PRO-ABORTION SPITZER WITHDRAWS FROM CATHOLIC ENGAGEMENT

ALBANY, February 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League (ALL), one of the largest pro-life groups in the United States has saved the New York Archdiocese from falling into a scandalous situation.  Vehemently pro-abortion New York state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was to be an honoured guest at a prominent Catholic function that was to be attended by New York’s Cardinal Edward Egan.  However, after a press release by ALL pointing out the error in judgment two days ago has prompted a ‘joint decision’ for Spitzer to withdraw from the March 16 Friendly Sons of St. Patrick dinner.  In a […]
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DUTCH SURVEY OF DOCTORS REVEALS EUTHANASIA SEVERELY UNDERREPORTED

AMSTERDAM, February 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctors in Holland, where euthanasia is permitted, are illegally euthanizing patients since they feel the required reporting procedure is bothersome, according to an investigative television program which aired in Holland last night.  The television program “Reporter” said that thousands of cases of life-shortening acts are not being reported to the regional committees which are to judge whether the euthanasia in the particular case is allowable under Dutch law.   According to official statistics, the number of reported euthanasia cases reduced by 8 percent last year. However, according to doctors, the official figures do not […]
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CANADIAN PRO-LIFE MP CONDEMNS LIBERAL ‘ANTI-AMERICAN BIGOTRY’

OTTAWA, February 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In responding to the controversy surrounding Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish’s remarks, the Canadian Alliance today called on Prime Minister Jean Chretien to put an end to the “endless stream of anti-American bigotry” coming from the Liberal Party. As LifeSite reported yesterday, Carolyn Parrish, a pro-abortion MP said before television cameras, “Damn Americans .. I hate those bastards.” Speaking in the House of Commons, Alliance MP Jason Kenney (Calgary Southeast) said that Parrish’s remarks “once again show the ugly side of Liberal anti-American bigotry.”“Had Parrish expressed her hatred for any other identifiable group she rightly […]
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U.S. HOUSE APPROVES BILL TO BAN CLONING OF HUMAN EMBRYOS

WASHINGTON, February 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – By a decisive, bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation to prohibit the creation of human embryos by cloning yesterday.  The House approved the Weldon-Stupak Human Cloning Prohibition Act (H.R. 534), 241-155.  The House first rejected, 174-231, the Greenwood Substitute which aimed to allow human cloning for research purposes and ban it for reproductive purposes.  “We applaud the lawmakers who heeded President Bush’s call to ban the creation of human embryos,” said Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC).  “Polls show the public is overwhelmingly opposed to […]
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CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY PRO-LIFE GROUP CHARGES ADMINISTRATION DESERTED IT

TORONTO, February 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Saint Michael’s College Students for Life (SMCSFL) has sent an open letter to the Catholic College’s Principal Mark McGowan and his Sexual Orientation Committee.  The open letter comes as a response to the failure of the Principal to defend the pro-life group from charges of inciting hatred by inviting the world renowned Catholic philosopher Peter Kreeft to give a talk on campus. During his presentation Dr. Kreeft answered questions about homosexuality from a Catholic perspective which enraged homosexual activists who targeted the meeting.  “Having brought a Catholic professor to speak at a Catholic campus, […]
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Pro-Life University Students Challenge Catholic University Administration

An Open Letter to Principal McGowan and the Sexual Orientation Committee: Saint Michael’s College Students for Life (SMCSFL) is not simply an anti-abortion club.  Part of our responsibility and the responsibility of all Catholic students at Saint Michael’s College is to present the Catholic Church’s teaching on the intimate relationship between human sexuality, human dignity and the sanctity of human life as an alternative to the mainstream position.  However, in doing so, by hosting such respected Christian intellectuals as Christopher Wolfe, Michael Coren and Peter Kreeft, our members have been systematically harassed and insulted by individual students and student organizations, […]
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PRO-ABORTS FURIOUS AT SUPREME COURT RULING Both liberals and conservatives see the ruling as a welcome affirmation of the constitutional right to free speech. But the National Organization of Women’s Kim Gandy says, “it’s a green light for ideological terrorists to engage in whatever kind of violent campaigns they want.”  https://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-rico27.html
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WOMEN’S GROUP NOTES STUDY SHOWING SAME-SEX UNIONS ARE VERY DIFFERENT

OTTAWA, February 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – REAL Women of Canada, in its Jan/Feb 2003 Reality magazine recalls the significant results of a 1984 study by a male homosexual couple of 156 other homosexual couples. The findings of the study by psychiatrist, Dr. David McWhirter, and psychologist, Dr. Andrew Mattison were described in their book, ‘The Male Couple’. Reality refers to the current intense push by gay activists for their unions to be given legal recognition equal to male-female marriages. The article states “Homosexual activists claim that their relationships operate from the same dynamics and meet similar needs as heterosexual unions […]
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NICARAGUAN BISHOPS COMPARE ABORTION TO TERRORIST BOMBING

MANAGUA, February 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The abortion of a 4-month unborn child of a 9-year-old rape victim has sparked a renewed abortion debate in Nicaragua. The country’s Roman Catholic bishops compared the violation of the womb, which destroys innocent human life, to a terrorist bomb.  “Is there any difference between a bus full of passengers that receives the impact of a car bomb,” the bishops demanded, “and a metallic instrument that impacts the maternal womb to suck out a fetus?”  The bishops took the occasion to encourage Nicaraguan congressmen not to accept proposals to liberalize abortion laws, which for […]
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CANADIAN STEM CELL BILL ALLOWS CREATION OF EMBRYOS FOR EXPERIMENTATION

OTTAWA, February 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Assisted Human Reproduction Act, Bill C-13, received surprising criticism in the House of Commons today from Liberal MP John Bryden.  Bryden, an MP believed to be pro-abortion and who has supported embryonic stem cell research, has nevertheless pointed out the inconsistency in the bill regarding its supposed prohibition of the creation of human embryos for research.  Bryden stood up in the House today to note how one clause in the bill specifically permits the creation of human embryos for the purpose of instruction and better working of in vitro fertilization. Under the Prohibited […]
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CRISIS MAGAZINE RESPONDS TO MICHAEL ROSE’S CRITICISM OF CRISIS MAGAZINE Some of the details in Michael Rose’s book, Goodbye Good men, about the U.S. clergy sex-abuse scandals have generated controversy among faithful Catholic leaders. This is the latest, detailed installment in the saga.  https://www.crisismagazine.com/march2003/feature2.htm
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US STATE LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP

UTAH HOUSE PASSES PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BAN AND DEFUNDING ACT In back to back bills Monday and Tuesday the Utah House passed pro-life measures outlawing partial birth abortion and restricting public funding for abortion.  https://www.sltrib.com/2003/feb/02252003/utah/32663.asp https://www.sltrib.com/2003/feb/02262003/utah/32998.asp   WEST VIRGINIA SENATE APPROVES INFORMED CONSENT BILL   https://www.wvgazette.com/news/News/2003022423/  NEW MEXICO SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES PARENTAL NOTIFICATION BILL https://santafenewmexican.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7142923&BRD=2144&PAG=461&dept_id=461625&rfi=8
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FILIPINO BISHOP WANTS PREGNANT BRIDES TO MARRY IN PRIVATE

MANILA, February 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Roman Catholic bishop of Legazpi, 200 miles southeast of Manila, says it would be more in keeping with the significance of the publicly celebrated Sacrament of Matrimony if brides who are visibly pregnant are married in private instead.  Pregnancy outside marriage is “a counter-symbol to the purity, chastity and beauty of the bride of Christ, the Church,” Bishop Jose Sorra explained, adding that his guidance is necessary to protect church marriages from ridicule. One bride went into labour during the wedding mass and had to be taken to hospital, he said, adding: “A […]
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RAVE REVIEW FOR TOLKIEN IN VATICAN NEWSPAPER

VATICAN, February 26, 2003 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – In a highly favourable review of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, the official Vatican newspaper has said that the work carries “echoes of the Gospel.”  L’Osservatore Romano remarked that Tolkien’s creative work—now being made available on film—has an “enchantment with which it seduces us, and helps to highlight a significance deeper than what is immediately apparent.” The fantasy world of Tolkien’s work is “like a projection of the real world, where men are agitated by passions, driven by sentiments, slaves to egoism, but open to values of friendship, loyalty, generosity, love—stronger than the […]
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U.S. HOUSE TO VOTE THURSDAY ON HUMAN CLONING BAN

WASHINGTON, February 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. House of Representatives will vote Thursday afternoon, February 27, on two radically differing approaches to the practice of human cloning.  The House will debate the human cloning issue for about three hours.  The House will consider first the Greenwood Substitute, proposed by Congressman Jim Greenwood (R-Pa.).  This bill would allow the mass cloning of human embryos for biomedical research, while attempting to prohibit the use of any such embryo to “initiate a pregnancy” in a human womb.  If the Greenwood Substitute is defeated, the House will then vote on the Weldon-Stupak Human […]
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MP KENNEY MOVES AMENDMENT TO BAN DESTRUCTION OF EMBRYOS

