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US Officials Excited About New Progress in Battle Against Aids https://allafrica.com/stories/200411301613.html   More Canadians choosing to live common-law instead of getting married https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1101752621646_97161821/?hub=TopStories   Murder … So What? Film Reveals Growing Callousness to Abortion https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/222004d.asp   Texas bill would let pro-life pharmacists refuse service https://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/10294272.htm?1c   Canadians who declare they have no religion are now second-largest group—at 17 per cent—after Catholics https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20041129/FAMILYRELIGION29/National/Idx   Newborn girl found at Vancouver bus stop https://www.canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/news/story.html?id=ebdef9d2-e323-4c2b-b564-b04d5cdf931d   Christians Persecuted in Saudi Arabia   https://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=1978 Doctor: Stem Cell Bill, Media Blowing Smoke in Public’s Eyes https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/222004c.asp   Austria has new bishop after seminary porn scandal https://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apeurope_story.asp?category=1103&slug=Austria%20Seminary%20Porn […]
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Stripper Visa Scandal Exposes Canada’s Complicity in Human Trafficking

OTTAWA, November 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The current controversy over Immigration Minister Judy Sgro’s alleged issuance of an exotic dancer visa to a campaign worker from Romania has led to serious concerns that Canada may be complicit in human trafficking.  It has been revealed that last year alone, 601 foreign women received temporary work permits for exotic dancing; 582 of them from Romania.  The Future Group, a Canadian-based NGO that works on the frontlines of human trafficking in Southeast Asia, is demanding that the Immigration Minister take personal responsibility to address a growing global consensus that exotic dancer visas promote […]
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South African Court Rules to Change Definition of Marriage

PRETORIA, South Africa, November 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The South African Supreme Court of Appeal has issued a ruling that may end with the country being forced to accept homosexual marriage. In a method that has proved itself successful in Canada, homosexual activists in South Africa have by-passed legislatures and used the courts to force the government to change laws defining marriage. A lesbian “couple” sued to have the common-law definition of marriage changed from being a “union between a man and a woman” to a “union between two persons.” A spokesman for the organization that staged the effort said […]
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Gay Civil Unions “Grave Signs of Dehumanization” Says Vatican Cardinal Trujillo

DOHA, Qatar, November 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the Vatican’s highest-ranking prelates said at a conference today, “An ideology hostile to the family is spreading” in governments around the world. Alfonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family, spoke at the International Conference on the Family organized in Doha, the capital of Qatar by the World Congress of Families. The Cardinal’s address was called, “The Complementarity of Men and Women – Building on the Strengths of Mothers and Fathers.”  In many countries the push for same-sex “marriage” has caused confusion among Catholics who are often […]
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Euthanasia Advocate Nitschke Teaching Suicide-Pill-making classes

ADELAIDE, November 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian euthanasia campaigner, Philip Nitschke, has invented another scheme to help suicidal people kill themselves: he plans to teach a class of “students” how to manufacture their own suicide pills. He is recruiting participants for his workshop, planned for April.  Nitschke claims to have 12 people already interested, and hopes for 30. Each participant will come away with a lethal 10g dose of a barbiturate-based poison. Interested individuals must have already completed one of Nitschke’s earlier workshops, which discussed legal aspects of assisted suicide. Nitschke plans to host more classes later in 2005.  “Many […]
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Non-Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment Allows Paralysed Korean Woman to Walk Again

KWANGJU, South Korea, November 30, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 37-year-old South Korean woman, paralysed 20 years ago as a result of a spinal injury, is walking again. Hers is the first recorded recovery of a spinal injury from the use of stem cells – her doctors used umbilical cord-blood stem cells. The AFP reported that Hwang Mi-Soon shed tears as she took her first steps before a group of reporters Thursday, using the help of a walker. “This is already a miracle for me,” Hwang said. “I never dreamed of getting to my feet again.” She stood up out of […]
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Switzerland Votes in Embryonic Stem Cell Research

BERNE, November 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fully two-thirds of Swiss voters were in favour of legalizing embryonic stem-cell research, according to a recent country-wide referendum.  The Swiss government, universities and the pharmaceutical industry all promoted a “yes” vote, according to the BBC. Opinion polls before the referendum indicated as many as 20 percent of voters were confused and unsure how they would cast their vote. In the end, 66 percent voted in favour of the destructive research.  Although stem cells derived from adult cells and umbilical cord blood have repeatedly demonstrated effectiveness for a wide array of conditions, stem cells […]
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Archbishop Burke Pledges to Continue Fight over Pro-Abortion “Catholic” Politicians

ROME, November 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since the US election many pro-life Catholics have been asking if the struggle over pro-abortion public figures receiving communion is a dead issue. Archbishop James Burke of St. Louis, the leader among the US bishops in the drive to refuse Holy Communion to public dissenters from essential teachings of the Catholic religion, said this week that the battle in the US Catholic Church is not over. During the run-up to the election, Burke was the most prominent among a minority of bishops who said they would be willing to uphold Church Law that requires […]
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Ecuador Ministry of Health Pulls Morning After Pills off Pharmacy Shelves

QUITO, November 29 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ecuadorian Ministry of Health has ordered the removal of abortifacient “morning-after” pills off pharmacy shelves on the grounds of a “prescribed fault” in its pricing. The decision comes while pro-lifers in the tiny South American country, work to have the pill banned completely. Director of Health of the coastal province of the Guayas, Robert Blum, said that the pill sold under the brand name, Prostinor 2, “does not have authorization to be sold.”  On November 15, the physicians association of Ecuador joined in the Ecuadorian Catholic Bishops’ conference efforts to have the pill […]
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US Supreme Court Rejects Massachusetts Gay “Marriage” Challenge

WASHINGTON, November 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Supreme Court rejected Monday a bid challenging the Massachusetts law allowing same-sex “marriage.” The Court declined the hearing without comment. In 2003, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered the state government to rewrite marriage laws to include same-sex couples. Since the decision, approximately 3,000 same-sex Massachusetts couples have ‘married’. Robert Largess, Vice President of the Catholic Action League, along with eleven Massachusetts legislators launched the suit. Their initial challenge, heard at the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, was lost.  In 2006, it is predicted that the issue will come […]
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Canadian Pro-Bush Rally to Counter Anti-Bush Demonstrators’

OTTAWA, November 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Free Dominion, “The Voice of Principled Conservatism,” is one group planning a counter-demonstration in support of US President George W. Bush’s visit to Ottawa Tuesday. Co-founder Connie Wilkins is hoping the police will be firm with any anti-Bush factions who get out of hand.  Wilkins told the Canadian Press that she is confused by the amount of anti-American sentiment among Canadians and politicians. Free Dominion, which she co-founded, is a Canadian conservative political news forum with no particular political affiliation. It allows about 5,000 members a forum for discussion of their views.  “We stand […]
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Abstinence and Fidelity are Key to Fighting AIDS Researchers Acknowledge

WASHINGTON, November 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An article published in the current issue of The Lancet, signed by nearly 150 HIV/AIDS experts from over 35 countries has acknowledged that abstinence and being faithful in marriage are key to stopping AIDS.  The article calls for following evidenced-based approaches and looks to Uganda’s ABC model as a successful campaign against the deadly virus.  The latest UN conference looking at AIDS demonstrated the hostility of many AIDS researchers and academics towards the Ugandan ABC program which has been backed by the Bush Administration.( www.lifesite.net/ldn/2004/jul/04071602.html )  While some may see ABC (Abstain, Be faithful/reduce […]
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Australian Medical Authority Suggests Catholic Teaching is Biased and Unethical

FREMANTLE, November 29, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The newly established Catholic medical school in Fremantle Australia has just run into the one hard and fast rule in the world of bioethics; the only moral evil is to say anything is a moral evil. Fremantle’s University of Notre Dame received official accreditation from the Australian Medical Council yesterday for its medical school. The AMC in its approval of the school has expressed “concerns” about possible “bias” in the school’s ethics classes on the grounds that Catholic teaching breaks the bioethicists’ code of absolute moral indifference on abortion, homosexuality, and contraception, seemingly the […]
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Ontario Court Rules Denying Retroactive CPP Payments to Homosexuals is Unconstitutional

TORONTO, November 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexuals whose same-sex partners have died before 1998 were, until Friday, denied retroactive Canada Pension Plan disbursements. The Ontario Court of Appeals ruled that denying the payments is unconstitutional.  In 2001, homosexual activists sued the federal government for $400-million, seeking what they said were outstanding survivor benefits. A number of homosexual couples demanded that benefits should be retroactive to 1985, rather than the original ruling that granted retroactive payments to surviving members of same-sex partnerships for partners who had died after January 1, 1998. The Ontario Superior Court ruled in December that the federal […]
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Shanghai Mother of Two Tortured in Labour Camp for Petitioning against China’s One-Child Policy

SHANGHAI, November 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The human rights group, Human Rights in China (HRIC) has reported that a Chinese mother of two is being tortured in a prison camp for defying China’s one-child policy. Mao Hengfeng, a resident of Shanghai was arrested for her activism against the government policy. Fifteen years ago, Mao was dismissed from her job at a soap factory for the offense of having a second child. In April the Shanghai Public Security Bureau ordered that Mao serve 18 months in a Reeducation Through Labour (RTL) camp because of her activism. In October, HRIC reported that […]
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Ontario Queen’s University Human Rights Office Upholds Religious Students’ Rights

KINGSTON, November 26, 2004, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week, LifeSiteNews.com reported that a complaint brought by Queen’s University pro-life student Dennis Crawford had been rejected by the University’s Judicial Committee. Crawford asserted that the AMS was in violation of its anti-discrimination policy by forcing religious students at Queens to pay a fee to support abortion-related services on campus. Crawford’s argument, that the university’s charter protects students from religious discrimination, was rejected by the Committee on the grounds that exempting religious students from the fee would itself be unfair discrimination.  Now the Queen’s Human Rights Office has ruled that forcing religious students […]
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Australian Bishops Seek Ways to Offer Pregnant Mothers Real Options

SYDNEY, November 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Australian Catholic Bishops’ Conference announced last night that it would be working harder to give pregnant women more support in an effort to stem the rising tide of abortion in the country. In a media release, the bishops said, “Women with unplanned pregnancies need to be offered genuine alternatives to abortion.” The bishops hope to find practical ways to provide mothers with better counseling, healthcare, housing and financial support. The bishops called for the institution of a “national forum” to find ways to help women in need and called on churches, government and […]
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Recent Poll Reveals Most Americans Think Abortion Hurts Women

CHICAGO, November 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent nationwide survey conducted by Wirthlin Worldwide has found that a majority of Americans believe that abortion is “almost always bad” for women. The findings reflect the earlier findings of an Elliot Institute poll, which found that a majority of Americans believe abortion makes women’s lives worse.  The poll of 1,001 Americans, conducted on behalf of Americans United for Life, found that 61 percent felt that “abortion is almost always a bad thing for a woman,” whereas only 23 percent said it was almost always a good thing.  Of 64 percent who said […]
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Abortion Linked to Greater Child Abuse Says Head of Priests For Life

STATEN ISLAND, New York, November 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a recent column, Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, reveals that, contrary to pro-abortion propaganda, abortion leads to a greater tendency to child abuse.  Abortion advocates’ “reasoning went something like this,” Fr. Pavone explains: “if unwanted children are aborted, then only wanted children will be born, and since wanted children are less likely to be abused, then child abuse will decrease in a land of abortion on demand!” But “Since the legalization of abortion, child abuse has increased,” he says. “The promise had a fatal flaw in […]
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“Mother” judged the most beautiful word https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4039185.stm   Poll Finds Bill Clinton’s Legacy is Lies and Sex Scandal https://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20817.htm   Canadians Increasingly Dependent on Mood-Altering Drugs https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1845&ncid=737&e=2&u=/cpress/20041124/ca_pr_on_na/marijuana_use   Internet Porn: Worse Than Crack?  https://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65772,00.html   Poll: Majority gives Bush good job approval mark https://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/22/opinion.poll/  President Bush Not Broken by Liberal Establishment in Washington https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/959mhawk.asp   Notorious U.S. 9th Circuit Court to be split up https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139436,00.html   Anti-Americanism Unites Muslim Extremes https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139540,00.html   Satanist Marilyn Manson teaches art for a day https://www.temple-news.com/news/2004/11/23/News/Marilyn.Manson.Teaches.Art.For.A.Day-814436.shtml   Health Canada Warns about Bone Loss with Injectable Contraceptive DEPO-PROVERA https://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpfb-dgpsa/tpd-dpt/depo-provera_hpc_e.html   Mexican Hospital Advertises “Foetal Cell Therapy”  […]
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Catholic Mass Outside Abortion Center by Pro-Life Priest Prohibited Because of Wine in Public

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, November 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic priest is asking for an exception to a city ordinance prohibiting alcohol in an open container in public. Father Bill Carmody was warned by Colorado city police about saying mass in front of an abortuary because the two ounces of wine used during consecration was in violation of the bi-law. Father Carmody has said mass in front of the Planned Parenthood facility every Saturday for the past 10 years. He has asked city officials to overlook the ordinance in his case. “I do not want to break the law. I’m […]
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UK Pharmacist Refuses to Dispense Abortion-Causing Drugs Citing Catholic Faith

