Articles for Month: May 2003

Civil Rights Leaders Criticized for Silence on Sudan Slavery https://www.cnsnews.com/ForeignBureaus/archive/200305/FOR20030530a.html   Homosexual Agenda Unrelated to Civil Rights Movement, Conservative Blacks Insist https://www.cnsnews.com/Culture/archive/200305/CUL20030530a.html   Archbishop Defends Mel Gibson’s ‘Passion’  https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/5/30/140604.shtml   India Health Minister Urges Abstinence And Fidelity In AIDS Battle https://traditionalvalues.org/article.php?sid=955   U.S. House and Senate Reach Agreement on Measures Restraining Over-Zealous Social Workers Who Falsely Accuse Parents of Child Abuse and Neglect   https://www.hslda.org/docs/news/hslda/200305/200305271.asp   They Call It Art https://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-morse053003.asp

MIAMI, May 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A baby of four months’ gestation, the preborn child of a mentally handicapped rape victim, was aborted on Thursday evening, after a judge ordered the baby’s death a week ago, allegedly “to protect its mother.”  Doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital—who previously said an abortion was unnecessary—told Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Arthur Rothenberg late Wednesday that the baby, who had successfully reached 24 weeks, would likely not survive outside the womb. That was apparently just what the judge wanted to hear (although he had already ordered the abortion to proceed).  Curiously, media focused on the “medical […]

OTTAWA, May 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Alliance MP Maurice Vellacott, a co-chairman of the Parliamentary pro-life caucus rose in the House of Commons yesterday to give his support to a motion to recognize the second Sunday of December as National Children’s Memorial Day. Vellacott detailed the tragic loss of children in early childhood years and said the Memorial Day would help parents as they try to cope with their loss.  Vellacott also noted the tragic loss of children in the womb.  “Thousands of women and families, eagerly anticipating a new baby, have had to deal with the tragedy of […]

MELBOURNE, May 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Victorian Supreme Court ruled yesterday that the feeding tube of a mentally incompetent 68-year-old woman could be removed.  Australia’s The Age reports “Justice Stuart Morris ruled that the artificial feeding and hydration being provided to the woman, known only as “BWV” was a medical procedure rather than palliative care, and therefore could be refused.”  Although the woman’s family was supportive of the decision, both the Catholic Church and the pro-life movement both intervened against removal of the artificial feeding.  Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition told LifeSite, “The Euthanasia Prevention […]

Pro-life curriculum accepted by Toronto Catholic school board

Vatican, May. 30 (LifeSiteNews.com/CWNews.com) – The Vatican has expressed “surprise” and disappointment that the draft version of a new constitution for the European Union does not acknowledge the role of religion in forming the culture of the continent.  An official statement released by the Vatican press office on May 30 noted “with satisfaction” that the draft constitution “envisioned a constant dialogue which churches and with religious communities.” However, the statement pointed out that in the preamble, in which the draft mentions the elements of the common European heritage, “the absence of an explicit mention of Christianity was noted with surprise.”  […]

BUENOS AIRES, May 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Argentine Judge Cristina Garzon de Lascano of Cordoba province ruled last Thursday that oral birth control pills and the intrauterine device (IUD) are illegal in the pro-life country due to their abortifacient nature.  The judge banned the production and sale of the abortifacients and also ordered destruction of existing supplies.  The judges ruling was based on established medical fact noting that the drugs are abortifacient.  In Argentina abortion is illegal and punishable by prison.  Argentine Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia gratuitously attacked the ruling calling the judgment “absurd and based on the plea […]

Bishop comments on Prime Minister's 'Catholic and for abortion' stand

National Post Reports On Growing Pro-Life Political Power In U.S.  Unfortunately limits pro-life as meaning only ‘anti-abortion’ and does not acknowledge long struggle by movement to overcome intense media and institutional bias and discrimination.  https://www.nationalpost.com/search/site/story.asp?id=F739E6B4-03DC-4435-94C5-389E7A50D4F4   Japanese Doctors Who Removed Wombs From Healthy Women Lose Appeal https://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20030529p2a00m0dm030001c.html   Companies Unleash Websites To ‘delete Marriages’ – Divorce Online https://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1052251680050&call_page=TS_Canada&call_pageid=968332188774&call_pagepath=News/Canada&pubid=968163964505&StarSource=email   Australian Researcher Paid $51,000 Public Funds For Thesis Contending Jesus Was Homosexual https://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6510415%255E421,00.html   Posters Promoting Homosexuality Come Down In Poland After Catholic Church Protest https://www.thescotsman.co.uk/international.cfm?id=596172003   Small Town Cracks Down on Movie Gallery for Renting Porn https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/5/282003b.asp   North Carolina […]

Investigating constable links porn and recent murder of 10-year-old Toronto girl

SYDNEY, May 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New South Wales has lowered the age for homosexual sex to 16. A so-called “historic conscience vote” in the state Legislative Council, or upper house, ended in a 23 to 16 result, “generating cheers and applause from a packed public gallery,” according to media reports.  The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. George Pell, and the Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, Michael Malone, said the state is “opening a real Pandora’s box. … At 16 it is too easy for children to be manipulated into sexual acts against their will.” Pell added, “Parliament should not enshrine the ideological […]

KYOTO, May 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Japanese researchers have created the country's first human embryonic stem cells for experimentation purposes. Despite widespread success with adult stem cells whose use does not violate human dignity, many scientists remain wedded to the unproven “superior potential” of stem cells derived from human embryos. A team led by Norio Nakatsuji of Kyoto University's Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, produced an embryonic stem cell from about 10 cells from a frozen human embryo with the donor couple's (i.e. the parents') consent. The doctors hope to donate about two million stem cells to each of 50 […]

SYDNEY, May 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an unusual inheritance squabble, the Supreme Court of New South Wales was asked to determine whether frozen embryos brought to term before or after a grandparent’s death should share the estate with their already-born siblings.  The grandmother in the case was told in 1991 that her son and daughter-in-law had undergone IVF treatment and were keeping a number frozen embryos. At the time she wrote her will, she had only one grandchild; a second was born before her death in 2000. Since then, two more embryos were successfully implanted and brought to term—for […]

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The homosexual movement is more excited about this year’s line-up for the 2004 Democratic Party presidential nomination than in any previous election cycle, says a report from San Francisco.  “Despite the differences among the nine declared Democratic candidates, each is clearly more supportive of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality than the current occupant of the White House,” says the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, which has applied homosexual litmus tests to candidates since 1988.  “As a group, this is the most pro-gay presidential field ever,” said Matt Foreman, the group’s executive director. […]

DENVER, May 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The official news service for the Presbyterian Church USA has reported that the church’s General Assembly Committee on Health Issues approved a statement on late-term abortion by a vote of 59-17 on Tuesday.  The new statement, like the one from last year, gives moral sanction to late-term abortion “when necessary to save the life of the woman, to preserve the woman’s health in circumstances of a serious risk to the woman’s health, to avoid fetal suffering as a result of untreatable life threatening medical anomalies, or in cases of incest or rape.”

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers at Catholic George Washington University are touting a new study, published in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health, which they say shows that condom availability in schools does not increase sexual activity among teenagers. However, the study by the liberal Catholic University does not support the reported findings. As the researchers themselves admit, because the study was not designed to examine changes in condom use from pre- to post-program, its findings don’t definitively prove the condom availability programs influenced teen sexual behaviors.  Family Research Council President Ken Connor said, […]

RALEIGH, May 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop George E. Lynch, former auxiliary bishop of Raleigh and a pro-life activist during his retirement, died May 25, 2003, four days before the 60th anniversary of his ordination. He was 86 years old. Working with Operation Rescue, the bishop was arrested more than 21 times.  His silent prayers said while sitting or kneeling in front of abortion centers served to change the minds and hearts of many mothers contemplating aborting their children.  A Memorial Mass will be celebrated by Raleigh Bishop Joseph Gossman on Tuesday, June 10, 4:30 p.m., at Our Lady of […]

Andrew H. from Harwood, Ontario tells LifeSite, “Keep up the awesome work”.  Jeanne K from Connersville, IL wrote, “Our committee needs all the info we can get to keep our parishioners up to date on all life issues.  Thank you for the great work you are doing- it is sorely needed at this time.”  Mary S. From British Columbia says “Thank you for this service.  It is an excellent source of information.  It not only contains important news, but also inspires me to work harder for the cause of life and dignity.”  U.S. Congressman Chris Smith wrote, “Your site is […]

VANCOUVER, May 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Renegade Canadian Anglican Bishop Michael Ingham of the Diocese of New Westminster sanctioned homosexual union ceremonies to be performed in six of his parishes.  The act gave the diocese the distinction of being the first Anglican Diocese in the world to officially sanction the blessing of same-sex unions.  After his permission was granted Wednesday, one of the churches performed a homosexual union ceremony that very evening.  Rev. Margaret Marquardt presided over a ceremony for couple Michael Kalmuk and Kelly Montfort at St. Margaret’s Cedar Cottage Church in east Vancouver.  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr […]

