Articles for Month: May 2005

Asunción, Paraguay, May. 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Paraguay’s House of Representatives defeated, overwhelmingly, a bill last Thursday aimed at legalizing abortion and homosexual unions. The South American country’s legislators rejected the bill by a margin of 57 to 6. There was no debate and only Carlos Filizzola, the bill’s sponsor, spoke in favour. There were 3 abstentions. Religious and pro-life leaders, who had voiced their opposition to the bill, congratulated the representatives on their decision. Father Juan Claudio Sanahuja, director of the “Noticias Globales” news agency, issued the following statement on the agency’s website: “Today’s results, unthinkable just a few […]

ROME, May 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italy’s law on in vitro fertilization and embryo research is among the most restrictive in the world. In February 2004, LifeSiteNews.com reported that Bishop Elio Sgreccia, vice president of the Pontifical Academy for Life said that although the law “does not reflect Catholic morality,” its restrictions on the some of the more immoral and dangerous practices were praiseworthy. Naturally, these restrictions came under immediate attack by the extremist pro-abortion wing of the political left. In January of this year, LifeSiteNews.com reported that a coalition led by the extreme left Radical Party of Italy, had […]

Abortion blamed on apathy Teen’s abortion at issue

TORONTO, MONTREAL, May 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a statement circulated Tuesday, several prominent Canadian Orthodox Jewish groups denounced the Liberal government’s plan to introduce same-sex “marriage” legislation, Bill C-38. “As citizens of this great country, we take great pride in our country and the opportunity for religious freedom it has afforded us,” the statement begins. “We are therefore deeply pained by the necessity to take a public stance against the government’s proposal to sanction same – sex marriage.” “Judaism affirms the integrity and sanctity of marriage, which has been the bedrock of civilization and traditional morality for thousands of […]

LONDON, Ontario, May 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic schoolchildren participating in a track and field meet at the University of Western Ontario (UWO) this week have been invited to protest the University’s decision to confer an honorary degree upon abortionist Henry Morgentaler by wearing black armbands. Sacred Heart School in Parkhill has asked students who will be competing in the track and field meet at UWO today to wear the black armband. Joe Rappai, the director of Education for the London District Catholic School Board said on London’s AM 1290 CJBK Tuesday that he had also emailed all the Catholic […]

LIMA, Peru, May 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a recent interview with Agenzia Fides, Cardinal Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani came out strongly on a number of pro-life, pro-family issues and emphasized that, for the “modern apostle” who neglects his duty on these issues, “the sin of omission is as serious as the sinful deed.” “The modern apostle must not be afraid to stand up for what is true and good, even if it means losing a job, coming under attack, and at times offering one’s life,” said the Cardinal. Cardinal Cipriani was responding specifically to many Latin American’s governments’ attempts […]

ALBANY, NY, May 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New York State’s highest court denied an appeal Friday, ruling that New Paltz Mayor Jason West stand trial for defying state law and “marrying” homosexual couples last year. The Court of Appeals ruled that West must face the 24 misdemeanour counts in a trial in the lower courts. Both New York Gov. George Pataki and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer agreed that West contravened the law by “marrying” the same-sex couples in February 2004. Meanwhile in Massachusetts, the Supreme Judicial Court denied a bid by Catholic Action League’s executive director Joseph Doyle to temporarily […]

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WASHINGTON, May 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) has published a new report which demonstrates that, contrary to several claims made in the last year, abortion rates in the US have continued their decline under the Bush administration. The AGI was founded in honour of a former Planned Parenthood president and therefore has no personal interest in proving Bush’s pro-life policies to be successful. Pro-abortion or anti-Bush politicians and activists have made a practice over the last several years of criticizing Bush’s pro-life stance by ‘demonstrating’ that his pro-life policies have backfired. They claim that rather than […]

BRISBANE, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian researchers have corroborated research showing that women who have many babies develop significant protection against developing not only breast cancer, but also other cancers including colorectal, ovarian and uterine cancers later in life. “The more children you have, the more protective it gets,” said medical statistician Steven Darlington, a member of a group at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) who conducted the research, according to a news.com.au report. “It seems that an increase in the hormones produced during pregnancy are protecting against cancer, but we’re not quite sure exactly how or […]

