U.S. Black Leaders Repudiate Same-Sex Marriage as the New “Civil Rights Movement”

NEW YORK, November 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. William Sinkford, a black man who is president of the Unitarian Universalist Association, said “the struggle for gay civil rights is this generation’s great challenge, just as equality for blacks was the last generation’s”. This statement followed on the heels of the November 18 Massachusetts Supreme Court order to legalize same-sex marriage in that state. The Massachusetts court cited landmark laws that struck down bans on interracial marriage as a comparison for the same-sex marriage issue.  Conservative black leaders are incensed by the comparisons, stating that homosexual behaviour is a choice. Mychal […]
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Unborn Child No Longer Defenceless in France

PARIS, November 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – French law was amended today to introduce penalties for crimes perpetrated against the unborn. The amendment creates a new offence – involuntary termination of a pregnancy, and includes penalties and prison time for acts that, through negligence or recklessness, kill an unborn child. Legislators say the amendment would have no consequence upon a woman’s access to abortion. France legalized abortion in 1975.  Current law has no provision for the unborn, as the fetus is not considered a person. Those who through medical error or by accident kill an unborn child are thus not currently […]
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Nova Scotia Morgentaler Abortuary Closes Due to Lack of Business

HALIFAX, November 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortionist Henry Morgentaler’s abortuary in Halifax closed yesterday to the joy of the pro-life group Campaign Life Coalition Nova Scotia whose members have faithfully picketed in front of the clinic every day it was open for the last fourteen years.  While Morgentaler’s staff now claim the closing is due to abortion being available at the local Victoria General hospital, the hospital was already doing abortions in 1999 when Morgentaler admitted that his Nova Scotia operations were not turning a profit.  In a press release, Campaign Life Nova Scotia welcomed the news that Morgentaler decided […]
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Martin to Give Top Cabinet Post to Man Who Committed Fraud to Abort Child From Affair

OTTAWA, November 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Incoming Prime Minister Paul Martin has appointed Francis Fox, a former Liberal cabinet minister under Prime Minister Trudeau, to one of the most powerful positions in his Prime Ministers Office, that of principal secretary.  Fox’s former political career ended in disgrace in January 1978 when he resigned as solicitor general.  The Globe and Mail reports that Fox “confessed to the Commons that he had signed someone else’s name on a hospital document to help secure an abortion for a woman with whom he had been having an affair.”  Martin defended his appointment of Fox […]
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Canada preparing to enforce Islamic law Judges will give legal sanction to disputes between Muslims https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35850   Students start revolt against ‘liberal bias’  Teens battle ‘brainwashing’ by teachers to push God, guns, country on campus https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35852   HIV diagnoses among gay men jump 17 percent https://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1069938432158010.xml   Students Upset by Teacher’s Assignment to Repeat Swear Words https://washingtontimes.com/metro/20031125-094636-6696r.htm   Complaints to FCC Over Use of ‘F-Word’ Top 150,000 https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/afa/262003a.asp   Woman Faces Lawsuit For Informing Against Man Running Adoption Agency, Porn Business https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/afa/262003b.asp
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San Francisco Becomes First City to Challenge Partial Birth Abortion Ban

SAN FRANCISCO, November 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is seeking to have the city join Planned Parenthood in its legal challenge to the Partial Birth Abortion Ban.  The Chronicle reports that Herrera filed a motion in U.S. District Court on Tuesday asking to join the lawsuit on behalf of San Francisco’s Department of Public Health and its employees. Spouting the same rhetoric used by pro-abortion zealots who support the gruesome late-term abortion procedures, Herrera said “public health services would be compromised, potentially endangering the health and lives of the city’s neediest women,” with the legislation.  […]
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Hillary Clinton Indicates She’s Considering Presidential Run in 2008

WASHINGTON, November 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In and interview with the German magazine Bunte, Hillary Clinton, wife of former President Bill Clinton, said she would not run for President in the 2004 election.  “Well, perhaps I’ll do it next time around,” she said. Hilary Clinton is currently in the U.S. Senate and has shown herself to be as radically anti-life and anti-family as her husband.  She has openly supported homosexual ‘marriage’ and has spoken out against the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act which was signed into law by President Bush November 5.  Speaking of her husband during the interview, Clinton […]
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Abortion Legalized in St. Lucia Despite Petition Signed By 5% of Population

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, November 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Only one week after St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony cancelled parliamentary debate on his plan to partially liberalize the Caribbean island’s abortion law, the legislature approved the new bill allowing abortion. The new law allows abortion in cases of rape, incest or if needed to protect the “health” of the mother. Prior debate of the bill was cancelled by Anthony following the receipt of a 9,000-signature petition presented by Archbishop Kelvin Felix demanding that the legislation be shelved. St. Lucia is a country of 160,000 people, 90 percent of whom are […]
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B.C. Catholic Bishops Asked Politicians to Vote Against Stem Cell Bill

VANCOUVER, November 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops agency has not asked Catholic politicians to vote against the controversial stem cell Bill C-13, the Bishops of B.C. have explicitly urged MPs to vote against the legislation. The BC Catholic reported earlier this month that the Bishops of B.C.: Archbishop Adam Exner of Vancouver, Bishop David Monroe of Kamloops, Bishop Eugene Cooney of Nelson, and Bishop Raymond Roussin of Victoria all signed a letter to Members of Parliament in April. Poignantly, the letter argued, “When it comes to killing innocent human beings for the sake of […]
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Alliance/Spencer Drama: Re-Criminalization of Homosexuality Not Issue For Pro-Family Groups or MPs

OTTAWA, November 27, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The news day began with a bang Thursday as Canadian media were filled with stories about Canadian Alliance Family Critic Larry Spencer’s fall into a political minefield on the homosexuality issue. Spencer was removed from his post today after a media storm following publication of an unfortunate interview he gave to Vancouver Sun reporter Peter O’Neil.  Although the text of the conversation with O’Neil cannot be confirmed, Spencer was quoted by O’Neil as responding that if someone brought forward a bill in the House to criminalize homosexuality “I’d certainly vote for it.”  Very few, […]
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Michael Schiavo Seeks to Avoid Jury Trial in Seeking Starvation Death of Disabled Wife Terri https://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031125/APN/311250989   Orthodox Catholics Urge Bishops to Toughen Cultural Views American Life League leader Judie Brown takes issue with Catholic politicians who support legalized abortion and still receive communion at mass.  “That is a sacrilegious act against Christ. Christ is truly present in Holy Communion and no one who favours the killing of children, the image and likeness of God, should ever receive communion,” Brown said. “It’s an offence to God and the bishops have an obligation to say that and they don’t,” she added.  […]
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Syphilis Epidemic Among San Francisco Gays

SAN FRANCISCO, November 26, 2003 (LifesiteNews.com) – Health authorities warn that there will be a 50 percent increase in syphilis cases among San Francisco homosexuals over 2002 levels if current trends continue. The epidemic reflects an increase in dangerous sexual practices among homosexual men in the city. The health authority also predicts a “massive spike” in HIV/AIDS cases as a result.  Researchers at U.T. Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX, have revealed that HIV is more easily transmitted to and from people with syphilis. “Syphilis may predispose a person toward more rapid progression of HIV disease,” said Dr. Michael Norgard, […]
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Federal Court Grants Allows Pro-Lifers to Return to Public Sidewalk Near High School

LOS ANGELES, November 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Federal Judge Edward Rafeedie of the Central District of California issued a preliminary injunction in favour of four pro-life activists who seek to communicate to young people the truth about abortion. The pro-lifers were represented by Catherine Short, Legal Director of Life Legal Defense Foundation.  The injunction prohibits the Long Beach Unified School District, a high school principal, six Long Beach police officers and the city from arresting or otherwise interfering with the pro-lifers “holding signs, distributing literature, and discussing abortion with students and others present on the sidewalk adjoining Millikan High School […]
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Judge Compares Censorship of Christian Student During Homosexuality Discussion to Actions of Nazi Ge

DETROIT, November 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Detroit Federal Judge Gerald Rosen likened the censorship of a Christian student at Ann Arbor, Michigan Pioneer High School during its 2002 Diversity Week program to the censorship practiced by Nazi Germany. The judge’s comments were made during a scheduled hearing in a federal lawsuit filed by the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm, on behalf of student Betsy Hansen whose religious views against homosexuality were censored and excluded from the program.  According to the Detroit Free Press, during Monday’s hearing Judge Rosen asked the school’s attorney, “Isn’t this cultural […]
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Queen’s Speech Outlines UK Plans for Homosexual Unions and Banning Spanking but Skips Euthanasia Bil

LONDON, November 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Queen of England delivered her speech from the throne today which outlines the British Government’s plans for upcoming legislation.  The speech, written by Prime Minister Tony Blair, confirmed that the Labour Government would press ahead with homosexual union legislation as well as legislation to ban spanking by parents. However, pro-life lobbyists were pleased to note that the controversial bill which would authorize euthanasia by neglect was excluded from the speech.  “My Government will maintain its commitment to increased equality and social justice by bringing forward legislation on the registration of civil partnerships between […]
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Marriage Amendment Introduced in U.S. Senate

WASHINGTON, November 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Senator Wayne Allard has introduced a marriage amendment to the constitution that would protect the traditional definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman.  Family Research Council President Tony Perkins commented on the news saying, “As predicted, last week’s Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling was the starting gun for the marathon to protect the historical and traditional definition of marriage.”  Perkins encouraged citizens concerned about the family to contact their Senators asking them to support the marriage amendment. Enacting a Constitutional Amendment requires a two-thirds majority vote in both houses […]
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European Union Ministers Delay Vote on Embryonic Research Funding till December 3