OTTAWA, May 29, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over the last number of weeks LifeSite has been asked repeatedly for a list of Canadian charities which are supportive of embryonic stem cell research. Support for the controversial research by the charities has led donors with moral convictions to focus their donations elsewhere. LifeSite recently discovered that The Alzheimer Society of Canada (ASC) supports embryonic stem cell research. The ASC “Statement on Stem Cell Research”, developed in June last year, notes “guidelines for stem cell research developed by CIHR and covered by federal legislation will be used by ASC to define the scope […]

OHIO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD PURCHASES $700,000 FINGERPRINT SCANNER SYSTEM TO ID STUDENTS IN CAFETERIA LINES https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32800   INTOLERANCE AND RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/4007/CFI/cfreport/index.htm   NEW CONDOM STUDY MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, FRC SAYS https://www.frc.org/index.cfm?i=PR03E07

AUSTIN, May 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Texas Gov. Rick Perry has signed a Defense of Marriage Act, making his state the 37th in the U.S. to enact such a measure. “Like the vast majority of Texans, I believe that marriage represents a sacred union between a man and a woman,” he said. “With passage of the Defense of Marriage Act, Texas now joins more than 30 states in reinforcing that basic belief.”  The law prevents the state from legally recognizing same-sex unions that are recognized in other states, particularly from judges who pass rulings claiming to legitimize homosexual unions in […]

900 people per year are euthanized without having asked for it

GENEVA, May 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the wake of outrage that a non-terminally-ill British couple were assisted in killing themselves by the suicide group Dignitas, Swiss authorities have begun investigating the case and similar deaths.  The Public Prosecutor’s Office in Zurich finds the speed with which the assisted suicides took place especially disturbing. In many cases, the BBC reports, “patients were dead within a day of arriving in Zurich.”  German authorities are also investigating the case of an elderly German woman who killed herself soon after being married to a much younger man who stood to gain from her […]

Challenges grads to "be a radical, to be a rebel, to rebel against the popular culture"

VANCOUVER, May 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite News interviewed Chris Kempling this week.  Kempling is nearing the end of his one month suspension without pay from his teaching job for having objected, via a letter to the editor of a local newspaper, to the homosexual agenda being foisted on public schools. Kempling told LifeSite that while he is contemplating moving and looking for other work, he is still employed as a teacher and looking forward to his upcoming July 28 and 29 court challenge to the suspension.  Kempling noted that the BC Teacher’s Federation (BCTF) was forced to fund his […]

STOCKHOLM, May 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Swedish government announced yesterday it would allow homosexual marriages for Swedish citizens to be performed at its embassies in Paris, Madrid and Lisbon.  The government went ahead with the measure only after the governments of France Spain and Portugal said that they had no objection.  In a press release issued today, Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh said, “It is natural for Sweden to be able to offer registration of partnership at embassies where the host country does not oppose it. France, Spain and Portugal have informed us that they have no objection to […]

LONDON, May 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK Life League, a British pro-life group has reported that Jane Russell, the 1940s and ‘50s Hollywood movie star and pin-up girl, now aged 82, gave an interview this week slamming abortion.  “People should never, ever have an abortion. Don’t talk to me about it being a woman’s right to choose what she does with her own body. The choice is between life and death,” said Russell.  Describing her shock at finding herself pregnant at 18: “The only solution was to find a quack and get an abortion. I had a botched abortion […]

Leaders of all political parties in House except Alliance support homosexual marriage

Cardinal Ambrozic "Sorry, Disappointed And Upset" With PM's Abortion Stand

BELGIAN VOTERS RE-ELECT PRO-EUTHANASIA, PRO-HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE GOVERNMENT https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030519/ap_on_re_eu/belgium_elections_18   4,000 PERCENT INCREASE IN U.S. HOMESCHOOLING IN 20-YEAR SPAN In fact, black children are now five times more likely to be home schooled than they were five years ago.  https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,87286,00.html   BIRTH CONTROL PILLS CONTAMINATE WATER AND MUTATE MALE FISH https://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/5894414.htm   POLISH CAMPAIGN SPARKS DEBARTE OVER GAYS https://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/5951012.htm   ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AGAIN SAID TO APPROVE SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, believes that the Church of England should acknowledge faithful same-sex relationships says a new biography of the bishop which has been approved by him.  https://www.fridae.com/magazine/en20030527_1_1.php […]

BOSTON, May 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his May 16 magazine e-letter, Crisis magazine editor Deal Hudson comments on the surprising testimony of Rev. James F. Keenan, S.J opposing Massachusetts constitutional amendment H.3190 which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman.  Hudson reports that Fr. Keenan,  a professor of moral theology at Western Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, very selectively quoted Catholic documents on homosexuality in his April 28 presentation to a Massachusetts judicial committee.  Keenan quoted Catholic Catechism section 2358 which states, “Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided”.  Hudson notes […]

Says "the fertilized egg, the embryo and foetus are human beings"

MIAMI, May 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Florida judge has ruled that the abortion of an unborn child of a disabled rape victim can proceed, on grounds that the pregnancy could be “life-threatening” to the mother. The child is at 23 weeks gestation—almost 6 months. Late-term abortions are widely acknowledged to be more dangerous for mothers and certainly riskier than childbirth.  Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Arthur Rothenberg “authorized” doctors at Jackson Memorial Hospital not only to abort the 6-month unborn child, but to sterilize the young woman, who is severely handicapped but was raped more than once. “I’m glad she won’t […]

100-1 in support of a Senate bill that under Texas law, life begins at fertilization. The bill defines “an unborn child at every state of gestation from fertilization until birth” as an individual, says a report from the Austin American Statesman.  So called “legal abortions” are exempted from the law. But the law provides for the protection of an unborn child from being killed or injured—and is thus seen as a significant step toward protecting at least some of the unborn.  For local coverage:  https://www.statesman.com/legislature/content/coxnet/texas/legislature/0503/0527fetus.html

Liberals, Tory on Justice Committee vote to pass C-250

MINNEAPOLIS, May 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Harry Flynn of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis withdrew a Catholic award that was scheduled to be presented to a lesbian woman raising four children with her ‘partner’.  Kathy Itzin, Director of Elementary Religious Education and Sacraments at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in Minneapolis, was to receive the archdiocese’s Excellence in Catechesis Award on Wednesday night.  Thanks to quick action by Catholic Parents Online, the award was withdrawn and scandal avoided.  Melissa Uzelac, a spokesman for the archdiocese told the media: “We learned of her public expression of a […]

BRUSSELS, May 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A draft constitution for a “United Europe” was launched today—one that provides for an elected super-president and a single “foreign minister.” Significantly, the Constitution commits member states to “unreservedly” support a common foreign policy and a legally-binding Charter of Fundamental Rights.  British Conservatives condemned the document. “By supporting incorporation, the Labour Party is signing away Britain’s national interests as the Charter will grossly undermine Britain’s capabilities in the fields of social, employment and cultural policy,” said Timothy Kirkhope, Tory MEP and a Conservative Representative on the Convention. He said: “The British Government is pulling […]

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Senate overwhelmingly approved a $400 billion defense bill by 98 to 1. Significantly, both the House and Senate narrowly defeated amendments that would have allowed enlisted women to have abortions on military bases, even if they paid for their baby’s abortion themselves. Feminists have long pushed for legitimization of abortions on military bases, a symbolic issue as women have been performing an increasing number of functions in the U.S. military. Last year, the then-Democrat controlled Senate voted to allow abortions on bases but which is now invalidated.  For newswire coverage:  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030522/pl_afp/us_congress_defense_030522234659 […]

JOHANNESBURG, May 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A healthy baby girl has been born in South Africa after developing in her mother’s liver rather than in the womb.  There have been 14 documented cases of a child developing in this way, the BBC reports, but little Nhlahla, which means ‘luck’ in Zulu, is only the fourth baby to survive such a pregnancy.  The baby developed even without the protection of the womb’s muscular wall. Doctors found a small window where the amniotic sac, normally inside the womb, connected with the outside of the liver. They delivered the baby through that window. […]

DENVER, May 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled that the state’s courts have no jurisdiction over a woman’s decisions or actions respecting an unborn child in her womb—even if the woman knowingly uses harmful drugs. The ruling upheld an earlier decision that dismissed Fremont county’s neglect case against a pregnant woman who was taking methamphetamine.  The county had filed a “dependency and neglect petition” in an effort to protect the health of the unborn child. It was worded to say that the child “resided” with the mother, and described the baby as dependent and subject […]

DENVER, May 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Presbyterian Church USA has elected a new moderator who supports ordination of men and women who engage in homosexual sex acts.  Susan Andrews of Bethesda, was elected at the denomination’s 215th General Assembly Saturday with 53 per cent support on the second ballot.  Andrews described the ordination of practicing homosexuals in the church as her “fondest dream” but said that she did not think it should be attempted this year.  See the Denver Post coverage:  https://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1414286,00.html

OTTAWA, May 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “How many gatherings of twenty-two Members of Parliament, and a massive crowd of 3,500 people demonstrating on Parliament Hill would fail to get coverage from the national public broadcaster?” asked Karen Murawsky, the Public Affairs Director for Campaign Life Coalition.  Murawsky told LifeSite that the failure of the CBC to cover the event, especially in light of smaller and less significant events which did receive coverage, “had to be intentional”.  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) was sent press advisories about the May 14 March for Life on May 9 and then a follow-up press […]

