PRO-ABORT REPUBLICANS ATTACK REPUBLICAN PRO-LIFE CANDIDATE

BINGHAMTON, NY, Aug 31 (LSN) – Last week a group of prominent pro-abortion Republicans began running slanderous ad campaigns against Republican candidate and pro-life leader Randall Terry. Terry, former leader of Operation Rescue, noted that the US$31,215 ads were paid for by the “Foundation for Responsible Government,” which he says is a front group for the Republican Leadership Council.  Taking a joke which Terry had made in a 1993 sermon out of context, the commercials painted him as an extremist hate monger. The Republican ads quoted Terry as saying, “I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash […]
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ABORTED BABIES DUMPED IN WELL

ROSARIO, Argentina, Aug 31 (LSN) – An illegal abortion mill in Argentina concealed the dead bodies of its preborn victims in a dried up well behind the abortuary, reported Zenit news service last week. Dr. Victor Scuizzatto was arrested for running the criminal operation in Rosario. The dead babies were discovered in a police investigation ordered by Judge Raquel Cosgaya. Given the serious nature of the news and the fact that Scuizzatto was already suspected in a baby-trafficking case pro-lifers were dismayed that the national papers and television networks refused to cover the story.
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USA TODAY REFUSES TO RUN PRO-FAMILY AD

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (LSN) – American pro-family forces were shocked to discover this week that USA Today has refused to run a full-page ad by the American Family Association. The AFA reported the news today about an ad they produced criticizing CBS for airing Howard Stern’s lewd and sometimes pornographic late night TV broadcast.  The “Howard Stern Radio Show” debuted Saturday, August 22 on CBS’s 12 owned and operated stations.  Syndicated by CBS’s Eyemark Entertainment, Inc., the show has been picked up by enough other networks and stations that it is available to approximately 70% of U.S. households. The […]
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GOV’T FUNDING FOR MEN’S GROUPS?

TORONTO, ON, Aug 31 (LSN) – A court case is underway today in which the Canadian government may be forced to provide funding for men’s groups. Patrick Ellis is objecting to the gender discrimination evident in the long-standing policy in Ontario (and the rest of the country) of making taxpayer dollars available to many so-called women’s groups without providing funds to “men’s” groups. Ellis is asking the Federal Court of Canada to rule sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms unconstitutional due to gender discrimination. A favourable ruling by the courts is expected to result in millions of […]
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PRO-LIFE RESOUCE AVAILABLE ON THE NET

VANCOUVER, Aug 31 (LSN) – BC pro-life leader Ted Gerk recommends that pro-lifers take a look at the trial proceedings of a woman’s lawsuit against a BC abortuary. The complete text of the BC Supreme Court judgement in the case of Margaret Panton suing her former employer, Everywomen’s Health Centre, can be found at: https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/98/12/s98-1286.txt.  The piece contains valuable insights which demonstrate the vehement behind the scenes infighting characteristic of abortion mills.
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PRO-ABORT REPUBLICANS ATTACK REPUBLICAN PRO-LIFE CANDIDATE

BINGHAMTON, NY, Aug 31 (LSN) – Last week a group of prominent pro-abortion Republicans began running slanderous ad campaigns against Republican candidate and pro-life leader Randall Terry. Terry, former leader of Operation Rescue, noted that the US$31,215 ads were paid for by the “Foundation for Responsible Government,” which he says is a front group for the Republican Leadership Council.  Taking a joke which Terry had made in a 1993 sermon out of context, the commercials painted him as an extremist hate monger. The Republican ads quoted Terry as saying, “I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash […]
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USA TODAY REFUSES TO RUN PRO-FAMILY AD

NEW YORK, Aug 31 (LSN) – American pro-family forces were shocked to discover this week that USA Today has refused to run a full-page ad by the American Family Association. The AFA reported the news today about an ad they produced criticizing CBS for airing Howard Stern’s lewd and sometimes pornographic late night TV broadcast.  The “Howard Stern Radio Show” debuted Saturday, August 22 on CBS’s 12 owned and operated stations.  Syndicated by CBS’s Eyemark Entertainment, Inc., the show has been picked up by enough other networks and stations that it is available to approximately 70% of U.S. households. The […]
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GOV’T FUNDING FOR MEN’S GROUPS?

TORONTO, ON, Aug 31 (LSN) – A court case is underway today in which the Canadian government may be forced to provide funding for men’s groups. Patrick Ellis is objecting to the gender discrimination evident in the long-standing policy in Ontario (and the rest of the country) of making taxpayer dollars available to many so-called women’s groups without providing funds to “men’s” groups. Ellis is asking the Federal Court of Canada to rule sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms unconstitutional due to gender discrimination. A favourable ruling by the courts is expected to result in millions of […]
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PRO-LIFE RESOUCE AVAILABLE ON THE NET

VANCOUVER, Aug 31 (LSN) – BC pro-life leader Ted Gerk recommends that pro-lifers take a look at the trial proceedings of a woman’s lawsuit against a BC abortuary. The complete text of the BC Supreme Court judgement in the case of Margaret Panton suing her former employer, Everywomen’s Health Centre, can be found at: https://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/98/12/s98-1286.txt.  The piece contains valuable insights which demonstrate the vehement behind the scenes infighting characteristic of abortion mills.
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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY REJECTS CBSC CLAIMS

VANCOUVER, Aug 28 (LSN) – Focus on the Family (Canada) yesterday condemned the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council for threatening the freedom of religion in this country. The Christian pro-family organization was responding to a recent ruling “censuring” the organization for a radio broadcast discussing homosexuality.  Dr. Darrel Reid, President of the Christian pro-family organization called on the CBSC to withdraw the decision saying, “this decision represents an assault upon the rights of Canadians to speak of the ramifications of their most deeply-held religious beliefs.”  The CBSC condescended to allow Christians to continue to call homosexuality “sinful,” but apparently without concern […]
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POPULATION CONTROL GROUP CALLS FOR MORE AFRICAN ABORTIONS

NEW YORK, Aug 28 (LSN) – In a news report issued late yesterday, the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (CAFHRI) exposed a recent study by the Washington-based Population Action International (PAI)  calling for more abortions in Africa as a remedy to the 3% population growth which PAI claims is a leading cause of poverty and disease.  Responsible demographic researchers have long since exposed as mythology so-called links between high population and poverty. CAFHRI notes, for example, that the average population density in Africa is about the same as that of the US state of Minnesota. Minnesota, however, does not […]
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INCESTUOUS 17-YEAR-OLD STILL FACES THREAT OF DEPORTATION

