Articles for Month: December 2003

Powerful Christmas Article by UK Anglican Priestess Fighting for Disabled Unborn https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/dec/03122201.html Pope to Declare Mother Who Sacrificed Her Life for Her Unborn Child in 1962 a Saint https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/dec/03122206.html Science backs belief that it’s better to give than receive https://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/story.asp?id=1A97B706-A9FD-4513-843C-CDBE93E1C57A Do They Know It’s Christmas in China?  https://www.nationalreview.com/interrogatory/aikman200312220001.asp Abortion Leader Could Increase Income by ‘‘Reducing’’ Abortions https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=Nationarchive

Project Reality Says 45% of U.S. Teens and Young Adults Infected With STD's by Mid-20's

MILWAUKEE, December 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A woman falsified her relation to her son’s girlfriend, claiming to be her aunt and legal guardian, in order to enable the girl to procure an abortion against the will of the girl’s parents.  The charge of “intentionally falsifying a patient health care record” is punishable by up to nine months in jail and a $25,000 fine if the woman is convicted.  The mother of the 15-year-old girl recently became aware of the incident through a letter the girl wrote.  The mother then contacted police.  The abortion occurred in February. The state legislature is […]

TORONTO, December 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada upheld its marijuana possession laws today, declaring that the potential health effects of marijuana use are “neither insignificant nor trivial.” The 6-3 majority decision came today after a court challenge by three men who feel the law “deprives offenders of their liberty.”  The court maintained that marijuana use “creates a potential harm to others when the user engages in driving, flying and other activities involving complex machinery,” and that there is nothing unconstitutional about the government criminalizing marijuana based on public health concerns.  The court remains particularly concerned for […]

ATLANTA, December 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Georgia Superior Court ruled Monday that the state is not obliged to publicly fund abortions, even those claimed for ‘health’ reasons.  Seven abortuaries including Planned Parenthood of Georgia, were assisted by the American Civil Liberties Union in attempting to force the state to fund their abortion businesses beyond abortions for rape, incest and the life of the mother, which are already covered federally.  In his ruling, Fulton Superior Court Judge Gino Brogdon said, “There is no evidence that any of plaintiffs or any Medicaid-eligible women seeking an abortion have made application for benefits […]

GLASGOW, December 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview Sunday, Scottish Cardinal Keith O’Brien stated clearly the Catholic teaching against homosexual sex.  His comments come one week before all parishes in the country will be read a letter designating 2004 as a year of ‘Life and Family’.  Cardinal O’Brien said: “It is not Christ’s teaching that if you happen to be homosexual then you can have a partner. It is not Christ’s teaching that if your marriage breaks up, you can go and live with somebody else. Gay unions and these sort of things are becoming commonplace. Where is society […]

PALM BEACH, December 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Town of Palm Beach, Florida will not allow public display of the Christmas Nativity alongside existing Jewish Menorahs on Town property.  In a special session of the Town Council held Tuesday morning, Town officials declined to vote on a request to allow Nativity displays alongside town-sanctioned Menorahs.  The decision by the Town Council comes a week after a federal lawsuit was brought by the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan on behalf of Palm Beach residents Maureen Donnell and Fern deNarvaez.  The lawsuit […]

NEW WESTMINSTER, BC, December 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Anglican Bishop Michael Ingham of the New Westminster Diocese is closing Holy Cross church in Abbotsford – just days before Christmas.  The closure comes after a dispute between Ingham and a parish which declared itself “independent” in protest of the controversial decision by Ingham to “marry” homosexuals in his diocese. Holy Cross parish priest, Rev. James Wagner, told National Post reporters that, despite the forced closure, he would still celebrate mass on Christmas Day with his parishioners.  “I don’t regret what I am doing or the circumstances I find myself in. I […]

LONDON, December 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An early Christmas gift from The Telegraph has been a new column by internationally known columnist Mark Steyn.  In his latest offering, Steyn’s cutting wit focuses on Europe’s underpopulation dilemma. Here are a few jems:  “Confronted with all the begetting in the Old Testament, the modern mind says, ‘Well, naturally, these primitive societies were concerned with children. They needed someone to provide for them in their old age.’ In our advanced society, we don’t have to worry about that; we automatically have someone to provide for us in our old age: the state . […]

The staff of LifeSiteNews.com wishes you and yours a happy and blessed Christmas. Each year at this time we take an extended break from our intense work to spend precious time with families and to re-generate our drained batteries. Today’s reports are the last for the current year. LifeSiteNews will resume again on Monday, January 5, 2004.  Until that time we wish you joy, peace and personal renewal.  We hope you approve of the re-designed LifeSite at https://www.lifesitenews.com/.  The project was begun in June of last year and so we are delighted that it has finally been implemented. There are […]

Wisconsin abortionist George Woodward dies at 81 – May God Have Mercy on His Soul https://www.jsonline.com/news/wauk/dec03/193791.asp   Hearing on Terri’s Law Tuesday https://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20031219-024545-5456r.htm   Martin is outflanking the Conservatives https://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/comment/story.html?id=66c815cd-31ca-4b13-a1b1-150db3aa7935   The Surprising Trouble with Harry Potter https://www.touchstonemag.com/docs/issues/16.9docs/16-9pg11.html   Harry Potter & the Alchemical Tradition in English Literature https://www.touchstonemag.com/docs/issues/16.9docs/16-9pg34.html

VANCOUVER, December 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The world’s largest syphilis outbreak is considered by health officials there to be a “losing battle.”  Patricia Daly, health officer for the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, said “Clearly, we haven’t got a handle on it.”   The disease has become increasingly prevalent in Vancouver’s downtown east side, a hot spot for prostitution, since 1997.  Dr. Michael Rekart, director of sexually-transmitted disease control for the B.C. Center for Disease Control, said that homosexualists in the same neighbourhood are having increased rates of HIV, gonorrhea, and hepatitis as well, “setting the stage for a much larger […]

SYDNEY, December 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A movement of high-order Anglicans in Australia has met with officials in the Vatican to discuss en masse conversion to the Catholic Church as a result of the continuing fracture in the Anglican Communion over homosexuality.  The ordination of a practicing homosexual bishop in the United States and the blessing of homosexual unions by an Anglican diocese in Canada have driven Anglicans wanting to remain faithful to the Sciptures out of their own church.  The Australian reports that the Anglican rector of All Saint’s Church in Brisbane, David Chislett, visited the Vatican in October […]

NEW YORK, December 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Nationwide New York Times/CBS News poll has recently found that 55 percent of Americans wants to amend the constitution, to permanently enshrine the definition of marriage as the union of a man and a woman.  Last week, U.S. president George W. Bush gave his support to the idea, saying “I will support a constitutional amendment which would honour marriage between a man and a woman, codify that.”  A constitutional amendment banning gay marriage would override any state court ruling or legislation, such as the ruling passed last month in Massachusetts, in which […]

TORONTO, December 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a ruling that could cost taxpayers $400 million, Ontario Superior Court Justice Ellen Macdonald ruled Friday that homosexual couples must be granted CPP survivor benefits retroactively to 1985.  The award will apply only to practicing homosexuals whose partners died before 1998. The couples will have to prove that they lived in a conjugal relationship during that time. They argue their sexual activity is what legitimizes their right to marriage benefits unlike many other same-sex twosomes who are simply close friends, who also live together for years, do not use each other for sexual […]

SEATTLE, December 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gonzaga University, the Spokane-based Jesuit Catholic University founded in 1889, is denying a pro-life group official status because it is “discriminatory” against non-Christians.  The Student Bar Association (SBA) has denied recognition of law student Ashley Horne’s Pro-Life Law Caucus because only Christians can be leaders in the organization. Greg Lukianoff, spokesman for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), said “We live in a strange age, indeed, when a Catholic, Jesuit University would deny a Christian, pro-life group recognition because its religious nature is considered discriminatory.”  FIRE, based in Philadelphia, is a watchdog […]

