CORRECTION

In yesteday’s LifeSite story, CANADIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER A HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST, it was incorrectly reported that police charged the Women’s Bath House with operating a common bawdy house. In fact, two of the lesbian bathhouse organizers were charged with three counts each of permitting disorderly conduct in licensed premises.
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NEW YORK ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL REQUIRING HOSPITALS TO GIVE MAP AND ABORTION INFO TO RAPE VICTIMS https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/nyregion/29LEGI.html NEW YORK AND MASSACHUSETTS HOUSES PASS BILLS REQUIRING INSURERS TO COVER CONTRACEPTIVES https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/29/nyregion/29LEGI.html https://www.boston.com/dailynews/030/region/House_approves_bill_requiring_:.shtml 16-YEAR-OLD FIGHTS FOR FETAL HOMICIDE BILL IN IDAHO https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/daily/20020128/LocalNews/215470.shtml
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MICHAEL COREN ON THE CBC Hear Michael’s LifeSite broadcast this week on Peter Gzowski and the CBC.  https://www.lifesitenews.com:7070/ramgen/013002thecbc.rm EUROPEAN COURT SETS DATE FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE CASE OF DIANE PRETTY FOR MARCH 19 https://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_508701.html See related LifeSite coverage: EUROPEAN COURT GIVING TOP PRIORITY TO UK ASSISTED SUICIDE CASE https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/jan/020123.html#4 CHILEAN BISHOPS PROTEST PROPOSAL TO RATIFY UN DOCUMENT – SENATE DELAYS MEASURE C-fam reports that the government of Chile recently postponed a senate vote on the UN’s controversial Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), for fear that the senate would defeat its ratification. Jorge Reyes, […]
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BUSH ADMINISTRATION PROPOSES COVERAGE OF UNBORN CHILD IN HEALTH INSURANCE

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a proposed revision in the regulations governing the State Children’s Insurance Health Program (SCHIP) program, which provides medical assistance for a low-income “child” under age 19. The new regulation, would clarify that states may include coverage for children from conception to age 19, making pregnant women eligible to receive prenatal and delivery care. Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee praised the measure. “We applaud this Bush Administration proposal to recognize the existence of an unborn child in order […]
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TRANSVESTITE QUITS CANADIAN ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP RACE

TORONTO, January 31, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A Toronto transvestite who goes by the name Enza ‘Supermodel’ Anderson has withdrawn from the Canadian Alliance leadership race saying he could not raise the $25,000 needed to run. Yesterday LifeSite reported that his run for the Alliance leadership was funded by big name federal Tory supporters in order to mock the Alliance and former leader Stockwell Day. See yesterday’s LifeSite coverage:  TORY SUPPORTERS PROPPED UP TRANSVESTITE’S MOCK RUN FOR ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2002/jan/020130.html#2 See the Global report on Anderson’s withdrawal from the race:  https://www.canada.com/ottawa/story.asp?id={F0C3B5FB-8CA1-4E2D-B944-422D3FA2FAF7}
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PRESTON MANNING STEPS OUT OF POLITICS TODAY – SOME SAY SOON TO RETURN

OTTAWA, January 31, 2002 (LSN.ca) – What could have been a triumphant day of retirement today for a champion of the pre-eminent right to lifewas nothing more than a passing stage in the life of another career politician. Preston Manning leaves Parliament today with insiders suggesting he will soon be seen again in politics. While Manning had raised the hopes of Canadian social conservatives he was also a great disappointment, especially in his later years, as he swerved from principles he held so dear in his early political career. Perhaps the high point of Preston Manning’s term as Leader of […]
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MEXICO SUPREME COURT RULES ABORTION FOR FETAL DEFORMITY IS CONSTITUTIONAL

Court now following western judicial activism trend to impose abortion liberalization MEXICO CITY, January 31, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In back to back rulings Tuesday and Wednesday, Mexico’s Supreme Court rejected the challenge by Mexico’s federal government to a Mexico City law allowing abortion in cases of fetal deformity and rape. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court justices voted 7-4 that while fetuses have a constitutional right to life, when “genetic defects are detected that could endanger the infant’s life,” they “absolved and excused” abortions. On Wednesday the justices did not vote in a large-enough majority to declare the rest of the […]
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GERMANY ALLOWS EXPERIMENTATION ON IMPORTED HUMAN EMBRYO STEM CELLS

BERLIN, January 31, 2002 (LSN.ca) – On Wednesday the German parliament voted for the first time since the Nazi era to authorize deadly experimentation on human beings – human embryos. In a close vote ending months of heated debate, 340 of 618 deputies voted to allow imports of human embryo stem cells for research. A motion to allow eventual production of embryonic stem cells in Germany was rejected with only 106 votes in favour. German law still forbids the destructive use of human embryos in Germany, but the new law encourages that destruction in other countries in order to service […]
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CLC ABORTION BRIEFING BOOK FOR LEGISLATORS NOW ON LIFESITE

Invaluable Information Resource for Anyone LIFESITE, January 31, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The 148 page Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) Abortion Briefing Book for Legislators is now on LifeSite. This is a thorough but also concisely worded compilation of Canadian abortion facts and history, including a section on fetal development, abortion alternatives, abortion myths and a history of abortion-related legislation. The hard copy of The Abortion Briefing Book is usually presented in a special binder to Canada’s federal and provincial legislators by CLC. It is written and published by the CLC Public Affairs Office in Ottawa. The format has been designed so […]
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ABLONCZY THREATENS TO QUIT ALLIANCE IF TORY MERGER FAILS The Globe and Mail reports that Diane Ablonczy, the Calgary MP seeking the Canadian Alliance leadership, says she will have difficulty remaining in her party if members reject a move to unify with the Tories.  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020130/UALLIN3 CHILD PORNOGRAPHER SHARPE WROTE APPROVINGLY OF SEXUAL TORTURE OF CHILDREN John Robin Sharpe, the notorious child pornographer who successfully challenged the Canadian anti-pornography law, putting the law on hold until the case was taken up by the Supreme Court last year, is defending his writings which glamorize the sexual torture of children as “art”. Dr. […]
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ABORTIFACIENT MORNING AFTER PILLS TAKEN BY 25,000 UK GIRLS UNDER 16 LAST YEAR

LONDON, January 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – An official government report on the number of morning-after pills dispensed by pharmacists, family planning clinics and schools revealed that last year 25,200 British girls from 12-15 years of age received the abortifacient drugs. The number of the pills given to girls under 16 account for 11% of all MAPs dispensed last year. The news on the “record high” number of children receiving the pills caused child welfare groups to slam the government for their decision last year to allow children access to the drugs on request without parental consent or notification. “We were […]
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CANADIAN AND AMERICAN PRO-LIFE GROUPS TO PICKET IN VITRO FERTILIZATION CLINICS

TORONTO, January 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Canadian and American pro-life groups are set to begin protesting outside in vitro fertilization clinics this Saturday. Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) is organizing a demonstration at the “Success Through Assisted Reproductive Technologies” (S.T.A.R.T.) in vitro fertilization (IVF) clinic in downtown Toronto on Saturday, February 2nd 2002. Meanwhile, in Fairfax Virginia, pro-life youth will conduct a prayer vigil and protest Saturday at the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine. CLC points out that “The IVF process necessarily involves the death of countless tiny embryonic human beings. The process almost always involves the freezing of 'extra' embryos […]
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LAW COMMISSION OF CANADA ENDORSES HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE

OTTAWA, January 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A tax-funded commission which advises the Liberal government on law reform has come out in favour of homosexual marriage. In a report submitted to the Minister of Justice on December 21, the Law Commission of Canada said, “There is no justification for maintaining the current distinctions between same-sex and heterosexual conjugal unions in the light of current understandings of the state’s interests in marriage.” The report, “Beyond Conjugality” says, “If governments are to continue to maintain an institution called marriage, they cannot do so in a discriminatory fashion.” In recommendation 33 of the report, […]
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NEW CANADIAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER A HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST

OTTAWA, January 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Homosexual activists are thrilled with Prime Minister Chretien’s new appointment to head the Foreign Affairs Ministry. New Foreign Affairs Minister, Bill Graham (Toronto Centre-Rosedale), was hailed by Toronto’s homosexual newspaper Xtra (Jan. 24) as “a friend of the gay community.” The paper mentions his track record voting in support of homosexual marriage in 2001, and voting against a motion reserving marriage to mean the union of a single man and a single woman in 2000. Xtra also reports Graham supported the Women’s Bath House Defence Fund in its fight against the Toronto Police Service, […]
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TORY SUPPORTERS PROPPED UP TRANSVESTITE’S MOCK RUN FOR ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP

OTTAWA, January 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Big wig federal Tory supporters have stooped to funding a transvestite’s run for the Canadian Alliance leadership in order to mock the competing federal conservative party. A report in the Jan. 24 issue of the Toronto homosexual newspaper Xtra notes that prominent “Tories have been involved in Enza ‘Supermodel’ Anderson’s bid for the Canadian Alliance leadership.” Cameron MacLeod, a former Tory riding association president in Trinity-Spadina, and Carol Jamieson, a prominent West End Toronto Tory, left Enza’s campaign in early January after having contacted the Enza campaign themselves last June to offer assistance. Moreover, […]
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ONTARIO LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE EVES BEHOLDEN TO BIG MONEY

TORONTO, January 30, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Ernie Eves, one of the leading candidates for the leadership of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party, has once again been charged with catering to big money. The National Post reports today that Eves will host a private banquet at a Toronto mansion for 16 supporters who each raised more than $50,000 for his leadership campaign. “The elite “$50,000 Club” will gather on Monday at the Forest Hill estate of financier Robert Foster, president of Capital Canada Ltd., an independent investment bank, for one of the most exclusive political fundraising events in Canadian history,” says […]
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JUDGE ORDERS PRO-LIFERS TO STOP PICKETING AT TEA ROOM An Illinois judge has ordered a pro-life group to stop demonstrations within 1,500 feet of a tea room that caters to young girls 3-12. Madison County Associate Judge Louis Mallott issued a temporary restraining order Friday against the pro-life group picketing at Teabearies Tea Room since its owner works at an abortuary.  https://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-abort27.html
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IRISH GOV’T EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE DATE OF REFERENDUM THIS WEEK Most likely date is March 7, 2001.  https://www.online.ie/news/latest_irish/viewer.adp?article=1647107 75,000 SIGNATURES SENT TO GERMAN PARLIAMENT IN DEFENCE OF HUMAN EMBRYO A decision from parliament on the use of human embryos for stem cell research is expected January 30.  https://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=15688
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U.S. SUPREME COURT ASKED TO OVERTURN RICO RULING AGAINST PRO-LIFE GROUPS

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The American Center for Law and Justice, an international public interest law firm, announced yesterday it is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take a case and overturn a lower court ruling that determined the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute could be used against pro-life organizations. “It is clear that a federal statute – designed for drug dealers and organized crime – has been misapplied and turned against pro-life groups,” said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ. “To let the federal RICO statute be misused to target the pro-life community […]
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BIPARTISAN COALITION ASKS BUSH TO HALT UNFPA FUNDS

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A bipartisan group of House members plan to send President George W. Bush a letter later this week demanding a halt to the $34 million in funding slated for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). “By operating in China, spending money there, and defending the Chinese population control system, the UNFPA clearly supports a program of coercive abortion and involuntary sterilization,” says the letter currently signed by six Republicans and three Democrats. Moreover, the Washington Times reports that House GOP leaders are drafting a similar letter to send to the White House. At a […]
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POPE SAYS FIGHT DIVORCE, “IT IS WORTH IT!”