BRUSSELS, November 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Union Council of Ministers met today on EU funding for controversial embryonic stem cell research.  Despite endorsement of the plan by the European Parliament last week, the Ministers failed to agree on a plan.  The Ministers will address the question again on December 3.  The plan supported by the majority of Members of the European Parliament would allow such research to be financed from the EU’s sixth framework programme budget (2002-2006) of some $17.5 billion. The measure also called for allowing research on embryo or foetal stem cells deriving from so-called ‘therapeutic’ […]
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Canadian IVF Researchers Admit 80-90% of IVF-Created Human Embryos Doomed to Die

OTTAWA, November 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In announcing an In Vitro-Fertilization (IVF) breakthrough, researchers at the Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI) have admitted publicly that only 10-20% of human embryos created by the process survive to pregnancy.  The percentage of embryos that actually make it to birth is significantly lower.  “When treating infertility, eggs are very often fertilized in a clinic in the process known as IVF,” explained Dr. Jay Baltz, a Senior Scientist at OHRI, an institute of The Ottawa Hospital and University of Ottawa.  CBC News reports that the new discovery of a chemical which maintains the size […]
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FDA will debate over-the-counter status for abortifacient morning after pill next month https://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/7346125.htm   8000 Teens Sign Abstinence Till Marriage Pledge in Southeast Asia https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive
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British HIV Infections Way Up Despite Ongoing “Safe Sex” Promotion

LONDON, UK, November 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Kingdom Health Protection Agency (HPA) has recently published findings of HIV rates in 2002 for Great Britain. The report reveals a staggering 20 percent increase in HIV cases in that year.  In total, 50,000 cases have been reported in the U.K., with 5,711 new diagnoses being reported in 2002.  The increase has occurred during a time of popular support for the so-called safe sex message promoted by government agencies and celebrities.  Explanations for the abrupt increase are thought to include: an influx of HIV-infected immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa; increased transmission rates […]
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Canadian Teacher’s Federation Survey Produces Alarming Stats on Children’s Exposure to Electronic Me

OTTAWA, November 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent Canadian Teachers Federation (CTF) survey questioned young people about the effect of today’s electronic media on their lives. The research involved 5,756 students in Grades 3 to 10 across Canada and produced what some consider to be alarming results.  The study reported that “Forty-eight percent of the children surveyed have their own TV set and 35 percent have their own VCR. Twenty-six percent have a computer with an internet connection for their personal use”. Regarding computer games, the study found the youngest children, especially boys, “are the most frequent video and computer-game […]
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Anti-Catholic ‘Catholics for a free Choice’ Encourages Restoration of US Funding to UNFPA

NEW YORK, November 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), is promoting an initiative for renewed US funding of the United Nations Population Fund (NFPA).  The UNFPA supports programs aimed at reducing world population.  Kissling was one of 9 “religious” delegates (and the only “Catholic”) that visited China under a CFFC initiative.  In May of 2002, the US State Department investigated UNFPA’s involvement in China.  The investigation found that “the population programs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) retain[ed] coercive elements in law and practice…The PRC has a longstanding and draconian program of controlling birth rates, […]
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Canadian Justice Minister Pressures New Territorial Government to Adopt Homosexual ‘Marriage’

OTTAWA, November 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Martin Cauchon, Canada’s Minister of Justice who orchestrated the push for legislative approval of same-sex marriage in Canada, will be in Iqaluit, Nunavut, from December 3 to 9 to promote same-sex marriage in Canada’s newest emerging province.  In the Inuit culture, there is no definition of ‘sexual orientation’, nevertheless the term was included in the Nunavut Human Rights Act’s recent passage. However, there was a move to include in the legislation a definition of marriage as being between “two persons.” This was dropped from the legislation at the last minute because of the controversy […]
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Rampant Trade in Aborted Babies in Japanese Universities and Research Facilities

TOKYO, November 25, 2003 (LifesiteNews.com) – The Japanese Health Ministry revealed Monday that use of fetal tissues in University and other research laboratories in that country is commonplace. The article cites that at least 30 research labs and institutions had used cells taken from dead babies for research purposes. The actual number of institutions using fetal tissues is suspected to be much higher.  The fetal cells are being used primarily for research into treatment options for repairing damage to cranial nerves, the spinal cord, heart muscles and other parts of the body – this, despite evidence that fetal stem cells […]
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203 People Killed By Legal Euthanasia in Belgium in First Year of the Practice

BRUSSELS, November 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – September 22, 2003, marked the end of the first year of legal euthanasia in Belgium.  Official statistics released today reveal that 203 people were killed with the procedure.  The Federal Health Ministry released the number of reported cases noting also that the number of Flemmish speaking Belgians resorting to euthanasia was four times as high as French speaking Belgians.  Pope John Paul II repeated his warning to Belgium against euthanasia and other harmful pieces of legislation which attack life and family.  In a meeting with Belgian Bishops Saturday the Pope spoke of the “worrisome” […]
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United Nations Population Fund Attempts to Equate Violence Against Women with Denial of Abortion

NEW YORK, November 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women today, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund attempted to link the denial of abortion to violence against women.  A United Nations Press release entitled “World Should Promote Zero Tolerance For Violence Against Women,” quotes from a speech by the UNFPA’s Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and also provides a UNFPA video both associating the group’s abortion advocacy with the ending of violence against women.  The first half of Obaid’s speech and the first half of the UNFPA film deal with the […]
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Columnist Ezra Levant Says Conrad Black’s troubles about “liberal vengeance on a conservative hero”  https://www.canoe.ca/Columnists/levant.html   Federal Judge To Hear Challenge to Virginia’s Partial-Birth Abortion Ban https://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031772271381&path=%21news&s=1045855934842   Louisiana Abortionists Must Apply for Required State Licensing https://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/112103/new_clinic001.shtml   CATHOLIC MEDIA COALITION DESIGNATES NOVEMBER 30, 2003 TERRI SCHINDLER SCHIAVO DAY https://www.catholicmediacoalition.org/press_releases.htm#THERESASCHINDLERSCHIAVODAY   Ontario Teens Turning to Cocaine https://www.fotf.ca/familyfacts/tfn/2003/112003.html#2   WND author suggests we have conceded the battle on marriage if we assume society has accepted homosexuality.  “most people just aren’t passionate enough about the issue to fight against it. The homosexual camp is well aware of this, and is intent on […]
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U.S. House of Representatives Approves Internet Anti-Spam Bill

Washington, November 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  After an all night session, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an anti-spam bill this past Saturday morning by a vote of 395-2. CNET News.com reports that the Senate is expected to follow and pass the measure, titled the “Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act”, this week.  Pornographic and other offensive or aggressive unsolicited email has been proliferating out of control on the Internet in recent years and threatening to nearly collapse the communications network. Parents have been concerned about the exposure of their children to the growing flood of email […]
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Cambridge Leads State in Bid to Legalize Gay Marriage Despite Non-Support of US Populace and Warning

Cambridge, Mass, November 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following the November 18 court order to allow homosexual ‘marriage’ in Massachusetts, Cambridge is becoming the first city in the nation to implement the same-sex ruling.  The Cambridge action ignores a warning from Governor Mitt Romney to defer the issue while the state legislature responds to the court decision.  The state was given 180 days to re-write its marriage laws to include lesbian and gay couples.  Denise Simmons, an “openly gay” Cambridge city Councillor, and Fellow Councillor Brian Murphy, submitted the proposal on November 18, only hours after the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling.  […]
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U.S. Syphilis Rates Climbs for Second Consecutive Year with Massive Surge Among Homosexual Men

WASHINGTON, November 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The syphilis rate in the United States rose in 2002 for the second consecutive year, following a decade-long decline that led to an all-time low in 2000, according to new data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The overall increase occurred despite continued declines in syphilis among African Americans and women. The increase is due to large increases in reported syphilis cases among men, particularly “gay and bisexual men” according to a report from the Centers for the Disease Control (CDC).  The data, published in the November 21 issue […]
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European Pro-Lifers Ask for World Wide Assistance to Convince Ireland to Reject Embryo Research Fund

DUBLIN, November 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – European Life Network (ELN), an Irish-based lobby group, is making an urgent call on bishops, politicians and the world’s pro-life leaders to persuade the Irish government to oppose European Union funding for research using embryonic humans.  Mr Patrick Buckley, ELN’s director, is today writing to the Irish hierarchy, members of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) and his opposite numbers overseas to ask them to contact Mr Bertie Ahern, the Taoiseach (prime minister).  Mr Buckley’s letter points out that the European Union’s council of ministers will this week decide on the EU’s sixth framework research program […]
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Head of Church of England Backs Curate’s Fight Against Eugenic Abortions

LONDON, November 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has given his “full backing” to an Anglican priestess, who is taking legal action over a late term abortion of a baby with a cleft palate.  Rev. Joanna Jepson, a curate of St Michael’s church in Chester, told The Telegraph that in a meeting with the archbishop last year, he told her “May I just say how supportive I am and you’ve got my full backing.”  The High Court is to hear the case December 1.  Rev. Jepson, 27, is taking court action against the police for […]
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The Ease of Umbilical Cord Blood Storage for Later Stem Cell Therapy

