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The Senate Judiciary Committee in a vote of 10-8 has approved former US Senator John Ashcroft to become the Attorney General . He now goes before the full Senate for another fierce showdown. Pro-lifers and Christians have been called on to support his confirmation at:  https://www.afa.net/ashcroft/default.asp https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010131/aponline043645_000..htm On Monday, President Bush signed a pair of executive orders creating a White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives which allows religious groups to compete in the provision of charitable services.
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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children reports that an attempt in the British House of Lords to block the provision of abortifacient morning-after pills from pharmacists without a doctor’s prescription was defeated 177 votes to 95.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1143000/1143501.stm The National Post reported January 18th that the newly printed Canadian $50 banknote features the Famous Five, Canadian feminists who were advocates of eugenics. The new $10 bill has a remembrance and peacekeeping theme with poppies, doves, a female (presumably Canadian) soldier in a blue United Nations beret.  https://www.nationalpost.com/search/story.html?f=/stories/20010118/440653.html
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ACTOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER AGAINST SINGLE PARENTHOOD

HOLLYWOOD, Jan 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – With famous Hollywood actresses purposely getting pregnant to raise children on their own, the recent Salon magazine interview with actor Arnold Schwarzenegger contains a surprising criticism of the trend by the prominent actor. Salon’s Christina Valhouli reports that Schwarzenegger considers single parenthood a “tremendous danger,” the most pressing problem in the inner city today. ” All that stuff has increased largely because of a lack of parenting, and many households only have one biological parent—so many of them are fatherless. It really creates a big problem,” said the muscle-bound star of Terminator and similar […]
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USE OF EMBRYOS AND ABORTED BABY TISSUES INSTEAD OF STEM CELLS PROPOSED

LONDON, England, Jan 31 (LSN.ca) – Trying to attract attention by putting forth a procedure for genetic treatment of disorders not involving cloning human embryos, scientists at Sheffield University believe they have a therapy that will “raise no ethical issues”. The project involves the destructive use of embryos and tissue from aborted babies. However, rather than cloning and being forced to manufacture huge numbers of embryos or procure tons of carnage from abortion clinics, the project’s need for human embryos and aborted babies is decreased by a replication process. Using the method, the researchers have developed a product for bone […]
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EUROPEAN UNION MAY PAY INTERNATIONAL ABORTION GROUPS IN LIEU OF US

LONDON, England, Jan 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The decision of US President Bush to reinstate the Mexico City Policy, banning U.S. funding for abortion promoting groups, has angered European Union Development Commissioner Paul Nielson. CNN reports that Nielson suggested the EU may fund the abortion groups in lieu of the United States. “We will if necessary fill the deficiency,” he said. The two groups hardest hit by the policy are the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). Related coverage: Vatican Promotes, EU Damns Bush Abortion Funding Restriction https://www.lsn.ca/ldn/2001/jan/010124.html#4 See the CNN coverage at:  https://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/01/29/EU.abortion/index.html
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PRIVATE GROUP OF CAPABLE SCIENTISTS TO CLONE HUMANS WITHIN 2 YEARS

WASHINGTON, Jan 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An international consortium of scientists with the resources needed to achieve human cloning have announced their plans to clone humans within two years. The two scientists of the group who identified themselves are Panos Zavos, a professor of reproductive physiology at the University of Kentucky, and Italian fertility doctor Severino Antinori. Zavos is co-founder of a fertility clinic in Lexington, an andrologist and a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the nation’s largest society of reproductive professionals. Antinori has gained a reputation in Italy for his successful efforts to help post-menopausal women […]
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UN PLAN TO TAX INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY TRADE FLOATED AGAIN

NEW YORK, Jan 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a list of proposals issued yesterday by the United Nations to help poor nations deal with globalization , a suggestion to tax international currency transactions was made. The Washington Times revealed the suggestion found in paragraph 113 of the 64-page report. A 0.1 percent tax on $1.5 trillion worth of “speculative” currency transactions could yield $150 billion a year that could be used to stabilize volatile markets, said the report, compiled in collaboration with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization and others. But when the Times called […]
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POPE: PASTORS MUST SPEAK OUT ON ABORTION “OPPORTUNE OR NOT”

“Do Everything Possible to Encourage Pregnant Women to Complete Their Pregnancy” VATICAN CITY, Jan 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Yesterday Pope John Paul II met with the bishops of Hungary and one key message he imparted to them was the urgent need to defend life. “Notwithstanding your tireless dedication,” the Pope said, “even in your country we note worrisome data which marks in many countries of the old continent the spread of an ever more preoccupying culture of death.” He noted that the abortion statistics in the country were “alarming” and said “they must incite you to defend without fear and […]
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JAMES DOBSON DELIVERS A STINGING INDICTMENT OF CLINTON

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Focus of the Family President Dr. James Dobson is using his February newsletter (to be mailed to over 2.5 million households) to recount in very direct terms, the destructive nature of the Clinton presidency. “No man has ever done more to debase the presidency or to undermine our Constitution – and particularly the moral and biblical principles upon which it is based – than has William Jefferson Clinton,” he wrote. Of abortion Dobson writes, “Clinton’s hands are stained with the blood of countless innocent babies. By twice vetoing a bill that would […]
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UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S AND WOMEN’S COMMITTEES PROMOTING ABORTION

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30, 2001, (LSN.ca) – The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) are two international covenants that created UN committees to oversee member countries’ compliance. However, the UN committees have been stacked with radical feminists who use their positions to badger countries into the acceptance of abortion, and attack family values. Currently the CRC and CEDAW committees are meeting to hear the compliance reports of various countries. Examples of the pro-abortion activism of the Committee “experts” is recorded in the UN’s own reporting […]
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PRO-ABORTION SPEAKER CHOSEN IN HOUSE OF COMMONS

OTTAWA, Jan 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pro-life Canadians and opposition politicians are hoping for fairness despite the strong pro-abortion stand of newly selected House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken. Milliken, a Liberal MP from Kingston, Ontario has frequently made known his position in favour of abortion on demand. Campaign Life Coalition records on Milliken indicate that his pro-abortion position has been constant from 1988 to the present. The speaker is supposed to be completely neutral and non-partisan in his rulings, but during the last two parliaments opposition parties protested alleged pro-government bias from the speaker’s chair. The vote for the […]
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GOV’T PLANS TO ALLOW MORNING-AFTER-PILLS OVER-THE-COUNTER

OTTAWA, Jan 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Society of Obstetricians and Gyaenocologists of Canada (SOGC) is taking on the role of activist to have the abortifacient morning-after-pill available over-the-counter in Canada. Most drug designation switches from “by prescription only” to “over-the-counter” are initiated by the drug manufacturer, but this time, said Christine Menard, director of communications at SOGC, the society is filling out application forms and “it will be about an 18-month process.” Menard comments in the current edition of the Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal that discussions with government over the issue indicate that “there won’t be [many] barriers.” Health Canada […]
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CANADIAN PHARMACEUTICAL DUMPS MORNING AFTER PILL

TORONTO, Jan 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian arm of the pharmaceutical company Shire has decided to discontinue distribution of the abortifacient morning-after pill kit called PREVEN. The kit was the first to be approved in Canada specifically as a morning-after-pill, which would act after fertilization to prevent implantation of the embryo. Roberts Pharmaceuticals gained exclusive rights to distribute the drug in Canada and then merged with Shire. Shire explained its move saying it “is extremely disappointed in the lack of demand for the product.” The company notice said: “We are left with no choice but to discontinue PREVEN based […]
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The Canadian Press reports that Ottawa is considering allowing rent-a-womb contracts for low pay. Superdrug a pharmaceutical company in London, England will sell the abortifacient morning-after-pill over the Internet at superdrug.com   https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,429610,00.html Leading Liberal politician Mac Harb has been quoted as saying he believes that human clones have already been created. “Somewhere, I don’t know in which lab and I don’t know how old they are, but I am sure cloned humans exist,” he said.  https://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_186925.html JAKARTA, Jan 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Governor J.P. Solossa of the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya has revealed that the use of condoms […]
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BUSH ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS BOOST PRO-LIFE SPIRITS

WASHINGTON, Jan 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Friday, President George W. Bush said he was against funding for research using aborted babies or human embryos. Moreover, on “Meet the Press” yesterday, Vice President Dick Cheney supported the President on fetal tissue research and also would not rule out efforts to overturn Roe v Wade. Nando Times reported Friday that Bush said, “I do not support research from aborted fetuses,” saying federal money should not be spent on such research. On stem cell research he said, “I believe there’s some wonderful opportunities for adult stem-cell research … I believe we can […]
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STUDY SHOWS NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING BESTS IUD IN REGULATING BIRTH

SHANGHAI, China, Jan 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A Chinese trial has demonstrated the effectiveness of the Billings Ovulation Method (BOM) – a method of natural fertility regulation which can be used to achieve or avoid pregnancy. The study compared the effectiveness of the Intra-Uterine Device against that of the BOM in avoiding pregnancy. The trial involved 1,654 women aged 24-35, with 992 using BOM and 662 using IUDs. Results showed that in the BOM group five women became pregnant due to faulty application of the method, the pregnancy rate being 0.5%, while in the IUD group there were 12 pregnancies […]
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UNEXPECTED PROTEST OVER PRO-LIFE POSTER A GREAT BENEFIT

