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Conservative News Service reports that a doctor assisted suicide ballot initiative will top the Maine November election ballot, according to the initiative, which reads, “Should a terminally ill adult, who is of sound mind, be allowed to ask for and receive a doctor’s help to die.” The American Family Association reports that Amazon.com is now offering a book which promotes men having sex with young boys. “Understanding Loved Boys And Boylovers” attempts to portray men who prey on young boys as “sincere, concerned, loving human beings who simply have a sexual orientation that is neither understood nor accepted by most […]
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OFFSHORE KILLING: EUTHANASIA BOAT IN THE WAKE OF ABORTION

SYDNEY, May 31 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just days after the news of a similar proposal regarding abortion,  Austalian euthanasia activist Philip Nitschke said Wednesday he plans to euthanize people on a boat anchored in internatinoal waters.  Wanting to thwart laws against euthanasia, Nitschke, the Australian Dr. Death, said he had sought legal counsel on the death-ship idea and had parties interested in supporting the venture. Agence France Presse reports that Nitschke was in London, England this week to display his “Death Machine” at the Science Museum.  The museum explained its acceptance of the death dealing contraption saying “Our aim in acquiring […]
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ABORTION-HOLOCAUST COMPARISON OKAYED BY GERMAN COURT

KARLSRUHE, Germany, May 31 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A German federal court has ruled that pro-lifers have the right to compare the Nazi Holocaust to the abortion holocaust.  Freedom of expression on the issue was nearly quashed when a lower court ruling had ruled a pamphlet saying “Yesterday the Holocaust. Today the Babycaust,” illegal.  Agence France Presse reports that while the current ruling did say the comparison was not illegal it did say it was improper. (with files from Pro-Life E-News)
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ABORTIONIST ‘DR. ZORRO’ GETS ONLY PROBATION

NEW YORK, May 31 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortionist Allan Zarkin, who is known as Dr. Zorro for having carved his initials into the abdomen of a patient while acting as an ob/gyn performing a caesarian section, was given only probation as punishment.  Yesterday a deal was reached with prosecutors which would see Zarkin banned from medicine and required to see a psychiatrist twice a week. Zarkin’s lawyer claimed his client has Pick’s disorder which clouded his judgement leading to his assault on his patient.  Zarkin’s carving victim Dr Liana Gedz settled out of court for US $1.75 million. See earlier LifeSite […]
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The Law Commission of Canada is recommending that the government allow relationship benefits for any Canadians living in interdependent relationships – including siblings, close friends or those cohabiting for mutual support.  The Ugandan Medical Association voted Thursday to oppose the legalization of abortion in the county. The Washington Post reports that Rome’s mayor said Monday he was yanking the city’s sponsorship of July’s Gay Pride events, which the Vatican doesn’t want taking place during the Holy Year called by Pope John Paul II.
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ISRAEL’S TOP COURT OKAYS HOMOSEXUAL PARENTHOOD

JERUSALEM, May 31 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Monday, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that two lesbians could be legally registered as the mothers of the same child in a decision denounced by faithful Jewish leaders. Nicole and Ruti Barnea-Kadish, lesbian activists living in Tel Aviv were granted legal parent status of Ruti’s four-year-old son, Matan conceived through in vitro fertilization with an anonymous sperm donation.  The Globe and Mail reported Tuesday that the pair originally registered as parents of the child in California, which allows such registrations and then applied for similar registration in Israel. Rabbi Haim Druckman, a National Religious Party […]
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Sister Jeannine Gramick and the Rev. Robert Nugent who ran New Ways Ministry a mission to homosexuals which contradicted the teachings of the Catholic Church (by accepting homosexual sex)  were ordered not to speak publicly on their work this week. Sr. Gramick said she would not obey the Vatican order and Fr. Nugent is considering his response. Democratic Congressman Loretta Sanchez is being criticized by conservatives for scheduling a fundraiser at the Playboy mansion near Los Angeles.  On Friday a federal judge refused to issue an injunction against a new Florida law that bans partial-birth abortions following a lawsuit challenging […]
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LIBERAL GOVERNMENT DONATES $10K TO PORNOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL

MONTREAL, May 30 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has discovered that Sheila Copps, the federal Minister of Canadian Heritage has given 10,000 taxpayer dollars to the 2000 edition of the Montreal Fringe Festival to take place from June 9 to 18, in Montreal. The scandal of such frivolous use of public monies is compounded by the fact that the festival is pornographic and attacks traditional sensibilities. The festival productions include:  Burning Sensation, a telethon for crotch rot, with Bob Loblaw June 11 P.S. 69 – a “tale of a New York City public school substitute teacher/exotic dancer”  SMACKED..GRASSED..CRACKED which offers discounts to […]
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SCIENTISTS REJECT GLOBAL WARMING THEORY

WASHINGTON, May 30 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scientists from around the world converged in Washington today for a one-day conference on global warming science. Climate experts including Dr. Vincent Gray of New Zealand, Dr. Paal Brekke of Norway, Mr. Richard Courtney of the United Kingdom, Dr. Ross McKitrick of Canada and Dr. Wibjorn Karlen of Sweden questioned the assumptions of, and exposed the flaws inherent in, the science underlying much of the current policy debate over global climate change. Conservative News Service reports that the Cooler Heads Coalition, as the group calls itself, is ready to make its case before Congress and […]
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John Reynolds, M.P., West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast, chief justice critic for the Canadian Alliance,  yesterday reminded British Columbia Attorney General Andrew Petter that the Canadian Parliament has already defined the institution of marriage. “On June 8, 1999, Parliament supported a Reform   Party motion that stated marriage is and should remain the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others,” said Reynolds. It was supported by 216 MPs. Reynolds was responding to the B.C. Attorney Generals’ demand that the federal government change the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples. The New York Times reported May […]
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HAMILTON CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE ON THE MARCH OF WOMEN

HAMILTON, May 30 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A resolution on the March of Women 2000 was overwhelmingly passed at the 80th Convention of the Hamilton Diocesan Council of the Catholic Women’s League on Saturday May 28th 2000. The diocese has 12,500 of the 105,000 members of the Catholic Women’s League of   Canada. The resolution called for the National Council of the Catholic Women’s League of Canada to “issue a public statement of withdrawal of its support and endorsement of the World March of Women 2000.” At the Hamilton CWL dinner on Sunday evening Bishop Anthony Tonnos of Hamilton reaffirmed his support […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL PORTRAYS PRO-LIFERS AS ABUSERS

NEW YORK, May 29 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival (HRWIFF),  running from June 14-29 in New York, will feature a film called ‘Live Free or Die’ depicting pro-lifers as human rights abusers.  The film, a 70 minute pro-abortion propaganda piece by Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt, will air four times June 22, 24, 25 and 26 during the festival alongside productions detailing the brutality of human rights violations by dictatorships and oppressive regimes. The “documentary” film depicts a New England small town abortionist, Dr. Wayne Goldner.  According to the HRWIFF program, the film is “as a […]
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Agence France Press reports that the Italian government has agreed to a compromise over the World Gay Pride event to be held in Rome in July. The July 1-9 gay festival will take place,  but a planned rally in Piazza Venezia, in front of the national monument, will be moved to another location, and a gay pride parade won’t be allowed to cross the city center or any other city street to secure “public order,” said the newspaper Il Messaggero.
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American Family Association reports that school officials in New Milford, CT, faced angry parents after having given a sexually explicit health survey to children as young as 11. Surprise, surprise! Juanita Broaddrick, who accused President Bill Clinton of rape has been hit with an IRS audit. Drudge reports. Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family has come to the defence of Dr. Laura Schlessinger.  “She is standing virtually alone now against an onslaught that no one in a free country should have to tolerate,” Dobson said. “It’s time that someone gave her a little encouragement.”
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MILLENIUM FORUM CONCLUDES: GLOBAL GOVERNANCE ON THE WAY

UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Millenium Forum, a meeting of “civil society organizations” to prepare for the Millenium Summit of the United Nations concluded Friday after a week of deliberations.  UN watchers have issued numerous warnings that the Millenium initiative is little more than the call for “a complete restructuring of the UN and a change in the UN Charter to permit it to legally enforce global governance, a euphemism for world government.” Not disappointing its critics, the UN report on the Forum notes that the meeting urged the creation of an organization which would regulate international financial […]
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BC GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY PUSHES FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

VANCOUVER, May 29 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following a request by a homosexual-activist lesbian couple for a marriage licence, the British Columbia provincial government has come out in support of same-sex marriage. B.C. Attorney General Andrew Petter issued a statement on behalf of the government which says: “In a modern society there is no justification for denying same sex couples the same option to form marital bonds as are afforded to opposite sex couples.” The BC government also called upon the federal government, which is constitutionally responsible for questions of capacity to marry, to “resolve the matter by clarifying its legislation and […]
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Zenit News reports that on Tuesday the European Union’s patent office, headquartered in Munich,  rejected a patent for a mixture of lethal substances to be used for euthanasia. The applicant for patent Ep 0516811, whose official title is “euthanasia cocktail,” is Michigan State University,  which had refused to remove from the patent the specification providing for the administering of these substances to human beings.  The Vancouver Province reports today that “a same-sex Victoria couple said Thursday they will seek a marriage licence from the province Friday – planning for the big day July 29 and an even bigger day after […]
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NORWAY PROPOSES TEEN ABORTION WITHOUT PARENTAL KNOWLEDGE

May 26 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Norway’s Minister of Health has proposed that girls under 16 should be able to abort their babies without informing their parents. Aftenposten reports that the minister objects to a law favouring parents being informed of the abortion of their grandchildren, saying that it “cause(s) conflicts.” The paper reports that Norwegian law currently says parents should be told of the impending procedure with the right to voice their opinion on the matter unless there is a good reason for not allowing such a process.
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CROSS CANADA PRO-LIFE YOUTH WALKS IN TORONTO ON SATURDAY

TORONTO, May 26 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Andrew Fournier, the pro-life youth walking across Canada to raise awareness of the pro-life cause is currently in Toronto recovering from shin splints. Despite his injury he will be in Collingwood tonight to speak at a pro-life event and in Toronto tomorrow for his walk up Yonge St. Accompanied by supporters of all ages, he will be departing from Yonge St.  and Queens Quay at 1:00 p.m. He invites Toronto supporters of life to accompany him. He will soon return to Napanee to continue his walk. For more information: 416-204-9781 or email: [email protected] or see:  […]
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A Planned Parenthood abortionist described his murderous practices in detail in court this week trying to show how a law against partial-birth abortion would affect the other procedures he uses to kill babies.  (Pro-Life E-News)  Associated Press reports that “Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush on Friday said the Vatican should be allowed to maintain its “permanent observer status” at the United Nations, and he urged the White House to make its position clear.” “The position of the administration is unclear,” he said. “The position of my administration will be very clear and firm: America supports permanent observer status for […]
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CAMPAIGN LIFE COALITION RESPONDS TO MEDIA ATTACK

OTTAWA, May 26 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday’s lead story coverage in the Globe and Mail involving Campaign Life Coalition’s May 8th analysis of the Canadian Alliance leadership candidates resulted in a firestorm of reports in newspapers across the country.  Today’s LifeSite Special Report responds to the false accusations heaped on Campaign Life by leadership candidate Tom Long and his supporters including media columnists. Media analysts suggest that the actions by the Long crowd are indicative of his faltering campaign,  especially since the analysis was put out on LifeSite more than two weeks ago. See today’s LifeSite Special Report at:  Campaign Life […]
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BEIJING +5 INTERSESSIONAL CONTINUES ATTACK ON MOTHERHOOD

UNITED NATIONS, May 26 (LifeSiteNews.com) – World Life League (WLL) reported yesterday that UN delegates from the European Union continued their attack against motherhood at the Beijing+5 intersessional at the United Nations in New York, which began on May 24, 2000. The current intersessional is a continuation of the work of the Preparatory Committee of the Beijing+5 Women’s Conference that began in New York last March. “The focus of this effort is clearly misdirected toward the things that women in the developing world want the least,” reported WLL director Mark DeYoung. “What women throughout the developing world want and need […]
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GATES COMMENCES ‘RHODES’ TYPE SCHOLARSHIP AT CAMBRIDGE U

CAMBRIDGE, UK, May 25 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Microsoft mogul Bill Gates, known for including population control support in his many recent charitable givings, has launched an ambitious project to mimic the Rhodes scholarship program. Gates intends to offer nearly $300 million (CDN) to bring the world’s brightest students to Cambridge University. The Times reports that Gates’ charity foundation will set up a permanent foundation that will finance 230 scholarships in Cambridge,  where a Bill Gates House will be established as a students’ centre. The Rhodes scholarship at Oxford is known for the many world political leaders that have passed through the […]
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GAY MARRIAGE ISSUE ROCKS CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

NEW YORK, May 25 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope John Paul II reiterated the Catholic Church’s stand against homosexual “marriage” today, on the heels of a promotion of such unions by high-ranking Anglican officials and a recent decision by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to all local congregations to perform “same-sex holy unions.” The highest court of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), ruled Wednesday that its ministers may conduct religious “holy union”’ ceremonies for same-sex couples, as long as the ceremonies are not regarded as marriages. The Court argued that although the church’s “Book of Order” bans same-sex marriage it says nothing about holy […]
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CORRECTION ON MARCH OF WOMEN

The original reports on the Toronto ShareLife withdrawal of about $15,000   from its Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace   contribution were correct. A subsequent report that $110,000 was withheld   was erroneous. All reports have been corrected online. The ShareLife   letter states: “ShareLife will reduce its funding to Development and peace   for this year by an amount equivalent to our proportionate share of the   $110,000 Development and Peace has given to the International March.” (that proportionate share comes to about $15,000)
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U OF T NEUROLOGIST QUESTIONS USE OF FETAL TISSUE FOR PARKINSONS

TORONTO, May 25 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Paul Ranalli, a neurologist in the Faculty of Medicine, wrote in the University of Toronto Magazine this month questioning the use of fetal tissue for Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Ranalli explains that “the theory behind fetal transplantation is that dopamine-producing cells extracted from the brains of several aborted fetuses can be injected deep into critical brain regions of the recipient Parkinson’s disease patient, hopefully to take root and begin to produce the needed dopamine.” “However, a series of limited, uncontrolled case reports provided little evidence of real success,  despite tremendous hype that continued to capture […]
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TELEVISED CANADIAN ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP DEBATES

OTTAWA, May 25 (LifeSiteNews.com) – CBC Newsworld will be airing three Canadian Alliance leadership debates.  The debates will air May 30th, June 6th and June 13th from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. EDT. Declared candidates Stockwell Day, Tom Long, Preston Manning and Keith Martin will answer questions from a four-member panel from CBC, National Post and other media. The debates will be moderated by Don Newman, CBC News Senior Parliamentary Editor. Given that life and family matters have thus far figured prominently in questions addressed to the leaders it is suspected that the candidates will be asked to address the issues […]
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Homosexual activists are stepping up their campaign against talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger.  CBC reports that they are running full-page newspaper and magazine ads urging advertisers to withhold support for Dr. Laura’s radio program and upcoming TV show. Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life has said of Texas Gov. George W. Bush: “I was happy to meet Mr. Bush and am grateful for his position on the right to life, which is a breath of fresh air for all of us who have suffered through the Clinton/Gore era.” However, Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family warns […]
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CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP REJECTS WORLD MARCH OF WOMEN

