Articles for Month: September 2003

TAMPA, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. District Judge Richard Lazzara has set a last minute, October 10 hearing in the case of disabled woman Terri Schiavo.  Earlier this month, Justice George Greer ruled that her feeding tube should be removed on October 15 at the request of her estranged husband.  Terri’s parents have been in a prolonged legal battle to allow her to stay on the feeding tube.  Both the Catholic Bishops of Florida and Florida governor Jeb Bush have intervened in the case requesting that the courts take time to assess the true situation around Terri’s case before […]

LANGLEY, BC, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada decided it will not hear the appeal of a lower court conviction under British Columbia’s Bubble Zone Legislation. James Roger Demers, a Nelson BC carpenter, held a sign at the entrance to the Every Woman’s abortion clinic in Vancouver. His sign quoted a United Nations human rights treaty, guaranteeing the inherent right to life of every human being. After observing him for four days, police charged him with breaching the bubble Zone that prevents any opposition to abortion from being expressed within 50 metres of the abortion facility.  […]

SACRAMENTO, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League’s “Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church” will unveil a new ad Tuesday on California’s Unholy Trinity.  “Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cruz Bustamante and Gray Davis unapologetically tout their pro-abortion stances while claiming to be ‘Catholics’ in good standing. This is gravely dishonest. They shamelessly pander to the culture of death, and it is about time the leaders of the Catholic Church say enough is enough,” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League.  “Not just for the sake of the souls of these three, but also for the countless souls they […]

WASHINGTON, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a well-orchestrated propaganda campaign, Planned Parenthood Federation of America has issued a “report” under the name “Global Gag Rule Impact Project” and funded by five closely related abortion promoting organizations. Planned Parenthood and the four other groups have issued the same press releases implying that women are being denied legitimate medical services because of what is referred to as the “Global Gag Rule” that restricts tax funding to groups committing or promoting abortion in developing countries.  The Planned Parenthood release states, “the study documents the effects of the global gag rule in Ethiopia, […]

INDIANAPOLIS, September 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled 3-2, that low-income women may have abortions paid for through Medicaid if the pregnant woman is at “serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment,” or if the child to be killed was conceived in a rape or incest. The loose wording of the provision would allow public funding of abortion if the woman suffered from common illnesses or chronic medical conditions such as high blood pressure or cancer.  Attorney Mary Hoeller represented the Clinic for Women in Indianapolis, the Women’s Pavilion in South Bend and two doctors in […]

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Liberal and NDP Leaders Explicitly Confirm Support for Homosexual 'Marriage'

Flying Pro-Life Dad Tells Teens to Fight the Matrix https://www.ncregister.com/Register_news/090703_0.htm   Debate on U.S. Federal Marriage Amendment Heating Up on Capitol Hill https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/242003a.asp   Researcher Says Chinese Sexual Revolution Brings Exploitation, Not Liberation https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/9/afa/242003f.asp   ‘O’Reilly Factor’ Addresses Secular Influence, Apathy of Clergy O’Reilly asked his guests to postulate why members of the clergy have found it so difficult to speak out on America’s great current moral issues of the day. Apparently, a primary concern among pastors, priests, and rabbis is to avoid offending others by speaking out.  If the pastors indeed have the ear of their congregation, they need […]

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, September 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Population Research Institute, in its current Weekly Briefing, exposes the shocking hijacking by the U.S. foreign affairs establishment of President Bush’s new program to combat AIDS in suffering Third World countries and the gutting of the original intentions and effectiveness of the new $15 billion U.S. program.  “Last week”, says PRI, “the Senate Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (S1426) effectively nullified each and every one of the new provisions in the Global AIDS bill, new provisions that are intended to make the U.S. effort to combat HIV/AIDS truly effective. The $15 billion […]

REDMOND. Washington, September 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The abuse and corruption of the Internet by email spammers, pornographers and sex predators has led Microsoft to announce Wednesday that it would shut down its Internet chat rooms in 28 countries.  The increasing volume of viruses, objectionable unsolicited email (spam), pornography and sexual deviants using the Internet to lure children and others into viewing porn and even into sexual liaisons, has been causing major problems for the entire Internet system. There are even warnings from credible sources that the very survival of the Internet may be at stake if current trends are […]