OTTAWA, February 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Member of Parliament Jason Kenney (CA-Calgary Southeast) will move an amendment in the House of Commons tomorrow that would ban destructive research on human embryos.  Amendment 17 to Bill C-13, the Assisted Human Reproduction Act, states that “[No person shall knowingly] experiment on or harvest an embryo.” The amendment would have the effect of prohibiting embryonic stem cell research, in which human embryos are destroyed for research purposes.  “Bill C-13 as it now stands allows the human embryo – which is nascent human life – to be destroyed. Government funding for research on human […]
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CANADIAN ASSISTED HUMAN REPRODUCTION BILL CONTINUES DEBATE TOMORROW

OTTAWA, February 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Assisted Human Reproduction Act, Bill C-13, is due to be debated in the House of Commons again on Thursday beginning at 10:15 am.  Report stage debate could end tomorrow, wrapping up debates on group 6 amendments as well as those in group 2 which are supported by the pro-life movement.  Political experts suggest that the report stage votes on the amendments will not be held until the first Tuesday after the parliamentary break which would be March 18.  After that third reading and final vote on the bill could occur as early as […]
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KOPP JURY SELECTION NEXT WEEK; JUDGE WANTS ‘NO MORE DELAYS’

BUFFALO, February 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jury selection in the trial of self-confessed abortionist shooter James C. Kopp will begin next Monday. Erie County Judge Michael L. D’Amico said, “We are picking a jury Monday, we’ll start proof March 17.”  But Kopp attorney Bruce A. Barket still wants state charges against Kopp thrown out, on grounds that France might not have extradited Kopp under current circumstances. Kopp was originally indicted for intentional murder, but after Kopp told reporters he did not intend to kill Dr. Barnett A. Slepian, prosecutors added a new charge of causing Slepian’s death through “depraved indifference […]
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PRO-ABORTION TEACHER FIRED FROM CATHOLIC SCHOOL FILES COMPLAINT

WILMINGTON, Deleware, February 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-abortion woman who was fired from her post as a teacher at a private Catholic school after her support for abortion was mentioned in a newspaper ad celebrating Roe v Wade, has launched a discrimination complaint. Michele Curay-Cramer, 31, claims her dismissal violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, which prohibits firing an employee for having an abortion.  Her attorney, Thomas S. Neuberger, believes the case will be a “slam-dunk”. He said, “There are no exemptions for religious institutions for sexual discrimination.”  The investigation into the matter could take up to six months after […]
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FEMINISTS WHO INSISTED ON ABORTION FOR 9-YEAR-OLD NICARAGUAN GIRL EXCOMMUNICATED

MANAGUA, February 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The top education official for the Managua Archdiocese has told the press that all those who participated in forcing the nine-year-old girl who was pregnant to have an abortion have excommunicated themselves.  Monsignor Silvio Fonseca, said that the parents, the medical staff, and the feminist group, Network of Women Against Violence, which urged the abortion, “are excommunicated ‘ipso facto’.”  During his sermon on Sunday, Nicaraguan Archbishop Miguel Obando y Bravo warned that the abortion clinic staff were “putting themselves at the service of death” in killing the child.  The Church had offered to care […]
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SMALL GROUP OF CANADIAN RESEARCHERS ASK GOV’T TO ALLOW HUMAN CLONING

TORONTO, February 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A small group of professors and researchers from various Canadian universities are attempting to influence parliament to allow human cloning. The researchers claim that their aim is to use human cloning for research purposes only. Similar U.S. legislative proposals have been dubbed “clone and kill bills” since such cloning always involves the killing of cloned embryos. The group has written an editorial in the Parliament Hill newspaper The Hill Times hoping to influence politicians to support human cloning. The list of professors includes: Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, University […]
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U.S. SUPREME COURT ALLOWS STRONGEST EVER STATE ABORTION RESTRICTIONS

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld an eight-year-old Indiana state law that includes the country’s most rigorous requirements for abortion, including –  mandatory face-to-face counselling about the risks –  with pictures of what the unborn baby looks like at the appropriate number of weeks –  a mandatory 18-hour waiting period before an abortion can be carried out.  Abortion clinics in the state had appealed to the court on grounds that in-person counselling was “an outrageous law that leaves many women without access to abortions, or certainly places a heavy burden, an undue burden, on […]
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MEL GIBSON DOES JESUS MOVIE THE HARD WAY Can’t find distributor yet for graphic, realistic portrayal of the passion of Christ using only original Latin and Aramaic languages without subtitles.  https://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/2/24/164623   U.K. SAFE-SEX POLICY ‘SPREADS DISEASE AMONG YOUNG’  A leaked parliamentary report say the Government’s policy on sex education is responsible for a “galloping” rise in sexually transmitted diseases among young people that threatens in turn to cause increasing rates of infertility and cancer.  https://www.dailytelegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/02/23/nedu23.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/02/23/ixhome.html&secureRefresh=true
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LUNCH WITH PRO-ABORTION POLITICIAN RAISES $3750 FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOL

DETROIT, February 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over the objections of Catholics who have been outraged over Mercy High School’s inclusion of pro-abortion Governor Jennifer Granholm in their annual fundraiser, the auction of a lunch with the governor took place this weekend.  The lunch with Granholm brought $3,750 for the Farmington Hills Catholic girls school and a chance for two of its students to dine with the governor.  Earlier the school had withdrawn the controversial auction prize responding to concerns from Catholics, including concerns from the office of Detroit’s Cardinal Adam Maida.  However, the school later flip-flopped on the decision.  Detroit […]
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PRO-ABORTS REACT TO BUSH RESTRICTIONS ON AIDS FUNDING https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=571&ncid=751&e=7&u=/nm/20030220/hl_nm/aids_abortion_dc   UK COURT TO RULE IN MIXED-RACE IVF BLUNDER https://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,899053,00.html   8 OR MORE COFFEES A DAY DOUBLES RISK OF STILLBIRTH – STUDY https://www.health-news.co.uk/showstory.asp?id=107117
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AUSTRALIAN COURT REJECTS GOV’T ANNULMENT OF TRANSSEXUAL ‘MARRIAGE’

SYDNEY, February 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  An Australian Family Court has rejected the federal government’s annulment of a ‘marriage’ between two women, one of which had undergone surgery and hormone treatment to appear male.  After a so-called ‘sex-change’ operation the Family Court validated the ‘marriage of Jennifer and Kevin J.  However, federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams objected that Kevin was nonetheless still female.  A spokesman for the Attorney-General said the government is considering an appeal. “The government believes the case raises serious issues concerning the meaning of marriage under the Marriage Act and in particular the role of the parliament in determining […]
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UK GOVERNMENT SHOCKINGLY RECOMMENDS ORAL SEX FOR UNDER-16’s

LONDON, February 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A government-sponsored school course is encouraging students under 16 to experiment with oral sex, in an effort to reduce teenage pregnancy. Over 100,000 children are already taking the course at one in every 30 secondary schools.  The curriculum, entitled “A Pause,” was developed at Exeter University with support from the Departments of Health and Education. It encourages teachers to discuss so-called pre-sex “stopping points” and “levels of intimacy” including oral sex, that stop short of sexual intercourse.  But Robert Whelan, director of the Family Education Trust, questions the wisdom of the course. “I don’t […]
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STUDENT ABORTS BABY IN SCHOOL WASHROOM

HOUSTON, February 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A junior high school student in Texas aborted her second-trimester unborn baby in a school washroom this week after taking an abortifacient pill that was given to her by her boyfriend’s sister.  A school district spokesman said the student, believed to be 13 or 14 years old, was 16 to 18 weeks pregnant when she took the pill. Texas law requires health care providers to notify the parents of a girl under 18 before any kind of abortion. But the requirement of parental notification is on the physician performing the abortion or prescribing the […]
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INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF SCIENTISTS FINDS OVER HALF AFRICA AIDS CAUSED BY UNSTERILIZED NEEDLES

JOHANNESBURG, February 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  An international team of scientists led by David Gisselquist, an anthropologist from Pennsylvania, and Dr John Potterat, an infectious diseases specialist from Colorado, has found inconsistencies in the data on the spread of AIDS in Africa. Their data suggests the disease’s rapid proliferation comes mostly from botched vaccinations.  The study suggests only 30 per cent of HIV cases are caused by sexual transmission rather than the 90 per cent which is currently the claim.  The researchers suggest that the existing data demonstrates their points but the original researchers did not reach the correct conclusions due […]
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ALL PRIVATE MEMBERS MOTIONS NOW VOTABLE IN CANADA

OTTAWA, February 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  All political parties in the House of Commons agreed yesterday to make all Private Members’ Business subject to a vote, on a trial basis.  The Canadian Alliance Party which led the charge on the switch said the change “represents a big step forward for democracy.”  On a trial basis, all Private Members’ Business (bills or motions) will begin the process as votable items, and only in certain circumstances will some items be deemed non-votable by a sub-committee on Private Members’ Business.  Any Member who has an item deemed non-votable by the sub-committee can appeal to […]
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GERMAN PARLIAMENT SEEKS BAN ON ALL HUMAN CLONING AT UN