UNITED NATIONS, May 19 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has obtained a letter from the a Life Member of the Catholic Women’s League (CWL) denouncing support for the International March of Women 2000. Jakki Jeffs, a permanent member of the national council of the CWL, former member of the CWL Ontario provincial board, and former diocesan president of the Hamilton CWL, has issued an open letter and drafted a diocesan resolution calling on the national executive of the CWL to publicly withdraw support for the march. Catholic Insight is set to report in its June editorial on the subject that a Cambridge, […]
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MICHAEL J. FOX ENDORSES USE OF ABORTED BABY TISSUES FOR PARKINSONS

HOLLYWOOD, May 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Actor Michael J. Fox, who recently announced that he is leaving his television career for a full-time role fighting Parkinson’s disease, has come out in support of the use of aborted baby tissue for research. Associated Press reports that the 38-year-old star of Family Ties and Back to the Future said he may speak before the US Congress urging funding for the use of human embryos for stem cell research. “I just want to urge people to not follow a knee-jerk reaction,” Fox said. “This is tissue and cells that are going to be thrown […]
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HIGH ANGLICAN OFFICIAL PRO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

LONDON, May 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop of Oxford, the Right Rev Richard Harries, one of the highest ranking Anglican leaders, has seemingly endorsed homosexual marriages with a new publication (the text of a talk given by the bishop) on his diocesan website called Same Sex Relations –  the Unresolved Questions. Commenting on the document to the Times, Colin Hart, of the Christian Institute, an evangelical think-tank, said that the bishop was close to blasphemy,  adding: “He is going as far as he can without actually saying that the Holy Spirit backs same-sex relationships.” In the talk the bishop scornfully questioned […]
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The English Court of Appeal has ruled that a mentally handicapped woman should be fitted with an intra-uterine device. The mother of the 29 year-old woman had originally secured a court ruling that her handicapped daughter, described as very attractive, should be given a hysterectomy to prevent her becoming pregnant. However, Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss,  president of the High Court family division, said that “the patient has the right, if she cannot herself choose, not to have drastic surgery imposed upon her unless or until it has been demonstrated that it is in her best interests.” Instead, the woman will be […]
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Conservative legal experts are angered but not surprised that the US Supreme Court on Monday threw out a portion of the Communications Decency Act that required cable operators to either completely block out pornographic programming, or show it only from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. – when children are less likely to be watching.  The American Family Association of Michigan says administrators at one public school may have broken the law when they forced students to attend a seminar presented by homosexual activists. The “Diversity Day” program was presented at Grand Haven High School on May 1, and featured homosexuals […]
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A Voice In the Wilderness

The following open letter on the International March of Women was written by Mrs. Jakki Jeffs, a Life Member of the Catholic Women’s League (CWL).  A Life Member is given permanent membership on the national council of the CWL. Mrs. Jeffs is a former president of the CWL of the Hamilton diocese (this diocesan CWL has 12,500 members – about 10% of the CWL national membership). She was also a member of the CWL Ontario provincial board acting as the Educational Convener. Moreover she was recently featured in The Catholic Register as a model CWL leader. A VOICE IN THE […]
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EX-GAYS DEMAND RECOGNITION BY PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION

CHICAGO, May 23 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leaders of more than 50 groups that help people leave the homosexual lifestyle gathered last week in downtown Chicago to demand the American Psychiatric Association (APA) acknowledge that such a life change is possible.  Focus on the Family reports that marchers at the massive McCormick Place Convention Center carried signs reading, “Where’s the tolerance?” and “It’s my right to change.” The protesters said they represent tens of thousands of people who have left the homosexual lifestyle. Speaking at the demonstration was Columbia University professor Dr. Robert Spitzer, one of the chief architects of the APA’s […]
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BISHOP’S FUNDRAISER IN TROUBLE OVER SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S MARCH

CALGARY, May 23 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The public support for the International March of Women by Calgary Bishop Frederick Henry has caused a stir among faithful in his diocese, some of whom are boycotting the Annual Bishop’s Appeal, a fundraising dinner.  Former Calgary mayor Rod Sykes,  a Catholic told the Calgary Herald Saturday “My wife and a great many of her friends are now refusing to support his appeal. They’re simply not satisfied he’ll use donations in ways they would approve. Bishop Henry has made it plain he’ll give money to organizations that support abortion, if they support other causes he […]
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UNITED AIRLINES PULLS DR. LAURA SPONSORSHIP

WASHINGTON, May 23 (LifeSiteNews.com) – United Airlines has joined Proctor and Gamble in pulling ads from Dr. Laura Schlessinger over her belief that homosexuality is “deviant” and “unhealthy” – comments which have enraged homosexual activists.  Activists have staged protest rallies and are demanding the extremely popular radio show host be removed from the air over her expression of Orthodox Jewish beliefs on the matter of homosexuality.
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

ABC news reported last week that abortion has played a role in the population implosion in Russia.  In April, the Russian State Statistics reported that the country’s death rate is twice as high as its birth rate. Each day, the country’s population literally shrinks by 2,500 people. About 70 percent of all pregnancies since 1994 ended in abortion.  (Pro-Life E-News) Focus on the Family Canada and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada appeared before the Senate Committee on Bill C-23 last week.  The groups argued against the bill and for traditional marriage.  TV’s First Male-Male Kiss. Next week, the Warner Brothers […]
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TORONTO TAXPAYERS PAY FOR HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE CHALLENGE

TORONTO, May 23 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The City of Toronto has decided to challenge the restriction of marriage to heterosexual couples.  Following a staged demand for a marriage licence by homosexual activists, the Toronto City Clerk Novina Wong was advised by the City Solicitor that denying the licence may contradict the Charter of Rights.  The Clerk advised Toronto City Council that the case had been referred to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice for a decision on the matter. The decision to bring the matter to court means that the homosexual marriage challenge will be presented by a lawyer funded by […]
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The following photographic evidence demonstrates the media bias in reporting attendance at liberal vs. conservative events.  A photo of the alleged 500,000 moms at the million mom march this past weekend compared to a photo of the reported 300,000 Dads from the promise keepers rally in 1997 shows the promise keepers rally with at least twice the attendance. Conservative News Service reports that the North American Man/Boy Love Association – which, by its own admission, “speaks out against societal repression and celebrates the joys of men and boys in love”—faces a lawsuit stemming from the murder of a ten-year-old Massachusetts […]
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Ezra Levant, a Jewish writer for the National Post presents a strong criticism of the CBC attack on Catholics with the production of “Our Daily Bread.”
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MASSIVE SUPPORT FOR HOLY SEE’S PRESENCE AT UNITED NATIONS

NEW YORK, May 19 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-fam), co-ordinating the campaign to raise support for the continued presence of the Holy See as a permanent observer at the United Nations, reports that the campaign is highly successful.  In only four months over 2,000 organizations have signed the document supporting the Holy See at the UN. Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), the group spearheading the move to oust the Holy See, has only been able to get the backing of 498 groups despite having worked at their goal for over a year. The support for […]
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MP POINTS OUT BILL PUTS ANIMALS AHEAD OF UNBORN HUMANS

OTTAWA, May 19 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday Garry Breitkreuz, M.P. for Yorkton-Melville issued a press release exposing the “absurdity” of the Liberal government’s bill C-17. “Bill C-17 makes it a criminal offence for ‘every one’ who causes ‘unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to an animal, kills an animal, permits an animal to be killed brutally or viciously, regardless of whether the animal dies immediately’,” reported Breitkreuz. “Sadly, unborn children have no such protection in the Criminal Code. In 1997, 114,848 babies were aborted in Canada. How many of them suffered ‘unnecessary pain’? How many of them didn’t ‘die immediately’?” Breitkreuz pointed […]
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DRACONIAN NEW EUROPEAN DISCRIMINATION LAW

