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LifeSite incorrectly referred to Lib. MP Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada) as “she” in yesterday’s story on the Parliamentary euthanasia debate. Myers is a man. LifeSite regrets the error and any confusion it may have caused.
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ACTRESS KATHLEEN TURNER’S PRO-ABORTION ELECTION LITMUS TEST Actress Kathleen Turner spoke at a pro-abortion political activist meeting in Washington Friday. “The first question that should be asked of any political candidate is, ‘Are you pro-choice?’ and we must make it clear that they will be defeated if they aren’t, and all those who have the courage to protect women’s rights will be supported,” she said.  https://www.washtimes.com/metro/20011030-85999784.htm
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SMOKING HAMPERS CONCEPTION   Reuters reports that women who smoke while trying to conceive a child, take longer to conceive than non-smokers. A new study released Wednesday by scientists at the Institute of Health Sciences at Oxford University showed it took smokers almost two months longer to become pregnant than women who had never smoked or those who had quit more than a year earlier.  https://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20011031_14.html THAILAND MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HARPING FOR MORE ABORTIONS   The Medical Association of Thailand held a meeting of medical and legal experts on loosening the abortion law to allow more abortions. Draft legislation to allow […]
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CLONES OF ADULT MONKEYS INDICATE HUMAN CLONES MAY ALSO BECOME A REALITY

PITTSBURGH, PA, October 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – It is reported that American scientists have successfully created rhesus monkey embryos by cloning adult monkeys. The successful cloning attempts have raised renewed fears of human reproductive cloning since it was believed that cloning primates would be far more difficult than other species such as sheep and goats. Professor Don Wolf, of the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, said: “We have been working with somatic cells and believe that success is just around the corner as the cloned embryos created from them are growing well in vitro.” Wolf is expected to attempt implantation […]
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UK MOM GIVES UP LIFE TO SAVE UNBORN CHILD

NEWPORT, October 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A 32-year-old South Wales mother sacrificed her own life to save the life of the child she carried in her womb. Cheryl Anderson was diagnosed with cancer when she was two months pregnant, and refused an abortion and even went without pain relief in case it damaged the baby. The Daily Mail reports that at six months, doctors performed an emergency Caesarean. Cheryl came round from the anaesthetic long enough to hear the news that her daughter had survived the traumatic delivery. Hours later, Cheryl slipped away in her husband’s arms. Read the story […]
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UNIVERSITY OF UTAH CATHOLIC STUDENTS HOLD PRO-LIFE DEMONSTRATION

SALT LAKE CITY, October 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A group of 40 Catholic students from the University of Utah, planted 3,200 crosses in the ground in the University’s free speech area Sunday. Each cross represented 32 abortions that take place in the United States every month (98,000 according to statistics). The group made a procession to the demonstration area carrying candles, crosses and signs proclaiming October “Respect Life Month.” The students passed out pro-life information Monday and Tuesday. Father Rob Reyes, in his first year as the campus Catholic chaplain was impressed by the cross demonstration. “It just makes you […]
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD EXPLOITS FEAR CLIMATE TO ACCUSE PRO-LIFERS OF TERRORISM

NEW YORK, October 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – CNN’S The Point with Greta Van Susteren aired an episode October 25 called “Tracking The Terrorists” in which Planned Parenthood President Gloria Feldt and another guest slammed pro-lifers as terrorists. During the program Sustern said to Feldt: “Gloria, your organization has been dealing with this type of terrorism for a number of years.” Feldt agreed saying: “But as you say, domestic terrorism is not new to us.” Feldt continued, “And we all need to work together to stop this kind of hatred and bigotry that creates the mindset and the social climate in […]
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BUSH THREATENS VETO OF BILL CONTAINING PRO-EMBRYO RESEARCH CLAUSE

WASHINGTON, October 31, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Congressional Pro-Life Caucus reports that resident George W. Bush has threatened to veto a Senate bill which includes a clause in favour of embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). President Bush released a Statement of Administration Policy on the Senate Labor, Health, Human Services and Education Appropriations bill that is currently before Congress. The Bush administration’s position is clear that the President would veto the bill if the Senate language, written by pro-ESCR Sen. Arlen Specter, is included in the final bill. According to John Cusey, of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, “the President deserves […]
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Non-embryonic stem cells from pig fetuses are being used to treat humans with spinal injuries.  https://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/10/28/stifgnusa03002.html The controversial Italian doctor who wants to clone a human being has told the BBC he thinks a woman will be pregnant with the first human clone this year.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1617000/1617877.stm The November 1 edition of Technology Review magazine praises adult stem cell research.  https://www.technologyreview.com/magazine/nov01/hallall.asp A Buffalo News story recounts Jane Roe’s pro-life conversion.  https://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20011029/1024550.asp
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MORE CONCERNS EXPRESSED OVER CANADIAN ANTI-TERROR LEGISLATION

Law could be abused to target “anti-abortion activities” and other non-terrorists OTTAWA, October 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Commentators from inside and outside Canada have expressed serious concerns regarding the anti-terrorist legislation being proposed in Canada. Writing in the Nov. 5 edition of Macleans, Barbara Amiel states, “As for the new offence of ‘mischief motivated by bias, prejudice or hate’, it can only tie up the courts and encourage frivolous prosecutions and political correctness…Finally, all these proposed laws should have sunset provisions. Otherwise, like the U.S. anti-racketeering statutes they will spill over and end up aimed not at terrorists or organized […]
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HOSPITAL WITHIN A HOSPITAL CREATED TO SIDESTEP CATHOLIC REGULATIONS

MILWAUKEE, October 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In order to sidestep Catholic regulations, one floor of a Milwaukee Catholic hospital will be called another hospital. The Journal Sentinel reports that after the Columbia/St. Mary’s merger, ob/gyns complained that reproductive health services, such as sterilizations would be cut. The hospital within a hospital notion would allow for such services to be provided, since it would be controlled by another administration. Columbia Hospital’s third floor will thus be turned into a new 45-bed independent birthing hospital called Columbia Center, which will do sterilizations. While Columbia Center says it will not perform abortions, it […]
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ABORTION MISSIONARIES GO TO THE DOORSTEPS OF THE POOR WITH ABORTIFACIENT PILLS

AKRON, OHIO, October 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Planned Parenthood in Akron Ohio is bringing abortifacient morning-after-pills to the “doorsteps of poor women” according to a story in the Akron Beacon Journal yesterday. With a $100,000 grant from a federal fund set up to get women off welfare, the program, which began in May, travels to poor areas bringing “birth control pills, condoms and morning-after pills.” For more see the Ohio.com coverage:  https://www.ohio.com/bj/local/docs/022512.htm
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DURING DEBATE ON HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE MP BECOMES 3RD TO ADMIT HOMOSEXUALITY

OTTAWA, October 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The motion by NDP MP Svend Robinson to legalize homosexual marriage was debated in the House Monday. During the debate various vocal proponents of homosexual marriage rose to speak to the bill, with one MP using the occasion to publicly reveal her homosexuality. Speaking against the motion were: Alliance MPs James Moore (Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam) and Ken Epp (Elk Island), Conservative MP Norman Doyle (St. John’s East), Liberal MP John Bryden (Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot). Speaking in support of homosexual marriage were: BQ MP Pierre Paquette (Joliette), Liberal MP Carolyn Bennett (St. Paul’s), and NDP Libby Davies […]
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ELOQUENT DEFENCE OF LIFE DELIVERED IN PARLIAMENTARY EUTHANASIA DEBATE

OTTAWA, October 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a debate in the House of Commons Friday, Canadian Alliance MP Jason Kenney made a spirited defence of the right to life in remarks against euthanasia. Kenney spoke to a private members bill on the issue of lenient penalties for those who claim to murder the disabled out of misguided sympathy. The bill was presented by NDP MP Wendy Lill, with Kenney, Grant McNally and Karen Kraft Sloan speaking in favour of the motion. The official government response delivered by Lynn Myers (Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada), obfuscated by talking […]
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THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL HAMPERS SENSE OF SMELL A study published in the November issue of the journal of Human Reproduction finds that women who take oral contraceptives may be less responsive to the scents that attract them to men.  https://abcnews.go.com/sections/living/DailyNews/sex_scents011025.html https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1617000/1617974.stm BORN AT 27 WEEKS GESTATION, TINY LESS THAN 1 POUND BABY GOES HOME HEALTHY Halea Maurer, who at birth weighed 12 ounces and was only 10 inches long, was able to go home from hospital Friday. Born June 25, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, the baby went home with no special medical needs weighing 4 pounds, […]
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AUSTRALIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS JOIN IN FIGHT AGAINST EMBRYO RESEARCH AND CLONING

SYDNEY, October 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – As the Government of New South Wales introduced a bill on human reproductive cloning, Australian religious leaders have come together to forge a document on cloning and embryo research. The open letter to Australia's federal, state and territory governments, includes the signatures of Catholic, Anglican, Baptist, and Jewish leaders. “We ask our political leaders to have regard for the sacredness of all human beings, of whatever level of maturity, dependency or ability. We ask them to support adult stem cell research and to reject a policy of destroying some to treat others,” says the […]
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CONDOM SELLING DOC PROMISES FREE ABORTION IF CONDOMS BREAK