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Aug 20 (LSN) – Despite the efforts of prosecutors, a 17-year-old who is accused of raping his 12-year-old sister (resulting in her parents traveling with her out of state to obtain a late term abortion) may still face deportation. According to earlier reports, prosecutors tried to save the boy (and his family) from deportation by charging him with a lesser offense.  This controversial move by Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga, who was criticized for saying that the crime looked like nothing more than “a case of youthful sexual experimentation,” may end up serving no useful purpose at […]
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EMPLOYERS SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO FUND ABORTION, CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR

LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug 28 (LSN) – Pro-life, pro-family California Governor Pete Wilson vowed to reject,  for the third time, a plan which would force California employers to cover abortifacients including the birth-control pill and the IUD in their health plans. The current bill provides an exemption for employers with religious objections, but it has also been changed to make employees of these employers earning up to $66,000 eligible for vouchers for state funded abortifacient contraceptives.  This new portion of the bill confounds the claims of the bill’s advocates who said that the intent was to ensure the poor had […]
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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT PUSHING EXTREMIST HOT AIR THEORY

OTTAWA, Aug 27 (LSN) – In a new push to inspire public acceptance of the notorious Kyoto agreement the Canadian government has resorted to fear tactics insinuating that warmer weather this year is due to human activities. On Monday Environment Minister Christine Stewart proclaimed “Clearly the time has come to view our climate as a serious issue. We must take action now, even as a precautionary measure, to mitigate future warming.”  Scientists appear to be engaged in an increasingly vigorous debate over the legitimacy of global warming –  a debate that politicians and the media in Canada and the US […]
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MEDICAL JOURNAL REPORTS DANGERS OF IVF

WALTHAM, MA, Aug 27 (LSN) – A study on In Vitro Fertilization in the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) admits that IVF often requires the death of many conceived embryos before one successful birth is achieved, calling multiple births a “high risk” factor.  IVF has a poor success rate in the first place, so the procedure invariably includes the implantation of multiple (usually 2-5) fertilized embryos in the mother in each “cycle” (attempt at successful impregnation of the embryo into the mothers womb). Cases when more than one of the embryos is successfully implanted in […]
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J.A.M.A. FALSELY CLAIMS UNBIASED LOOK AT ABORTION

CHICAGO, IL, Aug 27 (LSN) – In yesterday’s release of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) editor George D. Lundberg claims that the journal has “no editorial position on abortion, late-  term or otherwise.” Later in the same column, however, Lundberg says “Americans are constitutionally guaranteed religious freedom.” He considers abortion to be a religious issue – a decision to be reached by the pregnant woman, after consultation with the father (if possible), members of her family, perhaps a religious advisor and the woman’s physician. Apparently, to Lunberg this is a position of immutable reality, not an editorial […]
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CONDOM ADS PERVERT YOUTH FOR PROFIT

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (LSN) – A LifeStyles condom company is launching a marketing drive that will pervert youth for its own profit, reports American Life League (ALL) this week. The ad campaign begins this fall with posters in thousands of newspapers and college campuses, in Glamour magazine and on TV. The ads reportedly contain photos of scantily clad people in “sexually suggestive poses” with captions such as “How 2 Have More Fun in Bed.”  Commenting on the closing line of a magazine ad by LifeStyles which reads, “After all, LifeStyles never forgets that good sex adds up to two people […]
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WOMEN CONDEMN UGANDA’S CONDOM-PUSHING AIDS POLICY

UGANDA, Aug 26 (LSN) – Uganda’s condom-pushing AIDS program is a “time bomb leading to utter destruction,”  charges the Mothers Union of Uganda, which condemns the so-called “safe sex” message being advocated by the government initiative. American Life League yesterday reported on the group’s opposition to the program. Union spokesman Mary Kasule said that young people are “torn between what the church teaches and what they see on television” and said that AIDS would continue to ravage the country unless teens practiced abstinence until marriage.
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ABORTIONS INCREASE IN ENGLAND AND WALES

LONDON, Aug 26 (LSN) – The Office for National Statistics released abortion statistics yesterday for England and Wales indicating that the number of abortions committed since January was 45,437, an increase of four per cent over last year.
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SMOKING IS CANCER THREAT TO UNBORN CHILDREN

MINNESOTA, Aug 26 (LSN) – The Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday on a University of Minnesota study which has shown that babies in utero are exposed to powerful cancer-causing chemicals when their mothers smoke, increasing the children’s likelihood of developing cancer. The Australian Medical Association (AMA)  has commenced a renewed effort to encourage mothers to quit smoking at least during pregnancy. AMA president, Dr David Brand said that this research adds to the growing list of threats to children associated with smoking during pregnancy. They include, “low birth weight, increased foetal, neonatal and perinatal mortality, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, ectopic […]
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SUPPOSED THREAT OF STARVATION FROM OVER-POPULATION DEALT ANOTHER BLOW

MANILLA, Aug 26 (LSN) – The Globe and Mail reported Monday on a scientific advancement in rice production which promises to increase both production and health of the staple-food-yielding plants. Researchers at the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines are developing a new variety of rice which “can outperform the most prolific current strains by up to 25%.”
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FLAUNTING TOPLESSNESS LEADS TO ASSAULT CHARGE

REGINA, SASK, Aug 26 (LSN) – Evangeline Godron, 64, who in July won a court case allowing her to go topless in public, was charged Tuesday with assault following her refusal to leave a public pool when asked by the manager and police. Regina police Sgt. Hal Zorn explained that the Criminal Code allows someone to be charged with “assault by a trespasser” if they refuse to leave property when asked by the owner or manager.  The pool’s manager says that the indecency crusader has been at the pool 5 times since the court case to publicize her new “right.” […]
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LAWYERS URGE LEGISLATION FOR NRTs, CAN’T DECLARE SEX-SELECTION WRONG

ST. JOHN’S, Nfld., Aug 25 (LSN) – At a meeting of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) yesterday, lawyers discussed their concerns about the absence of Canadian legislation regarding new reproductive technologies (NRTs). Dr. Sheila Martin, a Calgary lawyer and an “expert” in the NRT field, said,  “Canadian law has yet to catch up with numerous complex issues of reproductive technology.” Some of these so-called complex issues that demand legal guidance include the assigning of parenthood given the vagaries of egg and sperm donation, sex-selection, and monetary gain.  Pro-lifers have consistently raised concerns over NRTs and the cavalier way many of […]
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ABORTUARY CHALLENGES STATE LAW FOR MORE PROFITS

