Articles for Month: June 2004

Says Abortion and Gay Marriage Not 'Rights' but 'Self-Centred Demands'

NEW YORK, June 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New York’s Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute the UN watchdog, has warned for some time against organizations such as Catholics for a Free Choice that attempt to undermine the pro-life work of Catholic groups and individuals. Now C-Fam has uncovered an internal UN document that shows the effort to undermine the pro-life position of the Catholic Church in general has been conscious and deliberate. On May 18 the United Nations Population Fund issued a report revealing its strategy for weakening Catholic opposition to the UN’s abortion, contraception and sterilization campaign. According to […]

June 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Following the current campaign by Liberal Party strategists and their media handmaids to push the supposed “settled”, “non-issue” of abortion to the forefront of the election campaign, pro-life Canadians are being urged to provide balance by making their voices heard in media debates on the matter. Interim newspaper assistant editor Tony Gosgnach says this can be accomplished through letters to the editors of newspapers, communications to radio and television stations and submissions on live radio talk shows. In most cases, he states, “e-mails can also be sent, and phone calls made, to specific reporters working […]

Would refuse to act on motion passed by Parliament calling for use of notwithstanding clause

* Heidi Bonell representing the Liberal Party war room on CBC Newsworld June 3 responded to the question, “Are the Liberals in favour of same-sex marriage, yes or no?” saying, “Unequivocally, yes!”  * Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said his Party would introduce a tax credit of $2,000 per child to ease the tax burden on families.  * Paul Martin promises pot decriminalization when pressed on issue https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&ncid=1845&e=1&u=/cpress/20040604/ca_pr_on_na/fedelxn_liberals

Florida Abortionist Pleads Guilty to Impeding Justice https://www.news4jax.com/news/3377992/detail.html   STANEK: Abortion Monsters, Inc.  https://www.illinoisleader.com/columnists/columnistsview.asp?c=15413   Hypocricy of 9th Circuit Court of Appeals https://www.pfm.org/BPtemplate.cfm?Section=BreakPoint_Commentaries1&CONTENTID=12565&TEMPLATE=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm   Churchgoing closely tied to voting patterns https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-06-02-religion-gap_x.htm   Only Democrats Are Allowed to Campaign in Churches https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/6/3/92526.shtml   Belinda and Bill Again They’re just friends?  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040603.wxelenotebook0603/BNStory/specialDecision2004/  Many Hollywood Stars Raising Money for Kerry https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=769&u=/nm/20040603/music_nm/music_kerry_dc_2&printer=1   Only 7 percent of US Journalists Call Themselves Conservative https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0603/p02s01-usgn.html   Nebraska Judge Hears Final Arguments in Federal Abortion Ban Trial; Ruling Expected in August https://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_np=0&u_pg=1638&u_sid=1112133   More Girls Push Retailers to Sell Modest Clothing   https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,121608,00.html   Homosexual Pride Parade […]

NAIROBI, June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kenyan bishops came together Thursday for a funeral mass for 15 aborted babies found on the shores of the Ngong’ River last week. At the service, Right Reverend Cornelius Arap Korir said, “The terrible holocaust of abortion should be stopped,” according to a Reuters news story. Nairobi’s basilica was filled to capacity for the service.  “The law has been too lax in allowing, particularly, health personnel to get away with this criminal act,” Korir emphasized. “Such negligence is what emboldens doctors to abort even term babies who are no doubt born wailing for mercy […]

TORONTO, June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jakki Jeffs, president of LifeCanada/VieCanada has responded to the media uproar over Conservative Health Critic Rob Merrifield’s suggestion to have independent counselling on abortion.  “We do not quite understand all this fuss,” said Jeffs. “Rob Merrifield reflects Canadian thinking. In an October 2003 Leger Poll, 69% of Canadians said that women should be fully informed about all consequences of abortion and fetal development.”  Abortionist Henry Morgentaler reacted to Merrifield’s statement saying, “there is no merit to this kind of suggestion.”  Jeffs countered, “How can there be no merit for the mother, to suggest that […]

LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal civil rights lawsuit filed today charges that the Poway Unified School District violated the constitutional rights of a student and censored his free speech.  The school district threatened further punishment and suspended the student for expressing his religious faith on a T-shirt during a school day designated to promote homosexuality.  A school administrator told the student to “leave his faith in the car” when his faith might offend others.  “In this age of alleged tolerance, such a statement is disappointing, to put it mildly,” said Robert Tyler, counsel with the Alliance […]

June 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers are finding a rich supply of stem cells in umbilical cord blood for use in treatment of a number of diseases like leukemia. The stem cells found in cord blood are as viable and flexible as those found in embryos, can be easily collected without any ethical drawbacks, stored indefinitely and are easier to match to patients than those from bone marrow. However, availability is becoming a problem. In the US bureaucratic hold-ups are causing an unnecessary shortage and are blocking efforts to set up a national cord blood bank.  As in Canada, there […]