OTTAWA, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Liberals have attempted to invoke closure for committee debate on Bill C-38 which seeks to legalize homosexual ‘marriage’. However the order to invoke closure is buried below some 22 motions submitted by a Conservative MP in the committee. Therefore the Liberals, NDP and Bloc are ready to issue a special motion in the House to order the bill out of committee on June 9 so that the legislation may receive final passage in July prior to a summer recess. Liberal MP Don Boudria has put forward a motion in the committee which stacked […]

YELLOWKNIFE, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Northwest territorial supreme court held a preliminary hearing Friday in a case seeking to legalize homosexual marriage in the Northwest Territories (N.W.T.). The case was brought forward by homosexual activists Jason Perrino and Colin Snow who are seeking a marriage certificate to validate their relationship. Although legislation seeking to legalize homosexual marriage federally is currently before parliament, Perrino and Snow have said that they don’t want to wait and see if that legislation will pass. Friday’s hearing was adjourned, however, after pro-family activists Ruby and Laurin Trudel of Yellowknife put in an application […]

OTTAWA, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Real Menard, a Bloc Quebecois Member of Parliament on the committee hearing arguments against legalizing same-sex unions insulted and castigated Catholic and other Christian witnesses in hearings on Wednesday. Responding to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ statement that laws must be in accord with natural law and reason, Menard, a self-confessed active homosexual, accused Archbishop Marcel Gervais of Ottawa of adhering to “stone age” morality. Menard said that the insistence that marriage be linked to the raising of children is an idea “from the time of the Flintstones.” Gervais told the committee that […]

OTTAWA, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rabbi Reuven Bulka, host of the TV series “In Good Faith” and the weekly radio program “Sunday Night with Rabbi Bulka”, has denounced a recent cartoon which depicted Pope Benedict giving the Nazi salute to a statue of Mary. Rabbi Bulk called the cartoon “horrible, unwanted and an inexcusable insult” saying “there is no room for this type of satire in this civilized world”. The inflammatory cartoon short by Mike Constable, entitled “Heil Mary”, was posted on rabble.ca, a site published by feminist Judy Rebick. The cartoon opens with the words “A Creature of […]

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TORONTO, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) As the courts in seven provinces continue to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, and the government deliberates on the passage of Bill C-38 aiming to redefine the definition of marriage, Global Television is preparing to air same-sex propaganda aimed at convincing Canadians that all this is, somehow, normal. On June 1st Global TV will air a new six-episode reality series entitled “My Fabulous Gay Wedding.” Hosted by former Kid in the Hall Scott Thompson. The series follows Thompson as he pulls together a wedding for a gay or lesbian couple. The entire event, including […]

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CALGARY, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Calgary Sun writer Ezra Levant, in a column today, illustrated the magnitude of the slur against Canadian Christians when the Globe and Mail published Gloria Galloway’s story Friday slamming eight new candidates for the Conservative party because of their Christian conservative views. By exchanging the word “Christian” with the word “Jew,” and by swapping “rabbi” and “synagogue” for “pastor” and “church” respectively, Levant made clear the enormity of the smear. “Out of 308 riding associations, the Globe only found eight in which Jews were candidates,” Levant illustrates. “But still they called it ‘a large […]

LONDON, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since earlier this spring, the various member churches of the Worldwide Anglican Communion have been attempting to avoid a schism between two implacably opposed and hostile camps by postponing the decision on the ordination of homosexual clergy to their upcoming June international meetings. Meanwhile, the latest decision of the Anglican Church of England – the Communion’s mother church – has reached what may be the nadir of self-contradiction. The senior bishops of the Church of England, led by Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, have said that clergy can “marry” their boyfriends – and […]

SEOUL, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Korean scientist who boasts being the first to create a cloned human embryo criticised US President George W. Bush Sunday over the president’s policy restricting funding for research that creates embryonic children for use in scientific experiments. Woo-Suk Hwang, who receives substantial funding for his research from the Korean government, claimed, “With all the great scientists and the great potential of the United States … if because of some policy hurdle, the researchers cannot realise their dreams, I believe, as a fellow scientist this would be very regrettable,” according to a Reuters report. […]

