STUDIES FIND U.S. TEEN PREGNANCY/ABORTION RATES DOWN

WASHINGTON, Apr 30 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Reports released yesterday from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Allan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) indicate that the rate of teen pregnancy in 1996 has dropped by 17 per cent from a high in 1990. There were approximately 880,000 teen pregnancies in 1996 – just under one for every 10 teen women. Furthermore, the rate of abortions among teenagers dropped 31 per cent from 1986-1996 with just over 1 in three pregnant teens aborting in 1996. AGI, the research arm of Planned Parenthood, immediately claimed that the reduced rates were due to […]
News
 • 

ADOPTION EXPENSE DEDUCTION BILL PROPOSED

OTTAWA, Apr 30 (Lifesitenews.com) – In an effort to decrease the financial hardship of adoption, and thus to make it an easier option for more families to choose, Calgary Centre MP Eric Lowther introduced a private members bill yesterday which proposes a tax deduction for adoption-related expenses. Under the proposed legislation, a taxpayer deduction of up to $7,000 for expenses related to adoption would be allowed. “Adoption is a gentle option to ensure that a child can be placed with loving parents,” said Lowther, upon the introduction his bill.
News
 • 

PRO-ABORTS UNDERMINING PARENTAL RIGHTS

HARRISBURG, PA, Apr 30 (Lifesitenews.com) – The legal arm of the pro-abortion-on-demand movement, the New York-based Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP), defended in court this week a woman who illegally transported a 13-year-old girl across state lines for an abortion. The trip took place without the knowledge of the girl’s mother. In October 1996, Rosa M. Hartford of Sullivan County was convicted of interfering with the custody of a minor when she took the young girl, who had been raped at age 12 by her then 18-year-old stepson, to New York where she paid for the abortion of […]
News
 • 

CLONING LEADS TO DEADLY GENETIC ABNORMALITY

PARIS, France, Apr 30 (Lifesitenews.com) – The findings of the first detailed physiological study of a cloned animal from birth were reported yesterday. Dr Jean-Paul Renard of the Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique found that a baby cow, cloned from an ear cell of a healthy adult cow, had major genetic defects. According to BBC news, “six weeks after the calf was born, there was a sudden, dramatic fall in its red blood cell counts.” The calf died a week later and an autopsy reveled that the spleen, thymus and lymph nodes had not developed normally. Dr Harry Griffin, […]
News
 • 

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Reason for students murdering classmates: “In a society where it is legal to take the life of your preborn child or withhold food from a disabled newborn, where physician assisted suicide is becoming widely accepted, where the innocence of children is no longer protected, but instead violated by sex-ed programs beginning in kindergarten, where (these) death-ed programs have been initiated in schools across the country, including Columbine High School, why are we surprised when young people choose death over life?”  American Life League’s youth division Why Life? Director Cathy Brown April 28, 1999
News
 • 

UNITED METHODISTS TO OK HOMOSEXUALITY?

CALIFORNIA, Apr 29 (LSN) – The United Methodist Church, the second-largest Protestant denomination in the US after the Southern Baptists, is close to legitimizing homosexuality.  American Family Radio News reported today that “the directors of the United Methodist General Board of Church and Society are asking the General Conference to delete the Book of Discipline’s opposition to homosexual practice.” In the Book, homosexuality is described as “incompatible with Christian teaching.” The directive from the board will be considered next year at the Church’s General Conference.
News
 • 

JUDGE RECOMMENDS ABORTION

—Condemns woman over financial obligations of her grandchildren—  MADISON, Wis, Apr 29 (LSN) – On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court reprimanded Racine Municipal Judge Robert Michelson for his comments to a woman who was asking for an extension to pay fines. The woman explained that she was short on money because she was caring for her daughter’s two young children, both born of different fathers.  Judge Michelson retorted “I suppose it was too much to ask that your daughter keep her pants on and not behave like a slut.” In a letter that was supposed to be an apology Michelson […]
News
 • 

SUPREME COURT DEFINITION OF “SPOUSE” EXPECTED SOON

OTTAWA, Apr 29 (LSN) – The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) warned in a press release today that the Supreme Court of Canada will release the MvsH decision in very short order, perhaps even next Thursday (May 6). The decision will answer the question “Can ‘spouse’ be defined as someone of the same sex?” CFAC notes that a redefinition of “spouse” in MvsH will dramatically affect all family law in Canada.  For more information contact:  Peter Stock, CFAC National Affairs Director [email protected]
News
 • 

SUPREME COURT DEFINITION OF “SPOUSE” EXPECTED SOON

OTTAWA, Apr 29 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) warned in a press release today that the Supreme Court of Canada will release the MvsH decision in very short order, perhaps even next Thursday (May 6). The decision will answer the question “Can ‘spouse’ be defined as someone of the same sex?” CFAC notes that a redefinition of “spouse” in MvsH will dramatically affect all family law in Canada. For more information contact: Peter Stock, CFAC National Affairs Director [email protected]
News
 • 

HOSPITAL EMBARRASSED AT EXPOSE OF FORCED ABORTIONS

CALGARY, AB, Apr 29 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Calgary Regional Health Authority which oversees Foothills Hospital in Calgary wants Alberta Report magazine to hand over and destroy all evidence for a story they published two weeks ago on the hospital’s policy of forcing nurses against their will to participate and perform abortions. Alberta Report published an expose on Foothills which detailed their gruesome “genetic termination” practice – a late-term abortion method which has often resulted in live births at the hospital. The aborted but still living babies are refused food, water and medical treatment so that they will die. According to […]
News
 • 

TORONTO ASSISTED SUICIDE DOC GOES TO JAIL

TORONTO, Apr 29 (Lifesitenews.com) – A Toronto AIDS doctor convicted last May of two counts of assisted suicide lost his appeal yesterday to stay out of jail. Maurice Genereux’s sentence of two-years less a day was already so insignificant that ethicists, and spokesmen for Canadians with disabilities all reacted with indignation and the Crown considered an appeal. Genereux was nevertheless released on bail pending the appeal of his sentence.  Genereux gave lethal doses of Seconal to at least two of his patients in 1995 and 1996. During the trial it was discovered that he also concealed evidence of his actions […]
News
 • 

ENFORCEMENT OF NEW SAME-SEX PENSION LAWS QUESTIONED

OTTAWA, Apr 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – Proposed Canadian federal legislation on government employee pension plans will allow survivor benefits to be passed to same-sex cohabitators in a “conjugal” relationship. At a committee hearing on the bill, Reform party representatives criticized the section saying it would put the “state into the bedrooms” of Canada’s public servants making sure “conjugal” activity took place so as to satisfy the law’s requirements. The Official Opposition Critic for Families, Eric Lowther asked: “How will you know what a person’s private intimacies are? How will you use this criteria, and could anyone claim it?” LifeSite News reported […]
News
 • 

BC IS CANADA’S MOST SEXUALLY DERANGED PROVINCE

VANCOUVER, Apr 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – Psychiatrists Frank Gordon Johnson and Eamon Achong were both barred from practice in Ontario for sexual offenses against patients, but they escaped their punishments by setting up practice in BC. While the offenses of Dr. Achong involve sex with a patient, a report from the College of Physicians in Ontario reveals that the offenses of Dr.  Johnson involve drugging a patient and threatening psychiatric committal in order to force sex. The bizarre permissiveness with which sex offenders are treated in Canada’s westernmost province is fast becoming notorious. As well as the striking down of child […]
News
 • 

ONTARIO OPPOSITION LEADERS SUPPORT LEGALIZATION OF NARCOTICS

TORONTO, Apr 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty and NDP leader Howard Hampton have both expressed their support for the legalization of the possession of minor amounts of illegal narcotics. Following reports that police chiefs urged the federal government to decriminalize simple possession of drugs including heroin, Ontario premier Mike Harris attacked the idea. Source: The National Post
News
 • 