LONDON, November 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK pharmacist refused to sell the abortifacient morning-after-pill to a woman customer, citing his Catholic beliefs. The woman, a 24-year-old mother of two, said she was furious because of being forced to attend a National Health Service walk-in-clinic to obtain the pill.  The Lloyds pharmacy—a large chain in the UK—defended the pharmacist. A representative told The Mirror that a pharmacist can refuse to sell a medication on moral or religious grounds as long as they refer the person to another pharmacy. “He objected on religious grounds, which he is fully within his rights […]
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Congress Earmarks $34 Million for UNFPA; Bush Expected to Block Again

WASHINGTON, November 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Congress allocated its perfunctory annual $34 million contribution to the United Nations Family Planning Fund (UNFPA)—President Bush is expected, however, to countermand the contribution, as he has done for the previous four years.  US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, corroborated evidence unearthed by the Population Research Institute, that the UNFPA actively participated in China’s implementation of its one-child policy, including coerced abortion. The UNFPA’s involvement in coerced abortion makes any US contribution to their work illegal, based on the Kemp-Kasten law, which prohibits contributions to any agency that “supports or participates in the management […]
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Placental Cord Blood Shown to Save Adult Leukemia Victims

NEW YORK, November 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine, in which scientists from the National Cord Blood Program of the New York Blood Center (NYBC) participated, showed that stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood (normally discarded with the afterbirth when a baby is born) provide an effective transplant treatment for adult patients with leukemia or myelodysplasia.  Patients who received a cord blood unit with a one or two HLA antigen mismatch did as well as those who were given a bone marrow transplant with one antigen mismatch from an […]
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Canada’s National Pro-Life Political Group Says U.S. Election Has Lessons for Canada

OTTAWA, November 25, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its December CLC National News, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) analyzes the recent U.S. election and the clear lessons it says that election result has for Canada’s political leaders who are “stubbornly entrenched in their self-defeating and socially destructive positions” regarding moral issues.  CLC states that “President Bush demonstrated that a platform of life, family, faith and freedom is not only viable but spectacularly attractive”. A big part of this success, says the pro-life organization, was because of his “reaching out to previously disenfranchised pro-life and pro-family voters who previously had little incentive to […]
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Kenya: Churches Plan Another Pro-Life Protest https://allafrica.com/stories/200411230741.html   Pro-Life Leaders Cautious About Specter’s ‘Deal’ with Fellow Republicans https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/222004f.asp   Advertising Section Opposing Gay Marriage Rankles ‘Washington Post’ Readers https://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000725897   Cancer patient ‘would use hitman’  https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/4034455.stm   Could a borderless North America help Conservatives in Canada?  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41447   No More Dan Rather, the ‘Nixon’ of Journalism?  https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/ent_radio/story/255889p-218967c.html   Abortion advocates and providers have claimed that women in France face ‘many obstacles’ when seeking abortion. The Secretary General of the French Movement for Family Planning said that abortion units had closed in 40% of private clinics in Paris for financial reasons […]
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UN Congo Staff and Soldiers Accused of Prostitution, Rape, and Pedophilia

UNITED NATIONS, November 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations is investigating approximately 150 allegations of sexual abuse by UN staff and peacekeepers in the Congo, including rape, prostitution and pedophilia, an official reported Monday. Some of the incidents were recorded on video tape.  There were also some 30 cases of sexual abuse reported in the town of Bunia by peacekeepers in May.  UN sources normally keep incidents of abuse from the media, as happened in Cambodia, Somalia, Bosnia and Ethiopia. These earlier cases came to light only after news reporters and officials within the countries of origin exposed them.  […]
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Minnesota Bishop Welcomed Homosexual Activists to Come to Communion

ST PAUL, November 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  The St. Paul Star Tribune reported today that on November 7th – while a group of homosexual activists were inside the cathedral receiving communion – an unknown individual had sprinkled oil and salt around the church in an attempt at purifying the church. Archdiocesan spokesman, Dennis McGrath, told LifeSiteNews.com that the group of Rainbow Sash protesters were in the Cathedral attending Sunday Mass with the Archbishop’s specific approval. He said, “They phoned ahead and told him when they were going to be there.” When asked if that meant that the Archbishop supported the […]
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Vatican Statement For World AIDS Day

VATICAN, November 24, 2004 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – In a message for World AIDS Day, which will be observed December 1, the president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care called for lower prices for anti-viral drugs, and educational campaigns to help mothers avoid infecting their children with the HIV virus. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan cited UN data showing that 22 million people have died of AIDS since the original outbreak of the epidemic, and 42 million people today are living with the HIV virus. He also pointed out that more than one-fourth of the medical facilities treating AIDS patients are run […]
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President Bush’s Thanksgiving Day Proclamation to US Citizens

WASHINGTON, November 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US President George W. Bush publicly thanked God for His blessings upon the U.S. Tuesday: “We are grateful for our freedom, grateful for our families and friends, and grateful for the many gifts of America,” he said, in a proclamation to the American people inaugurating Thanksgiving Day, 2004.  “On Thanksgiving Day, we acknowledge that all of these things, and life itself, come from the Almighty God,” the president continued. “On Thanksgiving, we remember that the true strength of America lies in the hearts and souls of the American people. “And we give thanks for […]
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MPs Tells Provinces to Stop Forcing Marriage Commissioners to Solemnize Gay Marriages

SASKATOON, SK, November 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative Members of Parliament from Saskatchewan and Manitoba have written provincial Justice Ministers demanding that the religious rights of marriage commissioners in the province be respected.  The Saskatchewan Justice Marriage Unit and the Manitoba’s Vital Statistics Agency have instructed provincial marriage commissioners that they are required to perform same-sex marriages or resign from their positions.  Federal Conservative Justice Critic Vic Toews, who represents the Provencher riding in Manitoba, wrote the provincial Justice Minister saying, “Such an ultimatum is not only morally repugnant to many Canadians, but I believe as a matter of law […]
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Portuguese Prime Minister Refuses to Drop Abortion Charges

LISBON, November 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Portugal’s Prime Minister said Tuesday he would not consider suspending trials against women charged with procuring illegal abortions there. “Suspending prosecutions would amount to changing the law, and we can’t change the law,” Pedro Santana Lopes told RTP state television in an interview. The comments were in response to a proposal tabled by the opposition Communist party earlier in November to drop charges against any women who procured abortions. The ruling Social Democrats assured their coalition partner, the Popular Party, that they would not change abortion legislation or call another referendum before the next […]
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The Rise of the Values Voters https://www.nationalreview.com/comment/gallagher200411230852.asp   ‘Pro-choicers’ condemn Congress for expanding choice https://www.townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/dl20041123.shtml   Dr Benjamin Wiker on the Real Alfred Kinsey https://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features/bwiker_kinsey_nov04.asp   Palestinian Terror on San Francisco Campus https://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16079   Experts: Russia Lacks Will to Fight AIDS   https://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&u=/ap/20041118/ap_on_re_eu/russia_aids_2&printer=1   Report: Nearly Half of Adults with HIV Are Women https://reuters.myway.com/article/20041123/2004-11-23T123820Z_01_L1994059_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-AIDS-DC.html   U.S. Students Free to Thank Anybody, Except God https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139304,00.html   ‘The New Gay World Order’  https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20041122T180000-0500_70031_OBS__THE_NEW_GAY_WORLD_ORDER_.asp   UK News Reports 9/11 Attack Foiled https://www.itv.com/news/951904.html   Mengele’s diaries reveal ‘Angel of Death’ unrepentant to the end https://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1341302004   55% of Americans Reject Evolution Theory for Creationism […]
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Former Canadian Catholic Prime Minister Awarded for Homosexual Activism

TORONTO, November 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Canadian homosexual “marriage” advocacy group announced Monday the presentation of their “10th annual International Role Model Award,” to former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, for his role in advocating acceptance of same-sex “marriage” in the country.  “As Canada’s Prime Minister, Jean Chretien championed same-sex marriage,” Equality Forum executive director Malcolm Lazin said. “In 2003, then Prime Minister Chretien called on Canadian citizens to support marriage equality. This impressive support by Mr. Chretien demonstrates the importance to Canadians of minority rights and separation of church and state.”  According to the Equality Forum news, Chretien is […]
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Abortion Approval Jumps in Australia

SYDNEY, November 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australians are currently almost twice as likely to approve of abortion as compared to the results of a similar survey conducted only 14 years earlier, according to a 2001 report released Tuesday. Fifty-eight percent of Australians in 2001 said abortion should be readily accessible to women, versus only 39 percent in 1987, according to an Australian Institute of Family Studies report: Diversity and Change in Australian Families.  The increased support for access to abortion was noticed equally between women and men, whereas support dwindled with rising age of those surveyed.  “Almost 70 per cent […]
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Non Embryonic Stem Cell Treatment Allows Paralysed Brazilian To Walk, Talk Again

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Brazilian scientists have successfully transplanted adult stem cells into a woman’s brain, facilitating her recovery from a brain hemorrhage that left her paralysed and unable to talk.  Maria da Graca Pomeceno, 54, had bone marrow stem cells taken from her pelvis and injected into her damaged brain. Local television broadcasts showed her walking up stairs and talking.  Hans Fernando Dohmann, director of Rio’s Pro-Cardiaco Hospital, said that hers was the first reported successful treatment of this condition, but that trials with 14 more patients are in the works. “We are still at […]
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The Harmful Effects on Children of Exposure to Pornography

EDMONTON, November 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In recognition of World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse (Nov. 19), the Canadian Institute for Education on the Family (CIEF), has released a research paper, titled: The Harmful Effects on Children of Exposure to Pornography   Quoting numerous scientific studies, the paper demonstrates a strong correlation between exposure to pornography and subsequent deviant sexual behaviour by children.  Canadian society has become an increasingly pornographic society in recent decades with disturbing implications for the children raised in it.  The explosive growth of the Internet over the last decade and the freely available pornography […]
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U.S. Congress Acts to Save Mountain-Top Cross – Atheist Blames ‘Jihad Jesus Republicans’

RANCHO SANTA FE, CA, November 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a surprising turn of events, the United States Congress has joined the fight to keep the 43-foot tall cross atop Mount Soledad in San Diego, California, by designating the land on which it stands and the granite memorial walls surrounding it, a national veterans memorial. The congressional action came as a result of efforts by the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan that fights for the religious freedom of Christians.  San Diego area Congressmen, Reps. Duncan Hunter, R -El Cajon, and […]
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Massive Study Finds Negative Pregnancy Outcomes Associated with Non-Married Status

OTTAWA, November 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as pre-term birth, low birth weight, small-for-gestational-age, stillbirth, and neonatal and post-neonatal mortality have been found to be more common in mothers living in common-law unions than those in traditional marriage relationships, according to a Statistics Canada study of pregnancy outcomes in Quebec. Statistics Canada, the government statistical service, notes that the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes among common-law mothers are of great public health concern because of the high and increasing proportion of births to mothers in common-law unions.  In 1997, 44% of births in Quebec were to common-law […]
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President Bush to Face Noisy Demonstrations in Canada from Homosexual Activists

OTTAWA, November 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Toronto-based homosexual activist group is organizing an anti-Bush demonstration to correspond with the US President’s visit to Ottawa scheduled for November 30 to December 1.  “People across Canada are coming together to show their opposition to Bush and everything he represents,” Toronto Coalition to Stop the War and the ACTivist Magazine’s Dylan Penner claimed, according to the homosexual “marriage” activist website, samesexmarriage.ca. “Bush and the Cheney gang want to pressure Paul Martin and Parliament to sign onto Star Wars, send troops to Iraq and backpedal on equal marriage.”“Their administration’s assault on peace, ecology […]
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Canadian Conservatives to Fight for Parliamentary Vote on Gay Marriage Bill

OTTAWA, November 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservatives frustrated by a committee decision last week to declare non-votable a private member’s bill defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman, may still see their hopes fulfilled.  Conservative MP Rob Moore has appealed the decision of the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee and will present arguments Thursday in favour of allowing his bill to at least receive a vote.  Conservative MP Bill Casey, one of the committee members, spoke to LifeSiteNews.com today noting that the Conservative Party stands behind bringing the measure to a vote. However, […]
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Scaring Specter straight https://www.townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/rn20041122.shtml Civil Unions: Compromise or Surrender?  https://www.hillsdale.edu/newimprimis/2004/november/default.htm   Kyoto’s smoke screen imperils us all https://envirotruth.org/news/20041115.cfm   The United Nations’ Oily Outrage https://www.cwfa.org/articles/6901/BLI/reports/index.htm   Scientists debate blending of human, animal forms https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6534243   Big UK decline in Bible ownership https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_041122bible.shtml   UK Christian MP to enter gay civil partnership https://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/news_syndication/article_041122exeter.shtml   Church of England Bishops turn blind eye to gay ‘wedding’ ceremonies in churches https://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1369616,00.html   Muscle cells seen as potential source for fresh nerve tissue https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1507&ncid=1507&e=5&u=/afp/20041118/hl_afp/health_stemcells_041118231515   Christian Music Today Announces Best Christian Albums of 2004 https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=669&ncid=669&e=10&u=/usnw/20041122/pl_usnw/christian_music_today_announces_best_christian_albums_of_2004__sara_groves__twice_a_runner_up__finishes_no__1_with_the_other_si   US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Adopted Parents […]
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UK Abortionist Admits to Illegal Late-Term Abortions