OTTAWA, Jan 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An Ottawa pro-life poster advertising Pro-Life Sunday has gained extensive media attention over the use of a quote from a Dr. Seuss book. The poster, depicted in a Jan. 28 Ottawa Citizen article (see link), showed a tiny six- to eight-week-old embryo under the Seuss quote: “A person’s a person, no matter how small.” The Citizen says that Audrey Geisel, widow of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, is upset that the quote is being used and her lawyer is demanding that it be removed. Action Life, an Ottawa pro-life group designed […]
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JUDGE RULES UNBORN CHILD IS OF NO VALUE

CALGARY, AB, Jan 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Justice Patricia Rowbotham of Alberta’s Court of Queen’s Bench has ruled that a full-term baby which died during childbirth, is not a child and therefore the parents are not due compensation for bereavement in her death. Parents Martin and Mary Bertoia were awarded $60,000 in damages for the admitted negligence of their physician, Dr. Lynn Marriott, but were refused an additional $25,000 for the loss of the baby – Kelsey Lee on the grounds that the law does not consider the baby a child. “The anomaly in this case is if Kelsey Lee […]
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INDONESIAN PROVINCE MANDATES USE OF CONDOMS FOR EXTRA-MARITAL SEX

JAKARTA, Jan 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Governor J.P. Solossa of the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya has revealed that the use of condoms will be made mandatory for those engaged in extra-marital sex as a way to combat AIDS. “We will soon issue a provincial decree on the obligatory use of condoms in specific high-risk locations and areas from where the disease could spread,” Solossa said. He indicated that the program would soon involve the whole province. See the AFT report at:  https://www.news24.co.za/News24/World/Asia/0,1113,2-10-20_968915,00.html
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AGING AND POPULATION DECLINE TO HURT INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES IN 2010

ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan. 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A major study released by the Center for Strategic and International Studies declares that global labor shortages, falling savings rates, declining asset values, escalating debt and a precipitous drop in military spending are likely to be the result of the aging of the population in the world’s major industrial nations. The study, conducted in collaboration with the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, European Commission, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said exploding pension-age populations will combine with flat or declining labor forces to create the potential for significant fiscal shortfalls in the […]
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CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL COORDINATES ABORTIONS THROUGHOUT BRITISH COLUMBIA

VANCOUVER, Jan 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – LifeSite has learned that the Children’s and Women’s Health Centre (CWHC) of British Columbia has “unique and diverse responsibilities in maintaining and facilitating abortion services throughout British Columbia.” The information comes from David Loukidelis, Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC in a recently released order concerning a refused information request for determining the number of abortions performed at CWHC, as well as the gestational age. Loukidelis agreed with CWHC that they did not have to release the information to the applicant, Ted Gerk. The Commissioner’s reasoning, however, has raised additional questions because of the […]
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SUPREME COURT REWRITES LAW TO ALLOW CHILD PORNOGRAPHERS MORE FREEDOM

OTTAWA, Jan 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Supreme Court of Canada ruled today in the case of child pornography dealer John Robin Sharpe. Some pro-family groups have expressed relief that the decision upholds most of the current legal restrictions on child pornography. Others are far less positive and fear the Court has further opened the door to acceptance of such material by finding that Canadian law too severely restricts the freedom of child porn users on at least two points. The 6-3 decision said that the current law’s infringement on Charter rights are for the most part justified. The justices […]
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ARCHBISHOP OF DENVER ON THE NECESSITY OF VOTING PRO-LIFE

DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver addressed participants at the Colorado Right to Life March and Rally, held last Saturday on the west steps of Colorado’s State Capitol Building, telling them Catholics must vote pro-life. “We can’t simultaneously commit ourselves to human rights, while voting for people and policies that attack the weakest among us. Nor can we practice a commitment to the sanctity of human life only as a private piety. People of religious faith must live their pro-life witness courageously, as a matter of public record and civic responsibility – or we’ll […]
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UGANDAN CARDINAL URGES VOTES FOR PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY POLITICIANS

KAMPALA, Jan. 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala has issued a pastoral letter to the faithful urging them to vote for pro-life and pro-family politicians. “We deserve leaders who will not condone immorality such as corruption, abortion, homosexuality or any other forms of behaviour which are contrary and offensive both to God’s law and to our own culture,” he said. “We should give our votes to candidates who we think are serious in their intentions, honest and capable of working for and with us.” See the coverage in The Monitor (Kampala):  https://allafrica.com/stories/200101240109.html
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PARENTS OF CONJOINED TWINS PLACE PRO-LIFE MEMORIAL ON MARY’S TOMB

GOZO, Malta, Jan. 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Michaelangelo and Rina Attard, the parents of the conjoined twins Jodie and Mary who were separated in an operation in Britain, informed the media that they would be placing a pro-life plaque on their daughter Mary’s grave. The parents, who were against the separation operation since it would inevitably lead to the death of Mary, were overruled when British courts decided to perform the separation operation despite the objection of the Roman Catholic parents and Catholic Church leaders. Mrs Attard, 29, said in a television interview, “I think it’s going to be a […]
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FAMILY ACTION COALITION DEFENDS DAY IN MEDIA FUROR

OTTAWA, Jan. 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Roy Beyer, President of the Canada Family Action Coalition, has defended Official Opposition leader Stockwell Day from the media onslaught over his recent court battle regarding a defamation suit. In a CFAC release Beyer notes that “if you are a pro-family Canadian, I would hope you recognise that much of the media attack against Stockwell Day is nothing less than an attack against all people of faith and moral conscience.” The following summary of arguments by Beyer and an article by Danielle Smith of the Calgary Herald help to put the debate in focus, […]
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EUTHANASIA PREVENTION COALITION URGES ACTION ON LATIMER

OTTAWA, Jan. 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Ontario (EPCO) has urged pro-lifers to write the Canadian Minister of Justice Anne McLellan, opposing the granting of leniency or clemency to convicted murderer Robert Latimer. Latimer, who killed his 12-year-old daughter in 1993 because she was disabled, is set to ask for mercy from the federal government based on his claim that he acted out of mercy. Alex Schadenberg, EPCO executive director, told LifeSite that reducing Latimer’s sentence sends the message to Canadians that killing disabled or vulnerable people is a lesser crime than killing able-bodied people. The […]
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JUDGE ALLOWS SUIT AGAINST K-MART FOR FIRING PRO-LIFER OVER MORNING-AFTER-PILL

Judge states “undisputed fact” that birth control pill “prevents implantation” CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan. 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – United States District Court Judge Herman Weber has rejected the argument of K-Mart in their bid to quash a lawsuit filed by a pro-life pharmacist in Hamilton, Ohio. In 1996 K-Mart fired pharmacist Karen Brauer, after she refused to dispense an abortifacient birth control pill called Micronor. Micronor, a progestin-only birth control pill, works in a significant number of cases by preventing the implantation of a fertilized egg and thus it and similar drugs, rather than preventing pregnancy, act sometimes to terminate a […]
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HEALTH CANADA SET TO APPROVE HUMAN EMBRYO EXPERIMENTATION

OTTAWA, Jan. 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The situation in Canada regarding the vast moral minefield of new reproductive technologies (NRT) is admittedly a disaster with no formal law in place banning experimentation on unborn babies. With experimentation in the field involving human embryo cloning, animal-human hybrids and the like, Canada’s voluntary moratorium on such practices is laughable. A report in today’s National Post reveals that Health Minister Allan Rock is set to release a national policy on NRT which would ban the most grotesque experiments (such as growing embryos in artificial wombs), but give government sanction, and allow funding for […]
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Democrats have forced the Senate Judiciary Committee’s vote on the nomination of John Ashcroft for attorney general to be delayed at least a week, while the nominee plows through 350 newly submitted questions from his former Senate colleagues.  https://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/024/nation/Ashcroft_vote_faces_probable_week_delay+.shtml
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MORNING AFTER PILL OVER THE COUNTER IN SOUTH AFRICA The morning-after-pill Norlevo will be made available from pharmacists without prescription in South Africa today.  https://news.24.com/News24/Health/Health_News/0,1113,2-14-660_970136,00.html NUMBER OF IRISH ABORTIONS IN BRITAIN INCREASES The Mirror reports that new figures show that 3,282 Irish women had abortions in Britain in the first six months of last year, up by over 200 since 1999. The majority, 2,325, were aged between 20 and 35.  https://www.mirror.co.uk/shtml/NEWS/P6S3.shtml
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UK TORIES SHOW OPENNESS TO LIFE

LONDON, Jan 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Conservative Party, the Official Opposition in England has demonstrated openness to pro-life initiatives causing consternation among abortion supporters. The BBC reports today that shadow health secretary Liam Fox is recorded in a Christian Fellowship prayerbook as asking party members “to pray that there would be a huge restriction if not abolition of our pro-abortion laws”. Fox confirmed the comment and today suggested that a Conservative government would reverse the decision to make the abortifacient morning-after-pill available over the counter from pharmacists. Last year, Conservative leader William Hague who says he is “anti-abortion, except […]
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VATICAN PROMOTES, EU DAMNS BUSH ABORTION FUNDING RESTRICTION