Pope Addresses Fear of “Imposing” Morality VATICAN, January 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In an address to the Roman Rota (Vatican tribunal that handles annulment appeals) yesterday, Pope John Paul II said the church must work to combat divorce and uphold the indissolubility of marriage. “It is important to present in a positive way the indissoluble union, in order to rediscover the good and the beauty of it,” said the Pope. “Above all,” he continued, we “must overcome” the perception of the “indissolubility of marriage as a limit to the liberty of spouses and as a burden sometimes unbearable.” He also […]
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LEADING INT’L PHARMACY JOURNAL CONFIRMS MORNING AFTER PILL IS ABORTIFACIENT

CINCINNATI, OH, January 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The leading international peer-reviewed pharmacy journal has just released an article questioning the claims of morning-after pill advocates which suggest that the drugs “prevent pregnancy” rather than cause abortions. The report set to appear in the March issue of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy shows evidence that morning-after pill drug regimens may cause the death of a living embryo by blocking its attempts to attach inside the uterus. “Postfertilization Effect of Hormonal Emergency Contraception,” by Chris Kahlenborn, MD, Joseph B. Stanford, MD, MSPH, and Walter L. Larimore, MD, notes that morning-after pill regimens use […]
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CHRETIEN WANTS CLARK RETAINED AS CONSERVATIVE LEADER TO ENSURE SPLIT VOTE

OTTAWA, January 29, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Buried in a National Post story today is a claim that Prime Minister Jean Chretien is determined to ensure Joe Clark is retained as the Conservative Party leader to avoid a unification of conservatives. Quoting an unnamed source, the Post reports that “While the Liberals will be happy to further weaken the opposition, Jean Chretien, the Prime Minister, wants to ensure the defections do not undermine Mr. Clark.” According to the sources, “Mr. Chretien told the Liberal caucus yesterday he wants Mr. Clark to stay as leader to ensure the small “c” conservative vote […]
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CORRECTION

Please note that last Friday’s story, SUPREME COURT OF CANADA MAKES RULING RELATED TO ‘WRONGFUL BIRTH’ CASE, was incorrectly dated as “October 1.” The date should have read “January 25”.
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WASHINGTON TIMES REFUSES TO PUBLISH PRO-LIFE AD AFTER LAWSUIT THREAT

WASHINGTON, January 28, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Washington Times, normally regarded as a conservative Washington paper, refused to run an American Life League ad critical of the pro-abortion Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC). Prior to a news conference at which the ad was unveiled, the Times had initially approved the ad. Immediately following the news conference, lawyers for Catholics for a Free Choice threatened the Times with a libel suit if the paper followed through with its intention to run the advertisement. Within minutes of receiving that letter, the Times informed American Life League that the ad had been […]
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BISHOP AND S.C. ATTORNEY GENERAL DEFEND CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS IN N.Y. STATE

BUFFALO, January 28, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Catholic Bishop Henry J. Mansell of the Diocese of Buffalo defended the work of crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) in a homily on the Roe v. Wade anniversary. In his homily, the bishop denounced the attempts to “intimidate and to harass” the CPCs by a “confidential investigation” launched by New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, a zealously pro-abortion Democrat. South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon also asked Spitzer to drop the ‘investigation.’ Bishop Mansell explained the situation to the faithful saying, “We’ve seen the attorney general’s office, Eliot Spitzer’s, in recent weeks going after […]
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SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES IN CANADA – BY DARREL REID OF FOCUS ON THE FAMILY CANADA

OTTAWA, January 28, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Today’s LifeSite special report carries an insightful article written by Focus on the Family Canada President Darrel Reid. In it Reid points out that “while most media commentators have persuaded themselves that all Canadians share their secular bias, this view often diverges widely from reality. In truth, many grassroots Canadians share concerns about issues no longer in vogue for our reporters and broadcasters.”   Reid identifies the causes of faith, life and family on which social conservatives come together and wonders at the oddity of politicians who attempt to attract social conservatives without offering […]
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INTERFAITH COALITION TO INTERVENE IN HOMOSEXUAL BOOK CASE AT SUPREME COURT

OTTAWA, January 28, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Evangelicals, Catholics and a pro-family group are teaming up to defend a school board’s decision to keep books promoting homosexual parenthood out of kindergarten and grade one classrooms. The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), the Archdiocese of Vancouver, the Catholic Civil Rights League and the Canadian Alliance for Social Justice and Family Values Association were granted intervenor status last week. They will be working to defend the rights of religious parents to participate in decisions about the education of their children, in the case where a vast majority supported a restriction on the use […]
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CANADIAN POLITICAL ROUNDUP – EVES, PESCHISOLIDO AND BENNETT

TORONTO, January 28, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Conflict of interest charges are again surrounding former Ontario Finance Minister and current Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Ernie Eves. Ontario Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty says Eves was in a conflict-of-interest position when as Finance Minister his ministry ignored warnings that an enriched pension scheme for MPPs likely would break federal law. “Mr. Eves had hundreds of thousands of personal dollars at stake,” said Mr. McGuinty. The Globe and Mail reports Eves was among those MPPs who received the larger payouts when the government ended the old pension plan;. Eves received $810,000. See the Globe […]
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WISCONSIN SENATE PASSES BILL ALLOWING THERAPEUTIC CLONING https://www.pioneerplanet.com/news/wis_docs/234274.htm CLONING DEBATE CONTINUES TO RAGE IN FEDERAL SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33787-2002Jan24.html US ABORTION ACTIVISTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST PRO-LIFE JUDICIAL NOMINEES https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=Politicsarchive
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LONG-TIME CLC ACTIVIST AND STAFFER CARL SCHARFE DIES

TORONTO, January 25, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Long-time Campaign Life Coalition activist and staffer Carl Scharfe passed away this morning after a four month battle with cancer. Funeral and related information will be made available from Campaign Life Coalition 1-800-730-5358. CLC National President Jim Hughes said Carl would be missed. Carl was a man “very strong in his opinions who faced death with courage and faith,” said Mr. Hughes. “Even in disagreements there were never any grudges, he knew the life issues inside out and could smell a compromise a mile away.” On behalf of the pro-life movement, Mr. Hughes extended […]
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GERMAN CATHOLIC AND EVANGELICAL LEADERS URGE POLITICIANS TO RETAIN EMBRYO RESEARCH BAN

BERLIN, January 25, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Cardinal Karl Lehmann, president of the German Catholic Bishops Conference, and Manfred Kock, president of the Council of Evangelical Churches, joined together in writing an open letter opposing scientific research with embryonic stem cells. The letter was followed by a release from the Permanent Council of the Catholic Conference calling on politicians to vote in defense of life next week, as the German Parliament considers allowing the importation of human embryos for experimentation. Zenit reports that the bishop’s document said, “The importation of embryonic stem cells accepts, in fact, the killing of people in […]
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ACLU THREATENS LAWSUIT AGAINST FLORIDA TOWN FOR BANNING SATAN

INGLIS, Fla, January 25, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The American Civil Liberties Union has threatened a federal lawsuit against Carolyn Risher, the mayor of a small Florida town for her proclamation banning Satan within the town limits. Fox News reports that Risher, described as a devout Christian who has been mayor for nine years, wrote up an official proclamation banning Satan on Halloween and had it posted on all entrances to the town. ACLU claims it was acting on behalf of Polly Bowser, a woman in the town who was upset with the proclamation. However the woman says she is unsure […]
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CHURCH OF ENGLAND BLASTS DECEPTIVE MORNING AFTER PILL AD

Pro-Life Group Pursuing Legal Action Since Pills Cause Abortions LONDON, January 25, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The first ad in Britain for the abortifacient morning-after pill has been slammed by the Church of England and pro-life groups. The ad, featured in women’s and teen magazines reads: “Split Condom. Oops. Emergency Contraception!!! Quick. Pharmacy. Buy Levonelle . . . Phew.” Steve Jenkins, spokesman for the Church of England, said: “It’s not contraception, because conception has already taken place. It’s actually nearer to abortion. It would be better if the need to take it did not arise – in other words, don’t get […]
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ABLONCZY’S WISHY-WASHY ‘PRO-LIFE’ STAND

OTTAWA, January 25, 2002 (LSN.ca) – With all the Canadian Alliance leadership hopefuls calling themselves “pro-life,” the pro-life movement will be called on to clarify fact from fiction. The February Interim, released today, points out that while Stockwell Day and Grant Hill’s pro-life convictions are well known Stephen Harper also has recently begun to make positive overtures towards the pro-life movement. Dianne Ablonczy, however, seems to show confusion between being pro-life and pro-choice. On Global National news last Sunday, Ablonczy claimed to be personally, “more on the pro life end of the spectrum,” going so far as to say that […]
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SUPREME COURT OF CANADA MAKES RULING RELATED TO ‘WRONGFUL BIRTH’ CASE

OTTAWA, January 25, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian Supreme Court ruled yesterday in what is believed to be the first time a case involving ‘wrongful birth’ has hit the high court. The nine justices ruled unanimously that the adult care of a child born with Down syndrome need not be covered by a doctor who failed to encourage the woman to undergo pre-natal testing which may have identified the disorder. Pam and Murray Krangle of Maple Ridge British Columbia were demanding that Dr. Stanley Morrill continue to cover the costs of the special care needs for their 10 year old […]
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CHINESE WOMAN WHO UNDERWENT FORCED ABORTION ACCUSES UNFPA