TOKYO, JAPAN, October 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A Tokyo doctor who sells condoms is offering to pay for abortions if the condom breaks. The bizarre scheme called “Girl’s Guard” is the brainchild of Dr. Tsuneo Akaeda who says he will pay for an abortion during the first 11 weeks of pregnancy or on a first-time pregnancy test. The Mainichi Daily News reports that those applying for the free abortion must send in the busted condom to the Girl’s Guard company with a photo of the woman by registered post. If the woman then finds she is pregnant, she must obtain […]
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KOPP LOSES LAST EXTRADITION APPEAL

PARIS, October 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – James Charles Kopp, the American charged with the murder of abortionist Barnett Slepian has lost his last extradition appeal in France. The Cour de Cassation, said Kopp can be returned to the United States for trial since the US has assured that he will not face the death penalty. While Kopp was eager to return to the US to defend himself against the charges he was warned by his French attorney to continue to attempt to avoid extradition. Kopp’s Buffalo attorney Paul J. Cambria said recently, “Ultimately, I want him back here, and he […]
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BILL CALLING FOR PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO PAEDOPHILE RING PASSES SECOND READING

PC MPP Gary Guzzo organizes revolt against cabinet stonewalling TORONTO, October 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A private member’s bill calling for a public inquiry into an alleged Cornwall paedophile ring has made it past second reading despite opposition from the Harris cabinet. In an unlikely scenario, several Tory backbenchers broke ranks and voted with Opposition Liberals and New Democrats in favour of the inquiry in a 56-20 vote. The incident marks the first time the Ontario Conservative government has faced successful mass protest from within its own ranks. Conservative MP Gary Guzzo advanced the bill despite attempts by his party […]
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HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE BILL DEBATED IN CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

Gay Games Come To Montreal in 2006 OTTAWA, October 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Members of Parliament are debating a private member’s bill calling for legal homosexual marriage. New Democrat and homosexual activist MP Svend Robinson has repeatedly introduced bills calling for homosexual marriage, the last one on Feb 14. In related news Montreal has been chosen to host the “Gay Games” from July 29 to August 5, 2006. Reacting to the news, Campagne Quebec Vie asked “why give a sexual connotation to what should be a sports activity?” In a press release, the Quebec arm of Campaign Life Coalition said […]
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GIRL SCOUTS COOPERATING WITH ANTI-CATHOLIC GROUP AT UN The representatives for the Girl Scouts and Girl Guides at the United Nations have been charged by the Catholic League with supporting the anti-Catholic group “Catholics” for a Free Choice. Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute pointed out the cooperation between the Girl Scouts and CFFC at the United Nations.  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=20252 LEADING UK PHILOSOPHER IN FAVOUR OF ALLOWING SEX SELECTION Dr David McCarthy, a leading UK philosopher at the University of Bristol, argues that people should have the legal right to use fertility treatments to choose the sex of their child. Writing […]
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SEX BOARD GAME FOR 13-16 YEAR OLDS IN UK SCHOOLS

LONDON, October 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A new board game targeted at 13 to 16-year-olds, is intended to teach children about “safe sex”. The game called “Contraception” was tested with students at various schools in the UK and the BBC reports that all schools can now purchase the game for use as part of their curriculum. Developed by Salford University lecturer Barbara Hastings-Astourian, the game board features a condom demonstrator, allowing practice of how to use this type of contraception. One teacher who trialled the game in his classroom told the BBC “I can see it forming a part of […]
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NEW JERSEY BISHOPS TELL FAITHFUL TO VOTE PRO-LIFE

TRENTON, October 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The two leaders in New Jersey’s governor’s race, Democrat James E. McGreevey and Republican Bret D. Schundler, differ markedly on abortion, with Schundler being strongly pro-life and McGreevey pro-abortion. They also differ in religion, with Schundler a Protestant and McGreevey claiming to be Catholic. In a letter released Monday, signed by all the Catholic bishops of New Jersey, the bishops urge Catholics to vote pro-life. LifeSite obtained a copy of the letter, published Wednesday in five diocesan newspapers. “We also call upon Catholic voters to use their voting privilege to reflect a choice of […]
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BELGIAN SENATE APPROVES EUTHANASIA

BRUSSELS, October 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Belgian Senate voted Thursday, 44-23, to legalize euthanasia. The law, which took two years to make its way through the Belgian parliament’s justice and social affairs committees, is expected to be approved by the lower chamber of parliament in 2002. Passage will make Belgium the only country in Europe to follow the Netherlands in allowing euthanasia. The law allows doctors to kill patients without legal penalty if the doctor is satisfied that the patient is “of age and conscious,” and that the request to die was made of the patient’s own free will, […]
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EUTHANASIA DISCUSSED IN CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

OTTAWA, October 26, 2001 (LSN.ca) – New Democrat MP Wendy Lill (Dartmouth) presented a private members bill in Parliament today which raised the issue of euthanasia. Pro-euthanasia activists have been clamouring to allow convicted murderer Robert Latimer a royal prerogative of mercy (negating his mandatory 10 year sentence) since he claims his killing of his disabled 12-year-old daughter was an act of mercy. Lill’s bill asserts that such a move would discriminate against people with disabilities, by demeaning the value of their lives. Presented today, bill M-372 reads, “That, in the opinion of this House, the government should recognize and […]
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ONTARIO GOV’T SQUELCHES PEDOPHILE RING INQUIRY Canadian Press reports the Ontario government has tried to block a request for a public inquiry into police investigations of an alleged pedophile ring in Cornwall. On Wednesday—the day before it was scheduled for debate—the government objected to a resolution by Tory backbencher Gary Guzzo asking for a public inquiry. The bill was to ask the Speaker to launch an inquiry but Attorney General David Young said the Speaker doesn’t have the authority.  https://www.canada.com/toronto/story.asp?id=BE3C56F7-C33A-4B68-9076-EAD2CFE00B60 Calgary Bishop Fred Henry has used his regular column in the Calgary Sun to argue against the use of human […]
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COSTA RICA TELLS UN THAT FOR IT “HEALTH SERVICES” DOES NOT MEAN ABORTION

UNITED NATIONS, October 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Bernd Niehaus, the representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations told the General Assembly’s Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, Cultural), yesterday that his country had difficulty with the draft document of the Special Session of the Assembly on children. The difficulties pertain to the UN definition of the term “reproductive health services” which a Canadian delegate revealed includes abortion. A UN report on yesterday’s proceedings notes Niehaus said, “There was still some work to be done on the draft document, particularly regarding health and reproductive health services. In Costa Rica, it should be […]
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IVF CLINIC OFFERS FREE FERTILITY TREATMENT FOR EGG DONATIONS

SHEFFIELD, UK, October 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Sheffield Fertility Centre has developed an “egg sharing” scheme offering free fertility treatment to women who agree to donate half their ova produced during the treatment. Clinic director Liz Lenton claims the donated ova will be used for IVF treatments with women who cannot produce their own ova. Paul Tully, general secretary of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children in the UK, commented: “This will create pressure on women who would not choose, or could not afford IVF, to go in for it. Many women don’t want to think that […]
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TOKYO GOV. SAYS CHINESE NOT USING BIRTH CONTROL ARE LIKE “ANIMALS”

TOKYO, October 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara complained Tuesday about the large number of illegal Chinese immigrants in Japan. “The number of Chinese entering Japan illegally is said to total 600 a month”, he said. In a speech at a meeting on the declining number of children in Japanese society and Tokyo’s future welfare, Ishihara said people in rural China do not know about birth control. Japan Today reports that Ishihara said China has more than 60 million unregistered people and some of them are getting married and breeding more unregistered people. “They have no ethics and […]
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AUSTRALIAN SUPREME COURT ACQUITS ACCUSED IN EUTHANASIA CASE

PERTH, October 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Australian Supreme Court Tuesday acquitted a Perth doctor who was charged with the willful murder of a terminally ill cancer patient. The patient’s brother and sister were also charged with murder. The Australian Broadcast Corp. reports that a Supreme Court jury took just 10 minutes to deliver a not guilty verdict in the case, despite evidence indicating she was murdered by lethal injection and often asked to die. Reports on earlier trials indicate that 48-year-old Freeda Hayes was given three lethal injections, a cocktail of a muscle relaxant and sedatives. However no witnesses […]
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WELL-KNOWN ARIZONA ABORTIONIST ARRESTED ON SEXUAL ASSAULT

Clinic Workers Who Witnessed Sex Abuse Did Not Report Until Police Investigation PHOENIX, October 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Dr. Brian Finkel, and abortionist and well-respected and powerful figure in Arizona, was arrested at his home Wednesday morning by police and is being held in jail on a bond over $200,000. Finkel, 51, who owns the Metro Phoenix Women’s Clinic, has been indicted for 16 counts of sexual abuse and one count of sexual assault. The charges involve 9 patients, dating back to 1993 and continue through August of this year. Police found Finkel carrying a gun on his hip and […]
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SENATE APPROVES FOREIGN AID BILL NIXING MEXICO CITY POLICY