LONDON, May 19 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday the European Commission approved a draconian measure to set up commissions to try employers for “discrimination” where the burden of proof will rest with the accused.  The directive states that once the complaint facts have been established “a court or tribunal can presume discrimination.”  Moreover, third party organizations and lobbies, such as activist groups, will have the right to file discrimination lawsuits on behalf of claimants. The Commission’s authority to legislate in this matter came from Article 13 of the Amsterdam Treaty which authorized the commission to take action “to combat discrimination based on […]
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CANADIAN BISHOPS’ ORGANIZATION CONTRADICTS VATICAN POLICY

OTTAWA, May 18 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Campaign Life Coalition leader Jim Hughes is shocked by the recent reaffirmation of support issued for the International March of Women 2000 by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Catholic Women's League (CWL), the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP), and the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC). Hughes told LifeSite News that given the irrefutable evidence that the march includes the support for abortion as one of its objectives, the CCCB endorsement is scandalous. Moreover Hughes asserts that the Vatican would disagree with the endorsement. “Campaign Life Coalition has worked directly with […]
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BILL AIMS TO PROTECT CANADIAN SOVEREIGNTY FROM UN

OTTAWA, May 18 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On April 13, the House of Commons debated a Private Members’ Bill (C-214) introduced by Bloc Quebecois MP Daniel Turp which, if passed, would require the federal government to bring all international treaties to the people’s representatives in Parliament before ratifying them. Private Members’ Bills (PMBs) usually aren’t passed, but the bill is votable and appears to have the support of all the opposition parties. One more hour of debate must take place before a vote on it takes place. Specifically, the bill applies to treaties which govern areas “under the legislative authority of the […]
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Focus on the Family Canada reported this week that concerned parents in Manitoba’s Interlake region failed Tuesday to persuade their school division to scrap a proposal to allow public health nurses to dispense contraceptives to high school students. Parents did, however, win some concessions from the trustees, who agreed that children would not be able to see the public-health nurse against their parents’ wishes. Catholic World News reported yesterday that on May 16 the Vatican approvingly called worldwide attention to the fact that the United States bishops’ conference has formally denounced the organization known as Catholics for a Free Choice. […]
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ONTARIO PROPOSES RICO-TYPE CRIME FIGHTING MEASURES

TORONTO, May 18 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario’s Attorney General Jim Flaherty announced Tuesday that the Ontario government is establishing a new law to fight organized crime that will be similar to America’s Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act. Flaherty told the Ottawa Sun that the legislation will allow the province to move against property and other assets of crime figures before or, in some cases, without criminal charges. The paper notes that “the legislation will also allow strike forces—experts such as forensic accountants and special prosecutors—to seize third-party-owned properties like the so-called “mother-in-law’s house” where crime’s profits are shielded.” Pro-life leaders […]
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The Massachusetts Education Commissioner, faced with the irrefutable taped evidence of his (state) employees’ giving graphic descriptions of homosexual sex to children as young as 14,  admitted Tuesday that “the participation of our staff in conversations with students about explicit issues of sexuality outside the realm of AIDS/HIV prevention was wrong. The workshops were of prurient nature, and not educational, and what we heard suggests that the discussion contributed absolutely nothing to the students’ understanding of how to avoid AIDS and HIV.”  STOPP International, has produced a report indicating how Planned Parenthood has covered up the baby body parts business […]
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EMAIL ACTION ITEM UPDATES

* When contacting Senators with regard to the “Of Life and Death” report, the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Ontario suggests you ask them to: 1. Remove any reference to third degree or “Compassionate” homicide from the “Of Life and Death” five year update especially because its inclusion in the update may cause undue influence amongst the Supreme Court of Canada Judges who will be hearing the Latimer case starting June 14, 2000.  2. Delay the release of the five-year update for the Of Life and Death report until after the Supreme Court has heard the Latimer case. Please contact the […]
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HEALTH MINISTER FACES SENATE END-OF-LIFE COMMITTEE

OTTAWA, May 16 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health Minister Allan Rock faced the Senate committee on end of life issues Monday.  Sharon Carstairs, the euthanasia advocate in the Senate told the Edmonton Journal a few days ago that Rock would be criticized for failing to address palliative care and assisted suicide in the House of Commons.  Rock responded blaming the provinces for inaction on palliative care.  The Senate committee’s report is expected to echo the first such committee in 1995 calling for a “less severe penalty” for those guilty of compassionate homicide.  Disabled activists argue that such a law would discriminate against […]
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CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE ALIGNED WITH ANTI-VATICAN GROUP

OTTAWA, May 17 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has learned that the leadership of the Catholic Women’s League (CWL) of Canada has aligned the group with the Women’s Inter Church Council (WICC) in supporting the radical feminist March of Women 2000. A May 10 release on the CWL website confirms that “the League would participate (in the March of Women) under the auspices of the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada.” WICC shows itself to be an anti-Catholic organization, supporting the ousting of the Vatican from the UN as a permanent observer. The Spring 2000 WICC newsletter contains an article by dissident ‘Catholic’ […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

Although pro-life Republicans are fighting the proposal for Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China for its forced abortion and religious persecution, President Clinton is confident the measure will pass. He calls it “the most important vote of the year.” American Life League reported yesterday that the demand for post-abortion healing is growing.  Theresa Burke, PhD, founder of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries, says in the past year the group has offered its unique program to approximately 4,000 people, and has trained hundreds of new counselors who are now qualified to establish post-abortion healing groups across America.  WorldNetDaily reports that the US Home […]
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DR. LAURA RESPONDS TO HER ACCUSERS

TORONTO, May 17 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Laura Schlessinger, the most popular radio-show host in North America, has responded to her censure by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC)  which was made public last week. The CBSC accused Dr. Laura of discrimination against homosexuals. Schlessinger refuted the accusations that her use of the terms disordered and biological error to describe homosexual sex were unfounded. “My perspective of the biology of homosexuality is informed by a PhD in physiology from Columbia University,” said Dr. Laura.  “This degree entitles me to state the obvious: Homosexuality is a deviation from the biological norm of […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

LifeSite has learned that the government of NS will likely introduce, this week, an amendment to the Pension Benefits Act that will allow coverage for same-sex couples in the 500 private pension plans in Nova Scotia. A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital presented Friday at the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society Meeting in Boston shows that sex-reassignment surgery is a miserable failure. Of 27 boys born without a penis and castrated and raised as girls, all had masculine behaviour and most declared themselves to be boys. Dr. William G. Reiner called for a thorough review of the practice. […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

An extensive US survey has shown that children of stay-at-home mothers fare better in terms of language development, reading and math skills.  Pro-Life E-News has circulated a USAID contract looking for 150,000,000 condoms.  The new bishop of New York appointed as the replacement for the late Cardinal John O’Connor looks to be just as pro-life and pro-family as his heroic predecessor.
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HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE CHALLENGE COMING IN CANADA

TORONTO, May 16 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Six pairs of homosexual-activist couples, are set to launch a court challenge demanding the right to marry.  The Toronto Sun reported Sunday that Toronto assistant Crown attorney Michael Leshner, one of homosexual activists in the suit, called the media to arrange for coverage of his official demand for a marriage licence at city hall. The 52-year-old Crown lawyer says he wants to be able to marry Michael Stark, 42, his long-  time common-law partner.  The city officials informed Leshner that a response to his demand to know why he was not allowed to have a […]
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CANADIAN SENATOR URGES CHANGES TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION FUNDING