TORONTO, November 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stem cells obtained from umbilical cord blood, one of the main answers to the ethical and moral problems associated with embryonic stem cell research, are actually simple to collect and store.  Dr Peter Hollands, Scientific Director of Cells for Life, an umbilical cord blood bank in Ontario, described to LifeSiteNews.com the importance of umbilical cord blood for stem cells and also the simple process involved in their storage.  “When a baby is delivered, and the umbilical cord is cut, there is still a large amount of blood in the umbilical cord. This blood contains […]
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Questions to Ask Cord Blood Storage Companies to Ensure First Class Service

By Dr. Peter Hollands, PhD in Stem Cell Biology When choosing an umbilical cord blood storage company it is important to ask some critical questions. Many new banks are being established at the moment and many do not have the necessary background or expertise to provide a first class service. The questions which any client should ask a potential cord blood bank are: How long has the company been established? Can you visit the bank on request to see their facility? Is the annual fee guaranteed or subject to increase? If the specimen volume is too low is there still […]
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The only election promise McGuinty keeps in throne speech is nixing school choice tax credit.  Brushes aside promise to cap class size https://www.premier.gov.on.ca/english/Library/ThroneSpeech112003_ts.asp   CRTC approves Salt and Light takeover of Inner Peace TV https://www.wcr.ab.ca/news/2003/1124/catholictv112403.shtml Florida House Judiciary Committee Debates Constitutional Amendment on Parental Consent for Abortions https://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031120/NEWS/311200421/1004   Students threatened by Christmas?  ACLU warns of lawsuit unless principal censors celebration https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35732   Sydney Australian Anglicans may formally break with Anglican leadership over homosexuality https://www.thewest.com.au/20031122/news/general/tw-news-general-home-sto116064.html   CBS Target of Pro-Family Complaints About ‘Televised Strip Show’  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/afa/202003c.asp   Report: Bill Gates tops list of charitable givers The couple gave away or […]
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Immigration Canada Apologizes for Banning References to God at Citizenship Ceremonies for New Canadi

OTTAWA, November 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Citizenship and Immigration Canada has apologized to Saskatoon-area MP Maurice Vellacott for prohibiting any mention of God at citizenship ceremonies for new Canadians. Last week, as an upcoming citizenship ceremony was being planned, a staff person in Vellacott’s office asked the local immigration office, “Does he [Vellacott] have speaking responsibilities as part of the ceremony?” The emailed response from an Assistant at Citizenship and Immigration came back: “Yes he brings greetings on behalf of his constituency & congratulations to the new citizens, but there cannot be any referral to God or the bible in […]
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Latest Statistics Show Canadian Marriages Decline Sharply

OTTAWA, November 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The latest statistics from the Canadian government’s statistics agency indicate that the number of Canadian marriages declined sharply in 2001, while the nation’s crude marriage rate sank to its lowest level ever.  A total of 146,618 couples tied the knot, down 6.8% from 157,395 in 2000.  The decline resumes the downward trend seen throughout the 1990s which was thought to have halted in 1999 and 2000 when marriage rates slightly increased. The number of marriages in 2001 fell in all provinces and territories except the Northwest Territories (+2.9%) and Nunavut (+13.5%). Double-digit declines were […]
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Canadian MP Releases Petition to Support “Women’s Right to Know” Legislation on Abortion

OTTAWA, November 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Alliance MP Garry Breitkreuz (Yorkton-Melville), has released a petition requesting that Parliament support this motion calling for a “Women’s Right to Know Act” when it is debated and voted on in Parliament. The legislation would guarantee that all women considering an abortion would be given complete information by their physician about all the risks of the procedure before being referred for an abortion. It also sets penalties for physicians who perform an abortion without the informed consent of the mother or perform an abortion that is not medically necessary for the purpose of […]
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Activists Unleash Skillfully Crafted TV, Radio and Print Ads to Promote Homosexual ‘Marriage’ as Nor

TORONTO, November 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A series of three, 30 second television ads created by the award-winning Toronto agency Zig and produced by Industry Films, began airing Wednesday on stations across Canada.  The pro-homosexual marriage media campaign also includes three radio ads.  A print campaign is also being developed. The ads attempt to convince, despite history and enormous evidence to the contrary, that same-sex unions are comparable to genuine male-female marriages.  The productions aim to alter the majority opinion in Canada, which currently opposes homosexual ‘marriage’, through a subtle and skillfully crafted advertising media campaign.  Of note, the ads […]
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Massachusetts Homosexual Marriage Decision Referenced Canadian Rulings, Not U.S. Rulings

BOSTON, November 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A puzzling feature of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision in favour of homosexual ‘marriage’ is the fact that the decision cites the Ontario Court decision in favour of same-sex ‘marriage’ but fails to cite the two recent court decisions on homosexual marriage from Arizona and New Jersey.  The majority decision in the Massachusetts ruling states, “We face a problem similar to one that recently confronted the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the highest court of that Canadian province, when it considered the constitutionality of the same-sex marriage ban under Canada’s Federal Constitution, the […]
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10 Anglican Parishes Objecting to Homosexual Unions May be Locked Out of Churches https://www.nationalpost.com/utilities/story.html?id=296CE768-7A8B-4C9A-B5AA-1236E58A70C6   Minnesota Proposes Constitutional Amendment Banning Homosexual ‘Marriage’  https://www.kaaltv.com/article/view/37318/  Federal trial begins for man charged with anthrax hoax on abortuary https://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/7304182.htm
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St. Lucia Cancels Abortion Debate, Postpones Legalization

CASTRIES, November 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – St. Lucia’s prime minister, Kenny Anthony, has cancelled parliamentary debate on his plan to partially liberalize the Caribbean island’s abortion law, after 9,000 Catholics signed a petition demanding that the legislation be shelved.  The 90% Catholic nation of 160,000 was shocked in September when the government, without any significant public demand, introduced a bill to allow abortion in cases of rape, incest or for the “health” of the mother. After public pressure, the latest version of the bill provides for a “cooling off” period of 48 hours after requesting an abortion, including counselling.  The […]
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UN Report ‘Discovers’ People are Essential to Economic Growth

FRONT ROYAL, November 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new report form the United Nations Population Division has reached the earth-shattering conclusion that people are a key part of economic development, according to the November 19 PRI Weekly Briefing.  The report, entitled “Levels and Trends of International Migration to Selected Countries in Asia,” reaches the conclusion that migrant labour is a good thing when it comes to building up the economies of developing countries. As such, the report may begin to unravel the anti-population ideology that holds sway in the developed world.  “Despite the crucial role played by migrant labor throughout […]
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Massachusetts Governor Considering Homosexual ‘Civil Union’ Legislation Rather Than Homosexual ‘Marr

BOSTON, November 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In considering the state reaction to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling in favour of homosexual ‘marriage’, Gov. Mitt Romney is considering offering what he believes is compromise homosexual ‘civil union’ legislation rather than homosexual ‘marriage’ legislation. The stance comes as a disappointment to pro-family groups who recognize that giving any marriage rights to other than genuine male-female married couples will inevitably undermine the important special status of marriage. Whether called ‘marriage’ or ‘civil unions’, it is understood that the net effect in either case is seen as alarming for the future of marriage […]
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Governor Bush Asks for Jury Trial in Terri Schiavo Case – Also Asks for New Judge

TAMPA BAY, November 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Florida Governor Jeb Bush filed papers Wednesday in a case defending ‘Terri’s Law’ from a suit claiming the law is unconstitutional.  The suit was launched by Michael Schiavo, the husband of the severely disabled Florida woman whose feeding tube was removed for nearly seven days before the Florida legislature passed the law permitting Bush to order the reinsertion of the feeding tube.  Last week a court blocked Mr. Schiavo’s case from proceeding but on Tuesday an appeals court allowed the case to go forward, with the judge issuing statements seeming to indicate he […]
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Ford Foundation Stops Funding Anti-Semitism; Continues To Fund Anti-Catholicism

NEW YORK, November 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has announced that it has successfully persuaded the Ford Foundation to stop funding anti-Semitic organizations.  The Ford Foundation had sponsored many of the most vile anti-Jewish groups that had assembled at the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa.  Now Ford Foundation President Susan V. Berresford has agreed to develop “a series of measures to ensure that no future grants would go to organizations that in any way support terrorism, bigotry, or the delegitimization of Israel.”  Catholic League president William Donohue commented on the move saying, “Congratulations […]
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Vatican Theologian Slams U.S. Gay “Marriage” Ruling

Rome, Nov. 19 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – A top Vatican theologian on Wednesday criticized a US court’s decision to formulate a right to same-sex “marriage.” Father Gino Concetti, a moral theologian who writes for the official Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano, said: “This is a great wound to human dignity that can never be justified.” The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a ruling on Tuesday that said any government rules preventing same-sex couples from marrying each other on the basis of their sexuality was unconstitutional. It also ordered the state Legislature to formulate a plan for legally recognized same-sex unions within 180 days.  […]
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Gallup Poll Shows U.S. Teens Significantly More Pro-Life Than Adults