WASHINGTON, October 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a $15.6 billion foreign aid bill. The bill passed 96-2 even though it contains a provision to reverse President Bush’s Mexico City Policy, which bans funds from organizations, which provide and promote abortion. The companion bill which passed the House in July did not contain the pro-abortion provision. Reuters reports that the provision will be fought out when House and Senate negotiators meet to resolve differences in the bills. See the Reuters coverage:  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011024/pl/congress_budget_foreign_dc_1.html
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The number of abortions performed in Illinois last year increased by almost 3 percent compared with 1999. Illinois residents obtained 41,483 abortions in 2000 and 41,509 in 1999. Out-of-state residents obtained 5,488 abortions in Illinois last year.  https://www.sj-r.com/news/Tuesday/l.htm The Alabama Pro-Life Coalition Education Fund won approval Tuesday for an official Alabama license plate proclaiming “Choose Life”. The Legislature’s License Plate Oversight Committee approved the bright yellow tag 6-3.  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011024/us/brf_abortion_license_plate_1.html
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TORONTO GAY PRIDE PARADE NUMBERS “GREATLY EXAGGERATED”

Toronto police give parade participants blanket exemption from indecency law The September/October Reality magazine by REAL Women if Canada slams the Toronto Police and provincial legal authorities for giving special legal protection to participants in the annual gay pride parade who have now started to parade totally nude. As well, Reality states that the Toronto press has greatly exaggerated the numbers attending the parade. Media reports gave attendance numbers of 750,000 to 1,000,000 whereas the actual number says Reality can be generously set, at most, at approximately 154,000. If the higher figures were correct, says the article, “the crowds would […]
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MEXICAN PRO-ABORTION POP STAR ACCUSED OF OPERATING PEDOPHILE SEX RING

MEXICO CITY, October 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi, whose mass popularity in the early 1990s led to her being called Mexico’s Madonna, has been arrested on charges of operating an under-age sex ring. Trevi, whose on-stage acts and lyrics promoted abortion rights and contraception, is being held in a prison in Brazil and trying to avoid extradition to Mexico where she will face charges. The London Independent reports that Trevi – along with Sergio Andrade, her manager, and Mary Boquitas, the lead singer in Trevi’s first band – is accused of holding teenage backing singers captive […]
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UNFPA POSTER SPICE GIRL PRODUCES GRAPHIC SEX WEBSITE FOR UNDER 16’s

Drumming Up Business for Abortion Industry Leader LONDON, October 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – United Nations Population Fund Goodwill Ambassador, and former Spice Girl, Geri Halliwell has launched a sex website targeted at children under 16 years of age. The site promotes abortion, masturbation and oral sex among youth. The trailer on the site, “LIKE IT IS” reads: “Sick of reading stuff on SEX that doesn’t tell you what you really want to know? Well LIKE IT IS isn’t like that… we’ll tell you everything you need to know EXACTLY AS IT IS … with no frills, no judgments and definitely […]
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SOUTH AFRICAN MP MOVES MOTION AGAINST PLANNED PARENTHOOD

Says Planned Parenthood Worse Than Any Terrorists PRETORIA, October 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In the National Assembly today, Cheryllyn Dudley, MP for the African Christian Democratic Party and Member of the Health Portfolio Committee, presented a Notice of Motion against Planned Parenthood. The text of the motion moved on behalf of the ACDP was that the House: “Notes with horror that while the world focuses on fighting terrorism the bigger enemy of the human race escalates its diabolical activities with virtually no opposition; Condemns the actions of Planned Parenthood in New York and the United Nations Population fund, who are […]
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CANADIAN ANTI-TERROR LEGISLATION CONTAINS HATE-CRIME SECTION

OTTAWA, October 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – According to an Oct. 15 press release and backgrounder posted on the Justice Dept. web site, the proposed anti-terrorism legislation will: —amend the Criminal Code to eliminate online hate propaganda and create a new offence of mischief against places of religious worship or religious property; and —amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to extend the prohibition against hate messages beyond telephone messages to include all telecommunications technologies The changes have startled free speech activists, who suggest that the government’s interpretation of hate propaganda might be used to hamper free speech. The concern is shared […]
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UNICEF HALLOWEEN BOX DONATIONS USED TO FUND PRO-ABORTION ACTIVISM

NEW YORK, NY, October 24, 2001 (LSN.ca) – “Parents would be scandalized to know UNICEF actively promotes abortion and sexual rights to children,” said Anna Halpine, president of the World Youth Alliance (WYA). “On top of that, the realization of these goals and programs are largely fueled by donations obtained from children trick-or-treating for UNICEF programs each Halloween.” Halpine, a former Campaign Life Coalition leader and WYA founder, noted that UNICEF was founded in 1946, to help starving children after the destruction of World War II, in a WYA press release last year. She noted that over the past couple […]
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CITY OF TORONTO LOOKING FOR WOMEN TO TEST FEMALE CONDOMS The Toronto health department is advertising for 200 women aged 19 to 45 to participate in a study of female condoms. Since June the city has spent some $80,000 promoting and testing the condoms. (Globe and Mail October 23, 2001)
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PM REJECTS SUNSET CLAUSE FOR CANADIAN ANTI-TERROR LEGISLATION

OTTAWA, October 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Prime Minister Jean Chretien said yesterday that there will be no expiry date on the controversial powers proposed in the anti-terrorism bill. Similar legislation in the United States, where unlike Canada, terrorist events are actually occurring, has been limited by a four year sunset clause. Alan Borovoy, general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, stated that the government’s anti-terrorism legislation “does not require measures that have the capacity this bill does to hit groups that don’t have the slightest association to the terrorism that we’re all properly concerned about”. (Globe and Mail October […]
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PRO-LIFE PRIEST SENTENCED TO JAIL FREE TO SERVE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN

NEW YORK October 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Roman Catholic priest, Father Norman Weslin. O.S. was sentenced by U.S. Federal Judge Richard Arcara to 5 months in federal prison Friday for “criminal” contempt in Buffalo Federal Court. The priest was guilty of kneeling in silent prayer in full priestly vestments inside a “60’ Banned Free Speech and Religious Expression Zone” set up by Judge Acara outside an abortuary. Father Weslin, a 71-year-old retired Lt. Colonel in the United States Army who was in charge of the nuclear defense of New York State, voluntarily turned himself in but was not put in […]
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JAPAN POPULATION BUST LEADS TO DIRE NEED FOR IMMIGRATION

TOKYO, October 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Takahiko Furuta, director of the Research Institute for Contemporary Society, argues that due to the falling birthrate Japan is in need of 8.37 million immigrants. He says the population will peak at 127 million around the year 2005 and then is likely to fall to 92.3 million by 2050 and to 51 million by 2100. Using a population of 92.3 million as a base, Furuta considers that a 0.1% rise in the annual birthrate would bring the population to 96.3 million. In order to maintain this level, Furuta argues, it is necessary to accept […]
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PACKARD FOUNDATION GIVES $7.5 MILLION TO ABORTION LOBBY IN 3RD QUARTER

Foundation continues to confirm it’s pro-abortion militancy LOS ALTOS, Calif, October 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The David and Lucile Packard Foundation has approved third quarter Population Program grants of $21 million, but the largest share of the funds went to the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL). A press release from the foundation indicating its 3rd Quarter Grant Awards for 2001 indicates that NARAL received $ 7,555,000. NARAL is the foremost pro-abortion political activist group in the United States. The April 22 March for Abortion, sponsored by NARAL, was attended by some 7000 abortion supporters, supported not only abortion but […]
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CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARDS ACCEPT SEX-SURVEY TOO GRAPHIC FOR PUBLIC BOARDS

OTTAWA, October 23, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A sex survey, deemed too graphic for students at various public school boards across Canada has been accepted by at least eight Catholic school boards in Ontario alone. Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board voted 6-4 to allow participation in the national study entitled “Canadian Youth, Sexual Health & HIV/Aids Study”. Regis O’Connor, Huron-Superior chair, told the media “we have not heard any opposition or condemnation from the bishop,” referring to Sault Ste. Marie Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe. While the study is already underway, negotiations with various school boards to have their students participate are ongoing. […]
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ARCHBISHOP CALLS FOR END TO HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS Catholic World News reports that Archbishop Vincent Nichols is calling on Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Birmingham England to distance themselves from traditional Halloween celebrations at the end of the month. Instead he has advised them to celebrate the Christian eve of All Saints Day on November 1, “in order to counteract an increasing tendency for the popular mind to make the association between Halloween and secular, if not pagan imagery.”  https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=20010 BAND SINGS ABOUT MORNING-AFTER-PILL A music band has dedicated a new single to the abortifacient morning-after pill. Turin Brakes say their […]
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SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON JEERED AND BOOED BY NEW YORK HEROES

NEW YORK, October 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a public relations nightmare for Senator Hillary Clinton, she was practically booed off stage at a concert Saturday in New York City. Drudge Report revealed yesterday that at the event called “America: A Tribute To Heroes” the former first lady was jeered and booed by thousands gathered at Madison Square Garden as she took to the stage—unannounced—to introduce a movie clip. Drudge reports that cameras captured firemen and police heroes wildly booing Clinton, who attempted to raise her voice above the shouting crowd. “Get off the stage! We don’t want you here!” […]
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PORTUGAL PRO-ABORTS FIGHT TO SUPPORT ILLEGAL ABORTION RING

