Articles for Month: August 2000

CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTRES, Aug 25 (LifeSiteNews.com) – World magazine reported last week on the dramatic impact ultrasounds have on turning people away from abortion. The article also notes that a growing number of Crisis Pregnancy Centres in the U.S. are also becoming medical clinics, thus enabling them to possess and use ultrasound machines. World told the story of a young couple who went to a CPC in Florida at the coaxing of the woman to get an ultrasound. The man looked as though he was there against his will but, according to one of the CPC workers, “when the ultrasound […]

OHIO, Aug 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “A coalition of groups protesting Boy Scouts of America’s policy of not accepting homosexual leaders and members chose a convicted child molester to lead it,” reports WorldNetDaily. And the San Diego Union-Tribune reports that “a 33-year-old former staff administrator at a Scout camp has been arrested and charged with sexually molesting several teen-age Scouts with whom he worked over the past three years. The children involved are from 14 to 18 years of age.

SUDBURY, ON, Aug 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Andrew Fournier’s cross-Canada pilgrimage for life has entered the northern region of Ontario this week with his arrival in Sudbury yesterday. It has been a difficult journey these past few months because of foot injuries and other health problems, but Andrew is persevering. See the latest stories and daily logs at:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/pilgrimage/index.html (Page currently unavailable)

MEXICO, Aug 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bill Whatcott of the Saskatchewan-based Christian Truth Activists is declaring his recent trip to Mexico with nine other Canadian and American pro-life activists a success. A report by CBC today indicates that “Mexican authorities said they will prohibit Canadian activists who participated in an anti-abortion demonstration from returning to Mexico for five years, the government news agency Notimex reported.” Mexico has a law prohibiting involvement by foreigners in domestic politics, reports CBC. Pro-abortion forces tried to have the pro-lifers deported on the basis of that law. Mr. Whatcott said that this strategy actually “helped [them] […]

Still committed to the demonstrably false assumption that there is a direct relationship between population growth and resource depletion, Population Action International has released a new report which claims that “the current trend of slower population growth is one bright spot in an often gloomy picture of increasing natural resource scarcity.”  Focus on the Family discussed the radical pro-homosexual bias in the American media yesterday using research from Americans For Truth About Homosexuality and conservative columnist Don Feder.  American and Italian scientists working in partnership have developed a new and more reliable technique – UltraScreen – for detecting Down’s syndrome […]

OHIO, Aug 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Planned Parenthood in Akron, Ohio, is using McDonald’s gift certificates as an incentive to promote condom use,” reports American Life League. The anti-Planned Parenthood organization, STOPP, has asked McDonald’s to publicly demand an end to the practice, but, according to STOPP, “A senior manager responded, saying, ‘we have no plans to release a statement because this has nothing to do with McDonald’s’.” “Silence implies consent,” insists STOPP, which fears that the gimmick may spread to other regions. The pro-life group is asking concerned citizens to contact Jack Greenberg, President of McDonald’s Corp. at:  McDonald’s Plaza, […]

UNITED STATES, Aug 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ongoing failures in United Nations peacekeeping work has led to demands to improve its ability to address conflicts. The Panel on UN Peace Operations, set up in March to examine the situation and submit recommendations, released its report earlier this week. If the UN is to strengthen its ability to deal with military conflict, some believe it will have to develop a stronger military force itself, thus moving towards the establishment of its own standing army. Such a move is much feared by those who oppose the growing influence of the international body, in […]

UNITED STATES, Aug 24 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Immediately on the heels of Britain’s decision to support recommendations in favour of “therapeutic cloning” by way of stem cell research, America has also chosen to finance stem cell research, although it does not specifically deal with cloning. Yesterday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released their final guidelines for research involving human stem cells. The purpose of the guidelines is to determine how to distribute taxpayer dollars for research. Organizations seeking government funding will be required to honour the guidelines. Arguing that stem cell “research promises new treatments and possible cures for many […]

MUSIC SCENE, Aug 23 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rock for Life, a division of American Life League, raised objections yesterday to what it called the “Promot[ion of] Racism, Genocide [and] Baby Killing by groups such as Van’s Warped Tour, Santana, No Doubt and Dave Matthews Band. They were targeting these groups’ “collaboration with Margaret Sanger’s Planned Parenthood.” The joint effort “extends Planned Parenthood’s ‘educational’ program – VOX – to millions of kids at rock concerts. VOX urges teen voters to support candidates who back federal spending for foreign and domestic population control,” explains Rock For Life, adding that “Planned Parenthood’s population elimination […]

CHINA, Aug 23 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Less than a month after Tibetan allegations that China is imposing its one child policy on their people, a report has come out of that nation about population control officials drowning a “botched abortion” in full view of onlooking villagers. According to The Scotsman yesterday, “a gruesome scandal is unfolding in China involving family planning officials who drowned a new-born baby in a rice paddy hours after they induced the labour of his mentally sub-normal mother.” The officials apparently ordered the father to dispose of his child, but a female doctor found him and gave […]