Toronto, May 30, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prominently placed in the heart of Toronto is a more than life-size bronze statue of Alexander Wood, a long-forgotten city magistrate whose most distinguishing accomplishment seems to have been his rumoured sexual orientation. The conspicuous bronze statue was unveiled this past May 28 at the corner of Church and Alexander, a section of the city which is well known for its high concentration of homosexuals. Wood, a wealthy merchant and emigrant from Scotland, lived in York (now Toronto) in the early 1800s. He made his most significant mark upon history during a scandal surrounding […]

ARLINGTON, Va., May 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The use of adult stem cells promises to grow as the controversy over the use of human embryonic stem cells remains a hotbed political, ethical and religious issue. At the upcoming 2005 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists’ (AAPS) National Biotechnology Conference in San Francisco, embryonic and adult-derived stem cells will take center stage as the nation’s leading scientists discuss how their research can be immediately applied to create therapies for cancer, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, neurodegenerative disorders, cystic fibrosis, and bone injuries. As the nation continues to debate the ethics and efficacy of using […]

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND, May 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past Monday the Montgomery County school board voted, in light of a pending lawsuit by the Citizens for Responsible Curriculum (CRC) and a judge ordered suspension of the program, to revise their recently instated sex-ed program. This decision brings the county one step further towards the implementation of a balanced sex-ed program with a greater focus on abstinence and moral sexuality. The current curriculum, which was met with cries of outrage from concerned parents, attempted to desensitize children to homosexuality by presenting it as normative and healthy. United States District Court […]

Catholics flexing muscles in D.C.

OTTAWA, May 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Globe and Mail columnist Gloria Galloway, in a column today, described new pro-family candidates running in ridings for the federal Conservative Party as “Christian activists,” because of their positions on same-sex marriage. Naming the new candidates from several ridings across Canada – including Andrew House in Halifax, Rakesh Khosla in Halifax West, Paul Francis in Sackville-Eastern Shore, Darrel Reid in Richmond, B.C., Cindy Silver in North Vancouver, and Dr. Rondo Thomas in Ajax – Galloway described their successes as a “political penetration” by socially conservative Christians. Cindy Silver, the former executive director of the […]

Washington, DC (LifeSiteNews.com) – The latest attempt by three Californian Congresswomen to overturn a restriction on abortions at military bases has ended the same way it has every year since 1996 – failure. The motion, brought forward by Susan Davis of San Diego, Jane Harman of Venice, and Loretta Sanchez of Santa Ana, was defeated yet again in the House on Wednesday by a 233-194 vote. Currently, physicians at military hospitals are not permitted to perform abortions, even if the mother of the child pays for the abortion herself. Exceptions are made in cases where the abortion will save the […]

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, May 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A scientist has revealed that Viagra may be responsible for causing blindness in some of its users. University of Minnesota Medical School neuro-ophthalmologist Dr. Howard Pomeranz was the first to associate the use of the anti-impotence drug Viagra with blindness – his first published case report implicating the drug was in 1998. In March, Pomeranz published a report detailing another seven cases – six had lost vision within 24 hours of use of the agent, according to his findings, published in the Journal of Neuroopthalmology. The US Food and Drug Administration told CBS […]

TALLAHASEE, FL, May 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After nearly two decades of wrangling between Florida’s courts, the legislature, voters and governors, a parental notification law, requiring that physicians inform parents that their minor daughter is scheduled for an abortion, was signed yesterday by Governor Jeb Bush. The law is set to go in effect July 1. Over the years the law has suffered innumerable setbacks. Since 1989 it has been struck down twice by the Florida courts, and vetoed once by former Governor Lawton Chiles. Both claimed that the law violated a state constitutional privacy clause. A constitutional amendment making […]

IRVING, Texas, May 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill requiring abortionists to obtain the written consent of a parent before performing an abortion on a minor girl passed the Texas Senate today by a bipartisan vote of 23-7. The bill, backed by over 40 pro-life and pro-family organizations, is now to go before Governor Rick Perry who has pledged his support for it. “The parents of Texas are the clear winners,” said Kyleen Wright, president of Texans for Life Coalition. “We are grateful to see this popular, common-sense legislation has passed, and expect that teen pregnancy, births and abortions will […]