OTTAWA, May 16 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Thursday, in the Senate, Senator Noel Kinsella urged the Ontario government to alter its stance with regard to Catholic school funding in the province.  Kinsella referred to the recent condemnation of Ontario by the United Nations Human Rights Committee for funding only Catholic denominational schools.  Ontario refused to alter its funding system explaining that the funding was constitutionally guaranteed. Kinsella urged a revision of the Ontario position.  “Have there been consultations between the Government of Canada, which represents us internationally, and the Government of Ontario,  which does not seem to be taking this condemnation […]
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CANADIAN BISHOPS DIVIDED OVER SUPPORT FOR RADICAL FEMINIST MARCH

OTTAWA, May 16 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Only days after Cardinal Ambrozic, Archbishop of Toronto, issued a letter condemning the association of the Archdiocese with the abortion and homosexual marriage supporting March of Women 2000, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB)  along with the Catholic Women’s League (CWL), the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP), and the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC) issued a press release reaffirming support for the march.  LifeSite has obtained a copy of the cardinal’s May 9 letter to the priests of the archdiocese explaining that “the association of (CCODP) with this group (International March of […]
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US BISHOPS DENOUNCE ‘CATHOLICS’ FOR A FREE CHOICE

WASHINGTON, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Catholic Bishops have denounced the pro-abortion group “Catholics for a Free Choice” saying they are guilty of “anti-Catholic bigotry.” The statement read, “As the Catholic Bishops of the United States have stated for many years, the use of the name Catholic as a platform for promoting the taking of innocent human life and ridiculing the Church is offensive not only to Catholics, but to all who expect honesty and forthrightness in public discourse.” Canadian pro-lifers are urged to write their local bishops asking them to similarly denounce Catholics for a Free Choice.
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CARDINAL AMBROZIC REACTS TO FUNDING OF ABORTION SUPPORTING MARCH

TORONTO, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic, the Archbishop of Toronto, has taken action in response to the LifeSite News revelation of the funding of the pro-abortion and pro-homosexual March of Women 2000 by the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP). This latest news is carried on the front page of today’s National Post. The paper reveals that the cardinal has instructed ShareLife to cut funding to CCODP by about $15,000 in protest to the Catholic agency’s support for the march. In a letter to all priests in the Toronto archdiocese, Cardinal Ambrozic wrote, “many of our […]
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REFLECTIONS ON THE MARCH FOR LIFE

OTTAWA, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Wednesday and Thursday, Canadians from across the country gathered in the nation’s capital to sorrowfully commemorate the 31st anniversary of the legalization of abortion in Canada and the resulting death of over 2.3 million pre-born babies. Over 400 gathered Wednesday at a pro-life dinner with Members of Parliament. The attendees were addressed by the pro-life politicians and by Andrew Fournier, the young person who is walking across Canada for Life. On Thursday some 2,500 pro-lifers gathered on Parliament Hill and were greeted by a host of political leaders, some 20 in all. From there […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

Last Tuesday the US House “overwhelmingly passed” the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Act, including Rep. Tom Coburn’s (R- Okla.) amendment that would require condoms to carry labels warning that they do not effectively block HPV (Rosen, Raleigh News & Observer, 5/10).
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IMMIGRATION BILL TO REDEFINE ‘FAMILY’

OTTAWA, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  On April 6, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration introduced Bill C-31, which will re-define the term “family” for the purposes of family-class immigration. The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) notes that the family-class allows legitimate immigrants from other categories (such as entrepreneurs) to sponsor family members as immigrants. The current law restricts family to those individuals related by blood,  marriage or adoption. The new Act will now include common-law partners and homosexuals as ‘spouses.’ Bill C-31 was debated at second reading May 1 and May 9. CFAC warns that the Act is a direct […]
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Clear your calendars for October 26-28 for the Canadian National Pro-Life Conference in Toronto at the Regal Constellation. Keynote speakers include the dynamic Prof. Charles Rice of Notre Dame, and hugely popular Prof. Peter Kreeft of Boston College. SPUC reported that last week was been designated National Condom Week in Britain. Schools,  surgeries and health clinics will display posters and leaflets promoting contraceptives and millions of teenagers will be told the ‘safe’ sex message. Abortion, legalized in South Africa by Nelson Mandela is now responsible for 107 abortions per day in state hospitals in the nation. Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang […]
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT BILL IN COMMITTEE HEARINGS

OTTAWA, May 15 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week parliament voted to send bill C-19, the bill which would “implement in Canada the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC)”, to committee. Presentations in favour of the bill are being heard today by the Foreign Affairs Committee. All parties voted in favour of the bill’s being sent to committee except the Canadian Alliance which opposes the measure. Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy spoke on the bill (called the “Crimes Against Humanity Act”), in the House of Commons noting that the ICC will be established in the Hague once 60 states have […]
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BISHOP DEFENDS FUNDING OF PRO-ABORTION MARCH

CALGARY, May 9 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking at a pro-life conference in Alberta, Bishop Fred Henry defended the giving of $110,000 to the March of Women 2000 despite the fact that the March supports abortion. The Calgary Herald reported that Bishop Henry said the grant was justified since the March also supports many just women’s causes. The bishop called pro-life activists some of “the rudest people I have to deal with.” Bishop Henry’s defense of the March funding comes in the wake of statements by other Canadian bishops who are upset at the donation given through the Canadian Catholic Organization for […]
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WORLD’S BIGGEST DONORS NOT ALL ANTI-LIFE

May 9 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In April, financial magazine Worth, published a list of “the 100 most generous Americans.”  Three of the top ten givers are familiar names to pro-lifers because of the money they have contributed to the international population control agenda. Topping the list is international financier George Soros, whose total recorded giving to date has reached $2.65 billion, $575 million of that in 1999 alone. The Worth article didn’t specify where the money went, noting that it is dispersed through “an elaborate complex of 29 foundations. LifeSite reported in March that Mr. Soros’ Open Society Institute gave $500,000 […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

American Family News reports that Dr. Laura Schlessinger has just released a new book that is sure to raise the ire of feminists. As reported in USA Today, “Parenthood by Proxy”  underlines Schlessinger’s argument that mothers should not work outside the home if it means putting a child in day care. The New York Times reports that researchers at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston failed to report the death of a patient in gene therapy experiments and might have contributed to the growth of cancer in another patient, whose condition was also reported improperly, investigators for the Food and […]
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MESSAGE FROM YOUTH CROSSING CANADA FOR LIFE

OTTAWA, May 9 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Andrew Fournier, the pro-life youth walking a pilgrimage across Canada to support the pro-life cause arrived in Ottawa, days ahead of schedule on April 28.  Andrew is scheduled to participate in the March for Life in Ottawa May 11. Following the March he will continue his trek westward through Ontario and beyond. In a note to pro-lifers on his web page, Andrew reports that, “though we supposedly live in a pro-abortion society, my last two months on the road proves the opposite.” Andrew says,  “people’s reception of the Pilgrimage for Life, and of me, has […]
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AOL CANADA INTO GAY ACTIVISM

TORONTO, May 9 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family activists are encouraging America On-line subscribers to write their service providers about their promotion of homosexuality. AOL Canada boasts that it is a “Gold Sponsor” of “We’re Funny That Way, Canada’s annual international gay and lesbian comedy and music festival.”
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CLINTON/GORE MUTE DURING STANDING OVATION FOR PRO-LIFE O’CONNOR

NEW YORK, May 9 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The funeral of Cardinal John O’Connor, one of the greatest pro-life religious leaders in America, was attended by President Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as well as Vice President Al Gore. During a eulogy delivered by Cardinal O’Connor’s close friend, Cardinal Bernard Law, archbishop of Boston, the pro-life commitment of Cardinal O’Connor was mentioned. “He preached most powerfully by his example, the necessity of seeing in every human being –  from the first moment of conception to the last moment of natural death, and every moment in between, particularly in the poor, […]
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MAY 11 HOMOSEXUAL GALA ON PARLIAMENT HILL

