Michael Schiavo Could Face Criminal Charges

CLEARWATER, Florida, January 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Pinellas County Circuit Judge George Greer deliberates whether he will allow attorneys to proceed with arguments that brain-disabled Terri Schiavo’s right to due process was violated, a media source is claiming that Michael Schiavo could face criminal charges.  New York’s Empire Journal is calling on the Florida judicial system to impanel a Grand Jury to investigate foul play as a cause of Terri Schiavo’s brain damage.  “One of the most compelling reasons to impanel a grand jury into the matter is the opinion issued by Dr. Michael Baden, renowned forensic pathologist, author […]
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Buffalo Bishop Does Not Request Cancellation of Clinton Address to Jesuit College

BUFFALO, January 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following on the news that pro-abortion Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to address Catholic Canisius College today, the bishop of Buffalo has issued an equivocal statement distancing himself and the Church from the college, while failing to force the college to withdraw their invitation.  Clinton is speaking at a lecture series titled “Corporal Works of Mercy,” on the government’s role in caring for the sick. Series organizer, local Democrat John J. LaFalce, claims he invited Clinton because of her expertise on health care issues.  Buffalo Bishop Edward Kmiec issued a statement Friday saying […]
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Prime Minister’s “Catholic” Pastor in Support of Gay Marriage Agenda

LASALLE, January 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today’s Globe and Mail reports that while Prime Minister Martin campaigns for homosexual ‘marriage’ abroad, the priest at the Catholic parish he occasionally attends in his Montreal riding is lending all possible support to the homosexual agenda.  Martin is often called a ‘devout Catholic’ by the press and the Globe reports that he “struggled with his faith before embracing the idea of extending marriage rights to gays.”  Fr. John Walsh, the “administrator”– known in Catholic circles as a ‘pastor’–of the ‘Christian Community’ of St. Jean de Brebeuf, was quoted by the Globe as saying, […]
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US Supreme Court Justice Scalia: Christians Should Not Fear Being Perceived As “Fools for Christ”

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, January 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, in a keynote address on the 100-year anniversary of the Knights of Columbus Baton Rouge Council 969 on Saturday, told the Knights not to fear the perception by “educated circles” as being “fools for Christ.” “To believe in traditional Christianity is something else,” Scalia said, as reported by 2theadvocate.com. “For the son of God to be born of a virgin? I mean, really. To believe that he rose from the dead and bodily ascended into heaven? How utterly ridiculous. To believe in miracles? Or that those […]
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IVF Babies up to 40% More Likely to Suffer Severe Birth Defects

PERTH, January 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Reports are growing that in vitro fertilization, in which a human being is made in a laboratory by mixing ova and sperm in a petri dish, is resulting in a high rate of severe birth defects. In September 2003, LifeSiteNews.com reported that IVF was coming under scrutiny because of the risks involved to the child. A dozen scientific papers published in 2003 suggested health risks associated with IVF. Now a new study can be added to the stack. Researchers at the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth, Australia, have found that babies […]
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Bishops in Canada Speaking, Writing, and Taking Out Full Page Ads on Marriage

VANCOUVER, January 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With Federal legislation to redefine marriage coming out tomorrow, Catholic bishops across the country have been taking an active role in fighting the legislation.  In addition to the recent interventions of Calgary Bishop Fred Henry and Cardinals Aloysius Ambrozic and Marc Ouellet, over the weekend several bishops have taken measures to stop the bill.  In Sudbury, Ontario, Bishop Jean-Louis Plouffe led about 100 people in a demonstration in defence of traditional marriage in front of the offices of a pro-homosexual marriage politician.  The group was met by counter protestors.  In Vancouver, British Columbia, Archbishop […]
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Vancouver Archbishop Comments On Marriage

Jan. 28, 2005 My brothers and sisters in Christ: Over the next few weeks, Canada’s Members of Parliament will be engaged in one of the most significant debates of our age—a debate about taking the definition of marriage and reconstructing it as something entirely different. Marriage has always been respected as an institution existing for the common good of the family and society. Marriage has always been recognized as the necessary context for raising and educating children, the foundation of future generations. The reality of marriage is that it supersedes politics and man-made laws. From the perspective of reason, and […]
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Bush Discusses Abortion and Gay Adoption with New York Times

WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a wide-ranging 40-minute interview with the New York Times Thursday, President Bush spoke of abortion and homosexual adoption. Earlier this week, the President told 150,000 participants in the annual March for Life, “The America of our dreams, where every child is welcomed in law—in life, and protected in law may still be some ways away, but even from the far side of the river . . . we can see its glimmerings” Yesterday, the President told the Times, “I think the goal ought to be to convince people to value life.” He […]
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CLC National News Promotes Marriage Defence Strategy and Urges Conservatives to Stop Red Tory Takeov

TORONTO, January 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its just relesed February newsletter, Canada’s national pro-life political organization, Campaign Life Coalition, has placed strong emphasis on two current major threats to family life and free speech rights on moral issues.  First up, CLC discusses the implications of the Martin government’s same-sex marriage bill and proposes detailed strategies that should be undertaken by grassroots opponents of the legislation. The organization emphasizes the bill can be defeated, regardless of what some media and politicians are stating. CLC’s postcard campaign for instance is receiving a huge response with well over 100,000 having been distributed […]
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Campaign Life Coalition Says Canadian Same-Sex Marriage Battle Has Not Yet Begun

A Liberal MP has stated today that a number of his colleagues have made up their mind to endorse same-sex legislation. He will personally stand firm and vote against it but he erroneously concluded that the “die was pretty much cast”.  “The battle has not even begun”, said Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC). “We need the MPs who are against same-sex “marriage” and same-sex “unions” to take heart and prepare for a fierce battle on this issue. The Canadian people are stirred up and watching their MPs closely. The Churches are taking their rightful place with […]
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Manitoba Appeals Abortion Ruling on Funding of Private Clinics

WINNIPEG, January 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Manitoba government is appealing a decision by the courts that forces the province to pay for abortions committed in private clinics.  Queen’s Bench Associate Chief Justice Jeffrey Oliphant ruled in December that forcing women to pay for abortions committed in private clinics is a violation of their rights as defined by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  “We just can’t let this ruling go unchallenged,” said Health Minister Tim Sale Thursday, as reported by the Winnipeg Sun.  Oliphant’s ruling last month opens the door to a class-action suit being launched by thousands of […]
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New Jersey Abortionist Charged with Flushing Baby Remains down Drain

LAKEWOOD, January 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Flavius Moses Thompson owner of the Pleasant Women’s Pavilion, an abortion mill in Lakewood New Jersey, is being charged with flushing “medical waste,” baby body parts and other remains from his abortions, down a toilet. The charges against the doctor have followed the arrest of Liza Berdiel, 24, a receptionist at the facility, who is charged with committing abortions without a medical license. Thompson suspected his receptionist was doing abortions herself and pocketing his patients’ cash payments of up to $380 at a time. “During our investigation we found that medical waste material […]
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Canadian Supreme Court Rules Flashing Children OK From Living Room Window

OTTAWA, January 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British Columbia man will not have to close his drapes when he commits indecent acts in his living room. The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a person’s private abode, even if it is in full view of the neighbourhood children, cannot be considered a public space. Anything, therefore, that Daryl Clark wants to do in it, including masturbation, is not a matter for the police. On Oct. 28, 2000 Clark’s neighbours complained to police when they saw him engaged in this activity in full view of their two daughters. The couple, […]
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Ads To Dispel Myths Of Legal Abortion Launched by US Bishops’ Office

WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a major advertising campaign in the Washington Metropolitan area and in national news media outlets. The campaign, called the “Second Look Project,” presents basic facts about legal abortion that much of the public does not understand and encourages people to take a “second look” at their views on abortion. “Three decades after Roe v. Wade, many people still do not understand basic facts about legal abortion – like the fact that abortion is legal through all nine months of […]
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Euthanasia Activist Plans Public Suicide for Today in Ottawa

OTTAWA, January 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 78 year-old euthanasia campaigner plans to commit suicide today, hoping the publicity he generates will cause a stir over the issue.  Marcel Tremblay said he plans to suffocate himself with a helium-inflated bag that he will put over his head. He plans first to take part in his own wake with 50 friends.  Tremblay has retained the services of prominent Ottawa lawyer Lawrence Greenspon, to ensure his suicide does not incriminate his family. Tremblay has been active in the euthanasia activist group, Dying with Dignity, for years. He has planned this suicide for […]
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As Marriage Battle Heats Up, MPs Being Swayed by Massive Public Outcry

OTTAWA, January 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While Prime Minister Paul Martin, who fancies himself a devout Catholic, may be often repeating that he is “very confident” that his legislation to force homosexual ‘marriage’ on Canada will pass the House of Commons, a growing public outcry has just begun and is already shaking the resolve of some MPs.  Martin met with his caucus Wednesday to sell his plan to alter marriage, still insisting that under pain of punishment, the 40 cabinet members and justice parliamentary secretary must vote in favor of the law despite any and all objections.  However, even for […]
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Planned Parenthood Head Resigns    Vatican cardinal says family not property of lawmakers Quebec Catholics launch postcard campaign against same-sex marriage          New Developments in Cosby Fondling Investigation  Life and death by the court Ads Urge a Rethinking of Abortion  
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UK Court Refuses to Lift Doctor’s “Do Not Resuscitate” Order for Baby

LONDON, January 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK judge refused today to overturn a doctor’s order that a 15-month-old girl not be resuscitated should she stop breathing.  The parents of the girl, Charlotte Wyatt, in another hearing planned before Easter, hope to present new evidence proving that the girl’s condition has “dramatically improved” according to a BBC report.  In October, Mr Justice Hedley sided with the hospital that decided Charlotte’s ‘quality of life’ would be so poor that she ought not to be resuscitated should she experience another medical emergency. Charlotte was born three months premature and her chance of […]
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Growing up in Large Families Significantly Lowers MS Risk as an Adult

NEW YORK, January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Growing up with infant siblings significantly reduces the risk of developing Multiple Sclerosis (MS) later in life, new research has shown. Having a younger brother or sister less than two years of age before turning age seven significantly reduces the chance of developing MS as an adult, according to research reported in the January 26th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.  Additionally, the greater the number of siblings, the greater the risk of developing MS is reduced.  “It has been proposed that early life infections may reduce the risk for […]
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Latest UN Report Confirms World Population Headed for Plummet

NEW YORK, January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A newly released report from the United Nations affirms that world population levels which have been stagnating of late are headed for decline in the developed world with the developing world closely following the trend. Women and men in developing countries are marrying later, having fewer children and having them later, following the pattern set earlier in the developed world.  As a result, average fertility in developing countries has declined to under three children per woman.  This is one of the major findings from World Fertility Report 2003, issued by the Population Division […]
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Texas Governor Will Oppose Embryo Research

AUSTIN, January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Republican Governor of Texas, has reiterated his pro-life stand and includes in that his opposition to embryonic stem cell research. Governor Rick Perry said Sunday during the local March for Life in Austin, “As long as I am the governor of this great state, I will oppose any taxpayer dollars being used and spent on research that ends a human life.”  Perry told Texas legislators that the state must implement legislation on stem cells that would prevent Texas from “being left in the dust” by California. California has just enacted legislation that allocated […]
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National Geographic Reports Human/Animal Hybrid Creatures being Created in Labs Around the World

January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The January 25 edition of National Geographic News features a story on new research being done around the world to create hybrids of humans and animals. In the last few years, legislation has been passed in various countries that pro-life leaders worry will allow experiments to create embryos made from human and animal cells. Such artificial creatures are, revealingly, called by scientists “chimeras,” a word, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which means “a wild, impossible scheme or unreal conception.” That scientists have no name for what they are creating in laboratories does not seem […]
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Majority of Ontarians Oppose Same-Sex “Marriage:” Poll

VICTORIA, January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An internal poll commissioned by the Conservative Party of Canada has revealed that a 57 percent majority of Ontarians support the traditional definition of marriage. Thirty-eight percent support the Liberal’s bid to change the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.  On a national level, 42 percent of Canadians support retaining the traditional definition of marriage, while 35 percent think the definition should change to include same-sex couples.  “What’s clear from our data … is that most Canadians want to see some middle ground on this issue. That’s why I propose we recognize the […]
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Leukemia and Heart Patients Treated with Stem Cells