May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – See the following and more articles in the now on line version of the April Interim newspaper here. 1. Parliamentarians speak out on same-sex “marriage” – Excerpts from the House of Commons debates over C-38, the government’s legislation that redefines marriage to include homosexual couples. 2. Institutionalizing our children in national daycare programs – Eli Schuster 3. Q & A with: Mark Crutcher – The Interim spoke to Crutcher, founder and president of Life Dynamics Inc., concerning the latest developments at LDI and the state of the battle against abortion in the U.S. 4. Terri […]

Toronto, May 26, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The survival of the Liberal government over the recent budget vote has now refocused attentionÂon Bill C-38 with traditional marriage defenders resuming their fight against passage of the bill. As the recent rallies in Toronto and Charlottetown attest, this is not an issue that will go away. The latest salvo in the defence of marriage comes from an article written in the National Post of May 25 by Rabbi Eliezer Ben-Porat, the author of several works on Jewish law. Rabbi Ben-Porat, Dean of the Ottawa Torah Institute, begins his comments by pointing out the […]

OTTAWA, May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Carl A. Anderson, the head or Supreme Knight of the 1.7 million member Catholic fraternal organization, The Knights of Columbus, addressed Canada’s annual National March for Life dinner banquet telling the Canadian members of the organization he was “extremely proud” of them for their work in defence of marriage and in defence of life. Anderson, at the May 12 banquet, warned that the culture of death is expanding its reach from abortion to euthanasia and called on the pro-life community to meet the challenge. “For many years, our campaign for a Culture of Life […]

MANILA, May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Manila’s mayor, Lito Atienza, has ordered his police chief to stop the trade in abortion drugs in Manila. In October 2000, Atienza vowed that he would arrest anyone trying to bring the killer abortion drug RU-486 into the city and now he has given Western Police District director Chief Superintendent Pedro Bulaong a mandate to stop the trade that is being carried on illicitly by UN-supported NGO’s. RU-486 has been the cause of death not only of uncounted children, but in many cases of their mothers as well. This move has infuriated foreign-funded population […]

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TOKYO, May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Japan’s birthrate continues to fall, with a record low of 1.28 in 2004, according to a report released Wednesday. The birthrate, which has been falling for decades, now ranks among the lowest in the world. It dropped 0.01 points from the previous low of 1.29 in 2003, making it the lowest recorded number of births in a year since records began there in 1899. The country’s population will begin its decline next year, dropping from its current 128 million to 126 million by 2015, and to 101 million by 2050, bringing with it catastrophic […]

BOSTON, May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It seems that the 40 year-long affair of doctors with the Pill is starting to sour. Doctors are starting to examine the long term effects of meddling with the delicate and complex biochemical systems that accompany the human reproductive system. The water systems around most urban centres are becoming polluted with artificial hormones from birth control pills and are being investigated as a cause of prostate cancer. Women are being warned that the use of the pill may lead to blood clots and other life-threatening side effects. Now, a new medical study is showing […]

VANCOUVER, May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stephen William Thomas Parker for many years a board member of Campaign Life Coalition in BC and 20-year veteran of the Delta Police Department passed away Sunday after a battle with cancer. Media reports indicate that only last week some 300 people gathered at his hospital window to encourage the 44 year-old father of four. His funeral is to take place Monday at Sacred Heart Church, with a capacity of 500, however officials estimate attendance may be double that number. John Hof, president of Campaign Life Coalition BC stated “Stephen Parker knew the value […]

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Senate confirmed US President George W. Bush’s nomination of Justice Priscilla Owen Wednesday. “I applaud the Senate for voting to confirm Justice Priscilla Owen,” the president said in a White House press release. “She has served with distinction on the Supreme Court of Texas, has demonstrated that she strictly interprets the law, and brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. I urge the Senate to build on this progress and provide my judicial nominees the up or down votes they deserve.” […]