ROME, Jan 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – While pro-lifers the world over rejoiced and abortion advocates cringed at Monday’s decision by US President George Bush to reinstate the Mexico City policy, international political figures also weighed in on both sides. AP reports that the Vatican, gave prominent attention Tuesday to Bush’s move to bar U.S. funds to groups which lobby for abortion internationally, making it the top story in the Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano and carrying it on Vatican Radio. The reaction from a European Union official was severe. EU Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner Anna Diamantopoulou called the move a “step […]
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BRAZIL REJECTS ANTI-PEOPLE ENVIRONMENTALIST RESTRICTIONS ON AMAZON

BRASILIA, Brazil, Jan 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A report by environmentalists seeking the restriction of human activity within the Amazon was rejected Monday by the country’s science and technology ministry. Chief among the reasons for rejecting the propositions in the article in the journal Science were that the Amazon could not be turned into an “untouchable sanctuary” since “there are 20 million Brazilians living there.” Reuters reports that the Brazilian Embassy in Washington issued a statement questioning the January 19 article by William Laurance of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Michigan State University researcher Mark Cochrane. The Embassy noted […]
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US CARDINALS, BISHOPS AND NUNCIO GATHERED FOR PRO-LIFE VIGIL

WASHINGTON, Jan 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Jan 21, 3 US Cardinals, 1 Cardinal-designate, the Apostolic Nuncio, over 30 bishops, hundreds of priests and over 6,000 faithful gathered at the National Prayer Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. At the event, held annually on the eve of the March for Life, Cardinal William Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore and Chair of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Committee, delivered a homily decrying the current “abortion license” as an “evil” noted its “poisoning effect” nationwide. Also taking part in the Vigil were Bernard […]
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HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE COURT CHALLENGES PAID FOR BY PUBLIC

Religious And Family Groups Allowed Intervenor Status VANCOUVER, Jan 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The court cases launched in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec by homosexual couples demanding marriage are being funded by taxpayers through the Federal Court Challenges Program (FCCP). Canada’s foremost homosexual activist group Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere (EGALE) orchestrated the cases by asking for homosexual couples interested in marriage to come forward, they screened the applicants and sent their selections off to commence the challenges by applying for marriage licences. Gwen Landolt, of Real Women Canada told LifeSite that the decision to publicly fund the challenges […]
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Former NFL star Rae Carruth was sentenced to the next 19 to 24 years behind bars for his arrangement of the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend after she refused his demand to abort their baby. Today, President Bush is to unveil to Congress an education plan that includes the provision of federal vouchers of $1,500 for the parents of students in public schools deemed failures for three years in a row, allowing children to attend private schools, including religious schools.  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010123/pl/bush_leadall_dc_142.html
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The Times reported that the Church of England could permit divorcees to remarry in church as early as next year following a consultation with its members that has so far shown a large majority in favour of change.  https://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/01/21/stinwenws01017.html
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FINANCIAL POST COLUMNIST DISPLAYS EXTREME INTOLERANCE

TORONTO, Jan 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Diane Francis, an influential columnist of the Financial Post, has once again demonstrated her liberal extremism in a recent article attacking Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day. In her Jan 20 article, “The Alliance’s scary preacher has gotta go,” Francis, a competent commentator on many issues, sheds her cloak of moderacy by raving: “I don’t believe social conservatives should hold political power and influence. That’s because they are moral interventionists and totally out of sync with society, which is comprised of social liberals. I believe the social conservatives have a right to their beliefs and […]
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CUBAN PRO-LIFE LEADER SUFFERS TORTURES IN COMMUNIST PRISON

HAVANA, Jan 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pro-lifers working in Cuba have begged the help of Cardinal Bernard Law, Chairman of the NCCB Committee for Pro-Life Activities, as well as the leaders of the March for Life in the dire situation of Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, a pro-life leader who has been languishing in Cuban prison since November 1999. In February 1998, Dr. Biscet was prohibited from practicing medicine and was expelled from the Cuban National Health System for denouncing as genocide the massive number of abortions taking place in all maternity hospitals in Cuba. Subsequently Dr. Biscet was arbitrarily detained […]
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AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

WASHINGTON, Jan 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The American Psychiatric Association, which led the revolution to normalise homosexuality in 1973 by deleting the practice from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, has once again adopted a radical activist position – this time by sanctioning homosexual unions. “The American Psychiatric Association, supports the legal recognition of same-sex unions and their associated legal rights, benefits and responsibilities,” says a Dec 10, 2000 press release issued by Dr. Jack Drescher. Drescher, of the APA’s committee on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues. He told New Mass Media in an interview that “children in […]
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BRITAIN GIVES FINAL APPROVAL TO HUMAN CLONING FOR EXPERIMENTATION

LONDON, Jan 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The House of Lords yesterday gave final approval to the much-contested use of human cloning for stem cell research purposes. Despite mass protest by the public, the European Union, religious leaders and pro-life groups internationally, the House of Lords rejected, 212 to 92, even a motion to delay the vote to allow for more debate on the issue. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in the UK denounced the decision, criticizing also the bizarre decision of the Lords to look into matters of ongoing concern after the vote. Anthony Ozimic, SPUC’s […]
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PRAYERS FOR SUCCESS AND ‘ETHICAL’ BUSH PRESIDENCY

WASHINGTON, Jan 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – President George Bush commenced his new role with an interfaith service praying for blessings for his presidency and his family. Rev. Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, addressed the Bush family and gathered supporters in the Episcopal Washington National Cathedral, calling on the President to “ignite the soul of America.” Cardinal-Elect Theodore McCarrick – archbishop of Washington – Rabbi Samuel Karff, Greek Othodox Bishop Demetrios, the Rt. Rev. Jane Holmes Dixon – the bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Washington, and the Very Rev. Nathan D. Baxter – dean of the cathedral – also […]
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MARCH FOR LIFE A HUGE SUCCESS

WASHINGTON, Jan 23, 2001, (LSN.ca) – Tens of thousands of pro-lifers took part in the March of Life yesterday calling for the Roe v Wade 1973 decision which allowed abortion to be overturned. In the hundreds of events leading up to Monday’s March for Life, demonstrations and pro-life speeches and sermons and interviews everywhere provided excellent media coverage. The massive crowd with a huge youth contingent was delighted with the message from President Bush and the announcement that he was re-establishing a law banning US funds from international groups which provide and lobby for abortion. Various religious leaders including newly […]
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The Telegraph reports that the House of Lords in England may thwart the plans of the Blair government to allow cloning of human embryos for research purposes.  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000142592815120&rtmo=r9EmbDFX&atmo=r9EmbDFX&pg=/et/01/1/22/nclon22.html The Catholic Bishops of Spain have issued a document for their Feb 4 “Day for Life,” which says that society through abortion has turned mothers’ wombs into “death row” for the unborn. Worse yet, their statement said, “a society that legitimizes such an abominable crime like abortion is losing the very sense of human dignity, the basis of fundamental rights and true democracy.”  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=11518 The Guardian reports that nearly two-thirds of all […]
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CARDINAL-ELECT EGAN SAYS DON’T TOLERATE INACTION ON ABORTION

NEW YORK, Jan 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In his first major sermon after he learned of his selection to become a cardinal, New York’s Archbishop Edward Egan argued vigorously for the life of the unborn. During his homily, he stressed that the right-to-life was “common sense and a fundamental of civilized law.” He condemned the use of the word “choice” in advocating abortion as “verbal trickery.”“There is something in a woman when she’s pregnant … that gives every indication of being a human being – a beating heart, fingers and toes,” Egan said. “Until you can prove it is other […]
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SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE ON CHILD PORN IN CANADA FRIDAY

OTTAWA, Jan 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Supreme Court of Canada will announce its judgment in the case of child pornography dealer John Robin Sharpe at noon on Friday, January 26. The case reviews the BC Supreme Court decision, which struck down the provision in Canadian law against possession of child pornography, claiming that it violated freedoms enshrined in the Charter of Rights. The public demanded immediate action to reverse the decision, but the Liberal government in Ottawa voted down an opposition motion designed to approve the use of the notwithstanding clause to quash the decision and maintain the law […]
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO PRO-LIFERS AT ROE V WADE ANNIVERSARY

March for Life a Huge Success WASHINGTON, Jan 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – As hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers gather to March for Life today, President George Bush sent a message of support via pro-life Rep. Chris Smith saying: “The promises of our Declaration of Independence are not just for the strong, the independent or the healthy. They are for everyone, including unborn children.” Today is the 28th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. “We share a great goal, to work toward a day when every child is welcomed in life […]
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US PRESIDENT BUSH BEGINS WITH PRO-LIFE LEGISLATION

WASHINGTON, Jan 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – President George Bush is already beginning to remake Clinton’s America. Only two days after his inauguration, a renewed emphasis on Christianity, life and family seems to be emerging from the holder of the most powerful office in the world. During his inauguration speech Bush spoke of links between religious-based charities and government and spoke of the duty “to affirm the dignity of our lives and every life.” Already the media is reporting that Bush is within days of issuing an executive order reinstating the US policy not to fund organizations which commit and lobby […]
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Pope John Paul II has again referred to the “urgent” need to defend life and family. Zenit reports that in a meeting with Rome’s city leaders yesterday the pope said, “proposals and measures in favor of maternity and the protection of life from conception to its natural end deserve sincere support.” He also said, “the family must be at the center of social policies and must be respected in its own identity, as a stable union between man and woman founded on marriage, which can never be assimilated to other forms of relation.” The BBC reports that the funeral of […]
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REGRETS ALL ROUND BUT BISHOPS REMAIN FIRM ON MARRIAGE