January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood from four Hawaiian newborns has been matched to four Asian patients on the mainland with aggressive forms of leukemia. “These four people had a second chance from something we would have tossed in the trash,” said Dr. Randal Wada. Dr. Wada, founder and medical director of the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank is trying to convince Hawaiian mothers to donate the umbilical cords of their children at the time of birth. The umbilical cord blood bank he opened in 1998 is the only one operating in the Pacific Rim. […]
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Woman Dies after being Rushed from George “the Killer” Tiller’s Late-Term Abortion Mill

WICHITA, January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, LifeSiteNews.com learned that a woman, who was likely undergoing an abortion on January 13 at notorious late-term abortionist George “the Killer” Tiller’s abortion facility, has died. Operation Rescue members, who keep a constant vigil outside Tiller’s premises, reported that the woman, whose name has not yet been released, was rushed to Wesley Medical Center and died a few days later. 911 transcripts from the day show that an ambulance was requested by Tiller office worker Marguerite Reed, who, according to 911 dispatch records was being “very evasive” and “refused to give any information […]
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PBS Scraps Lesbian Cartoon over Objections from Bush Appointee

WASHINGTON, January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – PBS, the US public broadcaster, has announced a decision to scrap a proposed cartoon featuring lesbians as characters after the new Education Secretary criticised the organization for spending public money to fund the film.  “The not-yet-aired episode of ‘Postcards From Buster’ shows the title character, an animated bunny named Buster, on a trip to Vermont – a state known for recognizing same-sex civil unions,” according to a FOXNews.com account. “The episode features two lesbian couples, although the focus is on farm life and maple sugaring.”  Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said the “Sugartime!” cartoon did […]
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UN Concerned Italy Discriminating Against Immigrant Women’s Right to Prostitution

NEW YORK, January 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations Committee that oversees compliance with the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) pressured Italy Tuesday to halt discrimination against immigrant women.  The UN committee felt immigrant women in Italy were unfairly restricted from entering into prostitution. Aldo Mantovani, Deputy Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, presented his country’s actions to fight prostitution as a positive development for women in the country.  However, as pro-life and pro-family lobbyists have frequently experienced, UN ‘experts’ often have a radically different view of reality that is alien to […]
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Daughter of Saint Gianna Beretta Molla Attends US March for Life

WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Laura Molla, daughter of St. Gianna Beretta Molla who was canonized by Pope John Paul II last year for her life of holiness and for sacrificing her own life for her unborn child, attended the March for Life in Washington this week. Molla, sister of baby Gianna whose life was saved, spoke to attendees at the Rose Dinner following the march. She stated, “My mother is proud of you all and is watching and blessing us with her mother’s smile.”  Molla said that her mother made “the sacrifice of her own life so […]
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Biotech Company Only Uses Adult Stem Cells

LOS ANGELES, January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In Los Angeles, Aastrom Biosciences Inc., a private biotech company, has announced that it uses only adult stem cells in its stem cell research. The company, however, was not making the announcement based on ethical motivations. An article in the journal, Nature Medicine, said Sunday that the embryonic stem cell lines approved for public funding by the US government are contaminated with an animal molecule making them unsuitable for some research. Aastrom made the announcement after its stock fell 19% when investors assumed that their cells were from the contaminated lines. The company […]
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Abortion Linked to first Increase in US Infant Mortality in 44 Years

WASHINGTON, January 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released figures Monday revealing that the US infant mortality rate rose in 2002 for the first time in 44 years, due to an increased number of very low birth weight babies.  Very low birth weights occur in babies who are born prematurely – a phenomenon which can often be directly tied to a mother’s previous history of abortion. The increase in infant mortality, from 6.8 infant deaths per 1,000 live births in 2001 to 7.0 in 2002, was the first increase in the infant mortality rate since […]
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Report That Canadian Government Prepared to Ram Gay “Marriage” Bill Through Parliament

OTTAWA, January 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Post reported today that “sources” say Canada’s Liberal government is prepared to go all out within days of next week’s resumption of parliament, “to introduce, debate and pass” its same-sex ‘marriage’ bill. The government’s haste, says the Post, is because it hopes to prevent “the opposition, from within and outside of its party, from gaining any more momentum” against the Martin government’s attempt to impose marriage re-definition on the country.  Verifying that the government has indeed ramped up its most recently understood timetable on the bill, Justice Minister Irwin Cotler announced today […]
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Clinton’s Attempt to Conciliate Pro-Life Americans Includes Call For Wider Access to Abortifacient M

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has become the latest in a growing parade of Democratic Party abortion militants attempting to mollify the American voting public on moral issues. In a January 4th speech to about a thousand abortion supporters Clinton said, “I for one respect those who believe with all their heart and conscience that there are no circumstances under which abortion should be available.” Her comments, however, are failing to impress pro-lifers.  Dusting off a slogan of former president and husband Bill Clinton, that abortion ought to be ‘safe, legal and rare,’ Hillary told […]
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Second Successful Abortion-Cancer Lawsuit in U.S. Completed

PORTLAND, January 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Monday marked the completion of a successful lawsuit against an abortion clinic and a physician for performing an abortion on a 15-year-old girl without informing her of the psychological risks and the increased risk of breast cancer. It is the second abortion-cancer lawsuit to be successfully prosecuted in the U.S. and the first case to obtain a judgment. The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, a women’s group which has worked for years to have the scientific and medical communities come clean on the known link between abortion and breast cancer applauded the decision. Karen Malec, […]
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Chirac: Global tax needed for AIDS: Wants levy on airline tickets, fuel Education secretary blasts PBS for cartoon with gay characters Black Americans suspect HIV plot Animal-Human Hybrids Spark Controversy Wiccans meeting on Air Force base   Transsexuals get free reign in restrooms?  ACLU behind Illinois’ forced hiring of ‘gays’  South Africa enraged by Catholic ban on condoms
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Knights of Columbus Challenged by Canadian Lesbians for Refusing to Rent Hall for “Wedding” Receptio

VANCOUVER, January 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When the Supreme Court of Canada declined to rule against changing the definition of marriage, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops praised and thanked the Court for not forcing them to officiate at gay nuptials. Other groups, however, were not so optimistic about the Supreme Court’s generosity in declining to engage directly in the persecution of Christians. Campaign Life Coalition called the ruling a ‘disaster.’ Mary Ellen Douglas, National Organizer for CLC said, “One wonders when even these (religious) freedoms will be compromised by judicial activism.” Canadian Catholics did not have to wait long […]
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Liberal Government Pressuring New Brunswick to Fund Abortion

FREDERICTON, January 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh is pressing the New Brunswick government over its refusal to publicly fund all abortions. New Brunswick currently funds abortions only when committed in approved hospitals and after two doctors have deemed the procedure medically necessary. Dosanjh claims the province is violating the Canada Health Act for refusing to use public money to fund what it considers to be an always medically necessary procedure.  Campaign Life Coalition New Brunswick president Peter Ryan stated, “I am not surprised that Mr. Dosanjh is trying to force New Brunswickers to pay for […]
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Halifax Archdiocese Releases “Speak up for Marriage” Guide on Same-Sex “Marriage”

HALIFAX, January 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax has released a guide called Speak up for Marriage – A Guide for Reflection and Action, to help Catholics understand the same-sex “marriage” issue – and what they can do about it.  “As Roman Catholic Christians, we have an important word to speak about our human condition and the destiny of our society,” the guide explains. “We have a responsibility to participate in this social debate, in every way we can.” “The effect of this proposed legislation to change the law of marriage will be to change the reality […]
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U.S. Senate Republicans Committed to Pro-Marriage Amendment

WASHINGTON, January 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republican leaders in the US Senate have indicated their commitment to push for a constitutional amendment protecting marriage, putting that issue at the top of their legislative calendar.  As he introduced the Senate agenda to the press, Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, the Republican majority leader, emphasized the importance of Senate Joint Resolution #1, the bill to amend the constitution by defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Frist noted that by listing the proposed amendment first, the Republican leadership meant to highlight their commitment “to defend marriage against activist […]
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Italian Woman who Refused an Abortion Dies of Cancer

ROME, January 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The official Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, wrote on Tuesday that a woman who refused cancer treatment to save the life of her unborn child is a ‘hero.‘ “She was aware that if she gave birth she wouldn’t have had any hope of surviving,” the Vatican paper wrote. “Despite that she went through with her choice, the choice of welcoming new life even at the cost of her own death.”  Rita Fedrizzi 41, who refused the abortion and cancer treatment, joins the ranks of a number of other women praised by the Holy See for […]
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The National March for Life – A First Hand Account

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Arriving at the ellipse in front of the White House yesterday at noon on a cold winter day, your LifeSiteNews.com reporters were greeted by a familiar contingent of Canadians waiting to be interviewed by the EWTN television crew covering the March for Life.  After the thunderous applause and whoops of the approximately 150,000 marchers responding to the President’s encouraging words, the atmosphere was set for a memorable occasion.  Nellie Gray, President of the March for Life Fund, introduced Congressmen and Senators, religious leaders and activists who stirred in the crowd sentiments of hope and […]
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FDA Delays Decision on Abortion-Causing Morning After Pill Access

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Food and Drug Administration has announced a delay in deciding whether to license the abortifacient morning-after pill for over-the-counter sales. Co-sponsors of the morning-after pill’s development, New York’s Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed a lawsuit against the FDA within hours of hearing news of the delay.  This marks the second such application launched by Plan B’s manufacturer, Barr Laboratories. The FDA denied their first attempt at over-the-counter saying they would reconsider Barr’s request if the company restricted sales of the chemical abortifacient to girls age 16 and older. Approving Plan B […]
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Florida Gay ‘Marriage’ Activists Abandon Challenges to Defense of Marriage Act

MIAMI, FL, January 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, Florida same-sex marriage proponents announced they would abandon their challenges to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”). Eight lawsuits were filed last year in the State of Florida seeking to establish same-sex marriage. Three of those lawsuits challenged the constitutionality of DOMA. One of the cases was Wilson v. Ake, filed by a lesbian couple seeking to have Florida recognize their Massachusetts same-sex “marriage”. Last week, federal district court Judge James Moody upheld the constitutionality of DOMA in that case, stating, “Adopting Plaintiffs’ rigid and literal interpretation of the Full Faith […]
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US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Schiavo Appeal

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While over a hundred and fifty thousand pro-life Americans marched past the U.S. Supreme Court Monday, the justices of that same court released a decision saying they would not get involved in Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s appeal to save the life of brain-disabled Terri Schiavo. The refusal was without comment.  This past September, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Terri’s law – the last ditch measure instituted by the Florida legislature to prevent her death in 2003 – to be unconstitutional, giving her husband the green light to euthanasize her. The governor’s attorneys filed an […]
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Schiavo’s Parents Ask Husband to Divorce Her  Bush backs proposed pro-life bills   Religious Liberty Incompatible With Secularism, Says Pope        Billboards tout a Christian alternative to homosexuality
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Vatican Official Affirms Rainbow Sash Gay Activists Not to be Admitted to Communion

ST PAUL, January 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Roman Catholic columnist, Barbara Kralis, thought there was something fishy. In December, Archbishop Harry Flynn, of St. Paul Minneapolis, claimed that the Vatican approved his giving communion to members of the homosexual activist group, Rainbow Sash Movement. Kralis has published a letter she received from the Vatican showing that Flynn’s claim of approval was exaggerated at best.  In December 2004, Archbishop Flynn said he met privately in early December with Cardinal Francis Arinze, head of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments. CNS, the official press service of the US Catholic bishops’ […]
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Bush Backs Bill Forcing Abortion Doctors to Admit Abortion Causes Pain to Unborn Child

WASHINGTON, January 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – White House deputy press secretary Trent Duffy, has said that President Bush supports legislation requiring that mothers seeking abortion will be informed that the procedure causes pain to the unborn children.  The President also supports legislation to prevent adults from taking minors across state borders to circumvent parental consent laws.  “President Bush supports both pieces of legislation,” Duffy told the Washington Times. 
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Svend Robinson Urges Homosexual Hate Crime Charge be Added to B.C. Murder Conviction

VANCOUVER, January 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former NDP Member of Parliament, Svend Robinson, made his first public appearance since his grand theft conviction last year. Robinson is currently protesting what he considers to have been an oversight by the BC attorney general who did not label the murder of a man in a park as a homosexual hate crime.  Robinson wants an additional hate-crimes charge to be added to the convictions of four men on trial for the beating death of Aaron Webster, a 41 year-old Vancouver man found dead in an area of Stanley Park frequented by homosexuals.  Robinson, […]
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Abortion Politics Leads to Supreme Court Refusal to Hear Pro-Life License Plate Case

