Articles for Month: July 2000

NEW YORK, July 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, spoke at a press conference last week outlining the political ad campaign which debuted in Wednesday’s New York Times and is headed for US newspaper, television and radio in August. Priests for Life is ready to spend a million dollars on this pro-life campaign. Speaking about the necessity to vote pro-life if you are Christian, Fr. Pavone said “don’t claim to be a believer if you don’t act like one, and don’t claim to be a member of the Church and then misrepresent its teachings.” […]

OTTAWA, July 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activists are gearing up to fight the Canadian Alliance and specifically leader Stockwell Day. The activists have sensed that the looming possibility of an Alliance government threatens the steam rolling race toward homosexual marriage and legislative silencing of all opposition which flourished under the ruling Liberals. Gay activists were generally frustrated in their attempts to infiltrate the Canadian Alliance and weaken its strong family values from within, hence the attack strategy. Given the fact that the NDP and Tories are not likely to wield much political influence, the Liberal Party, which has pandered to […]

LOS ANGELES, CA, July 21 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The California State Board of Education has voted in favor of pushing homosexuality on children and teachers in public and private schools with new “educational equity” regulations. Randy Thomasson, Director of Campaign for California Families told Focus on the Family that “These regulations are so bad that they will actually allow a student at a Christian school to be punished, or a teacher to be disciplined, or even a volunteer parent to be persecuted with some type of state pressures if they even said that homosexuality was unhealthy or immoral.” Meanwhile the New […]

BONN, July 21 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The German government’s statistics office has released a report indicating that the country will lose 20 per cent (17 million) of its population over the next 50 years, if net immigration ran at 100,000. The London Telegraph notes that even if net immigration continued for the next 50 years at last year’s high rate of 202,000, the country’s population of 82 million would still fall by 15 per cent. The paper reports that the country’s social welfare system is in jeopardy as is its current position as economic kingpin of Europe. Human Life International notes […]

BELLEVILLE, July 21 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Andrew Fournier, the youth who is walking across Canada to raise awareness for pro-life, resumed his “Pilgrimage for Life” July 13 in Belleville after taking time off to recuperate from a foot injury. Medical doctors have advised Andrew to start off slow so that he can build strength and stabilize a pace to prevent further injuries. Last week Andrew walked about 16 km per day and left from Port Hope yesterday. For regular updates check Andrew’s page on LifeSite at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/pilgrimage/index.html (Page currently unavailable)

MONTREAL, July 21 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The homosexual activist newspaper Gay Ottawa Now reports that a lesbian couple in Quebec has obtained official dual motherhood registration. The paper reports that Julie, 35, and Rachel 29 (the birth-mother), living in Western Quebec, applied for and received a birth certificate from Ontario (where the child was born) two weeks ago listing both women as the parents. Once the certificate was secured the pair insisted that the baby be registered under the last name of both women and that Julie would be listed as the boy’s second mother. The paper reports that a worker […]

Catholic News Service reports that Priests for Life has launched a massive media campaign to remind Catholics of their political responsibility to support life during the 2000 election season. Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, announced the start of the “Campaign for Life 2000” at a July 18 news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.   American Renewal reports that when asked by NBC’s Tim Russert on Meet the Press this past Sunday if he agreed with the federal statute that prohibits the execution of a pregnant woman, Al Gore requested time to ‘think about […]

OTTAWA, July 21 (LifeSiteNews.com) – David and Ruby Mielke, who had nine children taken from them by Ontario’s Children’s Aid Society eight days ago, still don’t know when they will get their children back, but they have been assured by the agency that they will be able to start seeing them again. Also, according to Mr. Mielke, the judge granted them open phone access to their children as well. This means that their children are free to call them without being monitored. The last time LifeSite spoke to Mr. Mielke, however, he still had not heard from two of his […]

LONDON, July 20 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former Canadian abortionist, Dr. Richard Neale, has been found guilty of incompetence and negligence by England’s General Medical Council. Dr. Richard Neale was found guilty in 36 out of 37 cases brought against him. He was also found guilty of lying about his qualifications and being rude to the women he treated. Reports detailed how Neale was dubbed “Bloody Dr. Neale” and “the Butcher” due to his mistreatment of patients during surgery. A CBC report on the finding of guilt failed to mention the fact that Neale did abortions, merely referring to him as a […]

VANCOUVER, July 20 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The radically pro-abortion British Columbia government has found another excuse to give taxpayers money to abortionists. Using the attack on abortionist Garson Romalis, BC Premier Ujjal Dosanjh announced that he is giving $250,000 to abortionists presumably to beef up security. However, the premier said it’s up to the abortionists to decide how they want to use the money after consulting with police and security experts.