HAMBURG, February 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  The Bundestag, or lower house of Parliament, overwhelmingly approved a motion calling for a United Nations international ban on all forms of human cloning, including reproductive and therapeutic cloning.  The measure comes after German representatives at the United Nations had refused to side with the United States on a ban of all human cloning, wanting instead a ban on only reproductive cloning. See related LifeSite coverage:  US PUSHING TO HAVE UN CLONING-BAN TREATY IN PLACE BY NOVEMBER www.lifesite.net/ldn/2002/oct/02101002.html   See related coverage:  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030220/hl_nm/cloning_germany_dc_1
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BRITAIN’S LABOUR GOVERNMENT PASSES ‘THOUGHT CRIME’ LEGISLATION

LONDON, February 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Labour government is opening the door for European Union courts to extradite British citizens for what critics call “thought crimes.” Legislation now before the UK Parliament will make “xenophobia and racism” one of 32 crimes for which a new European arrest warrant can be issued. EU ministers are also working on a common set of offences to criminalize xenophobia and racism.  Philip Duly, with the Freedom Association, a libertarian group, says the Government should protect citizens from extradition requests by Orwellian continental courts for what he says are “thought crimes.” It is in […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SUPPORTS RIGHT TO DIE

LONDON, February 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Joel Joffe, the retired human rights lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela in the 1963 treason trial that ended in Mandela’s life imprisonment, is sponsoring a bill to give terminally-ill British patients the right to die.  Lord Joffe’s Assisted Dying Bill—which observers say has “little chance” of making it into law —provides for a competent adult suffering from a terminal disease or a serious, incurable physical illness to submit a written request for medical assistance to die, provided a second medical opinion confirms the disease is terminal.  For local coverage:  https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2782887.stm
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OREGON RIGHT TO DIE HAS STEADY CUSTOMERS

PORTLAND, February 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A steady number of Oregon residents are using the state’s 1998 assisted suicide law to end their lives. In 2002, reports suggest that up to 30 people sought suicide prescriptions from doctors with the assistance of Compassion in Dying, a right to die counselling group. That compares to 17 clients in 2001 and 21 the year before.  Between 1998 and 2001, 91 people legally took their own lives in the state. Most were older, on average more highly educated, and had private health insurance.  U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is making an attempt to […]
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EURO PARLIMENTARIANS WARNED OF DANGER OF CLONING WITH DEATH OF AUSTRALIAN CLONED SHEEP

BRUSSELS, February 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Monday, every Member of the European Parliament received, from the European Youth Alliance, a card that mourned the February 1st death of Matilda, Australia’s first cloned sheep.  The card, bearing all the traditional symbols of a Rest In Peace sympathy card – including a photo of the recently deceased, warned the politicians against all forms of human cloning.  The card read: “We regret to announce the death of Matilda, Australia’s first cloned sheep. Matilda passed away suddenly without previous signs of illness, leaving behind puzzled scientific researchers.” The card also pointed out the […]
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SPIRIT OF DOLLY HOVERS AS DARK CLOUD OVER CLONING

LOS ANGELES, February 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Media reports are lamenting that Dolly, the cloned sheep that died last week, is taking on “a new, darker symbolism, and that cloning may have consequences far beyond a creature’s birth.”  It is not yet proven that Dolly’s premature death at six years of age, apparently from a range of health problems including abnormally rapid cell deterioration, a lung infection, arthritis and other problems, “had anything to do with her unnatural start in life,” says a report in Singapore’s Straits Times.  The fact remains, however, that barely one in 100 cloned animal embryos […]
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MENNONITE CHURCH (USA) ISSUES DRAFT DOCUMENT ON ABORTION

ELKHART, Ind., February 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Mennonite Church USA Executive Board unanimously adopted a statement on abortion in January.  The statement—still in draft form to undergo another revision—will be sent to the Constituency Leaders’ Council (CLC), area conferences and other groups for feedback before delegates vote on its approval at Atlanta 2003 in July. While the Church comes out against abortion, noting that it is “counter to biblical principles,” it is divided over whether or not the matter should be addressed politically or legally.  One commentary section reads, “Because of the diversity of moral conviction in the civil […]
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WEST MUST NOT IMPOSE POPULATION CONTROL POLICIES ON AFRICA SAYS VATICAN

VATICAN, February 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Francis Arinze, originally from Nigeria and currently the head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, has warned that Europe must not impose population control on his native Africa.  “Europe must be careful not to impose demographic policies on African families, suggesting, for example, that they have not more than two children,” he said. Zenit News reported on the comments made by the Cardinal for an upcoming meeting of church leaders from Europe and Africa.  Cardinal Arinze stressed that “The only key to resolving the problem of overpopulation is development.”  […]
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NICARAGUAN GOV’T BOARD RULES ABORTION FOR 9-YEAR OLD IS SAME RISK AS BIRTH

MANAGUA, February 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A medical board set up by the Nicaraguan government to determine the risk of abortion to a 9-year-old Nicaraguan girl impregnated during a rape in Costa Rica, released its ruling Wednesday.  The board of three physicians appointed by authorities and two doctors selected by the girl’s parents, examined the girl at the Fernando Velez Paiz Children’s Hospital in Managua. Their decision on the matter is that the girl runs the same risks whether she carries her baby to term or aborts the unborn child.  The board ruled that the girl, who is nearly four […]
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LIBERALS SHOCK CANADIAN PARLIAMENT WITH RETURN OF STEM CELL BILL FRIDAY

OTTAWA, February 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite previous indications to the contrary, Liberal government House leader Don Boudria unexpectedly announced today at 3 p.m. that Bill C-13, the controversial Assisted Human Reproduction Act, is on the Order Paper for debate for tomorrow (Friday). Apparently, the government has also given notice that the three remaining groups of proposed amendments are to be addressed.  This development was not at all expected since the bill was not on the long term schedule for the week and was not published earlier today in the Order Paper for Friday, as is normal practice. As well, […]
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GLAMOUR MAGAZINE CARRIES STORY ON SEX-ABUSER ABORTIONIST “Every Woman’s Ob-Gyn Nightmare” covers the case of Arizona abortionist Brian Finkel who is charged with 67 counts of sexual molestation of his patients.  https://us.glamour.com   KKK LEADER ACCUSED IN PLOT TO BOMB ABORTUARY https://www.post-gazette.com/localnews/20030214grenadereg5p5.asp   LESBIAN SUING CHRISTIAN DOCTOR FOR REFUSAL TO ARTIFICIALLY INSEMINATE https://www.cnsnews.com/Culture/archive/200302/CUL20030219c.html
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VIRGINIA SENATE PASSES PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BAN BY VETO-PROOF MARGIN

RICHMOND, February 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Virginia state Senate has passed the partial birth abortion ban by a 29 to 11 margin without debate. It had previously passed the Delaware House by 72 to 27, also strong enough to override a veto by pro-abortion Democratic Gov. Mark R. Warner.  Gov. Warner vetoed a similar bill last year because it provided for no exception to protect the health of the mother.  For local coverage:  https://www.pilotonline.com/breaking/br0218abo.html
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WIFE OF TOM RIDGE PROMOTES TEEN SEX SURVEY

WASHINGTON, February 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michele Ridge, wife of U.S. Homeland Security director Tom Ridge, is national spokesman for the Communities That Care (CTC) program, which is sending a survey to 400 schools asking teens if they engage in oral sex, use drugs or have considered suicide. The survey is used to collect personal information from students to help local governments claim their share millions of dollars of federal and foundation grant applications.  The survey asks of 15- to 18-year-old high school students: “How old were you when you first had sex?”“Have you ever had oral sex?”“The last time […]
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FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON RUMOURED TO BE SEEKING UN SECRETARY GENERAL POST

UNITED NATIONS, February 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is rumoured to be seeking to replace Kofi Annan as the next Secretary General of the United Nations.  In its Dateline D.C. column Sunday, The Pittsburgh Tribune Review reported that “Early in the fall, some seven months from now, the U.N. General Assembly may select a new secretary-general. Kofi Annan is under pressure to resign before the end of his second term in 2006. If he does, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the U.N. Security Council, will approve a replacement.”  That replacement is likely to be […]
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‘CBSC DENIES CATHOLICS PROTECTION FROM ABUSIVE BROADCASTS’ SAYS CCRL

OTTAWA, February 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Civil Rights League (CCRL) slammed the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) yesterday for a ruling that the defamation of Catholic priests on CTV’s Mike Bullard show last April did not infringe the ethical code of the organization. CCRL, which launched the complaint against the program, purposely directed its complaint to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) since it had recognized serious flaws in previous CBSC decisions.  However, specific instructions stipulating that the CRTC was not to delegate the adjudication to the CBSC were ignored.  “The problems caused by the CRTC’s downloading […]
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PROTESTANT PASTORS ASKED TO SPEAK UP ON ABORTION