FAMOUS CHILD RIGHTS ACTIVIST BLASTS JUDGE

VANCOUVER, Apr 28 (Lifesitenews.com) – Craig Kielburger is the 16-year-old child rights activist who founded “Save the Children” four years ago. He has been internationally recognized for his efforts to fight child labour and child exploitation in the Third World has now turned his attention to his home turf of Canada. Kielburger commented on remarks made in court by BC Supreme Court Justice Mary Southin on Monday, which were critical of attempts to keep child porn illegal. Noting that some of the children in the pornographic photos were from Brazil the judge asked, “what are we doing pontificating about street […]
News
 • 

OPERATION RESCUE CHANGES NAME

BUFFALO, Apr 27 (Lifesitenews.com) – A spokesperson for Operation Rescue National announced yesterday at the close of the Operation Save America demonstrations that the pro-life group would change its name. Eileen Schopf said Operation Rescue will henceforward be known as Operation Save America, diversifying their focus to include pro-family issues as well as pro-life. “We do want to save this country, not just the unborn,” said Schopf. Operation Save America plans to combat abortion, child pornography, teen sex, homosexuality and the absence of God from the classroom. Last week Operation Save America reported that Buffalo police and the FBI harassed […]
News
 • 

BC JUDGE’S COMMENTS APPROVE CHILD PORN

VANCOUVER, Apr 27 (Lifesitenews.com) – While the federal government and police argue in BCappeals court for the overturning of a ruling which legalized the possession of child porn, one of the three judges in the case is defending the decision. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Mary Southin responded to police and crown arguments, saying: “There are graphic books written about rape and all sorts of things, but we don’t ban them.” Southin questioned the definition of “children” implying that the accepted age of consent for sex—14 years old—might be too old. Southin expressed doubt that the children in the porn photos […]
News
 • 

CLONING AND GENETIC MANIPULATION IN CANADA

MONTREAL, Apr 27 (Lifesitenews.com) – Nexia Biotechnologies Inc., a Montreal genetics company headed by Dr. Jeffrey Turner a former McGill University genetics professor, announced yesterday that they had successfully cloned three goats from the single cell of an adult goat. The goats are the only known mammals cloned since Dolly the sheep in 1997 and have again raised fears of human cloning. The company plans to use cells from the cloned goats and genetically alter them using spider genes and re-clone them so that the new genetically altered goats will produce medicinally beneficial milk. For more see today’s LifeSite Special […]
News
 • 

SATANISM AND THE COLORADO SCHOOL MASSACRE

DENVER, Colorado, Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – While rumours continue to swirl about the reasons behind the Columbine High slaughter in Colorado, confirmed reports have surfaced that the perpetrators were Christian-haters and fans of Satanic priest/rock star Marilyn Manson. An eyewitness to the shooting said that 17-year-old Cassie Bernall who was reading her Bible in the library was first asked “Do you believe in God?” before being shot dead after she heroically responded in the affirmative. “Yes, I believe in God,” was the response of the courageous Christian who was known at the school for her witness to Christ. A poem […]
News
 • 

Cloning and Genetic Manipulation In Canada

Humans are Next in a Country Without Regulations MONTREAL, Apr 27 (Lifesitenews.com) – Nexia Biotechnologies Inc., a Montreal genetics company headed by Dr. Jeffrey Turner a former McGill University genetics professor, announced yesterday that they had successfully cloned three goats from the single cell of an adult goat. The goats are the only known mammals cloned since Dolly the sheep in 1997 and have again raised fears of human cloning. The company plans to use cells from the cloned goats and genetically alter them using spider genes and e-clone them so that the new genetically altered goats will produce medicinally […]
News
 • 

HUMAN CLONING BEING CONSIDERED IN BRITAIN

LONDON, Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – England’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is seriously considering an application by Paul Rainsbury who is demanding a license to create a human clone.  Rainsbury plans to split an embryo to create twins and freeze one of the twins so that in case the child who is born dies scientists will be able to use the “back-up” embryo thus “recreating” the child. Source: The Sunday Times
News
 • 

DONOR CARDS TO BE OBSOLETE WITH ORGAN REGISTRY

OTTAWA, Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – The parliamentary health committee, which last week presented to parliament recommendations for increasing organ donations in Canada recommended the mandatory placing of all patients near brain death on organ donor registries.  While the committee suggests that families should retain the power to opt out of organ donation, the suggestion met with concern from critics who are wary of moving away from the completely voluntary system of organ donor cards. The chairman of the parliamentary committee Joe Volpe explained the controversial suggestion saying “Effective measures must be based on more than simple good will and intuition.” […]
News
 • 

9-12 PERCENT CONTRACEPTIVE FAILURE LEADS TO ABORTIONS

WASHINGTON, Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – Two studies of U.S. women by a team at Princeton University and the pro-abortion group Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) found that on average, a woman has a 10 percent chance of getting pregnant despite using contraception in any given year.  While the AGI uses the information gathered to push for greater access to contraception,  the studies strike at the heart of abortion.  As has been said by many pro-life groups over the years, the contraceptive mentality leads to abortion. For more on the Contraception-Abortion link see Human Life International.
News
 • 

NEW PRO-ABORTION STRATEGY – RUN FROM DEBATES

VANCOUVER, Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – A pro-abortion leader in Canada has backed out of a public debate with pro-lifer Scott Klusendorf and, in doing so, has revealed the extreme intolerance of the pro-choice to kill movement. Joyce Arthur, of the Pro-Choice Action Network, has written an essay on why she backed out of the debate, and stated: “the right to abortion is not a debatable issue.” She goes so far as to ask: “Would a Jew debate with a Nazi?” Incredibly, in the same essay Arthur, an activist for abortion, evolution, atheism and wildlife, calls pro-lifers “intolerant” and says “the […]
News
 • 

HOMOSEXUAL MYTHS AND REALITIES

Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – By popular demand from our subscribers, LifeSite has gained the permission of Professor Hymie Rubenstein to publish his fact sheet on the myths spread by homosexualists about homosexuality.  Last week militant homosexualist activists at the University of Manitoba filed a complaint with the university against Dr. Rubenstein claiming that he distributed “hate literature.” Prof.  Rubenstein had the flyer handed out at a non-university meeting dealing with the introduction of homosexualist programs in public schools.  See today’s LifeSite News Special Report. 
News
 • 

What Gay & Lesbian Activists Won’t Tell You or Your Children: Homosexual Myths and Realities

Apr 26 (Lifesitenews.com) – By popular demand from our subscribers, LifeSite has gained the permission of Professor Hymie Rubenstein to publish his fact sheet on the myths spread by homosexualists about homosexuality. Last week militant homosexualist activists at the University of Manitoba filed a complaint with the university against Dr. Rubenstein claiming that he distributed “hate literature.” Prof. Rubenstein had the flyer handed out at a non-university meeting dealing with the introduction of homosexualist programs in public schools. MYTH: Homosexuality is an inborn trait. REALITY: There is no credible scientific evidence that homosexuality is a genetically-acquired trait. In fact, the tremendous variability […]
News
 • 

PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION VICTIM BORN ALIVE

CINCINNATI, Apr 23 (Lifesitenews.com) – A baby, having lived in its mother’s womb for 22-weeks was born alive after an abortion attempt but survived for only three hours afterwards, probably due to lack of medical attention. Nurses at the Women’s Med Center in Dayton, Ohio, where the baby was born on April 6, comforted the dying newborn and named her Baby Hope, but did not provide her with medical care. Connie Boyles, a nurse who held the baby told the press, “Staff who cared for her on the night of her birth have experienced a myriad of emotions from sadness […]
News
 • 