LONDON, November 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British doctor has admitted to referring women for illegal late-term abortions at a Spanish abortuary, as exposed by The Sunday Telegraph in early October. Dr Saroj Adlakha admitted she had taken an 18-year-old university student to the Ginemedex clinic in Spain for an abortion, based on a British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) recommendation. BPAS is the National Health Service’s biggest abortion provider, and a publicly-funded charity.  Last month, a 29-week pregnant Telegraph reporter told Adlakha she wanted an abortion; Adlakha referred her to the Ginemedex clinic in Barcelona, despite late-term abortions being illegal […]
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New NARAL President Another Pro-Abort “Catholic”

HELENA, November 21, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Abortion Rights Action League has chosen Nancy Keenan, a former state legislator from Montana as its new president. The change comes at a moment when the national abortion group is attempting to rally support for its fight against conservative judicial nominees who may overturn the activist Roe V Wade decision that created a constitutionally non-existent right to abortion in the U.S. Keenan replaces Kate Michaelman who stepped down as interim president in May. The NARAL press release announcing Keenan’s appointment as president depicts her as a hero and lauds the “strength of […]
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Same-Sex Mothers both Legal Parents of Daughter, Activist Court Rules

RUTLAND, Vermont, November 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two women who entered into a same-sex civil union in Vermont in 2000 have been awarded joint custody of a daughter born to one woman through artificial insemination. The court ruled both women were the legal parents of the two-year-old girl. A Virginia judge in August awarded Lisa Miller-Jenkins, the girl’s mother, sole custody, because the state does not recognize same-sex unions. Later, in September, a Vermont court disagreed, ruling Lisa Miller-Jenkins was in contempt of court, for denying her same-sex partner Janet Miller-Jenkins access to the two year-old toddler, Isabella.  On Wednesday, […]
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Abortion Breast Cancer Warning Removed by Louisiana – Women’s Group Objects

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., November 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer has condemned a decision by Louisiana health officials to remove a warning from the department’s Web site informing women about the relationship between abortion and breast cancer.  Health department officials were intimidated by inquiries from an Associated Press (AP) reporter into the state’s “Woman’s Right to Know” booklet. A report from the AP inaccurately claimed women were being “wrongly warned” about an abortion-breast cancer link.  The AP story said the National Cancer Institute and a Lancet review found no link. However, the AP omitted important facts. Five […]
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US Bill Passes Allowing Conscience Rights for Pro-Life Hospitals and Medical Centers

WASHINGTON, November 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Both the US Congress and Senate approved a measure Saturday ensuring that state and local governments who receive federal health and human services funds cannot discriminate against health care providers because they do not provide abortions, pay for abortions, provide coverage of abortions, or refer for abortions. President Bush is expected to sign the measure into law.  The new measure, the “Hyde-Weldon anti-discrimination amendment,” is named for the Republican sponsors of the bill, Congressman Henry Hyde (R-Il.) and Congressman Dave Weldon (R-Fl.).  The protection covers doctors and other health care professionals, hospitals, HMOs, and […]
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Pope Warns: Attacking the Family Does Irreparable Damage to Society

VATICAN CITY, November 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to a gathering of the Pontifical Council for the Family on Saturday, Pope John Paul II reflected on the institution of the family so attacked today especially by attempts to redefine marriage. “The family, founded on marriage, is a natural, irreplaceable institution and a basic element of the common good of every society,” said the Pope. “Whoever destroys this basic fabric of human coexistence, not respecting its identity and distorting its duties, causes a deep wound to society and provokes often irreparable damages.”  During his address, the Pope also mentioned that he […]
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Brazil to Decide on Pushing Gay Rights Again at United Nations

BRASILIA, November 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Brazil has for the last two years attempted to push gay rights through the United Nations by putting forward a resolution on “sexual orientation and human rights” at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.  The measure has met with worldwide opposition since nations are now realizing the direct connection between the development of special legal rights based on “sexual orientation” and court-imposed homosexual ‘marriage’ and even jailing of religious leaders for speaking out against homosexuality.  Reports indicate that even seven months after the 2004 Commission session, the Brazilian UN Mission in Geneva continues […]
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Vatican Bishop Warns Latest U.N. Statement on Cloning is “useless”

ROME, November 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Zenit News reported today that Bishop Elio Sgreccia, vice president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, considers the recently U.N.-approved statement on human cloning to be virtually “useless.” The bishop, who is vice president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, commented on the agreement to abandon a treaty on the issue and instead consider a compromise ‘declaration’ proposed by Italy and passed by the UN, which prohibits the creation of “human life through processes of cloning and all research oriented to obtaining such a result.” The nonbinding ‘declaration’ does not specifically ban all cloning. […]
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Campaign Life Coalition Leader Available for Alberta Election Response

OTTAWA, November 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s national pro-life political organization issued the following release regarding today’s Alberta Election:  ALBERTA ELECTION RESULTS: PRO-LIFE REACTION (Media Availability)  Pro-life supporters are watching today’s Alberta election with great interest.  Not only are Albertans electing a new legislature, they are also participating in their province’s third election for nominees to the Senate of Canada.  For comment on the national implications of the vote and on the election for Senate Nominees, contact Campaign Life Coalition National President Jim Hughes at (613) 389-4472.  Please visit www.lifesite.net for an analysis of the Alberta provincial and Senate campaigns […]
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Pornography Addiction Destroying Lives, US Senate Told

WASHINGTON, November 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pornography was compared to crack cocaine Thursday when a US Senate hearing discussing the dangers of the addiction called on members to endorse a public health campaign warning of the dangers.  “We’re so afraid to talk about sex in our society that we really give carte blanche to the people who are producing this kind of material,” pornography researcher from Virginia Tech, professor James B. Weaver said, as reported by the Associated Press. Senator Sam Brownback (R-Kan) organized the meeting, which revealed that internet pornography is destroying families and harming children. Unsolicited e-mails and […]
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Specter Unanimously Approved by Senate Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON, November 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Arlen Specter has been unanimously endorsed for the Chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee after making a statement in which he promised to remain impartial. For the two weeks since the election, pro-life and family groups have engaged in an all out campaign to stop Specter from getting the job that would allow him to block social conservative, non-activist judiciary nominees. As soon as the magnitude of the opposition was clear, Specter started a campaign of his own on over 30 television appearances and, where it counts most, among friends in the GOP. The […]
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Jamaican Government Refuses to be Bullied by Homosexual Agenda

KINGSTON, November 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Jamaican government is refusing to cave in to an international pressure group demanding that homosexual ‘sensitivity’ training be installed for police and that the laws against homosexual activity be repealed. The group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), has demanded that Jamaican laws against sodomy be repealed, and that ‘hate crimes’ laws similar to those in Canada and the US be put in place. HRW demands that the Jamaican Charter of Rights be amended to include, “sexual orientation and gender identity” and “sex” in its anti-discrimination clause.  Such changes in other countries have led to […]
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Wisconsin Governor Announces Plan To Spend $750M on Embryonic Stem Cell Research

MADISON, Wisconsin, November 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle announced plans Wednesday to allocate $750 million for embryonic stem cell research. The funds would be derived from both taxpayer and private sources.  Included in the disbursement would be $375 million for a new laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gov. Doyle said royalties derived from the $3 billion for stem cell research approved by Californians will also ultimately benefit the University of Wisconsin. Much of the original research and patents related to fetal stem cell research originated at U of W.  In April, Gov. Doyle vetoed conscience legislation […]
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Pro-Life Victory in Illinois as Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill Defeated

CHICAGO, November 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) fans were stunned bythe defeat of a bill granting state endorsement to ESCR in the state Senate.  After an emotional debate which was concluded by a tear-jerking email plea from the late actor Christopher Reeve, the chamber voted 28-29 against the measure.  While ESCR supporters inserted language in the bill to suggest a ban on human cloning, ESCR opponents pointed out that even that ban contained loopholes to allow cloning. The strong opposition of the Catholic Church to the measure was shown to be very effective as one Senator […]
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Christian Conservatives Trumping Gay “Marriage” even in Norway

OSLO, November 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Norway’s parliament voted Thursday to reject a proposal to make same-sex “marriage” legal. The measure, tabled by the Socialist Left (SV) Party in March, sought to eliminate all reference to gender in the country’s marriage laws. Norway currently allows civil union arrangements for same-sex couples.  The measure was voted down, largely because of opposition from Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik’s Christian Democrat Party. Bondevik is also a Lutheran minister.  The Agence France Presse pointed out, however, that same-sex couples can already have children, because lax laws in Denmark allow for artificial insemination from anonymous […]
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Albertans go to the Polls on Monday, November 22 to Elect MLA’s and Senate Nominees

EDMONTON, Alberta, November 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Albertans will go to the polls this Monday to elect a new legislature. According to recently published opinion polls, the Alberta Progressive Conservatives, led by Ralph Klein, are set to win another big majority, with the Alberta Liberals and NDP far behind. Also contesting this election is the new Alberta Alliance Party, which is calling for the abortion and marriage issues to be put to a province-wide vote.  At dissolution, the legislature had 73 PCs, 5 Liberals, 2 NDP, 2 vacancies and one member of the Alberta Alliance (Gary Masyk, who was elected […]
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Top Vatican Cardinal Says It’s Time to Fight for Christian Freedom

VATICAN CITY, November 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview published today in the Italian newspaper “La Reppublica” and re-distributed world-wide via the Vatican Information Service, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issues a serious warning to Christians to defend against, “an aggressive secular ideology.” The Cardinal recalled, “In Sweden, a Protestant pastor who had preached about homosexuality, based on a line from Scriptures, went to jail for one month.”  He noted that the state should “not impose religion,” but “allows these religions to be factors in building up society”.  However some states […]
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United Nations Downgrades Cloning Treaty to Non-Binding Declaration

UNITED NATIONS, November 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A deal was struck last night which will see the proposed UN treaty to ban human cloning downgraded to a nonbinding declaration. The discussion on the declaration will commence in February. While a strong majority of countries, including the United States, backed the Costa Rican proposal for a comprehensive ban on human cloning, a competing Belgian proposal backed by powerful developed nations, particularly, Britain, aimed to allow human cloning as long as the cloned human embryos were not permitted to be born. Britain was the first country to permit cloned human embryos to […]
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Republicans seek suspension of RU-486 https://www.washtimes.com/national/20041117-113118-4593r.htm   Australian school sued for arranging abortion https://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/crime1justice/0,2172,92124,00.html   Chile legalizes divorce https://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041118-045513-1029r.htm   Canadian ombudsman: Jails need needle exchange https://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/11/18/720283-cp.html   Religion reporters scarce at TV networks https://www.washtimes.com/business/20041116-094542-5188r.htm   Arizona Christian group sues for right to discriminate https://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/1117az-campus-christian17-ON.html   Is new movie “Alexander” too gay for mainstream audiences?  https://www.nypost.com/entertainment/34381.htm   Births to Youngest Teens at Lowest Levels in Almost 60 Years https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr53/nvsr53_09.pdf   U.S. Roman Catholic Bishops Vote to Join Broad Christian Alliance https://tucson.cox.net/cci/newsnational/national?_mode=view&_state=maximized&view=article&id=D86DOM880   ‘Black Box’ Warning Ordered On Depo-Provera https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=571&ncid=751&e=1&u=/nm/20041117/hl_nm/health_pfizer_contraceptive_dc   The ACLU must be destroyed.  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41492   Texas school district […]
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Abortion and Gay Rights Activism Secures Canadian Governor General’s Award

OTTAWA, November 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although abortion and gay rights are hotly contested political topics in Canada, an activist on the extreme fringe of the abortion debate has been awarded the Governor General’s award. Iqaluit resident, Allison Brewer, a former manager of Henry Morgentaler’s abortuary in Fredericton, New Brunswick, is one of seven women chosen to receive the Persons Award this year. “The awards honour those who have made outstanding contributions to the quality of life for women in Canada,” according to a government news release.  Brewer is Vice-President of the Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council, where she […]
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US Court Rules Catholic School Within Rights in Firing Pro-Abortion Teacher

WILMINGTON, Delaware, November 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit Tuesday filed by a Catholic religion teacher who claimed she was illegally fired from her job after her name appeared in a newspaper ad endorsing abortion.  District Judge Kent A. Jordan threw out Ursuline Academy teacher Michele Curay-Cramer’s lawsuit, ruling that courts cannot interfere with the right of religious schools to teach their own beliefs. Catholic schools teach that abortion is murder, in line with the teachings of the Catholic Church.  Curay-Cramer sued the all-girls school, its former president and communications director, as well as the diocese […]
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Fox News Finally Approved for Canada beginning 2005

OTTAWA, November 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announced approval of the conservative-leaning Fox News for Canadian viewers Thursday. Globe and Mail columnist James Adams described Fox News as “the Canada-baiting house organ of the U.S. right,” and “the unofficial official voice of the Bush administration.” Adams decried Fox’s commentator Bill O’Reilly for his condemnation of Canada’s Globe and Mail as “a far-left newspaper.”  It is unclear if any conditions will be placed on the broadcaster. Qatar’s Arab-language Al Jazeera has been given the green light to broadcast into Canada although the CRTC gave cable companies […]
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Dutch Cardinal: Moral Breakdown Has Left Holland Open to Islamic Takeover