LISBON, October 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Pro-abortion groups in Portugal are rallying behind an illegal abortion ring, which is currently on trial before the courts. The ring is allegedly headed up by nurse Maria do Ceu Ribeiro who is charged with organizing chemists, doctors, nurses and taxi-drivers from her house. Of the 43 people charged, 17 are mothers who availed themselves of the illegal operation. The London Independent reports that Socialist MP Helena Roseta, used the occasion to attempt to legalize abortion on demand. She condemned the trial as “completely immoral.” Abortion is legal in Portugal during the first 12 […]
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PRO-ABORTION PROPAGANDA AT U.N. ASSOCIATION FILM FESTIVAL

STANFORD, October 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The United Nations Association Film Festival, held at Stanford University is set to air a pro-abortion propaganda film “Soldiers in the Army of God” as part of its annual festival. The festival airs documentaries following on the United Nations’ concerns of “human rights, women’s issues, the environment, racism, disease, war and peace.” The decision to air a sensationalistic propaganda film demonstrates that pro-abortion activism is perceived as part of the United Nations agenda. On Sunday April 1, 2001 HBO aired “Soldiers in the Army of God” on their America Undercover program. An HBO promo […]
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CANADIAN SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CONTRIBUTES TO HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE BOOK

OTTAWA, October 22, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A pro-homosexual marriage book published today has among its 47 contributors Canadian Supreme Court Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dub{197}{189}. “Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships: A Study of National, European and International Law”, edited by Robert Wintemute is based on a homosexual marriage conference held at King’s College London in July 1999. LifeSite reported that in Oct. 1999 L’Heureux-Dube addressed a conference on same-sex benefits at Queen’s University in Kingston. “In failing to recognize and support partnerships, traditional and otherwise, are we not doing violence to the fabric of our community?” asked L’Heureux-Dube in her keynote speech. […]
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DOCTOR DISCOURAGES EARLY ABORTIONS – CHARGES $130 FOR PRIVATE IN-OFFICE ABORTIONS

Pro-Life Picketers Picket Outside Doctors Office Turned Abortuary SCARBOROUGH, ON, October 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Show the Truth, a pro-life picket using large signs depicting photos of aborted babies, picketed outside the Scarborough office of Dr. Katherine Chu, a doctor who turns her regular practice with pregnant women into an abortuary two days a week. Rosemary Connell, Show the Truth coordinator, learned from the secretary in Dr. Chu’s office that abortions were performed in the doctor’s office at 1371 Neilson, Suite 200, Fridays and Monday evenings. Thinking Connell was a prospective client, the secretary pitched the abortion service saying, “it […]
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PRO-LIFER: FORMER PM USED F-WORD IN ANGRY COMMENTS AT CARDINAL’S DINNER

Co-Architect of Canada’s Abortion Law To Appear At Another Catholic Fundraiser with Cardinal TORONTO, October 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Former Prime Minister John Turner attended the annual Toronto Cardinal’s Dinner last night for which he acted as Chairman. Catholic pro-lifers were scandalized that Turner was allowed this prominent role in the Catholic event due to his unrepentant major role in abortion in Canada. Turner, while Justice Minister in 1969 under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, passed the notorious Omnibus bill, which included the legalization of abortion and homosexuality. The pro-life demonstration outside the Cardinal’s Dinner last night saw about 40 pro-lifers […]
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JOSEPH SOBRAN ON OSAMA BIN LADEN Osama Bin Laden is only one symptom. His actual importance is being grossly exaggerated. The real story is the de-Christianization of Christendom, already far advanced. And it remains an offense against liberal etiquette to point this out, as two prominent Italians (the new prime minister and a cardinal) have recently done. Wanderer, Oct. 11, 2001 GORBACHEV HOPES FOR NEW WORLD ORDER FROM CURRENT CRISIS Newsmax.com reports that in a Sept. 16 Russian TV interview former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev hoped that from the present crisis a “new, international world order” would be created. Gorbachev […]
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BRITISH JUDGE RULES AGAINST LATE-TERM ABORTION FOR SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENT

LONDON, October 18, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A British judge has ruled that a 23+ week pregnant woman with schizophrenia is better off having a normal birth instead of a late-term abortion. Although the woman, who cannot be named, applied for an abortion, the judge noted that “None of the professional witnesses is able to say that a termination now is likely to be less traumatic and damaging to the applicant’s physical and mental health than a normal delivery followed by removal of the child.” Mr Justice Wall at the high court in Manchester said, “The applicant recognised that she could […]
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BRITISH DISABLED WOMAN LOSES ASSISTED SUICIDE APPEAL

LONDON, October 18, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Dianne Pretty, a 47-year-old British woman suffering from motor neurone disease, has lost a High Court challenge to laws which prevent her husband from helping her to attempt suicide without legal penalty. The BBC reports that the panel of three High Court judges, while saying they felt “desperately sorry” for the couple, ruled that no-one had the human right to “procure their own death”. They said that the Director of Public Prosecutions could not agree not to prosecute her husband for the assisted suicide since it would be a “licence to commit crime”. Pretty’s […]
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THE WHY OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH ANSWERED AT ONTARIO CLC CONFERENCE

TORONTO, October 18, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Ontario Campaign Life Coalition Conference held Saturday October 13 was a great success. The speakers were dynamic, those that attended were informed about a myriad of issues and everyone was eager to take the knowledge they obtained back to their communities to talk to their federal and provincial representatives and their local pro-life organizations. Speaking on the hot topic of stem cell research were Wesley Smith, an American author and lawyer and Dr. John Shea, CLC medical advisor. During his talk Smith answered a troubling question – why, since adult stem cell research […]
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MP ELSIE WAYNE REACTS AS PRO-LIFE PRIEST BOOTED FROM SPOT ON PARLIAMENT HILL

OTTAWA, October 18, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Fr. Tony Van Hee, a pro-life Catholic priest who has quietly and peacefully picketed, prayed and fasted outside the Canadian parliament buildings in Ottawa since September 1989, was removed from the spot from which he has graced Parliament for years. According to Parliament Hill insiders, security has been heavily increased on the Hill and precipitated Fr. Van Hee’s removal to a spot much further away from the buildings (by the Eternal Flame). Conservative MP Elsie Wayne, reacted to the news with sadness, alluding to the fact that Divine security comes with and not without […]
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ARIZONA ABORTIONIST UNDER FIRE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT Dr. Brian Finkel, a high-profile Phoenix Arizona abortionist, has had his license “summarily suspended” amid allegations that he sexually assaulted several patients. However, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ordered a delay in the suspension pending a formal administrative hearing on Nov. 5.  https://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/breaking/1016finkel-ON.html WAL-MART SUED OVER CONTRACEPTIVE COVERAGE A 22-year-old female Wal-Mart employee filed a lawsuit against the giant retailer Tuesday claiming discrimination against women since contraceptive coverage is not included in its health insurance plan. The case, filed in federal district court in Atlanta, seeks reimbursement for all employees who paid […]
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CELINE DION’S IVF DOCTOR SENT TO JAIL FOR FRAUD The New York fertility (IVF) doctor whose patients have included singer Celine Dion was sentenced yesterday to more than seven years in prison for tricking insurance companies into paying for procedures that were not covered. Niels Lauersen, 64, was also ordered to pay $3.2 million in restitution and $17,500 in fines.  https://inq.philly.com/content/inquirer/2001/10/16/national/DOCTOR16.htm IRISH PRO-LIFE GROUP REJECTS PROPOSED IRISH ABORTION LEGISLATION In a communication sent to LifeSite News, Human Life International Ireland rejected proposed legislation on abortion which defines life in the womb as beginning at implantation rather than fertilization.
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POPE: ALL POLITICAL ACTIONS MUST BE EVALUATED BY THEIR IMPACT ON FAMILY

VATICAN, October 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a message to the head of the Italian Bishops Conference on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the publication of the apostolic exhortation “Familiaris Consortio,” Pope John Paul II called for politicians to consider the importance of the family. In the letter the pope wrote the “cultural, social and political initiatives” must consider “first of all, the protection of human life, marriage and the family.” He said the family must be the “measure of all political action” and denounced measures which focus solely “on individuals neglecting or worse still, penalizing the family.” […]
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OPPOSITION PARTIES IN SPAIN WANT TO ALLOW MORE ABORTIONS

MADRID, October 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Despite serious concerns about the declining population level, Spanish legislators are urging greater access to abortion. Several opposition parties in the Spanish Parliament are urging more liberal abortion laws. El Mundo, reported yesterday on the frustration of five pro-abortion opposition parties who want the parliament to consider allowing more abortions. PSOE, the leading opposition party, supports an extension of the law to allow abortions on the grounds of “serious personal, family or social conflict” and no longer make them punishable with a prison sentence. According to demographer Juan Antonio Fernandez of Spain’s Superior Council […]
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CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON CHINA’S COERCIVE POPULATION CONTROL