WASHINGTON, November 20, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The results of a recent Gallup Youth Survey indicate most U.S. teens (aged 13 to 17) do not consider abortion to be morally acceptable, and most also believe that it should only be legal under specific circumstances, if at all.  The poll conducted in August 2003 revealed that more than 7 in 10 teenagers (72%) said that abortion is morally wrong. Thirty-two percent of teens think abortions should be illegal in all circumstances, and 47% said that abortions should be legal only under certain circumstances. Fewer than one in five teens (19%) believe abortion […]
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Liberal Paul Martin to take over as Canadian Prime Minister on Dec. 12 https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1069156918505_91/?hub=CTVNewsAt11   Tory backbencher Manitoba MP Rick Borotsik said he’d switch to Liberals rather than run under proposed Conservative Party of Canada if it is led by Alliance Leader Stephen Harper https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031119.wxalliance_2/BNStory/National/  Alabama Attorney general says state won’t recognize gay ‘marriages’  https://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20031118/APN/311180852   ACLU, Planned Parenthood and other abortionists File Suit To Block New Hampshire Parental Notification Law https://www.nashuatelegraph.com/Main.asp?SectionID=25&SubSectionID=354&ArticleID=93773   ‘Gay’ marriage MA justice tied to N.Y. Times reports WorldNetDaily https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35693   Philippines Cardinal Jamie Sin – a pro-life hero retires from pulpit this week https://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=4467816   […]
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UK PM Tony Blair’s Wife Attacks U.S. Over Rejection of International Criminal Court

WASHINGTON, November 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cherie Booth, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair threw protocol to the wind as she slammed America only one day before President Bush was to visit Britain.  Speaking at Georgetown University in Washington on Nov. 17, Booth slammed the Bush administration for the U.S. withdrawal from the International Criminal Court.  Booth spoke at the left-leaning Jesuit university as part of a panel marking the 40th anniversary of “Pacem in Terris” (“Peace on Earth”), Pope John XXIII’s encyclical on world peace. However, Booth demonstrated her ignorance of the ICC stating, “It seems inconceivable that […]
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U.S. Catholic Pro-Life Leader Calls Bluff on Seamless Garment Approach to Pro-Life Politics

WASHINGTON, November 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Judie Brown, President American Life League, one of the largest pro-life groups in the United States, has called the bluff of Catholic leaders who insist on seamless-garment approaches to pro-life politics. “According to seamless-garment bishops, it’s simply inexcusable for pro-lifers to publicly identify pro-abortion ‘Catholic’ politicians like Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nancy Pelosi, Dick Durbin, Susan Collins, Pat Leahy, Tom Daschle, Tom Harkin, Barbara Mikulski and Dennis Kucinich,” says Brown.  “They say if we’re going to name the names of those opposed to the inalienable right to life, we must also name […]
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Faith and Family Groups React to Massachusetts Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Ruling

BOSTON, November 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Faith and family groups responded to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling to allow homosexual ‘marriage’ with warnings of dire consequences and promises to continue to fight for the protection of marriage. Focus on the Family Chairman Dr. James Dobson warned, “The dire ramifications of what is happening in the United States and other Western nations cannot be overstated.”  Dobson continued, “The homosexual activist movement, which has achieved virtually every goal and objective it set out to accomplish more than 50 years ago, is now closer than it has ever been to administering a […]
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U.S. President Bush Condemns Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Ruling

WASHINGTON, November 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President George W. Bush commented yesterday on the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling which declared homosexual ‘marriage’ a constitutional right.  Speaking from Britain where he is visiting with political leaders, the President said, “Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. Today’s decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court violates this important principle. I will work with congressional leaders and others to do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage.”  The ruling, handed down yesterday, comes just over a month after President Bush declared October 12-18 Protection of Marriage […]
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European Parliament Votes to Fund Destructive Research on Human Embryos

BRUSSELS, November 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Parliament (EP) voted 300-210 today to call on the European Union to lift a moratorium on funding embryonic stem cell research.  The moratorium, which is in effect until December 31, bans European Union funding of destructive research on human embryos.  The EP vote is not binding since the final decision is to be made by the EU Council of Ministers.  The majority of MEPs supported allowing such research to be financed from the EU’s sixth framework programme budget (2002-2006) of some $17.5 billion.  The measure also called for allowing research on embryo […]
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Pope John Paul II on Conscience and Moral Law “Everyone must act in accordance with conscience. But conscience is neither absolutely independent nor infallible in its judgements; if it were, conscience would be reduced to the mere assertion of personal will. Thus it is precisely a defense of the dignity of conscience and of the human person to teach that consciences must be formed, so that they can discern what actually does or does not correspond to the ‘eternal, objective and universal divine law’ which human intelligence is capable of discovering in the order of being (cf. Dignitatis humanae, n. […]
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All Dead Men in Israel May Become New Dads Unless They Say No Before Death

JERUSALEM, November 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a bizarre decision, Israel’s Attorney-General Eliyakim Rubinstein has issued legal guidelines giving Israeli widows the right to harvest their dead husband’s sperm for fertility treatment, even if the husband did not consent to the ‘donation’.  Only when the husband specifically indicated he did not want this done after his death would a widow’s request not be acted upon.  “In a situation where a partner is interested in having a child with the sperm of the deceased it is appropriate to allow her to do so,” Rubinstein said.  The directive also pertains to men […]
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UK Government Backs “Euthanasia by Neglect”

LONDON, November 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  Pro-life groups are concerned that the upcoming Queen’s speech on November 26 may introduce the draft Mental Incapacity Bill.  The bill, while opposing active euthanasia backs euthanasia by neglect, or the withholding of basic medical care or even food and fluids. Patients with conditions like dementia, stroke or traumatic brain injury would be at risk.  The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) reports that the bill provides ways of making decisions for mentally-incapacitated adults about their financial affairs, welfare and medical treatment. ‘Treatment’ under the bill is defined as “includ[ing] a diagnostic or […]
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South Africa Aims to Increase Abortion Access by Allowing Nurses to Abort

PRETORIA, November 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  South Africa, one of the only countries in the world with abortion access enshrined in its constitution, has moved to increase abortions by allowing nurses to carry out the procedure.  The draft Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill, which has been tabled in Parliament, would also place approval of new abortuaries in provincial rather than federal jurisdiction.  While the legislation would make it an offence to carry out an abortion in a non-approved facility, it also would allow any health facility with a 24-hour maternity service, whether public or private, to carry out first […]
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Massachusetts Court Orders State to Allow Homosexual ‘Marriage’

BOSTON, November 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  In a 4-3 split decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, the highest state court, has ruled that denial of marriage to homosexual persons violates the state’s constitution.  It has given the legislature 180 days to alter its legislation to reflect the court’s decision. The activist judges who voted in favor of overturning the state legislation on marriage were Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, John Greaney, Roderick Ireland, and Judith Cowin.  Dissenting from the majority were justices, Francis Spina, Robert Cordy and Martha Sosman.  The case was a ploy by homosexual activists in the U.S. copying the […]
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Conrad Black Resigns as CEO of Hollinger https://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/11/17/black031117   Harper tells Martin to set fixed election dates https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1069102146115_64511346///?hub=Canada   National Post publishes truth of life inside the womb “Historically, stillbirths were not registered until an infant was 28 weeks old or 1,000 grams. But dramatic advances in neonatal care have pushed back the earliest frontier at which a baby can be delivered alive. At 20 weeks, babies have functional organs. They have wisps of eyebrows, eyelashes and head hair. They suck and kick. They have taste buds.” (“Stillbirth endures as mystery to doctors”)  https://nationalpost.com/home/story.html?id=DAB83F39-5D99-44BB-9A79-7F720F7D81EC   Ohio House Passes ‘Choose Life’ […]
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Expert Tells Parents How to Avoid and Address Homosexual Inclinations in Children

NEW YORK, November 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a recent interview with Zenit News Service, Father John Harvey, the founder of “Courage”, a Catholic apostolate for adults with same-sex attractions, described for parents the roots and identifiers of homosexual inclinations.  Moreover, Rev. Harvey, co-editor of “Same-Sex Attraction: A Parent’s Guide” (available from Ignatius Press), also suggested several methods for working to correct the disorder among children.  Rev. Harvey suggests that among common precursors to homosexual tendencies are:  – the inability of the child to identify with the gender of the same-sex parent – an overweening relationship with the opposite-sex parent […]
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U.S. Catholic Medical Association Passes Resolutions on Schiavo, ABC link and ‘Emergency Contracepti

PHILADELPHIA, November 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At its Annual Meeting last month, the Catholic Medical Association passed resolutions calling for women undergoing abortions to be warned of the increased risk of breast cancer associated with the procedure.  The association also passed resolutions supporting the right to life of Florida disabled woman Terri Schiavo and another in favour of prohibiting all “emergency contraception” in Catholic Hospitals.  On the ABC link, the professional medical association noted that “epidemiologic evidence of an association between abortion and breast cancer has existed for almost half a century,” and “29 out of 38 worldwide epidemiologic studies […]
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Alliance Leader Says New Conservative Party Must Address Moral Fabric of Canadian Society

VANCOUVER, November 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During last Wednesday’s Alliance Leaders’ Dinner in Vancouver, party leader Stephen Harper made an effort to assure worried social conservatives about their role in the new Conservative Party. In his address “One Conservative Voice” Harper said that “Our party must offer more than tax cuts and a few economic ideas and that the new Conservative Party must also address concerns about the moral fabric of our society.”  Harper emphasized that those who value life and family must have the opportunity to play a role in the party. He stated, “social conservatives, including traditional Christian […]
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British Government Moves to Ban Spanking by Parents