WASHINGTON D.C., January 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today the United States Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in Planned Parenthood of South Carolina v. Rose, a case in which the “Choose Life” specialty license plates available in South Carolina were held unconstitutional by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief in the Court of Appeals arguing that the Choose Life plates were constitutional. Liberty Counsel earlier represented several Choose Life license plate owners and crisis pregnancy centers in the Eleventh Circuit case of Women’s Emergency Network v. Bush. That case upheld the constitutionality of […]
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U.S. Bishop Gumbleton Refuses to Offer Resignation at Mandatory Retirement Age

DETROIT, January 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the most radical bishops in the US Catholic Church has said he will refuse to offer his resignation to the Pope when he reaches mandatory retirement age next week. Thomas Gumbleton auxiliary bishop of Detroit since 1968, says that he will not be forwarding his letter of resignation to the Vatican when he turns 75. “It’s so arbitrary,” he says. “Some of them they ignore, but if you are the least bit progressive, they accept it immediately.” In comments to the Toledo Blade, Gumbleton reiterated the socialist doctrine popular among leftist “Catholics” […]
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Roe v Wade Abortion Decision Anniversary Rallies Held Across United States

SAN FRANSICO, January 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In addition to the hundreds of thousands expected to attend the National March for Life in Washington DC today, dozens of pro-life demonstrations took place around the country over the last few days marking the Roe v Wade 32nd anniversary.  In San Fransisco nearly eight thousand people walked along the waterfront in a March for Life. The rally and walk were held in the face of virulent opposition from the city’s elected officials, after the San Francisco board of supervisors condemned the Walk in a resolution and a news release issued in conjunction […]
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Over 200 Priests, 16 Bishops, Five Cardinals and Papal Nuncio Celebrate National Mass for Life

WASHINGTON, January 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands of Catholics from across the country packed the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception last night for the Vigil Mass for Life and National Prayer Vigil for Life, marking the 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion and the millions of unborn lives lost because of it.  Over 200 priests joined 16 bishops and five cardinals and the US Papal Nuncio, in concelebrating the Mass providing a visual spectacle which awed the overflow crowd cramming every corner of the massive Basilica. Despite the biting cold, […]
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U.S. Bishops’ Pro-Life Secretariat Office Launches Ads to Dispel Myths About Legal Abortion

WASHINGTON, January 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has launched a major advertising campaign presenting basic facts about legal abortion.  The project, titled the “Second Look Project,” is running ads in the Washington area as well as throughout the US, including over 500 transit ads in Washington, as well as spots in The Washington Post, the Washington Times, the National Catholic Register, America, Commonweal, the New Republic, and the National Review.  “While abortion has been legal in the US for three decades,” their web site explains, “polls continue to show […]
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Public Documents Reveal Numerous RU-486 Complications

WASHINGTON, January 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As tens of thousands of Americans gather in Washington Monday for the annual March for Life, Concerned Women for America (CWA) posted on its Web site public documents revealing approximately 600 serious complications suffered by women who used the abortion drug RU-486. “Abortion proponents claim that RU-486 is safe. These documents prove otherwise,” said Wendy Wright, CWA’s senior policy director. “When the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] approved RU-486 under intense political pressure in the waning days of the Clinton administration, the extent of the damage was anyone’s guess. Now evidence is available through […]
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United Church of Canada Petitions MPs in Support of Same-Sex Marriage

TORONTO, January 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Church of Canada officially endorsed same-sex “marriage” Friday, in a letter encouraging lawmakers to vote in favour of extending marriage privileges to homosexuals. “The United Church of Canada requests the Government of Canada to recognize same-sex civil marriages in federal marriage legislation,” Moderator Right Rev. Dr. Peter Short said in a letter to MPs.  Dr. Short explained in his letter how the United Church, in 1988, welcomed all persons “who profess faith in Jesus Christ, regardless of their sexual orientation,” to become active as ordained ministers within the church.  In addition, “in […]
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U.S. President Bush Addresses Pro-Life March For Life Crowd by Telephone

WASHINGTON, January 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S President George Bush gave an encouraging address by telephone today to the massive crowd waiting to begin the annual March for Life to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.  In his live broadcasted telephone exchange with March organizer Nellie Gray the president said, “I’m honored to be a part of this tremendous witness that is taking place in our Nation’s Capitol”. He noted the varied backgrounds of all those working to defend life are united “in our understanding that the essence of civilization is this: The strong have a duty to protect […]
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Quebec Cardinal’s letter on Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Leglislation

MARRIAGE AND SOCIETYFor a Free and Enlightened Vote in Parliament The Canadian Government has announced its intention to present a bill at the beginning of the next session of Parliament that, if passed, would change the traditional definition of marriage to include same sex partnerships within the same legal framework as the conjugal relation between a man and a woman. As a Canadian citizen and as the Primate of Canada, I feel it is my duty to express my concern and disagreement and that of a great number of Canadians who have asked me to step forward to give public […]
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New Research Indicates Abortion Demographic Shift in U.S.

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A newly released report shows that women over age 25 are having the largest share of abortions. The data indicate that the number of women having repeat abortions is increasing (some four or more) and more abortions are being performed on women who have previously had a live birth. Concerned Women for America (CWA) announced the new research from the Beverly LaHaye Institute, CWA’s think tank, which indicates that while abortion rates are on the decline, abortion is increasingly being used by older women rather than teenagers in “crisis” pregnancies. Dr. Janice Crouse, author […]
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Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians Targeted by Canonical Lawsuit

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A canon lawyer who filed a heresy charge with the Vatican against then presidential nominee Senator John F. Kerry last summer has expanded his suit to include a number of other pro-abortion Catholic politicians.  Marc Balestrieri, in an unprecedented class-action ecclesiastical lawsuit, filed a “Dual-Denunciation for Heresy and Complaint for Reparation of Harm” against Senator John F. Kerry for his support of a civil right to choose abortion. Balestrieri announced Thursday that he has added Senators Edward Kennedy, Tom Harkin, Susan Collins, and former New York Governor Mario Cuomo to the suit.  Balestrieri argues […]
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Mexican Bishop Suggests Condom Use Acceptable as “Lesser Evil”

SAN CRISTOBAL, Mexico, January 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Mexican bishop, following what appeared to be the lead of the Spanish bishops, has said that the use of condoms could be permissible in the fight against AIDS. The use of condoms, what one anonymous Vatican wag called United Nations latex roulette, has become the flashpoint in the ongoing battle between UN-sponsored aid agencies and organizations funded by the Catholic Church. Bishop Felipe Arizmendi said at a news conference that condom use should be tolerated as a “lesser evil.” However, Arizmendi’s statement, which closely follows that of other churchmen attempting to […]
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Quebec City Cardinal – Primate of Canada – Warns Gay ‘Marriage’ Will Lead to “Bitter”“Cultural

QUEBEC CITY, January 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Archbishop of Québec and Primate of Canada issued an open letter yesterday to all Canadians regarding the need to defend marriage against radical redefinition.  “As a Canadian citizen and as the Primate of Canada, I feel it is my duty to express my concern and disagreement and that of a great number of Canadians who have asked me to step forward to give public voice to their opinion about the meaning and the consequences of this proposed change,” wrote the Cardinal.  Cardinal Ouellet says in his letter that the proposed […]
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Conservative Leader Welcomes Prime Minister’s Challenge of Election on Gay ‘Marriage’ Issue

OTTAWA, January 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian pro-life and pro-family groups, religious groups and churches have launched a ground war to protect the traditional definition of marriage. That pressure is not being lost on politicians.  The Conservative Party, recognizing the opportunity for political gain, is now more openly acting to defend marriage from the Liberal government’s aggressive marriage re-definition agenda.  The Liberal Government, with the Prime Minister’s lead, is reacting to the developments by becoming even more entrenched in its agenda to impose marriage re-definition on Canadians. Conservative leader Stephen Harper led with biting criticism of the Liberal agenda yesterday, warning […]
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Boulder Catholic Parish Attacked by Late-Term Abortionist for Burying Remains

BOULDER, January 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic parish in Boulder Co. has raised the fury of local abortionist, Dr. Warren Hern, for giving a Christian burial to the babies he aborts in his late-term abortion mill. The Church, Sacred Heart of Mary, has been burying the cremated remains of aborted babies since 1998. A local mortuary collects and cremates the remains and the Church buries them in front of a red granite Memorial Wall on which can be found notes from grieved mothers saying, “My beautiful baby, I’m sorry.” Hern wrote the first medical textbook on abortion procedures after […]
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Alberta Premier, Anti-Catholic Groups Criticize Bishop Henry and Cardinal Ambrozic

CALGARY, January 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Premier of Alberta, Ralph Klein, told the Calgary Herald that he disagrees with Bishop Fred Henry’s likening of homosexuality to pornography and prostitution and hopes the comments do not result in a “new wave of hatred towards gays.”  Bishop Henry dismissed accusations of “hate,” however, saying that everything he said came straight out of the Catholic catechism. He told the Western Catholic Reporter, (WCR), “There is nothing in what I have said that is hateful. I’m simply teaching the faith of the Catholic Church.” He added, “That’s just an attempt to demonize me […]
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US Supreme Court Decides Today Whether to Hear Terri Schiavo Case

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Supreme Court deliberates today whether to hear the case of Terri Schiavo, the brain-disabled Florida woman at the center of a right-to-live case. The Florida Supreme Court ruled in September that Terri’s law – the last ditch measure instituted by the Florida legislature to prevent her death in 2003 – is unconstitutional, granting her husband the green light to proceed with her euthanasia. The governor’s attorneys filed an appeal to the US Supreme Court in December, arguing that the Florida Supreme Court decision could have “ominous” consequences for “the most vulnerable of […]
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Success Stories with Adult Stem Cells Coming in Almost Too Fast to Track

January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Success stories about adult stem cell treatments are coming in so fast that LifeSiteNews.com, one of the few newswire services to follow the issue closely, is having trouble keeping up. While most disease research organizations, such as Juvenile Diabetes, Multiple Sclerosis and the Canadian Cancer Society, continue to promote the use of living embryonic human beings for experimentation, the only success stories to date have all come from the use of adult stem cells. Adult stem cells are distinguished from those derived from embryos, and do not necessarily mean only those from adult patients. Adult […]
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Spanish Bishops Issue Muddification on Condoms for AIDS Prevention

MADRID, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Newspaper and online news services around the world trumpeted the news that the Catholic bishops of Spain had broken with the Catholic Church on the issue of using condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS. A spokesman for the bishops’ conference appeared to suggest that the use of condoms can be morally licit as a last resort when moral sexual behavior fails. The Spanish bishops’ conference today has issued what it is calling a clarification saying that the Church in Spain still adheres to Catholic teaching on birth control and sexuality. The statement declared, […]
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Abortion Rights & Gay Marriage Supporter Selected as Republican Co-Chair

DAYTON, Ohio, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Republican National Committee (RNC) unanimously elected abortion rights and same-sex “marriage” advocate Jo Ann Davidson of Ohio as its new Co-Chairman Wednesday at the RNC Winter Meeting in Washington, DC.  Davidson acted as a board member for the abortion advocacy group Republicans for Choice since its inception in 1990. A statement on the group’s web site said, “We look forward to working with her to help make sure the concerns of pro-choice and moderate Republicans are heard within the Republican National Committee headquarters,” according to a January 13 New York Times report. […]
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US Bishops Offer Rosy Outlook on Abortion Debate on Roe v Wade Anniversary

WASHINGTON, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 32nd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade abortion decision finds the pro-life movement poised to make significant gains in the upcoming year, an official with the U.S. Catholic Bishops said. “The pro-life movement is as strong as it has ever been, especially among young people who have grown up under Roe and have seen the damage it has done,” said Cathy Cleaver Ruse, Esq., Director of Planning and Information for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Secretariat. “Drawing from its grassroots strength, it is well positioned to have a very […]
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Anglican Church Leader Rowan Williams Says Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Unacceptable

LONDON, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following on the heels of Monday’s suggestion by a chief adviser of the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury that “There is a very strong compassionate case for voluntary euthanasia,” Rowan Williams today said that the Anglican church remains opposed to euthanasia. A church spokesman quickly responded to the statements of the Archbishop’s advisor, professor Robin Gill, saying that Gill’s views were not those of the Anglican church.  Williams’ op-ed, appearing in the UK’s Times Online asked, “Do I have a right to die? Religious believers answer for themselves that they do not. For a believer […]
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Polygamy next, Canadian Liberals Fear

OTTAWA, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Polygamy may be the next redefined marital status, once lawmakers legalize same-sex “marriage,” according to critics of an “urgent study” commissioned by Paul Martin’s Liberal government, as reported by the CanWest News Service Thursday.  Legal challenges to marriage laws from polygamist groups are likely once marriage is redefined to include same-sex couples, according to Conservative Justice Critic Vic Toews. Such groups may exploit the new definition, saying they have a religious right to have multiple wives.  “This government understands it has a problem on its hands,” said Toews. “Once you change the definition of […]
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UNICEF to be Freed From Abortion Ideologues?