Real Networks Adding Playboy To Its Mix Of Content Partners For Its Subscription Video-On-Demand Service https://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-1009352.html?tag=fd_top Contact REAL Networks to complain   https://www.realnetworks.com/company/contact/index.html   Want to Reduce Poverty? Get Married   https://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=3995&department=BLI&categoryid=femfacts   It seems the Hollywood television industry is becoming more bold in expressing pro-life points of view.  https://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0026178.html

BUENOS AIRES, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Buenos Aires has made itself the first city in Latin America to recognize registered same-sex partnerships. Homosexuals who can prove they have lived together for at least two years may now share labor and social security benefits.  The change was signed into law by Mayor Anibal Ibarra of the centre-left Frente Grande party, in spite of public debate in the nominally Roman Catholic country. In fact, Catholic culture has been in gradual retreat in most Latin countries since their 19th century masonic-liberal revolutions.  The latest fad, the denigration of marriage by treating cohabiting […]

CONCORD, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New Hampshire state Senate, in a 12 to 11 vote, has approved a 48-hour parental notification program for girls under 18 who say they want an abortion. Such minors would have to obtain the support of their parents (who are also the unborn child’s grandparents) during the 48-hour cooling off period. It is believed that, if the bill reaches the governor’s desk, Republican Craig Benson, who is pro-life, would sign it into law. But first it must pass the more heavily pro-abortion House, which in the past 20 years has repeatedly rejected any […]

AUSTIN, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Texas senate has approved by 21 to 10 an informed consent program that includes abortion-related health risks and color photographs of unborn babies before a woman can proceed with the killing of her baby in the womb. The measure, which has already been approved by the Texas House, includes a 24-hour cooling-off period before an abortion can be done and a $10,000 fine for physicians who intentionally ignore the provisions.  Sen. Tommy Williams, the bill’s sponsor, said it requires “the same information that somebody might see in a high-school biology textbook. They have […]

MIAMI, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Governor Jeb Bush faced a setback today in his attempt to have a separate guardian appointed to protect the unborn baby of a raped handicapped woman. That case is still before the courts. The setback stems from a similar case, in which a Miami-Dade County circuit judge, Arthur Rothenberg, ruled this morning that “a mentally retarded woman who is six months pregnant can have the abortion she apparently wants,” according to a local news report.  The woman, 28, allegedly “managed to state her wishes during the hearing” by saying faintly, “My baby no more.” […]

BOSTON, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cardinal Newman Society has reported that three bishops have now cancelled planned appearances at the commencement ceremonies of the College of the Holy Cross (MA), College Misericordia (PA) and the University of Scranton (PA).  Cardinal Newman Society has protested the selection of MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews to speak at both the University of Scranton and the College of the Holy Cross because of his abortion-rights position.  In his television commentary and newspaper columns, Matthews has publicly declared “I’m for abortion rights,” even appearing to endorse partial-birth abortion for severely handicapped babies.  As LifeSite […]

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Rev. D. L. Foster, pastor of Restoration Sanctuary International Church in Atlanta, today exploded the myth that homosexuality is an immutable characteristic like race – as many homosexual activists claim. Rev. Foster is an ex-homosexual (having been a homosexual for 11 years) and is also African-American.  His comments were made on today’s airing of Concerned Women Today, Concerned Women for America’s daily radio program which is heard in over 70 markets nationwide.  Rev. Foster’s told Concerned Women Today that there are no “ex-blacks”.  He said: “The argument of the gay community has been […]

AUSTIN, May 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Texas Senate passed informed consent abortion legislation Wednesday which requires that women are afforded information on abortion 24-hours prior to going through with the procedure.  Bill HB 15 specifies that women must be made aware of abortion’s risks including: i) the risks of infection and hemorrhage; (ii) the potential danger to a subsequent pregnancy and of infertility; and (iii) the prospect of increased risk of breast cancer following an induced abortion and the natural protective effect of a completed pregnancy in avoiding breast cancer.  The bill which has already passed the House and […]

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a Capitol Hill briefing yesterday, the Do No Harm Coalition of American for Research Ethics, amply demonstrated that non-controversial stem cell research involving umbilical cord and placenta blood are the best way forward. Gene Tarne, Communications Director for Do No Harm told LifeSite, “with all the controversy surrounding embryonic stem cell research that debate is going to drag on and on, but cord and placenta blood is non-controversial and already now helping patients.”  Keone Penn, a 16 year old African-American transplanted with cord blood stem cells for sickle-Cell anemia five years ago, spoke […]

TORONTO, May 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Arthritis Society (TAS) has been receiving numerous messages of disappointment from local leaders of the Knights of Columbus (KofC) for the new TAS position to support embryonic stem cell research.  While official communications between KofC Ontario State Council and the TAS have not yet commenced (although calls have been made), local KofC leaders have notified TAS of their displeasure with the new position.  Frank LeVay, Grand Knight in Gravenhurst Ontario wrote the TAS saying: “As a Knight of Columbus I shall refuse to support the Arthritis Society in any way as long as […]

Marvin Olasky Says Liberal Teachers’ Unions Are Attempting To Protect More Than Just Economic Interests When They Fight School Choice https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/5/222003A.asp   Fighting Back: Protecting Children From Violent Video Games https://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=3990&department=cfi&categoryid=cfreport Mr. Horowitz Owes Christians An Apology https://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=3987&department=cfi&categoryid=cfreport   Gays And Social Conservatives https://www.frc.org/index.cfm?i=AR03E16   Coalition Criticizes Colleges Honouring Questionable Speakers https://www.ncregister.com/Register_News/051803_1.htm   More And Younger Doctors Support Natural Family Planning https://www.ncregister.com/Register_News/051803_2.htm   Request For Claification From Bishops’ Expert Denied https://thewandererpress.com/A5-15-03.htm

Boston, May. 22 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Daniel Reilly of Worcester, Massachusetts, has pulled out of a scheduled appearance at graduation ceremonies for Holy Cross College, because the Jesuit-run school is honouring a proponent of legal abortion.  Bishop Reilly announced on Wednesday, May 21, that he will not attend the commencement exercises at Holy Cross on May 23. The main speaker at that event will be Chris Matthews, a political commentator who supports abortion. The bishop explained his withdrawal in a public statement. ‘‘I cannot let my presence imply support for anything less than the protection of all life at all […]

Zero tolerance expressed for Cardinal Arinze's teaching on homosexuality

No Peace Without Respect for Life

Campus Kids Called the 'Key Swing Group of the 2004 Elections'

TORONTO, May 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following the revelation that The Arthritis Society (TAS) of Canada has indicated that it will fund embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) in accordance with Canadian governmental guidelines, the Knights of Columbus (KofC) of Ontario – the primary TAS supporter – has said it is very concerned about the TAS position.  In an interview with LifeSite yesterday, TAS President and CEO Denis Morrice admitted for the first time publicly that TAS would fund such research. He said he was not concerned about a loss of funding from the Knights since TAS offers donors the opportunity […]

OTTAWA, May 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Françoise Ducros, the disgraced former spokesman for Prime Minister Jean Chrétien who dismissed President George W. Bush as a “moron” in front of reporters, has been given a senior director general position in the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).  Ducros, who is said to be fiercely pro-abortion, is expected to be working on “African aid issues,” an area in which CIDA has notoriously seen eye-to-eye with the UN family planning mentality. Warren Kinsella, a fellow Chrétien loyalist, praised Ducros for playing “a big part of the PM’s African aid initiative leading up to the […]

LONDON, May 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Labour government of Tony Blair has elevated one of the leading Anglican homosexual activists to the rank of bishop. Canon Jeffrey John, 50, who has called for the ordination of practising homosexuals and the blessing of same-sex marriages, was appointed as Suffragan (or deputy) Bishop of Reading.  Bishop John was a contributor to a collection of prayers for homosexuals—not for grace to help them restrain their impulses or change their deviant lifestyle, but in support of same-sex marriage, sex change operations and blessing what the prayers call “fantasy and fetish.”  Bishops in the […]

WELLINGTON, May 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Dutch biotech company has lost its bid to the Wellington Regional Ethics Committee to use aborted New Zealand babies for research purposes, after the Capital Coast Health Board “suddenly withdrew its support,” according to the Weekend Herald. The company, Netherlands-based Crucell, wanted to take tissue from the aborted unborn to Australia to develop retinal stem cell lines and create vaccines. “This type of research is new to New Zealand and needed ethical scrutiny,” said board general manager Dr. John Coughlan. “During this process, it was soon realised by everyone involved that there are […]

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Assisted Suicide is losing support,” says international assisted suicide expert Wesley J. Smith. “In my ten years as an activist opposing assisted suicide, I first saw the pendulum swing broadly in favor of legalization, and then, in recent years, breathed a sigh of relief as it ever-so-slowly moved back against it,” Smith writes in a National Review op-ed piece. “Considering how things looked only six years ago, it is a dramatic turnaround worth celebrating.”  Smith, who is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and an attorney and consultant for the International Task Force […]