OTTAWA, Jan 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In response to a letter from the Canadian Council of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) protesting a letter of congratulations sent by the Governor General of Canada to a ‘wedded’ homosexual couple, the Governor General sent a letter of explanation to the CCCB. A press release by the CCCB notes “the CCCB accepts the personal explanation of the Governor General that the message sent from her office “did not imply political intent.” But the CCCB continues, “Nevertheless, the CCCB remains convinced that the political use that was made of the message both at the ceremony and […]
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WIFE OF PRESIDENT BUSH SAYS NO TO OVERTURNING ROE V WADE

WASHINGTON, Jan 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a stunning disappointment to U.S. pro-lifers, Laura Bush, wife of President-Elect George Bush was quoted on Friday saying of the Roe v Wade court decision, “No, I don’t think it should be overturned.” Her comments came in response to a question on NBC’s “Today.” There was also some dismay about the comments of Attorney-General nominee John Ashcroft, during the very hostile grilling he has been receiving from the Senate Judiciary Committee and pro-abortion leaders. Ashcroft stated he would not seek to overturn Roe v Wade and would uphold and enforce current laws in […]
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TORY MP TO INTRODUCE BILL AGAINST ABORTION FUNDING

ST JOHN, NB, Jan 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Saint John, New Brunswick Tory MP Elsie Wayne plans to introduce a private member’s bill to prevent the Canada Health Act from being used to fund abortions. Mrs. Wayne is responding to suggestions made in a letter from NB Right to Life executive director Peter Ryan about the current dispute between Ottawa and New Brunswick over the funding of private abortion clinics. Health Minister Allan Rock is pressuring the province to pay for abortion on demand at the Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton. In the letter, sent to New Brunswick’s 10 Members of […]
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OTTAWA ARCHBISHOP BLASTS CATHOLIC HEALTH MINISTER OVER ABORTION

OTTAWA, Jan 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais soundly rebuked Catholic Health Minister Allan Rock in an interview with the Ottawa Citizen published today. The archbishop told the paper that Rock’s actions to promote the funding of abortion “make my blood boil,” and urged Catholic voters to “raise a stink” about the funding of abortion. “The fact that we do not have a law to protect the rights of the unborn … should not lead us to quietly accept abortion as a right, as a medically necessary procedure. Life is at issue here,” Gervais said. The archbishop lamented […]
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UNREPENTANT LATIMER SEEKS ROYAL PARDON

OTTAWA, Jan 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Robert Latimer, who’s second-degree murder sentence (minimum 10 years without parole) was upheld Thursday by the Supreme Court, told reporters after the ruling, “This is not a crime. Almost everything that’s happened have been things that ordinary humans would do.” While he turned himself in to prison, his lawyer said that he intends to appeal to the federal cabinet for leniency, under a rarely used Royal Prerogative of Mercy, after Latimer has spent a year in prison. Meanwhile right-to-life and disabled groups as well as religious organizations praised the ruling. Pro-euthanasia groups said they […]
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AgapePress reports that abortionist John Biskind who is on trial for manslaughter after he allowed a patient to bleed to death after botching her abortion is being protected by the Arizona Supreme Court. The court has stopped prosecutors from using three strong pieces of evidence in the trial.  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/182001e.asp WorldNetDaily reports that a coalition of traditional-family advocates has announced the release of a comprehensive “opt-out” form for parents who disagree with pro-homosexual education programs and curriculum content in California public schools. “With homosexual curriculum coming into all public schools, it is imperative that parents and grandparents take action now to […]
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BISHOPS CONDEMNED FOR LETTER AGAINST HOMOSEXUAL “MARRIAGE”

OTTAWA, Jan 18, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops(CCCB) was blasted by homosexual activist groups and the media for their courageous stand in defending the traditional definition of marriage. As reported by LifeSite yesterday, the CCCB wrote a letter to Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson to “criticize and protest the greetings and congratulations that were sent” from her office to the male and female homosexual couples who staged a “wedding” at a Toronto area church. Canada’s leading homosexual activist group EGALE complained bitterly that the bishops’ objections were “intolerant” and a “hysterical overreaction”. But the criticism was not limited […]
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UN CEDAW COMMITTEE BADGERS BURUNDI TO ALLOW ABORTION

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 18, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has begun meeting again to monitor implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The exercise has proven over the years of its existence to be an opportunity for radical UN feminists to demand that countries which are party to the Convention promote abortion, among other radical feminist goals (despite the fact that abortion is not mandated by the Convention). Yesterday, the Committee, comprised of 23 UN “experts” from various countries, took up the report of Burundi. After […]
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BC PHARMACIST GROUP DELAYS MORNING-AFTER-PILL PROGRAM OVER CASH

VANCOUVER, Jan 18 (LSN.ca) – The British Columbia Pharmacy Association (BCPhA), after refusing to allow pharmacists to conscientiously decide not to participate in the pharmacist-prescribed morning-after pill program, is stalling the program based on monetary considerations. A Jan 8 Issue Update by the BCPhA advises pharmacists not to accept the government’s proposal to pay pharmacies a $15.00 consultation fee for all pharmacist-written Morning After Pill prescriptions (in addition to existing coverage for the fee and drug cost, variable by Plan). It advises that pharmacies charge no less than $25.00 for the consultations, now being paid directly by the patient, thus […]
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MARCH FOR LIFE 2001

OTTAWA, Jan 18, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Organizers for the annual Ottawa March for Life have released preliminary details of this year’s event marking the May 14, 1969 legalization of abortion in Canada. The 2001 theme is “No to Discrimination”. Pro-life Canadians from across the nation are encouraged to participate in this important action, taking the opportunity also to meet with their MPs and Senators on the Hill. Last year there was a marked increase in the number of students and young adults taking part in the March. Friday May 11: 10:00 a.m.- Church Services; 12:00 p.m.- Gather on Parliament Hill; […]
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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LATIMER’S 10-YEAR SENTENCE

OTTAWA, Jan 18, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously this morning that Robert Latimer must serve the regular sentence for second-degree murder – a 25-year sentence with a minimum ten years in prison. Latimer, who killed his 12-year-old disabled daughter Tracy in 1993 argued that he acted out of love and mercy. He remains unremorseful, indicating that he still believes he acted correctly by killing his daughter. In addition to deciding that Latimer’s original trial was fair the justices ruled on the question of whether the mandatory minimum sentence constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” in this […]
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POPE PRESENTS A DIFFERENT VIEW ECOLOGICAL CONSERVATIVISM

VATICAN CITY, Jan 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In stark contrast to radical eco-rights extremism equating man and animals, and even plant life, Pope John Paul II in his General Audience today has presented a Christian view of ecological stewardship. Quoting St. Gregory of Nissa the pope said God made man the “king of the earth” since man was “created in the image of He that governs the universe.” The pope noted that the lordship of man in this regard is not “absolute, but ministerial” since God Himself holds the real lordship over all creation. The pope criticized the wanton destruction […]
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ASHCROFT BADGERED OVER PRO-LIFE VIEWS IN HEARING

‘Are you now, or have you ever been, Pro-Life?’ WASHINGTON, Jan 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Senator John Ashcroft, nominated for Attorney General by President-Elect George Bush, is having to respond to pro-abortion inquisitors in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Ashcroft noted that “I believe Roe versus Wade as an original matter was wrongly decided. I am personally opposed to abortion. However he said that “the role of Attorney General is to enforce the law as it is, not as I would have it. I accept Roe and Casey as the settled law of the land. If confirmed as Attorney General, I […]
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NEW BRUNSWICK POLL SHOWS PUBLIC OPPOSE PRIVATE ABORTUARY FUNDING

FREDERICTON, Jan 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A majority of New Brunswick residents feel that abortions performed at private clinics should not be funded by the Province of New Brunswick, according to a new poll. The federal government is currently putting pressure on New Brunswick to pay for abortions at the Morgentaler Clinic in Fredericton. But in the province-wide poll carried out by Corporate Research Associates, 58% say they oppose such funding. Only 31% say they are in favour. Majority opposition to funding spans all age ranges and both English and French-speaking residents. More women (63%) than men (52%) are against […]
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CANADIAN BISHOPS CRITICIZE CANADIAN GOVERNOR GENERAL

Object to marriage congratulations letter sent to Toronto gay couples OTTAWA, Jan 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Bishop Gerald Wiesner, President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, has written Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson on “behalf of the Roman and Eastern Catholic Bishops of Canada”. He wrote to “criticise and protest the greetings and congratulations that were sent from the office of the Governor General of Canada to Messrs Kevin Bourassa and Joseph Varnell and to Mmes Anne Vautour and Elaine Vautour, on the occasion of a service held 14 January 2001 in the Toronto Metropolitan Community Church purportedly to recognize their […]
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RIFT OVER ABORTION IN PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN CANADA