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DEFEND VATICAN AGAINST CFFC

NEW HAVEN, Conn., Apr 23 (Lifesitenews.com) – The head of the 1.6 million member Catholic lay-men’s organization, the Knights of Columbus defended the Vatican against attacks from a group calling itself “Catholics for a Free Choice” (CFFC). While the UN has granted NGO status to CFFC, Supreme Knight Virgil C. Dechant said in a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that CFFC “is not Catholic in any recognizable sense of the word.”  An April 16 letter released Tuesday noted that the CFFC “represents no one and no real issues.  The organization’s virtually nonexistent membership seeks support for a pro-abortion, […]
News
 • 

MAN WITH GUN ARRESTED AFTER THREATENING PRO-LIFERS

ROCHESTER, NY, Apr 22 (Lifesitenews.com) – On this, the fifth day of Operation Save America, which is staging pro-life demonstrations throughout the US, a man was arrested after pretending to shoot into a group of demonstrating pro-lifers. Police found James Krentel poised as if shooting at the pro-lifers, when they searched his car they discovered two rifles (at least one loaded), knives and some ammunition. Krentel was charged with harassment and possessing a loaded weapon in a vehicle. Over the past week pro-lifers with Operation Save America have demonstrated peacefully outside schools and abortuaries, telling the truth about abortion with […]
News
 • 

LEGAL ABORTION SENDING WOMEN TO PRISON?

PIORRE, Ill., Apr 22 (Lifesitenews.com) – Female prison inmates and post-abortion prison counsellors are reporting that extremely large portions of incarcerated women have had abortions. The Washington Times reported last week that an inmate who pleaded for post-abortion counselling told one counsellor that “easily 60 percent to 80 percent of this prison’s population have had abortions.” Furthermore, counsellors who have counselled hundreds of inmates for post-abortion stress say that they have “never met a woman in prison who doesn’t blame her incarceration partly on past abortions.” For the full story, reprinted with permission from the Washington Times, see today’s special […]
News
 • 

CHEMICAL COAT HANGER PERMITTED IN CANADA

CALGARY, AB, Apr 22 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Alberta College of Physicians is to decide tomorrow if it will limit the prescription of chemical abortions to centres where surgical abortion facilities are available. It seems that, due to the absence of a law on abortion, no restriction exists against doctors prescribing chemical abortion pills from their own offices. Three years ago BC abortionist Ellen Wiebe requested permission to experiment with administering the cancer-fighting drug methotrexate and the ulcer-fighting misoprostol to women to procure abortions (M&M abortions). After publishing her success with this RU-486-type concoction in the 1996 Canadian Medical Association Journal, […]
News
 • 

NORTH AMERICA USING BRAINS OF ABORTED BABIES

DENVER, Colorado, Apr 22 (Lifesitenews.com) – Out of the same state which rocked the world with reports of the recent high school massacre comes a study showing the benefits of using the brains of aborted fetuses to treat Parkinson’s patients. A research team from Denver Colorado has published the results of their study into the macabre procedure noting that each Parkinson’s patient treated required the use of four dead babies. The glowing reports of the success of the procedure are marred by the blood of the babies sacrificed to the god of convenience and science. The announcement was made yesterday […]
News
 • 

Colorado Activist Connects Abortion, Criminal Behaviour

Reprinted by LifeSite News with written permission from The Washington Times Colorado Activist Connects Abortion, Criminal Behaviour Believes guilt from procedure can lead to illegal acts Jennifer Kabbany THE WASHINGTON TIMES Jail and abortion are two concepts that are rarely linked in the public mind, but Colorado Springs activist Sydna Masse says they are evil twins.  After interviews with hundreds of female inmates, she believes abortion can cause guilt-ridden women to commit crimes that land them in jail. The thought first occurred to her in 1994, she says, when she was visiting a friend in jail. “I’ve had two, you […]
News
 • 

BC COURT SYSTEM CAUSE FOR POSSIBLE LEGALIZATION OF ANOTHER VICE

OTTAWA, Apr 21 (Lifesitenews.com) – On the recommendation of Canada’s police chiefs, the Canadian government is contemplating decriminalizing the possession of small quantities of illegal drugs including heroin. According to the National Post, the government may announce next week a proposal which would allow “anyone convicted of simple possession of narcotics [to] simply sign a guilty statement and pay a fine, without having to go through the court system. They would not have a criminal record.” Insiders say that the reason for the suggestion relates to the incredible difficulty police incur attempting to prosecute drug charges in the courts. Julian […]
News
 • 

99% OF NAMIBIANS OPPOSE ABORTION

WINDHOEK, Namibia, Apr (Lifesitenews.com) – Namibian Health Minister Libertina Amathila said Monday that government plans to legalize abortion were rejected after wide-ranging community consultations revealed that 99 per cent of Nambians opposed a liberalization of the law. Source: Africa News
News
 • 

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY HIRES PRO-INFANTICIDE PROFESSOR

PRINCETON, NJ, Apr 21 (Lifesitenews.com) – Editorials from Toronto (National Post) to Washington (Washington Times) are lambasting Princeton University for their decision to grant a tenured professorship to legal-infanticide advocate,  Dr. Peter Singer. The media attention comes thanks to a pro-life group of Princeton students fighting the Singer appointment. The group is headed up by Christopher Benek, and calls itself Princeton Students Against Infanticide. The group says Mr. Singer advocates parents being permitted to kill their disabled infants up to 28 days after birth. Singer, a radical animal rights advocate who has equated human and animal life, is set to […]
News
 • 

STUDY: PREMARITAL COHABITATION HURTS MARRIAGE

VICTORIA, BC, Apr 21 (Lifesitenews.com) – A new study published in the Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology confirms previous research that associates cohabitation prior to marriage with a sharp increase in the likelihood of divorce. It also shows that marriage tends to be delayed by cohabiting couples. According to today’s National Post, Professor Aheng Wu of the University of Victoria has found that “women who have lived with a man out of wedlock are 80% more likely to eventually divorce or separate than are women who have never entered into a live-in relationship, while men who have been in […]
News
 • 

PHARMACISTS’ MANUAL CONFIRMS THE PILL CAUSES ABORTIONS

TORONTO, Apr 21 (Lifesitenews.com) – Michael Izzotti, a practicing pharmacist and the President of Pharmacists for Life International – Canada, told LifeSite yesterday that the manual used by pharmacists confirms that “the pill” causes abortions. Izzotti read out various segments of the “Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties” that indicated that the so-called contraceptive pill acts in three ways, one of which is to weaken the endometrium (the lining of the womb) thus preventing implantation of the conceived child. Izzotti told LifeSite that “altering the endometrium has no other purpose than to prevent the implantation of an already conceived (fertilized) child […]
News
 • 

Pharmacists’ Manual Confirms the Pill Causes Abortions

TORONTO, Apr 21 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michael Izzotti, a practicing pharmacist and the President of Pharmacists for Life International – Canada, told LifeSite yesterday that the manual used by pharmacists confirms that “the pill” causes abortions. Izzotti read out various segments of the “Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties” that indicated that the so-called contraceptive pill acts in three ways, one of which is to weaken the endometrium (the lining of the womb) thus preventing implantation of the conceived child. Izzotti told LifeSite that “altering the endometrium has no other purpose than to prevent the implantation of an already conceived (fertilized) child […]
News
 • 