Abortion Income Reaches Nearly $1 Billion, Abortions Top Three Million

PETERBOROUGH, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Ontario Christian man who spanked his eight-year-old son on the buttocks with a belt but leaving no marks was sentenced to one year probation last week.  One Canadian Press (CP) report indicated that “While on probation, the man is not allowed contact with his four children,” however, LifeSite clarified with his lawyer that the man would be allowed contact with his children since the condition of no contact was waived by the man’s wife.  The man, a member of Victory Baptist Church in Peterborough, argued that the method of discipline was consistent with […]

OTTAWA, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Arthritis Society (TAS), a Canadian national organization which receives the bulk of its funding from the Knights of Columbus a Catholic fraternal organization, has revealed that it has no objection to funding embryonic stem cell research. A May 2003 position paper from TAS notes that it follows “the funding guidelines issued by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research”. LifeSite interviewed TAS President and CEO Denis Morrice who confirmed that TAS would fund embryonic stem cell research in accordance with the guidelines of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). As LifeSite has reported […]

NEW YORK, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The French government attacked the Holy See delegation at a recent United Nations committee meeting, accusing Vatican officials of injecting “moral” and “religious criteria” into the discussion, according to the May 16 Friday Fax from the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-Fam).  The argument arose when the Holy See opposed UN status for the US National Abortion Federation – which represents abortionists in the U.S. and Canada – , which Vatican representatives said “does not respect life. It destroys life in its budding stages, when it most needs our protection.” The Vatican […]

NEW YORK, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study suggests that 20% of adolescents aged 12 to 14 report having had sexual intercourse. The study, by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, compared seven studies from the late 1990s.  The study found that only about a third of parents of sexually experienced 14-year-olds knew that their child had had sex. About half of 14-year-olds said they had attended a party with no adult supervision, the New York Times reported. For New York Times coverage:  https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/19/health/19CND-TEEN.html?ex=1054008000&en=584d91765124d028&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President George W. Bush could have his first opportunity to name a Supreme Court justice this year, with the resignations of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor rumoured to be taking place this summer. The retirement of two justices would herald “the greatest upheaval on the court in 32 years,” according to Newsday sources.  Neither resignation is certain, but the White House is preparing for the possibility of two or three vacancies including the post of Chief Justice, which, conceivably, would be filled by a sitting justice such as […]

SYDNEY, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian federal Health Minister Kay Patterson has ordered urgent study into providing information on products developed with human embryos.  “Some consumers might have concern knowing that pharmaceutical products contain embryonic materials or have been tested on them,” she said.  The proposal is the initiative of independent Senator Brian Harradine.  The Sydney Morning Herald reported last week that Harradine’s “proposal would ensure consumer information and advertising for pharmaceuticals would disclose whether the products had been tested, created or manufactured using embryo material.”  See LifeSite’s Stem Cell page:  https://lsn.ca/features/stemcellembryo/index.html

VANCOUVER, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has urged the federal government to appeal the B. C. Court of Appeal decision legalizing homosexual ‘marriage’.  In a letter to Justice Minister Martin Cauchon, CCCB President Bishop Jacques Berthelet asked the Minister “to appeal the recent decision of the British Columbia Court of Appeal in the case of Barbeau et al. v. the Attorney General of Canada et al. that decided that the definition of marriage be changed to include same-sex partners.” The CCCB also repeated their request for Canadian Catholics to express their views on […]

OTTAWA, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Focus on the Family Canada has made a presentation to the Justice and Human Rights Committee regarding Bill C-250, the legislation proposed by homosexual activist MP Svend Robinson which seeks to insert the term “sexual orientation” into hate crimes legislation.  The Focus presentation enumerated various reasons for rejecting the legislation seeing it as a threat to religious freedom and refuted supporters of the bill who claim it will not affect religious freedom.  “Given that current laws prohibit actual acts of violence against homosexuals, and given the lack of substantial evidence that hate propaganda targeting […]

OTTAWA, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To better coordinate diocesan efforts to increase awareness on life issues, Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Gervais is inaugurating a Diocesan Week for Life, which will run from Sunday, May 25th until Saturday, May 31st. Events for the week will include Pro-Life Sunday on May 25th, on which celebrations dedicated to life will be held in parishes throughout the Archdiocese. A pro-life banquet will be held on May 27 and on May 29 the Archbishop will celebrate an outdoor Mass.  The events center around the May 31 feast of the Visitation of Mary which, according to […]

OTTAWA, May 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Home School Legal Defence Association (HSLDA) has reported that the Section 43 Constitutional Challenge (Corporal Punishment Case) has been “fast tracked” by the Supreme Court of Canada.  The court has placed the case on the list for oral argument on Friday, June 6th. HSLDA will intervene in the case as part of the Coalition for Family Autonomy (CFA) which also includes REAL Women of Canada, Canada Family Action Coalition, and Focus on the Family.  For more information on the case see HSLDA at:  www.hsldacanada.org/issues/discipline.htm   See related LifeSite coverage:  Anti-spanking silliness – Interim, […]

ORLANDO, MAy 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two leading U.S. conservative organizations have endorsed Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s attempt to have legal guardians appointed for both a handicapped victim, 22, raped by a care worker and her unborn child, now in the sixth month of gestation.  Concerned Women for America (CWA) and the Family Research Council (FRC) both announced their support this week, even as a circuit court judge defied Gov. Bush by postponing his decision on whether to name a guardian for the unborn child.  CWA president Sandy Rios said, “It was a terrible thing for this woman to be […]

LONDON, May 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Britain’s Court of Appeal has ruled that a couple can go ahead and create a designer baby from which to take spare parts in hopes of curing their four-year-old son. Shahani and Raj Hashmi’s son Zain has beta-thalassaemia, which could possibly be cured by a bone marrow transplant using “material” from babies created through IVF purely for the extraction of genetically matching bone marrow.  The decision is a setback for the pro-life group, Comment on Reproductive Ethics (CORE), which had previously challenged that decision at the High Court and won, forcing the Hashmis to […]

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – IVF scientist Panos Zavos, who led a secretive team of scientists on a quest to clone humans has said that he has filmed the successful cloning of human.  While most scientists rejected as hoaxes the claims of the Raelian cloning operation “Clonaid” some expressed grave concern over Zavos and his group noting that he had the wherewithal to carry out his sinister plans.  Zavos, based in Lexington Kentucky, told reporters this week that he had created a cloned embryo using cells from a 45-year-old American woman.  Zavos said the experiment took place outside the […]

OTTAWA, May 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health Minister Anne McLellan was asked point blank yesterday to stop the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) from providing funding to researchers doing human embryonic stem cell research.  As LifeSite reported yesterday, despite the fact that parliament is still debating a law on the controversial research, thee CIHR is going ahead with public funding in what has been described as “an end-run around parliament.”  Alliance MP Carol Skelton asked McLellan in the House, “Will the minister demand that the institute cease and desist until Parliament has spoken?”  McLellan sidestepped the question using her […]

OTTAWA, May 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking in the House of Commons Wednesday, federal Justice Minister Martin Cauchon voiced support for Bill C-250 which seeks to add the term “sexual orientation” into hate crimes law.  The legislation has caused considerable concern among Christians throughout the country since it would impinge on religious freedom.  The bill’s sponsor, homosexual activist MP Svend Robinson asked Cauchon, “Does the minister support the inclusion of sexual orientation in Canada’s hate propaganda laws, yes or no?”  Responding, the Minister said: “yes, the bill is consistent with the government’s position on sexual orientation.”  As LifeSite reported yesterday, […]

OTTAWA, May 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A total of 22 pro-life Members of Parliament attended the March for Life in Ottawa on Wednesday.  In addition, 11 MPs attended the Banquet which followed the March.  In addition to short comments from the MPs, the crowd of 3,500 (60% of which was youth) was addressed by dignitaries including Bishop Jean Louis Plouffe – Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario; Rev. Robert McRoberts – Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church; Dr. Jack Wilke, President of International Right To Life Federation; and Mr. Jean Migneault – Deputy Supreme Knight – Knights of Columbus, New Haven Connecticut.  […]

MONTREAL, May 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Covering a May 14 speech by Prime Minister Jean Chretien, the Toronto Sun reports today that “Prime Minister Jean Chretien says Canada is a better country than the United States because we’ve got gun control, abortion rights and no death penalty.”  During his speech Chretien said, “We don’t have big debates on the rights of abortion because we decided a long time ago in Canada it is the choice of women, which is not the case in a lot of U.S. states.”  In recent years the Prime Minister has become more strident about his […]

MELBOURNE, May 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian officials will soon ask the country’s Supreme Court to rule “on whether a woman’s tube-feeding and hydration should be removed,” writes Archbishop Denis Hart, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, in an article for The Age newspaper.  The case will set an “important precedent for court-made law,” writes Hart, and “may change the way we care for and relate to elderly, handicapped and unconscious people for years to come.” Hart says the Catholic Church “rejects two extremes. First, the attitude of ‘feed people up no matter what’ and second, the attitude that ‘they’re […]