MISSISSAUGA, Jan 17 (LSN.ca) – The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC) with some 1,100 churches across the country is the largest Evangelical denomination in the country. The PAOC position paper on abortion released more than 15 years ago was among the strongest pro-life statements of any Christian church. Over the years, however, there has been a shift, if not in beliefs surrounding abortion, definitely in emphasis – away from political action on the issue to the service-giving aspect of pro-life work. Bill Griffen, director of public relations for the PAOC, told LifeSite, “We are not convinced that we can legislate […]
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A study has shown that cutting television and video games makes grade-school children less aggressive.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010114/aponline160001_000..htm Agape Press reports that an expert has claimed that the philosophy of “political correctness” was created in the 1920s by a group of Marxists looking for a way to dismantle democracy piece by piece by weakening the moral base.  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/152001f.asp
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MOM FACES CHARGES FOR GIVING SON 13 CONDOMS

BARABOO, WI, Jan 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A Wisconsin mother who gave her 13-year-old son condoms after finding out he was having sex with a 15-year-old girl has been charged with failing to protect her child from being sexually abused. After the son approached an officer about sexually transmitted diseases police questioned the mother to confirm her son’s allegation that she had purchased condoms for him. She told police she had bought him two dozen and had never told him to stop having sex, nor contacted police or social services to get help for him. When asked why she allowed […]
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FLORIDA BISHOPS CONDEMN ABORTION AND PRAY FOR LAW TO PROTECT UNBORN

TALLAHASSEE, Jan 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Catholic Bishops of Florida have released their message for the January 22 anniversary of the Supreme Court Decision in the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton cases. The release notes that “This month marks the 28th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court 7-2 decisions … which in every state of this nation, struck down laws protecting the lives of the weakest and most vulnerable members of our human family, unborn children. “With God’s help, Roe v. Wade will one day be reversed. Abortion and infanticide are evil and beneath us as a […]
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EUTHANASIA CLINIC ALLOWED TO OPERATE IN AUSTRALIA

SYDNEY, Jan 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Western Australia State Medical Board has allowed a euthanasia clinic to be set up by euthanasia advocate Dr. Philip Nitschke. The Age reports that neither Premier Richard Court nor Opposition Leader Geoff Gallop are willing to take action, or even denounce the move. LifeSite reported that Nitschke, who has traveled the country over the past two years running workshops showing terminally ill people how to kill themselves, has expanded his “service” to healthy people. Nitschke claims that he discovered that his workshops for the terminally ill were sometimes attended by healthy people, so […]
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MULTI-FAITH COALITION OF LEADERS OBJECT TO CLONING IN ENGLAND

LONDON, Jan 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In what some are calling a historical first, religious leaders have joined in one voice in England – to urge the postponement of parliament’s moves to allow human cloning. The Daily Telegraph reported yesterday that the Archbishops of Canterbury and York joined the Roman Catholic Archbishops of Westminster and Glasgow, as well as Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Baptist and Evangelical leaders in a communique on the issue. The letter warns that “the philosophical and ethical implications” of human cloning have not been fully considered and urges further debate, especially since the decision is being rushed […]
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ALBERTA PRO-LIFE GROUP RUNNING PRO-LIFE TV ADS

EDMONTON, Jan 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Alberta Life Issues Educational Society (A.L.I.E.S) is running TV ads in Edmonton and throughout Alberta. The ads celebrate the choice for life and reach out to women who are suffering the pain of an abortion. “These TV ads” says Robert Mollot, President of ALIES, “are our first major project. They were chosen because they are effective at communicating the message that life is worth the living and reaching out to women who are suffering the pain of abortion.” The TV ads entitled “Seed” and “Night” started airing on Monday January 15th and will continue […]
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CANADIAN GOVERNOR-GENERAL SENDS CONGRATS ON GAY “MARRIAGE”

OTTAWA, Jan 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The staged homosexual “weddings” that took place at Toronto’s Metropolitan Community church over the weekend were of limited real significance since the Ontario government had already said it would not recognize the “marriages” in law. However, the “weddings” were honoured by a letter of congratulations from Canada’s Governor General Adrienne Clarkson. The move prompted quick responses from parliamentarians concerned for the family and Canadian political tradition. “If she wants to thwart Parliament she should resign immediately and seek elected office,” said Maurice Vellacott, MP for Saskatoon-Wanuskewin, a champion for life and family in the […]
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THAILAND TO ALLOW MORE ABORTIONS

BANGKOK, Jan 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Thai Medical Council is seeking to have the abortion law loosened to allow more abortions. The Bangkok Post reported Friday that the council is demanding that while the law is amended abortionists must be “temporarily allowed to conduct abortions without any legal repercussion”. Until last year abortions were restricted in Thailand to cases of reported rape, or a risk to the health of the mother. Last year the Medical Council urged the Health Ministry to add a clause allowing abortion in cases where there is a high chance the baby will be born […]
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MUST BE PRO-ABORTION TO BE ON CHILDREN’S SERVICES COUNCIL

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla, Jan 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Broward County Commissioners were to draw up a list of nominees to head a new board of children’s services and submit the list to Gov. Jeb Bush for the final selection of 5 board members. Certain feminist commissioners made it a key point in the selection process to endorse only those who were pro-abortion. The feminist commissioners did not shy away from confrontation when they were told it was improper to question prospects on their stand on abortion. The Sun-Sentinel reports Commissioner Lori Parrish as saying, “the question to me is key, […]
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ARLINGTON BISHOP BLASTS “CATHOLIC” VOTERS WHO VOTED PRO-ABORTION

Church May have to Give Up Tax-Exempt Status ARLINGTON, VA, Jan 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Bishop Thomas J. Welsh, the founding bishop of the Arlington Diocese, expressed great frustration at the voting pattern of most Catholics in the United States during the recent election. “I find it most alarming because in this election there was a clear-cut choice. We had the experience of the last eight years of the political consequences of a pro-abortion government – all the things that they can do at the local, national and international levels,” he said. The bishop was troubled not only by hypocritical […]
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PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH INDICATES HE WILL CUT FUNDING FOR PRO-ABORTION GROUPS

WASHINGTON, Jan 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In an interview with the New York Times published Sunday, President-Elect George Bush indicated that he may cut funding to pro-abortion groups. “Organizations that promote abortions are organizations I don’t want to support” with American tax funds, said Bush. The New York Post reports that Bush’s first step may be to undo a Clinton deal made in October to give $425 million in federal funds to pro-abortion groups. The deal included a delay in the spending until Feb. 15 so the new president could have the final say on the matter. For more see […]
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SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON LATIMER THURSDAY

OTTAWA, Jan 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Supreme Court of Canada will rule Thursday in the case of Robert Latimer, the Saskatchewan farmer who in 1993 murdered his 12-year-old disabled daughter Tracy claiming it was an act of love and mercy. Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition of Ontario told LifeSite, “we’re concerned that if the courts decide to give a lesser sentence based upon some misguided concept of compassion, the reality is that the disabled population in Canada will be seen as of lesser value since the only reason to grant Latimer a more lenient sentence would be […]
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The dangers of amniocentesis have been demonstrated with a harrowing story where a mother was told to abort after she experienced leaking amniotic fluid. However in a rare operation an experimental procedure healed the amnio-caused injury and the baby was saved.  https://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/WorldNewsTonight/wnt001226_wombrepair_feature.html Toronto’s Rev. Brent Hawkes of the Metropolitan Community Church will go ahead with a planned “marriage” of two homosexual couples this week despite the fact that Ontario’s registrar general, Bob Runciman, has already stated he won’t register a “gay” marriage.  https://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?category=Regional&story=/news/2001/01/11/gaymarriage011101 U.S. District Judge Paul Borman has agreed to review whether assisted-suicide crusader Jack Kevorkian should be released […]
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CANADA EXPORTING PRO-ABORTION FILMS

HALIFAX, NS, Jan 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Salter Street Films has released its international catalogue of films including in the current mix a new television movie promoting abortion. The company describes the pro-abortion propaganda film “Chasing Cain” as “Inspired by real life homicide cases.” Chasing Cain “focuses on the drive-by shooting of a doctor and a Croatian woman who both work at an abortion clinic. A sudden turn of events and a suicide attempt by the dead woman’s husband lead Detectives Kazlowski and McGoogan into investigating the pro-life movement and the impenetrable world of Balkan politics and prejudices,” says the […]
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SECRET SERVICE PREPARES FOR ATTACK ON BUSH ON INAUGURATION DAY

WASHINGTON, Jan 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The National Post reports today that on Wednesday the American secret service staged a simulated assassination attempt against the presidential motorcade. The simulation went so far as to fire a mock missile at the limousine. Given the amount of hatred directed toward President-Elect George Bush during the presidential campaign as well as the election fiasco in Florida, the elaborate preparations by the secret service for the Jan 20 inauguration day celebration may be justified. Anti-Bush activist groups are predicting some 50,000 protesters. The Post reports that “the Jan. 20 inauguration has, for the first […]
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ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT ALLOWS INDUCTION OF LABOUR FOR ANCEPHALY

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 12 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a troubling decision the Supreme Court of Argentina ruled yesterday approving a seven-month pregnant woman’s request to have her child induced early, risking death of the child, since the baby was diagnosed with ancephaly – a condition where the baby has an underdeveloped brain. In Argentina where the unborn’s right to life is enshrined in the constitution, the decision was hailed by feminists. The news agency EFE reports that the mother Silvia Tanus, 35, has been in the courts for two months with the initial two rulings rejecting induction and then the […]
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SENATOR HELMS PROPOSES REPLACING PRO-ABORTION AID AGENCY