SYDNEY, May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Guy Sebastian, the notoriously humble Australian Idol winner, recently made public his plans to use his new-found wealth and fame to fund and build a pro-life crisis pregnancy counselling center. The center, which is still in the planning stages, is to include a hot-line and counselling for pregnant women, as well as counselling and rehabilitation for post-abortion trauma victims. On an internet forum dedicated to the performing artist, Guy, who is described as ‘deeply religious’, spoke frankly of his desire to “set up a place that women can turn to when considering having [an […]

UK, Thursday May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Richard Hooper, deputy chairman of Ofcom (the UK’s TV and radio regulating body), has indicated that the long-anticipated new broadcasting code makes no definite provisions against the broadcasting of so-called ‘challenging material’ on public air-waves, including shows which deal with sex with animals, so long as it is in the proper ‘context’. “A programme about sex with animals? Yes, it’s potentially possible,” said Ofcom deputy chairman, Richard Hooper. “It all comes down to context.” Mr. Hooper may have been thinking of a channel 4 documentary on bestiality, Animal Passions, which was aired last […]

MOSCOW, May 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An on-going collapse of the Russian population has been one major effect of abortion which was strongly condemned Friday by an archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church. An end to abortion would see an end to the unnecessary deaths of from four to six million Russian children each year, said Archpriest Dimitry Smirnov, Zhizn (Life) confessor, as reported by UPI. Smirnov criticized the over-emphasis placed on the pursuit of careers and creature comforts as modern ills standing in the way of true happiness. “People do not realize that splendid education, success in their career […]

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. House of Representatives yesterday approved a bill to provide federal funds for stem cell research that would require killing human embryos—but if the bill survives its uncertain future in the Senate, the President’s promised veto will be sustained, “Under this bill, human embryos would be killed by the very act of harvesting their stem cells for government-funded research,” commented National Right to Life Committee Legislative Director Douglas Johnson. The House passed the bill by a margin of 238 to 194, which was 50 votes short of the two-thirds majority that would be […]

TORONTO, May 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Civil Rights League today called on Aileen Carroll, Minister of International Cooperation, to review the funding relationship between CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) and rabble.ca, an e-zine whose current edition features a strongly anti-Catholic cartoon caricature of Pope Benedict XVI. In the animated cartoon, the pope repeatedly marches to a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, then gives a Nazi salute with the caption “Heil Mary.” Rabble.ca, published by well-known Canadian feminist Judy Rebick, is a project of Alternatives, a Montreal-based NGO funded by CIDA. One World Canada, also a project of […]

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As part of his opposition to embryonic stem cell research, US President Bush met yesterday with 21 families who had adopted children at the embryonic stage. The children had been abandoned by their biological parents after IVF treatments and some had been frozen for years before implantation. Doni Brinkman, one of the adoptive mothers, wrote by email to LifeSiteNews.com saying, “This weekend I am taking my son to Washington DC to appear at a press conference on Tuesday sponsored by Congressman Joe Pitts. Tanner was adopted as a 2 PN embryo (frozen 3 years […]

CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI., May 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A rally in support of traditional marriage was held in Charlottetown Sunday, coinciding with the rally held at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Reports indicate that 1,000 people attended. Hosted by the Queens County Ministerial Association and the Diocese of Charlottetown the rally gathered in St. Dunstan’s Basilica due to poor weather. One of the scheduled speakers was Elsie Wayne, a former Conservative MP and resident of Saint John, N.B. Also scheduled were a couple celebrating 50 years of marriage as well as one celebrating 5 years. Clergy from various Protestant and Catholic denominations […]

PANAMA, May 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A poll by Dichter & Neira published in La Prensa has revealed that the majority of adults in Panama are opposed to abortion. The question was simple and to the point: “Do you agree or disagree with abortion?” 89.4% disagree. The same poll asked about same sex “marriage” with similar results. To the question, “Do you agree or disagree with allowing same-sex marriage?” 78.8 disagreed with 12.4% being “indifferent.” Despite this widespread public opposition in the heavily Catholic country, Panama has legalized abortion in cases of pregnancy due to rape, medical abnormalities of the […]