LONDON, May 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A majority of British doctors say they have received patient inquiries about assisted suicide, and fully three-quarters (74%) said they would refuse to provide assisted suicide even if it were legalized in the UK. A majority of 56% of the 986 doctors polled said that it is impossible to set safe bounds to the process.  The study was done as a growing number of British citizens are travelling to Switzerland to commit suicide with the help of the suicide group Dignitas. In April, a British couple, Robert and Jennifer Stokes, are thought to have […]

ORLANDO, May 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Florida circuit judge has defied pro-life Republican Governor Jeb Bush by delaying a decision on whether a guardian should be appointed for the fetus of a mentally disabled rape victim.  Gov. Bush had brought the issue to a head when he overruled regional child welfare officials and ordered them not to wait until birth to seek a guardian for the unborn child.  However, Judge Lawrence Kirkwood limited a 30-minute court hearing to whether the pregnant 22-year-old woman should remain in state custody in a nursing home, and said arguments over whether she and […]

Canadians Continue to Voice Massive Opposition to Bill C-250

Issues 8 page analysis and action guide

Ignores Parliament on Contentious Issue

OTTAWA, May 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite News staff are rejuvenated after having attended the Canadian national March for Life in Ottawa yesterday.  Over 3,500 pro-lifers joined in the March which was led this year by fourth degree Knights of Columbus in full regalia. The numbers showed an increase of over 1000 participants from last year’s count.  The march from Parliament commenced with encouraging speeches by pro-life parliamentarians, pro-life leaders and religious leaders including two Catholic bishops.  Despite media advisories sent to all major media announcing the March, a search of Canadian English media coverage exposed a total media blackout […]

DRUG DEALERS DENIED CATHOLIC FUNERALS IN THAILAND Union of Catholic Asian News reports today that the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Thailand says the Church will refuse funeral Masses to Catholics who produce or sell drugs. Conference president Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu of Bangkok explained that these are “people who destroy society,” and their drug dealings are “the acts of indirect murder” of innocent people. (From UCAN report TH3944, May 9)  GERMANY TO HOST INTERNATIONAL CLONING CONFERENCE Germany is to host an international conference May 14-16 in an effort to draw up common scientific guidelines regulating cloning.  Research […]

Refuses to reject the possibility of God miraculously healing victims

JEFFERSON CITY, May 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democratic Missouri Governor Bob Holden’s $19 billion budget, which passed the state legislature last week, includes a $3.6 million cut in so-called family planning services.  Pro-life legislators had been targeting the money for years because some of it goes to Planned Parenthood, which in turn uses the funds to subsidize abortion.  However, a pro-life program was also cut. A $700,000 “alternatives to abortion” program helped women to cope with unplanned pregnancies or find prenatal care.  For local coverage:  https://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/news/AAEA5C32101BAB7186256D22000C396E?OpenDocument&highlight=2%2Cbudget&headline=Missouri+Legislature+passes+budget+on+time,+but+Holden+aide+sees+$500+million+in+the+red

WASHINGTON, May 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With several of President Bush’s judicial nominees now in their second year of waiting for filibustering Senate Democrats to allow their confirmation to proceed, Republicans are invoking dramatic measures to speed the process.  Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, will invoke a safety-valve clause in the Senate rules that allow Senators to reduce the size of the majority required to invoke cloture. The process currently requires 60 votes, but under the special rules, the required number would drop by three each time it is stymied, until, if necessary, it reaches a simple majority […]

LONDON, May 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill now before the UK Parliament bans discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation—but in a new twist for international pro-homosexual legislation, it also contains protections for religious groups.  The bill outlaws discrimination based on both religion and sexual orientation, but includes an exemption for organizations with an “ethos based on religion or belief.”  Christian groups are not convinced. Simon Calvert, deputy director of the Christian Institute, said: “We were opposed to this from the outset. There are cases of genuine unfair treatment of people, but this is using a sledgehammer to crack a […]

OTTAWA, May 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Statistics Canada has released its data on Canadians’ religious affiliations noting that Canada is still predominantly Roman Catholic and Protestant.  In 2001, 7 out of every 10 people still identified themselves as either Roman Catholic or Protestant.  The data show however that the proportion of Christians in Canada is falling and the number of Canadians who reported religions such as Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism has increased substantially.  In addition, far more Canadians reported that they had no religion. This group accounted for 16% of the population in 2001, compared with 12% a decade […]

Over 90% of Communications Positive

Post-abortion trauma needs to be acknowledged, say MPs

Study Riles Abortion Defenders

NEW YORK, May 12, 2003 (LifeSitNews.com) – Dr. Panayiotis Zavos, the American celebrity infertility doctor, claims he will unveil the world’s first verified cloned human embryo somewhere in the Middle East in the next few months. He claims that unlike previous cloning claims, the unveiling will be accessible to TV cameras to satisfy the world of its veracity.  Media are saying that, this time, “There is compelling evidence that Zavos has indeed succeeded in creating a cloned human embryo that has grown to ten cells in size and which is now frozen in his secret laboratory.” The Raelian company Clonaid, […]

LONDON, May 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A leading British artificial conception expert says women using IVF are at increased risk of contracting HIV. Dr. Carole Gilling-Smith, who conducts IVF at a major London hospital, cited “appalling safety lapses” that she has witnessed in the IVF process, in a presentation to an IVF conference under the auspices of the Royal Society of Medicine.  For example, clinics are creating embryos for HIV-infected couples in the same laboratories as those used by healthy parents, reports said. Equipment exposed to the HIV virus is also not being properly sterilized before it is used for […]

LONDON, May 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two British social workers were threatened with the loss of their jobs for informally criticizing homosexual adoption. An official letter of warning was sent to Dawn Jackson and Norah Ellis after they expressed their opposition to the practice, following by their reassignment to a different section—even though Mrs. Ellis, 46, and a Christian, has a 26-year “exemplary” record.  The letter of rebuke said: “I must warn you at the outset that, if you maintain that you are not able to work with same-sex couples, it is likely that I will have to terminate your […]

OTTAWA, May 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tory MP Elsie Wayne who was called a hatemonger and bigot for her comments in the House of Commons strongly opposing homosexual ‘marriage’, has refused to back down from her stand despite the criticism.  Wayne told ATV news reporters today, “Everybody has the freedom speech. I don’t know why every other group has the right to freedom of speech, but those of us who believe in the tradition of family values and husband and wife as marriage are not allowed to speak out. I just don’t understand that.”  Listen to Michael Coren’s exclusive LifeSite […]

NEW YORK, May 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cardinal Newman Society, a U.S. organization which attempts to ensure Catholic colleges are faithful to their Catholic identity objected in a letter to Marist College’s selection of pro-abortion New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to give this year’s commencement address on May 17.  The Archdiocese of New York has responded to Cardinal Newman Society’s protest by declaring the college “is no longer a Catholic institution” and therefore not under the Church’s jurisdiction.  The Newman Society says it is the first time since Pope John Paul II issued Ex corde Ecclesiae, the apostolic […]

OTTAWA, May 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Alliance Member of Parliament and Waste Watchdog John Williams released his latest copy of the Waste Report Friday.  The report highlights among other things the fact that the Liberal government spending wasted $142,901 through the National Film Board for “Apples and Oranges”, a film to educate children, ages 8-12, about people with lesbian or gay sexual orientations” or “children who don’t conform to gender stereotypes”.  “Just after Canadians have paid their taxes to their government, it is disheartening to see so much spent on wasteful and frivolous expenditures,” said Williams.  The report also […]

OTTAWA, May 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A motion by Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz received one hour of debate in the House of Commons today before being put to the bottom of the order paper for a vote at a later date.  The vote, touted as the “first pro-life vote in the Canadian Parliament in 12 years”, asks the government to determine whether abortions are medically necessary and to determine the heath risks from the procedure.  Pro-abortion activist MPs railed against the motion.  While several MPs delivered speeches in support of the motion, NDP MP Libby Davies objected strenuously saying that […]

PRESIDENT BUSH DISAPPOINTS ON WOMEN IN COMBAT ISSUE https://www.washtimes.com/national/20030509-69566484.htm   HOMOSEXUAL LOBBYIST IN WHITE HOUSE? IF SO, WHO IS IT?  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/5/92003d.asp   REPUBLICANS TO SEEK RULE CHANGES TO END FILBUSTERS ON JUDGES https://www.washtimes.com/national/20030509-786855.htm

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its May 7th report, the Campaign for Working Families (CWF) , headed by pro-family activist Gary Bauer, reported that Texas has this month become the 37th state to ban homosexual ‘marriage.’  CWF emphasizes that only one more state is required to make up the “three-fourths majority required to ratify a constitutional amendment” to explicitly restrict marriage to a man-woman relationship.  The organisation notes that defence of marriage legislation is currently pending in the Ohio State Senate and it is urging Ohio citizens to contact their state senators and urge them to support Senate […]

