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AUSTIN, Texas, August 12, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Texas governor Rick Perry is getting ready to step onto the national stage and officially announce his intentions to seek the Republican nomination for president of the United States. 

Perry,…

By Peter J. Smith

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 3, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry has not declared his candidacy yet for the GOP presidential nomination, but political buzz around his expected jump into the race has already catapulted…

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 29, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Voters in Ohio may get the chance to decide on a constitutional amendment that would prohibit both the state and federal government from forcing state citizens to buy health insurance.

The…

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, July 28, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The overall number of babies being killed through abortion has declined in the state of Minnesota, but Planned Parenthood is performing more abortions than ever.

The Minnesota Department of…

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A majority of Americans support enacting restrictions on abortion, including laws designed to guarantee a woman’s informed consent, but remain narrowly divided on others.

According to Gallup, 87…

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 26, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A U.S. Embassy party in Islamabad billed as a celebration of homosexual rights inflamed conservative Pakistani groups, who condemned the event as an act of “cultural terrorism” aimed at…

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Human Rights Watch, a human rights organization that also advocates for legalized access to abortion, has attacked an attempt by U.S. lawmakers to strip federal funding from international…

ASPEN, Colorado, July 25, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Potential GOP presidential contender and Texas Governor Rick Perry has stated that while he supports defending traditional marriage as the union of a man and a woman, he believes that U.S. states…

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A committee of U.S. House lawmakers voted Thursday to recognize the plight of a blind pro-life Chinese activist who has been imprisoned and viciously beaten by authorities for exposing a local…

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 21, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed into law Wednesday legislation banning abortion in most cases after the unborn child has reached the age of viability.

Kasich, a pro-life Republican, approved The…

Topeka, KS, July 20, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline resumed the second part of his marathon ethics trial yesterday on charges he acted improperly during his investigations of Planned Parenthood and late-term…

SAN FRANCISCO, July 18, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal appeals court in San Francisco has agreed to the U.S. Justice Department’s request to allow the federal government to resume enforcement of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT)…

NEW YORK, July 18, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A pro-family coalition in New York is organizing marches and rallies throughout the state on the day the new same-sex “marriage” law takes effect, to demand that the legislature allow the voters to…

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 13, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ohio Senate approved legislation Wednesday that would ban most abortions in the state once the unborn child has reached the age of viability.

The Senate voted 22-7 to pass the House’s ban…