WASHINGTON, January 24, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A woman who was forced to have an abortion before she fled China and another woman who was a former “family planning administrator” in China together accused the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) of supporting forced abortion in China, at a press conference today. The presentation comes as the Bush administration is under pressure from abortion advocates to release $34 million in funding to the UNFPA this year. Mrs. Ma Dong Fan testified that after being forced to have an abortion and given an IUD without her knowledge, she was then forced to have […]
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INTERNATIONAL HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST GROUP DENIED REINSTATEMENT TO UN STATUS

Canada, U.S. and Other Countries Advocate for Homosexual Group Linked to Pedophilia NEW YORK, January 24, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The International Gay and Lesbian Association (ILGA) was denied a recommendation for reinstatement of its consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council yesterday. The vote in the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) to reject the group was 8-6 and came after a heated debate that spanned the morning and afternoon meetings. Much of the controversy in the questioning period revolved around the weakness of the organization’s condemnation of pedophilia and ties to organizations which promote it – the […]
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UN WOMEN’S COMMITTEE ‘EXPERT’ ADMITS ABORTION “HAZARDOUS TO WOMEN’S HEALTH”

Abortion Said to be “Not Part of Women’s Reproductive Rights” NEW YORK, January 24, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In an initial report on Estonia by the United Nations Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, one of the 23 UN ‘experts’ said, “abortions in many cases were hazardous to women’s health.” In responding to Estonia’s report on its compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, the ‘expert’ (unnamed in the UN report) noted that “Aside from physical complications, termination of pregnancy could entail psychological problems. It could also lead to infertility.” The UN report goes on […]
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FDA OKAYS SALIVA-BASED OVULATION TEST https://www.jsonline.com/alive/ap/jan02/ap-ovulation-saliv011902.asp CALIFORNIA TEENAGE MODEL WINS BATTLE WITH HIGH SCHOOL OVER PRO-LIFE SHIRTS https://www.thomasmore.org/index.cfm?location=5&subsectionid=1&PageID=1&release=92 MINNESOTA PRO-LIFE HAS OVER 1,800 PRO-LIFE BILLBOARDS DOTTING HIGHWAYS https://www.catholic.net/culture_of_life/template_channel.phtml?channel_id=7
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ANOTHER INDUSTRY INSIDER CONFIRMS BIAS IN NEWS REPORTING Av Westin, who spent 20 years as a CBS producer and became Executive Producer of ABC’s 20/20 from 1980 to 1987 and then Vice President of ABC News through the early 1990s, conceded: “I think by and large, people in the news business bat from the left side of the plate.” His comments appear in a sidebar to a January 17 Boston Globe story by Mark Jurkowitz about Bernard Goldberg’s book, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News.  https://www.mediaresearch.org/news/cyberalert/2002/cyb20020122.asp#4 ALBERTA PREMIER KLEIN BACKS HILL OVER DAY FOR ALLIANCE […]
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PRESIDENT BUSH TO APPOINT PRO-LIFER TO CO-CHAIR AIDS ADVISORY COUNCIL

WASHINGTON, January 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – President George W. Bush is set to appoint former Republican Rep. Tom Coburn to co-chair the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Coburn has a strong pro-life record but is being attacked by homosexual activists over the appointment due to his insistence on informing the public that the use of condoms does not guarantee safe sex. Coburn, an obstetrician who has returned to his family practice in Muskogee, Okla., was thanked by the pro-life community in 1998 for sponsoring a successful House amendment to forbid the use of taxpayer money to develop, test or approve […]
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EUROPEAN COURT GIVING TOP PRIORITY TO UK ASSISTED SUICIDE CASE

STRASBOURG, January 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The European Court of Human Rights decided yesterday, not only to hear, but to give priority to the case of Dianne Pretty, a UK woman who has become the latest poster-child for euthanasia advocates. The European Court has also decided to “communicate the application to the United Kingdom Government as matter of urgency.” The decision has thrilled euthanasia activists who suggested the case could go to court within months. Last November, the UK House of Lords rejected an appeal by Pretty, a 47-year-old British woman suffering from motor neurone disease, who asked the courts […]
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FINLAND ALLOWS OVER-THE-COUNTER SALES OF MORNING AFTER PILL

HELSINKI, January 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Finland’s National Agency for Medicines has approved over-the-counter sales of the abortifacient morning after pill. Pharmacies will be allowed to sell the pills without a prescription to anybody over the age of 15, reports the Helsinki Sanomat. Sales are expected to commence as early as May. Finland is known for its obsessive support of abortion. Not only does the country permit what amounts to abortion on demand, it also pushes for abortion at the United Nations and has been party to threats of economic sanction against countries that refuse to budge from pro-life and […]
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ADULT STEM CELL DISCOVERED WHICH BESTS ALL CLAIMS OF EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS

ROCHESTER, MN, January 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Researchers at the University of Minnesota have discovered a stem cell in human adult bone marrow which can turn into every single tissue in the body, a claim until now only hypothesized about for embryonic stem cells. The New Scientist reports that if the research, which has undergone intensive experimentation, is independently verified, it would leave researchers with no justification for stem cell research using cells taken from human embryos. Catherine Verfaillie at the University of Minnesota, made the discovery and called the cells multipotent adult progenitor cells, or MAPCs. While other researchers […]
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OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF MARCH FOR LIFE ATTENDANCE: 100,000

WASHINGTON, January 23, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Today LifeSite spoke with Nellie Gray, president of the March for Life Fund, who stated that the official estimate of the attendance at yesterday’s March for Life was 100,000. Gray said the wide line of the March took well over one and a half hours to pass one point. Some veteran Canadian pro-life leaders at the march strongly felt that the attendance was well over 100,000. While the report in the Washington Post quoted the 100,000 figure, other reports wildly underestimated the numbers. A report by United Press International called the March, “the smallest […]
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WOMEN INJURED BY ABORTION SUE STATE OF TEXAS FOR LACK OF INFORMED CONSENT https://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/temp/0122-103.html FATHERS PLAY BIG ROLE IN ABORTION DECISION, EXPERTS SAY   “It’s almost a unanimous statement…among all [women who have had an abortion] that they felt like they had no choice,” observes Wendy Wright, spokesperson for Concerned Women for America. “But they feel they have no choice because their boyfriend, their husband [or] their parent is forcing them into it, telling them that they have to have this abortion, that they’re not going to support them if they don’t.”  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive
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LAWYER SEEKING TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE IN QUEBEC SUIT PROFILED Montreal Gazette Anne-France Goldwater, the foul-mouthed lawyer representing a homosexual couple in Quebec seeking the right to marry.  https://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/story.asp?id={A910902E-F993-49B0- B7CA-6B9A33CCF59B}
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POLL: ONLY ONE PERCENT OF IVY LEAGUE PROFS ARE PRO-LIFE

WASHINGTON, January 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A poll of Ivy League university professors in the U.S. has found that only one per cent want a legal ban on abortion. The disturbing results of the recent poll by Luntz Research Associates found that 84 per cent of the professors supported Al Gore in the elections, with only 9 per cent supporting President Bush. Only one of five professors attended religious services at least once a week. Forty-eight percent said they rarely or never attended a religious service. Analyzing the data, writer Maggie Gallagher warns, “academia has as rigid a hierarchy of […]
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BILL TO ALLOW DESTRUCTIVE RESEARCH ON EMBRYOS PASSES FIRST READING IN FRANCE

PARIS, January 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A French government bill which permits destructive research on human embryos passed first reading in the National Assembly today. The bill by France's socialist government tabled only last week, would overturn a 1994 ban on research on human embryos. The bill bans all human cloning, barring also cloning “for therapeutic purposes.”
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IRISH PRO-LIFE GROUP SET TO ISSUE LEGAL CHALLENGE OVER MORNING-AFTER PILLS

“Last Chance to fight MAP Since Referendum Would Scrap Pre-implantation Embryo Rights” DUBLIN, January 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Irish pro-life group, Ireland for Life, has warned the Irish Medicines Board (IMB) it will launch a legal challenge against the false classification of the abortifacient morning-after pill (MAP) as a “contraceptive”. In order to skirt the country’s pro-life legislation and allow the MAP Levonelle, the IMB falsely classified the abortifacient as a “contraceptive” last October. Ireland for Life gave the IMB three days to amend the classification or be faced with a legal challenge. The Irish Independent reports that last […]
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TORONTO A WORLD CENTRE FOR CHILD PORN SAY POLICE

TORONTO, January 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Since January 1, Toronto police have found about a half a million pornographic pictures of children, some as young as six months old. Three people have been arrested and 200 others have been identified as having distributed child pornography. “These are individual children and there’s well over 10,000 that we can tell are different children,” said Staff Inspector Gary Ellis of Toronto’s sexual assault squad. He told the National Post that some of the images showed children “being tortured in the most unimaginable ways.” Toronto Police Chief Julian Fantino pledged to stop the sickening […]
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PRO-LIFE MASS CELEBRATED BY 7 CARDINALS, 50 BISHOPS, 260 PRIESTS, 8,000 FAITHFUL

Cardinal: “To be Christian Should Mean We Are Pro-Life” WASHINGTON, January 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – At the annual U.S. Pro-Life Vigil Mass celebrated yesterday, on the eve of the Roe vs. Wade anniversary, Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua. Pro-life chair of the U.S. Bishops Conference said, “The assault on human life in our age has become a crisis of culture, a crisis of civilization. In this crisis in the defense of human life, neutrality is not an option, silence is not a choice.” In his homily to the estimated crowd of 8,000, the Cardinal said, “To be Christian should mean we are […]
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PRESIDENT BUSH ADDRESSES ESTIMATED 175,000 MARCH FOR LIFERS BY PHONE

WASHINGTON, January 22, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The annual March for Life had an estimated 150,000 to 175,000 participants this year according to witnesses interviewed by LifeSite. President George W. Bush addressed the March live by phone in the early afternoon. This year marked the first time a bus-load of pro-lifers from Toronto, organized by Campaign Life Coalition, attended the event. Attendees from Toronto told LifeSite the experience was “awesome.” Jeanie Arcand, said, “it was triumphant after the Clinton years” and noted that there were “youngsters galore.” Alex Vernon said it was “fantastic.”“I was totally overwhelmed by the numbers of people; […]
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KANSAS PRO-LIFERS PICKET DAY OF FREE ABORTIONS BY ABORTIONIST TILLER https://www.ljworld.com/section/stateregional/story/80603 NORTH CAROLINA ABORTION RATES DROP 23% IN 10 YEARS State statistics show there were 26,612 abortions in 2000 compared to 34,565 in 1990. AP reports part of the drop can be attributed to the General Assembly dropping funding for the State Abortion Fund from $1.2 million to $50,000 in 1995. https://www.newsobserver.com/ncwire/news/Story/905075p-903833c.html PRO-ABORTION NJ GOV. MOVES SPEECH FROM CATHOLIC SETON HALL UNIVERSITY Pro-abortion Gov. James E. McGreevey, moved his first public town hall meeting from Seton Hall despite the fact that its president, Monsignor Robert Sheeran approved of his being […]
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MADONNA’S EX REVEALS POP STAR HAD AN ABORTION The New York Post reports today that Andy Bird, former live-in boyfriend of pop-singer Madonna has said he supported Madonna’s decision to abort their child. https://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/39420.htm
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U.S. MARCH FOR LIFE SET FOR TOMORROW, PRESIDENT BUSH INVITED