VATICAN, December 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican has announced that Pope John Paul II will declare Gianna Beretta Molla a saint.  Gianna who lived from 1922-1962 was a medical doctor and mother of a family in Italy. A website in Gianna’s honor relates: “In September of 1961, at the age of 39, Blessed Gianna was pregnant with her fourth child when physicians diagnosed a large ovarian cyst which required surgery. The surgeon suggested that Gianna undergo an abortion in order to save her own life. Gianna’s decision was prompt and decisive: ‘I shall accept whatever they will do to […]

BRUSSELS, December 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Parliament has voted on new rules concerning the medical use of human tissues and cells.  One amendment put forth suggested a ban on the harvesting of stem cells from aborted babies.  The amendment was “heavily defeated” by European Parliament voters.  A new rule was passed, however, which introduced a ban on the sale of human tissues such as eggs and sperm for profit.  This new amendment, however, left the door open for donors to be able to claim “expenses” for the “donation,” leaving the details of such expenses up to national governments.  […]

ST. CATHERINE’S, December 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The body of a stillborn 17-week old delivered at a St. Catherine’s hospital is missing.  Debra Lynn Poirier knew that the heart of her child had stopped beating, and he would be stillborn, before she was induced for delivery on December 2.  The parents, Debra and husband Leo Rochon, were forced to hold funeral services for the son they named Ethan, without his body being present, or its whereabouts known. The hospital claims it has not been able to locate the body, which they say disappeared from the locked morgue.  The parents are […]

TORONTO, December 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant has said that the new Liberal government is set to move on election promises including fixing the date of Ontario elections.  “We will have fixed elections,” he said, noting also that legislation would be introduced to ensure cabinet ministers attend at least two thirds of all question periods.  Bryant also mentioned the Government was considering some form of proportional representation which would see to it that the first past the post system is amended to give some voice to smaller parties that receive significant votes during elections.  See the […]

Canadian Levant says, that's why Drudge, LifeSite, and Western Standard are needed.

Says, "we seem to be most threatened by those who are most vulnerable"

Bourque Newswatch reports “PC Leader Peter MacKay… will back a leadership bid by NB Premier Bernard Lord… it is understood that a number of Canadian Alliance personalities are also supportive of a Lord leadership bid, including Hal Danchilla and Rod Love, both formerly associated with Stockwell Day’s Canadian Alliance leadership, along with MPs Jason Kenney and Art Hanger, of all people”  Gay couples win retroactive Canada Pension Plan benefits https://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031219.wbene1219/BNStory/National/  After 3 Years in Prison Latimer Still Unrepentant over Killing Disabled Daughter “I know her death was the right thing to do.”  https://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/17/latimer031217 Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent, 67, Will […]

OTTAWA, December 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s Catholic International Aid Agency, Development and Peace, issued a press release yesterday emphasizing that its 7-page HIV/AIDS policy prohibits funding any programs that do not follow Catholic moral principles.  The release says the policy states “DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE follows the teaching of the Catholic Church, and it will not fund programs ‘specifically designed to distribute condoms, nor will CCODP fund elements of broader programs which involve condom distribution.’”  The organization also says that it “will ensure that any project it funds on the subject of HIV/AIDS prevention will include information about the Church’s […]

EDMONTON, December 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Silent No More Awareness Campaign is an effort to make the public aware of the devastation abortion brings to women, men, and their families. The campaign aims to make the public aware that abortion is harmful emotionally, physically and spiritually to women and others.  It also is looking to reach out to women who are hurting from an abortion, let them know help is available.  The organization will invite post abortive women to join in speaking the truth about the negative impact of abortion.  Denise Mountenay, who is heading the project in […]

NEWARK, December 19, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This Sunday, December 21, New Jersey Governor James McGreevy is set to sign into law a controversial bill that permit human cloning. The Assembly narrowly passed the bill Monday and the Senate passed it last year. The bill allows destructive experimentation on embryonic human beings 'left over' from infertility clinics. The bill also permits the artificial manufacture of cloned human beings and permits those human clones to be implanted into a uterus at the embryonic stage and harvested for research and killed at any time from the embryonic period through the ninth month of […]

Says CRR "intends to impose its morality upon the families of the world"

BRUSSELS, December 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Union Council presidency has confirmed that “abortion does not come under the definition of reproductive health.” The answer came in response to an inquiry made during the European Parliament’s question period on Tuesday, 16 December 2003. MEPs Dana Scallon (Ireland), Bernd Posselt (Germany) and Lennart Sacredéus (Sweden) asked the EU Council for a definition of the term “reproductive health”.  The ruling has significance since the Sandbaek report, adopted by the European Parliament in January, calls for the funding of reproductive health in the third world, and even pro-life countries such as Ireland […]

OTTAWA, December 19, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday, new Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin shook up the national political scene with promises to reform the Senate, to allow free votes in the House of Commons and to protect religions from being forced to perform homosexual ‘marriages’ by using the notwithstanding clause if necessary.  On CBC radio Martin expressed a willingness to use the notwithstanding clause to protect churches.  “I would look at it if it was a question of affirming a (religious) right,” he said.  In a CTV interview Martin spoke of allowing open discussion on the homosexual marriage question.  […]

Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin has effectively taken the wind out of the sails of the Conservative Party of Canada’s timid outreach to social conservatives.  Conservative Party leaders recently offered what they thought were significant concessions while Chretien was still Prime Minister – support for a civil unions ‘compromise’ versus homosexual ‘marriage’; a reform of the Senate, and free votes in the House on moral issues.  However, Martin has found the offerings so mildly conservative that he could propose them himself.  If the Liberals continue to at least match Conservative Party offerings to social small ‘c’ grassroots Canadians, as well […]

PM guarantees churches won’t have to marry same-sex couples https://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/12/18/martin031218   Federal Ruling Approving Partial Birth Abortion Ban to be Appealed https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=541&ncid=751&e=5&u=/ap/20031218/ap_on_he_me/late_term_abortion Woman May Face Charges for Falsely Signing as Relative for Minor’s Abortion https://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/local/states/wisconsin/7516369.htm Supreme Court of Canada to Rule Wednesday on Constitutionality of Laws Against Pot https://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Law/Marijuana/2003/12/17/290108-cp.html Governor Bush Wins Hearing Delay in Schiavo right-to-die lawsuit – Now Next Week https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/florida/sfl-fschiavo18dec18,0,4316508.story?coll=sfla-news-florida Lawyers Guide Warns Against Jurors with Strong Religious Beliefs   https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=Nationarchive

WASHINGTON, December 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new survey conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has recently revealed that parents are the greatest influence in their decisions to engage in sexual activities as a teenager. Teens said that parents had the greatest influence (45 percent) on whether or not they engaged in sexual activities as a teen versus the influence of friends (31 percent).  Adults tended to think they had little impact on their teenage children’s decisions to engage in sexual activity.   The surveyors telephoned 1000 teens aged 12 to 19 and 1000 adults 20 years […]

FRONT ROYAL, VA, December 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The most recent weekly mail-out of the Population Research Institute (PRI) details a “positive demographic effect” in years to come. On average, pro-lifers are having three children, while pro-abortion persons are only having one.  In one generation, America would be overwhelmingly pro-life. PRI president and writer of the report, Steven Mosher, writes that “The first person to point this [demographic trend] out to me was Father Paul Marx,” founder of Human Life International (HLI).  HLI decided to carry out an investigation, putting HLI researcher Dr. Brian Clowes to the task.  Clowes found, […]

WASHINGTON, December 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New statistics from the CDC on U.S. births paint a grim picture with the news that in 2002, the birth rate fell to the lowest rate ever recorded for the United States, 13.9 per 1,000 total population. The general fertility rate declined 1 percent for 2001-2002 to 64.8 births per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years. Two birth complications which are more common among women who have had previous abortions – preterm births and low birthweight – have risen according to the CDC figures. The rate of preterm births (less than 37 completed weeks of […]