LONDON, November 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Britain is set to outlaw spanking of children by their parents through legislation to be presented in the Queen’s speech this week. The speech, which sets out the legislative agenda for the Labour Party, includes a Child Protection Bill which David Hinchliffe, chairman of the Commons Health Select Committee, hopes to amend to include removal of permission to use reasonable spanking as a form of discipline.  The media is fueling the move relating the measure to the recent death of a girl who was killed as the result of abuse by a relative.  The […]
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FDA Approved Spearmint-Flavour Chewable Contraceptive Pills Aimed at Young Girls

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) approved Ovcon 35, an oral, spearmint-flavoured contraceptive tablet that can be chewed and swallowed.  Ovcon 35 contains a progestin (norethindrone) and an estrogen (ethinyl estradiol) found in products that are already marketed, and thus carries the same dangerous side-effects as other birth control pills including an increased risk of blood clots, heart attack, and stroke.  Like other oral contraceptives Ovcon 35 is abortifacient when there is a ‘breakthrough’ ovulation.  The directions for use tell women that the pill may be swallowed whole or chewed and swallowed. […]
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Prof Links Euthanasia, Eugenics, Sex Education, Population Control, Gay Rights and Abortion Movement

TORONTO, November 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Three experts in their fields addressed the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition symposium in Toronto on Oct. 25. They examined the philosophical underpinning of the euthanasia movement and two notable “no right-to-life” cases—the murder of Tracey Latimer and attempted murder of Terri Schiavo.  Internationally famous speaker and writer Wesley Smith, who was not scheduled to talk about Terri Schiavo, addressed the particulars of the case and the issues that surround it. An expert on bioethics, he said that it is morally obscene to make judgements about what lives are worth living because it is “nothing less […]
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Medicaid to Pay for Abortion Pill in New Mexico https://www.santafenewmexican.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=35530   U.S. Bishops to Issue New Document Affirming Church Teaching Against Contraception https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/13/national/13BISH.html   Billionaire George Soros Says He Would Spend His Whole $7 Billion to Ensure a Bush Defeat https://www.talonnews.com/news/2003/november/1112_moveon_billionaires.shtml   Drug encouraging body to produce own stem cells may help heart patients https://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031112.udrug1112/BNStory   His Fight to Give Terri Schiavo Communion Priest says, “CNN has been telling the world that Terri is comatose. She’s not comatose; she’s never been comatose. She’s never been on life support aside from a feeding tube. She laughs, she cries, she looks around, […]
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Bishop Reprimanded by Police but Not Charged for Suggesting Reorientation Therapy for Homosexuals

LONDON, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  The Rt. Rev Dr Peter Forster, the Anglican Bishop of Chester, was given a police reprimand for suggesting that some homosexuals may benefit from reorientation therapy. UK police seriously considered charging the bishop under hate crime legislation.  The statement made by the bishop, which was considered so offensive, was “Some people who are primarily homosexual can reorientate themselves. I would encourage them to consider that as an option, but I would not set myself up as a medical specialist on the subject – that’s in the area of psychiatric health.”  The bishop’s statement was made […]
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Supreme Court Grants Itself Right to ‘Police’ Legislatures

OTTAWA, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled 5-4 in a minority-language-schools case that deference to elected legislatures is a thing of the past. The majority of the judges said they have the power to “police” compliance with their orders in important Charter of Rights cases.  “Deference ends where the constitutional rights the courts are charged with protecting begin,” Mr. Justice Frank Iacobucci and Madam Justice Louise Arbour wrote. “The rule of law can be shallow without proper mechanisms for its enforcement.”  For National Post commentary:  https://www.nationalpost.com/commentary/story.html?id=ABA63C64-CA7E-4CF0-ACC7-AE7DDFD650E0   See previous LifeSite report on Louise Arbour […]
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Document Reveals Anglican Excommunication Plans

CANTERBURY, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of Anglican bishops from developing countries, known as Primates of the Global South, is developing a plan to excommunicate the Episcopal Church USA and the Anglican Church of Canada from the Worldwide Anglican Communion, due to their intransigent departures from Christian faith and morals. The majority of Primates of the Anglican Communion, more than 25, most of whom represent millions of Anglicans in developing countries, are fully prepared to break communion with Williams.  It is the first attempt to rein in liberal North American bishops who “seemingly answer to no one,” such […]
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UN Postpones Plan to Control Internet

November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An ambitious, some would say megalomaniac, plan to place the Internet under the auspices of the United Nations will likely be temporarily shelved at next month’s world information summit in Geneva, December 10-12.  “They’re no longer going to try to agree on this,” a UN official said last week. Promoters of the plan say the Internet is a public resource. National governments should step in and, at an international level, an intergovernmental body such as the International Telecommunications Union should regulate the Internet.  Spam (unwanted advertising), privacy and security issues, hate speech and child pornography […]
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Pro-Abortion Teacher Sues Catholic School for Firing Her

WILMINGTON, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A teacher at an all-girl Catholic school in Delaware, who was fired for signing a pro-abortion petition, is suing the school for “illegally” firing her. Michele Curay-Cramer, 32, was fired from Ursuline Academy when her name appeared in a pro-abortion advertisement the local newspaper. The lawsuit said the school’s action violated the woman’s rights under the Civil Rights Act. Curay-Cramer claims that she is still a bona fide Catholic: “The Catholic catechism says that if you do what you do with a clean conscience, then you’ve done nothing wrong.”  In its defence, the Catholic […]
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PRI Urges Microsoft to Reconsider Corporate Donations

FRONT ROYAL, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Population Research Institute (PRI) is appealing to Microsoft Corp. shareholders not to make corporate contributions that strip individual shareholders of their right to contribute to the charities of their choice. “By making charitable contributions at the corporate level, we have usurped the right and duty of individuals to support their favorite charities,” says PRI’s November 11Weekly Briefing from president Dr. Steve Mosher.  The message, intended for the Microsoft Shareholder’s annual meeting, continues, “For example, abortion rights advocates often use the word choice, without mentioning what the choice is all about, that is, […]
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Justice Moore Removed While Court Rules Ten Commandments Display Constitutional

AUSTIN, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  A federal court in Texas ruled Wednesday that a Ten Commandments monument just northwest of the state Capitol building does not infringe the constitution.  Meanwhile, on Thursday the Alabama Court of the Judiciary decided to remove Chief Justice Roy Moore from office. The court found Moore guilty of an ethics violation for refusing to comply this summer with U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson’s order to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of the state judicial center. Commenting on the removal of Justice Moore, James Dobson of Focus on the Family said, “This decision […]
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Homosexual Hate Crime Bill Pushed in US by ‘formerly’ conservative Republican Hatch

WASHINGTON, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah has again disappointed life and family leaders in the U.S. by supporting “hate crimes” legislation which includes the legally undefined term “sexual orientation”.  Hatch has formerly voted against such legislation however he is now pushing the legislation with notorious anti-life and anti-family Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy. A similar legislative proposal in Canada, Bill C-250, has passed the House of Commons and was recently debated in the Canadian Senate. In perhaps the clearest and most succinct description of the legislation, Liberal Senator Anne Cools said, “Bill C-250 is directed at those […]
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Outgoing Prime Minister Chretien Finds His Own Betrayal of Catholic Faith Unbelievable

OTTAWA, November 14, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  In an interview Monday, outgoing Prime Minister Jean Chretien spoke of his own surprise that he had pressed so hard for the homosexual ‘marriage’ legislation, especially given his Catholic faith.  “If you told me I would do that, I would not have believed you,” he said of his decision on homosexual ‘marriage’. “I’m a practicing Roman Catholic.”  At the Liberal Party’s Thursday night grand farewell for Chretien, singer Paul Anka changed the words of his famous song, “My Way” and in one verse sang, “The gays all sing your praise, for days and days, even […]
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Surrogate twins born in US granted Japanese citizenship https://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20031111p2a00m0dm013000c.html   Louisiana Gov. Race Between Two Pro-Life Catholics – Only a Dream in Canada https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec03/lagov_11-11.html Huge Porn-Fest Sullies Toronto’s SkyDome https://www.nationalpost.com/utilities/story.html?id=F1FB787F-B84C-4E9E-A979-1E4019E00DC7   Cardinal López Trujillo on Ineffectiveness of Condoms to Curb AIDS https://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=44368   Group Blasts NBC for Advancing ‘Homosexual Activist Agenda’  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive
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Scottish Cardinal Will Help Gay Priests Start New Life With Partners

EDINBURGH, November 13, 2003 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – Scotland’s newly-appointed cardinal has promised to help homosexual priests who leave the priesthood set up house with their gay partners.  Cardinal Keith O’Brien told the Scottish Daily Mirror, “If one of my priests comes to me and says he is going to go off with a man, I would help and counsel him. I would want to see that this was something he really wanted to do, that he had made up his mind to leave the priesthood.”  He continued, “I would want to see him secure and help him get a career, although […]
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Birth Control Pill Likely Cause of Death of New Zealand Teen

WELLINGTON, November 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sixteen year old girl whose death was likely caused by being on the popular birth control pill Estelle 35D could likely have been saved had her parents been informed by health officials prior to their minor daughter’s being given the drugs.  However, New Zealand law requires that children can be given such drugs without even notifying parents.  A coroners report released yesterday indicated that the death of Stacey Bindle in May 2002 indicated that the blood clot that suffocated her after getting into her lungs “is suspected” to be “cased as a reaction […]
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Birth of Jesus Denied By New York School to Ban Nativity Displays