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – “The 29th Annual March for Life begins at noon on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002,” Nellie Gray, president, March for Life Fund, announced today. She said thousands of pro-life Americans will rally at the Washington Monument for a program, and then March for Life along Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court and Congress. Many Canadian pro-lifers are also attending the March for Life. “We have invited President Bush,” she said. “We pledge support to stop the home-grown terrorism of intentionally killing an estimated 4,000 preborn children in our country each day.” Speakers at the rally […]
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CAMPAIGN LIFE COALITION OUTRAGED BY CANADIAN ABORTION STATISTICS

TORONTO, Jan 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Statistics Canada has released its most recent information for 1999 on the killing of babies in their mothers’ wombs by abortion. The toll of deaths across Canada in territories and provinces other than Ontario, where data was not complete, stands at 65,627. Ontario, which usually reports about 40% of all abortions, sends the numbers of this human carnage even higher. In 1998, 42,503 Ontario preborn babies were killed. “The blood of these innocent babies cries out for justice,” said Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition. “We are killing the future of our […]
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VAST RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY GIVES MEDIA DISHONOUR AWARDS

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Conservative News Service reported that the Media Research Center, a television news watchdog group, conducted it’s annual dishonour awards ceremony in Washington D.C. last week. Hundreds of self-professed members of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy were present as it was announced that Newsweek columnist Margaret Carlson, was awarded the “We’re All Going to Die and It’s Bush’s Fault Award for Doomsday Environmental Reporting”. ABC News President David Westin, won the “Peter Arnett Award for Hopelessly Foolish Wartime Reporting,” and CBS Early Show host Bryant Gumbel was given the “Damn Every Conservative We Can Think […]
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CHILD PORNOGRAPHER BEFORE COURTS AGAIN

VANCOUVER, January 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – John Robin Sharpe, a notorious child pornographer who was first put on trial in 1996 after police twice raided his house to find photos of nude children and his own homosexual pedophile fantasy writings, is before the courts again. Sharpe successfully challenged the Canadian anti-pornography law and the ruling was upheld at the B.C. Supreme Court level, thus putting the law on hold until the case was taken up by the Supreme Court last year. The Supreme Court upheld the law, but weakened by permitting child pornography in personal stories and photos not for […]
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U.S. PRESIDENT DECLARES SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE DAY 2002

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – President George W. Bush declared Sunday January 20, National Sanctity of Human Life Day. The text of the proclamation follows: This Nation was founded upon the belief that every human being is endowed by our Creator with certain “inalienable rights.” Chief among them is the right to life itself. The Signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged their own lives, fortunes, and honor to guarantee inalienable rights for all of the new country’s citizens. These visionaries recognized that an essential human dignity is attached to all persons by virtue of their very existence and […]
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ALL CANDIDATES IN ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP RACE ‘SAY’ THEY ARE “PRO-LIFE”

OTTAWA, January 21, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The four contenders for the leadership of the Canadian Alliance, currently the Official Opposition, have all declared themselves pro-life. While former leader Stockwell Day and Dr. Grant Hill were clear on their pro-life stands from the beginning of the race, both Stephen Harper and Diane Ablonczy claimed for the first time in interviews with Global television Sunday that they are “pro-life”. Harper said abortion issues should be debated and decided in free votes in the house of Commons. However Ablonczy made it clear that abortion was a backburner issue for her saying Canadians are […]
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ABORTIONIST TILLER OFFERS FREE ABORTIONS SATURDAY TO MARK ROE V WADE https://web.wichitaeagle.com/content/wichitaeagle/2002/01/18/health/0118abortion_txt.htm AFTER PRESSURE JONES INSTITUTE QUITS CREATING HUMAN EMBRYOS TO RESEARCH ON https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive
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UK COURT OF APPEAL APPROVES GOVERNMENT CHALLENGE TO CLONING RULING The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has condemned a ruling by the English Court of Appeal which upholds flawed legislation on human cloning. Three judges ruled that cloned human embryos were governed by existing legislation. The decision overturns the victory by the Pro-Life Alliance on 15th November last year in the English High Court, which ruled that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 did not cover embryos created by techniques other than by fertilisation, such as cell nuclear replacement.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1767000/1767503.stm
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U.S. CARDINAL SPEAKS ON ABORTION PRIOR TO MARCH FOR LIFE

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Philadelphia Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua, chairman of the Pro Life Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, told the press he will be in Washington next Tuesday for the annual March for Life. There he will say Mass, the largest annual Mass in the U.S., in commemoration of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court abortion decision Roe vs. Wade. “Abortion is an absolute evil about which no exceptions are permitted,” said the Cardinal in an interview. AP reports that Cardinal Bevilacqua, 78, says he will expand a pro-life advertising campaign that ran last […]
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PORTUGUESE ILLEGAL ABORTIONIST RING LEADER SENTENCE TO 8 ½ YEARS IN PRISON

LISBON, January 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A Portuguese nurse who was operating an illegal abortion ring out of her home was sentenced to 8 ½ years in prison. The case involved 42 people, 17 of which were mothers who availed themselves of the illegal procedure, the remaining 25 were charged with participating in the abortion ring. The nurse, Maria do Ceu Ribeiro, aged 46, was found guilty of practising abortion, forging prescriptions, illegally administering drugs, and gaining money by illicit means. The BBC reports that the prosecution, using Ribeiro’s diary as evidence, said she had performed more than 100 illegal […]
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SASKATOON CATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARDS CONSIDER BANNING POTTER BOOKS

SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, January 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Saskatoon Catholic school board has agreed to investigate the Harry Potter book series after parents raised concerns that the books are inappropriate for children, especially Catholic children. The Canadian Press reports that the books are used as part of school lessons. The nine trustees heard from Jason and Tracy Stupak, along with friends David and Trudy Waselyshen, who urged the board to remove the Harry Potter books from optional reader lists which can be used for book reports. While both couples have children, the children are not yet in school. David Waselyshen, […]
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THE EFFECT OF LATIMER EXAMINED AFTER HIS FIRST YEAR IN PRISON

REGINA, January 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Today marks one year since the imprisonment of Robert Latimer for the murder of his 12-year-old disabled daughter Tracy. As of today he is eligible to apply for the Prerogative of Mercy, a move his lawyers have said they are going to pursue. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition argues that such a move would put disabled Canadians at risk and today released evidence to prove it. Professor Dick Sobsey of the University of Alberta conducted a study analyzing the number of cases of homicide and homicide that involved victims with developmental disabilities. In order to […]
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CANADIAN ABORTION STATISTICS RELEASED BUT ONTARIO REFUSES TO REPORT

OTTAWA, January 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Statistics Canada released its abortion statistics for 1999 today but noted that abortions for the province of Ontario were not included due to “changes in reporting requirements in Ontario.” The report notes that “women in provinces and territories other than Ontario obtained 65,627 abortions in 1999, down 3.2% from 67,785 in 1998.” However, since Ontario usually accounts for about 40% of abortions in Canada (according to the agency), the quality of the federal agency’s report is severely undermined. The ‘therapeutic abortion rate’, excluding Ontario, decreased to 31.8 abortions for every 100 live births in […]
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STOCKWELL DAY RELEASES STRONG SOCIAL CONSERVATIVE POLICY STATEMENTS

OTTAWA, January 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Stockwell Day, the former Leader of the Opposition who stepped down last month and is running again for the Canadian Alliance leadership, has released policy statements on his campaign website. The statements demonstrate a strong commitment to social conservatism. On “Respect for Life” he states, “I strongly support the dignity and value of all human life. I agreed with the Supreme Court decision which said that young Tracy Latimer’s life was as valuable as any other Canadian’s. I am concerned about the Health Committee report on reproductive technologies which would allow embryonic stem cell […]
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CLC PRESIDENT JIM HUGHES INTERVIEWED ON CATHOLIC RADIO TONIGHT Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life Coalition, will be a guest on the Open Forum segment of the Catholic Radio Program, tonight (Thursday) from 10 – 11 p.m. on CIAO AM 530. You can call in with your comments and questions at (416) 233-7368. The show also runs from 9 – 10 p.m. Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays.  Live audio stream:  https://www.catholicradio.ca/catrad.htm BUSH APPOINTS BIOETHICS COUNCIL INCLUDING SEVERAL PROMINENT PRO-LIFERS President Bush on Wednesday appointed 17 experts to his Council on Bioethics to advise him on stem-cell and other controversial research. […]
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SCIENTISTS PROMOTE IVF AS SUPERIOR METHOD TO PREGNANCY

BRISBANE, Australia, January 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Scientists at fertility clinics are boasting that in vitro fertilization is the fastest way to conceive. Keith Harrison, Queensland Fertility Group in Brisbane says his clinic has a 36% success rate per IVF cycle and in comparison fertile couples who are having sex have only a 25% chance of pregnancy each month. However, despite the rates that may be achieved, pro-lifers have rejected suggestions that in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment could ever provide a better way of becoming pregnant than the natural method of procreation. Dominic Baster of SPUC commented: “Human beings created […]
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UNFPA LOBBYING WHITE HOUSE TO RELEASE POPULATION CONTROL FUNDS

WASHINGTON, January 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Thoraya Obaid, the executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), was attempting to stir up support in Washington Tuesday for her population control efforts. President Bush has exercised his prerogative in the recently approved foreign aid bill to put a hold on the $34 million slated for the agency and has the option to zero-fund the organization based on their support for abortion. AP reports that White House budget and policy advisers met Wednesday to consider a recommendation that Bush block the UNFPA funds, but no final decision was made according to […]
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DEPRESSION AFTER UNINTENDED PREGNANCY LINKED TO ABORTION

New Study Published in Top International Medical Journal SPRINGFIELD, IL, January 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – This week’s prestigious British Medical Journal reports that women who abort a first pregnancy are at greater risk of subsequent long term clinical depression compared to women who carry an unintended first pregnancy to term. Publication of the study coincides with anniversary events related to the Supreme Court’s January 22, 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion. Data from a national study of American youths, begun in 1979, was used to conduct the research. In 1992, a subset of 4,463 women were surveyed about depression, […]
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SASKATCHEWAN MAN WHO KILLED DISABLED DAUGHTER TO APPLY FOR ‘MERCY’