OTTAWA, May 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has learned that while pro-lifers from across the country converge on parliament for the March for Life this Thursday, Justice Minister Anne McLellan will be testifying before the Senate on the omnibus same-sex Bill C-23. Furthermore,  preparations are underway for the Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere Gala which is to take place Thursday night beginning at 6:30pm in Room 200, West Block, Parliament Hill. This year’s event has politicians speaking at the homosexual-activist gala from each political party. Hedy Fry will represent the Liberals, Svend Robinson the NDP, and Scott Brison the PCs. […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) issued a press release  Friday supporting the advertising of contraceptives to young people on television.  American Life League reports that the pro-family magazine Marriage and Families, edited by Glen Griffin, M.D., is currently online here. IMS Health, a leading health care information provider in Canada released an alarming report today noting that the aging population of baby boomers is already beginning to cause huge strains on the health care system with much worse to come. The lack of a sufficiently large proportion of younger people (thanks to our anti-natalist mentality) to […]
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CATHOLIC GROUPS FILE ARGUMENTS ON LATIMER CASE

The Catholic Group for Health, Justice and Life, representing the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Women’s League of Canada, the Catholic Health Association of Canada, and the Canadian Association of the Knights of Columbus filed its written arguments (factum) with the Supreme Court of Canada in the Robert Latimer Appeal. The case is being heard June 14. Pro-life forces want Mr. Latimer’s appeal dismissed by the court. The CGH argued that parents should not have the right to decide whether or not to kill their children as Mr. Latimer did with his disabled daughter, Tracy. The minimum sentencing […]
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CANADIAN CENSUS TO RECORD HOMOSEXUAL ‘FAMILIES’

OTTAWA, May 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The federal cabinet has approved new questions for the May 15, 2001 census which include homosexual couples in questions about common-law couples. The census will ask all Canadians whether they are living with a common-law partner, defined as “two people of the opposite sex or of the same sex who live together as a couple but who are not legally married to each other.” Politicizing the recognition of same-sex couples as families in the census is of serious concern, but the move may prove useful by providing a far more accurate figure of the real […]
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PRO-FAMILY MAYOR LEAVING ROLE THIS SUMMER

LONDON,ON, May 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – London mayor Diane Haskett has announced that she is leaving municipal politics this summer, according to a story in The Report. Haskett is best known among pro-family supporters for her courageous defiance when ordered by the Ontario “Human Rights” Tribunal to proclaim “gay pride week” in 1995. Haskett who appealed to her freedom of conscience in her in refusing to make such a declaration was nevertheless found guilty of “discrimination” by the quasi-judicial tribunal and was fined $10,000. Overall her fines and court costs totaled over $70,000. Haskett’s dramatic “conviction” by the OHRC came in […]
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CANADIAN ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE ANALYSIS

TORONTO, May 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The May Campaign Life Coalition National News carries an analysis of the major contenders for the Canadian Alliance (CA) leadership.  CLC, which represents the political arm of the pro-life movement suggests that, of the four main candidates, Stockwell Day, Preston Manning, Tom Long and Keith Martin, only Day and Manning would serve the cause of life and family. So far, Day appears to be the strongest on these issues. The analysis finds that Martin is pro-abortion and, although Long claims to be pro-life and pro-family, he has promised to do nothing to change the status […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

An Arizona mother is suing her doctors since they failed to discover she was pregnant until after the baby was too old to be legally killed in the state by way of abortion. Her healthy child is now two but she says she would have aborted him if given the chance. The woman already had three abortions from 1993 to 1995.  The San Diego city library is refusing to get rid of two ‘photography’ books containing pictures of nude children in suggestive poses despite a judge’s ruling that deemed them illegal pornography. San Diego Superior Court Judge William Kennedy also […]
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Canadian Alliance Leadership Candidates Analysis

These three items on the Canadian Alliance leadership race are excerpted from the May CLC National News. They provide an excellent overview of the main candidates from the social conservative perspective. CLC National News – May 2000 CANADIAN ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES ONE MEMBER, ONE VOTE TOM LONG WIN WOULD BE ALLIANCE DISASTER CANADIAN ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES Since the last newsletter, two other contenders have joined former Reform Party leader Preston Manning and former Alberta Treasurer Stockwell Day in seeking the Canadian Alliance leadership. Toronto lawyer Joe Peschisolido has since announced he is dropping his leadership bid. As we reported last […]
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OVER THE COUNTER MAP AND MORE SEX ED HEADED TO ONTARIO

TORONTO, May 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stalled in British Columbia, the move to have over-the-counter dispensation of abortifacient morning after pills has moved to Ontario. Toronto public health officials are pushing for Ontario government funding for a pilot project that would see pharmacists give out the drugs without prescriptions. The Toronto Star also reports that Ontario young people are scheduled to have a more intensive sex-education program by next fall. Carol Rocks, Toronto board of education’s district-wide co-ordinator for health and physical education, said several provincial school boards in the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association are putting together resource packages […]
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TV STAR TO SPEAK AT PRO-LIFE PREGNANCY CENTER

MODESTO, CA, May 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kirk Cameron, star of the popular 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains,”  will speak at the Modesto Pregnancy Center’s annual banquet Oct. 12. Cameron, 29, is a devout Christian and has three children aged 3,2, and 1. Original source: The Modesto Bee
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CORRECTION

LifeSite reported on May 2 that bill C-23 had passed second reading in the Senate. In fact,  second reading debate of the bill started on May 2 and is continuing. Once passed second reading, it will be reviewed by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee,  returning to the Upper Chamber for third reading and a final vote.
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Britain’s teachers’ union is demanding that teachers be given the right to refuse to teach sex education in schools. UN agencies led by UNICEF and local nongovernmental organizations, on Tuesday began a four-day meeting in Lome, Togo, to discuss hastening the implementation of UN international conventions promoting radical feminism (including abortion) such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. SPUC, the UK pro-life agency reports that the number of legal abortions in Croatia since the end of communism has plummeted. In 1987 the total was 48,608, but the number has fallen steadily each year […]
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CBC FILM ATTACKING CATHOLICISM TO AIR NATIONALLY MAY 14

TORONTO, May 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Far from apologizing for airing a film with a sacrilegious portrayal of a woman giving Holy Communion to her dog, the often pro-abortion, pro-gay and pro-feminist Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has chosen to air the film across Canada on May 14. As LifeSite reported Tuesday, Catholic activists were outraged over the CBC production “Our Daily Bread”, which aired last Monday in eastern Canada.  Contact Information: CBC [email protected] CBC ombudsman [email protected] Letters to MPs are also urged by critics of the programs. See Tuesday’s coverage from LifeSite:  CANADIAN ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA RIDICULE CHRISTIANITY
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BIRTH RATE IN EASTERN EUROPE TO DROP BY ONE THIRD BEFORE 2050

UNITED NATIONS, May 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new survey just released by the United Nations warns that population levels in eastern Europe are likely to plummet by a third over the next 50 years due to a dramatic drop in birth rates. In its “Economic Survey of Europe” for 2000, the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) says that over the past ten years fertility has fallen from an average rate that ensured replacement of generations to two-thirds of that level. The latest figures, from 1998 reveal that women are having on average 1.3 children in Eastern Europe – alarmingly lower […]
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INDIAN DOCTORS PLEA TO SAVE GIRLS FROM ABORTION