LOUISVILLE, KY, February 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A panel discussion at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary this month stressed that the future of the pro-life movement rests on Christian pastors and leaders courageously confronting the issue of abortion.  The Baptist Press reports that two Southern Baptist leaders joined a pro-life Presbyterian activist and a former United States congressman on the panel.  Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission said “I know ministers in my local community who will not preach on the issue because they say, ‘There are people in my congregation that have […]
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FAMILY ACTION COALITION READY TO DEFEND MARRIAGE BEFORE COMMITTEE

OTTAWA, February 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tomorrow (February 20th), the Canada Family Action Coalition will present to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights a brief calling for the preservation of the current legal definition of marriage: the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.  The CFAC presentation will come on the heels of a presentation today by the Metropolitan Community Church which took part in initiating the legal challenge to marriage by performing mock marriage ceremonies for homosexuals.  CFAC will ask the Justice Committee to recommend that Parliament reaffirm the definition that […]
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CATHOLIC HIGHSCHOOL DEFIES BISHOP AND REINSTATES LUNCH WITH PRO-ABORTION GOV.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, February 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mercy High School has decided to reinstate a fundraising lunch with pro-abortion Governor Jennifer Granholm.  In response to concerns from Catholics as well as from (new information reveals) Michigan’s Cardinal Adam Maida, the school announced last week that it had decided not to invite Granholm to participate “Out of sensitivity to any who might interpret this item as Mercy taking a pro-abortion stand.” However, the school has again reversed its position and Granholm has agreed to participate in the “Lunch with Governor Granholm” prize which will be auctioned off as an item […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

MRS. RIDGE PROMOTES INTRUSIVE SEX SURVEY OF STUDENTS https://www.washtimes.com/national/20030218-132803.htm   ISLAM AND HOMOSEXUALITY – AN IN-DEPTH REPORT https://www.islam-online.net/english/Contemporary/2003/02/Article01.shtml   NINE IN 10 HETEROSEXUALLY TRANSMITTED HIV INFECTIONS IN TEENAGERS OCCUR IN FEMALES Focus on the Family Canada reported yesterday “Nine in 10 heterosexually transmitted HIV infections in teenagers occur in females, 10 times the rate among teenage males… These patterns indicate that adult-teen sex, not teen-teen sex, is the primary transmitter of STD, particularly HIV.” [Source: Males, M. (1998). “Adult partners and adult contexts of ‘teenage sex;” Education and Urban Society, Feb 1998, Vol. 30, Issue 2, p189.]
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CANADIAN BROADCAST AUTHORITY OKAYS RIDICULE OF PRIESTHOOD BY PROGRAM

OTTAWA, February 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has dismissed a complaint against a television station for ridiculing Catholic priests as being pedophiles.  In 2000, however, the CBSC found a radio program in violation of its code of ethics since it associated pedophilia with homosexuality.  The CBSC ruling explains the incident on the show noting that the CTV program Open Mike with Mike Bullard aired a criticized episode last year.  The CBSC said, “as part of a conversation between Bullard and the show’s resident band leader, Orin Isaacs, who asked Bullard how he had been able […]
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LESBIANS SEEK LEGAL APPROVAL FOR ‘THREE-PARENT’ FAMILY

LONDON, Ont., February 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A London boy’s natural mother, who is now a practising lesbian, is applying to have her lesbian partner made a third legal parent. The two lesbians, apparently with the natural father’s support, made the request of Justice David Aston of London Family Court.  The boy, who is 2 years old, appears set for a confused and possibly tragic upbringing. “I have two momses and a daddy,” said the boy, as he pushed a toy truck outside the courtroom. The evidence is overwhelming that a stable mother-father household is the best environment in which […]
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58-YEAR-OLD BECOMES MOTHER OF IVF TWINS

LONDON, February 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 58-year-old woman has become Britain’s oldest mother of twins after undergoing IVF intervention. Janet Bosher, a retired nurse, gave birth to twins named Sarah and James last September using donated embryos.  The treatment was overseen by Dr. Ian Craft, whose London clinic created Europe’s first IVF twins in 1982. He last made headlines in 1997 when 60-year-old Welsh farmer’s wife Liz Buttle became Britain’s oldest-ever IVF mother.  Ms. Bosher’s twins currently lack a father figure after Martin Maslin, the man identified as her “partner,” died two weeks ago of a heart attack. If […]
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WOMEN MUST FIGHT ABORTION, EUTHANASIA AND DIVORCE SAYS UGANDAN CARDINAL

KAMPALA, February 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ugandan Cardinal Emmanual Wamala has challenged women to fight divorce, abortion, contraceptives and euthanasia.  He urged the women to engage in the battle for life noting that God has entrusted women with the future of humanity.  “Life is being threatened by false doctrines. One front is through contraceptives, abortions and euthanasia, under the cover of scientific development and economic progress,” he said.  “The second area is the family where divorce and separation are being sung under the guise of women’s emancipation.  The third front is through the church. Christ founded one church and not […]
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VIETNAM APPROVES BAN ON ALL HUMAN CLONING

HANOI, February 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vietnamese government has approved a ban on all human cloning.  The law which will take effect May 1 also bans surrogacy and sex screening of embryos. The law does permit in vitro fertilization.  The Thanh Nien newspaper reported that one million couples seek fertility treatment in the country each year.  See the Hoover coverage:  https://hoovnews.hoovers.com/fp.asp?layout=displaynews&doc_id=NR20030215670.4_d042000277c80640
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Pregnant 9-Year-Old Victim Being Used To Push Abortion Legalization

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, February 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The president of the Hispanic Division of Human Life International has warned that an exceptional abortion case in Nicaragua is being exploited by feminist organizations to press for abortion legalization.  Nicaraguan public opinion is facing a controversy over a 9 year old girl diagnosed pregnant and with two sexually transmitted diseases. Supposedly the girl was raped by a 20 year old male, although her stepfather is also suspected because he refused DNA tests.  Nicaraguan feminist groups requested a “therapeutic” abortion, which the hospital doctors refused. They offered the girl medical and social support […]
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NEW EVIDENCE THAT MOTHER’S EMOTIONS AFFECT FETAL DEVELOPMENT https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=571&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/20030217/hl_nm/mom_fetus_dc   WOMAN, 58, BECOMES UK’s OLDEST MOTHER OF IVF TWINS https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=571&ncid=751&e=5&u=/nm/20030217/hl_nm/britain_ivf_dc
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CANADIAN BROADCAST AUTHORITY RULES ANTI-CATHOLIC BLASPHEMY OKAY

OTTAWA, February 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a ruling released Wednesday, the Canadian Broadcasts Standards Council (CBSC) okayed the use of anti-Catholic profanity.  The Quebec Panel of the CBSC received a complaint after a comedian on radio used the terms “tabernac’”, “calice” and “hostie” as curses.  Translated the words mean ‘tabernacle’, ‘chalice’ and ‘host’. The terms refer to sacred objects in the Catholic Church.  In justifying their ruling to say the broadcast did not violate the CBSC ethical standard, the CBSC quoted an earlier ruling regarding blasphemy: “At this point in the 20th century, the CBSC expects that comedians are […]
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EX-LESBIAN SAYS CHANGE IS POSSIBLE, WITH GOD’S HELP

AUSTIN, February 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Teresa Britton calls herself a former lesbian, and credits a pentecostal religious conversion with her ability to combat deviant urges and abandon homosexuality as a lifestyle.  Ms. Britton, 40, says that she suffered an emotional breakdown when her last sexual relationship with another woman collapsed after nearly four years. After a spell during which she relied on drinking and smoking to keep up her spirits, Britton started going to church with a roommate. “One night she was crying in bed when she felt God touch her,” one report said. She did not seek help […]
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TORONTO PEPPER-SPRAY CASE NEARING ITS END

TORONTO, February 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The court case of a woman charged after Aid to Women counsellor Robert Hinchey was pepper-sprayed in the eyes last August seems to be nearing its close. A Crown attorney met with Hinchey this morning before Carol Ann Trueman, 43, appeared in court for her latest hearing on a charge of assault with a weapon. He indicated to Hinchey that a plea bargain deal was being struck, with acceptance of a plea and sentencing set to take place during Trueman’s next appearance at the College Park provincial court at 10 a.m. on March 24.  […]
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CATHOLIC WOMEN’S COLLEGE REGRETS SENDING STUDENTS TO PRO-ABORTION RALLY

SOUTH BEND, IN, February 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a stinging example of the need for vigilance, administrators at Saint Mary’s College in South Bend are now saying that the $1,700 used to send four students and one faculty member to a pro-abortion rally was wrong.  St. Mary’s, which bills itself as “the nation’s premier Catholic women’s college”, has its pro-life students in disbelief. “As a pro-lifer, I didn’t personally agree with them. When I found out the college paid for it. I couldn’t believe it,” said one senior.  The College’s Center , under the direction of Dr. Meredith Reid […]
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BUSH MOVES TO BLOCK OVERSEAS ABORTION FUNDING VIA AIDS GROUPS