One Year After Imprisonment Latimer Eligible to Request Royal Prerogative of Mercy REGINA, January 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – On January 18, 2001 the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the decision of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal that Robert Latimer serve the mandatory minimum sentence for second-degree murder, 10 years in prison before parole eligibility. However, on Friday, Latimer becomes eligible to apply for the Prerogative of Mercy, a move his lawyers have said they are going to pursue. Robert Latimer killed his disabled daughter Tracy on October 24, 1993, by putting her into the cab of the family pickup truck, […]
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CANADA OBJECTS TO ‘RIGHT TO LIFE’ AS THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHT

UNITED NATIONS, January 17, 2002 (LSN.ca) – At a United Nations meeting November 30, the representative of Canada objected to “the assertion that the right to life is the most basic human right.” Canada balked at supporting a United Nations document on Human Rights and Terrorism saying that the inference to the supremacy of the “right to life” was “unacceptable.” The Canadian delegate complained that the statement “suggests that the right to life in some way takes precedence over other rights” and said other UN documents suggest “no right can take priority over the other rights or justify failing to […]
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UPDATE ON THE CASE OF NEW YORK CITY AGAINST CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=26054 JURY AWARDS $2 MILLION TO YOUNG SON OF WOMAN WHO DIED AFTER ABORTION https://www.boston.com/dailynews/016/nation/State_news_of_national_interes:.shtml (with files from Covenant News) PRO-FAMILY VICTORY AS CALIFORNIA HOMOSEXUAL UNIONS BILL SPONSOR WITHDRAWS BILL https://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0019254.html
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FAMILY COALITION PARTY HOSTS DINNER WITH STOCKWELL DAY The Ontario Coalition Party (FCP) has organized a Family dinner with Stockwell Day on Saturday March 9 at 7:00 p.m. at the Regal Constellation Hotel in Toronto.  See https://www.netrover.com/~fcpont/oc.html ABORTION REPLACING ADOPTION IN SOUTH AFRICA A news report out of South Africa indicates that “Since abortions were legalised in South Africa young pregnant women are opting rather for an abortion than putting their illegitimate babies up for adoption. The shortage of white babies for adoption is so great that childless couples who do not want to adopt across the colour bar are […]
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FRENCH GOV’T PROPOSES BILL ALLOWING DESTRUCTIVE RESEARCH ON HUMAN EMBRYOS

PARIS, January 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) – France's socialist government tabled a bill Tuesday which would permit destructive research on human embryos, a practice which has been illegal in France since 1994. The bill does ban all human cloning, barring cloning “for therapeutic purposes.” AP reports that most lawmakers support the legislation which will not be voted on for several months. Just as with the Canadian legislation, scientists will be allowed to conduct deadly experiments on human beings (embryos) created during in vitro fertilization.
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STUDY: SINGLE-SEX CLASSES BENEFIT LEARNING

EDINBURGH, Scotland, January 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Researchers at Stirling University have found that single-sex classes are a benefit to education, especially regarding sensitive topics. Josephine Airnes, the report’s author said, “This case study, which documents my attempt to investigate the impact of segregation on pupils’ work habits, and their subsequent achievement in Standard Grade biology, would seem to suggest that boys are not failed by single-sex classes. It may be of benefit to pupils to work separately regarding gender in certain circumstances, for example, for practical work or sensitive topics in the syllabus.” According to The Scotsman, the study […]
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DETAILS ON BECOMING INVOLVED IN ONTARIO PC AND ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS

TORONTO, January 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Ontario Progressive Conservative and Canadian Alliance leadership elections are once again generating significant interest and political opportunity for social conservatives. The interest has been heightened by the real prospect of electing candidates who would represent their concerns. As a service to those who are interested in casting a vote to decide the next leader of either or both of the two parties, LifeSite provides below some of the voting procedures and rules for the leadership elections. ONTARIO PC LEADERSHIP RACE:  To be eligible to cast a vote for PC Party of Ontario leadership […]
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FORMER UNFPA DIRECTOR TO GIVE PRO-ABORTION TALK IN TORONTO

Bizarre Feminist Confab Funded by General Motors Canada and Your Taxes TORONTO, January 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A “women’s health forum” coming up this Friday and Saturday at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto will feature the notorious Nafis Sadik, former head of the abortion promoting United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Sadik, now on the Board of Directors for the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) – the legal arm of the abortion movement in the U.S. – will speak on the “reproductive health and rights of women.” The Bay Centre for Birth Control and Planned Parenthood of Toronto, […]
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A PRO-LIFE PERSPECTIVE ON THE FEDERAL CABINET SHUFFLE

OTTAWA, January 16, 2002 (LSN.ca) – While offering little hope for a turn-around for pro-lifers, the Liberal cabinet shuffle did have a couple of bright spots. The shuffle saw two pro-abortion activists removed from their portfolios and from cabinet altogether. Maria Minna, former Minister of International Co-operation, was dropped. In that role she was in charge of the Canadian International Development Agency through which Canada put millions of dollars in to the coffers of pro-abortion groups such as the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and International Planned Parenthood (IPPF). Hedy Fry, former secretary of state for multiculturalism, a strident pro-abortion […]
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CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR/ABORTION ACTIVIST CELEBRATES ROE V WADE ANNIVERSARY https://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-15-2002/0001648259&EDATE= THREE MOST SIGNIFICANT PEOPLE IN US LEGALIZATION OF ABORTION NOW ALL PRO-LIFE https://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020114/flm006_1.html LARGEST ANNUAL CATHOLIC MASS IN US MARKS ANNIVERSARY OF ABORTION DECISION https://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day1/220142590&ticker=
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NORWEGIAN FINANCE MINISTER ‘MARRIES’ HOMOSEXUAL PARTNER

OSLO, January 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Norwegian Finance Minister Per-Kristian Foss announced he has ‘married’ his homosexual partner to the delight of homosexual activists. AP reports that Foss, 52, a long-time parliamentarian in the Conservative Party, said he had formally registered his relationship with Jan Erik Knarbakk, a director of Norwegian media group Schibsted ASA. “Yes, we entered a partnership at the embassy in Stockholm on January 4,” Foss told the media. In 1993, Norway became the second country after Denmark to allow homosexuals couples all the privileges of married couples including having their relationships recognized in law through registered […]
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BRIAN TOBIN QUITS POLITICS – NO LOSS FOR PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY CANADIANS

ST JOHN’S, January 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Federal Industry Minister Brian Tobin, who left federal politics a in 1996 to become the Premier of Newfoundland only to return to the federal cabinet in 2000, announced he is leaving political life Monday. Hailed by the press as “Captain Canada” for his efforts in the war with the US over coastal fishing rights years ago, the outgoing cabinet minister has a disastrous track record on life, family and faith issues particularly evident during his term as Premier of Newfoundland. While professing Roman Catholicism, the premier has legislated policies which fly in the […]
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ONTARIO COURT UPHOLDS PARENTS’ RIGHT TO DISCIPLINE USING SPANKING

Judge Says Criminalizing Spanking Would “Harm Family Life” OTTAWA, January 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld Canada’s law permitting parents to use spanking as a form of discipline in a ruling issued Tuesday. The ruling upholds a lower court ruling from July 2000 by Justice David McCombs. Mr. Justice Goudge, speaking on behalf of the Court, pointed out that “… the legislative purpose of S.43 is to permit parents and teachers to apply strictly limited corrective force to children without criminal sanctions, so that they can carry out their important responsibilities to train and nurture children […]
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AFGHANISTAN ALLOWS ABORTIONS – UNFPA LOBBYING EFFORT SUCCESSFUL

KABUL, January 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – While being freed from repressive Taliban rule, Afghanistan has also been afflicted with one of the horrors of its liberators – abortion. Agence France Presse reports today that abortion up to the third month of pregnancy is now legal in Afghanistan, while under the Taliban from 1996-2001 abortions were banned. The United Nations Population Fund has been operating in Afghanistan for years attempting to legalize abortions. Their most recent effort came under the guise of assisting Afghan women displaced by the war. Under a campaign called “Saving Women’s Lives in Afghanistan,” UNFPA says it […]
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ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE GRANT HILL CONFIRMS PRO-LIFE CONVICTIONS

GANANOQUE, January 15, 2002 (LSN.ca) – On January 12, Canadian Alliance leadership candidate Dr. Grant Hill spoke at a restaurant in Gananoque, Ontario. Dr. Hill fielded questions from the floor several of which dealt with life issues. In answer to one question dealing with abortion, Dr. Hill spoke about the reproductive technology bill currently before the House of Commons. He noted, “in that context, we have the fetus, the embryo, talked about as being very, very special – very, very protected. When it’s outside the woman’s body in a test tube, it’s suddenly very valuable? Well you convince me that […]
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MARRIAGE BENEFITS FOR SOUTH AFRICAN HOMOSEXUAL SOLDIERS https://library.northernlight.com/FC20020110050000405.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#doc DONATION TO FIRST PERSON TO EXTRACT HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS Palm Beach County philanthropist Lois Pope has awarded a $100,000 research grant to Dr. James Thomson, the first person to isolate stem cells from human embryos.  https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-rxstem09jan09.story?coll=sfla%2Dnews%2Dpalm ROE OF ROE VS. WADE IN PRO-LIFE AD TO OVERTURN HER OWN CASE https://www.amarillonet.com/stories/011302/tex_janeroe.shtml
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MAJOR PRO-LIFE CAMPAIGNS LAUNCHED IN U.S.