DISMISSING THE PILL’S LINK TO CANCER IS PREMATURE

LONDON, Apr 20 (Lifesitenews.com) – Much to the dismay of Planned Parenthood, a prominent English researcher has warned that dismissing links between the pill and breast cancer is premature.  Professor Klim McPherson of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine writes in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health that “recent research suggesting only a slight risk from the pill may be too simplistic.” McPherson asserts that since women now take the pill at earlier ages, and for longer periods,  the early studies are insufficient. Evidence suggests the risk of breast cancer may increase with early use of the […]
News
 • 

STUDENTS CHARGE PRO-FAMILY PROFESSOR WITH “HATE”

WINNIPEG, Apr 20 (Lifesitenews.com) – Militant homosexualist activists at the University of Manitoba have filed a complaint with the university against Professor Hymie Rubenstein claiming that he distributed “hate literature.” Prof. Rubenstein had a flyer handed out at a non-university meeting dealing with the introduction of homosexualist programs in public schools. The flyer exposed 18 myths propagated by homosexualist activists. Based on 30 years of established research, professor Rubenstein addressed such claims as “homosexuality is an inborn trait”, “homosexuality is compatible with normal family life”,  and “ten percent of people are homosexual.”
News
 • 

KRAUSZ INVOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA INVESTIGATION UPDATE

MONTREAL, Apr 20 (Lifesitenews.com) – The public inquiry into the suspected involuntary euthanasia of Herman Krausz reopened Monday. Hospital staff from the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal testified that Krausz wished to be removed from his respirator. However, in earlier testimony from the Krausz family, it was revealed that Krausz was removed from life support despite his own and his family’s objections. Evidence presented in the case confirmed that the Jewish General Hospital (JGH) was working under an imposed euthanasia policy. According to the National Post, a JGH policy, in effect since last July when Krausz died, states that terminally […]
News
 • 

ABORTION PILLS: ANOTHER FORM OF ETHNIC CLEANSING?

ROME, Apr 20 (Lifesitenews.com) – The UN faced yet more condemnation yesterday over its handling of the Kosovo refugees. Riccardo Cascioli, an expert in human rights in developing countries, revealed to Zenit News that, contrary to the assertions of the UN, “the day after pill” (or abortive pill) is not intended for refugee women who have been raped by Serb soldiers. Cascioli contends that women who have been raped by the Serbs in Kosovo would arrive at the refugee camps after the 72 hours required for an abortion to be effective with this early abortion-causing drug. Rome’s Catholic daily ‘Avvenire’ […]
News
 • 

OVER THE COUNTER ABORTION PILL IN CANADA?

EDMONTON, Apr 20 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Ottawa-based Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada has received support in its bid to have the abortion causing morning-after pill made available over-the-counter in Canada. The Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons decided in a split vote 6-12 to support the initiative to make the so-called morning after pill available without a prescription. The motivator behind the scenes is the UN’s World Health Organization which has commenced a massive international marketing scheme for the pill which it likes to call “emergency contraception.”
News
 • 

“SOUTH PARK” VS. JESUS

Apr 19 (Lifesitenews.com) – “South Park,” a relatively new adult cartoon, condemned from the outset for its vulgar and explicit content, has nevertheless gained a large following among American young people. The show lashed out against Christianity last Wednesday with sexually explicit slurs that few people would expect to hear voiced in public. One of the show’s character’s, Kyle overhears that his father’s marital discord is due to erectile disfunction.  Kyle, misunderstanding the point, set out to buy an erection for his father. According to the Catholic League’s expose on the show: “The boys meet a priest who invites them […]
News
 • 

PLAN TO OUST VATICAN FROM UN ENCOUNTERS OPPOSITION

Ottawa, Apr 19 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Canadian branch of the pro-abortion group “Catholics For a Free Choice” (CFFC) has joined ranks with its international counterpart in a campaign to strip the Vatican of its voting status at the UN. The organization’s agenda, however, is being resisted by faithful Catholics, pro-life groups and non-Catholic Christian leaders. Anglican Bishop John Baycroft of Canada defended the Vatican’s status at the UN saying “The Vatican has as much right to be [in the UN] as any of the other countries.” Baycroft questioned the validity of the CFFC saying: “I think for members of a […]
News
 • 

ABORTED BABIES IN B.C. DYING IN MOTHERS’ ARMS

VANCOUVER, Apr 19 (Lifesitenews.com) – The BC Catholic, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, carries an expose this week about 16 B.C. babies who have been born alive during mid-to late-term abortions since 1995. According to the B.C.‘s coroners service, the babies who survived the attempted abortions, some for as long as six hours, had to be issued birth and death certificates. The coroner also noted that “in many instances the infant died in his or her mother’s arms.” (with files from Pro-Life E-news)
News
 • 

HOMOSEXUALITY TO BE PROMOTED IN WINNIPEG SCHOOLS

WINNIPEG, Apr 19 (Lifesitenews.com) – According to the Canadian Press, the Winnipeg public school board has approved a plan conceived by a homosexualist to implement a program in schools to combat “homophobia.” Parents are attempting to fight the proposal, which proposes that children be indoctrinated with false notions such as the normalcy of homosexual sexual relations.  According to similar programs launched in Toronto and Vancouver, which are being studied to develop the Winnipeg program, such relationships are to be tolerated and accepted. For more on the Toronto and Vancouver situation: Truth must be part of ‘homophobia’ teaching
News
 • 

60 MINUTES II PREDICTABLY BIASED WITH ABORTION SEGMENT

TV LAND, Apr 19 (Lifesitenews.com) – Last Wednesday’s “60 Minutes II” program offered a thoroughly biased 13-minute segment on Michael Bray, an anti-abortionist who refuses to condemn violence against abortionists. According to pro-lifers who reviewed the show for LifeSite, the CBS program,  carried lengthy interviews with the controversial “pastor” who while he claims to be pro-life,  is actually “pro-choice” – in that he allows for the “choice” to kill abortionists. The show gave the pro-abortion side time to air its views but did not allow for any pro-life commentary. All pro-life groups in Canada and the vast majority of pro-life […]
News
 • 

TV-TURNOFF WEEK SLATED FOR APRIL 22-28

HOLLYWOOD, Apr 19 (Lifesitenews.com) – This April 22-28 an expected 7 million individuals around the United States will voluntarily turn off their TV sets for seven days, hoping to rediscover that life can be more constructive, rewarding and healthy without television.
News
 • 

KEVORKIAN WILL NOT STARVE HIMSELF

DETROIT, Michigan, Apr 16 (Lifesitenews.com) – Assisted-suicide and euthanasia activist Jack Kevorkian, who after he was sentenced Tuesday bragged that he would starve himself to death, has backed down from his threat. Kevorkian had told a reporter, “I know they are going to force-feed me, but my captivity is still enslavement, and I am not going to go along with it.” However the same day prison officials noted that the force feeding policy at the prison had been dropped by coincidence that very day. Kevorkian’s lawyers complained immediately that the change in policy was done to target Dr. Death. Kevorkian […]
News
 • 

PRO-LIFE GROUPS PREPARE FOR POPULATION PROPAGANDA

MERRILVILLE, Indiana, Apr 16 (Lifesitenews.com) – Preparing for the onslaught of pro-population control propaganda expected for the upcoming “Day of Six Billion,” pro-life groups have begun to encourage pro-natalist attitudes. Despite the recent demographic reports of alarming de-population around the world forecasting imminent social security nightmares, population control groups are refusing to back down from their overpopulation mythology. The UN has arranged for October 12, 1999 to be commemorated as the “Day of Six Billion” as the world’s population is expected to reach this level sometime this year. Speaking at high schools across the US, Jim Sedlak, director of Stop […]
News
 • 

POPULATION CONTROL PEDDLERS SPREADING AIDS IN AFRICA?