CANBERRA, May 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Australian Capital Territory’s Labor Party government has made ACT the country’s second jurisdiction, after the state of Western Australia, to sanction homosexual adoption, and to declare the move a human rights achievement.  ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope called it the removal of “discrimination,” something that had “long been part of the ACT Australian Labor Party platform,” ensuring “there is no legislative discrimination against same sex couples, transgender intersex people,” based on “our strong belief that everyone is entitled to respect and dignity and the right to participate in society and receive the full […]

BOSTON, May 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A doctor who made two botched abortion attempts has voluntarily submitted to indefinite suspension from medical practice by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. Dr. Jian Yu, a graduate of Hunan Medical College in China, charged $500 for the abortions in his poorly-equipped Malden, Mass. clinic, which had no staff and not even running water.  Yu administered two painkillers to a patient when she “expressed a fear of pain as he began a vacuum aspiration procedure on her,” according to local coverage. “Patient A was crying from the pain,” said the official report, […]

LONDON, May 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As in vitro fertilization suffers from an increasingly bad press due to a number incidences of mixed-up sperm and eggs, many women are opting to share their eggs within a smaller circle of patients, says a British doctor. The result is that far fewer embryos are destroyed than at IVF clinics.  Dr. Kamal Ahuja, of London’s Cromwell Hospital, says the use of donor eggs has rocketed from 400 a year in the mid-1990s to 2,000, and expects it to reach 3,000 this year and 5,000 in 2005. “In five or ten years this could […]

BUFFALO, NY, May 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – James Kopp, who admitted pulling the trigger in the shooting death of abortionist Barnett Slepian, was sentenced today to the maximum penalty allowed – 25 years to life in prison.  Kopp, who has not spoken publicly on the matter since admitting he shot the abortionist, spoke in court today.  He reiterated that he was attempting to prevent Slepian from committing abortions.  “Why should the safety of Dr. Slepian be put over the safety of unborn children?” Kopp asked. “I wish I could do 10 life sentences or 10 death penalties to save them.”  […]

Accused of "hate-mongering", "homophobia", "spewing hatred", "rabid prejudice", being "extreme"

JAMES KOPP TO ADDRESS COURT PRIOR TO SENTENCING FRIDAY https://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny—abortiondoctor0507may07,0,7231049.story?coll=ny-ap-regional-wire   THE POLITICAL CORRECTNESS OF AN EPIDEMIC https://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=3918&department=BLI&categoryid=femfacts   OREGON CITES ‘STATES RIGHTS’ TO CONTROL ASSISTED SUICIDE https://apnews.excite.com/article/20030507/D7QSMQ1O0.html   CALIFORNIA HIGH COURT ASKED TO NIX 1000’s OF HOMOSEXUAL ADOPTIONS https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/05/07/state1547EDT0110.DTL   OUTSIDE ANGLICAN BISHOP WILL ASSIST VANCOUVER DIOCESE Conservative Anglicans reject move as ‘not enough’ to heal rift over homosexual marriage https://www.canada.com/vancouver/news/story.asp?id=93DF3B9D-CC63-447C-9527-FF6E9A9BEC4E   ‘CATHOLIC’ NEW YORK GOVERNOR PATAKI BECOMES A MASON https://www.hoffmanlodge412.org/news.htm   WEYRICH: CONSERVATIVES MAY STAY HOME ON 2004 https://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/5/8/143003

INDIANAPOLIS, May 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Indiana state Superior Court Judge S.K. Reid has ruled that state law clearly defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman, dismissing a lawsuit attempting to win marital status for homosexuals.  Reid said the existing law “promotes the state’s interest in encouraging procreation to occur in a context where both biological parents are present to raise the child. … No text of the [state] Constitution contains any provision specifically guaranteeing even traditional marriage, much less same-sex marriage,” Reid said.  Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter defended the decision. “Marriage is defined as […]

GASTEIZ/VITORIA, May 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spain’s Basque regional government has voted to extend the legal rights that traditionally accompany marriage to unmarried cohabiting persons and homosexuals. Among the “rights” thus created are equivalent treatment with regard to health benefits and taxation. Of more concern is that it also opens the door to the adoption of children by homosexual pairs, as is already the case in the Spanish regions of Catalonia, Navarra and Andalusia.  For newswire coverage:  https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030507/od_afp/lifestyle_spain_basque_030507190112

Re-instating Halloween fundraiser for pro-abortion UNICEF is no longer considered

Yet also sentenced defendant to 12 years in jail for inducing a miscarriage

Cardinal Newman Society Identifies Good & Bad on Catholic Campuses in U.S.

Researchers Call for More Studies on Emotional Risks of Abortion

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. House International Relations Committee passed by only one vote yesterday a measure to restore U.S. funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).  The UN group was denied funding after an official U.S. government investigation concurred with prior findings that UNFPA was in collusion with the coercive one-child population control policy in China which involves forced abortion and sterilization.  Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee who co-sponsored the measure which passed 23-22, is seeking $100 million over two years for UNFPA.  The measure is likely to receive heated debate on the House floor and […]

"in vitro fertilization is a grave offence to human dignity and must be stopped."

BRUSSELS, May 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in the UK has added its support to opposition to a European Commission initiative establishing a unit to monitor pro-life organisations.  A SPUC release issued late yesterday noted that Mrs Dana Rosemary Scallon, the Irish pro-life member of the European parliament, is leading opposition to the unit. She is questioning whether the commission can legally use EU taxpayers’ money to fund such a unit and says it compromises the commission’s impartiality. She has asked for details of the unit’s scope, budget and staffing, and suggests […]

CHRISTIAN RIGHT TALKS OF BOLTING GOP IN 2004 Such a move would deal a severe blow to President Bush’s re-election effort. “If Republican leaders cannot mount a vigorous defense of marriage, then pro-family voters perhaps should begin to reconsider their loyalty to the party,”  https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/5/6/110046.shtml   GOP CHAIRMAN RACICOT DEFENDS MEETING WITH ‘GAY’ PRESSURE GROUP   https://www.cwfa.org/articledisplay.asp?id=3903&department=CFI&categoryid=cfreport   GOP’s RACICOT: I’LL MEET WITH ‘EX-HOMOSEXUALS’  https://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/5/7/163628   HYSTERIA, THY NAME IS SARS https://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-fumento050703.asp

TORONTO, May 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Ontario woman is suing doctors for “allowing” her baby to become infected with HIV-AIDS virus during pregnancy, on grounds that “they” failed to test her for HIV. When the woman tested positive, it became clear why the baby had not thrived in the womb, and it was too late to prevent the child from developing the disease.  HIV tests are not currently mandatory, although they are simple and available to anyone. While only one in every 1,000 to 3,000 women has HIV, as many as 20 HIV infected babies are born in Canada […]

SAN BERNARDINO, May 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The California state Medical Board has revoked a doctor’s medical license based on a botched 1997 abortion that nearly killed his 17-year-old patient. He punctured her uterus and pulled out 3 to 5 feet of her intestines during the abortion, after which she spent 9 days in intensive care.  At the time, Dr. Philip B. Pierre-Louis was charged with gross negligence, incompetence, unprofessional conduct and failure to maintain adequate medical records following the abortion. He was placed on four years probation and fined $5,000 for the incident with the teenage girl, according to […]

MONTERREY, May 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent plenary assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Mexico issued a “Message to Mexican Families”.  The document issued May 2 notes reasons for the dissolution of many families including disregarding of the permanence of marriage.  Fides, the Vatican news agency which covered the document, reports causes for the disintegration of families listed by the Prelates: a present day trivial attitude to human sexuality seen simply as a means of pleasure which uses people; widespread use of means of contraception, abortion etc. to avoid having children and on the other hand the fashion of […]

WASHINGTON, May 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Save the Children 2003 Mothers’ Index, which has received extensive media play, carries an anti-life bias undermining its credibility.  The survey, while commendable in many respects unabashedly supports abortifacients, contraceptives and sterilization.  Of the four indices assessing a mother’s health status, one was “percent of women using modern contraception.”  The figure would thus negatively affect the country assessments of pro-life countries where such anti-life measures are frowned upon.  The survey considered ‘modern methods of contraception’ to include “male and female sterilization, IUD, the pill, injectables, hormonal implants, condoms and female barrier methods.”  See […]

WASHINGTON (May 7, 2003)—The family of California murder victims Laci and Conner Peterson are urging congressional passage of the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, saying the bill “is very close to our hearts.”  In a letter to the prime sponsors of the bill, Congresswoman Melissa Hart (R-Pa.) and Senator Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), the family requested that the bill be referred to as “Laci and Conner’s Law in their memory.”  The letter, dated May 5, was released by the lawmakers at a Capitol Hill press conference this morning. It was signed by Laci Peterson’s mother, Sharon Rocha; by her husband, Ron […]

May 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The current Ontario State Bulletin of the Knights of Columbus calls on all Knights and their families to attend the May 14th March for Life.  State Advocate Yvon Robert, Church and Life Chairman for the Knights, writes “We must start planning immediately to attend.”  Robert notes that two bishops will join pro-lifers on Parliament Hill for the March and says, “There is no better chance to demonstrate publicly that the K. of C. is solidly behind the Church and that we have a deep respect for life at all its stages, from conception to natural […]