TULSA, Okla., Aug 25 (LSN) – Indicating that the pursuit of profit is more important to them than the health and safety of women, a Tulsa abortuary is suing the state of Oklahoma to do away with its law requiring that women wanting late-term abortions be hospitalized.  Late-term abortions have consistently been demonstrated to be a greater risk to women than early and mid-term abortions. Hence, even many abortion advocates believe that they should only be performed in hospitals where there is greater access to quality emergency care. In order to get abortion legalized,  abortion advocates used the demand for […]
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FEW NATIONS BOYCOTT EUGENICS CONFERENCE HELD IN CHINA

BEIJING, Aug 25 (LSN) – Zenit news service reported last week that a genetics conference which met on August 12 in Beijing was boycotted by several nations in protest of Chinese policies which forbid couples to marry who have “genetic defects or limitations of a serious nature.” Zenit notes that the couples are allowed to marry if they are sterilized and those who ignore the law can be forcibly aborted.  U.S., British, Dutch, and Argentine Genetics Associations stayed away from the conference in protest.  A message sent by The International Genetics Federation said that the Chinese law “based on an […]
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CONTRACEPTIVE EXPERIMENT EXPLOITS AFRICAN WOMEN

CAMEROON, Aug 25 (LSN) – A recent study which found that the spermicide nonoxynol-9 fails to provide “protection” against sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS, used as subjects for the experiment poor African women. American Life League exposed the very disturbing nature of this study. Data recorded in the New England Journal of Medicine last week indicates that the researchers exploited 1,292 women working as prostitutes in Cameroon for their experiment.  The study had one group of “female sex workers” use the spermicide while “on the job” and a control group who did not use the product. The researchers concluded that […]
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EYE TISSUE FROM ABORTED BABIES USED FOR EXPERIMENTATION

CHICAGO, Aug 25 (LSN) – One of the most gruesome procedures used in treating blindness today is the use of eye tissue from aborted babies. At a meeting Sunday of the Foundation Fighting Blindness researchers acknowledged that there is no conclusive evidence that the “cell transplants” have improved vision.  Nevertheless, Dr. Marco Zarbin and other researchers insisted that they continue to make use of the eye tissue from murdered pre-born children.  Outside of government, the Foundation Fighting Blindness is the largest supporter of research in retinal degenerative diseases. The use of aborted babies in medical research was given a boost […]
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KANSAS’ PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION LAW GUTTED BY MENTAL HEALTH PROVISION

TOPEKA, Aug 24 (LSN) – In court arguments last Thursday, state attorneys agreed to allow a mental-health exception to the partial-birth abortion law against the advice of the law’s drafters. The notorious partial-birth abortionist George Tiller challenged a Kansas law forbidding partial-birth abortions that went into effect on July 1. The state’s pro-abortion Attorney General Carla Stovall hired the law firm of Goodell, Stratton, Edmonds & Palmer to handle the state’s defense.  The legislation outlawed the abortion of babies after 22 weeks of development unless two doctors agreed that the life of the mother was threatened or that the continued […]
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WARNING: DONATION SCAM BY “AMERICAN RIGHT TO LIFE”

WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (LSN) – On Friday, Lutherans for Life (LFL) issued a warning to pro-lifers regarding a telemarketing donation scam targeting pro-lifers by a group calling itself “American Right to Life.”  National Right to Life in Washington investigated “American Right to Life” finding that it:  * uses a toll-free number that is answered by a voice-mail system (calls requesting more information have   not been returned).  * is not registered as a lobbying organization in either house of Congress.  * uses, as its headquarters, a box number at a rental outlet in Washington,D.C.  LFL executive director Dr. James I. […]
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$50K TAX-DOLLAR PRIZE FOR CONDOM PACKAGE DESIGN

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 24 (LSN) – The US government is handing out $50,000 of taxpayers’ money to the winners of an American condom package design contest, reported American Life League (ALL) on Friday. The contest,  being run by two California advertising agencies, is intended to encourage young artists to design “the coolest condom package.” The monies being used were granted by the National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  According to ALL one of the submissions is a parody of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel painting of God and Adam. In this rendition, God is handing Adam a condom. The drawing includes […]
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PRO-FAMILY GROUP URGES LOBBYING RE: GAY SURVEY

TORONTO, Aug 24 (LSN) – The Canadian Family Action Coalition (CFAC) urged pro-family advocates last week to increase their lobbying efforts to their local Members of Parliament to protest the federally funded survey of practicing homosexuals being undertaken by the extremist group EGALE (Equality for Gays And Lesbians Everywhere). CFAC says that the government is looking for evidence of discrimination and violence against gays and lesbians in order to justify their “so-called ‘hate crimes’ legislation.”  CFAC charges that the government has all but assured that they will get the results they are looking for by allowing EGALE to perform the […]
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U.N. GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER CONFERENCE TO PROMOTE ABORTION

NEW YORK, Aug 21 (LSN) – The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (CAFHRI) reported yesterday on a U.N. report which will serve as a base for the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo+5) scheduled for next June in New York City. The report issued two weeks ago is entitled “Round Table of Human Rights Treaty Bodies on Human Rights Approaches to Women’s Health with a Focus on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights.” It was developed by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),  and signed by, among others, the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF), the World Health Organization […]
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SONS OF ABSENTEE DADS TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE JAILED

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 21 (LSN) – A study being presented at a meeting of the American Sociological Association today found that boys whose fathers were absent from home were twice as likely to be incarcerated. The Washington Post reported today that researchers Cynthia Harper of the University of Pennsylvania and Sara S. McLanahan of Princeton University noted that “Remarriage of parents doesn’t help; a step-parent in the household doesn’t erase the father-absent problem.” While sons of single mothers fared worst, the study indicated that boys of parents who separate during the child’s adolescence were 1 « times as likely to […]
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TEEN WHO KILLED NEWBORN AT PROM PLEADS GUILTY

FREEHOLD, NJ, Aug 21 (LSN) – Yesterday, Melissa Drexler, the girl who gave birth to a baby at her prom in June last year, shoved the baby into the trash to die and resumed her dancing, pled guilty to aggravated manslaughter. Drexler gave no explanation for her actions nor did she offer an apology. Reading from a note in court Drexler said, “The baby was born alive, I was aware of what I was doing when I placed the baby in the bag, and I was further aware that what I did would most certainly result in the death of […]
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APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS VIRGINIA PARENTAL NOTIFICATION LAW

RICHMOND, VA, Aug 21 (LSN) – Yesterday, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that a law requiring parental notification before minors commit abortions does not violate the Roe v. Wade decision.  Judge J. Michael Luttig wrote that the law “respects the fundamental interests of responsible parents in the rearing and in the educational, moral and religious development of their children.” Planned Parenthood had objected to the law claiming that it unconstitutionally restricted access to abortion.
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PRO-LIFER ON TRIAL TODAY ASKS FOR PRAYERS