UTRECHT, The Netherlands, November 18, 2004 (CWNews.com) – Cardinal Adrianis Simonis of Utrecht believes that the “spiritual vacuity” of Dutch society has left the Netherlands open to an Islamic cultural takeover.  “Today we have discovered that we are disarmed in the face of the Islamic danger,” the cardinal told the Italian daily Avvenir. He pointed out that even some young people who were born and raised in the Netherlands have become militant Muslims. The rise of Islam, Cardinal Simonis said, is related to “the spectacle of extreme moral decadence and spiritual decline that we offer” to young people. “Nowadays political […]
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Canadian Justice Minister Wants Debate on Legalizing Assisted Suicide

OTTAWA, November 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has said he would like to see Parliamentarians debate the legalization of assisted suicide.  Cotler told the House of Commons Justice Committee last night that there should be a “take note debate” on the matter – where the matter is discussed without a vote. “I think it may be appropriate to offer the opportunity for this discussion,” he said.  “I don’t think there should be a rush to judgment until we say we are as properly informed as we deserve to be to make the most appropriate principled judgment […]
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Canadian Parliamentary Committee Blocks Vote on Traditional Marriage

OTTAWA, November 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A private members bill on the traditional definition of marriage which was to be debated as early as Friday in the House of Commons and then voted on likely early in the new year has been blocked. In a vote this morning the Subcommittee on Private Members’ Business of the Standing Committee deemed a Private Member’s Bill defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman non-votable. The blocking of the bill occurred despite changes to the parliamentary system whereby all Private Members’ Bills are now initially considered votable.  However, the new […]
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Scalia tells university crowd to `get over’ 2000 election https://www.tallahassee.com/mld/tallahassee/news/nation/10198566.htm   Cops: Teens ended pregnancy with a baseball bat https://www.freep.com/news/locmac/fetus17e_20041117.htm   Here Comes Kyoto (corrected link)  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41436   Doctors Support Church’s Call For Removal Of Abortion Pill From Ecuador   https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=51436   Australian Embryonic Stem cell Line to be Distributed Globally https://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11389905%255E30417,00.html   Bush set to visit Ottawa https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041117.wbush1117/BNStory/Front   Iranian 14 year old boy Dies from 85 lashes for breaking his Ramadan fast   https://www.iranpressnews.com/english/source/001327.html   World’s best-selling novel, Da Vinci Code, got its key facts wrong https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14880117&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=the-da-vinci-codswallop-name_page.html   American Legion Blasts DoD Boy Scouts Ruling https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/11/16/204201.shtml   Tom […]
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Researcher says March of Dimes $75m Goal for Reducing Birth Defects Waste of Money: Causes already K

TOPEKA, Kansas, November 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Brent Rooney, medical researcher with the Reduce Preterm Risk Coalition, said a March of Dimes (MoD) goal to raise US $75 million to study premature births, a major cause of birth defects in America, is an unnecessary waste of money. The MoD is kicking off the 5-year project Friday in Topeka, with a “prematurity summit.” Rooney said an exhaustive list of prematurity risks are acknowledged in a 1995 resource by University of Miami professor Barbara Luke. Her book, Every Woman’s Guide to Preventing Premature Birth (Times Books, 1995),  documents at least 5 dozen […]
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Princeton’s Infanticide Prof Tries to Influence Freshman Via Hospital Visit

PRINCETON, New Jersey, November 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Princeton’s infanticide-promoting professor, Peter Singer, brought his class of freshman philosophy students to a neonatal intensive care unit of a local hospital Friday to bring home the so-called debate of whether infants with low chances of survival should be killed.  Saint Peters University Hospital Division of Neonatal Medicine Director, Dr. Mark Hiatt, led Singer’s class of 13 to a 14-week premature infant, two hours old, with a poor chance of survival. “Up close, the class could see her small forehead muscles contracted, eyes squeezed shut,” the Princetonian staff writer Elyse Graham wrote. […]
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British Cloning Juggernaut to be Challenged in Court

LONDON, November 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In October, LifeSiteNews.com reported that Professor Alison Murdoch and Dr. Miodrag Stojkovic of Centre for Life had received permission from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) to go ahead with cloning experiments. British law allows the creation of embryos by a cloning method called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT), for purposes of creating embryonic human beings to be mined for their stem cells. Thus far the HFEA has been among the world’s most permissive regulatory agencies and has made a string of decisions allowing cloning, genetic selection and sex selection of embryos. Now […]
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After-Abortion Trauma Common New Study Shows

SPRINGFIELD, IL, November 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Post-traumatic reactions to induced abortion may be far more common than previously thought, according to a new study published in the Medical Science Monitor. Sixty-five percent of American women studied experienced multiple symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which they attributed to their abortions. Slightly over 14 percent reported all the symptoms necessary for a clinical diagnosis of abortion induced PTSD. Researchers gathered data from women seeking general health care treatment at clinics and hospitals in both the United States and Russia. Women with a history of pregnancy loss, including miscarriage or abortion, […]
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United Nations Now Questions Pro-Life Malta and Chile on Abortion Availability

GENEVA, November 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A United Nations committee has asked two of the five countries in the world which prohibit all abortions to detail their abortion policies.  Pro-life leaders on the international scene are concerned about the development, particularly since the same UN committee has told other countries which protect unborn children to legalize abortion. The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), which monitors compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, is considering the reports of Chile and Malta and will make recommendations to the countries on November 26.  Based […]
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New Report on Catholic Politicians and Abortion Given by Cardinal McCarrick

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, chair of the Task Force on Catholic Bishops and Catholic Politicians, delivered a report to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting today.  Cardinal McCarrick outlined several steps that will be taken by the Conference during the coming months to fulfill the commitments the conference voted on in June. (see the LifeSiteNews.com report here https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/jun/04062102.html )  Cardinal McCarrick noted that the USCCB Committee on Doctrine, with assistance from the Committee on Pastoral Practices, has agreed to take up the matter of Church teaching on the proper disposition to receive […]
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Specter Supported by Pro-life Turncoat Orrin Hatch

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senator Orrin G. Hatch, (R.Utah) yesterday praised Arlen Specter saying he would support Specter’s bid for the Chairmanship of the Senate Judicial Committee. “Arlen is an excellent lawyer,” Mr. Hatch said. “I have total confidence that he will be supportive of the president and this administration.” The barrage of phone calls, faxes and emails has continued as conservatives in the US and abroad have put on the pressure on the GOP leadership to prevent Specter’s appointment to the post that would allow him to block presidential court nominees. Specter has made no secret of […]
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Try LifeSiteNews.com’s Email Story to a Friend

LifeSiteNews.com has today finished the final step in revamping its “Email to a friend” utility. Now you can very easily email a particular LifeSiteNews.com story to someone else, from either our email version of the daily news or from the online version of our stories.  We encourage you to give it a try. Send a story to yourself and see how the process works. Each story in the email version has the email to a friend link at the bottom of the story. The LifeSiteNews.com website versions of the stories have the Email to a friend link at the top […]
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Pro-Abortion Legislator Outraged over Priest’s Direction to Quit Church Choir

ANDOVER, Massachusetts, November 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – St. Augustine’s Catholic church in Andover has a choir and state Rep. Barbara L’Italien likes to sing. The pro-abortion politician is a cantor and head of the parish youth choir and has refused to quit when asked by Fr. William Cleary, the new priest. She says she will only leave the volunteer post if she receives the request in writing.  While L’Italien has complained to local papers that she is being targeted for being a Democrat, Fr. Cleary has denied that it has anything to do with her party affiliation. “In this particular […]
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ACLU Lawsuit Results in Pentagon Order to Halt Military Support for Boy Scouts

CHICAGO, November 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Department of Defence agreed Monday to halt direct support for the Boy Scouts, because of an American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois lawsuit. The ACLU charged that government funding of the Scouts is unconstitutional because members have to swear an oath to God, which they claim is discriminatory to non-religious people. Because the Scouts do not allow openly gay leaders, the ACLU argues that this additionally infringes on the rights of American children.  The lawsuit was inspired by a similar court decision in 1998, when the ACLU successfully acted on behalf of […]
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Canadian Military to Remove Cross from Cap for Chaplains

OTTAWA, November 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Defence Department announced plans Monday to remove the Christian symbol—a Maltese cross—from the caps of its army chaplains. The move is claimed to be because the military’s first Moslem chaplain was hired last year.  “We are looking at seeing what developments there could be in that field because, to have a Muslim or to have someone of another faith under that same cap badge—I think it wouldn’t be of service to them,” military Chaplain Jean Bourgeois told the Toronto Sun. Both Conservative MP Jason Kenney and chairman of the Commons defence committee, […]
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Irish Prime Minister and Dublin Catholic Archbishop Back Homosexual Spousal Rights

DUBLIN, November 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Irish homosexual activists who came to Canada to ‘marry’ and are currently challenging Ireland to grant them spousal inheritance rights have garnered support from Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern and shockingly from Dublin’s Catholic Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.  Commenting on the case to the Irish state television RTE, Ahern said, “They say: ‘We want more equality and we want to be treated fairer.’ I agree with that.  I totally agree with that. These people who are in relationships which are not illegal, they’re not immoral, they’re not improper. We should try to deal with some […]
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United Nations Body Set up to Make Recommendations on Governing Internet

NEW YORK, November 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations has established a working group on Internet “governance”, to prepare for a decision on the issue to be made at the World Summit on the Information Society (second phase), to be held in Tunis in November 2005.  The task of this Working Group is to organize an open dialogue on Internet Governance, and to bring recommendations on this subject to the Summit.  The two documents adopted by the Geneva Summit—the Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action—asked the Working Group “to investigate and make proposals for action, as appropriate, […]
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Abortion Pill a Danger to Women FDA Admits with New Warning Labels

WASHINGTON, November 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Federal Food and Drug Administration has ordered changes to the warning labels on the abortion pill Mifeprex, or RU-486, the lethal drug developed in France as a home-abortion kit. The FDA approved the drug in 2000 and despite a number of deaths of women and dangerous complications such as ectopic pregnancies, it had until now declined to change the warning labels. In a media release the FDA admitted that it had received reports of “serious bacterial infection, bleeding, ectopic pregnancies that have ruptured, and death, including another death from sepsis.” The FDA is […]
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Members of UN Working Group on Internet Governance

Working group members are the following individuals: * Abdullah Al-Darrab, Deputy Governor of Technical Affairs, ICT Commission of Saudi Arabia; * Carlos Alfonso, Technical Director, RIT, Rio de Janeiro; * Peng Hwa Ang, Dean, School of Communication, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; * Karen Banks, Director, GreenNet, Association for Progressive Communications, London; * Faryel Beji, President and CEO, Tunisian Internet Agency; * Vittorio Bertola, ICANN at-large Advisory Committee, Turin; * José Alexandre Bicalho, Member, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee,Advisor, Board of Directors, National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel); * Kangsik Cheon, Chief Operating Officer, International Business Development, Netpia, Seoul; * Trevor Clarke, Permanent Representative […]
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The 10-month-old baby at the centre of a right-to-life battle has died. The High Court ruled recently that doctors treating Luke Winston-Jones could try to save his life using cardiac massage but that he should not be put on a ventilator. His mother, Ruth, described pleading with doctors to give him an adrenaline injection, stating: “I got down on my bended knees and begged and begged for Luke’s life.” When she wagged her finger at the doctor, security guards were called. The Royal Liverpool Children’s NHS Trust stood by the doctors concerned. [The Telegraph, 14 November, as reported by SPUC]  […]
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Pope Discusses Abortion and Television

VATICAN CITY, November 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an audience Saturday with members of the group Christian Office of the Handicapped, Pope John Paul II used the occasion to emphasize the inherent value of the human person, regardless of societal status, and to call on political leaders to recognise the inherent value of the handicapped, before and after birth.  “Your presence,” the Holy Father said to 50 members of the group, “invites me to appeal once again in an urgent manner to all people of good will, especially government leaders and legislators, to have an elevated awareness and humanity so […]
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Activist Judges in Jesus’ Nazareth Orders Spousal Rights for Homosexual Couples

NAZARETH, November 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Nazareth District Court ruled 2-1 yesterday that Israel is required to recognize inheritance rights between homosexual couples.  The court ruled that since the inheritance law makes an allowance for non-married common-law couples to have inheritance rights, homosexual couples must also be allowed those rights. The clause in the inheritance law states, “a man and a woman who live a family life in a joint household, yet who are not married to each other,” are to be granted the same inheritance rights as married couples.  While the state argued that “man and woman” could […]
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Australian Prime Minister Howard Says No Debate on Abortion Restricions

CANBERRA, November 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday that there would be no cabinet debate on the abortion issue. The issue was expected to dominate as cabinet resumed Monday after the re-election of Howard’s Liberal government in October.  Several MPs, led by Health Minister Tony Abbott, had sought restrictions such as outlawing late-term abortions, or reducing Medicare funding of abortions. Howard said Wednesday that “People are entitled to raise these issues, but I stress there will not be any government-sponsored change,” to the abortion law.  No mention of a private members bill was raised in […]
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Spain’s Socialist-Led Descent into Darkness