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2002 (LSN.ca) – President George W. Bush is supportive of a move to ban all human cloning that is being promoted by pro-life and conservative groups in the U.S. Some have suggested the President may use his Jan. 29 State of the Union address to urge the Senate to follow the House in passing legislation banning human cloning. The Washington Times reported that more than 25 pro-life leaders and concerned academics sent a letter to Bush praising his strong public statements against human cloning. Bush called cloning human embryos “wrong” and warned “we should not as a […]
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UNICEF FUNDS GROUP PROMOTING ABORTION/PORN FOR CHILDREN

NEW YORK, January 14, 2002 (C-Fam.org/LSN.ca) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) supports a South African organization that encourages children to engage in sexual and homosexual behavior and to have abortions, without their parents’ knowledge or consent. The organization, called loveLife (sic), says on its website that UNICEF provides “major funding” for its programs. LoveLife seems eager to shepherd children towards abortion and provides the toll-free phone number for Marie Stopes International (MSI) abortion clinics. LoveLife reminds children “it is your right to get counseling. It is your right to get an abortion. If people are unhelpful, don’t get […]
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PRESIDENT BUSH PLACES UNFPA FUNDS ON HOLD, PRO-LIFERS HOPEFUL

WASHINGTON, January 14, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Pro-lifers are encouraged that US President George W. Bush is considering removing funding from the pro-abortion United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) due to their promotion of abortion in contravention of the Mexico City Policy. That Bush is contemplating withholding the funds was revealed after he signed the $15.4 billion foreign aid bill containing the allotted $34 million UNFPA grant. The President made a point of noting in an accompanying statement that it gives him “additional discretion to determine the appropriate level of funding for the United Nations Population Fund.” Over the past two years […]
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AYLMER FAMILY IN SPANKING CASE DOING WELL

AYLMER, ON, January 14, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Aylmer family whose seven children were forcibly apprehended by social workers when the parents refused to promise to not spank their children with objects such as a switch, is scheduled to appear in court January 17 for a procedural hearing in preparation for the spring trial. LifeSite has received a report indicating that the family is living in relative peace with only one visit by CAS since Dec 20, 2001. Although the family and pastor involved in the case are no longer speaking with the media, various pro-family groups are following the […]
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ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP HOPEFUL GRANT HILL WOULD ALLOW REFERENDUM ON ABORTION

OTTAWA, January 14, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Canadian Alliance MP Grant Hill, who is vying for the leadership of the Party, was misquoted in the National Post as being against a referendum on abortion. Emma Dillon, press secretary for Mr. Hill told LifeSite that Mr. Hill was asked if he would promote a referendum on abortion to which he responded “I would not.” However, the question as printed in the Post was “As prime minister, would you permit or propose a national referendum on abortion?” Dylan told LifeSite, “Mr. Hill would permit a referendum but would not promote one. He would […]
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MICHAEL COREN ON THE ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP RACE https://www.lifesitenews.com:7070/ramgen/010902dayandthealliance.rm CRITICS SLAM PROPOSED UN INTERNATIONAL TAXATION AUTHORITY https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42529,00.html AN EXCELLENT SUMMARY OF THE CLONING DEBATE BY WESLEY J. SMITH https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/750whbil.asp
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PRI GLOBAL FAMILY CONFERENCE TO FEATURE HLI FOUNDER FR. PAUL MARX

WASHINGTON, DC, January 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Global Family Life Conference, sponsored by the Population Research Institute, will take place this spring. Conference Host, Steve Mosher, president of Population Research Institute (PRI), and the internationally prominent Fr. Paul Marx will open the April 3 – April 7 conference to be held in Santa Clara California. More than 40 U.S. pro-life leaders will be participating in the four-day conference at the Santa Clara Marriott. Speakers include: Educator and Foundress of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother M. Assumpta Long; homeschooling pioneer Laura Berquist; sidewalk apostle Msgr. Philip Reilly; Ignatius Press […]
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TEENAGE GIRLS IN FRANCE GIVEN ABORTIFACIENTS WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION OR PARENTAL CONSENT

PARIS, January 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – All girls in France under the age of 18 are eligible to receive free abortifacient morning-after pills in pharmacies without a prescription or parental authorization. AP reports that in a decree published Thursday in the Official Journal, the government said pharmacists must speak briefly with the young women before giving them the pill to make sure they are using it correctly and in the right time frame See the AP coverage at:  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20020110/hl/france_morning_after_pill_2.html
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BUSH SIGNS FOREIGN AID MEASURE, ENCOURAGED TO ZERO-FUND UNFPA

WASHINGTON, January 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Yesterday President George W. Bush signed a massive $15.4 billion foreign aid bill which contains a provision to allow the President to have the final word on funding for the notorious abortion-promoting United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). While the bill suggests funding for UNFPA at $34 million – an increase of $9 million over last year – the amount is a ceiling, leaving Bush the opportunity to zero-fund the organization. The Population Research Institute (PRI), which recently presented to Congress the results of an investigation into UNFPA’s complicity with China’s coercive one-child policy, said […]
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ALBERTA JUSTICE MINISTER PROPOSES ALLOWING HOMOSEXUALS MARRIAGE-TYPE BENEFITS

EDMONTON, January 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A review of family law in Alberta released yesterday by provincial Justice Minister Dave Hancock recommends giving homosexual couples the same legal benefits as married couples. “Alberta Justice proposes that Alberta’s legislation concerning personal relationships be amended to comply with the charter,” the report says. “This would include persons in common-law or same-sex relationships.” Promised public consultations on the controversial measure will still take place however, Hancock has already ruled out blocking the measures completely by invoking the notwithstanding clause against a mandate to accommodate homosexual couples from the Supreme Court. Last November the […]
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ALLIANCE CANDIDATE GRANT HILL RESPONDS TO QUESTIONS ON LIFE AND FAMILY

OTTAWA, January 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Canadian Alliance MP Grant Hill, who is vying for the leadership of the Party was interviewed by the National Post and responded to questions on abortion and homosexuality. The pro-life MP seems to have handled himself well under the media spotlight. The following Questions and Answers are from the interview: Q: As prime minister, would you permit or propose a national referendum on abortion? A: I would not. As a pro-life guy myself, a guy who dealt with abortion as a physician all my life, 25 years, I’m really compassionate toward the woman who […]
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QUEBEC BANS DESTRUCTIVE RESEARCH ON HUMAN EMBRYOS

“The Best Pro-Life News I've Heard In Thirteen Years” Says Pro-Life Leader MONTREAL, January 11, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The province of Quebec has announced a ban on all destructive research involving human embryos. David Cliche, Quebec's Minister of State for Science and Technology, unveiled new guidelines on ethical research yesterday in which the creation and use of stem cells extracted from human embryos (resulting in the death of the embryos) is “forbidden.” Moreover, the ban is subject to all research including that which is privately funded. This puts the province far ahead of many other national and international governments in […]
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NEWLY REVEALED PAPERS FROM NUREMBERG TRIAL REVEAL “NAZI MASTER PLAN: THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES”  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20020110/us/nuremberg_papers_1.html NBC SAYS IT WILL NO LONGER OFFER FAMILY-FRIENDLY PROGRAMS Competition from HBO’s “Sex in the City” driving the move to adult-only fare.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20927-2002Jan9.html IRISH YOUNG ADULTS BELIEVE IN GOD BUT ARE MORALLY CONFUSED The results of a new national “values” survey to be published in this month’s issue of the religious magazine ‘Doctrine and Life’ shows a vast majority believe in God. However, on a 28-item scale of moral behaviour, the four least immoral forms of behaviour were casual sex, missing Sunday mass, […]
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GERMANY BANS TV ADS FOR FREE BOOK PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY

FRANKFURT, January 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – On Tuesday, state broadcasting commissions in Germany banned commercial TV stations from airing ads promoting a free book which encourages Christianity. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that the country’s broadcasting regulations prohibit advertising by political, religious and ideological groups. Germany’s actions against such initiatives were normally limited to sects, however the current project does not promote a sect but Christianity generally. The project, of the Arthur S. DeMoss Foundation, has the backing of such notables as British pop singer Cliff Richard, German world-class golfer Bernhard Langer, Prince Philip of Prussia – the great grandson […]
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SEASONED U.S. ABORTIONIST CAUSES MOTHER’S DEATH DURING LEGAL ABORTION

WILMINGTON, Del., January 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – As more and more cases of abortionists causing the deaths of their clients come to light, it becomes increasingly evident that women must be warned about this and other potential outcomes of the so-called “safe and legal” procedure. Making headlines today is Dr. Mohammad Imran, a veteran abortionist in Delaware who boasted in court of having performed “tens of thousands of abortions.” According to court testimony, while aborting the child of Gracealynn T. Harris in 1997, Imran allegedly punctured Harris’ uterus and failed to call an ambulance. According to a medical examiner Harris […]
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PRO-LIFE AND PRO-ABORTION ROCK CONCERTS FACE OFF ON SAME NIGHT

WASHINGTON, DC, January 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – “Thousands of pro-life youth will be celebrating at Rock For Life concerts this January,” says Bryan Kemper, director of Rock For Life, a division of American Life League. “It is unfortunate that at the same time, other bands will be using their music to promote aborting babies. We are here to offer the truth about abortion and to celebrate life.” Rock For Life is kicking off a weekend of pro-life youth rallies and activism with a concert at the Hyatt in downtown Washington, D.C. The Jan. 19 pro-life concert, featuring Hangnail, Cool Hand […]
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FRENCH GOVERNMENT REJECTS ‘RIGHT NOT TO BE BORN BUT RETAINS WRONGFUL BIRTH

PARIS, January 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The French Parliament today passed a government bill aimed at reversing a Supreme Court decision which has been slammed for creating a ‘right not to be born.’ The decision will not however change very much in the way of doctors’ fears of being sued by parents whose children are born disabled. In early December, France’s highest appeals court ruled that children born with disabilities could sue doctors for not having detected their disabilities while in the womb, and thus not enabling their mothers to abort them. Xavier Mirabel, of France’s Collective against Handiphobia, said […]
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HOMOSEXUAL ACTIVIST JUDGES PROMOTING HOMOSEXUALITY IN INDIA Ananova reports that homosexual justices Michael Kirby, from Australia, and Edwin Cameron, of South Africa, are in Mumbai promoting acceptance of homosexuality. LifeSite reported that Kirby has used his status as a High Court Judge to weasel his way into Catholic schools only to advocate for the homosexual lifestyle. Cameron has admitted he is HIV positive.  ( https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/feb/000225.html#4 )  https://www.ananova.com/yournews/story/sm_490962.html PACKARD FOUNDATION AWARDS ANOTHER ONE MILLION TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD The abortion-obsessed David and Lucille Packard Foundation has pledged another $1 million to the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the world’s foremost promoter of abortion.  […]
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UK AD AUTHORITY BANS PRO-LIFE ADS IN RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS

Second Time Pro-life Ads Attacked in Six Months LONDON, January 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered a pro-life group not to repeat a pro-life ad the ASA deemed “offensive.” The ad by the UK Life League, was published mostly in Catholic publications and in a Church of England newspaper. The ASA took exception to terms in the ads such as “teenage sex clinics” and “death mills”. The ad also said, “The pro-abortion propagandists want people to believe that going to the abortion mill is no different than going to the beautician for a manicure.” […]
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FRANKFURT BISHOP ONLY GERMAN BISHOP CONTINUING TO DEFY POPE ON ABORTION COUNSELLING