WASHINGTON, October 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An investigation of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) activities in China by the Population Research Institute (PRI) prompted a Congressional hearing on coercive forms of population control in China, held today. The hearing, entitled “Coercive Population Control in China: New Evidence of Forced Abortion and Sterilization”, heard testimony from PRI President Steven Mosher and the lead investigator of the PRI-sponsored investigation of UNFPA operations in China. During its recent investigation in China, a team of PRI investigators discovered a policy of forced abortion and sterilization enforced in a region where UNFPA operates. UNFPA, […]
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OBEYING UNITED NATIONS NEPAL LEGALIZES ABORTION

KATHMANDU, October 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Less than two months after being told to do so by the United Nations, Nepal’s MPs have, for the first time, voted to legalize abortion. On Tuesday Oct. 9, the House of Representatives approved the 11th Amendment to the Civil Code allowing abortion in cases of rape or incest up to 10 weeks into the pregnancy and abortion at any time where pregnancy poses any danger to the physical or mental health of the mother or if the child will be disabled. Agence France Presse reported that 112 MPs in the 205-member house voted […]
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CONCERN THAT PROPOSED TERRORISM LAW COULD TARGET PRO-LIFERS

OTTAWA, October 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – An anti-terrorism bill entailing broad powers of arrest and detention and a massive loss of rights of the accused has pro-lifers concerned since the legislation’s definition of terrorism could be interpreted to include pro-life groups. The apprehension is warranted given a government intelligence agency document which includes the “pro-life movement” under the category of “single issue terrorism.” (see the Canadian Security Intelligence Service CSIS document: https://www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/eng/comment/com74_e.html) Presented in the House of Commons Monday, the Liberal Government’s the Anti-Terrorism Act, Bill C-36, would allow for arrest and confinement by police for up to 72 hours […]
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MASS GENETIC SCREENING FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS Under new guidelines taking effect this month, obstetricians and gynecologists are supposed to offer the gene test to every Caucasian—or the partner of a Caucasian—who is pregnant or considering having a baby. It marks the first time gene tests are being offered to the general population. Pressure to abort the unborn will now increase in response to positive tests.  https://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000081838oct14.story MASS. SUPREME COURT RULES FOR BIOLOGICAL OVER SURROGATE PARENTS The Supreme Judicial Court, in a 7-0 ruling Friday, declared that a couple whose twins were born to a surrogate mother were the children’s legal […]
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AUSTRALIAN COURT RULES TRANSSEXUAL MARRIAGE VALID

SYDNEY, October 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Australian Family Court Justice Richard Chisholm ruled Friday that marriage between two women is valid since one of the partners had sexual reassignment surgery. The alarming ruling says that there is no persuasive reason to assume, for the purposes of marriage, that “if a person is a male or female at birth, the person must be a male or female at the date of the marriage”. The Federal Attorney-General opposed the case, arguing the husband was not a man under marriage law. He submitted the meaning of the word “man” in the Marriage Act […]
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DESIGNER BABY PROCEDURE USED FOR UK FAMILY IN SEARCH OF MARROW TRANSPLANT MATCH

LONDON, October 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – British newspapers report that an unnamed couple has undergone IVF treatment in the United States to select a child with a genetic match to their four-year-old son who has leukemia. The unborn “designer” baby is expected to be born at the end of the year. The parents say the procedure was undertaken in case their son’s leukemia relapses and he is in need of a bone marrow transplant. The mother traveled to Chicago for the £30,000 treatment. As with all IVF treatment, the procedure creates many embryos (live children) and implants only a few, […]
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UNITED NATIONS ON ANTI-SPANKING RAMPAGE

NEW YORK, October 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has released a document containing some of its most explicit statements mandating the elimination of spanking by parents in the home. Published Oct. 12, the committee’s final conclusions and recommendations on the compliance reports of Mauritania, Kenya, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Gambia, Paraguay, Cameroon and Cape Verde, call for the elimination of the practice. In reference to Portugal, a UN report quotes the committee as recommending the state “adopt legislation prohibiting corporal punishment in the family and in any other contexts not covered […]
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HHS AWARDS FIRST-EVER GRANTS TO PROMOTE ADOPTION AWARENESS

WASHINGTON, October 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the release of $8.6 million in grants to start a new program to raise awareness about adoption as an option for pregnant women. The four grant recipients – all adoption centers – will train health care workers at federally funded health centers and clinics to provide pregnant women with information about adoption, as well as other options, when providing counseling and other services. “Women should know that adoption often makes sense both for themselves and for their unborn children,” Secretary Thompson said. “These grants are an important […]
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PRO-LIFER ALEX VERNON CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES

TORONTO, October 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Toronto sidewalk counselor Alex Vernon went before a judge, Oct. 11, to enter into a common-law peace-bond. In the agreement, the crown withdrew charges on the condition that Vernon refrain from communicating with a Scott abortuary staff member, and not be found within 100 feet of that abortuary located at 157 Gerrard Street East. Defense Counsel Blaise MacLean considered the Peace Bond an acceptable resolution to a confusing series of events that began when Vernon was arrested February 26, while standing outside of the injunction zone surrounding the abortuary. Vernon was strip searched during […]
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STUDY FINDS BIRTH CONTROL PILL LEADS TO INCREASED RISK OF BONE FRACTURES

OTTAWA, October 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A study published in today’s release of the Canadian Medical Association Journal finds that the birth control pill is linked to a 20-30% increased risk of bone fractures. The large study looked at a national sample of 524 women aged 25-45 years culled from data of the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study. It found that the pill was associated with a clinically significant decrease in bone density. The study is likely to be used as more evidence in a UK court trial set for January 2002 where three pharmaceutical companies which manufacture the pill are […]
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FORMER CANADIAN ABORTIONIST NARROWLY ESCAPES CRIMINAL CHARGES IN ENGLAND

LONDON, October 16, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Former Canadian abortionist, Dr. Richard Neale, will not face criminal charges in Britain, it was confirmed on Monday. The Crown Prosecution Service said they did not find enough evidence to convict Neale of criminal recklessness or assault. In July 2000, England’s General Medical Council found Neale guilty of incompetence and negligence. He was found guilty in 36 out of 37 cases brought against him. He was also found guilty of lying about his qualifications and being rude to the women he treated. Reports detailed how Neale was dubbed “Bloody Dr. Neale” and “the Butcher” […]
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Boston’s Cardinal Bernard Law spoke to a crowd of 3,500 at the 15th annual walk by Massachusetts Citizens for Life Sunday.  https://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/288/metro/Law_speaks_against_abortion_at_march+.shtml On Sunday California Gov. Gray Davis (D) signed two laws allowing pharmacists to dispense abortifacient morning after pills, homosexual marriage-like benefits, and publicly fund more security at abortion clinics.  https://latimes.com/news/local/la-000082145oct15.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dcalifornia%2Dmanual Newsmax.com reports on a just released book about the Clintons’ last days in office, by Barbara Olsen, who died in the airliner that terrorists flew into the Pentagon Sept. 11. In “The Final Days,” Olson warned that ex-president Bill Clinton’s pardons of terrorists in New York City “sent […]
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KOPP LOSES EXTRADITION APPEAL – MAY APPEAL ONCE MORE

RENNES, France, October 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – James C. Kopp, accused of killing abortionist Barnett Slepian has lost his extradition appeal in France. Kopp’s Buffalo attorney Paul J. Cambria said, “Ultimately, I want him back here, and he wants to come back here to fight these charges. But his French attorney has been telling him to keep fighting extradition, because he couldn’t possibly get a fair trial in this country.” Acting U.S. Attorney Kathleen M. Mehltretter said Friday that Kopp lost an appeal last week in France’s highest judicial court, “but he can still make one more appeal to the […]
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CHILE TO DISTRIBUTE FREE ABORTIFACIENT MORNING AFTER PILL

SANTIAGO, October 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Chilean Health Minister Michelle Bachelet announced Thursday that health care officials will distribute the abortifacient morning after pill, Postinor-2, free of charge. The decision comes as a surprise since Chile’s Supreme Court banned a similar morning after pill on August 30. However, the ruling reflects an appeals court ruling Wednesday which permitted the new pill. The same day that the Supreme Court in Chile banned the morning after pill -Postinal – since it can cause an abortion, the Ministry of Health approved Postinor-2 arguing that the court only banned a certain brand-name of abortifacient […]
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HOME SCHOOLED CHILDREN HAVE BETTER SOCIAL SKILLS SAYS STUDY

VANCOUVER, BC, October 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Home schooled children are, on average, more academically and socially advanced than public and private school students, according to a new study, “Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream”, released last week by The Fraser Institute. Contrary to the concerns of the educational establishment, the typical home schooled child participates in a wide variety of extracurricular activities, including afternoon and weekend programs with public school students, day-time field trips and co-operative programs with groups of other home schooled kids. Ninety-eight percent of home schooled students are involved in two or more outside […]
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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARDED TO UNITED NATIONS AND KOFI ANNAN

UNITED NATIONS, October 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to the United Nations and its Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday. Following the award, the organization and its leader were heaped with accolades by world leaders, but given sharp criticism by pro-life leaders. Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition Canada reacted to the announcement of the awards saying, “I’m appalled.” Hughes recalled the atrocious record of the United Nations in promoting abortion through its various agencies UNFPA, UNICEF, UNIFEM, UNDP, and the personal efforts of Kofi Annan to promote population control. UNFPA, in conjunction […]
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FORMER PM TURNER BLAMES PM TRUDEAU FOR ABORTION