LONDON, England, Aug 21 (LSN) – Prayers are requested for pro-life activist Michael O’Doherty who begins his second trial today for holding up a picture of a six-week pre-born child in front of the Marie Stopes abortuary as a peaceful and prayerful witness to mothers who enter. In Epping Magistrates Court Michael is charged with breaking bail and violating the Public Order Act by holding the picture which his persecutors claim is “likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.” Michael is a 64-year-old father of six and grandfather of six who prays faithfully in front of the abortuaries.
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COMMONPLACE DNA TESTING MAY LEAD TO BROKEN FAMILIES

CALGARY, Aug 20 (LSN) – The Alberta Report magazine reported earlier this month on the ever increasing practice of DNA testing to verify the paternity of children and said it could become even more common if the cost of such tests decreases. Billboards advertising the service dot highways in the US attracting suspicious husbands to pay between $800 and $1600 (US) to look into the fidelity of their spouses.  Alberta Report noted that several studies in the early 1990s found at least 10% of children born to “stable couples” to be illegitimate. A British study conducted in 1970 found 30% […]
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OREGON GIVES LETHAL DRUGS TO 10 OF ITS CITIZENS

SEATTLE, Aug 20 (LSN) – Yesterday the Oregon Health Division delivered its mandated report on the effects of the new law permitting assisted suicide revealing that ten patients requested and received lethal doses of drugs. Only eight of the five men and five women actually followed through with their suicides. All but one of the victims of the new law were cancer patients. According to the report the assisted suicides took place within the last three to four months.  The Oregon Catholic Conference mourned the report, warning that: “Today’s news confirms the tragic path on which the practice of medicine […]
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17-YEAR-OLD ACCUSED OF INCEST LEADING TO SISTER’S ABORTION ARRAIGNED

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Aug 20 (LSN) – On Wednesday, a 17-year-old who is accused of raping his 12-year-  old sister (resulting in her parents traveling with her out of state to obtain a late term abortion) was arraigned in court and faces a felony rape charge. Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga, who was criticized for saying that the crime looked like nothing more than “a case of youthful sexual experimentation,” has suggested that the serious charge is only a warning and he would let the youth off with pleading guilty to a misdemeanor. Marlinga claims that the lesser charge is […]
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PRIESTS FOR LIFE SETS UP POST-ABORTION HOTLINE

CHATTANOOGA, TN, Aug 20 (LSN) – Yesterday, Priests for Life issued a press release calling all who have had abortions to “come back to the Church.” Fr. Frank Pavone, leader of the group renewed the commitment of Priests for Life to provide welcoming compassion, healing, and forgiveness “to anyone who has, in any way,  been involved in procuring or providing an abortion.”  Priests for Life, an association which is several thousand members strong, is urging anyone who is in search of healing to call their National Office for Post-Abortion Reconciliation and Healing at 1-800-5-  WE-CARE. Callers will be referred to […]
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ROE OF “ROE VS WADE” RECEIVED INTO CATHOLIC CHURCH

DALLAS, TX, Aug 20 (LSN) – On August 17 Priests for Life reported that Norma McCorvey, “Jane Roe” in the 1973 Roe v. Wade United States Supreme Court case, which led to the establishment of a constitutional “right” to abortion, was received into the Roman Catholic Church. Earlier this year she had announced her decision to convert. Frank A. Pavone, International Director of Priests for Life and an official of the Pontifical Council for the Family at the Vatican, arrived in Dallas, TX to attend and participate in the event.
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FIGHTING POPULATION CONTROL SCHEMES IN ARGENTINA

BUENOS AIRES, Aug 19 (LSN) – Catholic World News (CWN) reported yesterday about a coalition formed in Argentina among pro-life, pro-family and health care groups to arrest the population control schemes of the federal government. Despite reports of drastic under-population making the country unable to fully utilize its resources, as well as a tremendous imbalance in the society’s age range with over 7 per cent of the population over age 65 thus threatening social security, population control agendas remain in tact.  CWN reports that the House of Representatives in the country is proposing two new population control programmes while the […]
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NELSON B.C. FREE OF ABORTIONS FOR NOW

NELSON, B.C. , Aug 19 (LSN) – The community of Nelson British Columbia is currently abortion-free, with the retirement of the sole abortionist at the Kootenay Lake Hospital, and the inability to find a “doctor”  willing to take his place. Pro-lifer Jim Demers responded to the news with jubilation. “What is the result of doctors doing fewer abortions?” he asked. “There’s more kids in the playground. Is that a horrible thing?”  The hospital has been trying to find a replacement. It has put out an offer for the position of an abortionist and has even offered to pay for existing […]
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COURT RULING UNDERMINES PARENTAL CONSENT LAW

RALEIGH, N.C.. In a ruling issued yesterday, the North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an earlier Superior Court decision undermining the state’s parental consent law by allowing abortuaries to accept forged parental permission notes. Following the letter of the law rather than the intent, Judge John C.  Martin wrote “While other states have included requirements in their parental consent laws designed to prevent the sort of deception practiced by Mukeshia in this case … our General Assembly has neither included such requirements nor evidenced an intent to do so.”  The case stemmed from a 1995 abortion where Mukeshia Jackson, then […]
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FORMER ABORTION PROVIDER QUESTIONED IN CLINTON-LEWINSKY CASE

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (LSN) – The National Enquirer reported yesterday that former abortuary owner Eric Harrah who recently converted to Christianity and abandoned his pro-abortion stance was questioned by investigators in regards to an abortion by Monica Lewinsky. Harrah refused to answer a question by investigators in regards to the identity of one of his former clients and was then told he would be subpoenaed to give evidence. Harrah has reportedly fled the country in fear of being subpoenaed. The pastor of the reformed abortion provider told the Enquirer that “The reason Eric does not want to go up front […]
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B.C. ARCHBISHOP DENOUNCES HOMOSEXUAL BENEFITS

VANCOUVER, Aug 19 (LSN) – The July 27 edition of BC Report magazine published Vancouver’s Archbishop Adam Exner’s condemnation of the NDP BC government’s plans to extend spousal pension benefits to public servants who are practicing homosexuals. Exner suggested an alternative approach to the issue that would not require affirmation of homosexuality, which he called immoral. He said the government ought to allow employees to name the pension beneficiary of their choice, not tying eligibility to sexual activity.  Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh rejected the Archbishop’s proposal as too costly. Dosanjh claimed, when announcing the homosexual benefits, that taxpayers would not […]
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LIBERALS CHANGE RULES AND RATIFY “DEVASTATING” KYOTO AGREEMENT WITHOUT ALBERTA

OTTAWA, Aug 18 (LSN) – Canada’s Environment Minister Christine Stewart announced yesterday that Canada will ratify the radical environmentalist Kyoto agreement despite the refusal of Alberta Premier Ralph Klein. Formerly, as with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the federal government required provincial ratification of international treaties prior to national ratification. However, Stewart claimed Monday that the federal government has constitutional authority to ratify international treaties, and although Ottawa needs provincial collaboration, no province has a veto. The minister said the treaty would be ratified by the end of 1999 after a national strategy has been worked […]
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U.N. INVOLVEMENT IN BOSNIAN ATROCITIES?