PALM BEACH, December 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Federal Judge Daniel Hurley issued an order Tuesday afternoon asking the Town of Palm Beach to explain why he should not force them to rule upon the multiple requests from two residents to display a Nativity scene.  Citing a federal case that held constitutional Free Speech rights could be violated by inaction, the judge indicated that the refusal by Town officials to respond to multiple requests by two Palm Beach residents poses constitutional questions that must be resolved.  Palm Beach has been given until Thursday at 5:00 PM to submit their response. Judge […]

TORONTO, December 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In response to complaints, Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) has unanimously ruled that MoonTaxi Media contravened the Canadian Code of Advertising Standards (clause 14c) in its depiction of a partially clothed nun in its recent national advertising campaign for Puretracks.com. While acknowledging MoonTaxi Media’s defence of the image as “…visual imagery [used] to express the purity of our music audio, as well as the very essence of music itself – the individual creative spirit”, the ASC Council found that any depiction of a nun exposing her stomach or cleavage is as demeaning to Catholics as […]

EDMONTON, December 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former National Post columnist Ezra Levant has launched a new Canadian conservative magazine, filling a void in the Canadian market since the demise of Alberta report this summer.  Levant spoke to LifeSiteNews.com yesterday about the launch of the “Western Standard.” Levant told LifeSiteNews.com that the new news magazine would be “an antidote to the mushy leftism of CBC and McLeans.”  The vision for the Western Standard, said Levant, is “a profitable independent news magazine respectful of conservatives.”  He said it would be a forum for social conservatives, libertarians and fiscal conservatives to hold an […]

WASHINGTON, December 18, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released the seventh annual assisted reproductive technology (ART) report detailing the 2002 success rates for 384 fertility clinics around the country. A LifeSiteNews.com analysis of the figures reveals that over 220,000 human embryos created through the process died and only 40,687 survived to birth. The report did not detail how many embryos died without being transferred into their mothers’ wombs, nor did it detail the number of embryos which were frozen for later use or ‘donated’ for scientific research. The report concerns in vitro fertilization and […]

Part Three of Lord of the Rings said to be The Best Yet “To call it the grandest spectacle ever filmed is no exaggeration; it may also be the most satisfying third act of any film trilogy, completing what can now be regarded as possibly the best realized cinematic trilogy of all time.”  https://www.decentfilms.com/reviews/lordoftherings3.html See also “It’s really, really good.”  https://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg200312171313.asp   It Is As It Was Says Pope After Seeing Gibson Film “The Passion”  Pope John Paul II saw the movie the weekend before last, in the Vatican, apparently in his private rooms, on a television, with a DVD, […]

BOSTON, December 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the first meeting of all priests in the Boston Archdiocese in at least 25 years, Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley pleaded with them to defend the traditional definition of marriage.  “It is crucial that we encourage our people to call on elected officials to defend the institution of marriage,” he told the 600 priests gathered. Last month the Massachusetts legislature was given an ultimatum by the courts to rewrite the marriage laws to include homosexual “marriage” rights within 180 days. “If the redefinition of marriage is enshrined in the law of the Commonwealth, it […]

AUCKLAND, NZ, December 17, 2003 (LifeSIteNews.com) – A recently released report from New Zealand’s Abortion Supervisory Committee reveals that abortionists have to be flown in from overseas.  The report also reveals that the country is having trouble with “recruitment and retention” of abortionists.   New Zealand’s own physicians are unwilling to perform the abortions. Nurses are also being recruited and flown in to the country as support staff for the abortionists. New Zealand’s abortion rate is climbing.  There were 17,380 abortions performed last year.  Read the coverage of the report at:  https://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,3882-2924855,00.html   Read prior LifeSiteNews coverage:  “Most young British […]

NEW YORK, December 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers at a small Boston area biotech company have created a human embryo clone which has survived to the 16 cell stage, the stage at which cells can be harvested for stem cell research.  WIRED magazine reports in its January issue to be released next Tuesday, Wendy Goldman Rohm witnessed the breakthrough experiment which in pursuit of stem cells yielded both human clone embryos and human parthenotes, embryo-like balls of cells that have only one set of chromosomes.  The company, Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) of Worcester, Massachusetts, has been involved with human cloning […]

COLUMBUS, December 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a ruling with possible national significance, Ohio’s law restricting the brutal practice of partial-birth abortion was upheld today by the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Most partial-birth abortions are performed in the fifth and sixth months of pregnancy.  The Ohio statute generally bans killing a live child who has been delivered outside the body of the mother at least past the baby’s navel (if he or she is being delivered feet first), or whose entire head has been delivered outside the body of the mother (if he or she […]

VATICAN, December 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italy’s new law covering in vitro fertilization is one of the world’s most restrictive, forbidding the freezing of human embryos and the creation of more than three embryos at a time, ensuring all embryos created are at least given a chance at life by being implanted into the mother. Nonetheless, the Vatican has maintained that it does not satisfy Catholic morality.  Zenit news reports on the comments of the Vice President of the Pontifical Academy for Life Bishop Elio Sgreccia.  The bishop criticized various media outlets that complained of the new restrictive law labelling […]

However, pro-family group "greatly disappointed" with President's endorsement of civil unions

Says making pill over-the-counter is "bad policy and bad medicine."

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the myriad of press reports seemingly indicating that the FDA decision on granting the abortifacient morning after pill over-the-counter (OTC) status is a done deal, LifeSite has learned that the final decision is still months away. Yesterday, two advisory panels of the FDA jointly heard arguments for and against granting OTC status for the drugs.  The panels recommended approving over-the-counter status by a 23-4 vote.  However, FDA spokesman Lenore Geld told LifeSite that the final decision has not been made and that there is no deadline for the decision to be made.  However, […]

Human Clone Experiment Repeated Successfully https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=570&u=/nm/20031216/sc_nm/science_clones_dc_1&printer=1   Bush OKs spam bill—but critics not convinced https://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5124724.html?tag=nefd_lede   Lesbians plan ‘wedding,’ cruise for 1,200 https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36143   New Jersey May Pass Bill to Allow Human Cloning https://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak15.html   Family decay number one social problem in America https://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=3129   ‘Scam Porn’ King Convicted https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0029396.cfm   Christmas in America becomes battleground https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29995   Saddam Hussein Involved in the Occult https://www.spiritdaily.com/husseinoccult.htm   Library ‘Protects’ Kids from Jesus But Not Porn   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/4984/LEGAL/freedom/index.htm   The Depth of Tolkien’s Spiritual Vision   https://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=21610&sec_id=#section41173   Microsoft Moves to Control Computers Even More – John Dvorak https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1414128,00.asp   Microsoft Accused […]

LISBON, December 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Seven women are on trial for procuring illegal abortions from a doctor there.  The doctor, parents of one of the girls, and a cab driver who drove one woman to the clinic are among nine other people who have also been charged with complicity to procure the abortions.  If convicted, the seven women could face up to three years in prison. Portugal’s current abortion law limits the procedure to cases where a pregnancy is thought to endanger a woman’s health, or in cases of pregnancy caused by rape. The law forbids all abortions after […]

WINNIPEG, December 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Manitoba Government has refused to cave in to demands to publicly cover the abortifacient morning after pill.  Despite three years of pressure from Paladin Labs, the Montreal company which markets the drugs in Canada, the Government’s drug review committee, an advisory body made up of three doctors and three pharmacists, refused to cover the drug.  Dr. Andre Lalonde, executive vice president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada reacted to the refusal saying, “I can’t believe this province won’t approve the morning-after pill when practically every other province has approved it.”  […]

OTTAWA, December 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Globe and Mail, which bills itself as Canada’s national newspaper, has named the three activist judges of the Ontario Court of Appeal who mandated immediate access to marriage for homosexual couples, as “Nation Builders of the Year.” The paper, said the ruling of Chief Justice Roy McMurtry and Justices Eileen Gillese and James MacPherson, “ruling was an example of the willingness of the nation’s judges to go with speed and precision where politicians only dither . . . the legalization of same-sex unions was the most concrete sign of the country’s determination to […]