ANN ARBOR, M, November 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A hearing is being held today in the federal court of Brooklyn regarding a New York policy which discriminates against Christianity.  The historical fact of the birth of Jesus was denied by the New York School system in pleadings filed with a federal court to justify their total ban on Christmas Nativity displays in New York’s public schools. New York’s legal briefs disputed the claim that the Nativity scene depicts a historical event, and that this event is the basis for the celebration of Christmas.  At issue in the federal lawsuit filed […]
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US Bishops Approve Strong Statement on Homosexual Sex and Homosexual Marriage

WASHINGTON, November 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 243-3 at their meeting yesterday to approve a document addressing the same-sex unions debate. The statement, “Between Man and Woman: Questions and Answers About Marriage and Same-Sex Unions,” stresses that “Christians must give witness to the whole moral truth, and oppose as immoral both homosexual acts and unjust discrimination against homosexual persons.” The document points out that it is not unjust to deny marriage to homosexual couples, “in fact”, say the Bishops, “justice requires society to . . . deny legal status to same-sex unions because marriage […]
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Louisiana Gov. Race Between Two Pro-Life Catholics – Only a Dream in Canada https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec03/lagov_11-11.html   Irish Government Committee Rejects EU Embryo Research Proposal. A key Dáil (parliamentary) committee has voted to reject the European Commission proposal that EU funds be used to pay for embryo research. (The Irish Times, November 6 – via UK Life League)  https://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2003/1106/1839843812HM9EMBRYO.html   Irish Prime Minister Admits there are Strong Commercial Interests Associated with EU Embryo Funding Proposal (The Irish Times, November 6 – via UK Life League)  https://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2003/1106/1839843812HM9EMBRYO.html   Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore May Be Ousted Due to Refusal to Remove Ten Commandments […]
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Diagnosis of Persistent Vegetative State Questioned as Former Patient Speaks Out

TAMPA BAY, November 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The case of disabled Florida woman Terri Schiavo, who has been falsely labelled as being in a “persistent vegetative state” (PVS) by most major media outlets, has drawn attention to the controversial diagnosis which suggests the medical state is permanent.  Even those who contend that PVS is a viable diagnosis suggest that patients are frequently misdiagnosed as being in PVS.  According to a study published in the July 6, 1996 British Medical Journal, 43% of patients diagnosed with PVS do not qualify for the diagnosis.  Last week Kate Adamson appeared on the programme […]
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British Conservatives Oust Pro-Life Leader for Anti-Lifer

LONDON, November 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Conservative Party, Britain’s main opposition party has announced changes to its shadow cabinet. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has informed LifeSite that Iain Duncan-Smith, a pro-life Catholic, has been replaced as leader of the opposition by Michael Howard. SPUC notes that Howard has a mixed voting record on abortion and he voted in favour of destructive research on cloned human embryos in 2000. In 1997 Howard voted against a bill aimed at legalizing assisted suicide and in 2000 he voted for a bill aimed at prohibiting euthanasia by omission.  […]
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Scottish Archbishop Calls Attention to Unborn in Remembrance Day Address

EDINBURGH, November 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scottish Archbishop Mario Conti wrote an article for the Sunday Herald for Remembrance Day, which in addition to honoring the memory of fallen soldiers, recalled the babies killed by abortion.  “This weekend we will stand in sad tribute to generations of men and women wiped out in the carnage of war. It is good that we remember Scotland’s lost generations in this way. However, I cannot refrain from pointing out that another loss continues, every day of the week in our land, a sacrifice of silent victims. The victims of abortion,” began the Archbishop’s […]
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Scottish Government to Grant Homosexual Couples All Benefits of Marriage

EDINBURGH, November 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Scottish Executive has announced plans to give homosexual couples all the legal rights of married couples.  The move comes in response to similar initiatives on the part of the England and Wales.  While religious and family groups objected that the move would undermine marriages, Hugh Henry, the deputy justice minister, said it would not. However, he did suggest that allowing heterosexual couples the same benefits would undermine marriage.  Of the homosexual couples, Henry said, “We’re talking about people in long-term, loving relationships who are denied legal recognition for certain very significant parts of […]
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In Depth Study Finds Family Planning Clinics Encourage Spread of Sexual Transmitted Diseases

LONDON, November 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study by Nottingham University business school found that family planning clinic sessions, meant to promote ‘safer sex’, actually led to an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STI).  Dr. David Paton, Head of Industrial Economics Division at the Business School, suggests that since international research says that family planning clinic advice does more harm than good, money and resources directed at such ventures should be diverted to more promising ways to address teenage pregnancy.  The study, published in the Journal of Health Economics, found that STIs among teens increased some 15% between 1999 and […]
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Medical Ethics Panel Says Bush-Approved Embryonic Stem Cell Lines Unsafe for Human Use

BALTIMORE, November 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A medical ethics panel announced Monday that the embryonic stem cell lines approved by President Bush for federally funded research are unsafe for human use since they were grown on mouse cells and could be contaminated.  The Johns Hopkins University organized panel which included experts from the US and Europe noted that the animal contamination could expose humans treated with the stem cells to an animal virus which human immune systems could not fight.  On Aug. 9, 2001, President Bush announced a compromise measure on the embryonic stem cell debate allowing federal funds to […]
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FDA To Review Emergency Contraceptive Plan B for Over-The-Counter Status https://www.detnews.com/2003/health/0311/10/health-319357.htm   Gynecologist Admits Accidentally Removing Fetus’ Arm https://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/7233271.htm%20   Studies in Britain and America Find Massive Drug Culture among Homosexuals https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/11/10/2003075330   Homosexual Activist Group Human Rights Campaign Launches Million Dollar Ad Campaign for Homosexual ‘Marriage’  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19947-2003Nov9.html   Wisconsin Health Plans That Cover Prescriptions Must Also Cover Contraception, State Attorney General Says https://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthtribune/news/local/7213295.htm Vatican Radio says ‘Matrix Revolutions’ commercializes Christianity https://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20031110.htm#head11   Birth of Jesus Questioned by New York School System https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive
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U.S. Bishops Discuss Sanctions for Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians

WASHINGTON, November 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops fall meeting, which will conclude Thursday, the bishops of the United States have discussed the use of sanctions against Catholic politicians who flout their faith with pro-abortion stances.  The Boston Globe reports that the bishops have set up a task force to examine the issue.  Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., a member of the task force said, “We face a serious pastoral challenge.  Some Catholic politicians defy Church teaching in their policy advocacy and legislative votes, first and most fundamentally on the defense of […]
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Pope Reiterates Universal Moral Prohibition on Research on Embryonic Children

VATICAN, November 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Speaking to scientists yesterday at the four hundredth anniversary of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope John Paul II reminded researchers that any destructive research on human embryos is morally illicit.  The pope said that he has repeated his message numerous times that “stem cells for purposes of experimentation or treatment cannot come from human embryo tissue.”  The pope also acknowledged that he has “encouraged research on adult human tissue or tissue superfluous to normal fetal development.”  He concluded, “Any treatment which claims to save human lives, yet is based upon the destruction of […]
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Queen to Announce British Gay Partnership Plan

LONDON, November 11, 2003 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – The Queen of England will announce a new plan next week that would grant same-sex couples the same rights as married couples.  Written by Prime Minister Tony Blair, the speech lays down the Government’s plans for legislation to be implemented over the coming months.  The Queen will reveal the proposed legislation, which will allow homosexual couples to sign an official document at a register office in front of the registrar and two witnesses.  A family law expert told the Sunday Times: “The State is recognizing and sanctioning same-sex relationships as deserving equal treatment.” He […]
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Homosexual “Marriage” Making Headway in U.S – Wisconsin and Nebraska

MADISON, November 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual ‘marriage’ activists made gains in the United States as Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle vetoed legislation that would have properly defined marriage. Also, a Nebraska judge allowed a lawsuit challenging a ban on homosexual ‘marriage’ to proceed to trial.  The Wisconsin bill would have defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman and would have prevented Wisconsin recognition of homosexual ‘marriages’ performed in other jurisdictions. The bill passed the state House 68-29 last month and the Senate 22-10 last Wednesday.  Doyle vetoed the bill Friday saying the legislation was unnecessary and […]
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Florida Governor Defends Terri’s Law and Catholic Bishop Defends her Right to Life

TAMPA BAY, November 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Florida Governor Jeb Bush has asked an appeals court in Florida to throw out a case by Michael Schiavo charging that the law enacted to allow the governor to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube was unconstitutional.  Meanwhile, Florida House Speaker Johnnie Byrd defended Terri’s Law in court by noting the legislature’s superiority to the courts in deciding law.  “The Legislature’s role in establishing public policy is paramount and its role in regulating the actions of the other branches is significant,” said Byrd’s brief.  In related news, the Catholic Bishop of […]
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UK Pro-Life Group Warns EU Constitution May Establish Continental ‘Right’ to Abortion on Demand

LONDON, November 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned that the draft European Union constitution may establish the right to abortion on demand and assisted suicide in every EU country.  In a letter to every Catholic bishop in all EU member- and applicant member-states, John Smeaton, SPUC national director, has explained that the draft constitution’s rights of ‘human dignity’ and ‘physical and mental integrity’, as well as a weakened and subordinated article on the right to life, “may well lead to a ‘right to die’ and the killing of those humans commonly […]
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Roy Lucas, 61, Legal Theorist Who Made Pivotal Argument in Roe v Wade Case Dies from Heart Attack.  From 1966 to 1973, Lucas helped shape the legal battle in favour of abortion.  https://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/07/national/07LUCA.html?ex=1068872400&en=942011efddbb3eb8&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE U.S. Group Bemoans U.S. Bishops’ Lack of Any Effective Action on Shiavo Case TERRI SCHIAVO: Barbara Kralis, director of the Jesus Through Mary Foundation, writes, “Many Catholic laity have been ‘dumbed down’ by lack of magisterial teachings from the pulpits on the Gospel of Life and thereby are confused today on what should be done with Terri Schiavo’s life. Just as not one U.S. bishop has ever […]
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Teens at New York School All-Gay High School Arrested for Robbery and Prostitution