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 15 (Lifesitenews.com) – In startling reports coming out of Africa yesterday it was revealed that about 2.4 million Kenyans are HIV-positive and 24,000 have AIDS, while in Nambia last year 12,700 people were diagnosed with HIV bringing that country’s total HIV-positive count to 53,300. Various population control agencies, principally the United Nations Population Fund, International Planned Parenthood and USAID are largely responsible for the spread of the epidemic, charge population control critics, through the aggressive promotion of the West’s liberalized sex culture in developing countries.  For more see today’s LifeSite Special Report. 
News
 • 

KEVORKIAN TO STARVE HIMSELF TO DEATH

PONTIAC, Michigan, Apr 15 (Lifesitenews.com) – Assisted-suicide/euthanasia advocate Jack Kevorkian, who was sentenced on Tuesday to 10-25 years in prison has reissued his threat to starve himself to death. Oakland Press quoted Kevorkian Wednesday saying, “I know they are going to force-feed me, but my captivity is still enslavement, and I am not going to go along with it.”  Ironically, the jail has just changed its policy and now forbids the force-feeding of prisoners. Upon learning of the no-force-feeding policy, Kevorkian lawyer Mayer Morganroth immediately complained that the policy was put in place to target Kevorkian. “Isn’t that assisted suicide?” […]
News
 • 

CHEMICAL ABORTION IN CANADA?

CALGARY, Apr 15 (Lifesitenews.com) – It seems some people believe the debate over chemical abortion methods in Canada is over. An article in yesterday’s Calgary Herald said that the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons will decide Friday whether to restrict permission to administer abortion drugs to doctors in abortuaries and hospitals equipped to carry out surgical abortions. Since surgical intervention is considered necessary in cases where the drugs fail, the College is concerned that private doctors’ offices are not equipped to handle possible complications. Calgary abortionist Ted Busheikin has applied to the College for permission to use the methotrexate […]
News
 • 

FEDS ARGUE AGAINST CHILD PORN

VANCOUVER, Apr 15 (Lifesitenews.com) – Lawyers for the federal government submitted written arguments yesterday in the B.C. Court of Appeal to fight Justice Duncan Shaw’s controversial legalization of the possession of child pornography. Judge Shaw raised a national firestorm several months ago when he concluded (on the bases of only two ‘studies’ submitted in the case) that “there is no evidence that the production of child pornography will be significantly reduced if simple possession is made a crime.” With extensive evidence to the contrary, federal lawyer Judith Bowers noted that pornography “fuels the sexual fantasies of pedophiles and will lead […]
News
 • 

Population Control Pedlars Spreading AIDS In Africa?

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 15 (LSN) – In startling reports coming out of Africa yesterday it was revealed that about 2.4 million Kenyans are HIV-positive and 24,000 have AIDS, while in Nambia last year 12,700 people were diagnosed with HIV bringing that country’s total HIV-positive count to 53,300. Various population control agencies, principally the United Nations Population Fund, International Planned Parenthood and USAID are largely responsible for the spread of the epidemic, charge population control critics, through the aggressive promotion of the West’s liberalized sex culture in developing countries. Despite the evidence that sexual promiscuity is the primary cause of the […]
News
 • 

UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PUSH FOR ABORTION

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 14 (Lifesitenews.com) – At the UN yesterday the United Nations Commission on Human Rights made a special request to discuss the “integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective.” UN feminist radicals praised the move since it is especially geared to promoting reproductive health rights, including abortion. A UN Population Fund representative at the meeting claimed that “the individual’s right to reproductive health, including the right to decide the size and spacing of one’s family, was now accepted as part of the framework of human rights.” Bashir Muntasser went on to suggest that “the […]
News
 • 

OREGON SLIPS INTO LEGAL EUTHANASIA

PORTLAND, Ore, Apr 14 (Lifesitenews.com) – An investigation into a case of euthanasia in Oregon led to a finding that the “help” in the administration of lethal doses of drugs conformed to Oregon law. Lou Gehrig’s disease patient Patrick Matheny had applied for, and received, lethal drugs under Oregon’s assisted suicide law but he could barely swallow them so he was given “help” to die by his brother-in-law Joe Hayes. According to the March 29 Weekly Standard, Coos County district attorney Paul Burgett found that Matheny’s death did not violate the state’s law. Further, Burgett noted that it would be […]
News
 • 

SCIENTISTS WARN OF EUGENICS NIGHTMARE WITH GENETIC SCREENING

LONDON, Apr 14 (Lifesitenews.com) – Last week in the Journal of Medical Ethics, scientists warned that advances in genetic screening could “be the logical next step towards high-tech eugenics.” Dr Wolfram Henn,  of the Institute of Human Genetics in Homburg-Sarr in Germany described the latest technology saying DNA silicon-chip technology can scan up to 400,000 DNA sequences in just a few hours. The scientists warned that although the chips are currently used to develop treatments for genetic disorders they could easily be used to screen for undesirable traits in human embryos prior to implantation with in vitro fertilization. While pre-implantation […]
News
 • 

HOSPITAL TO ALLOW NURSES TO REFUSE ABORTION DUTIES

TORONTO, Apr 14 (Lifesitenews.com) – It appears that after a six-year-long battle, Markham Stouffville Hospital will finally allow its nurses to refuse to participate in abortions. In a deal, which has yet to be confirmed by the hospital, the hospital would implement a new policy of religious exemption from performing abortions for all nursing staff. Eight pro-life nurses had to bring the hospital before the Ontario Human Rights Commission before an agreement could be reached. Other details of the agreement are to remain confidential. When they were hired in 1990, the nurses advised the hospital of their opposition to participation […]
News
 • 

UN BLASTED FOR EXACERBATING KOSOVO REFUGEE CRISIS

VATICAN, Apr 14 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Vatican’s international news agency, Fides, blasted the United Nations Tuesday, denouncing the damage caused in Albania and Macedonia by the large international relief agencies for refugees. Fides placed most of the blame on the U.N. High Commission for Refugees “which on April 3 promised to install a camp for 12,000 refugees in Kukes before April 7 but, by that date, had not even put up one tent.”  Fides questioned the slow reaction of the UN to assist in the humanitarian crisis with essentials such as shelter, reported the Zenit news service. The news agency […]
News
 • 

THE SOCIETAL COST OF ABORTION

EL DORADO, TX, Apr 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback announced last Friday that the effects of abortion will soon be felt in terms of the economic security of Americans.  Brownback blames abortion for creating a shortage of workers in the U.S. He warned that when baby boomers begin to leave the workforce in the next decade, the Social Security Trust Fund will begin to pay more to retirees than it takes in from current workers.
News
 • 

60 MINUTES II TO AIR BRAY PIECE WEDNESDAY

TV LAND, Apr 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – Having postponed a 13-minute segment on Michael Bray, an anti-abortionist who refuses to condemn violence against abortionists, CBS plans to air the piece tomorrow night at 9pm Eastern on ‘60 Minutes II’. US pro-life groups have urged the station to report the story fairly allowing for commentary from mainstream pro-life leaders in the US who have all condemned the shootings. Canadian pro-lifers are concerned, having seen the way CBS has reported on life issues in the past, that its coverage will be little better than that of CBC. The Canadian broadcaster only a few […]
News
 • 

VATICAN CONDEMNS UN ABORTION PILL DISTRIBUTION IN KOSOVO

VATICAN CITY, Apr 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, vice president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, today condemned the UN’s distribution of the abortion causing “morning after” pill to Kosovo refugees. Writing in the Italian Roman Catholic daily l’Avenire, the Catholic leader called the pill an “abortion technique” rather than a contraceptive. “The morning-after pill does not exist… This is an abortion,” said the Bishop.
News
 • 

UNIVERSAL DAY CARE IN CANADA?