TORONTO, December 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The results of a new poll demonstrate that Canadians who are committed to a religious faith are opposed to any compromise on traditional marriage.  A COMPAS poll of 1000 Canadians commissioned by the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Civil Rights League has found that 69% of people of faith oppose allowing homosexual civil unions as a compromise measure in the homosexual ‘marriage’ debate.  The survey asked respondents which of the following statements most closely reflected their views:  “Any surrender on the issue of same sex unions would be a defeat to […]

OROMOCTO, New Brunswick, December 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 33 year-old woman was arrested Sunday after an attack on New Brunswick Tory politician Jody Carr.  Peter Ryan, president of Campaign Life Coalition New Brunswick told LifeSiteNews that Carr was attending as a supporter of a pro-life demonstration being held in an Oromocto, New Brunswick parking lot.  The allegedly emerged from her vehicle, shouted at the crowd, then rushed Carr, hitting him in the chest.  A LifeSite special report documenting evidence of pro-abortion violence against pro-lifers, including a record of more than 2,000 incidents, from mass murder to destruction of property […]

WASHINGTON, December 16, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The FDA hearings on the abortifacient morning after pill were packed with presentations opposed to the proposed over-the-counter status for the drugs.  In a letter signed by 44 members of Congress last Monday, the FDA was urged not to approve the change in status for the drug.  “We urge you to reject the petition currently before you to make the morning-after pill as accessible to our nation’s teenage daughters as aspirin or hairspray,” said the letter.  Concerned Women for America’s Senior Policy Director Wendy Wright gave testimony before the FDA today.  “It is quite […]

Law in Effect: El Salvador Condoms Carry Warning that they are NOT effective against AIDS https://www.nationaudio.com/News/DailyNation/Today/Comment/Comment151220030.html   Appeals court rules judge can stay on Schiavo case https://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/11/Tampabay/Appeals_court_rules_j.shtml   CCCB General Secretary Peter Schonenbach’s Term Ends https://www.cccb.ca/MediaReleases.htm?CD=401&ID=1464   Homosexuals admit AIDS culpability   Study seen as community’s 1st honest look at lifestyle consequences https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35994

ANN ARBOR, MI – Refusal by the exclusive Town of Palm Beach, Florida to allow the display of Christian Nativity scenes even though they allow the Jewish Menorah to be displayed on public property, has prompted a federal lawsuit by two of its residents against the Town and its officials. The lawsuit was brought by the Thomas More Law Center on behalf of Maureen Donnell and Fern deNarvaez. Donnell and deNarvaez, both residents of Palm Beach, seek an immediate temporary restraining order that would allow a nativity scene to be erected on Town property in the same manner as the […]

LONDON, UK, December 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Michael Irwin, chairman of the UK- based Voluntary Euthanasia Society (VES), was arrested on charges of conspiracy to aid a terminally ill patient kill himself. Patrick Kneen, a retired farmer and Isle of Man resident, died in October. Kneen’s wife, Patricia, was also arrested for her involvement. Dr. Irwin admitted to police that he conspired to kill Mr. Kneen. He later told London Telegraph reporters that the patient died of his terminal prostate cancer before he was able to administer the lethal medications. The doctor could face a sentence of up to […]

TORONTO, December 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alliance for Life Ontario is gearing up for a huge fund-raising initiative in 2004. It is the goal of the educational pro-life movement in Ontario, together with faith communities, individuals, groups and businesses, to be on air with pro-life advertisements at the earliest November 2004 and latest by February 2005. Jakki Jeffs of Alliance for Life told LifeSite, “This 2004/05 campaign is the largest ever planned in Ontario to date and we are hopeful to raise the funds which will enable us to reach every community across our province with a pro-life message of […]

OTTAWA, December 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  Over the last week several indicators have suggested that Canada may soon see legislation to grant marriage rights to homosexual couples under the name of ‘civil unions’ rather than using the word ‘marriage’.  Several Liberal MPs have spoken to the press anonymously suggesting that Prime Minister Paul Martin is likely to opt for recognizing in law registered ‘civil unions’ for homosexual couples with use of the word ‘marriage’ becoming a matter for religions.  Apart from the unnamed sources, the new Prime Minister has himself indicated an openness to examine different approaches to meeting the demands […]

"Marriage on the Rock" - February 8 to 15, 2004

VATICAN, December 15, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com)  Pope John Paul II met with the ambassadors of Estonia and Singapore Friday and urged both countries to defend the right to life of the unborn and safeguard the traditional family.  A “firm commitment to a culture of life and a culture of the family is an essential building block to the social fabric of every country and a requirement for long-term success,” the Pope told Mr. Walter Woon, the new ambassador of Singapore.  “There is no doubt that one of the greatest needs in Estonia today is to ensure that the sacred institution of […]

National Right to Life Committee has remained disturbingly silent on the issue

French House Passes Ban on All Human Cloning – Awaits Senate Passage https://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11631604.htm   France Likely to Ban Crucifixes, Jewish Caps and Muslim Headscarves from Schools https://www.msnbc.com/news/1003910.asp?0cv=CB20   Outgoing PM Chretien puts spokesman in Canadian Senate In the final hours of his last term as Prime Minister, Jean Chretien appointed Jim Munson to the Senate, just 16 months after hiring the former CTV journalist as his communications director.  https://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=7e451930-bff5-40a3-b63e-f1557723187a   Nashville Hobnobs View The Passion of Christ with Rave Reviews:  “…the room was filled with an array of the biggest names in entertainment from the Nashville community. Producers, songwriters, artists—most […]

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, December 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Iowa judge who claimed that he did not know the married “couple” were of the same sex, has approved their divorce. Iowa does not recognize same-sex “marriage,” nor does it recognize so-called civil unions, yet Judge Jeffrey Neary granted the divorce to a “couple” who were both lesbian and united in a civil union last year in Vermont. State Senator Neal Schuerer, R-Amana, accused Neary of “judicial activism at its worst. The judge was wrong. He should have backed away and sent them back to Vermont,” Schuerer said. “If judges want […]

NEW YORK, December 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A company that sells a brand of an abortifacient morning-after pill wants authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to offer the pill over the counter without a prescription, claiming that it is merely another option for contraception. Debate over making the pill accessible without a prescription in the U.S. begins Tuesday.  The company, Women’s Capital Corp. (WCC), based in Washington, claims that their Plan B version, made by Gedeon Richter Ltd. of Hungary, is different from Mifepristone RU-486, which induces a miscarriage at any time after conception. By contrast, says Sharon […]

WASHINGTON, December 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On December 8, Congressman Mike Bilirakis (R-FL) re-introduced the bipartisan Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA), H.R. 3664, in the House of Representatives. The bill had previously passed the House in 2002. Senate Bill S. 1397, introduced by Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), also enjoys bipartisan sponsorship. The legislation would prohibit governmental discrimination against health care providers who decline to be involved in abortion. Cathy Cleaver Ruse, Esq., Director of Planning and Information for the USCCB Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, applauded the legislation and urged its swift passage saying, “Congress has another opportunity to protect health care […]

QUEBEC CITY, December 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  In a recent interview with Zenit news, Canada’s newly designated Cardinal, Marc Ouellet, indicated he sees in his native country “the great need of a new evangelization in the terms of John Paul II.”  He lamented that “Many of my brothers and sisters in the faith have lost knowledge of their own faith; they don’t practice anymore and even lost memory of that faith.” Noting especially, “My generation has not really transmitted the faith to their children. Some of the children are not even baptized. We see very few children in church on […]