NEW YORK, November 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Harvey Milk School, the first publicly funded “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth” (LGBTQ) public school in the United States, is in the news again after New York police arrested four students for robbery.  The New York Post reports that the four teens and another teen who attended an after-school program at the school were male ‘transvestites’ who boasted for making up to $600 a night by prostitution and stealing money from their ‘johns’.  The paper reports that the students impersonated police officers letting the johns go in exchange for bribes.  Reports […]
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Company Drops Abortuary Building Contract After Local Campaign

AUSTIN, November 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the largest construction companies in Texas has dropped a contract to build a Planned Parenthood abortuary, after a public campaign against the project. A local concrete contractor helped organize the “reverse boycott” of Planned Parenthood, urging fellow contractors not to participate in building the abortion clinic.  San Antonio-based Browning Construction Co. could not find willing subcontractors locally. “We just couldn’t do the contract,” said company owner James Browning.  A report received by LifeSite said construction companies that did not initially support the contractor’s boycott plan were told that the names of all […]
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Crushing Setback for Anglican Bishop’s Imposition of Homosexual Marriage

VANCOUVER, November 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Renegade Anglican Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster and his supporter, Archbishop Crawley of B.C., have received what can only be described as a “stunning” defeat by the Canadian House of Bishops in their bid to sue a group of Anglican clergy in Vancouver who wish to remain Christian.  Ingham was planning legal action against “insubordinate” clergy who are continuing to practice Biblical Anglican Christianity with the help of the Yukon’s Anglican bishop, Terry Buckle. The clergy he wanted to sue had refused to support Ingham’s attempt to enforce compliance with homosexual marriage throughout […]
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New York Comptroller Suggests Abortifacient Morning After Pills As Money-Saving Scheme

NEW YORK, November 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – State Comptroller Alan Hevesi showed himself an abortion activist last week by staging a press conference to promote the cost-effectiveness of easy access to the abortifacient morning after pill.  He claimed that providing women and young girls easy access to the drug would result in a saving of $452 million annually.  Not surprisingly, Hevesi released his findings at a press conference with Kelli Conlin, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice New York; Katharine O’Connell, MD, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and Rachel K. Jones, PhD., of the Planned Parenthood related Alan […]
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UK Anglican Bishop under Police Investigation for Encouraging Some Homosexuals to Seek Reorientation

LONDON, November 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Rt. Rev Dr Peter Forster, the Anglican Bishop of Chester is under investigation by police for suggesting that homosexuals may benefit from reorientation therapy.  The bishop may be found guilty under a UK hate crime law enacted in 1986.  That law, The Public Order Act, defines hate crime as “abusing people because of their race, faith, religion or disability – or because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual”. The London Telegraph reports that the offending statement reads: Some people who are primarily homosexual can reorientate themselves. I would encourage them to consider […]
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Dean ‘Appalled’ That Florida Lawmakers Saved Schiavo https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=Politicsarchive
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Canadian Justice Minister who Pushed Homosexual ‘Marriage’ and Hate Crime Change Closely Connected t

OTTAWA, November 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Justice Minister Martin Cauchon outraged many Canadians in recent months with his staunch backing of homosexual ‘marriage’ and refusal to consider alternatives to ramming the matter through the legislature.  Cauchon also engineered the passage of Svend Robinson’s Private Member’s Bill C-250 which added ‘sexual orientation to Canada’s hate crimes law. Interestingly, it has been revealed that Cauchon, like most of the powerful political elite in Canada, is closely connected to the Desmarais family web of influence.  A recent LifeSite special report on the political connections of the Desmarais family revealed that the family […]
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Federal Judges Block Implementation of Partial Birth Abortion Ban against Most Abortionists

NEW YORK, November 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. District Judge Richard Conway Casey jumped on the pro-abortion activist bandwagon of several federal judges who have ordered blocks to the recently enacted ban on partial-birth abortion.  However, Casey’s ban was the most encompassing, barring enforcement of the law against any abortionist who is a member of the National Abortion Federation. U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf of Nebraska issued a ban on the new law immediately after Bush signed the legislation, but it only applied to abortionist Leroy Cahart and his collegues who took the challenge against the procedure to the Supreme […]
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Croatian Catholic Bishops Rule out Voting for Anti-life or Anti-family Parties or Politicians

ZAGREB, November 7, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Croatian Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a letter on elections to all people of good will which stated that prior to any political considerations, political candidates or parties which are anti-life and anti-family are disqualified from a Christian standpoint.  “As Catholic bishops, we must also remind you that a believer does not vote for a party and individuals who act on the behalf of the legalization of abortion, euthanasia and unnatural same-sex marriages,” said the letter.  Beyond those ‘criteria’ the bishops stressed the need for a ‘war on drugs’ and proposed five […]
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Chrétien makes flurry of appointments – NEARLY 90 PATRONAGE POSTS IN TWO WEEKS https://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/11/05/chretien031105   Brownback leading next abortion fight Senator planning to introduce parental notification measure https://www.ljworld.com/section/stateregional/story/150766   Conservative students Protest Award to Pro-abort Ted Kennedy by Bush Sr.  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=Politicsarchive
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November 6 – 6th Anniversary of Death of Pro-Life Teen – Princess of the Unborn

SPOKANE, November 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today marks the 6th anniversary of the death of 19-year-old Angela Baird, known as the Princess of the Unborn for her unwavering support for the right to life of the unborn even to her last breath.  Baird, a student at Thomas Aquinas College slipped from a mountain trail and over a cliff while hiking with her classmates. She fell 60 feet, and lay injured but conscious in a ravine for three hours waiting for rescuers to reach her.  The account of one of her companions who waited with her notes that rather than cry […]
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Homosexual Activists Desecrate Catholic Church in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, November 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Cathedral in Buenos Aires Argentina was attacked by homosexual activists on Saturday November 1.  During a march organized by the Argentina homosexual community and the Argentinean Association of Transsexual Persons and Transvestite, a group of demonstrators spray-painted the outside walls and columns of the Buenos Aires cathedral with offensive images and insults.  The Archdiocese of Buenos Aires decided against pressing charges but criticized the actions saying, “in a pluralist society, when minority groups express themselves, it would be logical for them to show respect for the religious sentiments of the majority”.  […]
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New Jersey Court Issues Second U.S. Ruling against Homosexual ‘Marriage’

TRENTON, November 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Jersey Superior Court Justice Linda Feinberg ruled in favour of the New Jersey government which was defending traditional marriage against a legal assault by homosexual activists.  In a 71-page decision, Feinberg stressed more than anything else that it is the legislature and not the courts which must decide the issue.  An interesting point made by the judge in the ruling is that homosexual persons are not forbidden to marry under current laws as long as they marry a member of the opposite sex.  The ruling states:  “New Jersey’s marriage statutes are facially neutral; […]
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Judge Allows Terri Schiavo’s Parents to Challenge Husband on Guardianship of Terri

CLEARWATER, November 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The battle over the life of Terri Schiavo, recently saved from a starvation order by action of the Florida legislature and Governor Jeb Bush, continues. Yesterday Circuit Judge George W. Greer agreed to allow Terri’s parents Bob and Mary Schindler to challenge Michael Schiavo’s guardianship over Terri.  They are requesting either her brother or sister be made guardian.  In related news, Governor Jeb Bush asked that the case filed to quash “Terri’s Law” enacted to save the life of Terri by empowering the Governor to stay her starvation death, be dismissed.  George Felos, the […]
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Legislation Introduced to Suspend FDA’s Approval of RU-486

WASHINGTON, November 6, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Representatives Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) today introduced “Holly’s Law” – technically known as the “RU-486 Suspension and Review Act of 2003.” The legislation was introduced with 59 original cosponsors in the House, including Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX). Senator Brownback is introducing a companion bill in the Senate.  Monty and Helen Patterson, the parents of 18-year-old Holly Patterson who recently died after taking RU-486, offered a letter of support for the bill. “We have lost our daughter, Holly, but we can still help to prevent this […]
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Letter of Support for Bill to Suspend Abortion Drug RU-486 by Holly Patterson’s Parents

November 6, 2003 Dear Sir or Madam: The Alameda County Coroner’s report has validated what we already believed to be true. Holly has died from an RU-486 chemical induced abortion. There are no quick fixes for a pregnancy or magical pills that will make it go away. Our family, friends and community are all deeply saddened and forever marred by Holly’s tragic and preventable death. Holly lived as an adult by law for only 19 days, yet she became pregnant when she was just 17 years old. We now know that she learned about her pregnancy in the second week […]
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Pro-Family Firm Sues After Court Tells Christian Mom: ‘No Homophobic Teaching’  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/afa/42003b.asp   Take a Stand for Judicial Nominee Janice Rogers Brown   Yet another conservative judge is under fire from Senate Democrats.  https://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0028734.cfm   The husband of Terri Schindler Schiavo must respond to a petition filed by her parents to remove him as the legal guardian of the brain-damaged woman, a judge ruled Wednesday.  https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive
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Canadian National Pro-Life Conference Attracts Over 400 People to Edmonton