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug 18 (LSN) – The BBC reported yesterday on insider revelations which say that UN troops were responsible for killing Bosnians during the “peacekeeping” operations. undertaken in 1995.  According to the BBC, Dutch peacekeepers “deliberately drove an armored car into a crowd killing about 30 people.” Those killed were fleeing from a U.N. “safe haven” which had been captured by Bosnian Serbs.  Dutch Defence Minister, Frank de Grave has ordered an investigation into the matter. These allegations follow earlier reports suggesting U.N. peacekeeper complicity in atrocities committed by the Bosnian Serbs.
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ICC = ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT

ROME, Aug 18 (LSN) – The August 31 edition of New American magazine reveals that most of the powerful non-  governmental organizations (NGOs) at the UN Conference on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court were motivated by a desire for one world government. The leader of one of the most globalist NGOs,  the World Federalist Movement (WFM), proclaimed “WE WON!” at the close of the ICC conference. William Pace, the WFM representative at the Rome conference, claimed leadership over “hundreds of non-governmental organizations representing civil society from all corners of the world.”  The New American reported that the funding […]
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MORAL DEPRAVITY EXPECTED IN ABORTION PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (LSN) – Last night US pro-abortion President Bill Clinton revealed his illicit sexual relations with Monica Lewinski and thus his dishonesty with the American public. However, the depths of his moral depravity lie not in his dishonesty, nor even in his marital unfaithfulness, but in his extreme support of the murder of innocent children in their mothers’ wombs. He has persistently vetoed bans on the horrendous partial birth abortion procedure that were passed by both Congress and the Senate.  In a press release yesterday from the American Life League, ALL president Judie Brown said, “tonight’s real ‘Lead […]
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POPULAR ROCK GROUP PLAYS TO SUPPORT ABORTION

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (LSN) – Pearl Jam, a popular rock group, announced last week that it would perform a concert in support of pro-abortion activists in Washington, D.C. on September 19. The group which begins a North American tour today will be raising funds for “Voters for Choice,” a pro-abortion political action group.
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PORNOGRAPHIC FILM MAKER TO MAKE BERNARDO FILM DESPITE PROTESTS

ST. CATHARINES, ON, Aug 17 (LSN) – Last week, Toronto director Jerry Ciccoritti revealed plans to make a film detailing the story of the sex killer Paul Bernardo to the horror of the families of Bernardo’s victims. Ciccoritti is known for producing pornographic films which push the bounds of legality. A recent offering entitled “Paris, France” was a film about sadomasochistic sex in Toronto. Debbie Mahaffy and Donna French whose 14 and 15 year old daughters were tortured and killed by Bernado decried the filmmaker’s attempt to profit at their expense.
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ABORTIONIST TURNS IN MEDICAL LICENCE

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug 17 (LSN) – Abortionist John Biskind turned in his medical licence Thursday in an agreement with the Arizona Board of Medical Examiners despite originally having denied the charges brought against him. The agreement to hand over his medical licence does not stop the criminal investigation into his actions. In March, LouAnne Herron, a mother whose child Biskind aborted, bled to death after Biskind punctured her uterus during the procedure. State health officials revealed that the victim was not given emergency medical attention for three hours after the abortion and that Biskind had left the abortuary in spite […]
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STUDENTS FIGHT SUCCESSFULLY AGAINST FORCED SUPPORT OF ABORTION

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug 17 (LSN) – The Conservative News Service reported Saturday that five students from the University of Wisconsin triumphed in a lawsuit filed against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System in which they fought against forced support of groups which support morally objectionable practices. The students refused to pay a mandatory annual student fee of $331.50 when they realized that the monies went to support university sponsored political groups which promoted among other things abortion and homosexuality.  The university threatened to withhold the students’ grades and forbid them to graduate if they did not […]
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS UNITE WITH VIEWS ON HOMOSEXUALITY

WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (LSN) – Jewish, Protestant and Catholic religious leaders spoke out against homosexuality Wednesday at a press conference sponsored by the Family Research Council (FRC).  Rabbi Yehuda Levin of New York, a member of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of U.S. and Canada said “We the religious people have to start to act up” against the homosexual agenda, “draw a line in the sand.”  Rev. Jerome McFarland, a Baptist minister from Washington, D.C said, “The Bible is clear in its teaching that the practice of homosexual lifestyle is sin. It is evil, it is wrong, indecent, detestable,  abominable […]
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AFA WARNS OF TV MOVIE PROMOTING PEDOPHILIA

TUPELO, Mississippi, Aug 14 (LSN) – The American Family Association alerted pro-family groups Wednesday to the proposed re-showing of “Lolita” a film glorifying pedophilia. The film, already aired by SHOWTIME cable company is scheduled to be aired again on August 19 and once again on August 29. “The movie portrays the 12-year-old Lolita as a young seductress who was not only willing but sexually aggressive,  while making the true perpetrator into a passive and sympathetic victim of her advances,” explains the AFA alert. The AFA also says that after its run on cable television, the Samuel Goldwyn Co. will distribute […]
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MORGENATLER RESOURCE PAGE ANNOUNCED

WORLD WIDE WEB, Aug 14 (LSN) – This week, Ted Gerk, communications director for the Pro-Life Society of BC, announced a web project entitled “The Morgentaler Files”. The web site features hard-to-find articles and legal decisions surrounding the life of Henry Morgentaler.  “Most of the news clippings out there continue to promote the fallacy that Morgentaler is a saint…yet once-upon-a-time the media were fair and accurate in dealing with his career, and a number of well-researched articles were printed. We feature those once again,” said Gerk.
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JUDGE ALLOWS PRO-LIFE DEMONSTRATIONS TO CONTINUE

EVERETT, Washington, Aug 14 (LSN) – The Ewards School District attempted Tuesday to have a judge order police to arrest peaceful pro-life demonstrators claiming concern for the “safety” of students. Superior Court Judge Thomas Wynne ruled that such decisions were at the discretion of police and the court could not interfere. “This court is not in the position to decide, in advance, who should be arrested and charged with crimes,” Wynne said.  The demonstration was part of Operation Rescue’s Pro-Life “Back to School” campaign seeking to educate youth about the horrors of abortion and God’s gifts of life and forgiveness. […]
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REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN AGE 10 IN LISBON DECLARATION?