OTTAWA, December 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Paul Martin officially takes over from Jean Chretien as Prime Minister of Canada today, and has released his new list of cabinet ministers.  While Mr. Martin has installed anti-life and anti-family caucus members in the most powerful positions in his inner circle and cabinet, for the first time in many years there are some pro-life MPs in the Liberal government cabinet.  Paul Martin, as LifeSite has reported in the past, has the same ties as did his predecessor Jean Chretien to the powerful Desmarais family.  Chretien sat on the board of Power Corp. subsidiary […]

TORONTO, December 12, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic priests who headed up the Pope’s World Youth Day in Toronto addressed the abortion issue at the Reaching Minds Through Media gala pro-life fundraising dinner in Toronto last month..  Father Thomas Rosica stated that among crimes which offend human dignity “we can say in a very significant way that abortion represents the worst of these things.”  Rosica, a Scripture scholar and current CEO of a new Catholic television venture called Salt and Light Television, stated in full:  “Whatever violates the dignity of the human person such as mutilation, torments inflicted on the […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, December 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several groups claiming to have a religious agenda are actually wolves in sheep’s clothing, according to a new article in Dr. James Dobson’s Citizen magazine. This Focus on the Family publication tells of groups who claim to have members among the leaders of main-line Christian churches, and “Christian-sounding” names such as The Balm in Gilead. The Balm in Gilead group promotes a pro-homosexual, anti-chastity agenda, and uses scripture as a justification for its views. In an outline for “Developing Sermons on HIV/AIDS,” The Balm in Gilead paints homosexuality as pleasing to God, “who […]

LONDON, UK, December 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – BBC News Online reports the creation of sperm cells from stem cells by researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Stem cells are undifferentiated cells, which means they can be transformed into cells ordered to almost any bodily tissue. These cells are the subject of numerous studies looking at treatment of degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.  This procedure could spell a new trend in in-vitro fertilization (IVF) technology, with a potential source of sperm cells for infertile couples where the father has inviable sperm. Because IVF requires viable sperm […]

BOSTON, December 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts Senate has proposed homosexual civil union legislation to comply with the November 18 ruling of the state’s Supreme Judicial Court which said that restricting the benefits of marriage to heterosexuals violated the state constitution.  The proposal would give homosexual couples most of the benefits of marriage but not confer the term “marriage” on such unions.  Senate President Robert E. Travaglini, has proposed sending the proposed bill to the court for a ruling on whether it would satisfy the court’s constitutional concerns.  While the move may receive support in the Senate, conservative members […]

WASHINGTON, December 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has released its 2002-2003 Annual Report which shows that the leading US abortion group killed 227,385 babies in utero in 2002 with surgical abortion.  While the overall number of abortions are declining in the U.S., PPFA surgical abortions increased over 14000 from 2001 and the group’s profits shot up 300% from $12.2 million in 2001 to $36.6 million last year.  The profit margin is based on the 2002 PPFA income of $766.6 million, $254.4 million of which was taxpayer money. Commenting on the report, Jim Sedlak, executive director […]

Secret Documents Made Public With Insertion into Congressional Record

ROME, December 11, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Italian Senate has passed, 169-90, legislation which limits the practice of in vitro fertilization (IVF) giving human embryos created via the procedure some of the most extensive protection of any country where the procedure is permitted. While the legislation will return to the House for approval, political commentators suggest there will be little substantive change.  The new law allows fertility doctors to create only three human embryos per attempt at in vitro and ensures that all the embryos created must be implanted into the mother thus giving them all a chance to be […]

Active Homosexuals Granted Australian Asylum if they must live “Discreetly” in Native Land https://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,8120496%255E421,00.html   Updates on Terri Schiavo case:  Terri Schiavo’s parents asks appeals court to let them enter case https://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/7424364.htm Poll: most Floridians oppose ‘Terri’s Law’ https://www.wtev.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=E46B9661-4E9D-470F-92C1-A47E3CE3BCE0 Florida Teacher Blames Firing on Support for Disabled Woman https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive

NEW YORK, December 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry, in an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, described President Bush’s involvement in Iraq by saying “Did I expect George Bush to f—- it up as badly as he did?” In an interview with the New York Post, Brooking Institute presidential scholar Stephen Hess, when asked about the use of foul language by a presidential hopeful in a public interview, said “It’s so unnecessary,” and that he couldn’t remember another candidate ever doing so.

ALEXANDRIA, VA, December 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont and current Democratic presidential hopeful, is the only physician candidate in the race. Dean’s strong support for abortion extends to the procedure known as partial-birth abortion. On November 2, 2003, President George W. Bush signed a ban of the grisly procedure that was subsequently blocked by three federal judges. That same day, Dean voiced his opposition to the ban, calling it a “dark day for American women.”  Following his medical internship, Dean was employed as an obstetrician/gynecologist with the Vermont chapter of Planned Parenthood, the top abortion […]

TORONTO, December 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New research from the University of Toronto has shown the potential for creating stem cells from human skin. Stem cell research is a relatively new and emerging field in medicine. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells, which means they can be transformed into cells ordered to almost any bodily tissue. In theory, this may aid in the repair and regeneration of tissues previously thought irreparable; for instance, the brain in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease, or heart tissue in heart attack sufferers, and so on. The skin cells in the Toronto research were turned into neural […]

SPRINGFIELD, December 10, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Legislation which has passed the Illinois House and is working its way through the Senate would ensure that those who knowingly falsely report child abuse are prosecuted.  The Home School Legal Defense Association supports the legislation.  HSLDA notes that “Many homeschoolers are routinely subjected to social worker investigations based on completely false allegations. Unfortunately, the majority of false tipsters face either no or insignificant consequences for the serious emotional trauma imposed on the families they harass.”  The “Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act” (H.B. 2902) says, “Any person who knowingly transmits a false report […]

Liberal Leader Martin says Brison is a "tremendous addition"

Women on the pill are 14 times more likely to develop blood clots while flying

Court Granted Intervener Status only to Two Pro-Abortion Groups

French Health Minister Calls Research on Human Embryos a “Scientific Necessity”  Jean-Francois Mattei said embryonic research was a “scientific necessity,” in an interview with France’s daily Roman Catholic newspaper, La Croix.  https://www.nola.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-0/1070990645219400.xml   Australian MP details his own sexual abuse while pleading against plan to lower age of consent for sex https://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7981231%255E13569,00.html   Third of UK nurses back assisted suicide https://icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/nationalnews/content_objectid=13659110_method=full_siteid=50102_headline=-Third-of-nurses-back-assisted-suicide-name_page.html   Social conservatives are here, and not going away, says columnist Charles Moore.  Vilification is over the top. If gay-marriage opponents are the fringe, then the fringe is mighty wide https://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/editorials/story.asp?id=BA7ADAB6-8495-46C8-B52F-77DD40A78DB1   ECUSA’s Pro-Homosexual Stance Continues to Unravel Denominational […]

BEIJING, December 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Police today detained a man in connection with a string of murders in China’s capital, Beijing. Zhou Wen, 38, admitted to police that he had strangled or choked six young women to death since July. In his confession, Zhou said “I began to hate women when my ex-wife aborted without my permission and I killed a woman who wanted to take revenge on her husband by having an affair with me.” Although no one would justify retaliation by an act of murder as a legitimate response to the murder of one’s child, abortion’s dangerous […]

LONDON, UK, December 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new British Medical Association (BMA) report titled Adolescent Health reveals that one in ten teenage girls age 16 to 19 has chlamydia, a virulent sexually transmitted disease. This represents a 300 percent increase from 1996 rates. If left untreated, chlamydia results in infertility. The report details “worrying” statistics about teenage health in England—spiritual, physical, and mental, and also reveals a four-fold increase in cocaine use for teenage women for the same period.  When asked about the cause of the alarming trend, Michele Elliott, director of the children’s charity Kidscape, offered her views. […]