OTTAWA, May 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life leaders in Canada are warning pro-lifers against donating to organizations which support destructive research on human embryos. LifeSite has recently learned that both The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) and the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada have officially admitted that they fund destructive research on human embryos. LifeSite reported previously that The Canadian Cancer Society, Parkinson Society of Canada, Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation all came out in support of research on human embryos. LifeSite has obtained a copy of the HSFC “Human Stem Cell Research Policy […]

TORONTO, May 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario’s governing Conservatives are expected to unveil their campaign platform within a week sources have told the National Post, setting the stage for a possible June 26 provincial election.  Jim Flaherty, author of the Equity in Education Tax Credit, which Eves recently restored, has rallied to his leader. “They’ll run a deficit and they’ll increase taxes,” Flaherty said of the Liberals.  Premier Ernie Eves predicts that the Liberals will squander their 19-point lead over the Tories in polls. Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty has made clear he would promptly scrap the Education tax credit.  For […]

THE FAMILY HOUR NEEDS REVISITING The FCC is now talking seriously about revoking broadcast licenses for egregious violations of its decency rules.  https://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20030505-94421118.htm   MEDIA AWARENESS Note: LifeSite takes no position on the Iraq war but there have been important peripheral developments that confirm LifeSite warnings about information manipulation and negative agendas by the EU, UN, international development agencies and much of the mainstream media.  Bad Reporting in Bagdad https://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=7641 Lies the Left Told Me https://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=7638 How the Media Colour Their Coverage https://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pdupont/?id=95001586 CBS Veteran Exposes Media Leftist Bias in Tell-All Book https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/12/7/183759.shtml

BENTONVILLE, Ark., May 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the largest retailer in the United States with sales of $244.5 billion in 2002, has announced that it will respect customer taste and decency concerns and stop selling the semi-pornographic “men’s magazines” Maxim, Stuff and FHM. Company spokesman Melissa Berryhill said Wal-Mart is “listening to our customers and associates.”  The chain’s role as a purveyor of pop culture “seems to be in an evolutionary stage,” according to the New York Times. Although Wal-Mart is a major seller of DVDs, CDs and other entertainment that could be considered morally questionable, the […]

GRANITE CITY, May 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctor Yogendra Shah, an abortionist who while operating a private abortuary was at one time chief of OB/GYN at a Catholic hospital, is facing removal of his medical license after being accused of performing an abortion on a woman who was found not to have been pregnant.  The Illinois Department of Professional Regulation filed a complaint accusing Shah of performing the procedure without testing to determine if the woman was pregnant.  Test results after the procedure indicated she was not pregnant prior to the procedure.  Shah was the object of an ongoing protest […]

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President George W. Bush has nominated Claude A. Allen, 42, a conservative black lawyer, public servant and activist, to the federal appeals court. Allen, who is married with three home-educated children, served as secretary of health and human resources for Virginia Republican Governor James S. Gilmore in the late 1990s and earlier at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In 1984, when he was 20 years old, he campaigned for former Sen. Jesse Helms, and has been dogged by liberals ever since for having referred to “queers” working on his opponent’s campaign.  […]

Parents "should think twice about exposing" daughters to "morally corrupt" YWCA

Meeting tomorrow may remove approval of pro-life crisis pregnancy center alternative

TORONTO, May 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has learned from a source that the Archdiocese of Toronto will likely rescind its mandated restrictions on religious practices instituted on April 15 because of the SARS outbreak. The restrictions included no communion on the tongue, no use of closed confessionals for confessions, no water in holy water fonts and other restrictions. A letter is in preparation advising all pastors that the mandated restrictions are rescinded. The SARS outbreak has been under control for some time now and the World Health Organization has admitted that its now withdrawn Toronto travel advisory was based […]

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Only two weeks after President Bush called on Congress to act expeditiously on the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, Senator Mike DeWine (R-OH) has announced that he will reintroduce the legislation this week.  The bill makes it a separate crime to kill or harm an unborn child in the commission of a federal crime.  Senator DeWine has introduced this bill three times in the Senate and he most recently introduced the bill in January 2003.  By re-introducing the bill this week, Senator DeWine hopes the full Senate will have the opportunity to consider the […]

TOKYO, May 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Statistics released by the Japanese Home Affairs Ministry reveals that the number of children in Japan has dropped for the 22nd year in a row. The number of children under 15 as of April 1 was 18 million, down 170,000 from last year and representing only 14.1 per cent of the population.  By comparison children under 15 represent 21.1 per cent of the population in the United States.  Experts are predicting that the ageing demographic will cause havoc with the country’s economy and pension systems.  A September 2002 report showed the population over age […]

Elected Liberal government once again set to allow activist judges to determine law

WHY MARRIAGE SHOULD BE PRIVILEGED IN PUBLIC   https://www.frc.org/get/is03d1.cfm   BLAIR ADVISOR: WE DON’T DO GOD https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32398

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GLASGOW, May 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A woman who murdered her three babies also had an abortion while awaiting trial, Scotland’s Daily Record reveals. Susan MacLeod, 26, hid the babies’ bodies, including the third stillborn baby, in garbage bags inside her Glasgow apartment for five years. MacLeod seems to have had no regard for innocent life. With the rotting corpses stored at home, she became pregnant again. After being charged by police in 2001, she went and aborted the unborn baby as well. A friend of the family said, “It beggars belief that she would get pregnant a fourth time”—if […]

OTTAWA, May 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family groups reacted swiftly to the B.C. Court of Appeal’s decision in favour of homosexual marriage last week.  REAL Women of Canada said, “Nowhere else in the western world have courts had the effrontery and arrogance to make such revolutionary decisions on behalf of the public on an issue which affects the foundations of society. … The myth that judges are impartial has been shattered by this irresponsible decision.”  The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada’s Bruce Clemenger said, “The definition of a pre-existing social, cultural and religious institution like marriage is not foremost a matter […]

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week, the U.S. House approved an amendment to a $15 billion AIDS package that fulfills the President’s requests that U.S. funding promote the Ugandan model for AIDS prevention.  The Pitts/Hyde Abstinence Amendment provides 33 percent of the funds set aside for HIV/AIDS prevention to go to abstinence-until-marriage programs.  Michael Schwartz, vice president for government relations at Concerned Women for America told LifeSite that the critical issue is the Ugandan model where abstinence before marriage and fidelity in marriage are the primary lines of defense against the deadly virus with condoms only as a […]

VICTORIA, May 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British Columbia Supreme Court found Julianna Zsiros, 39, guilty of assisting a suicide Wednesday. The jury accepted the contention of the Crown that Zsiros encouraged and helped Linda Whetung commit suicide two years ago so Zsiros could inherit $30,000, reports the Canadian Press.  Whetung, 50, died inhaling car exhaust fumes.  In her defense, Zsiros’ said she was assisted Whetung to end her unbearable pain.  Zsiros is free on $5000 bail until her sentencing next month. See the CP coverage from Canada.com:  https://canada.com/national/story.asp?id=3CC7ADBE-E068-4FFE-BB33-EA6D7D66BCA2

WINNIPEG, May 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The government of Saskatchewan proposed legislation Thursday to allow access to the abortifacient morning after pill direct from pharmacists without a prescription from a doctor. Health Minister John Nilson said the abortifacients would be available to minors without parental consent or notification.  “If they’re making their own health decisions,” he said about minors requesting the medication. “We’ve got high teen pregnancy rates here.”  The bill is expected to be passed before the end of the current session which would enable pharmacists to dole out the deadly drug in the fall.  See the Leader Post […]

OTTAWA, May 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Officials at Health Canada have confirmed that the government has indeed completed its investigation into the death of a Canadian woman after she participated in an RU-486 trial. Dr. Ellen Wiebe, the notorious Vancouver abortionist who conducted the experiments with the deadly drugs, has been sent the results of the government information but, the government will not reveal the results to the public.  Tara Madigan, a spokesman for Health Canada told LifeSite, that while the investigation is complete the results are “proprietary” or owned by the investigator – in this case Wiebe.  With Wiebe […]

TAKE ACTION ON MARRIAGE POLL “Should marriage be restricted to heterosexuals?” The poll is on the right hand side of the home page. https://www.canoe.ca   EX MICHIGAN STATE GOP CHAIR TO START PRO-LIFE CATHOLIC COLLEGE Rusty Hills has announced plans to start a four-year Catholic college in the Lansing area. Hills says Sweetest Heart of Mary Institute will be “faithful to the teachings of the Church and the Pope” and concentrate on such issues as abortion, euthanasia, cloning and doctor-assisted suicide.  https://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2003/05/02/local.20030502-sbt-MICH-D6-Ex_state_GOP_chair_p.sto   SECOND SENTENCING OF JAMES KOPP IN SHOOTING OF ABORTIONIST Kopp is scheduled for sentencing May 9 in […]

TORONTO, May 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  A May 1 article in the National Post analyses the exaggerated risk perception of SARS related to the outbreak of the disease in Toronto. The article is the second in a series presented by the Health Law Group of the Faculty of Law of the University of Toronto.  Authors Trebilock and Hinds write, “As of Wednesday, 21 (now 23) people had died of SARS in Toronto – about 8% of those who’d contracted the disease. However, over the same eight-week period, more that 2,000 Torontonians died from other causes. Indeed, the weekly mortality rate […]