LISBON, Portugal, Aug 14 (LSN) – The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (CAFHRI) reported on the adopted Lisbon declaration today outlining some pro-life victories and shedding light on the UN proposals to further erode life and family. Thanks to the efforts of the Vatican and pro-life youth lobbyists, a paragraph recognizing the family as “the basic unit of society” and positive language regarding marriage were inserted into the final version of the Lisbon Declaration.  As reported yesterday, the Lisbon Declaration also demanded access to “reproductive health care” and “family planning methods of their choice” for youth. With this language […]
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NEW RESEARCH DEBUNKS ANTI-MARRIAGE PROPAGANDA

WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (LSN) – The Halifax Daily News reported Sunday on new research which reveals that,  contrary to popular belief, marriage increases happiness, life span, physical and emotional health and wealth for both men and women. University of Chicago professor of sociology Dr. Linda J. Waite, presented her findings in July at the second annual Smart Marriages Conference in Washington which dispelled the myth that “marriage is an oppressive institution for women.”  Waite revealed that earlier research on marriage, which indicated that marriage benefited men more than women, was erroneous. The landmark study which promoted the false notion that […]
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PUSH TO REVITALIZE COMMITMENT TO BIRTH-CONTROL ENCYCLICAL

TORONTO, Aug 12 (LSN) – In their August newsletter, Campaign Life Coalition reported on the move by three Catholic bishops and hundreds of Catholic faithful to ask Canada’s bishops for a new endorsement of the 1968 birth-control encyclical Humanae Vitae (on human life). In the document the Church forbade abortion, contraception and sterilization. The response of the Canadian bishops to the encyclical was the “Winnipeg Statement” which was interpreted as permitting Canadian Catholics to dissent from the Humanae Vitae’s prohibition of birth control.  Bishop Roman Danylak, of the Ukranian Eparchy of Toronto, Bishop Colin Campbell of Antigonish, N.S., and retired […]
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CANADIAN FAMILY GROUP ASKS FOR WONDERLAND BOYCOTT

TORONTO, Aug 13 (LSN) – The Canadian Family Action Coalition (CFAC) has asked for a boycott of Paramount Canada’s Wonderland and all Paramount products in response to the theme park’s promotion of homosexuality. CFAC National Affairs Director Peter Stock debated Bruce Mackensie, public affairs director for Wonderland on radio. The debate revealed that Wonderland had actively sought the business of the homosexual community and had even set aside a special area of the Park for their exclusive use.  Further Mackensie said that the park would also not deny access to other groups, such as pedophile organizations or neo-nazis, to officially […]
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LISBON DECLARATION OBJECTED TO BY PRO-LIFE COUNTRIES

LISBON, Portugal, Aug 13 (LSN) – The World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth concluded yesterday with the adoption of the Lisbon Declaration on Youth Policies and Programmes despite the objections of several pro-life countries to the anti-family language in the document. UN sources report that the document pledges to “establish a dependable database on youth reproductive health and to provide access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable legal methods of family planning of their choice.”  After the adoption of the Declaration both the Vatican and Guatemala rose to proclaim their reservations and disappointments with the document. The Holy See […]
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STD “EPIDEMIC” AS TEENS MORE PROMISCUOUS

TORONTO, Aug 12 (LSN) – A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) released today says “The high number of cases of chlamydia found among adolescent girls has prompted health experts to recommend screening all sexually active adolescent girls for chlamydia infection every six months.”  Gale R. Burstein, M.D., M.P.H., of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore warned that the disease is hard to detect since it has few if any symptoms but if untreated it can cause pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and ectopic pregnancies. Dr. Joy Thompson of Planned Parenthood in Toronto says with three and four […]
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YOUTH CONFERENCE MANIPULATED BY UN TO SUPPORT ABORTION

LISBON, Portugal, Aug 12 (LSN) – The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (CAFHRI) reported Friday on the conclusion of the Third World Youth Forum of the United Nations System, in Braga, Portugal,  saying that the “proceedings are being manipulated toward a predetermined result, particularly on life and family issues.” CAFHRI reported that the UN’s illicit manipulation of procedures at the conference included refusing accreditation to pro-life youth groups, dismissing duly elected pro-life youth from decision-making committees, UN officials overriding pro-family resolutions already agreed to by conference participants, and UNFPA officials inserting anti-life clauses into the resolution.  In response to […]
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ABORTION SURVIVOR NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS

MISSION VIEJO, CA, Aug 12 (LSN) – Sarah Smith, a 28-year-old pro-life hero and speaker is undergoing hip replacement surgery today and pro-lifers are asked to pray for her well-being. A letter from J.T.  Finn of Pro-Life America explains that “Sarah survived her mother’s abortion in 1970 an abortion which killed Sarah’s twin brother. Sarah has had major problems with her legs and hips ever since the day she was born and this will be her 54th surgery.”“In spite of all her physical setbacks, Sarah has continued to be one of the most sought after speakers in the pro-life movement. […]
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GEOFFREY FIEGER EXPOSED AS “PRO-CHOICE EXTREMIST”

LANSING, Michigan, Aug 12 (LSN) – Writing in today’s edition of the Jewish World Review, columnist Mona Charen exposes Kevorkian attorney turned Democratic candidate Geoffrey Fieger as a “pro-choice extremist.” After detailing the barbarous exploits of Kevorkian, Charen recalls some of Fieger’s revealing past comments. He has called Adam Cardinal Maida, the Catholic archbishop of Detroit, a “nut,”  and likened the Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit to Nazis for opposing assisted suicide.  Other notable quotes include Fieger’s stance on drugs: “What’s the difference if we just let people do as many drugs as they want, crawl into a […]
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PRO-LIFERS OFFER CHOICE TO MOTHERS IN WICHITA

Wichita, KS, Aug 11 (LSN) – $190,000 has been raised to open the Choices Medical Clinic in Wichita, a centre that will provide free medical services to women and their families, including ultrasound tests,  prenatal examinations, counseling, and referrals to adoption services. The pro-life venture is being set up next door to the abortuary of the notorious abortionist George Tiller who was recently in the news for aborting the child of a 12-year-old girl who was in her 7th month of pregnancy.  Rev. Joe Wright of Central Christian Church is hoping to have his congregation support the $200,000 per year […]
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CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER CONFRONTS POLITICIAN WITH HIS FAITH

