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 […]

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