MADRID, November 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The traditionally Catholic country of Spain is traveling a well-worn path towards liberal values, including same-sex “marriage,” legalization of fetal embryonic research, and an easing of abortion laws—legal measures implemented by the country’s new Socialist government under Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.  Northern city of Avila Bishop Jesus Garcia Burrillo described the recent government-imposed changes as “a violent cultural earthquake,” in his recent pastoral letter, as reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer. “It is not easy to find in history, in such a short space of time, so many changes affecting morality [except] in […]
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Canada Objects to United Nations Terrorism Document Due to Right-to-Life Language

UNITED NATIONS, November 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Once again revealing the pro-abortion extremism of Canadian delegates to the UN, Canada’s representative at the UN voted against a United Nations resolution on “Human Rights and Terrorism” Thursday.  In the explanation of his vote, the Canadian representative noted Canada voiced objection to a clause in the documents which spoke of the “right to life” as the most basic right. Proposed in the UN Third Committee, the resolution against terrorism contained the clause: “Bearing in mind that the right to life is the basic human right, without which a human being can exercise […]
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Pressure Against Specter Continues to Build: Opponents Not Letting Up

WASHINGTON, November 15, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pressure to keep Senator Arlen Specter out of the Chairmanship of the Senate Judicial Committee is beginning to have an effect. Since the first days after the US election, pro-life groups and advocates of the family have kept up a barrage of calls, faxes and e-mails demanding that the militantly pro-abortion and anti-Christian Specter not be placed in a position to block conservative candidates for the Supreme Court. Last week, Specter, after making weak assurances of impartiality, was embarrassed again when newspaper interviews and a fundraising letter he had written in 1995 showed him […]
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MP Toews says Forcing Manitoba Marriage Commissioners to Perform Gay “Marriages” is a Violation of H

WINNIPEG, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Federal Conservative MP Vic Toews charged Thursday that the Manitoba government’s policy of forcing its marriage commissioners to perform same-sex “weddings” or resign is discriminatory and in violation of the province’s human rights code. “Why should these individuals be discriminated against?” he said, as reported by the Winnipeg Sun. He said that commissioners who refuse to perform the ceremonies for religious reasons should be given that freedom. “As a matter of law they’re entitled to carry out their functions without this kind of threat.” Toews is justice critic for the federal Conservative Party of […]
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Abortion, a High Priority for Australian Cabinet Debate

CANBERRA, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Heading into a fourth term as Prime Minister, Australia’s John Howard said Wednesday that he will allow discussion of private members’ bills on restricting abortion, a debate that is expected to be a priority when parliament resumes Monday. “People are entitled to raise these issues, but I stress there will not be any government-sponsored change,” to the abortion law, Howard said, as reported by The Associated Press. “If people wish to bring forward a private member’s bill people are free to do so,” the Prime Minister said, according to an Australian Associated Press report. […]
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ABC 20/20 Report Says Matthew Shepard Killed During Robbery Not Anti-Gay Hate Crime

NEW YORK, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 1998 Matthew Shepard murder, portrayed as a hate crime because Shepard was homosexual, was in fact a bungled robbery and not motivated by hate, according to an ABC 20/20 investigation. Shepard’s murder set in motion a drive to promulgate new laws to protect homosexuals from discrimination, including the so-called hate crimes laws Bill C-250 in Canada, and a similar proposed law in the US.  20/20 interviewed the killers, Aaron McKinney and Russell A. Henderson for their exposé, which alleged that the two had made a bargain with the court that they would […]
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Kenyan Religious Leaders Plan to Follow Words Against Abortion With Strong Actions

NAIROBI, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following closely on the heels of a public clash between abortion supporters in the medical community and pro-lifers at a Nairobi court, Kenyan religious leaders have vowed to fight the advance of abortion in their country. Yesterday, LifeSiteNews.com reported that a Nairobi gynaecologist-obstetrician, Dr. John Nyamu and two nurses are being charged with 15 counts of murder after the bodies of aborted babies were found dumped on a highway. Yesterday, a group of Kenyan religious leaders issued a statement that warned government against legalizing abortion, calling it “murder and a grave moral offence.” Catholic, […]
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Couples May get Chance to Design the ‘Ideal’ IVF Baby

LONDON, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Research is being done to ‘improve’ the eugenic capability of in vitro fertilization but most countries are hesitant to allow its wide application. However, the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has proposed to allow parents to start choosing the genetic characteristics of their IVF children before implantation. As part of the HFEA’s recently launched ‘consultation’ on IVF procedures, the fertility authority is considering allowing couples to select the particular ova and sperm used to create embryos according to particular desired traits. With improvements in the technology, it may become possible to select […]
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Pro-Family Leader Tries to Ignite Canadian Christians to Take Back Canada

TORONTO, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Equipping Christians for the Public Square Centre (ECP Centre), a newly formed Canadian group to inspire Canadians to defend marriage, has announced their annual “IGNITE OUR CULTURE” conference.  It will take place Saturday, November 13, 2004 at the Crossroads Centre, in Burlington, Ontario.  “IGNITE OUR CULTURE conference will be an annual national event for the ECP Centre,” said Rev. Tristan Emmanuel, the Centre’s executive director. “It is our contention that the social trends and policies that negatively impact Canadian society have largely been advanced due to the lack of meaningful opposition from Christians. It […]
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Britain Says it will Ignore UN Human Cloning Ban – Vote November 19

UNITED NATIONS, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attempts by Belgium to scuttle a vote on a Costa-Rica sponsored comprehensive ban on human cloning have thus far failed thanks to strong pressure from the United States and other countries supporting the Costa Rican proposal.  The vote is thus scheduled for November 19. Sam Singson, a pro-life lobbyist at the UN, told LifeSiteNews.com that with over 60 countries backing a total ban on human cloning and only about 20 countries supporting the Belgian proposal to ban reproductive cloning and allow human cloning for research purposes, the comprehensive ban is very likely to […]
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Scott Peterson Found Guilty of Murder of Both Wife and Unborn Child

REDWOOD CITY, Caifornia, November 12, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The high-profile murder trial of California fertilizer salesman Scott Peterson has resulted in Peterson being found guilty today of the first-degree murder of his pregnant wife Laci and the second-degree murder of their unborn child Connor. Peterson was convicted of killing his wife and unborn child and dumping his pregnant wife’s body in San Francisco Bay in what has been portrayed as a cold-blooded action to escape marriage and fatherhood for a swinging single’s life.  The high profile murder conviction for the killing of unborn Connor Peterson highlighted the significance of the […]
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Gay-Friendly U.S. Bishops Outed by Homosexual Activist ‘Catholic’ Group

WASHINGTON, November 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Four of the most controversial left-leaning US Catholic Bishops have been praised by a homosexual activist group. Archbishop Harry Flynn (Minneapolis/St Paul, MN), Cardinal Roger Mahony (Los Angeles, CA), Bishop Mathew Clark (Rochester, NY) and Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton (Detroit) were named in a press release by the Rainbow Sash Movement (RSM). RSM is a group of homosexual activists which stages publicity stunts daring Catholic clergy to deny members communion. RSM members present themselves for communion while wearing a rainbow-colored sash indicating that they are sexually-active homosexuals. While Catholic bishops throughout the United States […]
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UK to Consider Payment for Ova up to £1000

LONDON, November 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK's Human Fertilization and Embryo Authority is considering revising its rules about payment for sperm and ova donations. The HFEA creates rules and guidelines regulating the in vitro fertilization industry and now, the cloning/embryo research industry as well. Today the HFEA announced it would begin a consultation process to revisit the issue of payment for donors of sperm and ova. While technically illegal to outright pay for human gametes, reimbursement for expenses and compensation for 'inconvenience' are allowed. IVF facilities have complained that the donation rate is down and it is expected to […]
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UN Once More Predicts Steep Declines in Population Growth Rates

NEW YORK, November 11, 2004 (C-Fam.org) -The UN Population Division has just released its occasional crystal ball predictions about global population growth. This report attempts to project fertility rates and global population well into the future. The report itself admits their work is mostly “guesses.” After all, in this report they look three hundred years into the future. What is unique about this report is that it is the first UN report to look so far into the future and it predicts that over the next three hundred years world population will experience substantial ageing and eventual decline.  Global population […]
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Arafat Death Brings to Light Muslim Opposition to Euthanasia

RAMALLAH, West Bank, November 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Before Palestinian President Yasser Arafat’s death early Thursday morning, popular media suggested the possibility that top Palestinian officials and family members were contemplating ending his life prematurely by removing life support.  “People talk as if his life can be plugged in or plugged out. This is ridiculous. We Muslims do not allow euthanasia,” Nabil Shaath, the Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Minister, said at a news conference Wednesday, as reported by the National Post. “He will live or die depending on his body’s ability to resist and on the will of God.”  When top […]
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Abortion Advocates Clash with Pro-life Group at Nairobi Court

NAIROBI, November 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Nairobi gynaecologist-obstetrician, Dr. John Nyamu and two nurses, Marion Kibathi and Mercy Mathai, are being charged with 15 counts of murder after the bodies of aborted babies were discovered on the Uhuru Highway. The struggle to legalize abortion in Kenya has been bolstered by international abortion advocate groups such as the UNFPA and International Planned Parenthood Federation, and has the support of some of the medical community in Kenya. Nyamu is claiming that the charge of murder is an infringement of his fundamental and constitutional rights and freedom. The abortion supporters, led by […]
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Abortion Bill Allowing Abortion by Nurses Passes South African Legislature

PRETORIA, November 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, the South African National Assembly passed, without debate, the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill.  The controversial bill will allow nurses to commit abortions. It will also deregulate control of abortion and allow provincial health ministers to make regulations for the implementation of abortion laws in their own provinces.  South African President Thabo Mbeki’s signature is the final requirement for the bill’s enactment.  Earlier this month, the National Council of Provinces also approved the Bill. Pro-Life groups and organizations representing health care workers fiercely opposed the legislation. In addition, public opinion surveys […]
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Abortion, Anti-Christian Record too Strident for Specter to Cover Up

WASHINGTON, November 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Arlen Specter’s political troubles are growing, with the Hill Times, the newspaper of Congress, saying the Republicans are not ‘circling the wagons’ against the growing tide of conservative opposition to his appointment as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “This is huge with the base. It’s mushrooming, and it’s not going away,” a GOP Senate aide said. Now two new items have come to light about the abortion-supporting senator’s commitment to anti-Christian dogmatism. Two newspaper interviews report Specter vowing that he would block pro-life and “extremist” judges appointed by President Bush, contradicting claims to […]
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Alberta Premier will Allow Public to be Heard on Gay “Marriage”

CALGARY, November 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alberta premier Ralph Klein, campaigning for re-election to a fourth term in office, said he wants to know how Albertans feel about same-sex “marriage.”“We’ve invited the public, and I’ll do that right now, to send their comments on same-sex marriage,” Klein said Tuesday. “What we’ve heard from the public thus far and what I’m hearing in the streets is that they don’t want it in this province,” Klein said, as reported by CTV News.  The legalization of same-sex “marriage”—currently an issue being decided on by the Supreme Court—has already passed in seven provinces, including […]
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New Brunswick Parents Incensed with Sex Ed for Kids

MARYSVILLE, New Brunswick, November 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Parents of grade 6 to 8 schoolchildren being subjected to explicit sexual education curricula attended a church hall meeting Monday night to express their concerns over the program.  According to a Daily Gleaner report, seventy-five parents attended the forum, upset that the curriculum will arguably stimulate greater interest in sex among their children, rather than the intended consequence of reducing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases through so-called safe-sex education.  Christian Action Federation of New Brunswick executive director Mary Thurrott made a presentation, emphasizing that the curriculum needs to discuss abstinence. “There […]
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Abortion, Breast Cancer Link Warning by States Upsets Abortion Advocates

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2004 (LifeSitenews.com) – While more than a dozen state legislatures debate bills on informed consent for women considering abortion, the Associated Press has run an article titled, “Women Wrongly Warned Cancer, Abortion Tied.” AP considered it such a certainty that the information was wrong, they needed to tell readers twice with a subtitle, “Some Women Considering Abortion Are Wrongly Told It Could Hike Breast Cancer Risk.” The article presents a textbook example of a biased media creating ‘news’ to influence the public when life issues are before legislatures.  The Associated Press’ Laura Meckler claims the ability to […]
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Stem Cells Collected from Cardiac Patient’s Own Heart May Develop New Therapies

NEW ORLEANS, November 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US researchers from Johns Hopkins University presented evidence that cardiac patients can benefit from treatment with their own stem cells drawn from the right ventricle of the heart. The cells are drawn from the patient’s heart through a catheter needle inserted through arteries in the neck. Cells were collected with this method from 23 patients. The harvested cell clusters developed from the samples, called cardiospheres, contain cells that can regenerate themselves and develop into more specialized cells that conduct electric currents and contract. The research builds upon work done by European scientists and […]
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Abortion-Foe, Attorney General John Ashcroft Retires, Gonzales named Successor