OTTAWA, Apr 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – The federally funded National Council of Welfare (NCW) is the latest voice in the call for universally funded day-care in Canada. The cost would be in the vicinity of $6.3 billion per year. The plan would force this heavy financial burden on taxpayers including those who continue to make the necessary sacrifices to continue to provide their children with the best care available – home care. This latest government sponsored attack on stay-at-home parents comes just after the Liberal government was taken to task over its current tax discrimination policies against stay-at-home parents. The NCW […]
News
 • 

LIST OF PRO-LIFE DOC’S WHO WON’T PRESCRIBE CONTRACEPTIVES

DAYTON, Ohio, Apr 13 (Lifesitenews.com) – One More Soul, a pro-life organization in Dayton has compiled a searchable database of doctors (mostly American) who only recommend natural family planning to their patients, refusing to prescribe artificial contraceptives or perform/refer for abortion, sterilization or in-vitro fertilization. With the growing evidence of the abortifacient nature of most artificial contraceptives, the database has been hailed as a great aid to pro-lifers who would rather patronize doctors whose morals they agree with. (The database is still being compiled.) (with files from Pro-Life E-News)
News
 • 

BAUER VS. DOLE ON ABORTION

WASHINGTON, Apr 12 (Lifesitenews.com) – Republican presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole has finally made public her view on abortion. In a letter written in response to a question at an Arizona Republican Party event last week, she said: “I would support the idea of a constitutional amendment, if it were possible,” she wrote. “But, of course, it’s not.” She added: “There’s been no vote in the House of Representatives in modern times and there hasn’t been a vote in the Senate in 15 years, so rather than engage in dead-end debate, let’s move forward to get some positive things done for […]
News
 • 

HOMOSEXUAL SOLDIERS SEEK SAME-SEX BENEFITS

OTTAWA, Apr 12 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Canadian Department of National Defence has released a report indicating that 17 claims were made last year for medical, dental, and relocation benefits for homosexual partners. DND joined other federal departments and agencies in providing full medical and dental benefits to common-law spouses of homosexual employees since July 1996 when the Treasury Board changed its policy in response to a human rights tribunal ruling on “discrimination.” DND received its first claims in 1997. Last year seven requests (all by women) were received for same-sex medical or dental benefits and 10 soldiers (two men and […]
News
 • 

MANY U.S. DAY CARE CENTERS HARMFUL: STUDY

WASHINGTON, Apr 12 (Lifesitenews.com) – A study by the Consumer Product Safety Commission found that many of [America’s] child-care centers have conditions that are hazardous to the safety of children. The study says two-thirds of licensed child-care centers studied by federal investigators last year had at least one condition that could cause harm to children. The CPSC said that today it knows of at least 56 children who died in child-care settings since 1990. Nineteen percent of the child-care providers had cribs that contain unsafe bedding,  according to the commission’s study. And 3% of the facilities surveyed did not use […]
News
 • 

VIOLENCE FROM PRO-ABORTS AT HLI PROTEST

TORONTO, Apr 12 (Lifesitenews.com) – The pro-abortion, pro-homosexual campaign to discredit and harass the pro-life organization Human Life International (HLI) – and the pro-life ethic in general – in connection with HLI’s Toronto conference last week appears to have been a major failure. Left-wing extremists associated with Anti-Racist Action, a Toronto-area group known for promoting violence, linked up with pro-abortion groups such as the Ontario Coalition of Abortion Clinics, anti-poverty groups and the International Socialists in an attempt to attract at least 1,000 protestors for a rally on Saturday outside the International Plaza Hotel where HLI was meeting. Newspaper reports […]
News
 • 

TAXPAYERS FUND POPULATION CONTROL PROGRAM

OTTAWA, Apr 12 (Lifesitenews.com) – Renowned population control activist and Canadian broadcaster, David Suzuki, is going back on the air this month thanks to taxpayers and the CBC which started broadcasting his radio series yesterday. The 8-part series is called “From Naked Ape to Superspecies.” Reporting on the program, Southam News columnist Terence Corcoran, wrote Friday that one of Suzuki’s guests on the first episode, American ant expert Edward 0. Wilson, claims that “if all humanity disappeared the rest of life would benefit enormously. . If the ants were all to disappear, the results would be close to catastrophic,” says […]
News
 • 

BUREAUCRATS CONSIDER “CHARITY” REFORMS

OTTAWA, Apr 12 (Lifesitenews.com) – The growing pressure on the volunteer sector associated with government cuts in recent years has put pressure on the Canadian government to review its policies on charities. Concerns over the abuse of charitable status by some organizations has also led to demands for a review of legislation governing the charitable sector. Pro-family forces have become particularly suspicious of the way Revenue Canada treats charitable organizations in view of apparent bias against social conservative groups and the recent loss of charitable status faced by pro-life group Human Life International. Three working groups composed of senior bureaucrats […]
News
 • 

LEBANESE DOCTOR IMPRISONED FOR LIFE

SAUDI ARABIA, Apr 12 (Lifesitenews.com) – After 12 years in custody, a Lebanese “doctor” has been convicted of performing abortions in Saudi Arabia, reported the country’s newspaper, al-Eqtissadiyah.  “Investigators learned he had carried out an unspecified number of abortions on single women who were pregnant, reported the pro-life news service, Pro-Life Infonet. “[Al-Eqtissadiyah]  did not say when the sentence was passed. Abortion is banned in the Islamic kingdom except under extraordinary circumstances, including when the mother’s life is at risk.”
News
 • 

UN SENDS CONDOMS AND ABORTION KITS TO KOSOVO REFUGEES

NEW YORK, Apr 9 (Lifesitenews.com) – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) announced yesterday that it was sending “reproductive health kits” to Kosovo refugees. Included in the kits were condoms, IUD’s, the abortifacient “morning after” pill, and more elaborate abortion equipment such as vacuum apparatus. See the UN press release: EMERGENCY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH KITS EN ROUTE TO KOSOVO REFUGEES
News
 • 

FEMINIST SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CAUGHT LYING

OTTAWA, Apr 9 (Lifesitenews.com) – REAL Women of Canada, a pro-life women’s group which opposes the radical feminist agenda, yesterday accused feminist activist Supreme Court Justice Clair L’Heureux-Dube of providing misinformation about her involvement with a feminist organization. Pro-family advocates have always been disturbed at the apparent feminist bias in Ms. L’Heureux-Dube’s court opinions. For more see today’s second LifeSite News Special Report: Feminist Supreme Court Justice Caught Lying
News
 • 

CALGARY HOSPITAL FORCING NURSES TO PARTICIPATE IN ABORTION

CALGARY, AB, Apr 9 (Lifesitenews.com) – In a smashing piece of investigative journalism unleashed by Alberta Report in its April 12 edition, reporter Marnie Ko exposes Calgary’s Foothills Hospital where nurses are forced to participate in abortions and even perform them. Ko also reveals that with the abortion method used, sometimes live babies are born who are only allowed to be offered comfort until they die – no food or medical care. For more see today’s first LifeSite News Special Report: (Report currently unavailable)
News
 • 

Feminist Supreme Court Justice Caught Lying

REAL Women Exposes Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dube OTTAWA, Apr 9 (Lifesitenews.com) – REAL Women of Canada, a pro-life women’s group which opposes the radical feminist agenda, yesterday accused feminist activist Supreme Court Justice Clair L’Heureux-Dube of providing misinformation about her involvement with a feminist organization. Pro-family advocates have always been disturbed at the apparent feminist bias in Ms. L’Heureux-Dube’s court opinions. In a complaint to the Canadian Judicial Council last month, REAL Women charged that Madame Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dube failed in her duty as a judge “to impartially apply the law and decide cases in accordance with their legal merit.” “She […]
News
 • 