NEW YORK, December 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite friend and President of CatholicExchange.com, Tom Allen has informed LifeSite that “IT’S OFFICIAL! You can now buy ADVANCE TICKETS to see Mel Gibson’s ‘The Passion of The Christ’” which opens in theatres on Ash Wednesday, February 25, 2004.  Allen reports that Icon Productions has set up a 24-hour toll-free ticket hotline for order requests—call 1-800-353-6102.  (Canadian readers please note that the line is supposed to be available to the U.S. and Canada, but as of this writing the line was not working from Canada.  After an inquiry, LifeSite was assured the issue […]

Musician Eric Genuis emphasizes need to expose children to live classical performances

GENEVA, December 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Preparatory talks for the United Nations’ World Summit on the Information Society, which opens tomorrow, have agreed that the Internet will not be placed under United Nations control thanks to the insistence of the United States. The representatives at the talks agreed that the United Nations would establish a committee to study governance of the Internet and make recommendations by 2005.  Reporting on the developments, Tom DeWeese writes: Meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, government diplomats and non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) have gathered at the World Information Summit to discuss the “role of the media,” in order […]

OTTAWA, December 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Three Progressive Conservative Party members abandoned the party as soon as the merger with the Canadian Alliance became official.  The new Conservative Party of Canada was officially launched today and PC MPs Joe Clark, Andre Bachand, and John Herron announced their decision to quit the party.  The move came as no surprise to conservatives since all three were known to have a rather narrow conception of conservativism.  Ideas of a big tent, wherein both fiscal and social conservatives can come together to have their platforms move forward, were attacked by Clark. The former Progressive […]

NEW YORK, December 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations General Assembly agreed today to revisit the cloning issue a year earlier than agreed on by the organization’s legal committee in a highly controversial vote last month.  Costa Rica had been pressing again for a vote on a motion to have all human cloning prohibited pending the adoption of an international convention, however, reports indicate that there were not sufficient votes among the 191 state-members to pass the measure.  A one-year delay was agreed to by the Assembly without a vote.  The issue will thus be debated again next September.  […]

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Tories vote 90% to Unite the Right https://www.globeandmail.ca/servlet/story/RTGAM.20031208.wconservatives1208/BNStory/National/  New Conservatives lose Joe Clark, 2 other MPs https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1070916115310_66325315///?hub=TopStories   AIDS Study Data Faked https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0029191.cfm   U.N. control of Internet rejected https://www.washtimes.com/world/20031208-125717-6682r.htm   Congress OKs antispam legislation The U.S. Congress on Monday gave final approval to the first federal law regulating spam, which President Bush has indicated he will sign before the end of the year.  https://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5116940.html?tag=nefd_top   City of Cincinnati told to restore tax-payer funding for abortion   https://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/12/06/loc_abortion06.html   U.S. House will vote on patent ban for human life forms https://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20031208-123624-3763r.htm

Victoria, B.C., December 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Nov. 1, the National Post published an article summarizing a study in the journal Nature that found “that adult stem cells may not be the panacea that the bioconservative movement had hoped”. The article cast considerable doubt on whether adult stem cells are as superior to embryonic stem cells for developing effective treatments as many claim they are. The author strongly implies that the support for proven and ethical adult stem cell research is more of a political position that a scientific one. He states “The continuing struggle over stem cell research […]

MALTA, December 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The father of an unborn child has won a court order to stop the deportation of the child’s mother, who planned to have the seven-week old aborted in her native Russia.  The Times of Malta stated Friday that the woman, Nadezda Gavrilova, an illegal immigrant, was originally slated for deportation and in police custody. The deportation order was stayed by Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco, who ruled that, under Maltese law, abortion of the unborn child would be in contravention of the father, Anthony Borg’s, right to “freedom of family life,” as well as in […]

TORONTO, December 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new book about Chief Justice Brian Dickson, based on his private letters, was recently published by authors Robert Sharpe and Kent Roach. The text reveals a legacy of pro-abortion sentiment. One of the published letters describes Chief Justice Dickson’s regret over his “harsh” decision to reverse Henry Morgentaler’s 1974 Quebec jury acquittal on charges of performing illegal abortions. This reversal led to an 18-month prison sentence for Morgentaler, who later won an appeal and his release after serving only 10 months.  In 1988, Dickson made Canadian history by striking down Canada’s abortion law […]

Says, "In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of totalitarianism"

LONDON, December 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK Labour MP Frank Doran, who in 1990 accused pro-life legislators of “pure scaremongering for raising concerns that the permissive law would allow for abortions even for correctable conditions such as a cleft palate, has been forced to concede the law needs review.  In light of the High court granting the go-ahead to the case of Anglican curate Joanna Jepson, who is suing police for failing to prosecute an abortionist who aborted a child due to a cleft palate, the pro-abortion politician was forced to admit:  “I accept that the law needs to be […]

Responds in news conference to media attacks for 'threatening politicians'

NEW YORK, December 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A revealing report by Zenit news service over the weekend details the central role that billionaire George Soros played in overthrowing the President of Geogia, Eduard Shevardnadze. Soros, known as one of the world’s foremost funders of abortion, homosexuality, contraception, feminism, euthanasia, and legalized soft-drug use, has also announced his aim to topple U.S. President Bush.  With massive funding from Soros, the government of the former Russian province’s republic was toppled.  Reports revealed that in addition to funding an anti-government television station, the meddling billionaire funded training of 1000 students by street demonstrators […]

Christian Law Firm Wants to Stop Secularist ‘Grinches’ from Stealing Christmas https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/afa/52003d.asp   Poll Shows Support For Martin’s Liberals Slips Canada’s political landscape is changing, and the allegiances of Canadian voters are shifting to keep pace. A new survey says the Liberals still boast the most supporters, with the NDP outpacing the Tories and Alliance for second place.  https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1070565546152_65974746//  Liberals say Martin wants to end same-sex marriage controversy https://www.cbc.ca/storyview/CBC/2003/12/04/samesex031204   America’s Holocaust – Hard hitting Article by Prominent U.S. Social Conservative Anne Coulter in Friday National Post “Everyone knew the decision in Roe v. Wade was a joke… Having literally […]

BRUSSELS, December 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Many doctors are uncomfortable with implementing the new Belgian euthanasia law, says the Scientific Organization for Flemish GPs. A statement released by the organization said that “the fact that patients can decide to end their lives, under the theoretically strict conditions laid down in the law, demands a change in attitude from many doctors.” The Organization for Flemish GPs intends to work more closely with other medical organizations, such as the Life’s End Information Forum, founded to assist doctors faced with demand for euthanasia procedures.  203 patients have been killed by euthanasia since the […]

PARIS, December 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In China, where there is a cultural preference for male children, the one-child policy implemented in 1979 has led to the selective murder of millions of Chinese girls within the womb. This selective infanticide has contributed to a male-female gender gap of almost 17 percent; in some provinces, this gap is as high as 30 percent according to official census data for the year 2000. “[After] 2010, every year there will be a million more adults in China who won’t be able to find a partner. The social consequences of this can be imagined,” […]

SANTIAGO, December 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Bio-Ethics Commission of the Chilean Bishops’ Conference has called the public’s attention to the danger of AIDS prevention campaigns which impose the use of condoms generating false security in people and thus increasing the risk of infection. Fides News Service, reports on a declaration issued for World Day Against AIDS, issued by the Commission.  The declaration proposes that education in human sexuality should “value human dignity integrating sexuality in the context of authentic, faithful love, capable of self control and to desire the real good of the person loved”. The Commission also recalled […]

Orchard Suit Dismissed

NEW YORK, December 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an extensive profile of New York city abortionist William Rashbaum, a Boston Phoenix article reveals that the abortionist has recurring nightmares of an unborn child attempting to escape his butchery.  Rashbaum, a gynecologist, is described as “one of the pre-eminent and longest-practicing providers of second-trimester abortions in the United States.”  The article reports Rashbaum’s conversation with a patient: “He tells them that out of 21,000 late-term abortions he has performed, only 18 women lost the ability to have children. He has also never lost a patient and says he’ll be furious with […]

Canadian Stem Cell Expert Says There is No Lack of Stem Cells for Research

TORONTO, December 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the December newsletter of the Archdiocese of Toronto, Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic expresses his thanks to “all those active in the cause of life for their work in defending the unborn, in supporting fearful, poor, young, or harassed mothers, and in standing for the protection of all human life, from conception until natural death, in the legal and political arenas.”  The message comes in an announcement of a Mass for the Unborn to be celebrated at St. Michael’s Cathedral on the Feast of the Holy Family Sunday, December 28th, 2003, 5:00 P.M. by Bishop […]

Chretien loyalists and pro-life MPs Paul Szabo and Rosemary Ur reported to be targeted

Document reveals basic dishonesty and manipulation by pro-abort groups at U.N.