WASHINGTON, Jan 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – US Senator Jesse Helms has proposed that the militantly pro-abortion US foreign aid agency, USAID (the US equivalent of the Canadian International Development Agency) be scrapped and that religious and private groups take over its mandate. Helms, the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, decried the “cold, heartless bureaucratic thinking” of USAID and said “the time has, I think, come to reject what (President-elect) Bush correctly labels the ‘failed compassion of towering, distant bureaucracies’ and instead empower private and faith-based groups who care most about those in need.” Helms remarks came Thursday in a […]
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The Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet, Illinois, Roger L. Kaffer, said no amount of political pressure, protest or picketing by homosexual activists will change the church’s position against homosexual sexual activity and homosexual “marriage”. Catholic News Service reports today that the bishop made the comments while addressing more than 100 attendees at the winter district meeting of the Illinois Knights of Columbus in Springfield. He said “It is called consistency. We love the sinner, but we hate the sin.” The Canada Family Action Coalition reports that the Law Commission of Canada recently released a discussion paper entitled: Recognizing and Supporting […]
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ARGENTINA’S TOP COURT TO RULE ON ABORTION FOR ANCEPHALIC BABIES

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 11 (LSN.ca) – Argentina’s Supreme Court was assembled today to hear the case of a seven-month pregnant woman whose unborn child reportedly has no brain, a condition called ancephaly. While a lower court allowed the woman to kill the child with early labour induction, an activist for the disabled Roberto Cabiche appealed the decision saying it was an “infringement on the unborn child’s right to life.” EFE news service reported that the woman’s lawyer Perla Pregoshin said doctors told her client that her pregnancy “is doomed, since her child will either be born dead or will die […]
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GUATEMALA COMMENCES $2.3 MIL CAMPAIGN FOR FAMILY PLANNING

GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Guatemalan Minister of Health Mario Bolanos on Monday announced a $2.3 million campaign to reduce mortality and combat the spread of HIV by improving “family planning” and “reproductive health” programs in the country. Health officials have pledged to promote the use of contraceptives (including abortifacients) through hospitals, health care centers and community leaders, said a Prensa Libre report Tuesday. Bolanos said the campaign was undertaken to tackle the spread of HIV/AIDS in Guatemala. Catholic and Evangelical churches slammed the plan noting the program had a “double agenda with hidden interests” which would cause […]
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STUDY FINDS ABORTIFACIENTS AVAILABLE ONLINE WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION

Authors Won’t Recommend Regulation for Fear of Hampering Access WASHINGTON, Jan 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A study published in the current edition of “Obstetrics and Gynecology” (also known as The Green Journal) found that abortifacient contraceptives such as Oral contraceptives, intrauterine devices (IUDs), and morning-after-pills are easily available online without prescription. The informal study, demonstrated that popular search engines led to web sites offering the abortifacients for sale. The researchers, Leslie Miller and Carin Nielsen were able to order and obtain the morning-after pill kit Preven within 48 hours for $141 (US). They noted however that many of the Oral […]
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SOME PROVINCES STANDING UP TO FEDS ON ABORTION FUNDING

CHARLOTTOWN, Jan 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – While the government of Manitoba was quick to cave in to federal government pressure to fund private clinic abortions other provinces are refusing to concede. New Brunswick Health Minister Dennis Furlong responded to press inquiries on his conversation with his federal counterpart Allan Rock saying, “we agreed to disagree.” He also told Rock to clarify his position in writing, maintaining that the province does not violate the Canada Health Act by refusing to pay for abortions at private abortion mills. “If the system isn’t broken, we don’t want to fix it,” said Furlong. Prince […]
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CANADIAN BISHOPS GROUP CONDEMNS GOVERNMENT ABORTION PROMOTION

OTTAWA, Jan 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian Council of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) organization has sent a letter to federal Health Minister Allan Rock saying it is “deeply disturbed” over the Minister’s intentions to penalize certain provinces for refusing to pay for abortions at private clinics. Educating the health minister on the fact that the Canada Health Act only governs procedures deemed to be “medically necessary,” the bishops organization explained “it is up to the provinces to determine which services are insurable as medically necessary.” It added that “there is no evidence to support your Ministry’s apparent assumption that every […]
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The official Vatican statement condemning the condemning the “so-called morning-after pill” issued October 31, 2000 by the Pontifical Academy for Life is now available in English on the Vatican web site at:  https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/pontifical_academies/acdlife/documents/rc_pa_acdlife_doc_20001031_pillola-giorno-dopo_en.html Frustrated that pro-life sites are presenting information on the Internet, Marie Stopes International, one of the world’s leading abortion agencies has commenced a site hoping to attract web traffic away from pro-life sites. See the report by Cybercast News Service at:  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=ForeignBureausarchive
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VIETNAMESE TO SPEND $17 MILLION ON POPULATION CONTROL

SAIGON, Jan 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Asia Pulse news service reported Monday that the Vietnamese government will spend $17 million this year on a population control program that is designed to reduce the birth rate by at least 0.05%. The report the program will include ensuring access to contraception and abortion. It notes that the birth rate declined by 0.046% in 2000.
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ENGLAND’S METHODIST CHURCH BACKS MORNING-AFTER PILL IN SCHOOLS

LONDON, Jan 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Methodist Church in England has openly given support to the British government’s initiative to provide abortifacient morning-after pills to students in schools without parental notification. The Rev David Deeks, the Church’s spokesman on church and society affairs, is recorded in the Daily Telegraph as saying: “We want to encourage young people to continue exploring our vision for human relationships even if they choose to behave in ways which contradict it. We will not exclude them from the ongoing task, or penalize them, but rather extend to them as to everyone respect, care and […]
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JUDGE ALLOWS PROVINCE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE

VANCOUVER, Jan 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Donald Brenner, Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court has ruled the NDP BC government can continue to push for homosexual marriage. Brenner rejected arguments by the federal Attorney General seeking to have the provincial government remove itself from participation in a Charter challenge to legalize homosexual marriage. While lawsuits from homosexual couples have been launched seeking to legalize gay marriage, the federal government is also facing two court challenges from governments in Canada. As LifeSite reported last year, BC commenced its legal fight for homosexual marriage about one month after the City […]
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PEI REFUSES TO CAVE IN TO PRESSURE TO FUND PRIVATE ABORTUARIES

CHARLOTTETOWN, Jan 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Prince Edward Island, the only Canadian province with no abortion taking place on its grounds, does not see any need to alter its policy on abortion despite pressure from the Liberal government in Ottawa. PEI pays for abortions for its citizens when they travel to hospitals in other provinces to procure them. It does not, however, fund abortions in private clinics. The Canadian Press reports PEI Health Minister Jamie Ballem said Tuesday his government is not infringing the Canada Health Act by paying only for abortions done in hospitals.
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CANADIAN POLL CLAIMS MAJORITY PRO-ABORTION, AGAINST HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE

TORONTO, Jan 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A year-end poll commissioned by Maclean’s magazine and the Global Television Network found that 66% of Canadians agree with the statement to “Make abortions freely available to those who want them,” while 25% disagree. Of those agreeing to the statement 39% strongly agree and 27% somewhat agree; of those disagreeing 17% strongly disagree and 8% somewhat disagree. The results are drawn from telephone interviews with 1,400 adult Canadians between Nov. 7 and 12, in the midst of the federal election campaign. National results are considered accurate to within 3.1 percentage points, 19 times out […]
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International Planned Parenthood Federation, the world’s foremost abortion provider and pusher, showed its influence in Sierra Leone today. Its offices in the country boasted a “symposium for Cabinet Ministers and parliamentarians in December in order to sensitize cabinet ministers and members of parliament on sexual and reproductive health services and rights.” The IPPF report noted that recommendations and commitments made at the symposium focused on education on sexual and reproductive rights for young people and the training of more health personnel. (IPPF, Jan 9, 2001) American Life League (ALL) is seeking to unite pro-life forces in the United States “under […]
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VATICAN CONTRADICTS ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER ON MORNING-AFTER PILL

ROME, Jan 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a recent media interview, Italy’s Prime Minister Giuliano Amato defended the use of the ‘morning-after pill’ claiming that it does not cause abortions – defining the beginning of life at implantation rather than at fertilization/conception. Catholic World News reported that the Vatican reacted to the statement. Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragan, the president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care, reacted to the Prime Minister’s statement noting that the morning-after pill causes the death of a human life. “The ‘morning-after pill’ is abortifacient; therefore the Church must condemn it without reservation,” he said. For […]
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ANIMAL CLONER SAYS HUMAN CLONING IS SURELY UNDERWAY NOW

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The upcoming February edition of Wired magazine interviews the manager of Infigen, a Wisconsin animal cloning company who says that it would be naëve to believe human cloning is not being done. The Wired article contains interviews with unnamed sources with the needed resources and credentials to carry out human cloning who admit that such ventures are underway. In an interview with the Toronto Star, Alexander says there is a “good chance” human clones have already been born “and if it hasn’t already happened, it’s about to.” See the Sun’s coverage at:  https://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSScience0101/clones_08-sun.html
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U.S. POLL SHOWS MOST SAY ABORTION IS MANSLAUGHTER