NEW YORK, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan announced the appointment of a Bush Administration veteran to replace Carol Bellamy as the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).  Beginning May 1, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman will replace Bellamy who has been credited with leading the once world-renowned organization into international disrepute.  Bellamy, a Clinton Administration pick for the UNICEF post, has been slammed for years by pro-lifers for turning UNICEF into an abortion-promoting organization.  U.S. Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) has said that Bellamy is so pro-abortion that, while a Senator […]
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Federal Court Rejects Recognition of Massachusetts Gay ‘Marriage’ in Florida

TAMPA, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tampa federal Judge James Moody, Jr. dismissed a challenge to Florida’s marriage laws yesterday.  The ruling in Wilson v. Ake also upheld the constitutionality of the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) and rejected the attempt to extend a Massachusetts same-sex marriage to Florida. This is the first case to uphold the Federal DOMA against a same-sex marriage challenge. The Federal DOMA, passed by Congress in 1996, provides that one state does not have to recognize an out-of-state, same-sex marriage. In upholding the DOMA, the court wrote, “Florida is not required to recognize or […]
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Ontario Catholic School Pulls out of Multiple Sclerosis Society Fundraiser

GLENCOE, Ontario, January 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A school in the London Catholic School system, after receiving letters from concerned parents, has agreed not to participate in a fundraising campaign for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. The MS Society, along with most other disease research advocacy groups, has fully accepted the use of living embryonic human beings as test subjects in research. The principal of the school, St. Charles in Glencoe, Ontario, called the Schadenbergs immediately upon receipt of Susan Schadenberg’s letter. Gabe Pizzuti said that the school had no idea that the MS Society supported embryonic stem cell […]
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72 Pro-Abortion Catholics in Congress to be Outed by American Life League Ad

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League, the nation’s largest grassroots Catholic pro-life educational organization, will hold a press conference on Monday, Jan. 24 to unveil a two-page ad identifying the 72 pro-abortion Catholics in both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.  The ad, which will span two full pages, is scheduled to run in the Washington Times on Jan. 24.  The pro-life group has undertaken several similar ad campaigns which serve to incite public awareness of politicians who claim to be Catholic while supporting what the Catholic Church teaches to be murder of the innocent.  Previous […]
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Abortion Promoter Planned Parenthood and Arnold Schwarzenegger Sued for Racism

LOS ANGELES, January 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A suit naming the Governor of the State of California, California’s State Treasurer, Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles (PPLA), and others, was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court Tuesday afternoon (Andrew Jones v. Planned Parenthood of Los Angeles, et al.).  The legal action was filed by Andrew Jones, the former Project Manager of the Community Services/Education Department of PPLA.  Mr. Jones worked for PPLA for several years and is African-American.  The verified complaint seeks recovery for unlawful termination, racial and sexual harassment, and a failure to pay overtime.  Jones’ suit alleges that PPLA […]
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Spanish Bishops Make Ambiguous Statement on Condoms in AIDS Prevention

MADRID, January 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An ambiguous statement from the representative of the Spanish Catholic bishops has left the world wondering if the Catholic Church in Spain now officially endorses the use of condoms for AIDS prevention. Fr. Juan Antonio Martinez Camino, Secretary General of the Spanish bishops, after a meeting Tuesday with Minister of Health, Elena Salgado, told reporters that on the one hand that the bishops “do not accept the use of condoms,” but then said that “condoms have their place in the integral and global prevention of AIDS.” The statement, which is being applauded by the […]
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London Catholic Schools to Participate in Fundraiser for Embryo Research Supportive MS Society

LONDON, Ontario, January 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic schools in Ontario have a history of often supporting dubious causes and schools in the London diocese are now being asked to participate in a Read-a-Thon for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, which supports destructive embryonic stem cell research (ESCR). In recent years, pro-life advocates have repeatedly had to renew their efforts to stop Catholic schools in Ontario from collecting funds for UNICEF, because of the UN organization’s support for abortion and other practices which violate Catholic moral principles.  When Bill C-6, was passed it allowed Canadian research organizations to use […]
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Conservative Party of Canada to Run Ads Supporting Traditional Marriage

OTTAWA, January 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Carolyn Steward Olsen, spokesman for Conservative Leader Stephen Harper confirmed for LifeSiteNews.com reports that the Conservative Party of Canada is to run ads defending traditional marriage.  The ads will say “Where do you draw the line, we’d like to know where you stand.” The ad also notes that “Stephen Harper believes in traditional marriage” and also outlines Prime Minister Martin’s position in favour of it. The ads will begin airing “very shortly” as the House of Commons nears its opening session on January 31. 
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New York Democrats Propose $1 Billion Embryonic Stem Cell Public Funding

ALBANY, January 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fearing that New York State will lag behind California in embryonic stem cell research, Democratic Senators there proposed legislation Sunday that would see $1 billion allocated for the unethical research for the state.  The proposal, suggested by Senate Democratic leader David A. Paterson, concurs with the $3 billion in spending California allocated last year, and the $380 million also announced by New Jersey acting governor Richard J. Codey last week for stem cell research.  The New York and New Jersey lawmakers worry scientists will be attracted to the research grants available to them through […]
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‘Roe’ Requests Supreme Court Overturn Abortion Law

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Norma McCorvey, the former “Jane Roe” whose case first legalized abortion on demand 32 years ago, today announced her formal request that the U.S. Supreme Court revisit Roe v. Wade, and make abortion illegal. She cites the long-lasting and devastating effect abortion has on women – McCorvey’s case cites the sworn testimony of more than 1,000 women hurt by abortion.  “This is the day I’ve longed for,” said McCorvey, who deeply regrets her role in legalizing abortion. “Now we know so much more, and I plead with the Court to listen to the witnesses […]
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Toronto Cardinal Gives Direction to Priests and Faithful on Supporting Traditional Marriage

TORONTO, January 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In addition to writing Prime Minister Paul Martin on the subject, Toronto Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic has directed all priests in the Toronto Archdiocese to make his letter available to parishioners, and to include prayer petitions on protecting marriage “at all Sunday Masses from now until Easter 2005.”  In a memo dated January 17, the Cardinal also encourages priests to allow a couple to make a statement at the end of Mass about getting politically active on the issue.  In a separate letter to the faithful, the Cardinal pleads for action.  “As your Archbishop, I […]
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Toronto Cardinal Ambrozic Warns Gay ‘Marriage’ Will Expose Children to Gay Sex-Ed

TORONTO, January 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a letter to Prime Minister Paul Martin released yesterday, Toronto Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic has asked that a bill be enacted to protect the traditional definition of marriage.  Moreover, knowing that provincial courts have forced the redefining of marriage, the Cardinal asks that the bill include use of the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to allow for it to take effect.  “I urge you, Prime Minister, to table a Bill that legislatively enacts the traditional opposite-sex definition of marriage, coupled with a clause that provides for the legislation to take effect notwithstanding the Canadian Charter of […]
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Cardinal Ambrozic letter to Canadian Prime Minister Martin Re: Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Aloysius Cardinal Ambrozic Archbishop of Toronto 1155 Yonge St Toronto , Ontario M4T 1W2 416-934-0606 Fax 416-934-3452 January 18, 2005. The Rt. Hon. Mr. Paul Martin, P.C., M.P., Prime Minister of Canada, House of Commons, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario,  K1A 0A6. Dear Prime Minister, I understand the difficulty in which recent decisions of various Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada have left the Government of Canada regarding the traditional opposite-sex definition of marriage. Parliament is about to consider legislation to redefine marriage as a lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others, thus paving […]
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Pennsylvania School District First in US to Offer Alternative to Debunked Darwinian Evolution

DOVER, PA, January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The small town of Dover, Pennsylvania today became the first school district in the nation to officially inform students of the theory of Intelligent Design, as an alternative to Darwin’s theory of Evolution. In what has been called a “measured step”, ninth grade biology students in the Dover Area School District were read a four-paragraph statement Tuesday morning explaining that Darwin’s theory is not a fact and continues to be tested.  The statement continued, “Intelligent Design is an explanation of the origin of life that differs from Darwin’s view.”  Since the late 1950s […]
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President Bush Declares “Sanctity of Human Life Day” and “Religious Freedom Day” 2005

WASHINGTON, January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US President George W. Bush declared Sunday, January 16, Sanctity of Human Life Day as well as Religious Freedom Day for 2005. “On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, we celebrate the sacred gift of life,” President Bush said in a White House release Tuesday.  “Our Nation has made significant progress in recent years toward building a culture of life,” the President said. The release highlighted some of the pro-life accomplishments of the Bush administration, including: signing into law the Unborn Victims of Violence Act; signing into law the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act; and […]
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Four Pro-Abortion Men Arrested, Accused of Hate Crime

REDDING, California, January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Four men were charged with hate crimes after being arrested for vandalizing a pro-life monument commemorating the number of child victims of abortion each day in the US.  The men were accused of knocking down 3,000 crosses erected by pro-life groups and local Churches. “They tore them out of the ground. They threw some of them over the fence and onto the freeway,” said Christian Life Center project coordinator Steve Fitch, according to an AP report.  Police said that the damage to the display is an act of intimidation towards the pro-life and […]
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Bishop Henry Stands By “Every Word” of his Statements on Gay “Marriage”

CALGARY, January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – If proof was needed that the Catholic teaching on the family and sexuality is shortly to become inexpressible in Canada, it has been amply supplied by the flood of outrage against Calgary Bishop Fred Henry’s recent statements on homosexual marriage. “You should see some of the hate mail I’m getting right now,” Bishop Henry told the Globe and Mail. “I’m amazed.” The passage in Bishop Henry’s letter that has drawn the most criticism was the bishop’s call to use the state’s “coercive power to proscribe or curtail” threats to the family such as “homosexuality, […]
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Abortion Doctor’s Receptionist Charged with performing Illegal Abortions

LAKEWOOD, NJ, January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A receptionist at a New Jersey abortion clinic has been charged with injecting abortion-inducing drugs.  The receptionist had performed at least 4 abortions at the office of Dr. Flavius Thompson and pocketed $500 per procedure. This investigation exposes some of the many abuses that occur daily inside the so-called “safe and legal” abortion industry. “This has always been an industry driven by greed which exploits women and puts their lives at risk, while deceptively marketing itself as champions of “women’s rights,” said Marie Tasy, Executive Director of New Jersey Right to Life. “New […]
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Ontario Boasts of Having Performed Over 1000 Gay ‘Marriages’

TORONTO, January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario boasts of having performed over 1,000 same-sex “marriages” since the Ontario Court of Appeals struck down the law defining marriage as the union of a man and woman in June 2003.  “We’ve probably had more experience with civil ceremonies of same-sex couples than maybe any other jurisdiction in the world,” Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant boasted to the Canadian Press Thursday.  In an attempt to reassure Canadians, Bryant said, “It’s important for Canadians to know that at least in one province, there has (sic) not been any real problems that have developed.” Problems, […]
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What’s Happening at the March for Life This Coming Weekend?