UNITED NATIONS, December 5, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Costa Rican resolution to ban all human cloning may be resurrected at the United Nations Monday despite a vote last month to shelve the cloning issue for two years. Costa Rica’s ambassador, Bruno Stagno, told The Scientist that countries are negotiating on the cloning issue, some seeking that the 2-year delay be amended to one year.  Moreover, he said that Costa Rica may even present its draft resolution to the plenary assembly.  He explained that “If it is carried, then we would proceed with a moratorium on human cloning, and the ad […]

Maybe women don’t want to work An entertaining satirical piece on the legacy of feminism https://www.nationalpost.com/utilities/story.html?id=9E9F6043-D330-4ADD-8E9C-6B8AB38813A6   Ann Coulter’s Hard-hitting commentary on Judicial Tyranny in the U.S.  https://www.anncoulter.org/columns/2003/120303p.htm   F-word-filled ‘South Park’ film airs on TV ‘Most vile movie in history’ provides holiday-weekend entertainment https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35960   Depopulationist Maurice Strong wins U.S. National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal https://www.google.ca/url?sa=X&oi=news&start=0&num=2&q=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31498-2003Dec3.html   Pope Pius XII 1958 Address on The Large Family – An Oldie but Most Educational https://catholicreporter.blogspot.com/2003_11_30_catholicreporter_archive.html#107038295746614929   Pro-Family Activist Calls ‘Queer-Safe Campus Bathroom Initiative’ Lunacy https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/afa/42003f.asp   Pro-Faith Firm Sues City for Violating Seniors’ Religious Freedom https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/afa/42003e.asp   No Doubts […]

SACRAMENTO, December 4, 2003 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic leaders in California asked the state’s supreme court on Tuesday to exempt the Church from a law that requires employers who offer prescription drug plans in health insurance benefits to also include coverage for contraceptives. “The Church teaches that the practice of artificial contraception is morally unacceptable,” said James Sweeney, an attorney for Catholic Charities of Sacramento. He said that the 2000 law is a violation of the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion because it forbids the Church from acting according to its religious tenets. A similar law is also being challenged […]

VATICAN, December 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his message for the upcoming World Day of the Sick, Pope John Paul II speaks positively of the advances in science regarding “the scientific knowledge of life, the fundamental gift of God, of which we are the stewards.”  He cautioned though that “Life is to be welcomed, respected and protected from its beginning to its natural end. The family itself, the cradle of every nascent life, is nourished by life.”  Of research on genetics the Pope said, “One can only encourage every authentic, progressive step in this area of research, as long as […]

LONDON, UK, December 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent, informal poll of 14 priests conducted by the UK’s Sunday Times found that eight of the priests were willing to advocate artificial contraception use as a means to avoid pregnancy. The Sunday Times reporters posed as parents of large families seeking advice on how to support their growing broods.  Justification by the priests ranged from “Your marriage comes before birth control or no birth control,” as told by one priest to an “undercover” Sunday Times reporter, to another priest who said “I can’t find anything in the 10 commandments or the […]

BEIJING, December 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion is now available to pregnant girls anonymously in China’s capital city, Beijing. Five other state cities in China have already set up similar so-called rescue centres for pregnant girls, making Beijing the sixth. The news release from chinadaily.com also reports that doctors are visiting schools to counsel children on contraceptive use and to publicize their abortion hot-line number. Many parents expressed concern over the lost innocence of their children, “But youngsters know much more about sex than just the basic biology, and parents should not try to shun reality”, rebuffed Zong Chunshan, director […]

ZURICH, December 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Swiss Parliament has passed a measure allowing destructive research on human embryos, 'left-over' from fertility treatments. The law does not allow for creation of human embryos specifically for research as does the law in Britain, nor does it allow for parthenogenesis using human ova since it has been acknowledged to be a form of cloning which is banned by the Swiss constitution. The legislation stipulates that prior to using embryonic stem cells, researchers must show that adult stem cells are not adequate.  The legislation allows for the human embryo to be allowed to […]

WASHINGTON, December 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In signing a bill to promote adoption, President George W. Bush promoted life and large families.  “The legislation I’m about to sign today sends a clear message: Our society is building a culture that values every life, and our government strongly supports adoption,” said Bush at the ceremony Tuesday.  On hand at the signing were several families who have adopted children.  Turning to one of the families with seven children, four of whom were adopted, the President said, “Here’s one example standing with me. It’s what we call a good-sized American family.”  He said, […]

Florida Senator Introduces Legislation to Prevent Court-Ordered Starvation Deaths

MADISON, WIS., December 4, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Raymond Burke of La Crosse, who was appointed the new Archbishop of St. Louis by Pope John Paul II Tuesday, has warned Catholic pro-abortion politicians that by voting against life they have put themselves outside of communion with the Church. “They can’t promote any legislation, which would either continue or worsen the anti-life practices,” Archbishop-elect Burke said in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “If they were to continue to do that, I would simply have to ask them not to present themselves to receive the sacraments because they would not […]

See important stories:  *Note that CLC is making an URGENT APPEAL for financial support at this time as it is currently unable to pay many of its accumulated bills.  *C-13 battle far from over *Bishops take neutral stand on C-13   *Right to Know motion introduced   *UN steps up abortion advocacy   *Is there room for pro-lifers at the inn?  *Opportunities in the Liberal Party   *Euthanasia Symposium   *Joseph Borowski biography …and more   https://www.lifesitenews.com/clc/national_news/2003/news_1203.html (includes Jim Hughes December letter)  https://www.lifesitenews.com/clc/national_news/2003/news_1203.pdf (Acrobat format)

Court Appointed Guardian says no hope for recovery of Terri Schiavo https://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/12/03/guardian_says_no_hope_for_brain_damaged_woman/  Resolution passed by U.S. Senate would encourage the AG to make prosecutions of obscenity a priority https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/afa/32003b.asp   Media Watchdog Group Releases Family Entertainment ‘Safe List’  “The vast majority of entertainment products that are coming out this time of year unfortunately are not appropriate for family audiences.”  https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/afa/32003a.asp   Roy Moore appeals removal from office   ‘10 Commandments judge’ battling to regain Alabama chief justice post https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=35927   Presidential Hopeful John Kerry wants to resurrect Bill Clinton as ambassador to Mideast https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=694&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20031203/ap_on_el_pr/democrats_kerry   Convicted Abortionist Sniper James Kopp […]

ROME, December 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Many western nations are in population free-fall, with Italy leading the way to national extinction at 1.2 children per woman. Canada trails close behind with a birth rate of 1.6 children, while the United States only recently surpassed the two children per woman replacement rate. Italy, which also has the fastest aging population in Europe, is hoping cold hard cash will succeed where the stork failed. The Mediterranean country has introduced a 1000 euro (around $1200 USD) financial bonus to encourage couples with one child to have a second before the end of 2004. […]

