony to the power of ultrasound images, a parenting.com contributor tells the story of how she came to terms with an unexpected first pregnancy at the age of 42, after wrestling with the temptation…

May 3, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an apparent effort to appease the gay lobby after receiving criticism for refusing to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against homosexuals and transgenders, President Obama…

Updated 05/01/12 - This article originally stated that the Rwandan government had already passed the regulations that would liberalize the country’s abortion law. However, it remains unclear whether the regulations have in factpassed all the way…

ST. PAUL, April 30, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A bill that would enact new licensing and inspection requirements for abortion clinics faces an uphill battle in Minnesota, after Gov. Mark Dayton vetoed it last week.

“Once again, Gov. Dayton has…

LUSAKA, April 27, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In the face of U.S. threats to cut off foreign aid, President Yahya Jammeh defended Gambian laws banning homosexual behavior in comments to the country’s National Assembly last Friday.

“If you want us…

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 27, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In an unprecedented ruling last week, the Obama administration stated a federal law banning gender discrimination in the workplace also prohibits discrimination against a “transgender” person…

WASHINGTON, DC, April 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) is calling for an investigation of the Obama Administration, a liberal news outlet, and a gay rights group, all of whom NOM says may have violated…

DENVER, CO, April 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Prayerbooks, rosaries, and pro-life pamphlets are a common sight outside Planned Parenthood’s massive facility in downtown Denver, but this year, local organizers of this spring’s Forty Days for…

April 19, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - As homosexuals lobby for the prosecution of Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla of Alcala de Henares for teaching the Catholic Church’s position on homosexual acts, an international group of Catholic doctors has rushed…

April 19, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The belief that living together before marriage helps to avoid divorce is “contradicted by experience,” says a New York Times Op-Ed by clinical psychologist Dr. Meg Jay, published this past Saturday.

Jay, a…

SEATTLE, Washington, April 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Several Catholic parishes in Seattle are refusing to participate in an effort to oppose same sex “marriage” legislation, despite the local bishop’s support for the campaign.

A bill…

KIGALI, April 13, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Legislation being considered in Rwanda may throw open the door to more permissive abortion regulations in a country where it is currently limited to situations in which the mother’s life or health is at…