MINISTER MEETS WITH STAY-AT-HOME PARENT ADVOCATES

CALGARY, Apr 8 (Lifesitenews.com) – Hedy Fry, Secretary of State for the Status of Women met Wednesday with Beverly Smith and Cathy Perri, two leaders in Canada’s fight for fair taxation for families where one parent chooses to stay home to raise their children. Smith, who recently gained notoriety because she took her complaints of discrimination to the UN, called the meeting disappointing, noting that Fry failed to make any commitments or even acknowledge a problem with the treatment of stay-at home parents. Perri, president of the national organization Kids First, said Fry was “very condescending” and demonstrated an “elitist […]
News
 • 

SHOUTING MOB PROTESTS HLI CONFERENCE

TORONTO, Apr 8 (Lifesitenews.com) – About 300 pro-abortion activists showed up to protest the opening of the Human Life International conference outside Toronto’s International Plaza Hotel yesterday evening. Pro-abortion speakers at the protest accused HLI of being a “racist” organization,  a message quickly picked up by the angry mob. At one point three female protesters deemed it necessary to remove their tops in order to get attention. As is usual at such gatherings, copies of the Socialist International were distributed. Homosexual militants were also the largest group among the protesters. Inside the hotel, conference attendees were relieved at the strong […]
News
 • 

BOYCOTT THREATS WORK AS DISNEY DUMPS “DOGMA”

NEW YORK, Apr 8 (Lifesitenews.com) – On Monday the New York Post reported that Mirimax, a subsidiary of Disney, was preparing to distribute a film called “Dogma” – another gratuitous attack on Christianity. However, after the Catholic League threatened Disney with a major boycott,  Mirimax announced yesterday that their co-chairmen, Bob and Harvey Weinstein, will personally buy thefilm rights for “Dogma” and will look for a new distributor for the film. As a result the Catholic league will focus its boycott and other actions on the Weinstein brothers and film writer/director Kevin Smith. William Donahue, president of the Catholic League […]
News
 • 

NEW YORK BISHOPS SLAM ABORTUARY BUFFER ZONES

NEW YORK, NY, Apr 8 (Lifesitenews.com) – On Wednesday, John Cardinal O’Connor and New York State’s six diocesan bishops sent a message to New York Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer denouncing her plans to expand a buffer zone around the state’s 13 abortuaries. The attorney general’s move comes just prior to the pro-life demonstration “Operation Save America’’ which is scheduled to begin April 18. Billed as an attempt to avert violence, Spitzer initiated the move which forbids protests within 60 feet of abortion mills and also forbids protesters outside the zone from using loud speakers. By calling for the expansion of the […]
News
 • 

NOT ALL JEWS OPPOSE HLI

TORONTO, Apr 8 (Lifesitenews.com) Reprinted by LifeSite with permission from Michael Coren, a radio and television talk show host and syndicated columnist (first printed in Today’s issue of the Toronto Sun). I seldom devote two columns to the same subject but sometimes events demand a change in policy. The propaganda campaign against the anti-abortion group Human Life International (HLI), currently holding its annual conference in Toronto, has become so intense and so absurd that a response is essential. To summarize the arguments of HLI’s opponents, the organization’s leaders, and by extension its membership of more than 70,000, are hateful,  violent […]
News
 • 

HLI: CANADIAN GOV’T PROMOTES ‘CONTRACEPTIVE IMPERIALISM’

TORONTO, Apr 8 (Lifesitenews.com) – Speaking at a press conference on the opening of Human Life International’s Toronto conference yesterday, HLI president Fr. Richard Welch accused the US and Canadian governments of promoting “contraceptive imperialism.” The western governments promote “the myth of a population crisis” and then use taxpayer money to finance the exportation of contraceptives and population control programs to developing nations,” he said. Fr. Welch noted that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is a major government funder of abortion and population control organizations such as International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). “In one five year period alone, 1989-94, […]
News
 • 

Not All Jews Oppose HLI

Michael Coren I seldom devote two columns to the same subject but sometimes events demand a change in policy. The propaganda campaign against the anti- abortion group Human Life International (HLI), currently holding its annual conference in Toronto, has become so intense and so absurd that a response is essential. To summarize the arguments of HLI’s opponents, the organization’s leaders, and by extension its membership of more than 70,000, are hateful, violent and, most significant of all it seems, anti-Semitic. There are also rumours that the chief of HLI tried to murder the Easter bunny and wouldn’t let Rudolph join […]
News
 • 

CANADIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS LOBBY AGAINST RU-486

OTTAWA, Apr 7 (Lifesitenews.com) – In a letter to the Canadian Minister of Health Allan Rock in late March,  the Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF), of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) wrote: “We strongly oppose the introduction of RU-486 into Canada because this pill is not a therapeutic drug but one which destroys the unborn child and has serious health risks for women.” Criticizing the governments initiative to contact the manufacturer of RU-486 the letter said:  “Should the Government take an active role in promoting abortion by approving clinical trials of this deadly pill, it will […]
News
 • 

PRO-ABORTS SAY US PRO-LIFER JAILED FOR PROTESTS SHOULD BE BARRED FROM CANADA

TORONTO, Apr 7 (Lifesitenews.com) – Newspapers in Toronto and Ottawa have deemed it credible to report the charge by pro-aborts that US pro-life activist Joan Andrews Bell who has been imprisoned for peaceful pro-life activism in the US should be barred from Canada because of her criminal record. The pro-life activist is scheduled to speak at the HLI conference in Toronto. Andrews Bell, the Linda Gibbons of the US, is a committed pro-lifer and devout Christian whose only crime is attempting to save the lives of babies and to spare their mothers the pain of abortion and its aftermath. Last […]
News
 • 

WORKING MOM’S STUDY BIASED

WASHINGTON, Apr 7 (Lifesitenews.com) – New evidence has revealed the bias evident in a study which appeared in the American Psychological Association’s journal, Developmental Psychology, last month which claimed that children whose mothers are employment outside the home are no worse off than those whose mothers stay home. The US based Statistical Assessment Service (SAS) published a report in March entitled,  “Good News For Moms: No One Misses You.” The report noted that the individuals used for the APA sample “were not a cross section of the population. … Instead, the sample was heavily skewed toward mothers who were young, […]
News
 • 

PRESIDENT CLINTON FORCES THE PRO-HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA

WASHINGTON, Apr 7 (Lifesitenews.com) – At a press conference on Monday, President Clinton asked congress to include the term “sexual orientation” in hate crimes legislation. In this regard Clinton also announced a “public-private partnership” with AT&T, Court TV, the Anti-Defamation League,  Cable in the Classrooms, the National Middle Schools Association, and the Departments of Education and Justice to “change the mind, the heart, and the habits of our people when they’re young – to keep bad things from happening.” Family Research Council president Robert Knight reacted to the announcement saying “President Clinton’s plan to invade America’s middle schools and colleges […]
News
 • 

SUN TRIES TO PIT CATHOLICS AGAINST CATHOLICS

TORONTO, Apr 7 (Lifesitenews.com) – Another two articles full of hatred towards the pro-life movement,  Catholicism and Human Life International appeared in today’s Toronto Sun. One article by Heather Bird is a deliberate attempt to divide Catholics using false information to pit them against one another. In “Catholic link to racists unsettling,” Bird falsely claims that “the Archdiocese of Toronto has officially issued a statement distancing itself from the group and this particular conference.” Suzanne Scorsone, spokesperson for the Archdiocese (also interviewed by the Sun)  told LifeSite that no official statement was issued by the Archdiocese. Scorsone said that she […]
News
 • 