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug 11 (LSN) – The Catholic Sun, a diocesan newspaper reacted to Democratic Representative Ed Pastor’s pro-abortion vote by telling him to change his vote or else “he ought to disavow his Catholic faith.” On August 6 the paper wrote, “He cannot possibly, in good conscience,  reconcile his faith and his stance.”  Catholic Sun associate publisher Christopher Gunty revealed that Pastor voted to allow Clinton’s veto of a law banning partial-birth abortion. “The fact is that this issue is clearly wrong, and it’s so clearly murder,” said Gunty.
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CIDA REAFFIRMING ABORTION VIA “GENDER EQUALITY”

OTTAWA, Aug 10 (LSN) – The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has invited both Canadians and non-Canadians to give their views on a draft Gender Equality policy, a policy which bases itself on conforming to the dictates of the UN Women’s conference and thus promotes abortion. The current draft of the policy promotes abortion (in couched terms) calling it a result” of successful “gender equality.”  In a chart illustrating “the types of initiatives that can contribute to the achievement of gender equality,” the draft encourages, “Reproductive health programs with appropriate services accessible to all women and men.  To view the […]
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TIDE TURNING FOR LIFE IN U.S.?

ORLANDO, Florida, Aug 10 (LSN) – Zenit news reported last week that statistics reported by the U.S.  National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) show that only 22% of Americans support unlimited access to abortion. NRLC Executive Director David N. O’Stein said that, “Judging from the statistics and their tendency toward life, the number of abortions is decreasing, while the pro-life movement is growing despite obstacles from the courts and the media.”
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MORAL DECLINE IN ITALY EVIDENT IN POLL RESULTS RE COHABITATION

ROME, Aug 10 (LSN) – Italy’s largest Catholic magazine Famiglia Cristiana reported the disturbing results of a survey that revealed that 72% of Italians said that couples living together outside of marriage should be granted the same rights as married couples. Catholic World News quoted the Italian magazine calling the findings indicative of a “very real breakdown of reason” in society. “There are not and cannot be couples, and consequently families, that are real and proper outside the marriage between a man and a woman.”
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U.S. HOUSE PASSES MEASURE REFUSING ADOPTION BY NON-MARRIED

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (LSN) – Late Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill for the District of Columbia which included an amendment by Rep. Steve Largent which forbade any of the money to be “used to carry out any joint adoption of a child between individuals who are not related by blood or by marriage.” While it is unclear if the Senate would pass the bill, President Clinton promised to veto the bill if it still contained the adoption restriction. Practicing homosexuals were outraged over the amendment as it would prohibit homosexual couples from adopting.
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CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SPONSORS PORNOGRAPHY CONFERENCE

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Aug 10 (LSN) – California State University sponsored the World Pornography Conference which took place over the weekend in California. The conference touted itself as a guardian of free speech.  Nadine Strossen, the first woman president of the American Civil Liberties Union, gave a keynote address at the pornographers gathering. “I want to underscore how extremely essential your efforts are… I want to thank and applaud you for your fight and contribution for First Amendment freedom… when we defend sexual expression, we really are making a stand not only against a specific kind of censorship … but […]
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ACTION ITEM

Toronto, Aug 10 (LSN) – Campaign Life Coalition has encouraged pro-lifers to write letters of protest to Chatelaine magazine in response to an outrageous pro-abortion article. (reported on by LSN on Friday Aug 7—for a copy of the LSN article please email [email protected])  write:  The last word is yours,  Chatelaine, 777 Bay Street, 8th Floor, Toronto, ON, M5W 1A7,  fax : 416/596-5516, or call the Last Word Hotline at: 416/596-5432.
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CONVERTED ABORTUARY OWNER CONFIRMS ABORTION ALL ABOUT MONEY

MANASSAS, VA, Aug 7 (LSN) – Religion Today recently interviewed Eric Harrah, a former owner or partial owner of 26 U.S. abortion mills who told them “abortion is about making money.” Harrah said that abortion was “easy money,” with abortionists making “roughly $100,000 a year for performing abortions one day a week at a clinic.” Interestingly Harrah said that some insurance companies offer “incentives” for abortions “because they would rather pay $2,000 for the procedure than $7,000 for prenatal care, labor,  and delivery.  “While some become enmeshed in the abortion industry “because they really feel it is helping women, (they) […]
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NEW SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE DISPROVES GLOBAL WARMING AGAIN

WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (LSN) – In the July issue of the World Climate Report, a leading U.S. publication covering the breaking news concerning the science and political science of global climate change, a new independent measure of temperature was shown to discredit global warming theories. Confirming the reports from satellites and the temperature gages on weather balloons, the new procedure which calculates temperature by the rise and fall of weather balloons with a formula taking into account barometric pressure shows no evidence of global warming.
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“HOPE AND HEALING” FOR VICTIMS OF ABORTION

SPRINGFIELD, IL, Aug 7 (LSN) – On Tuesday, The Elliot Institute for Social Sciences Research, a post-abortion research and education organization, released a new publication on post-abortion healing.  “Hope and Healing” as it is called is a 12-page newspaper supplement that is designed to bring a message of hope to those struggling with a past abortion.  Director of the Elliot Institute, Dr. David Reardon, Ph.D., explained that not only mother’s and abortionists but also “Millions of fathers, grandparents, and siblings also know about or were involved in an abortion decision. Many of these people carry around a lot of pain.”  […]
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ABORTION HEROES PROVE MORALLY BANKRUPT

TORONTO, Aug 7 (LSN) – The feature article in Chatelaine’s September 1998 issue released yesterday attempts to glorify an abortionist whom they dub the “angel of choice” however, the facts presented in the piece reveal a subversive pro-abortionist whose claim to be pro-“choice” is mocked by his own admissions. The article calls the abortionist-“hero” Dr. G for fear of deadly violence from “anti-choice militants.”  Chatelaine describes Dr. G surreptitiously performing abortions at a Catholic hospital where he realizes fully that it is forbidden. When caught by hospital officials for a prohibited (laminaria tent insertion)  preparatory procedure for abortions Dr. G […]
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CHARGES AGAINST BROTHER TO BE LESSENED AFTER ABORTION

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Aug 6 (LSN) – Prosecutors in the case of the 17-year-old who raped his 12-year-old sister (resulting in her parents traveling with her out of state to obtain a late term abortion) are considering lowering the charges against the youth. Macomb County Prosecutor Carl Marlinga said “This is looking like a case of youthful sexual experimentation that was wrongful and certainly criminal, but I believe he (is) no threat to others He doesn’t even seem like a threat to his sister anymore.  “Marlinga says he is trying to avoid the possibility of the family’s deportation since first-degree […]
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MAKE PUBLIC STAND FOR LIFE AND FAMILY