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One thing first-timers quickly find out during their participation at the annual March for Life is that there is no central source of information of all the March for Life related activities that take place in the capital. The actual march is run by the March for Life Fund, which is a non-sectarian, non-partisan organization separate from the other groups that organize functions before and after the giant march to the Supreme Court.  To assist those coming to Washington, LifeSiteNews.com has compiled as much information as we could about the various events that […]
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Indian Sikh ‘Pope’ Urges Sikhs Around the World to Fight Gay ‘Marriage’

NEW DELHI, January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The highest-ranking spiritual leader of the Sikh religion, Joginder Singh Vedanti, has issued a directive urging that same-sex ‘marriages’ be forbidden in any Sikh temple. Vedanti expressed concern over the Canadian Government’s proposal to introduce a bill on the subject saying that such a trend has “no place in Sikhism.” Addressing the six Canadian Sikh MPs, Vedanti encouraged them to “rise above petty politics and take a stand against same-sex marriage.”  The Tribune, an Indian newspaper, reports that the directive is the first of its kind. “The directive reads that the rising trend […]
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Sikh Minister Excuses Pro-Gay Stance Saying Vatican Had No Effect on Catholic Prime Minister

NEW DELHI, January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Health Minsiter Ujjal Dosanjh, himself a Sikh, was on the spot today attempting to defend his radical support for homosexual ‘marriage’ in the face of a call by the world leader of the Sikh religion to oppose such unions. Beyond insulting the Sikh religious leader Joginder Singh Vedanti, by saying the edict “will absolutely not have any impact whatsoever,” Dosanjh compared himself to the Catholic Prime Minister.  “I mean, Prime Minister Martin and Prime Minister Chretien both were Catholics, the Vatican didn’t have an impact on them. And therefore no other religious […]
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Vatican Cardinal Denounces Abortion Lobbying in case of Raped Nine-Year Old Chilean

SANTIAGO, Chile, January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A highly placed Vatican cardinal, Jorge Medina, has denounced efforts by pro-abortion groups to use the case of a pregnant nine-year-old girl in Chile to legalize abortion in that country. Seven nongovernmental organizations are demanding authorities submit her to an abortion. They claim in a press release that, even though the girl is just weeks away from full term and the child can be safely delivered by cesarean section, that an abortion is necessary for the girl to “avoid the life-threatening risk she faces.”  Cardinal Medina, formerly the head of the Vatican’s office […]
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The U.S. Court Decisions That Led to the Need For a March For Life

* 1973: Roe v. Wade. Stating that a constitutional “right to privacy” exists that protects a woman’s decision to have an abortion, the U.S. Supreme Court legalizes abortion on demand. The Court permits states to outlaw abortions from viability until birth (third trimester) except when necessary to preserve the mother’s life or health. *  1973: Doe v. Bolton. The Supreme Court defines “health” (of the mother) to include all factors – physical, emotional, psychological, familial and the woman’s age. This basically allows a woman to have an abortion at any time during her pregnancy and for any reason.  Source: American […]
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Washington March for Life Itinerary – updated January 23rd

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 32nd annual U.S. March for Life activities begin this Saturday January 22 in Washington, D.C.  The huge march, which will take place on Monday, Jan. 24 and the many activities around it now bring over 200,000 pro-life Americans to the nation’s capital. They mourn the 1973 U.S. court decisions that imposed abortion on demand on the U.S. and they lobby Senators and Congressmen and meet, pray and march with the objective of restoring legal protection for human life. In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com today chief organizer Nellie Grey said that this year […]
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Dropping ‘Gay Bomb’ on Our Own Children

WASHINGTON, January 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In 1994, under the Clinton administration, officials of the Pentagon rejected a proposal to introduce chemical agents that would encourage homosexual activity in enemy troops. Declassified documents recently released under Freedom of Information requests, have revealed a proposal from a laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio for funding of non-lethal chemical weapons research to adversely affect “discipline and morale in enemy units.” “One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior,” said the document. Ironically, since the proposal was rejected as a […]
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Paraguay the Latest County to be Pressured by United Nations to Legalize Abortion

NEW YORK, January 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations Committee that oversees compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) last week pressured Paraguay to legalize abortion.  Paraguay, a South American country that is 90% Roman Catholic, has pro-life legislation protecting the right to life of unborn children.  Maria Jose Argana Mateu, Minister of Paraguay’s Women’s Secretariat presented her compliance report to the UN committee of 23 experts from various countries. A UN press release on the proceedings which took place January 14 notes that the committee was concerned about “criminal penalties for […]
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St. Louis Archbishop Burke Calls Abortion Fight “a battle against Satan”

ST. LOUIS, January 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Raymond Burke, after spending a busy 2004 setting the pace for episcopal pro-life leadership, appears set to continue his strong efforts on behalf of the sacredness of life in this new year. This past Saturday, Burke personally led a congregation of 400 Catholics to the sidewalks in front of the Planned Parenthood abortion mill in downtown St. Louis. In his homily at the cathedral Mass, Archbishop Burke described the pro-life fight as “a battle against Satan and his cohorts.” He said, “We pray for the parents who are contemplating the betrayal of […]
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Spokesman for Archbishop of Canterbury OKs Euthanasia

LONDON, January 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A representative of the Anglican Church’s Archbishop of Canterbury said that there are “strong compassionate” grounds for allowing euthanasia in some cases.  “There is a very strong compassionate case for voluntary euthanasia,” Robin Gill, a chief adviser to Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, said Saturday, according to a guardian.co.uk report.  “In certain cases, such as that which involved Diane Pretty [the woman who was terminally ill with motor neurone disease and who campaigned for the right to be helped to die], there is an overwhelming case for it,” he said.  Gill represented the […]
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Calgary Bishop Says Fight to Preserve Marriage in Canada Far From Over

CALGARY, January 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what is likely to be the most effective, and strongest letter ever issued by a Canadian Bishop in defence of traditional marriage, Calgary’s Bishop Fred Henry is to release a pastoral letter this weekend which cuts to the heart of the debate. Bishop Henry, who recently courageously stood up to threats by Revenue Canada agents over his pre-election comments about the Prime Minister’s moral incoherence on abortion and same-sex unions, writes: “Since homosexuality, adultery, prostitution and pornography undermine the foundations of the family, the basis of society, then the State must use its […]
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Abortion-Causing Morning After Pill Ruling Expected from FDA this Week

WASHINGTON, January 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The US Food and Drug Administration is set to rule on whether the abortifacient morning-after pill can be made available without a prescription this week. This marks the second such application launched by Plan B’s manufacturer, Barr Laboratories. The FDA denied their first attempt at over-the-counter approval last year, based on the “overwhelming recommendation of the agency’s own scientific advisers,” according to a CNN report.  The FDA said they would reconsider Barr’s request, if the company sells the chemical abortifacient to girls age 16 or older only.  Approving Plan B for over-the counter sales […]
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Abortion, Anti-Child Mentality Seen as Culprit in Social Security Crisis

SAN DIEGO, January 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) — A leader of the US’s largest denomination of African-Americans said that America’s Social Security woes are a result of abortion — because baby boomers aborted so many of those who would otherwise be supporting them in their retirement.  “Part of the problem that we’re seeing now with Social Security has to do with the fact that 40 to 50 million people who have been killed through abortions have not taken their role as productive citizens,” Church of God in Christ Bishop George McKinney said, as reported by the AP.  “Social Security is on […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes – January 14, 2005

Fla. College Bans Gibson’s ‘Passion’  https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/1/14/152912.shtml   The Facts of Life & Marriage – Social Science & the Vindication of Christian Moral Teaching https://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=18-01-038-f   Next Step in the Agenda: Canadian Private Members Bill Coming Which Will Impose Special Trans-Sexual Rights https://www.avi.org/node/view/954 Couple are jailed for killing child because he was not perfect https://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/14/npois14.xml   22 gay, lesbian groups reset priorities in wake of losses https://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/13/MNG1OAPG4D1.DTL   Disease, Abortions Declining Thanks to Bush   https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42380   Poll: Few Americans Trust Media https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/1/13/204619.shtml   Lutherans Compromise on Gays in the Clergy https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-lutheran14jan14,1,5002913.story?coll=la-headlines-nation&ctrack=1&cset=true   Lutheran decision splits on gay clergy https://www.washtimes.com/national/20050114-121259-8502r.htm   […]
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The Da Vinci Code – LifeSiteNews.com Analysis Exposes Real Purpose of Book

January 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There have been numerous books and articles written about author Dan Brown’s best seller fictional novel masquerading as a factual expose of supposed dark secrets of Christianity and especially Roman Catholicism. The Da Vinci Code has sold an astonishing 12 million copies worldwide to date and is set to be made into a major Hollywood movie. Alarmingly, many readers have been taking its outrageous, if not vicious anti-Christian claims of fact seriously.  The massive interest in the book and uncritical acceptance of its claims by readers that he talked to motivated Christendom College student John […]
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Italy Likely to Gut Pro-Life Elements of IVF Law by Referendum

ROME, January 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italy’s constitutional court has ruled that the law regulating in vitro fertilization (IVF) must be put to a referendum to amend those aspects that protect life and the traditional family. LifeSitenews.com reported January 13th, that Canadian pro-life leaders are alarmed by the increasing dominance of a libertarian mentality in Canadian conservatism that demands that all political questions of morality be decided by referendum. Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition asked, “what if the people choose something immoral?” This fear is now being played out in Italy where one of the world’s strongest […]
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United Nations Grants National Abortion Federation NGO Status

NEW YORK, January 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) recommended 22 new NGOs for consultative status last week, including the US National Abortion Federation (NAF).  The new status means that NAF will have a greater voice at the UN: organizations that have consultative status can attend meetings of the Council, circulate statements, speak at meetings and propose items for the Council’s agenda.  The NAF revealed its low level of morality with its 1994 “soap campaign”. At a NAF conference that year, a woman stood up to introduce the “campaign,” explaining to the assembled pro-abortion […]
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Winnipeg Archbishop Defends Family and Democracy in Pastoral Letter

WINNIPEG, January 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The main point of the argument about homosexual “marriage” is the well being of children, and that point is being lost in the rhetoric. So says James Weisgerber, Catholic archbishop of Winnipeg, in a letter appearing yesterday in the Winnipeg Free Press. Archbishop Weisgerber wrote that society is founded upon normal families made up of a mother and a father to raise children. “To help a young child become a mature, responsible member of society is a great gift to that society,” he says. “To equate any other relationship with marriage cannot but make […]
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Catholic Bishop of London Issues a “Call to Action” on Homosexual “Marriage”

LONDON, January 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Roman Catholic bishop of London Ontario, Ronald P. Fabbro, has asked his flock to begin lobbying their MP’s against the proposal to change the definition of marriage to include homosexual partnerings. “I ask you to take an active role in defending the traditional meaning of marriage as the union of one man and one woman,” Fabbro wrote in a letter dated January 5th. “As Catholics, we have a duty to make our voices heard in the public realm. These are momentous and far-reaching decisions that are being made. Your members of Parliament need […]
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Alberta MP Says Tell MPs You Won’t Vote For Them if They Support Same-Sex Marriage

LLOYDMINSTER, Alberta, January 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leon Benoit, Conservative MP for Vegreville—Wainwright in Alberta, emphasized the strategy that is most likely to motivate MPs to change their minds about supporting the federal government’s marriage redefinition bill. The Lloydminster Meridian Booster reports that at his Jan 3rd Fight For Marriage Rally the pro-family MP stated, “The most effective way to change a Member of Parliament’s mind, or get them to listen, is to have people who live in the constituency to write directly to their MP stating their position, and saying ‘if you don’t support me on this issue, I […]
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Niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to Speak Out Against Abortion at Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, January 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Immediately following the January 24 US National March for Life in Washington, women who regret their abortions will speak at the Supreme Court. Guests include the national spokesperson for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, actress, model, author, Jennifer O’Neill and the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Dr. Alveda King.  The women will stand in front of the Supreme Court holding signs that say “I Regret My Abortion” and will be speaking about their abortion experience. LifeSiteNews.com will be reporting live from the March again this year.  On Monday January 24, 2005 […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes – Jan 13, 2005

Arkansas Governor Huckabee adds his support to abortion-consent proposal https://www.nwanews.com/story.php?paper=adg&section=News&storyid=104732   Abortion isn’t about Choice. It’s about Money https://www.theconservativevoice.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1958   Consumer Reports cites U.N. document In response to criticism about report pushing abortion https://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42354   Ending Abortion Would Save U.S. Social Security, Group Argues https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=%5CCulture%5Carchive%5C200501%5CCUL20050113a.html   Planned Parenthood keeps school role https://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3467367,00.ht ml   Illinois Lawmakers Pass Bill Adding Sexual Orientation to Discrimination Law https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/132005e.asp   Parent Upset Over Mass. School’s Pink Triangle Program https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/132005c.asp   Warnings Over UN’s Drafting of Sweeping Convention on All “Disabilities”  https://www.catholicexchange.com/e3news/index.asp?category_id=10   Spain to export abortion to countries where the practice is prohibited https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=2825 […]
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Kansas Abortion Clinic Used by Canadian Governments Sends Botched Abortion Victim to Hospital

WICHITA, Kansas, January 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With sirens blaring and emergency lights flashing, an ambulance rushed an injured woman to Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS at approximately 9:30 am today, after an apparent botched abortion at Women’s Health Care Services, a late-term abortion mill run by the notorious George Tiller.  LifeSiteNews.com reported in September that, at taxpayer expense, health authorities in Quebec and other Canadian provinces send Canadian women seeking late-term abortions to the same center.  “They almost caused an accident at the intersection,” said witness Brenna Sullenger, who filmed the arrival of the ambulance at Wesley. “They […]
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UN Launches Condom Cartoons

