Articles for Month: September 2001

Total ratifications now stands at 39 of the 60 required for implementation UNITED NATIONS, September 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A United Nations press briefing announced yesterday that Nigeria deposited its instruments of ratification for several […]

ABORTION NUMBERS UP IN ENGLAND AND WALES   SPUC News Digest reports that official abortion statistics released today indicate that there were 1.2 percent more abortions performed in England and Wales last year than in […]

DAVID KUPELLIAN ON ISLAMISM   Although without question there are millions of peaceful, tolerant and decent Muslims, what we’re talking about here is a particular brand of Islam—a rapidly expanding one at that—often called “Islamism.” […]

STURGEON FALLS, ON, September 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pro-lifers demonstrating at a high school in Sturgeon Falls were arrested and taken into custody this morning. Rosemary Connell, head of Show the Truth Canada, told LifeSite […]

ZURICH, September 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Switzerland's National Science Foundation altered its stance on research with human embryos Friday to allow the practice. Reuters reports that approval was given to a Geneva research project which […]

WASHINGTON, September 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), which establishes guidelines on new reproductive technologies followed by most U.S. fertility clinics, shocked the industry recently by permitting pre-implantation genetic diagnosis […]

The White House has said it will not support a push for a National ID card. While some lawmakers in Congress have said they’d like to take a fresh look at the issue. White House […]

HELSINKI, September 28, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Finland’s parliament has approved, 99-84, a law which affords homosexual couples most of the rights of married couples. The law allows a homosexual union in a civil marriage-like ceremony. […]

VATICAN EXPLAINS CONDITIONS FOR ETHICAL ANIMAL-TO-MAN ORGAN TRANSPLANTS Zenit News reports that the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life has presented a special document on Xenotransplantation in order to explain the Church’s view.  https://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=10450

CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR NOMINATES PRO-ABORTION SUPREME COURT JUDGE U.S. District Judge Carlos R. Moreno, Governor Gray Davis’ first appointee to the California Supreme Court is pro-abortion.  https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-000077364sep27.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dcalifornia COURT TO RULE ON FORCING CATHOLIC HEALTH PLAN TO […]