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TORONTO, May 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The massive rally for traditional marriage held in front of Ontario’s provincial legislature Monday had religious leaders from varied faith backgrounds all calling on Catholic Prime Minister Paul Martin to live up to his Catholic faith and stop trying to destroy marriage. As leaders from different faith communities began discussing the Prime Minister’s Catholicism, many Catholics in the crowd felt an initial twinge of concern as if Martin’s dissent from truth had tainted the perception of the Catholic faith. However, when the statements of the different leaders concluded, they were met with deafening applause. […]

LONDON, May 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Adult stem cells have been described as the human body’s repair shop and researchers are making abundant progress in harnessing and directing this natural tissue repair system. Now a team of scientists at London’s Hammersmith Hospital has extended the use of adult stem cells, those derived from the patient’s own body and not from an embryo, to treating cirrhosis of the liver at the same time that a Japanese team is investigating their use for liver fibrosis. Liver disease is on the rise in the western world. In the UK it can be tracked, […]

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Bush spoke this week at the second annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington. At the breakfast Bush said he was happy to address attendees and “to pray that America uses the gift of freedom to build a culture of life.” “Catholics,” Bush said, “understand that freedom is a divine gift that carries with it serious responsibilities. Among the greatest of these responsibilities is protecting the most vulnerable members of our society.” Speaking of the late Pope John Paul, the President said, “The best way to honor this great champion of human freedom […]

KIEV, May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK Observer exclusive has revealed that the trafficking of unborn baby body tissues for use as “beauty” treatments in Russia is a booming trade. The unborn children are purchased from Ukrainian women – some of whom are also ‘duped’ by racketeering doctors who convince the women that the unborn baby is defective and needs to be aborted – thereafter selling the aborted child. The babies are cryogenically frozen and advertised as providing “youth injections” claimed to reverse aging and cure many diseases. An older baby is worth even more, as beauty spa workers […]

CHAPEL HILL, May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Umbilical cord-blood transplants save the lives of newborns with a rare genetic disorder called Krabbe’s disease and help their brains develop more normally, a study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University Medical Center concludes. “Infants with Krabbe’s disease lack an enzyme necessary for normal myelination of the brain and peripheral nervous system at the time when myelination is occurring most rapidly,” said Dr. Maria Luisa Escolar, the study’s lead author. “The infants become irritable, lose all their developmental skills, become deaf and blind, have […]

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry signed into law pro-life legislation Friday, bringing in several measures including: parental notification, informed consent, and an unborn victims of violence clause. More specifically, the new bill requires parental notification for minors seeking abortion; it contains an Oklahoma version of the federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act, that criminalizes acts of violence that result in death or harm to an unborn child; and a final requirement mandating that abortionists fully inform women of the risks consequent upon abortion. “This legislation reflects a responsible approach to a very emotional issue,” […]

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US President Bush, a long-time opponent of the use of living human embryos in stem cell research, has vowed to veto a proposed bill that would increase federal funding for embryo-killing experimentation. The U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on H.R. 810, the “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act,” a bill that would see federal funding for using embryos stored in IVF labs. The bill would overturn Bush’s 2001 restriction of federal funding to cultured stem cell lines already in existence at the time. Bush has never yet exercised his veto power, but he […]

BALTIMORE, May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In language that exactly echoed that used by White House spokesman Trent Duffy, Baltimore’s Catholic Archbishop has condemned the proposed legislation that would allow embryos stored in IVF labs to be used for research that would end their lives. William Cardinal Keeler wrote in the online edition of USA Today, that using living human beings at the embryonic stage of life “crosses a fundamental moral line.”“Government,” writes Keeler, “has no business forcing taxpayers to subsidize the destruction of innocent human life.” Keeler is the chairman of the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life Activities. […]

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TORONTO, Tuesday May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) The moment yesterday’s heavily attended Toronto Marriage Rally at Queen’s Park disbanded, media all across Canada launched into their all-too-familiar numbers games. Estimates for attendance at the rally varied in the extreme. The scenario was predicted at the rally by organizer Rev. Tristan Emmanuel who challenged reporters to report on the massive gathering, and to do so fairly. Going by the reporting of the Toronto Star, the largest circulation paper in the country, the event never actually occurred (nowhere in today’s issue was the March mentioned). The Globe and Mail typically had only a […]