BOMBAY, India, May 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Indian Medical Association is looking for international support to save baby girls from abortion in India. The Association says that up to two million baby girls are killed by abortion every year due to cultural preference for male babies. Dr. V Parameshvara, a former president of the Indian Medical Association, told the BBC that the situation has led to a demographic imbalance of up to 50 million fewer women in the country than normal. The doctors warn that the male-female ratio continues to plummet despite a law stipulating that abortion for sex-selection is […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

Larry Flynt, publisher of the pornographic magazine, Hustler, says he “accidentally” sent copies of the magazine to all the teenage boys who subscribe to his “Big Brother Skateboarding” publication.  Catholic World News reports that the Newman Society has released a list of 14 Catholic colleges and universities in the US which will have “inappropriate” commencement speakers address their graduating classes. Most of those speakers are individuals who have publicly supported legalized abortion. Conservative News Service reports that the Boston chapter of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network has threatened to take legal action against the Massachusetts parent who made […]
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BIRTH CONTROL PILL ADS TO HIT CANADIAN TV MONDAY

VANCOUVER, May 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Wyeth-Ayerst Canada Inc., a pharmaceutical company, is set to launch Canada’s first television advertisements for birth control pills on Monday. The National Post reports that the media campaign also includes transit ads to be posted in 15 cities this summer and movie ads for more than 500 screens. The slick ads created by Toronto’s Anderson Advertising will begin Monday on MuchMusic, where it is slated to run through May and June. The ads will move to the national networks in the fall, targeting programs watched by teens. “All it does is increase the promiscuity and […]
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DWARFS TARGETED FOR EXTINCTION

WASHINGTON, May 5 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With genetic technology advancements, the gene for dwarfism and other genetically-based characteristics can now be easily detected in in-utero babies. Given this fact some believe society is gearing up to embark on a campaign to search out and destroy the human embryos found to exhibit the gene for dwarfism and other ‘undesirable’  characteristics. The National Post reported yesterday that the U.S. National Institutes of Health recently asked 300 dwarfs and their families how happy they were with their lives – and about their attitudes toward genetic testing and abortion. Dwarfs are one of the first […]
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TOM LONG’S PRO-FAMILY COMMITTMENT QUESTIONED

TORONTO, May 4 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sun media columnist Michael Coren has brought some concerning questions to light regarding Canadian Alliance leadership candidate Tom Long who claims to be pro-life and pro-family.  Most worrisome is the fact that Long’s inner circle of advisers and policy-makers is headed up by anti-life and anti-family activists. One key adviser, Jaime Watt was co-chair of the Canadian Human Rights Campaign, a group that lobbies for special homosexual rights. Moreover, a Leslie Noble is in overall control of Long’s campaign.  Noble has admitted that she is a social liberal and has said of pro-family supporters “these […]
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AFRICAN AIDS NUMBERS GROSSLY EXAGGERATED

WASHINGTON, May 4 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a watershed report, WorldNetDaily reveals that AIDS in Africa is defined differently than in America and that when the American definitions are used Africa’s reported AIDS ‘epidemic’ disappears. HIV tests which are essential to the AIDS diagnosis in America are not given in Africa except to tiny samples of the population. Rather in Africa the “Bangui Definition” created at a World Health Organization meeting in October,  1985 is used to define AIDS. According to this definition, AIDS is considered present when a person is diagnosed with two of the following three symptoms combined with […]
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The Chicago Tribune reports that China is phasing out its one-child policy for a two-child policy since it is concerned there will not be enough young people to support the aging population.  Church News reports that the Papal Nuncio in Spain, Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro,  urged the country’s faithful to defend life. “For the Church, everything referred to life is sacred. The Lord has said ‘you shall not kill’, it doesn’t matter if it is at the beginning,  in the case of abortion, or if it is in another stage of life, when the person is old or gravely […]
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SINGAPORE ALARMED OVER FALLING BIRTH RATE

SINGAPORE, May 4 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Singapore’s government has struck a committee to encourage families to have at least two children. Inter Press Service reported Monday that Singapore’s birth rate dropped from 1.92 in 1990 to 1.48 last year. At the current birth rate, the population will peak at 3.3 million in 2025, then start to drop. Criticism was expressed about the UN International Conference on Population and Development in 1994 where anti-natal policies were pushed. Member of Parliament Wang Kai Yuen expressed alarm about the trend. “A nation that cannot revert its declining birth rate is effectively committing collective suicide,” […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

Catholic World News reports that Joseph DioGuardi, a pro-life candidate has entered the New York Senate race. Although some fear this will lead to a win by Hillary Clinton, DioGuardi said of his two opponents: “They have to disguise who they are. She has to disguise that she comes from Arkansas, he (Guiliani) has to disguise that he believes in ‘partial-birth’  abortions.”  The BBC reports that research suggests sterilization is now the most popular form of contraception among American women. Almost one in three U.S. women who use birth control rely on their own or their partner’s sterilization, while just […]
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An Odd Sort of Family Values

Reproduced by LifeSite News with permission from Michael Coren May 4, 2000 By MICHAEL COREN Sun Media They must be the most exploited two words in North American politics: family values. Everybody claims to stand for them and approve of them. articularly on the political right. For that reason all of the men running for leadership of the Canadian Alliance are declaring themselves to be the family values candidate. Of Preston Manning and Stockwell Day there are no doubts. But what of Tom Long? He has already fudged issues, refusing to say very much about very much. More revealing is […]
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CARDINAL JOHN O’CONNOR OF NEW YORK PASSES AWAY

NEW YORK, May 4 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal John O’Connor of New York died yesterday at 80 years of age. The cardinal will be lovingly remembered as one of the most ardent defenders of the unborn North America has ever seen. He warmed the hearts of pro-lifers with his unwavering faithfulness to Catholic teaching on the sanctity of life and risked media persecution for his stands. As late as this January he caused a stir when the press reported that he had questioned a priest in his diocese for his support of Hillary Clinton’s run for Senate. “I would be grateful […]
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VATICAN CONDEMNS CONDOM MACHINES IN SCHOOLS

PARIS, May 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Communications by upset Catholic parents in France garnered a welcome response from the Vatican regarding condom machines in schools. A Catholic high school in the outskirts of Paris installed the condom machines last September despite complaints from concerned parents. However, the school has promised to remove the machines after receiving a letter from the Vatican which condemned the move. The communication from Rome said giving students access to a condom machine “took all the sense out of a Catholic education, took responsibility away from students and teachers alike, and legitimized behavior which was not acceptable.” […]
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VERMONT GAY-ACTIVIST PASTOR ADMITS TO TORCHING OWN CAR

MONTPELLIER, May 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dwight Walker, a homosexual-activist pastor whose car was torched April 7 in the middle of debate around the Vermont bill to give homosexual couples the same rights as married couples has admitted that he set the fire himself. “I set the fire because I wanted people to see me as a victim,” Walker told police. The Boston Globe reports that Walker, 36, now faces charges of third-degree arson, false reports to law enforcement officers and burning to defraud an insurer.
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CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY URGED TO DROP AWARD TO PRO-ABORTION ACTIVIST

PITTSBURGH, PA, May 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Duquesne University, which describes itself as “one of the leading major private, Catholic universities in the United States,” is set to award an honorary doctorate to Marian Wright Edelman, the founder of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)  – one of the most anti-life, anti-family lobbies on Capitol Hill. The Pittsburgh-based U.S.  Coalition for Life has urged pro-lifers to help protest the university’s decision. Urgent action is required since the award will be given this Saturday, May 6 at the school’s commencement ceremonies. Randy Engel, National Director, U.S. Coalition for Life provides ample proof that […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