FAMILY COALITION PARTY MAKING WAVES IN MEDIA

TORONTO, Apr 6 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Family Coalition Party, currently the only pro-life, pro-family Ontario provincial party, has been covered on television, radio and in newspapers in recent weeks. A paid political announcement for the FCP has been running regularly on the popular Toronto talk-radio station CFRB 1010. Party leader Giuseppe Gori was featured on the Michael Coren television show. Marie Young, from the administrative office of the FCP told LifeSite that the party is also running television ads on the Crossroads Television Station which is available in the Toronto – Hamilton region. Yesterday, in the Toronto Star the FCP […]
News
 • 

CANADA EXPECTS TO BE CHASTISED BY UN OVER SPANKING

OTTAWA, Apr 6 (Lifesitenews.com) – Official Opposition Critic for Families Eric Lowther revealed today that Canada expects the UN “Rights of the Child” Committee to be critical of Canada’s laws permitting parental discipline. The Reform MP made public government documents obtained by an Access to Information request which identify the UN’s order five years ago that Canada eliminate laws (section 43) permitting parents the reasonable use of spanking as a form of discipline. Lowther publicized a Ministerial briefing note which states: “In 1995, in response to Canada’s first report on its implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of […]
News
 • 

US PRO-LIFE DOCTOR ORDERED TO PAY $1.8 MILLION

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ, Apr 6 (Lifesitenews.com) – Last week, Dr. James Delahunty, founding member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, was ordered to pay $1.8 million in a wrongful birth lawsuit. Deborah Campano testified in court that had she known her son had Downs syndrome she would have aborted him and that Dr. Delahunty did not offer her an amniocentesis. The, lawsuit against the pro-life MD was launched in 1996 only one month after Dr.  Delahunty was successful in defending himself against similar charges.  Dr. Delahunty, who believes his insurance will cover the payment commented on the […]
News
 • 

JEWISH RABBI DEFENDS HLI FROM “OUTRAGEOUS” ACCUSATIONS

TORONTO, Apr 6 (Lifesitenews.com) – Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Yehuda Levin of Brooklyn, New York, has come to the defence of Human Life International saying that the oft spouted charges of anti-Semitism against the mainly Catholic pro-life group are “totally outrageous.” The Rabbi,  who had to briefly interrupt his Passover celebrations with his family to come to Toronto,  has announced that if the libelous accusations against HLI reportedly made by the Canadian Jewish Congress are verified he will take the CJC before a Rabbinical court. Rabbi Levin pointed out that orthodox Judaism has much in common with the pro-life and pro-  […]
News
 • 

FREE PRO-LIFE NEWS HEADLINE BANNER ON YOUR SITE

LifeSite Daily News is now offering a free headline ticker for any web site. Just add a little HTML to your page, and your visitors will see today’s pro-life news headlines – automatically updated – and you don’t have to do any of the work. Your readers will be able to view the pro-life news of their choice after viewing the headlines scroll across a bar on your site.  They are taken to our web site to read the full text of the stories which interest them. You can add this valuable service to your site today. Setting it up […]
News
 • 

NO ANTI-ABORTION VIOLENCE SHOW ON ‘60 MIN II”

TV LAND, April 5 (Lifesitenews.com)  On Thursday CBS’ ‘60 Minutes II’ was scheduled to air a 13-minute segment on Michael Bray, an anti-abortionist who refuses to condemn violence against abortionists. The program, however, was never aired. When questioned by LifeSite as to why they scrapped the planned program in favour of another topic, 60 Minutes II did not respond.  They did however say that “No date has been set for the re-broadcast.”  Steve Ertlet founder of the US-based Pro-Life Info-Net said the cancellation of the segment was done after US pro-lifers urged the station to report the story fairly allowing […]
News
 • 

ANTI-LIFE, ANTI-FAMILY ONTARIO LIBERAL LEADER

TORONTO, Apr 5 (Lifesitenews.com)  The March issue of the Interim, Canada’s pro-life, pro-family newspaper presents damning evidence on the anti-life, anti-family agenda of Ontario Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty. On CBC Metro Morning Dec. 2, 1996, McGuinty declared, “I believe in a woman’s right to choose.” In an October 1996 Interim interview, he reiterated his stand in favour of tax funding for abortion. Last fall, McGuinty announced in Kingston that he would change provincial law so that same-sex couples would be extended the same rights as common-law heterosexual couples – including the right to adopt children. McGuinty vowed to eliminate all […]
News
 • 

THE LIFE-ISSUES RECORD OF THE ONTARIO TORIES

TORONTO, April 5 (Lifesitenews.com)  A detailed analysis and rating of the Ontario Conservatives in regard to life issues has been compiled by Campaign Life Coalition Toronto director, Steve Jalsevac.  The Toronto leader of the political wing of the pro-life movement comments on his analysis saying that “although there is a lot of criticism of the Tory record it would not be correct to assume that the Liberal and NDP parties would be rated any better.” In terms of abortion the Tories have continued the NDP’s hard pro-abortion line continuing to fund abortion, and maintaining the high number (45,000/year in Ontario) […]
News
 • 

ABORTIONIST SUSPECTED TO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE

BRISBANE, Australia, April 1 (Lifesitenews.com) – Australian abortionist Peter Bayliss was found dead in his home Tuesday. He is suspected of having committed suicide with a lethal overdose of sleeping pills. Police sources told the Courier-Mail newspaper that Bayliss made a similar attempt at suicide less that a month ago. Two months ago Bayliss was given a three-month suspension for malpractice which resulted in the severe and permanent brain damage of a 21-year-old who sought an abortion. Bayliss, who boasted of having committed over 160,000 abortions, appealed the suspension but lost. He vowed that after his suspension was lifted in […]
News
 • 

ANOTHER STUDY BLAMES RWANDAN GENOCIDE ON UN

BRUSSELS, April 1 (Lifesitenews.com) – A new study by Human Rights Watch and the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues has become the latest report to blame the Rwandan genocide on the United Nations. The report also targets the US, France, and Belgium as culpable in the decision not to act on intelligence information that could have prevented the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of people in 1994. The 800-page report is available online: Leave None to Tell the Story: Genocide in Rwanda
News
 • 

MORGENTALER ABORTUARY KEEPS ABORTION NUMBERS SECRET

FREDERICTON, NB, Apr 1 (Lifesitenews.com) – The Morgentaler abortuary in Fredericton has refused to tell government officials the number of babies they kill at their centre. “Where we don’t receive government funding, we’re not obligated to present our numbers to the provincial government,”  says Allison Brewer, manager of the abortion mill. A spokesman for the provincial Health Department told the Fredericton Daily Gleaner Tuesday that the abortuary has refused government requests for information. With apparent unconcern for the health and safety of women, abortuary insists on keeping its data from the government but did acknowledge to the press that it […]
News
 • 

KOSOVO AND THE POPULATION FACTOR

KOSOVO, Yugoslavia, Apr 1 (Lifesitenews.com) – A causal factor in the current genocide taking place in Kosovo appears to be the massive depopulation experienced by the Serbs under its Marxist regime. Kosovo, populated largely by Muslim and Catholic Albanians (both valuing large families) has experienced a population boom with 35,000 people added to their number every year in recent years, while Serbians found their numbers dwindling with over 15,000 more deaths than births per year. LifeSite has learned that when these demographic statistics were presented to Serbian political leaders they reacted with alarm. In June of 1998 Marijana Milosavljevic authored […]
News
 • 

EASTER LIFESITE NEWS SCHEDULE

The staff at LifeSite News wish all our readers a Happy and Blessed Easter. LifeSite News will not be published for Good Friday but regular service will resume on Monday April 5.
News
 •