TORONTO, May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nine thousand people representing nearly every creed and nationality in Canada crowded into Queen’s Park yesterday to stand for traditional marriage. Echoing similar rallies around the country in recent months which have collectively gathered some one hundred thousand Canadians, pro-family and religious leaders spoke strongly of the need to protect the institution of marriage from radical redefinition to include homosexual couples. Along with rally organizer, Presbyterian minister Rev. Tristan Emmanuel, several evangelical ministers including Ron Mainse, son of 100 Huntley Street founder David Mainse, and Rev. Al Bezuyen (the emcee) took part in the […]

BRUSSELS, May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Belgium’s outspoken left-liberal Cardinal has rebuked an anti-Catholic abortion organization for attempting to invoke his name to support their condom cause. In Late June, the militantly pro-abortion group, Catholics for a Free Choice, called on supporters to send letters thanking Godfried Cardinal Daneels for his comments last year supporting the use of condoms in AIDS prevention. CFFC sent a letter to Daneels after his public dissent from the Catholic teaching, asking him to lead a campaign within the Church to force a change to the doctrine. Daneels, in what appears to be a post-conclave […]

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review a repeal of the New Hampshire law mandating parental notification before a minor girl there could obtain an abortion. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England successfully challenged New Hampshire’s parental notification law in 2000, when a 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled the law unconstitutional because it did not have an exception for the so-called “health” of the mother. The Supreme Court upheld a similar challenge to the Minnesota parental notification law in 1990, although in 2000 the high court ruled the partial-birth […]

Toronto, May 24, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Science, seen as the enemy of religious faith for over a hundred years, is now becoming the believer’s best friend. As scientific discoveries continue, the recourse to Darwinian Evolution is becoming more improbable as attested in a recently published article on DNA by Mario Seiglie in the May edition of “The Good News.” Mr. Seiglie’s article, which compiles evidence from various scientific sources, presents the amazing reality that our DNA is, in essence, the carrier of an intricate and complicated language that could not possibly have come about by random chance. Mr. Seiglie writes […]

JERUSALEM, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Israeli officials have granted permission to parents to select the sex of their child through in vitro fertilization. IVF necessitates the creation of “excess” embryonic children, who are then sorted using DNA testing to either kill or permanently freeze children of an unwanted gender. The government, in an attempt to legitimize the gender genocide, has set up a seven-member ethics committee to approve each request on a case-by-case basis, using criteria such as a family history of sex-related genetic disease, age of the mother, social circumstance of the parents, or if the family already […]

WASHINGTON, DC, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) has refused an ex-gay group’s request to exhibit at its annual convention while welcoming a gay activist organization and inviting it to present a workshop. Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX.org) has had its application to exhibit rejected because it supports former homosexuals. The National PTA, however, sought the attendance of Parents, Families and Friends of Gays (PFLAG), a pro-gay advocacy group which believes in same sex marriage. Comprising 6 million members, the National PTA is the largest volunteer child advocacy organization in the United States. […]

Archbishop Chaput urges Catholics to let Christ permeate the public square League says Soros Web site encouraged ‘anti-Catholic bigotry’ Paraguayan pro-life group slams law that would allow homosexuality and abortion The Legionaries of Christ: Fr. Maciel’s Trial Draws Nearer Women-in-combat ban ‘far reaching’

OTTAWA, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) submitted a brief on Wednesday, 18 May 2005, before the special Legislative Committee on Bill C-38 defending the traditional definition of marriage. Archbishop Marcel Gervais, of Ottawa, and Mrs. Hélène Aubé, a lawyer, represented the CCCB at the hearings which began last week. The two interveners reiterated the principles on which the Catholic Church defends the traditional definition of marriage as the partnership between a man and a woman that is essential to the survival of society. According to the Conference brief, changes to this institution could […]

MIDLAND, ON, May 20, 2005 (Lifesitenews.com) – A Mass in honour of and for the repose of the soul of Terri Schiavo is to be offered this Sunday, May 22, at Martyrs Shrine in Midland Ontario. Martyrs Shrine is the magnificent shrine erected in honour of the famous North-American martyrs, credited with first bringing Catholicism to Canada. Diane Lucas, a pro-life mother of nine, has taken the initiative to organize the event in response to what she says is Pope Benedict’s encouragement to direct our prayers of intercession towards the Catholic martyrs. About the Mass Diane said “What better place […]