WASHINGTON, February 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Bush Administration has taken steps to prohibit organizations that receive funds from the president’s $15 billion global AIDS relief program from promoting or providing abortions in developing countries. In the past, AIDS funding has been subject to abuse by Planned Parenthood and its allies.  As the program goes into effect this year, groups will have to administer AIDS programs separately from family planning in order to receive AIDS funding. The purpose of the separation is to try to prevent abortion services from receiving any new federal aid, as happened for eight years under […]
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CANADIAN ASSISTED REPRODUCTION BILL PUT ON HOLD

OTTAWA, February 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Assisted Reproduction legislation Bill C-13 has been put on hold till after the March break say political analysts.  The budget which is currently being debated will likely not allow for further debate and passage of Bill C-13 until after the March break.  When MPs return on March 17, amendments to the bill will continue receiving debate.  Pro-lifers are especially interested in the group 2 amendments which mitigate the evils of the bill.  Campaign Life Coalition is urging pro-life, pro-family Canadians to take advantage of this delay to further lobby Members of Parliament […]
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FORMER TORONTO PRO-LIFE ACTIVIST EXPOSES MASS KILLING OF SUDAN CHRISTIANS

SUDAN, February 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – WorldNetDaily reports today that an evangelical relief group has exposed a recent mass killing of about 3,000 mostly Christian civilians in the Sudan. The country’s radical Islamist government is the likely culprit as it continues its almost 15 years bloody Jihad against the country’s minorities.  The Christian group, called Servant’s Heart, included Mel Middleton, president of Alberta based Freedom Quest International. Middleton is fondly remembered by veteran Toronto pro-life activists for his deep commitment to save the lives of the weakest and most vulnerable persons.  While he lived in Toronto in the 1980’s he […]
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DOLLY THE SHEEP PUT DOWN DUE TO DISEASE

EDINBURGH, February 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult original, has been put down after being diagnosed with a progressive lung disease, just six months after she was found to have arthritis.  Dr. Harry Griffin at the Roslin Institute, where Dolly was created in 1996, said that a sheep’s normal life-span is 11 or 12 years and that lung infections usually occur in older sheep. In 1999, Dolly’s cells already began to look more like those of an older animal.  “Many attempts to clone animals have ended in failure,” the Washington […]
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SCALIA BLAMES POLITICIZATION OF COURT NOMINATIONS ON JUDICIAL ACTIVISM

PHILADELPHIA, February 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The politicization of the judicial nomination process is, by definition, the result of the philosophy of left-wing judicially-active judges and their supporters in the legislative and/or executive branch, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.  Scalia said his judicial philosophy is that the Constitution means the same thing now as it did when it was first drafted, and that it should be read literally for the most part. This “originalist” doctrine is not a politically conservative interpretation, he explained, but the proper way for a judge to do his job. Judges on the left, […]
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HAWAII HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES BILL FOR PHARMACISTS TO DISPENSE ABORTIFACIENT https://starbulletin.com/2003/02/10/news/story3.html   NJ ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL FOR COUPLES TO SIGN CONTRACT PRIOR TO IVF https://www.nj.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1044948039181230.xml?starledger   NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY PASSES MEASURE REQUIRING ALL HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE ABORTIFACIENT MORNING AFTER PILL https://www.fpaofnys.org/latestbuzz/  VIRGINIA BILL ATTEMPTS TO ‘DEFINE’ ABORTIFACIENT CONTRACEPTION NOT ABORTION https://www.timesdispatch.com/news/politics/index.shtml   DELEWARE 24-HOUR WAIT INFORMED CONSENT LAW DELAYED AGAIN BY JUDGE https://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2003/02/12abortionlawdela.html
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MICHIGAN PRO-LIFERS CHEER CATHOLIC SCHOOL VETO OF LUNCH WITH PRO-ABORTION GOV.

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI, February 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mercy Catholic High School removed its “Lunch with Governor Granholm” item from its upcoming auction after vigorous protest by pro-life parents, alumni, and local Catholics due to Governor Granholm’s well-known advocacy of abortion.  In response, local Catholics are now applauding school president Sister Regina Marie Doelker’s decision to withdraw Granholm from Mercy’s “Night with the Stars” auction “Out of sensitivity to any who might interpret this item as Mercy taking a pro-abortion stand.” Dr. Monica Migliorino-Miller, director of the Stop Granholm Church and Truth Project, praised Sr. Doelker’s decision: “A Catholic school […]
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PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION LEGISLATION INTRODUCED INTO CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, February 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bipartisan legislation to enact a ban on partial birth abortions was introduced in the House today by Congressman Steve Chabot (R, Cincinnati), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution.  Three times Congress passed legislation to ban the procedure – in the 104th, 105th, and 106th Congresses. While President Clinton vetoed the legislation twice, President Bush has indicated that he would sign a ban into law. Last year, Chabot’s legislation passed the House, but was blocked in the Senate.  In his State of the Union address, President Bush said, “… We must […]
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UNFPA FUNDING FROM U.S. TO BE BLOCKED ONCE MORE

WASHINGTON, February 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republicans in Congress are putting the finishing touches on their $397.4 billion spending bill this week. Much of the legislation deals with counter-terrorism measures and funding for the usual gamut of federal agencies, including $15.4 billion for NASA, $500 million more than last year.  President Bush’s 2003 Budget, released on February 4, called for a deep, 11% cut in international family planning—with zero funding for UNFPA.  Pro-lifers can take satisfaction that when the budget works its way through Congress, Bush will again be able to block U.S. aid to the United Nations for its […]
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PRO-LIFERS IN KOREA COMMEMORATE 30TH YEAR OF ABORTION   https://joongangdaily.joins.com/200302/10/200302100143568779900090409041.html FERTILITY DRUG BANNED DUE TO RISK OF MAD COW DISEASE The Committee on Safety of Medicines (CSM) has put out a warning on a fertility drug because of a risk of contracting the human form of BSE.  https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2748171.stm   CATHOLIC, PRO-LIFE LEADERS PROTEST SHARPTON’S ADDRESS TO CHICAGO CHURCH https://www.crosswalk.com/news/1185043.html
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LEGISLATOR SENDS PLASTIC UNBORN CHILD MODEL TO COLLEAGUES

RICHMOND, Va., February 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Virginia state legislator has send small plastic models of an unborn child, about 2.5 inches long (as it would be at about the end of the first trimester), to fellow legislators this month, with a covering letter explaining his motives.  The letter said, “Would you kill this child? … You can see that by the 11th week of gestation, a child is well developed and unmistakably human.” Responding to criticism from Democratic delegates, he said: “There are lawmakers, particularly the liberal Democrats, who are angered that people are allowed to know what […]
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KENTUCKY SENATE PASSES FETAL HOMICIDE BILL

FRANKFORT, February 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill that makes “fetal homicide” a crime passed the state Senate yesterday by a vote of 34-3.  Sponsored by Republican Sen. Richard Roeding, the bill empowers the state to prosecute someone who causes a stillbirth or miscarriage during an attack on a pregnant woman. Currently, state law says that a baby must be born alive to be considered a person.  The legislation now goes back to the state House, where similar laws have failed three times.  For local coverage see:  https://www.courier-journal.com/localnews/2003/02/12/ke021203s365523.htm
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DOCTOR UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ABORTING PAST-DUE FETUS

OKLAHOMA CITY, February 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A doctor in Oklahoma City is under investigation by the state Medical Licensure Board, Medical Examiner’s Office, city police and a number of other state agencies in the death of an unborn baby six weeks past the state’s legal limit.  The State of Oklahoma’s definition of a viable fetus as one that is at least 24 weeks gestation. Dr. Nareshkumar Patel is alleged to have aborted the baby at 29 to 30 weeks, well past the allowable age.  Patel was reprimanded in 1990 over a botched abortion. He was cleared of misconduct in […]
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IRISH BISHOPS RELEASE GOV’T SUBMISSION ON ASSISTED HUMAN REPRODUCTION LAW

DUBLIN, February 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over a year after it was presented to government, the Irish Bishops’ Conference has published its submission to the Government Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction. One item lacking in the otherwise strong submission was a clear condemnation of in vitro fertilization.  The submission called for regulation around IVF but did not ask that the procedure be banned.  The main Recommendations of the Submission are as follows: 1. Medical intervention on human embryos should only be permitted if it is designed to protect the life and health of the specific embryo being treated.  2. The […]
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FOCUS ON THE FAMILY CONFERENCE ON HOMOSEXUALITY COMING TO TORONTO

COLORADO SPRINGS, February 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Canada grapples with the question of homosexual ‘marriage’, Focus on the Family visits four major North American cities this year to host a one-day symposium to help the public navigate the myths clouding the issue of homosexuality.  The Love Won Out conference will begin its 2003 schedule in Austin, Texas and conclude its 2003 schedule in Toronto, Ontario on September 20.  John Paulk, former homosexual and Love Won Out conference host said, “This conference exists for those seeking truth about homosexuality, who are troubled by the one-sided message presented in our culture. […]
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES HOMOSEXUAL ‘MARRIAGE’