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US Attorney General John Ashcroft, announced his resignation Tuesday. He will be sadly missed by pro-life Americans. “The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved,” Ashcroft wrote in his resignation letter to President Bush, as reported by The Associated Press. John Ashcroft, acting as Attorney General, defended a challenge to the President’s Partial Birth Abortion Ban. He challenged Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide laws. At his nomination hearings, he was badgered about his pro-life leanings. “I believe Roe versus Wade as an original matter was wrongly decided,” he said.  […]
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United Nations Tells Morocco to Decriminalize Abortion

GENEVA, November 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) concluded a review on Morocco’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), demanding that the mostly-Muslim nation “liberalize” its abortion laws. The UN committee composed of 18 UN human rights “experts” issued its recommendation on November 5.  The UNHRC report says, “The Committee notes with concern that abortion remains a penal infringement in Moroccan law except when used to save the life of the mother.”  The committee recommends Morocco “should ensure that women are not obliged to carry their pregnancies to term when […]
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Australian Teen Abortion Stats Intensify Abortion Debate

MELBOURNE, Australia, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Figures released by Australia’s newspaper, The Age, revealed that the teenage abortion rates in the state of Victoria have sky-rocketed a tragic 45 percent, from 760 in 1992-93 to 1107 in 2002-03—in public hospitals only. Private clinics committed 1,669 abortions in 2002-03. Among all age groups, the overall abortion incidence has climbed by 13 percent, to a total of 18,514 in 2002-03.  The Age obtained the stats, not normally available to the public, through Australia’s freedom of information law. The figures are in sharp contrast to recent claims, based on Medicare statistics, that […]
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Catholic Insurance Plan now Option for Illinois Federal Workers – Planned Parenthood Angry

CHICAGO, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Federal workers employed in 27 counties in Illinois are now able to choose a Catholic insurance plan that does not cover contraceptives, sterilization, fertility treatment, or abortion. The insurance, offered by OSF HealthPlans, is owned and operated by an order of Catholic nuns – the Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. OSF HealthPlans is being touted as an example of the faith-based initiatives favored by President Bush. Gloria Feldt, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said the plan was an “inappropriate” use of federal funds, one that “is blatantly designed to […]
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Arkansas Governor Promotes Covenant Marriage

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee is promoting “Covenant Marriage” by converting his own traditional marriage to a covenant type by joining 1,000 other couples in a mass ceremony planned for Valentine’s Day 2005.  Covenant Marriages were enacted in the state in 2001, to foster renewed commitment to lasting marriages. They require much more stringent criteria for divorce. Adultery, felony, abuse, or long periods of separation are conditions. Couples must also certify that they have attended approved pre-marriage counselling before taking a covenant vow. Covenant Marriages are also recognized in the states of Louisiana […]
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White House Appeals Oregon Assisted Suicide Law to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US Attorney General John Ashcroft requested Tuesday that the US Supreme Court hear an appeal of the May federal court ruling upholding Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law. Tuesday was the deadline for filing an appeal.  In August, Ashcroft’s request for an appeal of a May ruling upholding the law was rejected. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that a majority of 25 judges had voted against holding an appeal.  In May, Attorney General John Ashcroft had challenged Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law, arguing that the prescribing of lethal medications by doctors was in contravention […]
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Abortion-Support Threatens Arlen Specter’s Political Future

WASHINGTON, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life groups have kept up an impressive barrage of calls, faxes and emails all centered on quashing Senator Arlen Specter’s chances of becoming the chair of the Judiciary Committee.  While Senate Majority leader Bill Frist was first deluged by communications, now all Senate Republican leaders and members of the Judiciary Committee are hearing from grass-roots America that Specter should not be appointed to head the Committee.  As soon as the rumble of opposition began to be heard, Specter furiously attempted to distance himself from his warning to President Bush not to appoint any pro-life […]
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Nine More States Promise Constitutional Gay “Marriage” Ban

WASHINGTON, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nine more US states have pledged the introduction of constitutional amendments to ban same-sex “marriage.” Legislators in the states of Alabama, Idaho, South Carolina and Washington have promised to introduce amendments in the coming weeks, while Texas and Virginia representatives have begun the process with “pre-filed” constitutional amendments. Massachusetts, Tennessee and Wisconsin amendments have already passed a first vote and require one additional vote in either of the legislative assemblies, before going to voters for final approval.  The overwhelming success of marriage amendments in all 11 states that proffered them November 2, “will encourage […]
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Gay ‘Marriage’ Court Challenge Coming to Ireland Courtesy of Canada

DUBLIN, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lesbian activists in Ireland who came to British Columbia in September of 2003 to “marry” have now demanded that their “marriage” be recognized in Ireland.  Irish High Court Justice Liam McKechnie ruled today that the case can go forward for a hearing.  Ann Louise Gilligan and Katherine Zappone are demanding that they be allowed a tax break by filing joint taxes with the nation’s Revenue Commissioners.  Justice McKechnie however noted in his decision that the challenge means far more than taxes.  He said a ruling in the case would have “profound ethical, cultural and […]
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U.N. Demands Poland “Liberalize” Abortion Laws, Implement Sex-Ed, Contraception and Gay Rights Progr

LifeSiteNews.com today reports on a disturbing Nov. 4 United Nations Human Rights Committee statement that attempts to bully Poland into legalizing abortion and implementing very liberal policies on sex education, contraception and homosexuality.  See the Full SPECIAL REPORT:  U.N. Demands Poland Overturn Laws Against Abortion https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/nov/041109a.html
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U.N. Demands Poland Overturn Laws Against Abortion

GENEVA, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) concluded a review on Poland’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), demanding that the mostly-Catholic nation “liberalize” its abortion laws.  The UN committee composed of 18 UN human rights “experts” from various countries met with Polish officials on October 27 and 28, making its observations and recommendations on November 4. While, the UN itself and the ICCPR specifically does not officially promote abortion, both the organization and the committee enforcing the ICCPR have often been criticized for meddling in the contentious issue.  […]
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Boys in the UK as young as 11 being giving ‘condom cards’ by schools entitling them to free condoms from family planning clinics and chemists, as part of a growing scheme to cut teenage pregnancies. Girls are being given ‘U’ cards to indicate to medical receptionists that they need an urgent appointment. Simon Burns, the Conservative Party health spokesman said: “There is something very wrong with 11-year-old boys and girls engaging in sexual activity, particularly as it is illegal.” [The Daily Mail, 6 November as reported by SPUC]  An article in the Sunday Telegraph has reported that 14 of the […]
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Queen’s University Rules Pro-Lifers Must Fund Pro-Abortion Campus Group

KINGSTON, November 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Established in 1841 by a Royal Charter of Queen Victoria, Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario is one of Canada’s most prestigious institutions of higher learning.  However, a recent article in the school’s student newspaper has revealed that the school has put the fundraising efforts of a pro-abortion group ahead of the conscience rights of Christians, Muslims and other students of faith who oppose abortion.  Pro-life student Dennis Crawford took the Queen’s Alma Mater Society (AMS) to the university’s Judicial Committee Thursday for an AMS decision to support a campus pro-abortion group with a minimal […]
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Decided Majority of Italians say Gay “Marriage,” Adoption Wrong

ROME, November 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A poll has revealed that Italians are clearly opposed to the idea of same-sex “marriage,” as well as adoption by homosexual couples. Only 32 percent of those polled approved of same-sex “marriage,” while only 21 percent felt that adoption by same-sex couples was acceptable.  The poll was conducted for Italy’s Repubblica newspaper. Debate on the issue was sparked by the recent decision by the Spanish socialist government to legalize same-sex “marriage.”  Read ABC News coverage:  https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=233165   tv
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California Strikes Back with Gay ‘Marriage’ as Top Legislative Priority

SAN FRANCISCO, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – San Francisco’s homosexual activist Democratic state Assemblyman Mark Leno is expected to table his bill to legalize same-sex “marriage” for the state on the day the assembly re-convenes – December 6.  The bill, originally introduced in January, was stalled until after last week’s federal elections, in order to “build support.”  San Francisco Chronicle columnists Phillip Matier and Andrew Ross aren’t the only ones who think Leno’s decision to begin debate on the issue, immediately after a federal election that proved Americans are sick of the left-wing agenda, is “Flying in the face of […]
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Kinsey Film to be Released November 19 Full of Lies and Discrepancies

HOLLYWOOD, November 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fox Searchlight Pictures is about to unleash a movie distorting historical facts on Alfred C. Kinsey, the man some say most responsible for the sexual revolution.  Starring Liam Neeson as Kinsey, the film fails to point out that Kinsey paid for clinical research which involved the sexual exploitation of children as young as two months old.  Written and directed by homosexual activist Bill Condon, the film reverses truth, portraying Kinsey as a liberating hero and paints those concerned with sexual morality both for health reasons and morals as being villains – the “enforcers of […]
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Canadian Conservative MP Introduces Bill on Definition of Marriage

OTTAWA, November 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, Rob Moore, Conservative MP for Fundy-Royal, introduced Private Member’s Bill C-268, that will allow Parliamentarians the opportunity to vote on the definition of marriage.  The Bill defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman and specifies that this definition does not affect the freedom of officials of religious groups to perform ceremonies or to refuse to perform ceremonies that are not in accordance with their religious beliefs.  “The purpose of C-268 is to reinforce our Party’s position that the issue of defining marriage should be decided in Parliament by […]
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Pro-Abortion Liberal MP Wants to Open Canada to Euthanasia

VICTORIA, British Columbia, November 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-abortion population-control supportive Liberal MP for Vancouver Island’s Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca riding, Keith Martin, is calling for the legalization of euthanasia in Canada. “I think the public needs it and wants it and that’s something all of us can work towards,” Martin said Sunday on the heals of euthanasia campaigner Evelyn Marten’s acquittal, as reported by the Victoria Times-Colonist.  “We need to have a national debate on end-of-life issues,” Martin claimed. “That’s critically important given end-of-life issues and the ethical challenges that are going to be faced by health-care professionals and patients […]
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Ottawa Art Exhibit by LifeSiteNews.com Friend Michael O’Brien November 12-14

Famed Canadian artist, novelist, and essayist Michael O’Brien will be featured at an art exhibit in Ottawa, Ontario from 12 to 14 November.  Mr. O’Brien will open his exhibition of over thirty paintings at the Church of St. Barnabas on Friday at 7:00-10:00 pm.  On Saturday the exhibition will be open from 10am to 6pm and on Sunday from 1pm to 5pm.  On Saturday evening at 7:30pm Mr. O’Brien will deliver a public lecture on “Art as Language of the Spirit.”  St. Barnabas Church is located at 394 Kent Street in Ottawa.  See the Michael O’Brien Website https://studiobrien.com/site/index.php   See […]
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Bush Will Push Gay ‘Marriage’ Ban Says Top Political Aide Karl Rove

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Karl Rove, a top political aide to US President George W. Bush indicated Sunday that the President would again push for a federal constitutional amendment to protect the traditional definition of marriage.  Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Rove said, “If we want to have a hopeful and decent society, we ought to aim for the ideal, and the ideal is that marriage ought to be, and should be, a union of a man and a woman.”  Asked if Bush would push the Congress again on the amendment, Rove responded, “absolutely.”  Rove also elaborated on […]
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Specter Backpedaling for His Political Life Against Tidal Wave of Opposition

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sudden flood of vehement opposition to Senator Arlen Specter’s appointment as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee from conservative groups, has caused the senator to backpedal on his previous remarks. A day after the election, Specter warned President Bush not to propose any pro-life nominees for the Supreme Court. He told the Philadelphia Inquirer on November 3rd, “If you have a race that is won by a percent or two, you have a narrowly divided country, and that’s not a traditional mandate.” The self-proclaimed, “pro-choice” Republican said, “President Bush will have that very […]
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Bush to Consider Clarence Thomas for Chief Justice?