NEW YORK, Jan 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a nationwide Zogby poll of 1,005 likely voters, it was found that 51% of Americans believe that “abortion destroys a human life and is manslaughter” while 35% believe that “abortion does not destroy a life and is not manslaughter.” Reuters reports that eight percent agreed with neither statement while 6% said they weren’t sure. See the Reuters coverage at:  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010108/zo/abortion_1.html
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CATHOLIC HEALTH MINISTER ORDERS PROVINCES TO PAY FOR ALL ABORTIONS

OTTAWA, Jan 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The media has learned that Health Minister Allan Rock’s intimidation of New Brunswick – attempting to force the province to publicly fund abortion in private clinics even though it is already funded in hospitals – has been applied to other provinces as well. The CBC reports today that Rock, who calls himself Catholic and has been known to selectively quote from the Catechism in the House of Commons, has threatened three other provinces with penalties if they refuse to fund abortions at private abortuaries. Manitoba, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island all received the warning […]
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The Roman Catholic Church in Zambia has criticized a government-funded “safe-sex” campaign which encourages promiscuity. The ads geared at young people promote the message that sex is great as long as you use a condom. BBC reports that the Zambian Health Minister, Enock Kavindele, said the hard-hitting campaign might be offensive but that the government was dealing with a grave situation, which needed shock therapy – AIDS.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1106000/1106368.stm Church News reports that Argentinean president Fernando De la Rua expressed his commitment to defend life “from conception to its natural end” in a letter recently sent to Pope John Paul II, […]
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ENGLAND EXERTS IMPERIALISM TO FORCE ACCEPTANCE OF HOMOSEXUALITY ON CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

LONDON, Jan 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The British government has followed through with their threat to force the legalization of homosexuality on its Caribbean territories after having cajoled the Islands’ legislators unsuccessfully. The Islands have devout Christian populations and their leaders have thus refused to cave in to the foreign pressure but the British government decided to exert its imperial power over the Islands with an order from the British Privy Council decriminalizing homosexual acts. Nando Times reports that the order takes effect this week and applies to Anguilla, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Montserrat and the Turks […]
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CANADA PLEDGES TROOPS TO UN STANDING ARMY WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Friday, Canada signed an agreement with the United Nations to put Canadian troops and equipment on standby for UN interventions. The move is controversial since conservative critics suggest that it is the first step in the creation of a UN army. Notably, the United States has not agreed to participate in the venture which was commenced by the UN in 1994. Canada is the 34th country to sign a memorandum of understanding under the UN Standby Arrangements System agreeing to place ships, equipped military personnel and aircraft on standby for use by […]
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NO JAIL FOR TRYING TO FORCE DAUGHTER’S ABORTION AT GUNPOINT

FORT PIERCE, Jan 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Glenda Dianne Dowis, 42, who according to police last summer attempted to force her 16-year-old daughter to have an abortion at gunpoint, has not been given jail time for her crime after pleading to reduced charges Friday. The daughter refused to cooperate since she did not want her mother jailed. She was sentenced to two years of house arrest and three years probation. The Sun-Sentinel reports that the granddaughter whom Dowis sought to ensure was aborted is due to be born in two months. For more see the Sun-Sentinel at:  https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/daily/detail/0,1136,36000000000155195,00..html
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NEW EVIDENCE LINKING ABORTION, THE PILL AND BREAST CANCER

NEW YORK, Jan 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A new book by Dr. Chris Kahlenborn, M.D., demonstrates convincingly that a woman who has an abortion prior to her first full-term pregnancy can have at least a 50 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer. Moreover, Kahlenborn finds that a woman who takes birth control pills before her first child is born has at least a 40 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer and a woman who has taken the pill for four or more years prior to the birth of her first child has a 72 percent risk factor in […]
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BRITISH STUDENTS AS YOUNG AS 11 TO GET ABORTIFACIENTS WITHOUT PARENTS KNOWLEDGE

LONDON, Jan 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Britain’s Daily Telegraph commences an alarming article today noting that “Girls as young as 11 will be able to obtain the morning-after pill from school nurses without their parents’ permission.” The move to allow the school nurses to hand out the abortifacient drugs without parents even knowing was proposed as a scheme to counteract the soaring rates of teen pregnancy. The news has sparked outrage among religious groups and parents who criticized the move saying it put children in danger and gave them the wrong message – encouraging sex outside marriage. See the coverage […]
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CHRETIEN FORCING MORGENTALER CLINIC FUNDING BY TAXPAYERS

Manitoba Caves In, Day Criticizes Gov’t “Stormtrooping” Tactics WINNIPEG, Jan 8, 2001 (LSN.ca) – As the federal Liberal Government continues to threaten to take action over New Brunswick’s refusal to pay for abortions at private clinics, the Manitoba government has caved in to pressure and agreed to use tax dollars for abortions at Henry Morgentaler’s abortuary in the province. Manitoba deputy health minister Ron Hikel told the Winnipeg Press the “The province is in the process of developing a policy and a procedure that will create a new category of not-for-profit clinics that will be basically operating as public sector […]
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Catholic World News reported that in an interview published on Thursday, the pope’s doctor Gianfranco Fineschi said the Pope told him, “The only leader I did not manage to have a proper conversation with was Clinton. I was speaking and he was looking at one of the walls, admiring the frescos and the paintings. He was not listening to me.” Clinton met the Pope at the Vatican in June 1994.  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=10979 American Life League today denounced a “legislative action” initiated by the pro-abortion Planned Parenthood Federation of America that attempts to malign American Life League and to discredit the award […]
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ARGENTINA REQUIRES LAW CHANGE TO PROTECT IT AGAINST RU-486

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A law in Argentina which allows the Argentinean public access to drugs already authorized in other countries such as the United States has been called into question due to the advent of RU-486 (mifepristone) in the US. In response to the dangerous situation, the Catholic Doctors Consortium in Argentina petitioned the Public Health minister not to authorize the selling of RU-486 and other abortifacients in Argentina. Church News reports that they also asked for an amendment to the law so as to exclude abortion and abortifacient “contraceptive” drugs from the automatic authorization for […]
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD USES SUBWAY ADS FOR RU-486

NEW YORK, Jan 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On January 1st, Planned Parenthood of New York City (PPNYC) unveiled its new subway campaign, “The Choice Is Now in Your Hand,” announcing the availability of the abortion drug mifepristone at PPNYC centers. Joan Malin, CEO of PPNYC said, “Since we began offering mifepristone services on December 5, we have received more than 100 calls a week asking about this new option.” See the ad campaign at:  https://www.ppnyc.org/new/releases/earlyoptionoffer.html
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SEX-ED CLASSES IN KINDERGARTEN AND NURSERY SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG

HONG KONG, Jan 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (FPAHK) held a briefing session on 19 December 2000 at the St. Monica’s Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten (Hing Tung) to elaborate details of the Early Childhood Sexuality Education Development Project. The project will, over the next two years, “provide a school-based sex education training programme for teachers and parents of 25 kindergartens or nursery schools, focusing on the attitude, skills and knowledge of sex education.” Dr. Susan Fan, Executive Director of FPAHK added: “We believe that kindergartens participating in this pilot project will take a leading role in […]
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ANOTHER PLUG FOR FOLLOWING THE DUTCH INTO LEGAL EUTHANASIA

WINNIPEG, Jan 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Arthur Schafer, a darling of the liberal media who is often asked to provide the “ethical” opinion on hot topics has joined the call for Canada to follow Holland in legalizing euthanasia. Schafer, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba, said in the Globe and Mail Tuesday that “it is time for Canadian legislators to follow the Dutch model.” In his statements Shafer uses all the classic false arguments used initially to bring about the legalization of abortion. Mimicking the “choice” argument of abortion proponents, Shafer says […]
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PROVINCE TO BE FORCED TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR PRIVATE ABORTIONS

OTTAWA, Jan 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Canadian Health Minister Allan Rock has admitted to the press that he will pressure the New Brunswick (NB) provincial government to finance abortions in the private abortuary of prominent abortionist Henry Morgentaler even though the province already funds abortions in hospitals. Catherine Lappe, an aide to Mr. Rock, told the Globe and Mail that Rock will tell NB health minister Dennis Furlong that the federal government considers New Brunswick’s policy a violation of the law and an undermining of the principles of the Canada Health Act. According to the Globe, “She said the minister’s […]
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The BBC reports that the current issue of New Scientist reveals that babies acquire a taste for certain foods while still in the womb.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1098000/1098969.stm The British pro-life group Life is on a campaign to warn all of Britain’s pharmacists that they could face lawsuits if they sell abortifacient morning-after-pills over the counter as has been permitted by the government.  https://search.newschoice.com/GPC_StoryDisplay.asp?story=d:index ewsarchiveslaxpsdloc
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SOUTH KOREAN BISHOPS SUBMIT MILLION+ SIGNATURES TO BAN ABORTION

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan 4, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The 20 Catholic bishops of South Korea have amassed 1.2 million signatures on a petition sent to the National Assembly asking the government to protect the right to life for the unborn. The Catholic News Service reported that the petition said “Abortion is murder against God’s law and natural law, which are the sources of all laws.” The collection of Catholic and non-Catholic signatures began last March and the effort culminated its presentation by Auxiliary Bishop Peter Kang Woo-il of Seoul to National Assembly Chairman Lee Man-sop on December 27.
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US ABORTION BUSINESS HARD UP FOR CLIENTS