STRASBOURG, February 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Parliament (EP) voted on Tuesday to recognize homosexual marriages, registered partnerships and cohabitation contracts across the European Union.  While the EU Council of Ministers are yet to discuss the measure, EU member states are required to consider the stance of the EP.  While the EP would not force nations to grant marriage rights to homosexuals , it pressures the countries to recognize such ‘marriages’ performed in EU states which perform them, such as the Netherlands and Belgium.  See the Expatica coverage:  https://www.expatica.com/index.asp?pad=2,18,&item_id=28790
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VATICAN NEWSPAPER WARNS AGAINST ‘GLOBAL ETHIC’ – A THREAT TO CHRISTIANITY

VATICAN, February 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Javier Lozano Barragán, president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers, surprised those who doubt that the Maurice Strong led movement for a new “global ethic” presented a threat to Christianity.  In an article published yesterday in the Vatican’s L’Osservatore Romano, the Archbishop warned that the aim of the program was to supplant Christian values with a “global ethic.”  The “New Paradigm” as it is called in the article is an eco-religion which holds “sustainable development” as the highest good.  The Archbishop warns that the New Paradigm manifests itself “as a new […]
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CIA HEAD SAYS AIDS/HIV CRISIS IS SECURITY THREAT https://www.voanews.com/EnglishtoAfrica/article.cfm?objectID=296DC28A-B21E-4E56-BA52FDDC5CFA29A2   HOMOSEXUALS ANGRY AT CONOCO PHILIPS https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0024593.html   UN GETS MORE MONEY IN BUSH BUDGET https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0024591.html   CONSERVATIVES WORRY ABOUT BUSH’S SUPREME COURT PICK https://www.nationalreview.com/ponnuru/ponnuru021103.asp   GOD BLESS TED TURNER https://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.asp?ref=/dreher/dreher021103.asp
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AUSTRALIAN GROUP DEFENDS FAILED CONTRACEPTION METHOD

SYDNEY, February 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-contraception group in Australia is still defending the effectiveness of the contraceptive device Implanon, despite nature’s triumph in the form of 47 pregnancies among women who used the method. The New South Wales Family Planning Assosiation (FPA Health) has received so many complaints that the manufacturer, the Netherlands-based Organon corporation,  has set up a hotline to handle the volume.  Implanon, a hormonal implant placed under the skin of the upper arm, is supposed to prevent pregnancy for three years—an option being used by an estimated 160,000 Australian women. The Australian Medical Association itself […]
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PIZZA TYCOON HAS VISION FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION

NAPLES, Fla., February 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tom Monaghan, the Domino’s Pizza founder who sold the chain in 1998 for $1 billion ($1.5 billion Canadian), is featured in the New York Times and other newspapers this week for his generosity toward Catholic education. The stories play up his so-called “right-wing Republican/conservative Catholicism” and quote ultraliberal Jesuits who frown upon Monaghan’s goal to promote the faith and “help more people get to heaven.”  Monaghan is donating US$200 million to create Ave Maria University near Naples, Florida. “At some Catholic universities,” he says, “students graduate with their religious faith more shaky than […]
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MAJOR EXPOSÉ ON ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY FROM POPULAR SCIENCE MAG

NEW YORK, February 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an article in its March issue (on newsstands February 11),  Popular Science magazine describes the need for long-term studies and more regulation in assisted reproductive technology (ART). The article “Sallie has 2 Mommies & 1 Daddy,” explores the science behind the risks of ART and the problems with the U.S. regulatory system that have allowed untested technologies to be used on patients for decades without oversight.  Similar lack of legislation on the matter exists in Canada.  The article notes that, one in 11 couples in the United States is infertile. The resulting […]
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CHICAGO CATHOLICS “BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED” CARDINAL GEORGE WILL NOT STOP MILITANT PRO-ABORT AL SHARPTON FROM SPEAKING AT CATHOLIC CHURCH Cardinal says about obvious violation of church rules, “making a case of this invitation at this time would be a futile gesture and a waste of effort.”  https://catholiccitizens.org/press/pressview.asp?c=4184 https://catholiccitizens.org/press/pressview.asp?c=4213   UN HELPS STERILIZE MEXICANS AGAINST THEIR WILL https://www.ncregister.com/Register_News/020903UN.HTM   MORE RESPONSE TO PETER KREEFT TALK AT TORONTO ST. MIKE’S COLLEGE   Staff from St. Michael’s College student newspaper “The Mike” have advised LifeSite that:  1.They have put on line, in MP3 format, the audio of the recorded part of the Peter Kreeft […]
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PRO-LIFE BLACK FEMALE TIPPED FOR U.S. SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON, February 10, 2003 – Nine years after Bill Clinton filled the last Supreme Court vacancy with pro-abortion feminist Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the next expected retirees remain Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 78, and Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 72.  Many predict that Bush could fill a future vacancy with the court’s first Hispanic justice, such as Bush advisor Alberto Gonzales, appellate Judge Emilio M. Garza of Texas, and lawyer Miguel Estrada.  But Bush could also throw a curve ball at partisan, race-obsessed Democrats by nominating California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown, making her the court’s third woman and second African-American. […]
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ROMANIA HAS 70% ABORTION RATE

BUCHAREST, February 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A devastating abortion rate of 70% has, during the past 12 years, claimed the lives of the equivalent of one-third of Romania’s stagnant population of 24 million people.  In 2002, there were 700,000 abortions accounting for well over two-thirds of the one million pregnancies recorded, both within marriage and extramarital. Canada’s abortion casualty rate is closer to one-third.  Even in light of the staggering figures, Glasgow’s Sunday-Herald spoke for Western media when the paper commented, “The transition for women from baby-producers to individuals in charge of their own bodies has been difficult. But now […]
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SCIENTISTS ATTEMPT TO REVIVE EMBRYO STEM CELL RESEARCH

WASHINGTON, February 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. researchers claim to have developed a method to ensure embryonic stem cells grow into tissue desired by scientists rather than developing into tumors as they have in previous experiments. Dr. Thomas Zwaka and James Thomson say they have been able to delete a gene from the embryonic stem cells and thus claim they are able to direct them to become brain tissues. Embryonic stem cell research has had major setbacks since experimentation has shown that the stem cells cause tumors. A study on rats that had proponents of embryonic stem cell research raving […]
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT HAS FULL SLATE OF ELECTED JUDGES

NEW YORK, February 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday night, national delegates to the United Nations meeting on the establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) completed their election of judges.  A total of 18 judges were chosen from among 43 candidates.  Six will serve for nine years, six for six years, and six for three years.  The 18 judges will be sworn in during a ceremony on 11 March at the ICC headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands.  The role of the judges, and that of the Prosecutor who is expected to be elected at the Assembly’s next session in […]
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ST. MICHAEL’S COLLEGE ARTICLE AGAINST PETER KREEFT NOW ON LINE This is an Adobe Acrobat file of the particular edition of the Catholic College’s student newspaper. See page 2.  https://www.themike.ca/issues/vol56issue10.pdf See previous LifeSite story on this:  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/feb/03020401.html
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AUSTRALIA’S FIRST CLONED SHEEP DIES OF UNKNOWN CAUSES

ADELAIDE, February 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australia's first cloned sheep, Matilda, died suddenly last week, a few months short of her third birthday. She appeared on the surface to be completely healthy right before she died, “particularly sprightly” according to Rob Lewis at the South Australian Research Institute. An autopsy failed to explain what killed the beast, and the cause of death remains unexplained. Matilda's gene pool will continue to be used for further experiments. When she was nine months, her eggs were used to create “healthy triplets” born to surrogate mothers. The cloned sheep saga continues…
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LESBIANS SURPRISED AT COOL RECEPTION IN OTTAWA

OTTAWA, February 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two lesbians who say they felt welcome at Quebec’s hearings into homosexual marriage last year were disappointed by the reception they got at Ottawa’s committee hearings this week, where they say MPs were less than warm.  “The atmosphere there was very different,” said (Ms.) Gabriel Pinkstone, recalling her experience in Quebec. “In fact, I came back inspired by Canadian democracy in that case. They came and said ‘Hello’. They made a particular effort to relax people so that they would feel comfortable.”  But in Ottawa, she says, members of the House of Commons justice […]
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FIRST ANGLICAN PRIEST QUITS POSITION OVER BISHOP’S APPROVAL OF HOMOSEXUAL UNIONS

VANCOUVER, February 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Reverend Timothy Cooke, pastor of St. Martin’s Church has officially quit his position over renegade Bishop Michael Ingham’s decision to sanction homosexual unions.  Cooke is on his way to a posting in Switzerland.  St. Martin’s is one of 8 parishes in the New Westminster Diocese which are protesting the decision to bless homosexual unions by withholding funds to the synod. “I resigned not so much because I would have to perform the same-sex union as much as the bishop and the synod are presuming to sit in judgment over scripture and Christian tradition, and […]
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INDEPENDENT INQUIRY DEMANDED FOR FUNDING OF TORONTO PRO-EUTHANASIA GROUP