WASHINGTON, November 8, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An internal review will look into the possibility of naming pro-life Justice Clarence Thomas as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. The Drudge Report said a White House source said that Thomas is Bush’s favorite to replace William Rehnquist who is suffering from cancer and is likely to retire. The source, who is not named, is quoted saying, “It would not only be historic, to nominate a minority as chief justice, symbolizing the president’s strong belief in hope and optimism, but it would be a sound judicial move…. Justice Thomas simply has an […]
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Women ‘Railroaded’ Into Abortions, Says Australian Health Minister   https://www.couriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,11289090%255E953,00.html   Former Kenyan Attorney General Wants Abortion To Be Legalised   https://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news_s.php?articleid=5007   New Zealand Parliament votes to reject mandatory parental notification for abortion https://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3607323&thesection=news&thesubsection=general   Kerry takes Communion during visit to Orlando https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/elections/orl-aseccommunion03110304nov03,1,1851267.story?coll=orl-home-headlines   Foreign Stripper Who Campaigned for Liberals Given Preferential Treatment by Immigration Officials https://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=c4971749-4ab5-4d71-9160-6a34908e6e00   GOP tells of success wooing Catholic vote https://www.washtimes.com/national/20041104-113015-7468r.htm   Peggy Noonan, Regan’s speech writer, on Bush win: “So Much to Savor”  https://opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/  Campaign Confessions: Kerry about Bush: “I can’t believe I’m losing to this idiot”  https://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041104/nyth186_1.html   Some justice in fate […]
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Toronto Cardinal Ambrozic Asked to Remain in Post after Reaching Retirement Age

TORONTO, November 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope John Paul II has asked Toronto Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic to remain in his post after the Cardinal reaches the mandatory retirement age of 75 on January 27, 2005.  The Cardinal was pleased to continue serving in his capacity.  “I thank the Holy Father for the confidence he has expressed in my leadership of the archdiocese. Of course I shall be happy to continue,” the Cardinal was quoted as saying in the Toronto diocesan newspaper The Catholic Register.  Jhw
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Queen’s Bench Court Rules Graphic Abortion Photos Protected by Charter

PRINCE ALBERT, November 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench has ruled that displays of graphic photos of aborted children are, “legitimate participation in an important political and social debate in Canada.  Saskatchewan activist, Bill Whatcott has had a previous conviction overturned of obstructing a police officer. Whatcott and members of a pro-life group called, Christian Truth Activists were doing a Show the Truth type of display with pictures of aborted children being shown to rush-hour traffic. Whatcott was arrested and charged with obstructing a police officer when, after the officer had confiscated his sign, Whatcott moved to […]
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U.S. Gay Activists Seek to Force Homosexual “Marriage” Through Courts, Bypass The People

TULSA, Oklahoma, November 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activists, upset at the re-election of pro-family President George W. Bush and the passage of bans on same-sex “marriage” in all 11 states where it was proffered, will bypass the people and go to the courts as a recourse. Two lesbian couples challenged the marriage amendment passed Tuesday, launching a lawsuit against Oklahoma state.  The American Civil Liberties Union Lesbian and Gay Rights Project are acting on behalf of the couples and a host of other disgruntled homosexuals. Similar suits “will go forward in New York, California, Washington, Maryland and New Jersey,” […]
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Pro-Life Democrats Urge DNC to Modify Abortion Position

WASHINGTON, DC, November 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democrats For Life of America, an organization which works to have pro-life Democrats elected, urged the Democratic National Committee to concede its pro-abortion position yesterday on the heels of one of the worst Election Day performances in recent memory.  In addition to election results, Democrats For Life of America point to a poll that shows that Democratic Party insiders are out of touch with the rank-in-file Democratic voter across America.  A CBS News poll showed that delegates to the DNC convention were twice as likely as Democratic voters to support abortions in all […]
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Activist Judge Orders 7th Canadian Province to Legalize Same-Sex ‘Marriage’

SASKATOON, November 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Justice Donna Wilson of the Family Law Division of the Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench ruled today that the definition of marriage in Saskatchewan was unconstitutional and redefined it. “The common-law definition of marriage for civil purposes is declared to be ‘the lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others,’” Wilson wrote in a five-page ruling. The order was not opposed by either the province of Saskatchewan or the federal government. Court costs totaling $10,000 were ordered paid to the five homosexual activist couples who brought the case forward:  Erin Scriven and […]
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Slovakia Stands Alone in Ensuring EU Will Not Force Recognition of Gay ‘Marriage’

BRUSSELS, November 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan presented a declaration refusing to accept homosexual unions Tuesday at a European Union meeting of foreign affairs ministers.  Kukan indicated that the Slovak reservations were not supported by any of the other 24 EU countries.  The action of the Slovak Minister has ensured that Slovakia will not have to recognize registered partnerships or ‘marriages’ of homosexuals approved in other EU nations.  A unilateral declaration concerning the reservation will be attached to the EU harmonization document, The Hague Programme.  “The unilateral statement has been agreed on to have one hundred […]
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Ukraine Amends Abortion Law to Protect Unborn After 22 Weeks Gestation

KIEV, November 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the Ukraine this past Tuesday, Parliament passed a law limiting abortion to unborn children under 22 weeks gestation, whereas it was formerly permitted up to 28 weeks.  Of the 450-member Ukrainian Parliament, 281 legislators backed the abortion amendment.  Lech Kowalewski, spokesman for the Polish Federation of Pro-life Movements and a European representative on the International Right to Life Federation told LifeSiteNews.com that the change was “a very important victory” for the region. “Ukraine is a country where abortion is the most popular ‘method’ of ‘family planning’, treated as a contraceptive among some people […]
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U.S National Right to Life Recommended Actions to Stop Specter Appointment

WASHINGTON, November 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Right to Life today sent out an URGENT CONGRESSIONAL ALERT to help prevent Arlen Specter from becoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It recommends the following actions:  1.  If one or both of the U.S. senators who will represent your state in the new Congress is a Republican, contact his or her office immediately with this message:  “Senator Specter must not become chairman of the Judiciary Committee.  We urge Senator ______ to support any other Republican member of the Judiciary Committee to become chairman—anyone but Arlen Specter.” The offices of continuing […]
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Euthanasia Campaigner Martens Acquitted of Assisting in 2 Suicides

DUNCAN, British Columbia, November 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Evelyn Martens, the 73-year-old euthanasia campaigner charged with assisting the suicides of two B.C. women, was acquitted Thursday.  Martens pleaded not guilty to the charge of aiding former nun Monique Charest, 64, and Vancouver teacher Leyanne Burchell, 57, to commit suicide. Charest suffered from a number of health complaints including severe back pain, but was not terminally ill.  The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC), in comments to LifeSiteNews.com Friday, requested that the Crown review the evidence, and if there is ample evidence beyond a reasonable doubt to convict her, appeal Marten’s acquittal.  The […]
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Specter warns Bush on high court nominations https://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/2883040   Powell, Ridge, Ashcroft and Rice Rumored to Be Leaving Bush Administration https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/04/politics/campaign/04cabinet.html?ex=1100235600&en=3fe11cc566fe17d4&ei=5006&partner=ALTAVISTA1   US duo in first spam conviction – Get 9 years prison https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3981099.stm   Vatican Convokes Experts on Palliative Care   https://zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=61371   SA abortion survey: 24% in favour https://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-National&ao=124951   Exit-Poll Outrage https://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/31590.htm
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Euthanasia Campaigner Martens Trial goes to Jury Deliberation

DUNCAN, British Columbia, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The jury commenced deliberations yesterday in the trial of euthanasia campaigner Evelyn Martens.  The jury must decide if Martens is guilty of assisting two B.C. women to die. They will assess if Martens intended to kill former Vancouver teacher Leyanne Burchell and former nun Monique Charest. Martens, 73, pleaded not guilty. “The question for you to decide is what did Ms. Martens actually intend?” Justice Barry Davies explained to jury members. Assisting someone to die in Canada is a criminal offence carrying a potential 14 year prison term. The court heard evidence […]
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Canadian Legislator: Bush Victory Indicates Americans are Psychologically Damaged from 9/11

OTTAWA, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Vitriolic Liberal MP Carolyn Parrish, whose disparaging comments about Americans have been an embarrassment to even left-leaning Canadians, has once again ignited controversy.  Parrish, a hard-line abortion and ‘gay marriage’ supporter, said she was “dumbfounded” by Bush’s victory but nonetheless proceeded to say, “I guess it’s a reflection of the profound psychological damage of 9/11.”  Parrish described Bush as a “war-like man” and said of the US, for its election of Bush, “That country is completely out of step with most of the free world.”  In previous remarks Parrish called Americans and those who […]
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Abortion Linked to Later Anxiety Problems, New Study Shows

SPRINGFIELD, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Women who abort unintended pregnancies are more likely to experience subsequent problems with anxiety compared to women who deliver their unintended pregnancies, according to a study published in the latest edition of Journal of Anxiety Disorders. Using data collected from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG), researchers examined a nationally representative sample of 10,847 women aged 15-34 who had experienced an unintended first pregnancy and had no prior history of anxiety. After controlling for race and age at the time of the survey, researchers found that compared to women who carried the unintended […]
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Adult Bone Marrow Stem Cells Deliver Cancer Therapy Without Side Effects

HOUSTON, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stem cells taken from bone marrow are being used to reproduce the effects of a cancer treatment called interferon beta and avoiding toxic side effects. Researchers at the University of Texas have reported in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute that experiments with cancerous mice have had positive results killing cancer cells, without damaging surrounding tissue. The mice which underwent the stem cell treatment lived significantly longer than those treated with the interferon alone and than those with no treatment. Mice with human breast cancer treated with the engineered human […]
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Canadian Conservative MPs Tell Liberal Government to Stop Threatening Churches

OTTAWA, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Together in the House of Commons, Brian Fitzpatrick, MP for Prince Albert and Jeff Watson, MP for Essex called on the Liberal Government to stop threatening the Roman Catholic and Evangelical Churches’ charitable statuses for expressing their constitutionally protected rights of freedom speech and freedom of religion. Fitzpatrick noted that “the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency has threatened both Roman Catholic and Evangelical Churches with legal sanctions. Their mortal sin was freely and publicly expressing their positions on key moral issues.”  He said, “I find the government’s actions outrageous. Our constitution guarantees every citizen […]
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Canadians would Vote to Eliminate Gay “Marriage” Too if given the Chance

OTTAWA, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadians would reject same-sex “marriage” if given the chance to vote for it, as voters in the US did Tuesday, Gwen Landolt, national vice president of REAL Women of Canada, said Wednesday.  “In many regards, we (Canadians) are no different,” she said in comments to the Canadian Press. “We’re just ordinary people and we’re restricted in having a voice here. These referendums show that when you allow people to speak, it’s just common sense: You want to have a man and a woman because children need a mother and father.”  Voters in 11 US […]
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Bush Victory a Resounding Public Assertion of Traditional Moral Values

WASHINGTON, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – George Bush's victory is being lauded as the victory of traditional morality over the popular liberal relativism espoused equally by John Kerry and the New York Times. Exit polls are showing that significant percentages of voters cited 'moral values,'- at 22% – as the most important issue upon which to vote. The issue garnering the most media attention, the war in Iraq, came last at 15% in a survey by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky. The campaign was fraught with controversy over the three key issues of interest to pro-lifers, abortion, stem cell research […]
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Democrats Gear Up to Launch Hillary Clinton for President in 2008

NEW YORK, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is the Democratic Party’s best hope for success in 2008, according to party strategists. “The party will be looking to her,” senior John Kerry advisor Chris Lehane said. “Hillary is uniquely positioned. Hillary Clinton is the one who the party, the press and the public will look to to engage and respond to the Bush administration,” he said.  Dr. Laura Schlessinger once said that a presidential run by Hillary Clinton would be “horrifying”. Schlessinger said of the Clintons, “the two of them are […]
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US Catholic Leaders Comment on Bush Re-Election – Abortion and Gay ‘Marriage’

WASHINGTON, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali expressed “prayerful good wishes” for President Bush on his re-election as President of the United States.  “I commend President Bush for his emphasis on the sacredness of human life demonstrated during his first term and I urge him to continue in his second term to stress the need to protect the most vulnerable among us and all human life,” he said.  Cardinal Rigali also commended the President on his defense of marriage.  “I ask the President to remain steadfast in the defense of traditional family values and in recognition that […]
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Pro-Life Leader Urges Canadian Legislators to Heed Example of Bush Victory

TORONTO, November 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The results of the U.S. election is a solid vindication of social conservative and pro-life values, of which Canadian political leaders should take heed, says the leader of a national Canadian pro-life organization. “President George W. Bush and the Republican Party ran on a platform of life, family, faith and freedom and were supported by clear majority of Americans from across the social spectrum,” observed Mr. Jim Hughes, president of Campaign Life Coalition(CLC) Canada. “We are delighted that a man with the courage of his convictions, President George W. Bush, has won a clear […]
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Canadians would reject same-sex marriage if given a vote: REAL Women https://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2004/11/03/699331-cp.html   Stem cell miracle skin deep, docs find https://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2004/11/01/pf-695624.html   Pornographer Larry Flynt: ‘I’ll flee if Bush wins’  https://www.news24.com/News24/World/US_Elections/0,,2-10-1665_1614516,00.html   Catholics Put Bush Over the Top in Key States https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/11/3/121400.shtml   Unhappy Democrats Need to Wait to Get Into Canada https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=6704292   Leadership and Values Helped Bush Win https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041103/ap_on_el_pr/how_bush_won&cid=694&ncid=1963&sid=96378798   Media squander public trust by playing politics https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/story/249090p-213327c.html   Study: Spiritually inclined students happier https://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1098799,00.html   Stem Cell Rip-off https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6370140/site/newsweek   Saskatchewan court to rule on gay marriage this week https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1099504145073_94913345/?hub=Canada   Pro-Life Keyes Loses to Pro-Abortion Obama […]
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Catholic Schools Targeted to Join Massive Embryonic Stem Cell Research Fundraiser

TORONTO, November 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada's annual Terry Fox run is an inspiring and motivational fundraiser for cancer research invigorated by the loving memory of Canadian hero Terry Fox. Fox was diagnosed with bone cancer and had to have a leg amputated. Nonetheless Fox decided to run across Canada to help cancer victims. After over 300 miles he was forced to stop as cancer had spread to his lungs. He died at a tender 22. With that driving force Canadians have raised over $360 million for Cancer research through the annual Terry Fox run. Many schools empty on the […]
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Conservative Clergy Rejoice Over U.S. Election Outcome