FRANKFURT, January 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Frankfurt’s Bishop Franz Kamphaus is the only one of the 27 German Catholic Bishops who continues to openly defy the Pope by persisting in offering counselling certificates to pregnant women who can use the certificates to obtain abortions. While other dioceses have continued the counselling, but refused to offer the abortion certificates, thus placing themselves outside the official system of counseling centers, Bishop Kamphaus remains defiant, with support from the German government and dissenting Catholics. The extended deadline to stop offering the certificates expired December 31. However the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reports that […]
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FEDS LEAVE MORNING-AFTER PILL ‘ADVANCE PRESCRIPTION’ ISSUE TO PROVINCES

Ottawa Refusing To Bow To Pressure to Designate Abortifacient Pills As Non-Prescription OTTAWA, January 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Health Canada spokesman Ryan Baker reacted to press inquiries on the ethics of doctors skirting regulations on the abortifacient morning-after pill by handing out “just-in-case” prescriptions, saying “it is not appropriate for Health Canada to comment.” He said that the provinces have charge over the “practice of medicine” and thus must determine if it is “ethically sound” to allow the advance prescriptions. Despite pressure from the Ontario Medical Association and other pro-abortion groups, Baker said Health Canada is not ready to designate […]
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ONTARIO UNIVERSITIES CONSIDER EASING ENTRY FOR HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS

TORONTO, January 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – With prodding from government and the burgeoning number of children educated at home, Ontario universities are seriously considering opening their doors to home-schooled students. The Ontario University Registrars Association has asked the Ontario Federation of Teaching Parents ( www.ontariohomeschool.org ), a main Ontario homeschooling association, to take part in a roundtable meeting about admissions at their annual meeting in February. Another factor pushing the province’s universities to consider easing admittance for home-schooled students is that Ontario universities are losing top quality students who have been educated at home to universities in the United States. […]
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PRO-LIFERS RECOMMEND DE-LISTING ABORTION TO SAVE HEALTH CARE DOLLARS

EDMONTON, January 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A nationally awaited Alberta report on health care asserts that in order to remain sustainable, health care must be downsized and experts view the suggestion as calling for de-listing of services. The report from Alberta’s Advisory Council on Health, chaired by Don Mazankowski, calls for more competition, a larger role for the private delivery of health services and the appointment of an expert panel to determine whether coverage for some medical services should be eliminated Campaign Life Coalition listened with interest to the Right Honourable Donald Mazankowski’s report on Health care for the province […]
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NYC MAYOR BLOOMBERG TO MAKE ABORTION STANDARD PART OF OB-GYN TRAINING?  The Village Voice reveals that buried in one of Bloomberg’s campaign documents is a bold plan: to make abortion a standard part of OB-GYN instruction in the city’s hospitals. The pro-abortion publication reports that pro-abortion leaders were ecstatic about the news.  https://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0202/lerner.php PENNSYLVANIA ABORTIONS UP 3% IN 2000 The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference points out that the number of abortions in one county rose dramatically due to a Planned Parenthood facility’s commencing its murderous operations. In Bucks County, where a Planned Parenthood facility recently began performing abortions, the number of […]
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UTAH JUDGE RULES SLAYING OF “UNBORN CHILD” IS MURDER EVEN BEFORE VIABILITY

FARMINGTON, January 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A man charged with murder who sought to escape double homicide charges by arguing that the unborn child he shot was not yet able to survive outside the womb and thus was not a “person” under the law, was thwarted Monday. State Judge Michael Allphin said the 1983 law which deems the slaying of an “unborn child” murder applies also to children in the womb who are not yet viable. Roger MacGuire, 47, is accused of shooting his ex-wife, Susan MacGuire, to death on Jan. 15, 2001. Prosecutors say he was angry about her […]
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MORE THAN ONE IN FOUR RATS IN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL EXPERIMENT DEVELOP TUMOURS

WASHINGTON, January 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A study on rats that has proponents of embryonic stem cell research raving about the wonders of the unethical science contains startling information on the harm of such research. While headlines trumpeted “Stem Cells May Treat Parkinson’s”, buried in the story is the fact that the researchers found that five of the 19 animals used in the study also developed tumors. The study injected embryonic stem cells, which when created caused the death of embryonic rats, into the brains of rats which were altered to exhibit symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. In a study appearing […]
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FORMER US PRESEDENTIAL CANDIDATE KEYES TO HOST MSNBC TV PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, January 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Alan Keyes, the only black candidate in the last US Presidential election, has been hired to host an MSNBC one-hour, five-night a week program. Keyes, the US Ambassador to the United Nations under the Reagan administration, is a solidly pro-life Catholic and splendidly articulate. The American media was lambasted by conservative African Americans for failing to give Keyes media exposure during his two presidential campaigns. Keyes himself said of the media coverage, “These racists don’t want black people to know that the most capable candidate in this race has black skin, because that might […]
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ABORTIONIST SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR MURDER, ORDERED TO PAY JAIL COSTS

OKLAHOMA CITY, January 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Abortionist John B. Hamilton, 53, was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife Susan on Valentine’s Day. The Oklahoman reports that Hamilton was also ordered to pay $11,104 for the cost of his incarceration in the Oklahoma County jail. The ruling marks the first time an inmate in County has been ordered to pay for his stay. A medical examiner revealed that Susan died of blunt force trauma to the head and strangulation brought on by something being tied or pulled tightly around […]
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WOMAN SUES DOCS FOR NOT DETECTING PREGNANCY – SAYS WOULD HAVE ABORTED

MONTREAL, January 8, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A Quebec woman has launched a $90,000 law suit against two doctors since they did not detect her pregnancy despite five visits to the clinic, one less than a month before she gave birth to her 7 1/2 pound daughter. The Montreal Gazette reports that the woman’s lawyer, Jean-Pierre Menard, says that the doctors’ files verified the woman’s reports. The woman said that she would have had an abortion had she known she was pregnant. The daughter is now three years old. “The mother now loves her child, and things are going well,” Menard […]
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CANADA’S DESCENT INTO BARBARISM Writing on the positions of Canada’s government to legalize destructive research on human embryos, London Free Press columnist Rory Leishman said: “It’s a measure of Canada’s descent into barbarism that no party in Parliament still consistently upholds the sanctity of human life.”  https://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/leishman.html UNITED NATIONS APPROVES SHAM RELIGIOUS PRO-ABORTION GROUP The United Nations Department of Public Information DPI) Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) approved the association of 20 NGOs at a December 20 meeting. Among those groups approved was the US group, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, a sham organization created to attempt to remove the […]
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AIDS PREVENTION GRANTS TO BE REVIEWED AFTER ABUSES REVEALED

AIDS Rampant Despite Billions On Supposed Prevention Programs WASHINGTON, January 7, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson has promised more audits on so-called AIDS prevention programs after an investigation into one such program revealed abuses. The LA Times reports that an audit of the “Stop AIDS” project, in October, found that the federally supported San Francisco “prevention” agency was giving inappropriate and obscene workshops including one called the “Great Sex Workshop.” Inspector General Janet Rehnquist, daughter of U.S. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, found that the workshops by the Stop AIDS Project appeared to directly promote […]
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NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL TARGETS CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTERS

NEW YORK, January 7, 2002 (LSN.ca) – New York State Attorney General, Elliot Spitzer, a zealously pro-abortion Democrat, launched a major legal offensive against NYC area pro-life crisis pregnancy centers on Friday, January 4, 2000. Officers of the NY Attorney General served subpoenas, which were identical, to at least two crisis pregnancy centers on Staten Island and Manhattan and it seems evident that most if not all crisis pregnancy centers will be targeted in New York City and Long Island by the end of next week. According to the subpoena, “Based upon his initial investigation, the Attorney General has a […]
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INTACT MARRIAGE OF PARENTS IS PREVENTION FOR TEEN PREGNANCY

LONDON, January 7, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In a thoroughly documented letter published in the Jan 5 issue of the British Medical Journal, Dr. Trevor Stammers, argues that marriage is key to tackling the challenge of teenage pregnancy rampant in the UK. Professor Stammers, a tutor in General Practice at St. George’s Hospital Medical School in London, quotes studies noting that “up to 80% of unintended pregnancies result from contraceptive failure” and follows up on suggestions that therefore increased access to contraceptives cannot be the solution to the problem. Dr. Stammers notes the “established link between one parent families and teenage […]
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ENVIRONMENTALIST GROUP LAUDS IRAN’S PLUMMETING BIRTHRATE

Muslim religious leaders mandate contraceptive education for marriage licence NEW YORK, January 7, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The environmentalist group Earth Policy Institute (EPI), whose prominent founder and President, Lester. R. Brown, was also the founder and 26-year president of the Worldwatch Institute, has lauded Iran’s plummeting birth rate. In a December 28 release, entitled, “Iran’s Birth Rate Plummeting at Record Pace: Success Provides a Model for Other Developing Countries,” EPI gleefully reports that “Iran’s population growth rate dropped from an all-time high of 3.2 percent in 1986 to just 1.2 percent in 2001, one of the fastest drops ever recorded.” […]
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“UNDER DAY’S LEADERSHIP” ALLIANCE HAD SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN QUEBEC

MONTREAL, January 7, 2002 (LSN.ca) – As Stockwell Day announces his run for Alliance Leadership in Montreal today, the National Post has noted his success in Quebec during the last federal election. The Post reports that “Under Mr. Day’s leadership, the party claimed 6.2% of the vote in the province in the last federal election—a hefty increase from the negligible 0.3% Reform showing in 1997 and better than the federal Conservatives’ 5.6%.” At the launch of his campaign tonight Day will be accompanied by several senior members of the Progressive Conservatives’ Quebec youth wing. The paper reports that they quit […]
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NEBRASKA LIKELY TO BAN FETAL TISSUE RESEARCH AT STATE-RUN INSTITUTIONS The Journal Star reports that a session survey of state senators by The Associated Press indicates that a ban would pass the legislature and Gov. Mike Johanns, described as a devout Catholic, has promised to sign the ban on fetal-tissue research into law if it is passed by the Legislature.  https://www.journalstar.com/nebraska?story_id=5187 NEW JERSEY REQUIRES SEX EDUCATION CLASSES TO PROMOTE ABSTINENCE On Wednesday, New Jersey Acting Gov. Donald DiFrancesco (R) signed into law a measure that requires all educational material and classes dealing with contraception to stress abstinence as “the only […]
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STOCKWELL DAY TO ANNOUNCE RUN FOR ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP MONDAY Eric Duhaime, campaign spokesman for Stockwell Day has confirmed that Day will announce his candidacy for Alliance leadership in a downtown Montreal hotel at 7pm Monday. A mail-in ballot is open to all Alliance party members with paid-up $10 memberships as of March 1. Voting begins March 8.  https://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSPolitics0201/03_day-cp.html RADICAL FEMINIST UN AGENCY GETS ANTI-MOTHERHOOD DIRECTOR The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute reports that the UN Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) has named Dr. Carolyn Hannan, a Swedish “gender mainstreaming” expert, as its new director. In a speech […]
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VERMONT SUPREME COURT REJECTS CHALLENGE AGAINST HOMOSEXUAL UNIONS