NEW YORK, January 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations has launched a series of cartoons containing condoms as the main characters. “The Three Amigos” condom characters promote the so-called safe-sex message that condoms prevent HIV/AIDS. The UN describes the campaign as the “start of the world’s largest integrated behaviour modification program,” according to a WorldNetDaily report.  The feature presents the characters, Shaft, Stretch and Dick, in a variety of settings. Canadian producer-director Firdaus Kharas said, “We’re using humor to stop the spread of AIDS.”  The television advertisement is already playing in the Netherlands, South Africa, and Canada, and has […]
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Toronto Catholic School Board Hires Homosexual Activist PR Firm to Recruit Students

TORONTO, January 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Toronto Catholic District School Board has launched a $750,000 advertising campaign to recruit new students – utilizing the services of a homosexual activist public relations firm. The Toronto Star reports that trustee Maria Rizzo has slammed the expense as “a misadventure that will squander almost a million dollars while our schools are falling apart.”  The CEO of the PR firm, Navigator Ltd, is the very controversial Jaime Watt. Watt was a key member of former Progressive Conservative (PC) Premier Mike Harris’s original election strategy team. After the PC’s June 1995 election success Watt […]
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German Cardinal Does Not Apologize for Abortion-Holocaust Comparison but Regrets Misinterpretation

COLOGNE, January 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A press release clarifying the abortion-holocaust comparison made by German Cardinal Joachim Meisner in a recent homily has been taken for an apology. However, there was no apology for the comparison made but only an expressed regret that the comments were misinterpreted. Several news organizations ran with headlines such as ‘German Catholic Leader Apologizes for Abortion-Holocaust Comparisons’, ‘Archbishop regrets comparing abortion to Holocaust’, ‘Bishop sorry for abortion, Holocaust comparison’. However, nowhere in the release from the archdiocese does the Archbishop of Cologne suggest that the comparison was inaccurate. The Cardinal’s German-language release clarifies that the […]
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Senator Hillary Clinton Blasts Bush Administration over Abortion

NEW YORK, January 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion crusader and New York Senator Hillary Clinton condemned US President George W. Bush Tuesday, claiming his withdrawal of funding from organizations that commit or promote abortions is harming women. Speaking at an International Women’s Health Coalition-sponsored dinner, Clinton claimed that “reproductive health care and family planning service is a basic right,” and said this was based on decisions reached at the 1994 U.N. Population Conference in Cairo, as well as the 1995 U.N. women’s conference in Beijing, where Clinton gave a keynote address. She argued that the Bush administration has failed to […]
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German School Official Declares “Homeschooling Illegal”

PADERBORN COUNTY, Germany, January 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A German school official has ordered seven families homeschooling their children in Northwest Germany to enroll their children in public schools immediately, or the children will be forcibly removed by police and taken to school. Any resistance on the part of the parents will result in the children being removed from their homes, according to a Home School Legal Defense Association report.  The families argued that, as Christians, they wanted to protect their children from the godless and humanistic values being taught in public schools. They also assured officials that they were […]
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Vancouver Woman Chooses Life for Her Baby just before Dying of Breast Cancer

VANCOUVER, January 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gabriele Helms, an assistant professor of English at the University of British Columbia died on New Years Eve of breast cancer, but not before giving life to her much-awaited daughter who was born at 26 ½ weeks just before her mother’s death. Helms’ first battle with breast cancer was in 2001 after she miscarried her first child. She went through months of treatment and afterward helped found a support group for women survivors of breast cancer. When the cancer returned in September 2004, she was already pregnant again with her second child. Friends report […]
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LifeSiteNews.com Stories Now Posted on Line During The Day

January 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As of today, LifeSiteNews.com has begun posting its stories on line one at a time during the day as each story is completed. We will no longer be publishing our reports all at once at the end of the day.  This new process will allow us to provide you the news in a more timely manner and will lighten the end of day workload for our very busy staff. Another small step for mankind! Well, it’s an improvement that we are sure many of our readers will appreciate. We know some of you would prefer […]
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Sweden’s Conviction of Pastor for Preaching on Homosexuality Violates International Law

WASHINGTON, January 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty submitted an amicus (friend of the court) brief yesterday with the Swedish Supreme Court calling for the Court to reverse the conviction of a pastor prosecuted for presenting Christan teaching on homosexuality from the pulpit. Pastor Ake Green was sentenced to one month in jail for a sermon he preached to his congregation in 2003 on Biblical texts addressing homosexuality. The sermon was later printed in a local newspaper and Green was prosecuted on the basis that his sermon offended Sweden’s homosexual community.  The Becket Fund, a nonpartisan, […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

See what state gay activists have in store for Christians who exercise free speech rights    No Kid Rock at Bush concert.  Consumer Reports CEO led Planned Parenthood – Revelation comes after story pushing abortion from publication that claims it has ‘no agenda’       CBS’ Downfall Just the Tip of the Iceberg Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta 1
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Consumer Reports Feb 2005: Pro-Abortion Edition

YONKERS, New York, January 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The latest edition of Consumer Reports compares contraceptive methods, including abortion as a means of contraception. WorldNetDaily also reported today that James A. Guest, CEO of Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports, was once head of Planned Parenthood Maryland.  Jayne Wallace, a communications consultant with Consumers Union, told WND, “The fact that [Guest] worked for Planned Parenthood had nothing to do with this article.”  The Consumer Report claims that abortion fatalities are 1 per 100,000 v 11.3 per 100,000 for carrying a baby to full-term, figures typically used by pro-abortion organizations that […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

Archbishop regrets comparison of abortion to Holocaust was misinterpreted as slap against Jews Australian medical team saves an unborn baby’s foot by operating on the 27-week-old fetus in utero. (The Australian)   Nigerian Awarded $2 million By Jury After Brooklyn NY Hospital Threw Away Body of Premature Infant Depriving them of a Proper Burial. (Daily News America)  New California Bill Says Pharmacists Have No Right To Refuse Birth Control Prescriptions. Windows XP extremely critical holes expected to be dealt with.       Are Americans In Iraq Being Killed Because of Homosexual “Marriage”?    Homosexuals planned Christian harassment   Business Lobby backs Bush’s picks for judges
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Gay ‘Marriage’ Law to be Introduced in Feb., Passed by June Says Canadian Justice Minister

OTTAWA, January 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Justice Minister Irwin Cotler has announced that he will introduce the Liberal government bill to change the definition of marriage to one that would include same-sex couples, in early February.  He hopes it will pass before the House rises in June.  In his announcement Cotler seemed to take comfort in the activist court decisions that have forced homosexual ‘marriage’ on seven provinces and one territory in Canada. “If the bill does not pass, the likelihood is that the constitutional development will continue in the other provinces, and we will likely see this issue being […]
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Abortionist Admits “Life Starts Early In The Womb, But . . . I’m Ending It For Good Reasons”

WASHINGTON, January 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The January 2005 Boston Magazine Online carries the story: Confessions of an Abortion Doctor, by an anonymous abortionist, who admits: “I have the utmost respect for life; I appreciate that life starts early in the womb, but also believe that I’m ending it for good reasons.”  Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director of Priests for Life, responded to the column: “We don’t know her name, because she withheld it for safety reasons. She remembers the event ten years ago when John Salvi killed some clinic workers. She says it scares her.”  The anonymous abortionist gives […]
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Brutal Euthanasia Film “Million Dollar Baby” Slyly Billed as Romance by Sympathetic Critics

HOLLYWOOD, January 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Christmas film release, Million Dollar Baby, starring Clint Eastwood and lauded by critics as a “love story”—as a ploy to ensnare unsuspecting viewers – is, in fact, a film championing assisted suicide. The film is about Eastwood, as boxing manager Frankie Dunn, coaching boxing wannabe, 33 year-old Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank). The two fall in love, while Fitzgerald ascends her boxing career ladder. In one fight, taking a dirty hit to the back of the head, Fitzgerald suffers an obviously severe injury. “Next scene: Maggie is hospitalized as a quadriplegic, on a life-support […]
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Spain’s Bishops Willing to Pay the Price to Give Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality

PAMPLONA, January 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the many western countries where homosexual “marriage” is being pushed through courts and legislatures, pro-family groups have complained that the leadership of Catholic bishops has often been distressingly weak. National Catholic bishops conferences in some of these countries and many individual bishops are contenting themselves with pronouncements and strategies focusing only on Catholic teaching about the beauty and worth of marriage while assiduously avoiding any mention of the agenda to force acceptance of homosexuality that is driving the same-sex marriage push. One Canadian bishop told LifeSiteNews.com that the Canadian Catholic public was “not […]
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Canadian Lebanese Community Groups Oppose Change to the Traditional Definition of Marriage

TORONTO, January 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A coalition of Canadian Lebanese community groups has come forward to denounce any intention of the Liberal government to change the traditional definition of marriage. “We call on all Members of Parliament to vote for keeping the definition of marriage as is,” their press release states. “Marriage, since Almighty God created man, has been a sacred union between a man and a woman, and this is how it should remain,” the release continues. “All religions honour the value of marriage and any change in it will be a flagrant insult to the followers of […]
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Canadian Family and Faith Groups Focus on Defeating Canadian Gay Marriage Bill

OTTAWA, January 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Faith and family groups are busy in the New Year revving their engines for a massive lobby of Parliamentarians for the upcoming vote on a bill to re-define marriage to rid it of the opposite sex requirement and through the process force further acceptance of homosexuality. LifeSiteNews.com spoke with several Canadian groups involved in the current battle for the preservation of the family and found that their common lobbying priority is to defeat the upcoming legislation.  In addition to full-time lobbying via its Ottawa office, Campaign Life Coalition has emphasized to its supporters across […]
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Abortions Won’t be Performed on National Holidays in Hungarian Hospitals

BUDAPEST, January 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Hungarian pro-life movement, Alpha Alliance, along with several other pro-life organizations, marched in peaceful protest of abortion on December 28, the Catholic Feast of the Holy Innocents, from St. Elizabeth Church in Budapest to Sandor Peterffy hospital. In response to the march, hospital officials pledged to cease committing abortions on three key national holy days: the 28th of December, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, the 25th of March, the Feast of the Incarnation and also the Day of Unborn Babies, and the 1st of June, International Day of Life, declared by the […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

More on The U.N. Sex Scandal    Ambivalence Over Stem Cells       FBI help investigate fire at abortion mill    9 Women Arrested for Blocking FDA Entrance While Protesting Morning-After Pill Plan       
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Pro-Life Roemer to Run for Leadership of Democratic Party

WASHINGTON, January 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-lifer and former Indiana Republican Congressman Tim Roemer said Sunday that he plans to run for leadership of the Democratic Party. Roemer said he respects the opinions of Democrats who favor abortion, and is not seeking to rewrite the party platform. “I’m not asking to rewrite the platform. We have a majority of our party, an overwhelming majority of our party, that is pro-choice, and I respect that. But I think we should not only be more inclusive on this issue, especially in the Midwest and the South if a candidate has those views, […]
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US Supreme Court Lets Florida Ban on Gay Adoptions Stand

WASHINGTON, January 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by four Florida men Monday, leaving in place the state law banning homosexuals from adopting children. The rejection of the appeal was without comment.  Florida is the only state with a complete ban against same-sex adoption, but the refusal by the Supreme Court opens the door for other states to enact similar legislation.  Florida Governor Jeb Bush defended the government position, arguing that it is in the best interest of children to have both a mother and a father. “It is rational to believe that children need […]
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Canadian Conservative Party to go Officially Pro-Abortion?