TORONTO, February 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) is calling for an independent inquiry by the Ontario Ministry of Culture into the Ontario Trillium Foundation’s approval of a grant for $177,800 over three years to Dying with Dignity (DWD)for its “pilot counselling program in Toronto providing information, support and assistance to terminally ill individuals.” (Trillium Foundation grants list 2000 – 2001) Comments attributed to Ms. Pashley of the Trillium Foundation in an Ottawa Citizen, (Feb 3, 2003) article were: “Before we make any grant, we research the organization extensively … one of our criteria is that organizations […]
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PRO-LIFE GROUP BEGS BISHOP TO STOP PRO-ABORTION SPEAKER FROM CHURCH ENGAGEMENT

WASHINGTON, February 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Just two weeks ago, Rev. Al Sharpton expressed his unabashed support for legal abortion at NARAL’s Roe v. Wade dinner,” said American Life League President Judie Brown. “You can’t imagine the utter shock I felt when I learned that this man who promotes the sin of abortion was scheduled to speak this Sunday at St. Sabina Catholic Church in Chicago.”  Mrs. Brown has written to Father Michael Pfleger, pastor of St. Sabina, and Cardinal Francis George, archbishop of Chicago, to point out Sharpton’s views and ask that the appearance be cancelled. “Rev. Sharpton—in fact, […]
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WORLD MEDIA FALSELY TRUMPET POPE’S APPROVAL OF HARRY POTTER

VATICAN, February 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Pope Approves Potter” headlined the Toronto Star, the BBC rendered it “Pope Sticks Up for Potter Books”, and the Chicago Sun Times bellowed, “Harry Potter Is Ok With The Pontiff.”  Has Pope John Paul II actually become a fan of J.K Rowling’s boy-witch tale, which Rome’s chief exorcist insinuated was inspired by Satan?  No, journalistic license has been rampant on this one. At a Vatican press conference to present a study document on the New Age drawn up by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, one of the […]
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WHITE HOUSE THREATENS TO VETO SPENDING BILL WHICH OMITS BAN ON FUNDING OVERSEAS ABORTIONS Letter sent to Senate negotiators notes that the bill must not “omit several current law provisions” that prohibit the use of federal funds for abortions performed in other countries.  https://www.washtimes.com/national/20030206-651174.htm   INVALUABLE RESOURSE FOR PRO-LIFE, PRO-FAMILY RESEARCH The Heritage Foundation’s Family & Society Database catalogs social science findings on the family gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books, and government surveys. Serving legislators and staffers, journalists and writers, teachers and students, as well as clergymen and helping professionals, the Database makes social science research easily accessible to the […]
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EUROPEAN UNION DEBATES ‘EXCLUDING’ GOD FROM CONSTITUTION

BRUSSELS, February 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The current debate over whether God should receive open acknowledgement in the constitution of the European Union shows how far Europe has come unhinged since the French Revolution. No longer can it be said, as the Anglo-French historian Hilaire Belloc once wrote, “Europe is the Faith and the Faith is Europe.” This week, EU officials said they doubted any reference to God would be included when the draft is presented for debate.  A 13-member panel is struggling with what to say about Europe’s “fundamental values and powers.” The conservative minority want the constitution to […]
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SCHOOL RESCINDS PUNISHMENT FOR PRO-LIFE SWEATSHIRT

CLEVELAND, February 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chardon High School principal Doug DeLong has backed down from punishing a junior who wore a pro-life sweatshirt. He has rescinded the punishment given to Bill Noyes, 17, who received a Saturday detention for refusing to take off a sweatshirt that said “Abortion Is Homicide.”“I’m glad I stood up for my rights,” said Noyes. “This was about the freedom to express an opinion.” He has been told he is free to wear the sweatshirt at school, but agreed to do so only when there is some pro-life event being celebrated in the country. Attorneys […]
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CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR REJECTS DIALOGUE WITH BISHOP

SACRAMENTO, February 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – California Governor Gray Davis has signaled that he will ignore continued requests by Bishop William K. Weigand of Sacramento for a meeting to discuss a broad range of issues facing church and state, from abortion to poverty and homelessness. Bishop Weigand has made several attempts to meet the governor privately since Davis’ election in 1998 and has been repeatedly rebuffed. Now, a news article expands on Bishop Weigand’s motives and methods in warning the faithful that Catholics may not both support abortion and expect to receive the sacraments.  “I’ve always assumed the governor is […]
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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL RENEWS PRO-ABORTION ASSOCIATION WITH UNFPA

UNITED NATIONS, February 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rotary International, an organization of business and professional leaders, with 1.2 million members in 160 countries worldwide, has renewed its cooperation with the population control activities of the notorious United Nations Population Fund.  Pro-lifers who have donated to Rotary International for its project to eliminate polio by 2005 are being forced to turn elsewhere with their charitable activities to fight polio.  A joint release today by Rotary and UNFPA outlines a renewal of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the two groups to further population control.   See the press release:  https://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/qtr1_2003/0205-152.html   For […]
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CANADIANS MARRYING NOW AT AVERAGE AGE OF OVER 31

OTTAWA, February 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The trend to delay child-bearing has seen a similar trend in delaying marriage.  A Statistics Canada report on Marriages in 1999 – the latest year for which numbers are available – shows that the average age of brides was 31.3 years in 1999 and for grooms the average was 33.8 years.  The report, released today, notes that a total of 155,742 couples were married in 1999.  While some of the increase in age of marriage – some 5.5 years over 20 years ago – was due to remarriage, the report says that it was […]
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RECALL DRIVE TO OUST PRO-ABORTION CALIFORNIA GOV. GRAY DAVIS https://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030205-29442133.htm https://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/story/6063811p-7020111c.html   CANDIDATE FOR LAGOS GOVERNOR SAYS HIS PARTY WILL ‘WAR AGAINST ABORTION’  https://allafrica.com/stories/200302040342.html   CELEBRITIES LIKE ED ASNER SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION https://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030203/nym105_1.html   MOST DANGEROUS VIDEO GAMES THAT INSPIRE SERIOUS CRIMES https://www.freecongress.org/commentaries/030205PW.asp   A DANGEROUS TEEN TREND https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/commentary/a0023471.html   NEW JERSEY CONSIDERS CONTROVERSIAL CLONING BILL https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0024472.html   HOMOSEXUAL GROUP WANTS GOD LEFT OUT OF EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION https://www.cnsnews.com/Culture/archive/200302/CUL20030204b.html   THE MEDIA CARTEL TELLS US WHAT TO THINK https://www.thenewamerican.com/tna/2003/02-10-2003/vo19no03_editor.htm   BREAD AND CIRCUSES Mass entertainment focusing on emotional and sensory stimulation has put Americans in danger of suffering the […]
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INDIAN GOV’T USES POPULATION CONTROL INCENTIVES WHILE BRIDE CRISIS CONTINUES

HYDERBAD, February 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A government project in the Indian state of Andhra Pardesh is to give credits to rural health workers based on their success in persuading couples to have less children (or ‘space their children’ the current euphemism).  Meanwhile, due to the abortion and infanticide of baby girls in the country, thousands of men are without brides in rural India.  The programme, to be carried out initially in the districts of Nalgonda, Khammam, Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar and Karimnagar, will see that couples who are married will receive congratulatory cards form the government including ‘family planning’ propaganda.  The […]
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FRENCH SENATE VOTES TO BAN ALL TYPES OF CLONING

PARIS, February 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The French Senate has passed a ban on all cloning, including so-called “therapeutic cloning,” and has declared reproductive cloning a crime “against the human species.” The bill will not become law until June, after going before the Assembly and then back to the Senate. “Since reproductive cloning interrupts the normal process of the human species in its natural progress, it seems appropriate to punish it as a crime against the human species. Cloning would violate our uniqueness and our human evolution and its perpetrators will be punished under French law,” said Sen. Nicolas About, […]
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DOCTORS REPORT INCURABLE SKIN INFECTIONS AMONG HOMOSEXUALS

SAN FRANCISCO, February 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctors treating San Francisco homosexuals are reporting an increase in a drug-resistant bacterial skin infection, uniquely among their gay patients. The reports add to evidence from Los Angeles that the bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus, or “staph” for short, strikes apparently healthy, non-HIV positive homosexuals with no broken skin, through skin contact with an infected person or recently touched surface. So far, the disease is non-fatal but is costly and complicated to treat.  San Francisco Department of Public Health Director Dr. Mitch Katz told the San Francisco Chronicle that the skin disease is not a […]
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POPE INSISTS DEFENCE OF THE CULTURE OF LIFE IS A PASTORAL PRIORITY