LONDON, May 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Medical geneticists are warning that too many women are having unnecessary fetal screening tests that are often intrusive and, even when they are not, result in the abortion of healthy babies. The conclusions were reached after a survey of the results of tens of thousands of cystic fibrosis tests occurring in the United States.  “The volume of tests has exploded, and front-line service providers are having some difficulty with the hard mutations that are difficult to interpret,” says Michael Watson, executive director of the American College of Medical Genetics. Watson told New Scientist magazine […]

TAMPA, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Florida state legislators have opened up a loophole at the last minute in their “ban” on cloning to allow so-called therapeutic cloning for research purposes. The change means that the bill does not prevent human cloning—as long as it is done on human embryos and that the embryos are destroyed before they can be born. “And ye shall be as gods,” said Rep. Don Brown, Republican from DeFuniak Springs. “Man sometimes steps over the boundary and tries to play the part of the maker,” he was quoted saying in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. The […]

LONDON, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-abortionists face a new obstacle in promoting the universal abortion culture—nurses. In Britain, nurses are pressing for tighter regulations on the way the abortifacient “morning-after” pill (RU-486, now more commonly referred to as Mifepristone) is sold by pharmacists. The call came during the Royal College of Nursing’s annual conference this week.  In the UK, the abortifacient pill has been available over the counter for a C$50 charge to women aged 16 and up since 2001.  (With files from Pro-Life E-News)  For local coverage:  https://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/4589702?source=Evening%20Standard

IQALUIT, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Inuit spokesmen are criticizing the country’s Liberal-sanctioned drift toward embracing homosexual marriage, saying such a concept is as “alien” to their culture as it is to every other.  “We do not agree with same-sex marriage,” said one representative, Kanayuk Salomonie. “This is not part of our custom, it is alien to us. As children, we knew that only men and woman can make children together.” Salomonie predicted same-sex marriage will eventually be forced on them, just as other aspects of “white culture” have been.  James Arreak, a Pentecostal minister, said he was testifying on […]

SACRAMENTO, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Medical Board of California has revoked the medical license of Philip B. Pierre-Louis, M.D. of San Bernardino. The decision becomes effective May 27, 2003. Pierre-Louis was put on four years probation and fined $5,000 in cost recovery by the Board on March 31, 1999 for gross negligence, incompetence, unprofessional conduct and failure to maintain adequate medical records when he perforated a patient’s uterus and removed three to five feet of her intestine when performing an abortion.  Another physician performed corrective surgery and completed the procedure. The patient was placed in intensive care for […]

VANCOUVER, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortionist Ellen Wiebe, best known for her experiments with the chemical abortion drug mifepristone (RU-486), is applying to the government to recommence her experimentation. Wiebe’s study was shut down nearly two years ago after a woman who had ingested the deadly drug cocktail died.  CKNW Radio in Vancouver reports that Health Canada has completed its investigation into the matter with the conclusions still being awaited.  See the CKNW coverage:  https://www.cknw.com/news/localnews_detail.cfm?item=23076   (with files from Pro-Life E-News)

LIFESITE, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For many years, astute political observers have noted what appears to be an unusually powerful web of influence over Canadian federal politics by wealthy Canadian businessman and Power Corporation founder, Paul Desmarais senior. The number of Prime Ministers and other elected and influential Canadians financially beholden to the Quebec based Canadian federalist is astonishing.  In an Ottawa Citizen article of May 2, 1995 columnist Paul Gessell asked “Why does Desmarais have a direct pipeline into every Prime Minister’s office, regardless of who occupies that post or what party is in power?” LifeSite lists the […]

OTTAWA, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During Wednesday’s parliamentary Question Period, Canadian Alliance Foreign Affairs critic Stockwell Day confronted the prime minister about what might have been his real motives for keeping Canada out of the Iraqi conflict.  Day began his discourse by noting that France is leading a coalition of countries to divide NATO and that the “The Prime Minister supported France’s last adventure by not joining our allies to confront Saddam Hussein”.  The Alliance critic then asked why the PM is not loudly opposing France’s actions against NATO.  Day stated “it is legitimately in the public interest to […]

OTTAWA, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With less than two weeks before the annual March for Life in Ottawa, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ life and family group have issued a press release promoting the pro-life event.  “The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) would like to invite all Canadians to pause and reflect for a moment on the occasion of the National March for Life, whose theme this year is Life: The Only Choice!,” said the release.  “This March gives us all an opportunity to appreciate the priceless gift of life and to make known our commitment […]

HARRISBURG, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania claim to have found that embryonic stem cells from mice can transform into ova. The report in the journal Science suggests that the test-tube-created ova seem to function normally. Scientists are suggesting that the process would also work in humans. Ova were produced using stem cells from both male and female embryos. Commentators have speculated that if successful in humans, this technology would allow for homosexual couples to have their own biological children.

NEW YORK, May 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prominent feminist group at the United Nations has admitted that its goal was to foist its agenda on the International Criminal Court (ICC).  In a recent communication, the group has announced that its mission was successful and is complete and as such the group is restructuring.  The Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice, which was a major advocate of the inclusion of the crime of “forced pregnancy” within the definition of crimes under the jurisdiction of the ICC reveals in its letter that it “was formed in 1997 to advocate for a gender […]

RADICAL FEMINIST PATRICIA IRELAND TO HEAD YWCA IN U.S.  https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0025771.html   U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATS FILIBUSTER JUDGE PRISCILLA OWEN https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0025773.html   TEXAS HOUSE OK’S INFORMED CONSENT, 24-HOUR WAITING PERIOD https://www.statesman.com/hp/content/coxnet/texas/legislature/0403/0430abortion.html   TENNESSEE OK’S DOUBLE-MURDER CHARGES IN HOMICIDE OF A PREGNANT WOMAN https://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/politics/5747748.htm   U.S HOUSE PASSES AIDS BILL WITH FRC AMENDMENTS https://www.frc.org/?i=WU03E01&CFID=1944825&CFTOKEN=36627321   CUBA RE-ELECTED TO U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0025770.html   HALF OF AMERICANS HEAR OR SEE CHRISTIAN MEDIA A survey claims that 52% of the U.S. adults have listened to Christian music or radio, while 43% watched Christian TV.  https://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030501-18736418.htm   BUSH ADMINISTRATION APPEALS PLEDGE OF HONOR RULING https://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20030501-236374.htm […]

HONOLULU, May 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The state of Hawaii has extended its hate crimes law to “protect” transvestites “and others whose gender identity might make them a target of abuse,” according to a report from Newsday.  Notably, Governor Linda Lingle did not see the issue as important enough either to resist or defend, so she simply waited the necessary 10 days for the change to become law without her signature. “It was just not something that I felt strongly about, but I know there was controversy on both sides,” she said.  For Newsday coverage:  https://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-hi-hate-crimes,0,6038968.story

OTTAWA, May 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual Bloc Québecois MP Réal Ménard and colleague Richard Marceau have issued a statement of his party’s support for same-sex marriage, calling it a matter of the “equality of citizens.”  The April 27 statement calls the issues a very “simple” matter of “principle,” and one supported by a large consensus within the Québec population. Ménard urged the federal government to take steps to rectify the injustice allegedly suffered by gays and lesbians not permitted to marry in federal law.  To read the Bloc’s position see:  https://www.blocquebecois.org/  (under “Autres manchettes récentes” see “Pour le Bloc […]

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a speech yesterday in the U.S. House of Representatives, Republican Congressman Ron Paul of Texas severely criticized what he perceived as global governance ambitions of the United Nations.  Reflecting growing distrust of the U.N. within the U.S. and elsewhere, Paul stated, “the UN will continue to interfere not only in our nation’s foreign policy matters, but in our domestic policies as well. UN globalists are not satisfied by meddling only in international disputes. They increasingly want to influence our domestic environmental, trade, labor, tax, and gun laws. UN global planners fully intend to […]

LONDON, April 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As reported by LifeSite on April 4, a new study from Oxford University provides what it calls “irrefutable” proof that the likelihood of developing cervical cancer increases with the use of the contraceptive pill. Now, LifeSite can provide the link to The Lancet in which the full study appears. The article, “Cervical cancer and use of hormonal contraceptives: a systematic review” covered 28 studies to reach its conclusions, published in The Lancet 2003 Vol 361 pp.1159-67 and included a joint literature review conducted by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (Lyon, France), the […]

LONDON, April 30, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some media are beginning to admit that research involving adult stem cells is yielding better results than those derived from human embryos. In many circles, the latter continue to have a near-mystical “superior potential to be transformed into other cells” and to cure diseases—an unproven assertion hyped by Hollywood actors such as Christopher Reeve and Michael J. Fox.  “New evidence suggesting bone marrow can regenerate damaged nerve tissue could mean the controversial use of embryonic stem cells to treat debilitating disorders is now obsolete,” says a report from South Africa’s The Star, a multiethnic […]

'Profound' implications for future smaller generations

Activist Judge owes his position to NDP patronage in 1993 and 2001