TORONTO, October 15, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In an exclusive interview with the Interim newspaper (LifeSite’s parent publication) former Prime Minister John Turner would not accept any blame for bringing abortion to Canada but insisted that the blame belonged to his predecessor, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. The September issue of Interim carries the front-page interview with Turner during which he said, “You have to blame Trudeau for that.” Interim co-editor Paul Tuns, who interviewed Turner for the story, told LifeSite that Turner was very candid and permitted the remark about blaming Trudeau saying, “I have nothing to lose from the Liberal […]
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CLINTON NEGLECT CONTRIBUTED TO TERROR ATTACK   The former highest-ranking intelligence officer in the U.S. Energy Department indicates the Clinton administrationâs reckless inattention to security throughout government led to last month’s terrorist attack. https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/10/9/183216.shtml See LifeSite special report on Bill Clinton   https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2001/feb/010215a.html LIBERAL GOVERNMENT COMPLETELY IGNORES POTENTIAL TERRORISTS   In today’s Financial Post, Diane Francis reports that 50 Afghanis and Pakistanis without any identification landed at Toronto’s Pearson airport last weekend and were released automatically after claiming refugee status. No one knows who they are or where they are now. In 1999, Francis states the same Liberal immigration Minister, […]
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PLACENTAL CORD BLOOD STORAGE PROGRAMS MULTIPLY

Ethical stem cell source program gaining momentum RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif., October 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – ThermoGenesis Corp. (Nasdaq: KOOL), a company which specializes in materials for cryopreservation of blood components, announced yesterday that it had received a fifth order for their BioArchive System from the New York Blood Center (“NYBC”). The release explained that NYBC’s Placental Blood Program has pioneered the use of Placental Cord Blood (“PCB”) as a source of stem cells for bone marrow restoration for such diseases as leukemia or inherited or acquired diseases of the blood and immune systems. Philip Coelho, CEO of ThermoGenesis Corp said, […]
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AMNIOCENTESIS COULD BE USED FOR REAL LIFE-SAVING MEASURE

BOSTON, October 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – While amniocentesis has until now been used mainly as a method to detect disorders within developing unborn children with abortion as an inviting option if a problem is detected, a new procedure has heralded hope that the procedure can be life-affirming. New Scientist magazine reports that researchers in Boston have found early-stage stem cells floating in the amniotic fluid of a pregnant woman. If scans suggest a baby may have defects, doctors could isolate cells from this fluid for later surgery. The stem cells could be grown into tissue to correct “body wall defects” […]
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BRITISH HIGH COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS IN ASSISTED SUICIDE CASE

Lawyer argues Right to Life Includes Right to Die LONDON, October 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Dianne Pretty, a 47-year-old British woman suffering from motor neurone disease, was in court Tuesday on the first day of a hearing about her desired assisted suicide. Pretty’s lawyer, Philip Havers, argued at the High Court that the refusal to allow her husband to assist her with suicide contravenes the Human Rights Convention by subjecting her to inhuman and degrading treatment. In a bizarre twist, Havers argued further that prohibitions against Mrs. Pretty’s assisted suicide violate her right to life under Article 2 of the […]
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EVEN CHINA BACKING AWAY FROM ABORTION PILL

BEIJING, October 11, 2001 (LSN.ca) – While Chinese manufactured abortion pills are available in the United States with FDA approval, China is backing away from all-out endorsement of the drugs. The Beijing Youth Daily reported on Wednesday that the State Drug Administration banned the sale of abortion pills at pharmacies and said Beijing drugstores had already stopped selling the drugs. Reuters reports that the newspaper quoted specialists as saying unregulated use of the abortion drug could lead to incomplete abortions, major blood loss, infections and impotence. See the Reuters report at:  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011010/hl/suicide_1.html
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SCIENTISTS: HUMAN CLONING TO BEGIN WITHIN 3 OR 4 MONTHS

ICOSIA, October 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The renegade scientists who have once again announced plans to clone human beings appear to especially enjoy media attention. Reuters reported yesterday that Dr. Panayiotis Zavos and his Italian colleague, Severino Antinori announced that creation of cloned embryos will begin within months. “It is going well enough so we may attempt the first production of embryos, cloned embryos in the very near future. That is, three or four months from now,” Cyprus-born Zavos told Reuters in an interview. However, LifeSite reported Aug. 20 that Zavos announced his go ahead would begin “within 60 days.” […]
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SUPREME COURT TO HEAR CASE ON HOMOSEXUAL BOOKS IN ELEMENTARY GRADES

Case Heard Despite Missed Deadline for Appeal OTTAWA, October 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In an unusual move the Supreme Court of Canada has allowed an appeal to be heard despite the fact that the applicants for the appeal missed the six-month deadline to request an appeal. Homosexual activists, who lost a case to force the Surrey School Board to allow homosexual propaganda books into elementary school classrooms, were granted both an extension to appeal and the appeal by the Supreme Court. The decision to allow the appeal was made by three of the justices headed by Justice L’Heureux-Dub{197}{189}, considered by […]
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EMBRYO RESEARCH APPROVAL ORCHESTRATED VIA INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS

Expert Dianne Irving explains why countries are approving unethical research NEW YORK, October 10, 2001 (LSN.ca) – LifeSite has been perplexed by the recent spate of approvals of unethical research on human embryos in Australia, Britain, New Zealand, India, and Japan, despite scientific evidence indicating the vast superiority of adult stem cell research. While adult stem cells have already been used to cure diseases, embryonic stem cell research involving humans has led to disastrous results. LifeSite interviewed one of the world's foremost experts in the field, Dr. Dianne Irving who provided some answers to this puzzling development. Dr. Irving, is […]
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“…a very good possibility that if we can link the world’s faith communities on foundational values we can succeed….If we don’t join together in the fight, we may lack the clout to do what needs to be done.” – U.N. pro-family lobbyist Richard Wilkins commenting on the proven power of united effort by pro-family groups of all denominations to upset seemingly overwhelming opposition at U.N. conferences. (Source – Wanderer, Sept. 27, 2001)
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Parents in Alaska won a battle Monday to restrict a graphic sex-ed book in elementary school.  https://www.adn.com/alaska/story/716836p-757045c.html The American Family Association (AFA) says more evidence now proves to families the J.C. Penney corporation has departed from its traditional family-oriented practices. They say profits from the company are now going to help support sibling incest and graphic violence which includes murder for hire.  https://www.afa.net/activism/aa100701.asp A Miami abortion clinic is suing Florida for not covering abortion on demand with Medicaid.  https://www.sptimes.com/News/100901/news_pf/State/Challenge_to_abortion.shtml
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The Scotsman reports that renowned German historian, Dr. Lothar Machtan says Adolf Hitler was a homosexual. In his new book, Hitler’s Secret: The Double Life of a Dictator, Dr Machtan has produced compelling evidence that Hitler’s loathing of the world was the result of his self-hatred because he was gay.  https://www.thescotsman.co.uk/world.cfm?id=114110 Hamilton Ontario area homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals want a city-supported downtown centre where they can meet and “exchange information.” The Hamilton Spectator, reported Oct. 4 that homosexual activists will discuss implementing “teaching gay issues in schools, a youth hotline for gay and lesbian teens, sensitivity training for city employees […]
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CATHOLIC BISHOP RESCINDS APPROVAL OF SEX-ED BOOK SERIES

NEW ORLEANS, October 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A number of sex-education books, which received approval from the US Bishops Ad Hoc Committee on the Use of the Catechism, have been ordered out of Catholic schools in New Orleans. Many US Catholic parents have expressed serious concerns over the “Growing in Love” elementary school sex-ed program. After receiving such concerns, the Archdiocese issued a memo to parishes and schools forbidding them from purchasing any of the materials other than the student text. LifeSite has obtained a copy of the July 27 memo which bans all but one of the four Growing […]
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KANSAS HIGH COURT RULES DOCS HAVE A DUTY TO UNBORN PATIENTS

TOPEKA, October 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Kansas Supreme Court issued a decision September 21 noting that doctors have a duty to unborn children. “We hold, as a matter of law, that a physician who has a doctor-patient relationship with a pregnant woman who intends to carry her fetus to term and deliver a healthy baby also has a doctor-patient relationship with the fetus,” said the 7-0 decision. National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) general counsel Jim Bopp Jr. commented saying: “This decision just bears generally on the oddity of abortion law, and how out of step abortion law is […]
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MOVING PHOTO COMPELS RECOGNITION OF UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE

WASHINGTON, October 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – During today’s US House debate on the Unborn Victim of Violence Act (UVVA), a photo of a mother holding the body of her dead son was displayed on the House floor. The photo is of Tracy Marciniak of Wisconsin holding the body of her son Zachariah, who was killed in her womb during a criminal assault. Under current federal law, if a criminal assaults a pregnant woman and kills her unborn baby, he is charged only with assault, because the unborn baby is not legally recognized as a victim. Under the Unborn Victims of […]
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AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE SAYS ‘DEFEND AMERICA, DE-FUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD’