WASHINGTON, November 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative church leaders representing Catholic, Evangelical, Orthodox and Protestant traditions today rejoiced over the victory of President George W. Bush and others in Congress. National Clergy Council president and board member for the Evangelical Church Alliance, the Reverend Dr. Rob Schenck, speaking on behalf of the Council’s executive committee, said this morning, “This election demonstrates that Democratic Party leaders have moved far away from the moral consensus in America. If they are to reclaim political relevancy, they will need to reexamine their positions on all the major moral issues including the sanctity of human […]
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Pro-Abort “Catholic” Tom Daschle Loses Senate Seat

Sioux Falls, November 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the first Senate leader in more than 50 years to be voted out of office, Tom Daschle has added one last milestone to his career as one of the US’s most outspoken and determined “Catholic” abortion-supporting politicians. In 2002, the Democratic Party leader from Sioux Falls SD, identified himself as a single-issue pro-abortion activist. Daschle wrote a fundraising letter on behalf of the National Abortion Rights Action League, (NARAL) saying, “As the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, I’ve stood up for a woman’s right to choose, and the pro-choice leadership of […]
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US Election Pro-Life Victories: Bush Re-election, Republican Majorities, Parental Notification for A

WASHINGTON, November 3, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The re-election of US President George W. Bush has pro-life Americans, as well as pro-lifers from around the world, delighted. “We are absolutely delighted to have four more years with pro-life President Bush,” exclaimed Carol Tobias, political director of the US National Right to Life Committee. Not only has President Bush been re-elected—Republican representation in both the Senate and Congress has been expanded, paving the way for pro-life appointments to the US Supreme Court. The GOP added four seats in the Senate, bringing their hold on the body to a 55 to 44 majority. […]
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Votes “Found on machines” in Philly Before Polls Open https://www.drudgereport.com/vote1.htm   Court OKs Voter Challengers at Ohio Polls https://apnews.myway.com/article/20041102/D863NDGO0.html   Mob of Arab students at San Francisco State University attacked group of College Republicans on campus today   https://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15779   Giuliani: Vote Fraud Cost Me First Election https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2004/11/2/124519.shtml   European Monitors of U.S. decry pro-Kerry schedule https://www.washtimes.com/world/20041102-122227-7631r.htm   Voter Registration And Challenge: The Product Of Planned Panic?  https://www.freecongress.org/commentaries/041027mh.asp   Shortage of poll workers causes worry   https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20041102/a_eline02.art.htm   Republicans Warn of Democrats’ Election-Day Shenanigans https://www.cnsnews.com//ViewPolitics.asp?Page=Politicsarchive
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Kevorkian Appeal Denied

LAPEER, Michigan, November 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Supreme Court Monday denied Jack Kevorkian, the assisted-suicide campaigner dubbed “Dr. Death,” an appeal of his 1999 second-degree murder conviction. The refusal means Kevorkian will remain behind bars until at least 2007, the earliest date before parole eligibility.  The Supreme Court denied the appeal without comment. Kevorkian based his appeal on the fact that he had ineffectual counsel for his 1999 trial—he represented himself. Kevorkian decided to act as his own attorney despite the warning of then-Oakland County Circuit Judge Jessica Cooper. Kevorkian, 76, is serving a term of 10 to […]
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British Lawmakers Vote Down Proposal to Criminalize Spanking by Parents

LONDON, November 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British MPs in the House of Commons voted 424 to 75 today, squelching a proposal to criminalize parents who choose to discipline their children with corporal punishment. Rather than vote to ban spanking, ministers urged toughening of laws against actual abuse of children, whether physical or mental. Jhw
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Scientists Again Propose Creation of Headless Human Clones as Organ Farms

DELHI, November 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Hindustani Times reports on a conference at which the prospect of headless human organ farms has again been offered as a serious possibility. Speaking on ‘Conquest Over Mortality’ at the Delhi meeting of the Chicago-based International College of Surgeons (ICS), P.B. Desai, a renowned oncologist and former director of the Mumbai-based Tata Memorial Centre said, “Science is moving at such a fast pace that scientists have proven that they can create headless mice through removal of genes in embryo that control development of the head. But the body would have the capacity to […]
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Psychiatrist: Small Family Size a Cause of Depression

HONG KONG, November 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Small family size and late marriage may play a significant role in rates of depression in Hong Kong and other Asian regions, according to a leading psychiatrist.  Former president of the World Psychiatric Association, Dr. Norman Sartorius, said, “Depression as an illness has a tendency to appear by the age of 30 and from then on, the prevalence will grow as people get older. The population structure in many countries is that there are few children and many old people. A large part of the middle-aged population is at risk of depression,” as […]
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USCCB National Review Board Credibility Undermined by Rabid Pro-Abort Member

NEW YORK, November 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com/National Catholic Register) – The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) National Review Board on the clergy sexual abuse scandals needs all the trust and credibility it can muster. But that trust and credibility are being seriously called into question, again, by further revelations about the rabid pro-abortion views of one of the individuals appointed to the board by the USCCB. Pamela Hayes, an attorney and member of the Review Board is undoubtedly causing many to question how the USCCB can be sincere about rooting out gross sexual corruption within the clergy and it's root […]
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Iowa Archbishop Publicly Slams “Pro-Choice” Catholic Nun’s Talk at Kerry Rally

DUBUQUE, Iowa, November 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dubuque Archbishop Jerome Hanus has publicly corrected a Franciscan nun in his diocese who spoke at a rally for Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry. Sister Michelle Nemmers spoke at the rally October 25 telling the crowd that Catholics can vote for Kerry “without sin or forfeit of Communion.”  Nemmers said, “Catholics should not be fearful of supporting the Kerry ticket.  There are a lot of loyal, conscientious Catholics in the area, and they fear that they may not be welcome at communion.”  In addition Nemmers excused Kerry’s stance on abortion claiming that being […]
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Ireland Sued in European Court to Force Abortion Legalization

DUBLIN, November 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Irish woman who traveled to the UK to have an abortion is suing the Irish government in the European Union’s Court of Human Rights. The woman, referred to only by the initial “D,” traveled to the UK for the abortion of one of two twins, a baby who was reportedly “abnormal.” The other twin died in utero.  D claimed Irish authorities contravened articles three and eight of the EU human rights convention: “. . . article 3, that nobody be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and article 8, the […]
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Spanish Socialists Put Embryo Research Law into Effect

MADRID, November 2, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, October 29th, the socialist Spanish government brought into effect a law that will allow researchers to use human embryos for experiments without restrictions. The law, passed by the previous government, was never put into effect and the new regime favours embryonic stem cell research without restrictions. The Zapatero government came to power last spring when the Madrid subway came under attack from Muslim terrorists. Since then the Zapatero administration has worked to implement the full anti-life, anti-family agenda which interestingly will likely further anger Spain’s large Muslim population. Homosexual ‘marriage,’ abortion and […]
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Judge rules in favor of Terri’s family: Parents given chance to exhaust avenues to save brain-disabled daughter https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41222   Schizophrenia Linked To Painkiller Use During Pregnancy https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/31/npain31.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/31/ixhome.html   CBS wanted to delay release of missing munitions story until 30 hours before election to prevent Republicans having time to respond https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41216   UK Late-abortion report ‘by year-end’  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/10/31/nabor31.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/10/31/ixhome.html   Poll shows rock star Bruce Springsteen turning voters away from Kerry https://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=039e438c-963f-4e72-badc-f0b241b71e37   Rare and Deadly STD Spreading Among Active Homosexual Men https://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1098999721381B243   Kerry’s son Calls Bush a “Cokehead”  https://www.nypost.com/gossip/33033.htm   Diamond Ring Stolen by Sven Robinson Now Up for Auction […]
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Liberal Party of Canada Billboard-Poster Features Lesbians Kissing

MONTREAL, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Quebec Young Liberals of Canada have launched an ad campaign to promote homosexual ‘marriage’.  A poster campaign featuring a billboard depicting two apparently nude female models kissing sensually is targeted for 125 bars, gyms, and cafes around Quebec. The ad campaign costing a total of $10,000 has some Party officials concerned. Although Liberal Leader and Prime Minister Paul Martin expressed support for homosexual ‘marriage’ during the recent election, a sizeable portion of the Liberal caucus remains firmly opposed to the redefinition of marriage.  With the current minority government, an internal battle over the […]
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Canadian Anglicans form Break-Away Group in Defiance of Same-Sex Couple “Blessings”

REGINA, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of Canadian Anglicans has broken away from the Anglican Church of Canada in defiance of its pro-homosexual position. The group, calling itself the Anglican Communion in Canada, says homosexual unions are not supported by scripture. Three Saskatchewan congregations have joined the new group, along with their pastor.  Reverend Tom Needham of Regina resigned from his position as an Anglican pastor to become pastor for break-away groups in Regina, Qu’Appelle and Indian Head. “What happens to the church if the morals and the ethics of Christians are decided by a body of men?” […]
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Mel Gibson Radio Ads Against Embryonic Stem Cell Research Available Online

WASHINGTON, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Actor Mel Gibson has taken a leading role in the campaign to defeat Proposition 71, the controversial California initiative that will fund human embryonic stem cell research.  “I’m concerned that people aren’t fully informed about Proposition 71,” said Gibson, who appeared on “Good Morning America” Thursday with Dianne Sawyer, and is now being featured in “No on 71” radio commercials airing this weekend.  “We’ve got a lot of questions to ask. Why aren’t private companies paying the $6 billion bill?,” asked Gibson. “Because in 23 years, embryonic stem cell research has not produced a […]
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Buttiglione Steps Aside – Defended by Greek Orthodox Archbishop

ROME, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leftist and Socialist Members of the European Parliament have succeeded in forcing conservative Italian minister, Rocco Buttiglione, to step aside from his appointment to the European Commission. Buttiglione, a friend of Pope John Paul II, was opposed for making comments based on Catholic teaching on the family and homosexuality. Cardinal Martino, the head of the Vatican’s Council for Justice and Peace called the effort to oust Buttiglione a ‘new inquisition.’  On Saturday, Buttiglione said he was “ready to stand aside to smooth the way for [the] Commission.” He told reporters, “I’m an innocent victim […]
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UK Embryo Authority Gives License for Eugenic ‘Search and Destroy’ Embryo Screening

LONDON, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has moved forward another step into the brave new world of cloning and eugenics by allowing embryos created in IVF labs to be ‘screened’ for the gene for a particular form of cancer. The HFEA has granted a license for University College Hospital in London to genetically examine embryos for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an inherited genetic colon condition. Any embryo carrying the gene will be selected out and killed at the request of parents’ who opt for the procedure. The mapping of the human genome […]
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Australia’s Acting PM calls for Abortion Dialogue

CANBERRA, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australia’s acting Prime Minister, John Anderson, said the time is right for a debate on the country’s late-term abortion policy. In light of recent statistics from the state of South Australia, suggesting that most women abort their healthy unborn children late in pregnancy for reasons of so-called mental health, Andersen said he would “welcome a wider debate to re-examine our understanding of medical science and the law,” according to a report from The Australian.  A private members bill to make late-term abortions illegal has been tabled by Liberals in both the Northern Territory and […]
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Two More US Catholic Bishops Weigh in at the 11th Hour on the Primacy of the Right to Life

GREEN BAY/ORLANDO, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bishops of Green Bay Wisconsin, and Orlando Florida have issued 11th hour statements on the responsibilities of Catholic citizens in voting. Bishop David Zubik of the Catholic diocese of Green Bay, in a letter published in the diocesan newspaper, urged his flock “for God's sake, to vote.” The bishop, a lifelong political observer wrote, “Never, in the course of those 44 years, have I seen a campaign as heated or as divergent or as critical as the current one.” Bishop Zubik writes that the right to life “is the most basic of […]
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Philadelphia Cardinal Rigali Says Abortion, Cloning Top Vote Concerns for Catholics

PHILADELPHIA, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Philadelphia’s Archbishop, Cardinal Justin Rigali, reminded Catholics that the “highest priority” for the voter in Tuesday’s US presidential election is “our duty to defend innocent human life.”  In a letter published Thursday in the diocesan newspaper, The Catholic Standard & Times, Cardinal Rigali said, “The Church identifies moral principles about which Catholics should be informed when exercising their right to vote. As Catholics, we hold in highest priority the right to life and our duty to defend innocent human life. This principle applies directly to the protection of unborn children as well as to […]
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U.S. National Priests’ Leader Says: Most Priests are Voting for Bush

WASHINGTON, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the United States’ most well-known Catholic priests said today that most priests will vote for President Bush in Tuesday’s election. Fr. Frank Pavone heads up several national organizations (Priests for Life, the National Pro-life Religious Council, and Gospel of Life Ministries) but made it clear that he was speaking in his personal capacity, and not as the representative of those groups.  “The President understands Christian moral values far better than John Kerry does. In fact, the President, though not Catholic, also understands Catholicism better. It is a religion that does not allow […]
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In Last Minute Speech Bush Remains True to Pro-Life, Pro-Family Message

MILWAUKEE, November 1, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the US Presidential campaign reaches its final hours, President George W. Bush has remained a strong voice for life and family.  Speaking to supporters at Cellular Arena today, Bush outlined five main areas where he clearly differed from contender John Kerry, one of which was life and family issues.  The President said decisions around abortion and same-sex ‘marriage’ make for a “clear choice in this election” based “on the values that are crucial to keeping our families strong.”  To resounding applause Bush said, “I stand for marriage and family, which are the foundations […]
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