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July 14, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health organizations worldwide unanimously agree on the necessity of reducing the tragedy of high maternal mortality in Africa – what they disagree on, however, is the best approach for dealing with the crises,…

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, July 15, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Missouri became the sixth state to ban abortions after 20 weeks gestation when Governor Jay Nixon allowed pro-life legislation restricting late-term abortions to become law yesterday.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, July 15, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has banned all prostitution advertisements in newspapers and other mass media in the South American country in an effort to combat…

July 12, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American-based multinational corporation Cisco Systems, a company that touts its “inclusion and diversity” strategies, has come under attack for the recent firing of a top employee, reputedly over his…

QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, July 11, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new strain of one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases has scientists warning that the “superbug” could cause a “future era of untreatable gonorrhea.”

Gonorrhea is a…

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, July 11, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Vandals have conducted a series of recent attacks on New Brunswick Right to Life’s (NBRTL) pregnancy crisis center, painting “choice” on the building and tearing down decorative…

BERLIN, Germany, July 11, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A controversial form of “pre-implantation” embryonic testing for genetic disorders was approved by German parliament last Thursday.  Members of Parliament voted 326-260 in favor of the bill,…

GENEVA, Switzerland, July 8, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new resolution passed by the UN last month on “sexual orientation and gender identity” has the Vatican’s permanent representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council concerned…

July 7, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Superstar actor Brad Pitt has voiced his approval for New York’s legalization of same-sex “marriage,” calling for states across the U.S. to adopt similar laws.

“It is encouraging that New York has joined…

MIAMI, Florida, July 7, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The international truck leasing company Ryder System Inc. will no longer be providing trucks to Stericycle Inc., a waste management company that services a reported 586 Planned Parenthood locations…

VATICAN CITY, July 7, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a recent column in the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, writer Giulia Galeotti pointed out the link between the eugenics movement and the use of amniocentesis to abort children diagnosed…

July 6, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the battle to uphold true marriage in the face of increasing social and political pressure to endorse and approve gay “marriage,” Christians are likely to go to jail for their stance, says one expert.

In…

UNITED KINGDOM, July 6, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Adoption is a “golden option” that should be offered to pregnant teenage girls and women unable to raise their child, says the UK’s new Government Ministerial Advisor on adoption.

After his…

DROMMONDVILLE, Quebec, July 5, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week, Madeleine Gauron, a Quebec woman identified as viable for organ donation after doctors diagnosed her as “brain dead,” surprised her family and physicians when she recovered…