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2001 (LSN.ca) – With the numbers of US abortions dropping and the advent of the abortion pill Mifepristone, abortionists in the US are itching to attract clients. A revealing article published in the New York Times puts the lie to the notion that there is a shortage of abortionists. In fact, according to the article competition among abortionists is fierce causing price wars, and demonstrating that abortionists are willing to threaten the safety of their patients to save a buck. The article notes that low-paid staff are trained in all but the actual surgeries rather than […]
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EXTREME BIAS AT UNITED NATIONS RECEIVES MEDIA ATTENTION

NEW YORK, Jan 4, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The manifest bias of the United Nations against pro-life groups has gained media attention. Following a press release by the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam), mainstream media outlets published stories noting that the upcoming conference on “child rights” has severely restricted access by pro-life groups. Officials of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) have ordered that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) be limited to two representatives each in closed negotiating sessions at a New York summit in September. C-Fam notes that the restriction is a tactic by the organizers to rid the pro-lifers from […]
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STUDY FINDS ABSTINENCE TILL MARRIAGE PLEDGES WORK

Cynical Researchers Surprised by Results WASHINGTON, Jan 4, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A new study to be published in this month’s edition of the American Journal of Sociology has found that having youth pledge to remain virgins until marriage is successful. Dr. Peter Bearman and Dr. Hannah Bruckner of the University of North Carolina (UNC) found in their study that teens promising to remain chaste until marriage were on average waiting up to 18 months longer than their peers before having sex. The National Post reports that UNC Professor J. Richard Udry who helped design the survey admitted “We put the […]
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AUSTRALIAN EUTHANASIA WORKSHOPS FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE

SYDNEY, Jan 4, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Dr Philip Nitschke a euthanasia campaigner in Australia who has traveled the country over the past two years running workshops showing terminally ill people how to kill themselves has expanded his “service” to healthy people. Nitschke claims that he found his workshops for the terminally ill were sometimes attended by healthy people and thus decided to offer the workshops for healthy people. The Australian news service AAP reports “six healthy senior citizens (mostly in their 60s) will gather in Hobart at the end of this month to learn (from Nitschke) how to kill themselves.” […]
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The BBC reports today that a baby given just a 1% chance of survival by doctors is thriving, thanks to pioneering treatment given to him during pregnancy. Professor David James, from Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham gave the baby a blood transfusion at 16 weeks gestation helping the mother and child overcome a disorder based on blood type incompatibility.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1099000/1099124.stm The Sunday Times reported that scientists in Tokyo have succeeded in growing sperm in mice in a laboratory for the first time. The technique clones embryo cells and turns them into sperm and human trials are men are planned. Although […]
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CATHOLIC CHURCH CONCERNS AROUND CLONING CLARIFIED

WASHINGTON, Jan 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A meeting between Catholic bishops and scientists which took place in September 1998 has resulted in a 19-page report, from the US bishops’ Committee on Science and Human Values which clarifies some of the issues around cloning. The report, sent to all bishops about four weeks ago, noted that “the cloning of animals and of human genes and somatic cells—except from embryos—for research purposes is morally neutral.” The Catholic News Service reported that while most scientists support cloning embryos for research, the bishops maintain, “because the embryo is a human being, research that harms […]
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STUDENT FORCED BY UNIVERSITY INTO MENTAL HOSPITAL FOR CHRISTIAN STAND

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Temple University and some of its officials are facing a lawsuit after a student was involuntarily committed to a state mental hospital after he initiated a Christian response to a blasphemous play performed on campus. Agape Press reports that Michael A. Marcavage, a junior at the university in the fall of 1999, discovered that the Temple University Theater Department would be performing the play Corpus Christi on campus. He decided to organize a Christian protest against the play that depicts Jesus as a homosexual who has sex with his disciples, and was crucified for […]
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CULT SAYS IT WILL COMPLETE HUMAN CLONE BY END OF YEAR

MONTREAL, Jan 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A bizarre Canadian cult, believing in aliens, is claiming to have received over $700,000 to clone an American couples daughter who died last year at 10-months old. The Raelian Movement, centered in Quebec, claims that it will produce a clone of the couple’s daughter from her skin cells by the end of the year. Vrigitte Boisselier, the scientific director of the cult’s biotech company Clonaid has convinced her daughter Marina Cocolios, 22, to carry the couples’ cloned baby. The cult’s company website Clonaid.com says it will charge as low as $200,000 US for its […]
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AUSTRIA AND FINLAND RATIFY INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – LifeSite has learned that both Austria (Dec 28) and Finland (Dec 29) have ratified the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court bringing the number of ratifications to 27; the number of signatures to the statute is currently 139. The ICC will assume universal jurisdiction, even over countries that have refused to sign on to it, once 60 countries have ratified the agreement. For LifeSite reports on the ICC see:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/sept/000914.html#2 https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/sept/000914a.html https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/june/000630.html#2 https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/june/000616.html#1 https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1999/dec/991213.html#1 https://www.lsn.ca/ldn/2000/mar/000314a.html
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OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO RADICAL UN WOMEN’S CONVENTION IN EFFECT

As of December 22, the Optional Protocol to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women is in effect. Amnesty International praised the occasion as “a landmark for women’s human rights” and promised to “continue to campaign for the ratification of the Optional Protocol.” The convention empowers the radical Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to conduct inquiries into grave or systematic treaty violations. The Optional Protocol allows the committee to consider petitions from individual women or groups of women who have exhausted all national avenues to seek redress for gender discrimination. It also forbids any reservation […]
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Catholic World News reports that abortuary bubble zones have been reinstated in Massachusetts after a federal appeals court overruled US District Judge Edward Harrington who ruled in November that the law infringed on the free speech rights of pro-life advocates. The new ruling allows the law to remain in effect while its constitutionality is being considered.  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=10797 The Catholic Bishops of Scotland condemned plans to sell the abortifacient morning-after pill in the country even without a doctors prescription. The Scotsman reports that Scotland’s eight Catholic bishops – led by Cardinal Thomas Winning – said the move could lead to more […]
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ONTARIO GOV’T TO PUSH AHEAD WITH SMART CARDS

TORONTO, Jan 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Despite public opposition the provincial government of Ontario is still pushing ahead with plans for “smart cards.” The Globe and Mail reports that Minister Chris Hodgson has confirmed that the plans are underway to have a multipurpose identity card, combining access to health records, driver’s licences, birth certificates and other vital information. For more see the Globe and Mail at:  https://www.globeandmail.com/gam/TopSports/20001230/USMARN.html
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FAMED US PRO-LIFE PRIEST DIES

NEW YORK, Jan 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Rev. John Hardon, a very well known US Catholic priest – a champion for pro-lifers and homeschoolers – died Saturday December 30. In an article soon to appear in the Wanderer, Thomas Droleskey describes Fr. Hardon as “on the front lines of the pro-life movement” and one who “spoke out against the evils of contraception without compromise, understanding that the denial of the Sovereignty of God over the sanctity of marital relations is what led directly to the killing of innocent babies in their mothers’ wombs under cover of civil law.” Renowned for […]
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TAIWAN ACCEPTS RU-486, RELEASES ABORTION STATS

TAIPEI, Jan 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Last Thursday, the Taiwanese government legalized the use of the RU-486 abortion drug after only four months of testing. Meanwhile, the Taiwan’s Bureau of National Health Insurance released statistics indicating that there were 42,282 abortions in the country last year. However, Su Tsung-hsien, secretary-general of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Association, said the actual number could reach as high as 100,000 if the numbers included abortion performed in private clinics. Health officials said abortion is the fifth most common surgical procedure performed in Taiwan. LifeSite reported in early December that a recent survey of women […]
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POPE WARNS OF “SERIOUS THREAT FOR THE FUTURE”

VATICAN CITY, Jan 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – During his yearly “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas speech Pope John Paul II recalled the horrendous legacy of the “culture of death” which reigned during this last century and hoped that the Christ child would soon bring an end to the slaughter of the innocent. “We cannot but recall today that shadows of death threaten people’s lives at every stage of life, and are especially menacing at its earliest beginning and its natural end,” he said. Specifically referring to euthanasia he said, “The temptation is becoming ever stronger to take possession of death by […]
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BUSH PICK FOR HHS SECRETARY TROUBLING, ASHCROFT APPOINTMENT UNSURE

WASHINGTON, Jan 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – While the liberal media has trumpeted that President-Elect George Bush’s has selected “anti-abortion” Gov. Tommy Thompson as Human Health Services Secretary, pro-lifers should doubt the liberal media’s definition of “anti-abortion.” One indication of the problem with Thompson is the fact that Senator John Ashcroft’s selection as Attorney General is being fought by abortion proponents while Thompson’s appointment is being praised by them. Paige Shipman, legislative director of Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, (where Thompson is Governor) says, “The bottom line is, an appointment under George W. Bush could be much, much worse than Tommy Thompson […]
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CLINTON SIGNS ON TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

WASHINGTON, Jan 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Outgoing US President Bill Clinton signed the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Sunday January 31, 2000. With the signing Clinton fulfilled the predictions of social conservatives that he would use the last days of his rule to push his socialist agenda. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) blasted Clinton’s decision as “outrageous” and “inexplicable” and called it a “blatant attempt by a lame-duck president to tie the hands of his successor.” While the signature does not constitute final ratification of the ICC (which requires Senate approval) it does commit the […]
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