WASHINGTON, October 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – “It’s time for Americans to say ‘no more’ to Planned Parenthood,” said American Life League president Judie Brown in a full-page ad in yesterday’s Washington Times. The pro-life group’s ad headlined “Defend America! De-fund Planned Parenthood!”, notes that Planned Parenthood is responsible for nearly 200,000 abortions every year. The ad concludes, “Abortion is the ultimate terrorism.”“In light of the worst attack on civilians this nation has ever seen, it is absolutely absurd that our government continues to fund this annual killing,” said Mrs. Brown. “Furthermore, Planned Parenthood’s publicity stunts during this national tragedy—free abortions […]
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ABORTIONISTS FAILED TO INFORM RU-486 STUDY SUBJECTS OF DEADLY SIDE-EFFECTS

VANCOUVER, October 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Dr. Ellen Wiebe, lead researcher in the RU-486 abortion pill study in Canada has admitted that she did not give the women in her study vital information on the possibility of death resulting from the drug cocktail. The current issue of the US National Catholic Register covers the death of the unnamed Canadian woman in the RU-486 trial. Reporter Celeste McGovern asked the lead researcher in the study if the participants were made aware of the warning letter of the G.D. Searle company – makers of misoprostol (Cytotec) – which warned that its ulcer […]
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QUEBEC TO SET UP NEW ABORTUARY IN “HOUSE OF GOD” HOSPITAL

MONTREAL, October 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Quebec government plans to put an abortion clinic in the Hotel Dieu (House of God) Hospital in Levis in the Chaudieres- Appalaches region of the province. The Montreal Gazette reported Saturday that the government has allocated $3.2 million to increase availability of abortion in Quebec where about 30,000 babies are aborted every year. Quebec health ministry spokesman Alain Vezina said “Right now, about 75 per cent of Quebec women who want an abortion obtain one . Our goal is 90 per cent.” Referring to Quebec’s Catholic heritage, Campaign Life Coalition National Organizer Mary-Ellen […]
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SOUTH AFRICAN BISHOPS REJECT GAY ADOPTION RULING

DURBAN, Oct 3, 01 (LSN.ca/CWNews.com) – A South African high court ruling that same-sex couples should be allowed to adopt children has been denounced by several religious bodies, including the Catholic Church. The ruling marked the first time that a judge had ruled in favor of gay adoptions. The court ruling was based on the post-apartheid constitution of 1996. That constitution has given rise to liberalization on other social issues such as abortion. Bishop Reginald Cawcutt, as spokesman for the South African bishops’ conference, told CWN that the Church supported the rights and duties of a one-parent family, and even […]
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UNFPA SUPPORTS COERCIVE FAMILY PLANNING – INCLUDING FORCED ABORTION

WASHINGTON, October 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Population Research Institute (PRI), non-profit research and educational organization dedicated to objectively presenting the truth about population-related issues, has investigated the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) role in the draconian one-child program in China. In September 2001 a team of PRI investigators traveled to China to interview women and officials in those counties where the UNFPA is active. The investigation revealed that UNFPA’s claims that counties in China where it is active, abortion and sterilization policies are not coercive and do not involve tactics such as targets, quotas and forced abortion are untrue. Armed […]
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BRITISH HIGH COURT ALLOWS COMATOSE WOMAN TO BE STARVED TO DEATH

LONDON, October 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The High Court in England has allowed doctors to withdraw nutrition and hydration from a woman who has been in a coma since September 2000. The 45-year-old woman was a lawyer who suffered brain damage after choking on her own vomit following a minor operation. A doctor claimed in court that the euthanasia was supported by the family. Family Division President Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss said “She would want to die in peace and dignity and not to persist in the twilight limbo in which she exists at the moment … She expressed strong views […]
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CO-ARCHITECT OF PERMISSIVE ABORTION LAW DEFENDED BY TORONTO ARCHDIOCESE

Pro-Life leaders amazed and disturbed by re-writing of history to defend Turner TORONTO, October 5, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a turn of events reminiscent of the scandal over the World March of Women, the office of communications of the Archdiocese of Toronto has defended the choice of former Prime Minister John Turner as chair of this year’s Cardinal’s Dinner. In an unsigned letter, on official diocesan letterhead, sent to all parishes, the office of communications states that Cardinal Alyosius Ambrozic is deeply appreciative of Turner’s help. The letter continues with what is being called by pro-life veterans a “whitewash” of […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

AP reports that Ohio’s Dr. Maynard Muntzing II, 35, accused of spiking his ex-girlfriend’s drinks in an attempt to cause an abortion of their child, pleaded guilty Monday to reduced charges in a deal that will send him to prison for five years. The mother did miscarry the baby but the coroner’s office said the cause could not be determined.  https://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/other/1110/10-1-2001/20011001200858680.html The California Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, CARAL, has launched television ads to promote the abortifacient morning after pill.  https://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/011002/sftu059_1.html
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CORRECTION

On September 24 LifeSite reported on an article by Ben J. Wattenberg, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), asking the United Nations to rectify the misconception about overpopulation. It was incorrectly cited as coming from the Foreign Affairs journal and was actually in the Washington Times. The full article is available on AEI’s website at:  https://aeipoliticalcorner.org/BJW%20Articles/bjw010308.pdf
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HARVARD ‘GAY’ LEADER URGES HOMOSEXUALS TO LIE AND GIVE BLOOD

BOSTON, October 4, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Concerned Women for America’s Culture and Family report revealed today that a Harvard University homosexual leader has urged other homosexuals to lie to the Red Cross about their homosexuality and to donate blood. Clifford Davidson, leader of Harvard’s BOND (Beyond Our Normal Differences), a student group self-described as “geared toward those who may not be ‘straight,’” sent an email on Tuesday, Sept. 11 – the day of the terrorist attack – encouraging members to donate blood, according to the student newspaper, the Harvard Crimson. Davidson said blood donors should not lie about HIV infection. […]
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POLISH PRO-ABORTION GROUPS TO SUE PRO-LIFE HOSPITALS FOR NOT ABORTING

WARSAW, October 4, 2001 (LSN.ca) – As the country awaits a heated abortion debate after the election win of the pro-abortion ‘ex’-communist party, a feminist group has announced it will take pro-life hospitals to court. The BBC reports that the Federation for Women and Family Planning is taking legal action against certain hospitals who allegedly refused to carry out an abortion. The Federation’s Wanda Nowicka claimed, “We had the case of a woman who was HIV positive and we wrote to 12 hospitals. Eight hospitals said they would not carry out the abortion because HIV is not a sufficient condition […]
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INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE CAUSES KENYA TO CONSIDER LEGAL ABORTION

NAIROBI, October 4, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A Government report suggests the legalization of abortion in Kenya. A team appointed by the Health Standards and Regulatory Services Department, argues social and medical evidence outweighs the “perceived moral and legal need for retaining the (anti-abortion) law in our books”. Nairobi’s The Nation relates that the report utilized the typical pro-abortion rhetoric of backstreet abortions to justify the recourse to legal abortion. The report also noted the proposal was made “in accordance with international trends”. The report is to be discussed next month at a national health services conference at the Kenya College […]
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RADICAL FEMINIST GROUP COMING TO OTTAWA TO LOBBY – OCT 15

OTTAWA, October 4, 2001 (LSN.ca) – LifeSite has learned that the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) is holding its annual lobby on Monday October 15. The radical group of feminists, which is heavily funded by the federal government gained notoriety recently as news broke of the feminist conference at which former NAC head Sunera Thobai suggested the United States deserved the terrorist attacks. NAC says it has invited each of the parties to attend a lobby session individually for a “town-hall style” meeting. Political insiders say that while the socialist NDP party is always at the […]
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IRISH PRIME MINISTER PUBLISHES ABORTION BILL

DUBLIN, October 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern on Tuesday published the Human Life and Pregnancy Bill, which is sure to add fuel to the abortion debate, as it legalizes early abortions. The bill has one positive aspect in that it overrules the ridiculous Supreme Court ruling which allowed abortion in the case of a threat to the life of the mother, but included a mother’s threat of suicide as allowable grounds. However, it is totally unacceptable to pro-lifers as it defines abortion to be the destruction of unborn human life after “implantation” in the womb. The […]
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CANADIAN MAN GETS ONLY 5 YEARS FOR MURDERING WIFE WITH ALZHEIMER’S

VALLEYFIELD, QUE, October 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Herbert Lerner, 78, of Cote-St.-Luc, Que. has been sentenced to five years in prison for suffocating his 73-old wife Jenny with a plastic bag on June 12, 2000. Lerner pleaded guilty to manslaughter in July of this year and claimed it was a mercy killing since his wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Quebec Court Judge Pierre Laberge rejected the mercy – killing defence, noting that the woman was only at the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s. Laberge said there was no evidence that Jenny Lerner was suffering nor were there any requests for her […]
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FEDERAL APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS RACKETEERING RULING AGAINST PRO-LIFERS

CHICAGO, October 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a 3-0 ruling Tuesday, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the Federal District Court finding that pro-lifers were guilty of crimes under the racketeering law. However pro-life activists were undaunted by the ruling. “By now, we have grown accustomed to hostile rulings by the judiciary,” said Joseph M. Scheidler, National Director of the Pro-Life Action League. The court found Scheidler, as well as defendants Andrew Scholberg, Timothy Murphy, the Pro-Life Action League and Operation Rescue guilty of violations of the Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) which was crafted in […]
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BRITISH PM BRASHLY EXPLOITS TERROR ATTACKS TO PUSH NEW WORLD ORDER