Pro-Lifers in the UK formed human chains in 85 cities and towns across the country to protest against the Abortion Act Saturday. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC),  which organised the silent vigil, said more than 20,000 people were expected to take part.  (Pro-Life E-News) Australian High Court Judge Michael Kirby, who is also a homosexual activist, had a column  published in The Age, promoting homosexuality, while simultaneously condemning Christianity for “homophobia”.  Prayers are requested for Neil Slykerman, the President of Campaign Life Coalition Manitoba who is in hospital with an apparently serious yet unknown illness. Liberal […]
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US MAY ALLOW OVER-THE-COUNTER BIRTH CONTROL PILLS

WASHINGTON, May 3 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Federal Drug Administration announcement last week that it may allow birth control pills to become over the counter drugs – available without a doctor’s prescription. American Life League president Judie Brown reacted to the news,  calling it the most dangerous announcement a U.S. government agency has made in recent memory.” “The Food and Drug Administration has moved into a dangerous area that would threaten the lives of many women, and countless numbers of children who are growing in their mothers’  wombs,” said Brown. The birth control pill is known to have serious health […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

The Clinton Administration is declaring AIDS a threat to national security. American Life League noted that “the Clinton Administration is pushing for increased distribution of condoms as the ultimate solution to the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, yet we have no reason to believe that increased access to condoms will decrease the spread of AIDS. In fact,  if we look at the effectiveness of condom distribution programs in the developed world, we see exactly the opposite.”
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MORGENTALER ASKS FOR MORE GOVERNMENT MONEY

MONTREAL, May 2 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Henry Morgentaler, the father of abortion in Canada, was attempting to drum up more business last week with a press conference in Quebec. Morgentaler and his side-kick Claude Paquin were complaining that the Quebec government had not kept promises about making “abortion services” more readily available in the province.  Morgentaler’s self-interest shone through when he asked specifically for abortuary funding for his own abortion mill in the province. Morgentaler’s request however, could not have come at a worse time. Just last month Quebec headlines were splashed with titles such as “Abortions in Quebec highest number […]
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CONTACT SENATORS ON HOMOSEXUAL BENEFITS BILL

OTTAWA, May 2 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has learned that Bill C-23, giving most of the benefits of marriage to same-sex couples in “conjugal” relationships, has passed second reading in the Senate and is before a standing committee. Campaign Life Coalition, the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada and REAL Women are among those groups urging Canadians to contact Senators to express your concerns about the bill. The Senators on the committee reviewing the bill include: Ms. Raynell Andreychuk PC Saskatchewan [email protected] Gérald A. Beaudoin PC Deputy Chair John M. Buchanan Progressive Conservative Party [email protected] Anne Cools Liberal Joan Fraser Liberal [email protected] Serge […]
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GLOBAL TREND TOWARD HOMOSEXUAL UNIONS

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, May 2 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In recent months and years, Canada, the US state of Vermont, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and France have all passed laws allowing homosexual couples to register their unions. The Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) reports that South Africa is next in line and may be the first country to legalize homosexual marriage since it recently included “sexual orientation” as a prohibited ground of discrimination in its constitution. Government officials have said that a decision whether to officially recognize the marriage of a lesbian couple in Capetown will be made May 29.  Ed […]
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FEMINIST GROUP SUPPORTS KARLA HOMOLKA

TORONTO, May 2 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Already known for their extremism, feminists have further shocked mainstream Canadians with a federally funded group coming out in support of Canada’s most notorious female sex-killer. The Toronto Sun reports today that the Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS) – given a $451,807 federal subsidy last year – even wished Homolka “every success” in her Federal Court bid to overturn a warden’s denial of escorted passes for her to a halfway house operated by the feminist group. In a November 3, 1999 memo leaked to the Sun, CAEFS executive director Kim Pate wrote to […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

The Mormon Church was joined by the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, the General Commission on United Methodist Men of the United Methodist Church, the Lutheran Church-  Missouri Synod, and the National Council of Young Israel in saying they would pull their members out of the Boy Scouts of America if the Supreme Court decides to force them to accept homosexual scout leaders. US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia put forward a superb defence of tradition in both the case on partial-birth abortion and the Boy Scouts case.  Richard Cohen, a psychotherapist and author and a former homosexual who has […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) has been granted intervenor status in the case of The British Columbia College of Teachers v. Trinity Western University. The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to hear this case in the fall. The BCCT is objecting to the school’s lifestyle standards policy, claiming, in defiance of documented evidence to the contrary,  that the ban on homosexual behaviour breeds intolerance in students.
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FATHER WHO SOUGHT ABORTION FOR DAUGHTER CHARGED WITH INCEST

EDMONTON, May 1 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Edmonton Journal reported Friday that an Edmonton man brought his 13-year-old daughter to hospital seeking to abort her baby but was arrested for incest.  The 67-year-old man was reportedly very secretive when asked questions about the situation.  The man is scheduled to appear in court today on charges of sexual interference, sexual assault and incest.  The paper reports that the child miscarried her baby. Mary-Ellen Douglas, president of Campaign Life Coalition Ontario told LifeSite that it is an “absolute tragedy that a man of this age would be responsible for harming the innocence of […]
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BC MINISTRY BREAKING LAW ON OVER-THE-COUNTER MAP DISTRIBUTION

VANCOUVER, May 1, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons and the BC Ministry of Health had boasted that the abortifacient morning after pill (MAP) would be available over-the-counter in BC as of today, legal problems have muddied their plans.  A BC Ministry of Health spokeswoman backpedaled last week on the dangerously easy availability promised for the pill.  “There has not been a change in legislation and no new legislation is being considered,” Nadine Criddle told the Nanaimo Daily News Wednesday.  “It is still only available through prescription by a physician.” LifeSite has confirmed that the legal […]
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CBC is continuing its Christian bashing practices with the latest show to air tonight called ‘Our Daily Bread’ which is a put down of the Catholic Church and shows a woman feeding the Holy Eucharist to a dog.  To protest to the CBC write Jayne Bingler at [email protected]. More than 90% of teens think society should send young people stronger messages to abstain from sex at least until they are out of high school, according to a survey released yesterday  by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. The survey of more than 1,000 teens ages 12-17 also found that […]
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CANADIAN SEX-SELECTION CLINIC GOES UNCHALLENGED

OTTAWA, May 1 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Proving the ineffectiveness of the federal voluntary moratorium, a sex-selection clinic has come out in the open, admitting it offers couples who use in-vitro fertilization the opportunity to select the sex of their offspring for money.  Canadian Press reports that Allan Abramovitch who runs one such clinic has claimed a 75-85 per cent success rate.  Experts in the field doubt Abramovitch’s claims but without any legal recourse even to regulate the illicit practice, no action is being taken against Abramovitch. 
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UNFPA MAKES INROADS INTO SAUDI ARABIA

RIYADH, May 1 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the first time in its history, Saudi Arabia is seeking the cooperation of the radically pro-abortion United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) in the management of adolescent and reproductive healthcare for its population.  Nafis Sadik, the head of the UNFPA and one of the most vocal of its abortion promoters, met with Saudi Health Minister Osama Shobokshi and claims that the country has moved to acceptance of her population control policies.  However, since the deal also involved millions of dollars it is likely that financial inducements were used to pressure the government into acquiescence with […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

A homosexual March in Washington was addressed warmly by President Clinton saying “It’s my right to cuddle with who I want to.”
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CANADIAN TAXPAYERS FUND PORN PRODUCTIONS AGAIN

OTTAWA, May 1 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The ongoing saga of the misuse of Canadian taxpayers money to produce pornography continues as conservative politicians in Saskatchewan reveal that both the federal government and the provincial government contributed to a homosexual porn film festival.  The National Post reported Saturday that Queer City Cinema 2000, which runs from May 8 to 13 in Regina, and draws most of its $35,000 budget from municipal, provincial and federal coffers, is offering a controversial program of gay porno films titled You Are What You Beat. Arlene Jule, a Saskatchewan Party MLA, accused the socialist NDP provincial government […]
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