EDMONTON, November 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than 400 pro-life Canadians will arrive in Edmonton this week to participate in the national pro-life conference being held at Fantasyland Hotel from Nov. 6th to 8th. “We have delegates from right across the country, including over a hundred young people,” said Joanne Byfield, president of Alberta Pro-Life, the group hosting the province. “All of our speakers will reflect this year’s theme of ‘Silent No More’.”  The conference will feature speakers from across North America including Canadians Derek Rogusky from Focus on the Family, Janet Epp Buckingham, legal counsel for the Evangelical Fellowship […]
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Australia Approves Over the Counter Abortifacient Morning After Pills

SYDNEY, November 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Beginning this January, the abortifacient morning after pill will be available over-the-counter in Australia.  A government committee approved the change in the abortifacient drug’s status last month.  In Australia the drug is known as Postinor-2. Similar changes are being sought around the world and in Canada as well. Canada too has tacitly approved the over-the-counter status and has sought commentary on the proposed policy amendment from interested parties. Submissions were made opposing the change by Campaign Life Coalition as well as Life Canada.  In 1999 a LifeSite report exposed the fact that the rapid […]
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Emotional Scientist Develops Embryonic Stem Cell Lines with Private Funds

SINGAPORE, November 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Harvard University scientist has created 17 new stem cell lines from “surplus” embryos from fertility clinics, and says he will make them available to researchers next year. The scientist, Douglas Melton, felt compelled emotionally to proceed by his own children’s diabetes, which he hopes can be cured using the new lines.  The New York-based Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute funded the process, given legislation that limits federally funded work on stem cells to a small number of cell lines that were created before April 9, 2001.  “We […]
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U of Toronto President Hails Sexual ‘Diversity’

TORONTO, November 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – University of Toronto president Robert Birgeneau has written in the Toronto Star that the University must be at the forefront of “diversity.”  The article refers, of course, to “sexual diversity studies” (SDS) and the burning question of whether “a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, or queer (LGBTQ) student entering U of T this fall feel as comfortable ‘out’ as heterosexuals are about themselves?”  His surprise answer: “I believe that in several respects the university has made great progress. … If anything is needed now, it is to move beyond the institutional level of acceptance to […]
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President Bush Signs Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003

WASHINGTON, November 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just before 2pm today, President George W. Bush made U.S. history signing the first restriction on abortion since Roe v. Wade in 1973.  While pro-abortion groups have launched legal challenges to the legislation, a federal district judge in Nebraska immediately enjoined the law from being enforced. Bush vowed in his signing ceremony that “the executive branch will vigorously defend this law against any who would try to overturn it in the courts.”  Reacting to the signing, Jim Hughes President of Campaign Life Coalition Canada told LifeSite, “It’s absolutely wonderful.  Thank God.”  Speaking of the […]
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CTV is reporting that this is PM Jean Chretien’s last week in Parliament https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1067954654823_68/?hub=TopStories   Polish Prosecutors have dropped the case against the Dutch abortion-ship due to lack of evidence https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1413&e=1&u=/ap/20031104/ap_wo_en_he/eu_gen_poland_abortion_boat&sid=95832300   MEP’s report seeks tougher restrictions on stem cell research than European Commission proposals https://dbs.cordis.lu/fep-cgi/srchidadb?ACTION=D&SESSION=182482003-10-30&DOC=1&TBL=EN_NEWS&RCN=EN_RCN_ID:21106&CALLER=EN_NEWS   Spanish stem cell battle as region flouts national restriction and allows embryonic stem cell line bank https://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20031027/04/  New Colorado Law, now in effect, requires Notification of Parents Prior to abortion for Minors https://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~1740842,00.html   A late term abortion for a harelip could cause UK to rethink easy abortion https://ww1.sundayherald.com/37818
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Massachusetts bishops: We were misinterpreted on same-sex benefits issue

BOSTON, November 4, 2003 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts Catholic Conference on Thursday denied media reports of the past week that one of the four bishops of the conference had told the state Legislature that the Church would favor giving certain legal benefits to same-sex partners.  The conference said in a statement released a full week after the original testimony that Bishop Daniel P. Reilly of Worcester had been misinterpreted in press reports. Bishop Reilly told a legislative committee that he and his fellow bishops did not favor the creation of same-sex marriage, but said that the Church could “join the […]
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Supreme Court Rejection of Ten Commandments Case Reveals Court Hostility Towards Religion

ANN ARBOR, MI, November 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court rejected without comment the appeal of a ruling against the public display of the Ten Commandments Monday.  The Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the appeal by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was greeted with disapproval and disappointment by the Thomas More Law Center. Richard Thompson, Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, expressed his disappointment after the court announced its decision.  “The Supreme Court has once again demonstrated its hostility towards religion and missed an opportunity to clear up confusing lower court decisions dealing with the […]
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Anglican Church Splits over Consecration of Active Homosexual as Bishop

WASHINGTON, November 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a statement on behalf of the Primates of the Global South representing some 50 million Anglicans in Latin America, Africa and Asia, Archbishop Peter Akinola, leader of the Nigerian Anglican Church, said he “cannot and will not recognise the office or ministry” of practicing homosexual Gene Robinson.  Robinson was consecrated a bishop in the Eopiscopal Church USA (ECUSA) Sunday.  Bishop Akinola said there was an “impairment of communion” between the Primates of the Global South and those bishops involved in Robinson’s consecration.  The leader of the Anglican Church in Kenya has formally announced […]
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Canada’s Newest Territorial Government Members Oppose Homosexual ‘Marriage’

IQALUIT, November 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Nunavut legislature heated up last week with a strong call for a condemnation of homosexual ‘marriage’ which is being imposed by the federal government.  Several MLA’s were frustrated with Premier Paul Okalik who insisted that the territorial government could do nothing to preserve the traditional definition of marriage.  However after persistent hard questioning by MLA’s the Premier relented saying “If there is agreement in regards to opposing or if Inuit had an agreement opposing same sex marriage, we have to represent our people.”  Nunavut Education Minister Manitok Thompson said that the federal government […]
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U.S. Stats Show Sex Outside of Marriage is a Leading Cause of Abortion

WASHINGTON, November 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new report by the U.S. government’s National Center for Health Statistics indicates that sex outside marriage is a major contributing factor to the 1.3 million abortions for 1999.  Of the 6.28 million U.S. pregnancies in 1999 there were about 3.96 million live births, 1.31 million induced abortions, and 1 million fetal losses (miscarriages and stillbirths), says the report.   Comparing married and unmarried women on abortion, the report indicates that the abortion rate for unmarried women is over four times higher than that of married women.  Looking at pregnancies among married women, three […]
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Alberta Pro-Life Pharmacist Reaches Conscience Agreement; Saskatchewan Pharmacists Have Protection T

CALGARY, November 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Maria Bizecki, a Christian pharmacist in Alberta has, after legal proceedings, reached an agreement with her employer and the Alberta College of Pharmacists (ACP) that allows her to refuse to dispense abortifacient drugs and contraceptives which would be a violation of her morals.   The BC Catholic reports that pro-abortion groups called for complaints to be made about Bizecki’s refusal to dispense abortifacient drugs.  Complaints to her employer Calgary Co-op and the ACP resulted in her being suspended with pay for over a year and very substantial legal expenses which she is only now […]
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After Terry Shiavo Case Disabled Are Fearful: Who Will Be Next?  https://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-drakeoct29,1,5346773.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions   Canadian PM rumoured to be considering UN job https://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031103.wpm1003/BNStory/National/  Shame! First Catholic Gov. of Indiana Joe Kernan is pro-abortion.  https://www.indystar.com/articles/1/088342-1791-098.html   Coalition of Family Groups Introduces Anti-Porn Resolution https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive
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Medical Group Favours Disclosure of Abortion-Breast Cancer Link

TUSCON, November 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) has come out in favour of disclosing to patients a “highly plausible” relationship between abortion and increased risk of breast cancer. AAPS executive director Jane Orient, MD said: “The AAPS believes that patients have the right to give or withhold fully informed consent before undergoing medical treatment. This includes notification of potential adverse effects. While there is a difference of medical opinion concerning the abortion-breast cancer link, there is a considerable volume of evidence supporting this link, which is, moreover, highly plausible. We believe that a […]
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Canada Government Submits Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Legislation for Supreme Court Review

OTTAWA, November 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past Thursday, Attorney General Martin Cauchon submitted the Liberal Government’s homosexual ‘marriage’ legislation to the Canadian Supreme Court for a reference. The 20-page brief on the legislation notes that the proposed law redefines marriage as “the lawful union of two persons”.  The brief says the legislation “would provide a uniform law across the country extending the capacity to marry to same-sex couples.”  In a hearing set for April 16, the Supreme Court will also be asked if churches are protected by religious freedom rights from being forced to perform homosexual ‘weddings’.  Faith and […]
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Poll Shows Canadians Ready for Curbs on Abortion

OTTAWA, November 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new poll shows a considerable degree of consensus among Canadians on social issues usually considered controversial. The Leger poll asked about prenatal legal protection, and several abortion-related topics.  63% said they favoured legal protection for human life before birth, 7% higher than a Leger poll in 2002. Women were more likely than men to favour legal protection from conception on.  Over two-thirds of Canadians (69%) favour informed consent legislation on abortion, similar to laws adopted in the US states. Such laws require that, before a woman has an abortion, her physician must inform […]
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