LONDON, October 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In what is being hailed as his finest speech ever, British Prime Minister Tony Blair wowed the Labour Party conference yesterday, with a 54-minute speech, which garnered a standing ovation. During the speech he called for the creation of a new world order to be the memorial of the victims of the terrorist attacks. In his speech, Blair spoke of “a coming together” and of the “power of community is asserting itself” on a global level. He said the interrelatedness of financial markets, and international conflicts, call for an interdependence among nations – the […]
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PROVINCIAL SUPREME COURT RULES OUT HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE

VANCOUVER, October 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In a ruling yesterday from the British Columbia Supreme Court, marriage was upheld as the union between a man and a woman – barring homosexual unions from the institution. Mr. Justice Pitfield stated in his decision that the common law definition of marriage, which is the union between a man and a woman only, cannot be extended to include same-sex relationships. Both the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC) and REAL Women of Canada, interveners in the case as part of the Interfaith Coalition, told LifeSite they were very pleased with the decision. Janet Epp […]
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LEADING CANADIAN FEMINIST SAYS U.S. DESERVED TERROR ATTACKS

Federal Government Minister Hedy Fry also on program and did not disassociate self from comments. OTTAWA, October 3, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Speaking at a government funded feminist conference, leading Canadian feminist Sunera Thobani, a woman’s study professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), said “the path of U.S. foreign policy is soaked in blood.” CTV reported that Thobani’s speech implied that the US brought the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on themselves. During her address, Thobani, a women’s studies professor at the University of British Columbia and former head of the National Action Committee on the Status […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES

CHUCK COLSON ON TERRORISM AND REPENTANCE Let’s say, hypothetically, that the (terrorist) attacks were God’s judgment. Not that he caused them – he doesn’t cause evil – but he may use such events for his purposes. What will then save us is not the Marines, cruise missiles, satellites, or smart bombs; the only thing that will save us is repentance and faith. If I am correct in thinking God may be using these events to wake up America, we must face a sobering fact: We will not prevail against terrorism no matter how good our armed forces are. We will […]
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BRITISH WOMEN SUE OVER LACK OF WARNINGS ON BIRTH CONTROL PILL

LONDON, October 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Three pharmaceutical companies, which are responsible for making the most modern form of the oral contraceptive pill, are facing a massive lawsuit. The BBC reports that lawyers representing the families of 122 women who say they were not warned of the potential side effects of ‘the pill’ announced on Monday that they were taking Schering Healthcare, Organon Laboratories and Wyeth to the High Court in London. In a statement to the press by the lawyers for the families it was noted that the pill caused the women to develop blood clots which led to […]
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PORTUGAL TELLS UN IT HAS BANNED SPANKING

UNITED NATIONS, October 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – At the United Nations headquarters in New York yesterday, representatives from the Portuguese government said the country had recently passed laws prohibiting “the use of corporal punishment in the society.” The statements came as the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child concluded its consideration of a second periodic report from Portugal on how the country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. A UN report on the proceedings notes, “In response to questions, the Portuguese delegation told the Committee that a new law had prohibited the […]
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U.K. RATIFIES INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT AS BUSH BACKS U.S. BAN

WASHINGTON, October 2, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The United Kingdom and Liechtenstein have ratified the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC), bringing the total number of ratifications to two thirds of the 60 needed to bring the Court into being. Meanwhile, President Bush has given his support to an amended version of the anti-ICC American Serviceman’s Protection Act. As the Preparatory Commission for the Court continued its eighth session yesterday, the representatives of Liechtenstein and the United Kingdom said their ratifications would be officially deposited with the Secretary-General today and next week, respectively. In a plenary meeting last week, four […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES

CHRISTOPHER RUDDY ON THE CLINTON-GORE LEGACY …a hidden problem for the Bush administration is that the U.S. government, including our Pentagon, CIA and other agencies, is still largely run by appointees of Clinton-Gore or the career military and bureaucrats Clinton-Gore promoted through the ranks. The same people that left us vulnerable to the acts of Sept. 11 are now claiming they will solve our future problems. I believe long term good will only come out of this catastrophe if we learn from the events of Sept. 11, hold accountable the people in our government who failed us, and make necessary […]
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US NEWS ROUNDUP

Today the US Supreme Court issued an order barring former US President Bill Clinton from practicing law before the court. Although the court did not offer an explanation, in April, the Arkansas Supreme Court suspended Clinton’s Arkansas law license for five years, for lying under oath in the Paula Jones case. Clinton will fight the ruling.  https://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/10/01/scotus.clinton/  https://www.cnsnews.com/ThisHour.asp#Clinton%20to%20Fight%20Supreme%20Court%20Suspensio The woman’s right-to-know legislation takes effect in Virginia today requiring a 24-hour wait before abortion, during which abortionists must provide information on the development of the unborn child.  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wjla/20011001/lo/virginia_women_seeking_abortion_must_wait_24_hours_1.html
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

An extensive inquiry into the scientific, ethical and regulatory aspects of human cloning and stem cell research was tabled in the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament on 17 September 2001. The document may be viewed at:  https://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/laca/humancloning/contents.htm British genetic authorities are considering the request of the parents of a boy with a rare genetic blood disorder to be allowed to create and sort through embryos to select a designer baby with a close genetic match to their son. They believe a blood transfusion or bone marrow transplant would save the boy’s life.  https://ca.news.yahoo.com/011001/5/b98q.html
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POPE CALLS FAMILIES TO DEFEND PRO-FAMILY VALUES

VATICAN, October 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Sunday, Pope John Paul II called on families to become “promoters of a new stage of commitment for an effective defense of family values.” Zenit News (www.zenit.org) reports that before leading the midday Angelus with pilgrims, the Pope warned families against “disintegrative tendencies” and attempts “to equate the institution of the family based on matrimony with other forms of living together.” His remarks came as he drew attention to the upcoming Oct. 21 declaration of sainthood of a Roman couple, Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi (1880-1951) and Maria Corsini (1884-1965). “For the first time, two […]
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NO JAIL FOR BRITISH WOMAN WHO ADMITTED TRYING TO KILL BEDRIDDEN MOTHER

LONDON, October 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – British Judge Daniel Rodwell QC, gave a suspended sentence on Friday to a 69-year-old who attempted to kill her bedridden mother. The Guardian reports that Dorren Marshall, admitted attempted murder, having crushed sleeping pills into 90-year-old Cecilia Maxwell’s food. Her mother survived the ordeal, but only with extended treatment. The judge said during sentencing: “What your motive was, one of mercy and consideration for your mother.” Marshall received a 12-month jail sentence suspended for two years. See the Guardian at:  https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,560178,00.html
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RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH ORGANIZES PRO-LIFE CONFERENCE IN RUSSIA

MOSCOW, October 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In an encouraging sign, LifeSite has learned that the Russian Orthodox Church has organized a pro-life conference in Moscow on November 26 called “Family and demography”. Priest Maxim Obukhov, director of pro-life center “Zhizn” Moscow, contacted LifeSite to announce that the conference organizers are inviting pro-life activists from all over Russia and ex-USSR countries. Dr Jack Wilkie of International Right to Life and Ewa Kowalewsky, director of European bureau of Human Life International, are scheduled guests at the conference which will explore the spiritual roots of demographic depression in Russia and other European countries. […]
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CANADIAN BROADCAST AUTHORITY RULES IN FAVOUR OF HOMOSEXUAL CHANNEL

TORONTO, October 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Friday the Canadian government’s broadcast regulator insisted that cable companies treat an all-homosexual channel the same way as all other channels in the same “category 1” services. Denis Carmel, spokesman for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), told LifeSite that the decision means that during the current free preview period of new satellite channels, PrideVision must be broadcast with all regular programming and not on an opt-in basis. Shaw Cable, which owns Star Choice, one of Canada’s two satellite companies, presented arguments to the CRTC last week defending its position which required […]
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SUPREME COURT OF CANADA TO HEAR ‘WRONGFUL BIRTH’ CASE

OTTAWA, October 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian Supreme Court has agreed to hear what is believed to be the first ‘wrongful birth’ suit to hit the high court. Pam and Murray Krangle of Maple Ridge British Columbia are demanding their doctor pay for their child’s care since the doctor did not advise her to take an amniocentesis test to determine that her child had Down syndrome. Mrs. Krangle says she would have aborted her son had she been made aware of his condition before birth. The son, Mervyn, is now 10-years-old, and according to doctors needs a lifetime of […]
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MOTHER ANGELICA PLEADS FOR PURGING OF “OTHER” TERRORISM IN U.S.

Says we can’t keep offending God here and expect that He will bless our other efforts BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, October 1, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On the Sept 25 Mother Angelica Live program on Eternal World Television Network (EWTN), (www.ewtn.com) Mother Angelica made an open appeal to President Bush to first halt the social and other terrorism in the nation. The world famous nun stated “I don’t think, unless we tackle the terrorists in OUR country, we can expect God to protect and guide us”…. “We can’t keep offending God here then ask for his blessing here. It’s not going to work”. […]
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