VANCOUVER, December 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As part of province-wide funding cuts, the British Columbia government under Gordon Campbell has slated the closure of St. Mary’s Hospital in New Westminster. But not without a fight. Archbishop Adam Exner has begun a “vigorous campaign” to retain the 53-bed facility, one of only six Catholic-run health centres in the Province. Archbishop Exner was surprised to learn that the Sisters of Charity of Providence would not be joining a lawsuit launched against the Fraser Health Authority by a coalition of health-care professionals, politicians and union leaders to stop the closure of the hospital […]

City of Zurich Enacts Homosexual Partnership Legislation

WASHINGTON, December 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) has commenced a “Good Catholics Use Condoms” public education campaign that condemns the Vatican for its opposition to condoms.  The group’s director, Frances Kissling, accuses the Catholic Church of promoting a culture of death; it is planning an ad campaign in Washington, D.C. and overseas. Posters appeared Monday in the Washington, D.C. Metro (subway), displaying smiling young couples above a message reading: “We believe in God. We believe that sex is sacred. We believe in caring for each other. We believe in using condoms.”  Catholic League president William […]

Alliance leader Harper committed to questionable 'compromise' civil unions recognition

VATICAN, December 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fanatic condemnations of the Vatican’s pro-life stand against contraception are expected from pro-abortion groups such as ‘Catholics for a Free Choice’ however, today the President of the international council of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) accused the Vatican of spreading AIDS.  “By not supporting the use of condoms and not advocating the use of condoms as one of the preventative measures, I would say that the Catholic Church is helping the spread of a deadly disease,” said the group’s president Morten Rostrup.  The comments come after the Vatican released a five page document […]

BRUSSELS, December 3, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thanks to the objections of Germany, Italy, Portugal, Austria and Luxembourg, a proposal to begin EU funding of destructive research on human embryos has again been delayed. Moreover, Ireland is set to take the EU Presidency in 2004, and Irish Deputy Prime Minister Mary Harney said, “I don't see the possibility of reaching a deal in the Irish presidency.” The moratorium on funding such controversial research from the EU budget expires on December 31. EU research commissioner Philippe Busquin said that the funding would be initiated but “we will now have to proceed on […]

Australian Government Works to ‘Keep Christ in Christmas’  Multicultural Affairs Minister Gary Hardgrave says of Christian traditional Christmas, “We should get out there and flaunt it rather than having people retreat from it.”  https://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,8028671%255E421,00.html   Christmas Returns to Schools?  https://www.fotf.ca/familyfacts/tfn/2003/120203.html   Economy-Destroying Kyoto Protocol on ‘Global Warming’ Dies From Lack of Support https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/12/2/121957.shtml   Pro-Family Leader Calls for World AIDS Day to Focus on Prevention Successes https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/afa/22003f.asp   Catholic Organization Heads to California Supreme Court to Fight For the Right to Stand by its Convictions.  Catholic Charities sued the Golden State because the organization was not exempted from new laws […]

MONTREAL, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One in three girls, and one in six boys are victims of sexual abuse according to a study. The statistics are based on studies of childhood sexual abuse in the U.S. and Canada over the past 20 years, as reported to The Montreal Gazette by professor of psychology Marc Tourigny of the University of Sherbrooke. Also, when surveyed about knowledge and perceptions of incest and sexual abuse of children, 982 Quebecers polled on the subject estimated the incidence of abuse to be approximately 40 percent. It is hard to quantify accurately the incidence of […]

ANN ARBOR, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a significant case involving the religious freedom of college students who receive state scholarships.  The case grew out of a dispute between Joshua Davey, the recipient of a state scholarship, and the state of Washington after Davey chose Pastoral Ministry as a double major along with Business Management/Administration.  Because he chose to study Pastoral Ministry, Davey was stripped of his state scholarship. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan filed a brief in support […]

LONDON, UK, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new technique developed by a British biotech company has determined that blood itself, not necessarily harvested from babies, may be the best source of stem-cell-like cells. Stem cell research is a relatively new development in medicine. They are undifferentiated cells, which means they can be transformed into cells ordered to almost any bodily tissue. They may aid in the repair and regeneration of tissues previously thought irreparable; for instance, the brain in Parkinson's disease, or heart tissue in heart attack sufferers, and so on. Research to date has incorporated both adult and […]

PHOENIX, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Abortionist Brian Finkel, who was in years past acclaimed as a “national hero” by the pro-abortion movement for his ‘courageous’ stand against pro-lifers, has been convicted of 24 counts of sexual abuse.  Finkel was on trial for 60 counts of sexual assault and abuse of 35 women in his abortion clinic since 1986.  He was acquitted of 34 counts including all sexual assault charges.  A darling of the pro-abortion movement, Finkel was famous for patrolling his now-closed abortuary in a bulletproof vest and holstered gun taunting pro-life picketers, calling them ‘religious racketeers,’ and ‘mean-spirited, […]

NEW YORK, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Philosopher and author Alice Von Hildebrand, wife of famed philosopher Dietrich Von Hildebrand, has authored a book entitled “The Privilege of Being a Woman.”  In an interview with Zenit News last week, Von Hildebrand laid out the roots of feminism, pointing out that it attacks femininity.  “The poison of secularism has penetrated deeply into our society. It did so by stages. Men were its first victims: They became more and more convinced that in order to be someone they had to succeed in the world. Success means money, power, fame, recognition, creativity, inventiveness, […]

Evangelical, Islamic and Catholic Groups Also Intervene

Say Women Have a Right to Know 'Emergency Contraception' Can Cause Abortion

SALT LAKE CITY, December 2, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tom Green, a polygamist in Utah with five wives, argued at the Utah State Court Monday that his bigamy convictions should be overturned based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision against the Texas sodomy law.  In a related case, Rodney Holm, who has three wives and 21 children will argue that Supreme Court decision in the Texas case throws the constitutionality of Utah’s bigamy law into question.  Green’s lawyer John Bucher noted that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that what homosexuals do in the privacy of their own homes does not concern […]

William Gairdner Posts 61 essays on line for public use The Canadian author of War Against the Family and other Canadian best sellers presents especially thought-provoking articles on a variety of issues including abortion, homosexuality, The stupidity of hate laws, Gender bashing, condoms, spanking, democracy and more.  https://www.williamgairdner.com/  Drudge Uncovers Hollywood Democrat “Hate Bush” Bash at Hilton https://www.drudgereport.com/matthb.htm   Film Defaming Ronald Reagan Aired on Showtime Saturday https://www.suntimes.com/output/entertainment/cst-nws-reagan30.html   Utah Polygamist Invokes Ruling on Gay Sex https://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-prosecuting-polygamy,0,7999530,print.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines   Wording of amendment on homosexual ‘marriage’ problematic https://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1129marriage29.html   U.S. Opponents of gay marriage divided https://www.msnbc.com/news/999176.asp?cp1=1   Quote of the month “…We […]

LONDON, December 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Anglican Curate Joanna Jepson was granted permission by the courts to continue with a case against police for refusal to prosecute an abortionist who aborted a child at 24 weeks gestation due to a hare lip.  The case is being brought against Paul West, Chief Constable of West Mercia Police.  The curate herself had a congenital jaw disorder that was later corrected with surgery. Moreover, she has a 25-year-old brother with Downs Syndrome.  In comments to the media Rev. Jepson said, “I want to see a clarification of the law so that abortions do […]

Say "Changing the definition of marriage in the long run will seriously harm family life."

ROCKFORD, December 1, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Diocese of Rockford Illinois, under Bishop Thomas Doran, has developed a policy that will ban all pro-abortion, and pro-homosexuality speakers.  The policy developed last week states: “In the Diocese of Rockford permission to speak at or use diocesan, parish, or institutional property shall not be granted to individuals who hold any view that is contrary to the Catholic Magisterium’s moral teaching and practice.” Patricia Bainbridge, of the Rockford Diocese Respect Life Office said that the policy was implemented after the repeated promptings of Senator Patrick O’Malley.  Catholic Citizens of Illinois, a publication of […]

Martin slams MP David Kilgour for comments reflecting views of his constituents

Latest in series of ominous developments in Martin government formation