CINCINNATI, Aug 6 (LSN) – On Tuesday, at the ll6th annual Supreme Council meeting of the Knights of Columbus, Supreme Knight Virgil C. Dechant declared the organization’s sincere commitment to life and family. Dechant emphasized the organizations work to secure the full legal protection of life from conception to natural death combating both abortion and assisted suicide with prayerful, actual, and financial support for the pro-life movement.  The Knights of Columbus organization “is irrevocably opposed to the legal recognition of homosexual relationships as marriage,” said the Supreme Knight. “Certainly society should treat homosexuals with justice and charity, but neither justice […]
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KEVORKIAN LAWYER WINS DEMOCRATIC CANDIDACY

LANSING, Michigan, Aug 6 (LSN) – Geoffrey Fieger, the outspoken lawyer who has successfully defended suicide activist Jack Kevorkian, won Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary pitting him against the incumbent Republican Governor John Engler who opposes assisted suicide. Fieger’s win has served to heighten the confidence of Engler who says he will appeal to the Democrats alienated by the suicide activist defender Fieger.
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U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL TO STOP ASSISTED SUICIDE

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (LSN) – A U.S. House Committee has passed on a bill to prohibit the dispensing or distribution of a federally regulated drug for the purpose of assisting a suicide. The bill was sponsored by Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde who said he was “concerned about old people who don’t want to be a burden on their families.” The bill will be voted on in the House either in late August or later. A similar bill is working its way through the Senate.
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“SHOW THE TRUTH” PLANS MORE DEMONSTRATIONS

TORONTO, Aug 5 (LSN) – The “Show the Truth ‘98” tour of Southern Ontario was such a great success that organizer Rosemary Connell has planned more showings in Ontario and across the country. A tour of North Central Ontario will take place from August 24-26 in the cities of North Bay, Sturgeon Falls, Sudbury and Parry Sound. Presentations in Eastern Canada and Eastern Ontario are being scheduled for next year.  All those interested in attending may call Ann Marie at (705) 424-2810.  “Show the Truth” visited 18 cities in Southern Ontario from July 6-18 and was blessed with success that […]
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KEVORKIAN LAWYER LEADS IN DEMOCRATIC ELECTION PRIMARY

LANSING, Michigan, Aug 5 (LSN) – Geoffrey Fieger, the outspoken lawyer who has successfully defended suicide activist Jack Kevorkian, leads Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary by 2% with 93% of the vote accounted for.  According to analysts, even if Fieger wins the Democratic nomination he stands little chance of ousting incumbent Republican Governor John Engler.  However, that has not daunted Fieger who has reportedly spent more than $1 million of personal money on his campaign.  Fieger’s political style is rude, condescending. He called Engler “a political hack who’s never had a job in his life and doesn’t have a singular idea […]
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ILLEGAL PERSECUTION OF PRO-LIFERS IN U.S.

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug 5 (LSN) – The July issue of Liberator, a publication of the Liberty Counsel of Orlando, detailed the story of an injunction issued against Operation Rescue National (ORN) that was later ruled illegal by an appeals court. Once made aware of ORN’s intent to protest Disney’s gay days in Orlando, the City’s government held a court hearing and got a temporary injunction against ORN which “restricted anyone within 1,000 feet of an abortion clinic from carrying any kind of purse or backpack,  including any chain, lock, signs with sticks, or anything else that could be construed as […]
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HOMOSEXUAL LIFESTYLE CONVERSION SUCCESSFUL

WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (LSN) – The Washington Post reported last week on the ever increasing number of “conversion” ministries which aim at helping those with homosexual tendencies to live free from their homosexual temptations. Strong pressure from homosexual activists has led to the rejection of such “therapies” by mainstream psychologists and psychiatrists and has left the practice booming in the mostly religiously based groups which have formed to address the need. According to the Post there are about 100 such groups in the U.S. assisting thousands of people with homosexual desires who want to live normal lives.  Mainstream religious groups […]
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NURSES FIRED FOR OPPOSITION TO ABORTION ALLOWED TO GO TO COURT

ALBANY, N.Y., Aug 4 (LSN) – Nurses Deborah Larson and Christine Thornton who were fired from Albany Medical Center for refusing to assist in abortions were allowed to take their civil suit against the hospital to court.  Although a state Supreme Court justice refused their case last July, a state Appellate Division court ruled unanimously last Thursday that the nurses’ case should be allowed to go to trial.  Attorney Michael McDermott, who is representing Larson and Thornton, said the ruling was the first challenge to a 1971 statute which, while pretending to give employees the right to refuse to participate […]
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THE “PILL” CAUSES ABORTIONS

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (LSN) – The American Life League (ALL) announced Friday it has begun a signature drive for a “Declaration for Life,” a document revealing that the “birth control” pill is an abortifacient. A letter to this effect with an impressive list of 80 notable signatories was sent to every member of Congress. ALL president Judie Brown said members “will no longer be able to claim that insurance coverage for so-called contraceptives will contribute to a decrease in the number of abortions.”  The paper notes that “one of the pill’s effects is prevention of the fertilized egg’s implantation in […]
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FAKE BOMB AT ABORTUARY A PLOY FOR POLICE

CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug 4 (LSN) – Police reported Friday that a fake bomb thrown at a South Carolina abortuary was a ploy to divert police attention from a bank robbery carried out by Robert and Troy Waltz.
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UN YOUTH CONFERENCES IN PORTUGAL

URGENT PRAYER REQUEST II   To all who prayed for the efforts of pro-family lobbyists at the International Criminal Court (ICC)  proceedings in Rome (June-July ‘98), please accept our deep appreciation.  Although the wording of the final document was not ideal from a pro-life, pro-family perspective,  pro-abortionists were furious that their plans to make ‘enforced pregnancy’ an international war crime punishable by the soon-to-be-established ICC were thwarted.  We firmly believe that Divine Intervention in response to your prayers, which we requested for the Rome meetings, resulted in defeat for the anti-life forces.  Once again, we are urgently requesting your prayers […]
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PRO-ABORTS USE SHAMEFUL TACTICS TO GARNER SUPPORT

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug 4 (LSN) – In a July 14 letter requesting funding sent to 15,000 Utah residents,  the pro-abortion group Utahns for Choice stated that, if the group did not receive a response from recipients, “We WILL (sic) add your name to our pro-choice voter list. . . .’’ Moreover, the letter also suggests that the names on the list will be used to “help us recruit ” The issue came to light when the donation letters were received by Utah’s Roman Catholic Bishop George H. Niederauer and two parish priests.  Bishop Niederauer wrote the pro-abortion group […]
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