WASHINGTON, February 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his message for the eleventh World Day of the Sick, to be celebrated this year in Washington on February 11, Pope John Paul II said that “Catholics working in the field of health care have the urgent task of doing all they can to defend life when it is most seriously threatened and to act with a conscience correctly formed according to the teaching of the Church.” In a warning for the Americas, the Pope said: “On the continents of North and South America, as elsewhere in the world, “a model of society […]
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ARCHBISHOP OF OTTAWA PLEDGES TO ATTEND MARCH FOR LIFE

OTTAWA, February 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Frank Mountain, the Co-chair of the National March for Life 2003 was pleased to inform LifeSite today that Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais has graciously accepted the invitation to attend this year’s March for Life. This is the first time that the Ottawa bishop has been able to participate in this key pro-life annual event. Organizers hope that more religious, political, entertainment and other leaders will also be motivated to be present at this national witness of support for the restoration of legal protection for Canada’s unborn children.  In a letter to Mountain, Archbishop Gervais […]
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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT PUNISHED FOR WEARING PRO-LIFE SWEATSHIRT

CLEVELAND, February 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A junior high school student in suburban Cleveland was punished with a Saturday detention for wearing a sweatshirt with a pro-life slogan printed on it. Bill Noyes, 17, was first ordered to take off the sweatshirt or turn it inside out. The front of the shirt said, “Abortion Is Homicide” while the back reads, “You will not silence my message. You will not mock my God. You will stop the killing of my generation. Rock For Life.”  Principal Doug DeLong admitted to reporters that only two students, out of a student body of more […]
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CFAC URGES ACTION TO CHANGE OTTAWA’S CHILD PORN BILL

CALGARY, February 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canada Family Action Coalition (CFAC) has issued an Action Alert urging Canadians to help defeat Bill C-20, Ottawa’s flawed Child Protection Bill. The law “does very little to improve laws to protect children from pedophiles, predators and the sex trade industry,” CFAC says. “The Liberal government and Canadian media has touted this Bill as being a big leap forward in protecting children. Nothing can be farther from the truth…”  CFAC cites three serious flaws: (1.) The old child pornography loophole of “artistic merit” is being replaced by the new loophole of “public good,” […]
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FRENCH EUTHANASIA NURSE SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS FOR 30 MURDERS

PARIS, February 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A French nurse who once admitted to “helping 30 patients to die” at the suburban Francois-Quesnay hospital was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the murder of six patients. Her lawyer had her retract the earlier admission on grounds she had been under the influence of drugs when she was first arrested in 1998. The final report recorded 11 suspicious deaths, but there was insufficient evidence to press charges in all cases.  Christine Malevre, 33, was also banned for life from nursing. Ms. Malevre claims that she was acting out of compassion for […]
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT BEGINS ELECTING JUDGES

UNITED NATIONS, February 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The International Criminal Court moved forward this week with the election of seven of the required 18 judges for the Court out of 43 candidates in one round of secret balloting.  In the election process, a procedure was used to meet minimum requirements for the representation of the principal legal systems of the world, equitable geographical representation.  Of the 33 men and 10 women candidates, six of the seven judges elected thus far were women.  Pro-life, pro-family leaders have been warning for some time there are strong indications the court will likely be […]
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UN REPORT TO SHOW FERTILITY RATES WORLDWIDE TO DROP TO BELOW REPLACEMENT

NEW YORK, February 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A United Nations report due to be released later this month warns that the world will soon be in a dangerous situation of overall population decline.  Far from the population controllers predictions that the world will be completely overpopulated, the UN demographers warn that the decline in fertility rate shows no indication of stopping at 2.1 – the replacement rate.  “All the evidence suggests fertility is falling rapidly in developing countries with no sign it is going to stop at the magical number of two,” said Larry Heligman of the UN population division.  […]
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VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE NOW AN EPIDEMIC Critics insist that better technology has made simulated violence much more realistic https://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=30810   CLONING THE NEXT BIG BATTLEGROUND Lobbyists for big science, big bio, [and] scientists so often compromised by their financial interest have become a new kind of foe – those who believe in technology for its own sake https://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/2/2/190513
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NO JAIL FOR BRAMPTON TEEN WHO STABBED HER BABY TO DEATH

TORONTO, February 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 15-year-old girl who stabbed her newborn baby with scissors 31 times in Brampton, Ont. a year ago, has received a sentence of just two years probation from an Ontario youth court, after pleading guilty to infanticide. She will also undergo therapy and counselling on “sexuality and contraception,” and perform 100 hours of community service.  She had been charged with murder after killing the healthy baby girl immediately after giving birth on the bathroom floor of her parents’ house, but even the Crown, “shocked by the amount of violence,” asked for only a 30-day […]
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VATICAN WARNS ‘NEW AGE’ IDEOLOGY IS “SYMPTOM OF A CULTURE IN DEEP CRISIS”

VATICAN, February 3, 2003 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic World News reports today that the Vatican has issued a document on New Age ideology.  The 100-page document, released by the Pontifical Council for Culture and the Pontifical Council for Interfaith Dialogue, was introduced to the media at a press conference in Rome on Monday. Cardinal Paul Poupard, the president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, chaired the event.  In explaining the effort, Cardinal Poupard said that the New Age movement “is one of the most urgent challenges for the Christian faith.” He added that the challenge occurs on both the religious and […]
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42 U.S. CATHOLIC COLLEGES TO PRESENT VULGAR ‘VAGINA MONOLOGUES’

LIFESITE, February 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cardinal Newman Society reports that 42 U.S. Catholic Colleges are scheduled this year to present the vulgar play “Vagina Monologues”, which includes an approved reminiscence about a lesbian seduction of a 16-year-old girl.  The Newman society also notes that according to the organizers of the “V-Day College Campaign” – a marketing ploy that encourages campus showings of the play in the form of a fundraiser to help prevent violence against women – students and faculty at 656 colleges worldwide have requested the rights to present the play in February and March   The […]
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HOLLYWOOD LEGEND COMES OUT—AS A CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN

ARLINGTON, February 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jane Russell, the 1940s and ‘50s Hollywood movie star and pin-up girl, now aged 81, told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Arlington, Va. this weekend that she is a self-confessed “mean-spirited, narrow-minded, right-wing Christian bigot.”  Speaking on a panel called “Hollywood Needs Adult Supervision,” Russell, who played the brunette in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” with Marilyn Monroe, said she is tired of conservative Christians being labeled as intolerant when they stand up for their beliefs, says a report from CNSNews.  “I have always been a Republican,” she told the assembled activists, “and when […]
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MOSHER WARNS SOME U.S. AIDS FUNDING MAY BE MISDIRECTED INTO ABORTION

FRONT ROYAL, February 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Population Research Institute president Dr. Steven Mosher is raising the alarm that some of President Bush’s $10 billion foreign-assistance program to combat the AIDS epidemic in Africa could be channeled by pro-abortion bureaucrats into abortion-related programs.  “While a key part of this AIDS package would consist of basic aid, and even the promotion of abstinence,” Mosher writes in the Jan. 31 PRI Weekly Briefing, “what was not mentioned is that condoms are also a key part of this plan, and that many groups that provide or promote abortions would be responsible for implementing […]
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MISCONDUCT CHARGES AGAINST ANTI-CONTRACEPTION CHRISTIAN DOCTOR DROPPED

TORONTO, February 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Stephen Dawson, the Barrie Ontario family doctor who was in danger of losing his medical licence over his refusal to prescribe the birth control pill to unmarried women, has had charges of misconduct leveled against him dropped.  Dawson, a Christian, believed giving contraception to unmarried women encouraged promiscuity.  After threatening him with the possibility of removal of his licence for nearly a year, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario withdrew charges of professional misconduct against Dawson after reaching an agreement.  The Toronto Star reported that under the agreement Dawson must advise […]
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ONTARIO GOV’T INVESTIGATES MONIES GIVEN TO PRO-EUTHANASIA GROUP

TORONTO, February 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Less than one week after LifeSiteNews.com broke the story on the Trillium Foundation, an Ontario government agency, funding the pro-euthanasia group Dying with Dignity (DWD). The Foundation has launched an investigation into the matter.  LifeSite reported last Tuesday that the grant from Trillium to DWD was in the amount of $177,800 over three years to create a pilot counselling program in Toronto. Kathy St. John, executive director of Dying With Dignity, denied that her group would use the money to counsel suicide, claiming even that “We absolutely do not counsel, aid or abet assisted […]
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POPE SPEAKS AGAINST IN VITRO FERTILIATION ON ITALY’S ‘DAY OF LIFE’

VATICAN, February 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking yesterday, on Italy’s ‘Day of Life’, Pope John Paul II addressed a crowd assembled for his Angelus prayer saying “One cannot bargain with life”. In an obvious reference to in vitro fertilization, the Pope spoke of “modern technologies” exploiting and profiting from “human desires that are good in themselves, such as that of wanting to become a mother and father” by acting illicitly “to induce someone to have a child ‘at all costs’”.  The Pope cautioned that “In reality, human life can never become an ‘object’: from conception to natural death, the human […]
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