Justices Ruling Suggests Conscientious Christians Cannot Retain Public Office MONTPELIER, January 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In a Dec. 26 order signed by all five justices and released Thursday, the Vermont Supreme Court rejected claims brought by taxpayers, legislators and town clerks against the civil unions law which grants homosexuals most of the privileges of marriage. The clerks asserted that the practice violated their religious beliefs but the justices described as “highly questionable” the “proposition that a public official … can retain public office while refusing to perform a generally applicable duty of that office on religious grounds.” See the AP […]
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CLONING FEARS HEIGHTENED AS FIRST CLONED SHEEP HAS ARTHRITIS

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, January 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Dolly, the cloned sheep which gave the world its introduction to a completed cloning, has developed arthritis at only five and a half years old. Professor Ian Wilmut, a member of the team at the Roslin Institute which created Dolly, could not rule out that the condition may be related to genetic defects caused by cloning. But Wilmut promotes the continuation of cloning research. Meanwhile, animal welfare groups have protested that cloning is irreversibly fraught with abnormality. Joyce D’Silva, director of Compassion in World Farming, told the BBC “I think of the hundreds […]
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FRENCH DOCTORS REFUSE ULTRASOUND SCANS CITING LIABILITY

PARIS, January 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Court cases in France which have held doctors responsible for failing to detect disabilities in unborn children and thus have them aborted have caused doctors to refuse to offer ultrasound scans to newly pregnant mothers. The BBC reports that doctors argue that scan results provide far from accurate diagnoses. A French journalist told the BBC that the government has promised legislation on the matter to protect doctors. In various cases ruled on by the country’s highest court, parents of disabled children and even the disabled children themselves have been awarded large sums of money […]
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BC COUPLE MURDER DISABLED SON AND COMMIT SUICIDE

VANCOUVER, January 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A BC couple has been found dead along with their disabled son in an apparent murder suicide. Maurice and Belva Baulne who were in their 50’s and their mentally disabled adult son, Reece, aged 34, were found in a motorhome parked outside their house with a hose hooked up from the vehicle’s exhaust which caused carbon monoxide poisoning. A note to family and friends explained their despair and concerns that their declining health would leave them unable to care for their son. The couple refused to place their son in a home. According to […]
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PASTOR: NATIONAL POST REFUSED RELIGIOUS AD ACCEPTED BY GLOBE AND MAIL

TORONTO, January 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Evangelical Pastor Ken Campbell is seriously considering a lawsuit against the National Post newspaper after the paper reneged on an arrangement to publish a full-page religious ad after the paper switched publishers. Campbell told LifeSite that the Post had agreed in November to publish the ad on December 15 but when the ad was in camera-ready format for the Post and the $36,000 (plus taxes) was ready to be paid the Post called December 14 to say they would not be running the ad. Rev. Campbell called on David Swail, Senior Vice President and […]
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PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT BANS MORNING-AFTER PILL BECAUSE IT CAUSES ABORTION

New Pressure from International De-Population Forces Highly Likely MANILA, January 4, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Bureau of Food and Drugs of the Philippines recently de-listed the so-called morning-after pill, Levonorgestrel (750 mcg.) from its Registry of Drug Products and directed the recall of all existing stocks in the country after finding that it is an abortive drug. Bureau Circular No. 18 issued on December 7 cancelled the certificate of registration for the drug, marketed in the Philippines as an “emergency contraceptive” under the brand name Postinor by its local licensee, Schwarz Pharma. The drug is manufactured in Hungary by Gedeon-Richter. […]
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DELAY OF CHILDREN BAD FOR MEN AS SPERM ABNORMALITIES INCREASE A Brazilian study published in the journal of Fertility and Sterility has shown that chromosome abnormalities in sperm increase with age. The researchers found men in their 60s and 70s have a greater number of chromosome abnormalities in their sperm compared with those in their 20s and 30s.  https://www.reutershealth.com/archive/2001/12/27/eline/links/20011227elin005.html BILL TO ALLOW DIVORCE BEFORE THE SENATE IN CHILE The bill is causing major debate in the Catholic country where the Church has denounced the legislation. ‘‘It’s divorce now, it will be abortion next, and then probably marriages among homosexuals,’’ warned […]
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AUSTRALIAN ABORTION BREAST CANCER SUIT SETTLEMENT REVEALED

TASMANIA, January 3, 2002 (LSN.ca) – During the debate after which Australian legislators in Tasmania voted in favour of permitting more abortions, it was revealed that a woman who underwent an abortion was awarded a settlement since she was not informed that abortion is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer. RFM News reports that the plaintiff’s attorney in the lawsuit, Charles Francis, Queen’s Counsel, had cautioned the parliamentarians about the possibility of increased litigation against abortion providers which might occur as a result of expanding abortion rights. “In Victoria, civil claims for negligence from women suing their abortionists […]
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FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BUCHANAN DECLARES DEATH OF THE WEST

NEW YORK, January 3, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A new book by former US Presidential Candidate Pat Buchanan uses accurate United Nations population statistics to show that the US will be a Third World nation by the year 2050. A sneak preview of the book, to be launched Friday, the same day as an interview with Buchanan on NBC’s Today show, was available from Matt Drudge. Buchanan predicts Europe will be inundated by an Islamic-Arab-African invasion and most First World nations, including Japan, will have begun slowly to vanish from the earth. Regarding population Buchanan makes the following analyses: – By […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS TRIAL AGAINST CHRISTIAN PASTOR OVER HOMOSEXUAL AD ENDS AMICABLY

VANCOUVER, January 3, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A Human Rights Tribunal hearing over an Evangelical Pastor’s ad on homosexuality ended December 21, with the complainant shaking hands with the pastor. Reverend Ken Campbell, a frequent speaker at pro-life events, was taken before the tribunal to answer to charges that a 1998 ad he had published in a National newspaper was offensive to a practicing homosexual who complained to the BC Human Rights Commission. Representing himself, to avoid the approximate $150,000 cost of legal representation, Campbell argued that his authority for preaching against homosexual conduct was the Bible. During the trial Rev. […]
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SOCIETY OF OB/GYN TAKING LAW INTO OWN HANDS ON ABORTIFACIENT PILLS

Possible serious side-effects of the pills being ignored OTTAWA, January 3, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The Globe and Mail reports today that the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada is urging Canadian doctors to “skirt federal rules” by handing out “just-in-case” prescriptions for the abortifacient morning-after pill. Only in British Columbia and Quebec, where provincial laws have been changed to allow pharmacists to dispense the drug, can women buy it directly, however some doctors are circumventing laws in other provinces with the advance prescriptions. Spokesmen for the Ontario Medical Association and the Society unapologetically admitted to the practice. “Lots of […]
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MD GETS PRISON FOR FORCED ABORTION AND ABDUCTION IN BOSNIA A doctor who abducted his former girlfriend and forced an abortion on her was sentenced yesterday to 6½ years in prison https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020101/UREPOM-5 BRITISH CATHOLICS URGED TO PRAY FOR PRO-LIFE The UK Society for the Protection of Unborn Children reports that the Roman Catholic bishops of England and Wales declared last Sunday, the feast of the Holy Family, a special day of witness to the Church’s teaching on the sanctity of human life. Parish priests were urged to incorporate the theme of respect for human life in their homilies and prayers […]
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NEW HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS DEV. CORP. A PRO-ABORTION AND ‘GAY’ ACTIVIST

ALBANY, N.Y., January 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Pro-abortion New York Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg is set to appoint State Sen. Roy Goodman to head the United Nations Development Corp. The Associated Press reports that sources have revealed the selection to head the city-state corporation which provides office space and other facilities for the United Nations has been completed. AP describes Goodman as “one of New York’s ‘Rockefeller Republicans,’” and notes that “in the Senate, Goodman has been a champion of arts funding and gay and abortion rights.” See the AP report:  https://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011221/us/goodman_un_corp_2.html
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CHINA PASSES LAW CODIFYING ONE CHILD POLICY

BEIJING, January 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The communist government in China passed a law on Saturday which officially codifies its one-child population control policy. The Washington Times reports that the law lays out the policy which has been in effect in the country for 21 years. The law forbids married couples to have more than one child if they reside in the city and two (if the first one is a girl) if they reside in rural areas. The policy has led to wide-scale sex-selective abortions of baby girls and has led to a serious gender imbalance in the country. […]
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LAW PERMITTING EUTHANASIA TAKES EFFECT IN NETHERLANDS

AMSTERDAM, January 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The law to legalize euthanasia by lethal injection, approved in the Dutch parliament last April, took effect yesterday, giving the Netherlands the notorious distinction of being the first country in the world to legalize the practice. While the practice was tolerated for decades in the country, with doctors practicing it hardly ever facing censure, the debate over official legalization garnered attention. About 10,000 pro-life protesters surrounded the parliament building, praying, singing hymns and quoting the Bible during deliberations on the day of the vote. The parliamentarians rejected tens of thousands of letters urging them […]
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ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP CANDIDATE STEPHEN HARPER ON ABORTION

CALGARY, January 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – An interview with Alliance Leadership candidate Stephen Harper is published in the Jan. 7 edition of Report magazine. The following excerpts from the interview deal with Harper’s stand on abortion. Q. During the last election the party was thrown into turmoil by questions of social policy. How would you prevent this from happening again? A. I was the founding policy officer of the Reform Party, and I thought we had some of the right formulae there. I think that very sensitive and clearly religious denominational moral issues should not be issues of party policy, […]
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HEAD OF ANGLICAN CHURCH IN CANADA SLAMS SUPPRESSION OF RELIGION IN PUBLIC

OTTAWA, January 2, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Archbishop Michael Peers, the head of the Anglican Church of Canada, warned in his New Year’s Day sermon at Ottawa’s Christ Church Cathedral that Canada’s move to eliminate all mention of religion from public life is dangerous. Archbishop Peers was reacting to the Canadian government’s official ceremony for the September 11 tragedy which purposely excluded all mention of religion in the name of pluralism. “This kind of thing would be not only a suppression of our pluralist reality, but also folly of the worst sort for our society,“he said. The Ottawa Citizen reported that […]
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