TORONTO, January 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “The grassroots of the party should be very careful because it sounds like the Red Tories are attempting to gain the upper hand.”  That was the reaction of Jim Hughes the leader of the political arm of Canada’s pro-life movement to the decision by a conference of 32 Greater Toronto Conservative Party ridings to adopt a policy to support abortion.  Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), also told LifeSiteNews.com he was concerned about the other resolutions put forward which undercut social conservative and democratic priorities. Some 250 delegates representing Conservative ridings in […]
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Abortion and Gay Marriage Prominent in Pope’s Message to World

VATICAN CITY, January 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking today to the diplomats to the Vatican from nearly every country in the world, Pope John Paul II stressed his New Years message – “overcome evil with good.”  That simple message, said the Pope, is “a guide to all in meeting the great challenges facing humanity today.” And in mentioning those great challenges, the Pope commenced with life and then family issues, followed by food, peace and freedom.  “The first is the challenge of life,” said John Paul. “Life is the first gift which God has given us, it is the first […]
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Overwhelming Majority of Maltese Oppose Abortion for Any Reason

VALETTA, January 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The vast majority of Malta’s 400,000 inhabitants—96 percent—are opposed to abortion, according to a recent public opinion survey, released Sunday. The survey also revealed that most Maltese—56 percent—also oppose divorce, which is illegal there. The survey was conducted by sociologist Mario Vassallo for Malta’s Sunday Times newspaper.  A majority of respondents, when asked whether separation was a remedy for difficult marriages, said that it was not. When it comes to marriage counselling, only 22 percent of respondents said that government-sponsored counselling was of any value, while over 40 percent said that Catholic Church-sponsored counselling […]
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UK Senior Anglican Bishop Sanctions Liturgy for Gay Couples

LINCOLN, UK, January 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Senior bishop of the UK Anglican church has created a liturgy to acknowledge same-sex and unmarried cohabitating couples, according to a Sunday Times report.  John Saxbee, Bishop of Lincoln, commissioned the first official Church of England service recognizing same-sex and cohabitating couples. The new service, as claimed by Saxbee, is simply to acknowledge friendship, and is not to be misinterpreted as same-sex marriages, and is consistent with current Anglican guidelines, he said.  “Who’s kidding who?” chairman of the Conservative group Reform, David Banting, said. “Would liturgy for this sort of relationship have […]
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Authors of Finnish Study Fail to Report Relationship Between Increased Suicides and Abortion

January 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The December 2004 edition of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG) has published a letter to the editor from Dr. Nathan J. Hoeldtke of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, pointing out the failure by authors of a Finnish study to report the relationship between abortion and increased incidence of suicide. The 2004 study, Pregnancy-associated mortality after birth, spontaneous abortion, or induced abortion in Finland, failed to take into account the higher risk of death by intentional accident after abortion. Abortion advocates routinely scoff at any suggestion of […]
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US Cardinal Says Pro-Abortion Stance an “Impoverished Standard” for Determining Suitability of Judic

WASHINGTON, January 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archbishop of Baltimore, Cardinal William Keeler, wrote to members of the U.S. Senate Thursday in anticipation of their being called upon to advise on and consent to presidential nominations for the Federal bench, including the U.S. Supreme Court.  In the letter, Cardinal Keeler rejected the view that “nominees who oppose the purposeful taking of innocent human life” are “unfit for judicial office in the United States.” “By any measure,” he said, “support for the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision is an impoverished standard for assessing judicial ability.” “Insisting that judicial nominees […]
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Toronto Catholic School Alumnae Association Invites Pro-Abort MP to Speak at Awards Ceremony

TORONTO, January 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Loretto Abbey School is a prestigious Toronto Catholic high school for girls whose website claims that the students come to know the mind of Christ in religion class. However it is unclear how well the lessons of the Catholic religion have been conveyed to some former students who now form the executive of the Loretto Alumnae Association and have invited Jean Augustine, a militantly pro-abortion, “Catholic” Liberal MP to be a speaker at their awards event on January 21st. The Alumnae Association website announces that the Order of Mary Ward will be given to […]
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Report Says Homosexual U.S. Attorneys Complicit in “Frightening” Charges Against Christian Protester

TUPELO, Mi., January 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A source from the U.S. Justice Department reported to WorldNetDaily that homosexual attorneys from the U.S. Justice Department Civil Rights Division attended a homosexual event called “OutFest” in Philadelphia last October and advised police who arrested 11 Christians at the event.  After a judge saw video footage of four of the Christians quoting Bible verses, they were bound for trial and now face up to 47 years in prison. They were charged with three felony (criminal conspiracy, ethnic intimidation, and riot) and five misdemeanor charges while the city of Philadelphia has labeled the […]
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Pro-Life Costa Rica Under Fire from Abortion Advocates to Reverse Its IVF Ban

SAN JOSE, January 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) In March 2000, Costa Rica became the only country in North or South America to prohibit in vitro fertilization. The Costa Rican constitution protects human life from conception to natural death. IVF is a procedure that necessitates the killing of many of the embryos created for the process. Since the court decision that banned IVF, the Costa Rican government has been under constant fire for its pro-life policies. Now a group of eleven complainants and their doctor, Delia Ribas, will take the government to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to force the government […]
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Schindlers Ask Court to Void Order Removing Terri Schiavo’s Assisted Feeding

PINELLAS PARK, Florida, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The parents of brain-disabled Terri Schiavo filed a new court motion Thursday, asking that Terri’s feeding tube not be removed, as ordered by a judge in November, arguing that their daughter has been denied due legal process.  “In reviewing the many boxes of court filings,” said Attorney David Gibbs III, who is now representing the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Schindler, “we cannot find a single instance where Terri was afforded the right of every American to have a lawyer who would represent her own interests. Her parents have an attorney. Her husband […]
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World Youth Day German Cardinal Compares Abortion to Jewish Holocaust

COLOGNE, January 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Joachim Meisner of Cologne, who will host the upcoming 2005 World Youth Day, compared abortion to the Nazi holocaust in his sermon for the January 6 commemoration of the Epiphany, commemorating the visit of the three Kings of the East to the infant Jesus.  Cardinal Meisner said, “first there was Herod, who ordered the children of Bethlehem to be killed, then there was Hitler and Stalin among others, and today unborn children are being killed in their millions”.  The comparison was immediately condemned by the pro-abortion Green party and the Social Democrats who […]
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Newfoundland Mayor Resigns Marriage Commissioner Privilege

DEER LAKE, January 7, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Harold Ball, the mayor of the Newfoundland community of Deer Lake, has resigned his position as a marriage counsellor, rather than be compelled to perform same-sex “marriages.” See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:  Newfoundland Mayors Say they Won’t Marry Homosexuals, Even if Court Says So
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Rapper’s Inaugural Invite a Shocker, Say Family Advocates https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/62005a.asp   Report Says Homosexual DOJ Lawyers Complicit in Arrest of Christians https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/52005a.asp   ChaldoAssyrian Christians may soon leave Iraq en masse https://www.nationalreview.com/comment/shea_rayis200501060730.asp   What the Election Revealed https://www.crisismagazine.com/feature1.htm   Putting “Life” Back Into The Democratic Party https://www.freecongress.org/commentaries/2005/050106.asp   The Bishops are Back https://www.ncregister.com/current/0102lead2.htm   Pope Condemns ‘Vile’ Trafficking of Children https://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7254258   Phoenix Bishop Olmsted Represents New Generation of Strong Leadership: Outspoken on Homosexuality and Abortion https://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0106olmsted06.html   God and suffering https://www.townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/ct20050104.shtml   Blaming God First; Why do children have to die?  https://www.nationalreview.com/novak/novak200501050712.asp   U.S. diocese makes $100m abuse deal https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4147431.stm […]
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Chinese One Child Protester has Sentence Increased

NEW YORK, January 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) In October 2004, LifeSiteNews.com published a special report on the torture of a woman imprisoned by Chinese authorities for her opposition to that country’s one child policy. Mao Hengfeng, who has campaigned for 15 years against the brutal government scheme, has had her sentence in a Reeducation Through Labor (RTL) Camp in Shanghai increased by three months according to a human rights organization. The New York based group, Human Rights in China (HRIC), has been monitoring the situation. They revealed in a report dated January 4th that Mao had been tortured and despite international […]
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Bush Judicial Nominee Named to White House Staff

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One member of US President George W. Bush’s panel of judicial appointees, previously blocked from the appointment, has been named to the White House staff.  Claude Allen was named Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, as announced by White House press secretary Scott McClellan Wednesday. Allen currently serves as Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services. Democrats filibustered Allen’s judicial appointment last year; he was one of 10 nominees out of 34 blocked by the Democrats. Allen is a strong proponent of abstinence-based sex education. As Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, […]
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UNFPA Calls for US $28m in Funding to Supply Condoms to Victims of Tsunami

NEW YORK, January 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations Population Fund, the UNFPA, is calling for US $28 million in donations to re-establish “reproductive health services,” in the Tsunami-stricken regions of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, according to a UNFPA press release published Thursday.  The Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute Friday Fax further clarified that “According to UNFPA’s Reproductive Health in Emergency Situations manual, the ‘reproductive health needs’ of refugees include ‘guaranteeing the availability of free condoms.’ Indeed,” the C-FAM Friday Fax continues, “UNFPA’s website says that ‘Free condoms are among the first reproductive health supplies to […]
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Further Developments in Stem Cell Research to Treat Heart Attack and Fatal Neural Disorder

TAMPA, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An animal study has shown that human stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood have greatly reduced damage from heart attacks and restored the heart’s function to near normal. Researchers at the University of South Florida Health Sciences Center injected the cells into rats after the heart attacks and found that not only did the cells repair the damage, but they did so without the need for immune suppressant drugs. A serious problem with stem cell treatment is that if the cells are derived from another person, whether the source of the cells is […]
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Celebrated Ontario Homosexual “Marriage” Activist Judge Now says Leave Decision to Elected MPs

TORONTO, January 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chief Justice of the Ontario Appeals Court, Roy McMurtry, now says it would “be preferable” to resolve the same-sex “marriage” issue for Canada “politically,” according to a Canadian Press account.  It appears as though McMurtry is experiencing political fallout in Ontario for being the first activist Canadian judge to dictate that homosexuals must be granted the “right” to marry. McMurtry’s almost mocking about-face appears have been engineered to improve his popularity with what the activist judge must believe is a very naive Canadian populace.  “It would be preferable if these issues were solved politically,” […]
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Pro-Family Organizations Organize Grassroots Lobbying to Defeat Same-Sex Marriage Bill

TORONTO, January 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In it’s January 2005 Newsletter, Canada’s national pro-life political organization, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), has launched a lobbying and post-card campaign against the upcoming federal same-sex marriage bill.  In the newsletter CLC tells its thousands of supporters, “The most important task you can perform is to contact your MP in the constituency office and urge them to vote against same sex ‘marriage’ or same sex civil unions. Visit them, call them, write to them or fax them now. Please tell your family, friends, neighbours, and co-workers to contact their MPs too.” Most MPs are […]
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Liberal MP Kilgour Denounces Prime Minister’s Coercion on Gay ‘Marriage’ Vote

OTTAWA, January 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal MP David Kilgour has denounced the determination by Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin to force the Liberal cabinet to vote in favour of the upcoming homosexual ‘marriage’ legislation. Kilgour told the Sun “I think it’s deeply unfair to bludgeon your ministers … into voting with the prime minister on the issue.”  Pro-family groups in Canada have launched massive grass-roots lobbying campaigns aimed at getting the message across to politicians that a decision to vote against the traditional definition of marriage will spell defeat at the polls come election time.  Beyond that however, the […]
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Will Canadian MP’s Once Again Cave in to Dictatorial Prime Minister on Gay Marriage?

OTTAWA, January 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sun Media is reporting that Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin will not reconsider a decision to force his cabinet to vote in favour of legislation to redefine marriage. Despite promises during his Liberal leadership campaign, of more democracy and free votes for his caucus members, Martin, according to spokesman Amy Butcher, has reneged on his promises and told Liberal cabinet ministers they must vote for the bill, even if it violates their faith and conscience.  While the Prime Minister originally vowed a free vote on the marriage bill, it was disclosed late last year […]
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Consumer Reports Charged with Bias over Coverage of Birth Control Pills

WASHINGTON, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The February 2005 issue of Consumer Reports focuses on birth control methods.  In addition to grading the effectiveness of condoms, the report also addresses the birth control pill.  However, in mentioning how the pill works, the consumer advocacy organization fails to mention the abortifacient effect of the pill. “Every pharmacist in America should know how the birth control pill can prevent a newly-created human being from implanting in his mother’s womb,” said American Life League president Judie Brown. “So why has Consumer Reports refused to share that fact with women seeking objective information about […]
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Cross Display Barred During Bush Inauguration?

WASHINGTON, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Washington-based Christian Defense Coalition is protesting a proposed ban on the display of crosses during inauguration ceremonies for President George W. Bush. In a December 17 letter to the National Park Service, the Secret Service asked for a ban on numerous items during the inauguration festivities. The Secret Service sought a ban on potentially dangerous items such as firearms, explosives, and laser pointers; but the list of proscribed items also included “coffins, crates, crosses, crates theaters, and statues.” No explanation was given for the inclusion of crosses on the list. The Christian Defense […]
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Pro-Family Film Shunned by Hollywood Now a Great Success

GRAND RAPIDS, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A film rejected by Hollywood distributors has set a record for the longest test screening in history—55 weeks—set at the Michigan theatre where it has been playing since December 2003. The pro-family, feel-good comedy, Uncle Nino, out-endured every other film released in the US in 2004, including The Passion of the Christ.  Made for only US $2.9 million and shot in 25 days, Uncle Nino is the story of “an eccentric Italian relative whose visit helps heal a fractured American family,” according to a telegraph.co.uk report.  The test-screening was expected to last two […]
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Study Fails to Show Easy Access To Morning After Pill Cuts Pregnancy Rate

WASHINGTON, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study of the abortifacient morning after pill published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association has undermined the central argument that promoters of the pill have put forward to justify over the counter access to the pills in pharmacies. The study of 2,117 women found no significant difference in pregnancy rates among women who were given the pills than those who had to go to a health provider to obtain them. Tina R. Raine, the lead researcher and herself a main proponent of the pills, commented, “That was definitely a disappointing […]
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Saskatchewan Commissioners Resigning or Refusing to “Marry” Homosexuals

REGINA, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Eight Saskatchewan marriage commissioners have resigned because of new laws requiring them to “marry” same-sex couples, according to Justice Minister Frank Quennell. Three others said they would go to court if they were fired for refusing to “marry” same-sex couples, according to Saskatoon Conservative MP Maurice Vellacott.  If same-sex couples are refused “marriage” by a commissioner, the complaint will be reviewed by the Justice Department, Quennell said Tuesday, as reported by the Saskatchewan News Network.  “We’d have to investigate the circumstances and potentially remove their power to perform civil marriages because they weren’t willing […]
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CTV Television Airs Special on Canada’s Most Notorious Abortionist

TORONTO, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday evening at 9 p.m., the CTV television network aired an alleged biography of Canada’s most ballyhooed abortionist and signer of the anti-religious humanist manifesto, Henry Morgentaler. The CTV lionization of the man who helped to change Canada’s abortion laws by flagrantly and repeatedly breaking Canadian criminal law is titled “Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story.’’  Morgentaler has long been a darling of the Canadian establishment, not a challenger of it, as often portrayed in Canada’s media. A former associate of his, now turned pro-life activist, claims that Morgentaler used to boast loudly about […]
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12-Year-Old Daughter Homeschooled In Forest Camp Excels Over 7th Grade Government Educated Equivalents (Katu) Pro-abortion zealot Christine Todd Whitman criticizes former boss George Bush (The Telegraph)          Virginia to consider amendment on marriage  Satanic Murders ‘Tip Of Iceberg’ – Catholic Church
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Baseball Bat Abortion Leads to Criminal Charges Against Teen Father

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich., January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith authorized criminal charges yesterday against a sixteen-year-old Richmond male accused of killing his girlfriend’s unborn child with a souvenir baseball bat.  The charge, Intentional conduct against a pregnant individual resulting in miscarriage or stillbirth, is a felony punishable by up to fifteen years imprisonment.  According to Michigan State Police detectives, the young mother and the male youth intentionally caused the death of the unborn child by striking the mother’s abdomen with the twenty-two inch bat over the course of two weeks. The parents of the youths were […]
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Terri Schiavo “Very Much Alive and Responsive” according to Schindler Attorneys

PINELLAS PARK, Florida, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Terri Schiavo, the now famous, brain-disabled daughter of Robert and Mary Schindler, is “very much alive and responsive,” according to the attorneys of Schiavo’s parents.  The Schindler’s were allowed a rare visit Christmas Eve; they were accompanied by their new attorneys, David Gibbs III and Barbara Weller. Gibbs and Weller, of Gibbs Law Firm in Seminole, FL, took on the role of lead counsel for the Schindlers in September of 2004. The Christmas Eve visit was the first time either of the attorneys had been able to see Terri since taking the […]
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Taiwanese Research Team Finds New Source of Stem Cells in Placenta

TAIPEI, January 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The two possible sources of stem cells, “adult” or post-natal stem cells and those derived from living embryos, have caused a conflict in the scientific community, setting ethics against hoped-for scientific advancement. Now a group of Taiwanese researchers has isolated stem cells from human placenta tissue and has found that their flexibility may be the equal of embryonic cells. The scientists, from National Health Research Institutes and Cathay General Hospital, Taipei, have isolated stem cells from placentas left after full term pregnancy and offer them as a solution to the ethical impasse. The researchers […]
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Abortion-Causing Drugs Omitted from US Justice Department Guidelines on Sexual Assault

WASHINGTON, January 4, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 141-page US Justice Department document dealing with guidelines for treating victims of sexual assault has received criticism from abortion providers for failing to recommend the abortifacient morning-after pill.  “I think it’s very smart not to put that in the guidelines,” Physicians for Life board member Dr. George Isajiw said. Giving the morning-after pill to women, he said, is “. . . giving a dangerous drug that’s not doing any good, or else you’re causing an abortion. As a moral principle, a woman has the right to defend herself against an aggressor. But she […]
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2004 LifeSiteNews.com Stories That Especially Made a Difference

Last year our mandate to educate and activate was particularly effective on many fronts.  Thanks to you, our loyal readers who took action on the initiatives, we provided various success stories easily attributable to your actions. Here is a small sampling of the before and after reporting:  United Nations Now Pushes Chile and Malta to Legalize Abortion  Maltese Prime Minister and Bishop’s Conference Reject United Nations Abortion Push Medical Student Being Failed at University of Manitoba for Not Providing Abortion Option Pro-Life Medical Student at University of Manitoba Reinstated after More than a Year of Trials   Toronto Catholic Priest Files […]
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Abortion, Embryo Research and Divorce Need to Be Fought by All Christians Says Archbishop

PERTH, January 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian Catholic Archbishop Barry Hickey has called on his Christian counterparts in Australia to come on side on issues of morality so that society may hear a united Christian voice on the myriad of moral dilemmas facing society.  “A big part of society’s problem has been the failure of Christian churches to speak with one voice on the crucial moral issues about human life,” said the Archbishop in his New Year’s message.  He noted, “This disunity creates confusion and undermines the credibility of the Churches.”  The Archbishop warned that “Without objective moral principles, society […]
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Evangelical Leader Threatens to Use His Political Muscle Against Some Democrats American Christians increasingly want religion reflected in public symbols and language, overwhelmingly reject homosexual clergy, West Coast showing signs of spiritual growth. Montana Court rules for same-sex benefits. (Missoulian)  Washington Times Editorial: The Gay ‘Marriage’ Debacle Terri Schindler-Schiavo Foundation.    Tempers flaming hot over ‘Gay Ski Week’  Italians are prodded to go forth, multiply. Falling birthrate heralds economic and cultural crash               
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2005: the Year the ‘Culture of Life’ Prevails, says Brownback

WASHINGTON, January 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republican Senator Sam Brownback sees 2005 as a year for potentially significant advancements in the US pro-life cause. With the addition of four new Republican Senators, and a second term for US President George W. Bush, Brownback predicts victories for social conservatives on such issues as embryonic stem cell research, abortion and same-sex “marriage,” among other things.  Brownback was elected to the Senate Judiciary committee, along with newly-elected socially conservative Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla), allowing them the opportunity to select new Supreme Court justices—likely necessary within the next two years.  Brownback predicts that his […]
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Notorious Canadian Abortionist Morgentaler Featured in new CTV Movie

TORONTO, January 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The life of notorious Canadian abortionist Henry Morgentaler is championed in a new made-for-television movie, Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story, produced by CTV. Morgentaler gained notoriety for defying Canadian law in 1967 by opening Canada’s first abortuary in Montreal. The ctv.ca description of the movie highlights that the “January 2005 airdate coincides with the 17th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada decision to change the country’s abortion laws (Jan. 28/1988) and the 35th anniversary of Morgentaler’s decision to end his practice as a GP and to begin illegal committing abortions (1970).”  While visiting […]
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FDA Warns Contraceptive Ad Fails to Mention Frequent and Substantial Bleeding

WASHINGTON, January 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc.‘s advertisement for its birth control pill, Seasonale, is misleading to consumers, the US Food and Drug Administration warned in a letter released Thursday, because it fails to warn that the drug causes “frequent and sometimes substantial bleeding,” according to a Reuters news report.  The FDA letter warned Barr that their television commercial advertising the abortifacient/contraceptive pill misleads by making the pill appear safer than it really is. “The TV ad is false or misleading because it fails to reveal material facts about Seasonale and minimizes the risks associated with Seasonale, in […]
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Abortion at Private Clinics Must be Publicly Funded Manitoba Judge Declares

WINNIPEG, January 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just before Christmas, Court of Queen’s Bench Judge Jeffrey Oliphant ruled that the province of Manitoba must publicly fund abortions at private abortion mills.  On Wednesday December 22, Oliphant ruled that the province violated the constitutional rights of two women who paid for their own abortions at a private center rather than opting for publicly-funded abortions at a hospital.  Lawyers for the women argued that they faced delays on having their children aborted at taxpayer expense in hospitals and felt that such a delay posed medical and psychological risks.  Judge Oliphant found that the […]
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Eco-Extremists Exploit Tsunami Tragedy to Promote Global Warming Ideology

January 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Junkscience.com publisher Steven Milloy has been decrying the callous exploitation of the tsunami tragedy by global warming, anti-development eco-extremists.  January 3 article published on Fox News, the National Post and other prominent media, Milloy stated “Environmental activists are shamelessly trying to exploit last week’s earthquake-tsunami catastrophe in hopes of advancing their global warming and anti-development agendas”.  Milloy provides evidence contradicting the claims of the eco-extremists and exposing their apparent lack of genuine concern for the welfare of the people in the nations devastated by the tsunami. He writes, “It’s bad enough that environmentalists continually try […]
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Top Israel Rabbi, Indian Catholic Bishop, Anglican and Muslim Leaders Agree Tsunami is Warning from

JERUSALEM, January 3, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The recent catastrophe in Southeast Asia has led many to reflect on the shortness and instability of mortal life and turn their thoughts towards God.  In the wake of the tsunami, religious leaders from various faith backgrounds have urged people to look at the disaster as a warning sign to a world which is far from God’s ways.  Israel’s Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar commented on the catastrophe last week saying “G-d is angry” and “we must pray more and ask for mercy.” In comments to the Ynet website, he said: “The nations of the […]
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Spain’s Cabinet Approves Bill to Legalize Same-Sex “Marriage”

MADRID, January 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spain’s Socialist-led cabinet approved a same-sex “marriage” bill Friday, moving the largely Catholic country one step closer to its full legalization.  The measure would enshrine rights to “married” same-sex couples normally reserved for heterosexual spouses, such as the adoption of children, pension benefits and inheritance rights.  Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, besides pushing to legalize same-sex “marriage,” has already legalized embryonic stem cell research, while also proposing easier access to abortion. Zapatero’s government has also proposed eliminating mandatory Christian religion classes, while at the same time introducing courses on Muslim religion into […]
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Mississippi leads the way in protecting unborn – only one abortion center left. (Sun Sentinel) Arkansas Pulaski County Circuit Judge Timothy Fox Orders State to Permit Homosexual Foster Parents . Trucker sued over crash where unborn child was killed.  Australian Cardinal Pell sets up major program to help pregnant, distressed mothers. (News.com.au)  College students are often pressured to terminate their pregnancies – by their universities. (Focus on the Family)  Amount of money and complex network of corruption in UN’s “Oil for Food” program in Iraq defy belief. (Catholic Exchange)  Homosexual ‘Alexander’ on life support: Warner about to pull plug on […]
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Bishop Sgreccia Named President of Pontifical Academy For Life

ROME, January 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Elio Sgreccia has been named by Pope John Paul II as the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.  Bishop Sgreccia, who for several years has served the Vatican’s chief spokesman on matters of bioethics and the “culture of life,” has been the vice-president of the Pontifical Academy. He moves up to replace Juan de Dios Vial Correa, a Chilean professor, who is stepping down as president upon reaching the age of 80. The Pontifical Academy for Life was established by Pope John Paul II in 1994. The first president, the distinguished French […]
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Responding to the challenges of 2005

Dear LifeSiteNews.com readers,  A happy New Year to you from the LifeSiteNews.com team!  Early signs are that a very eventful year is ahead of us, perhaps one of the most eventful and critical in decades. The world is experiencing a hurricane of change. We assume you have noticed. A great struggle, between what many would call good and evil, appears to be intensifying and that struggle will affect everyone given the astonishing interconnectedness of today’s world. Therefore, although you may choose to act or merely to observe, we will nevertheless all experience the consequences, good or not, of the on-going […]
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