SEOUL, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Once again South Korean scientist, Dr. Hwang Woo-suk has made international headlines by creating a number of cloned human beings intended to be killed and harvested for their stem cells. The doctor, whom the National Post called a Korean “folk hero” for his work in human cloning, has obtained stem cells from clones created from patients with specific illnesses. In the cloning technique, Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, (SCNT) the nucleus of a human ovum is removed and replaced with the nucleus of a body (somatic) cell, which has a full set of 46 chromosomes. […]

Warsaw, Poland., May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) Lech Kaczynski, mayor of Warsaw and leading presidential contender, promised to ban a gay rights parade for the second year in a row, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The parade, normally scheduled for June 11, would conflict with plans to unveil a memorial to Gen Stefan Rowcki, a Polish underground leader during the Nazi occupation of Poland. Mayor Kaczynski, who is “against propagating gay orientation,” indicated that “Organizing a gay parade on that day is a joke.” Last year Kaczynski banned the fourth Equality Parade amidst fears of conflict between homosexual groups and opponents […]

OTTAWA, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In oral submissions before a House of Commons sub-committee on same-sex “marriage” Bill C-38 Wednesday, Ruth Ross, Executive Director of Christian Legal Fellowship, made it clear that the rights of conscience and religion are at risk if Bill C-38 – legislation to expand the traditional definition of marriage to include same-sex unions – is enacted as law. Ross pointed out that “the wording of section 3 on religious freedom is found wanting.” She goes on to explain that, because the provinces will decide the fate of religious officials, the federal government can offer no […]

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Drs. Alison Murdoch and Miodrag Stojkovic of the Centre for Life at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England have announced that one of their cloned human embryos has survived to the blastocyst stage, that at which it may be killed for its stem cells. An embryo at the blastocyst stage consists of a ball of outer cells, and an inner cell mass of stem cells that if allowed to develop normally, will develop the parts of the child’s body. This inner cell mass is prized by stem cell researchers who posit that the cells can be induced to […]

Brussels, May 20, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The agenda to recognize homosexuality as normative throughout the world continues with a recent statement by Mr Josep Borrell Fontelles, President of the European Parliament made on the occasion of International Day against Homophobia, which will take place in 35 countries all over the world. Mr. Fontelles, the former Spanish minister who went from being the controversial Socialist party leader to the president of the European parliament, took the position that homosexuality is a human right which should be recognized by everyone. “As we are currently debating the Constitutional Treaty in many countries of […]

TORONTO, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands are set to convene on Queen’s Park in Toronto this holiday Monday for what is shaping up to be a powerful demonstration in support of the traditional definition of marriage. Representatives from a plethora of religious sects and denominations are slotted to speak out against Bill C-38 (the same-sex marriage bill) at the rally. The bulk of the work of organizing the rally has been done by The Equipping Christians for the Public Square Centre (ECP). The founder of ECP, Reverend Tristan Emmanuel, has pleaded for the support and attendance of all well-meaning […]

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over three-quarters of Americans oppose allowing researchers to clone human embryos for any purpose, either to provide children to infertile couples or to create embryos to be destroyed in medical research. This is among the findings of a new poll commissioned by the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The United Nations in March approved a declaration urging nations to ban all forms of human cloning. A complete ban has been approved twice by the U.S. House of Representatives, and endorsed by President Bush, but the Senate has […]

LONDON, May 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Roman Catholic bishops of England and Wales intervened Thursday in the appeal of a terminally ill man who is back in court to defend his right to life. Leslie Burke successfully challenged the General Medical Council (GMC) guidance on the treatment of the terminally ill last July; the Court of Appeal in London is hearing the case now. Although the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) supports Burke’s desire to assure his continued assisted nutrition and hydration (ANH) in the event that he is unable to communicate such a desire verbally, […]

PHILADELPHIA, May 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The parents of a 16-year-old girl are suing the Philadelphia health department after health workers there dispensed the abortifacient morning-after pill to their daughter without their knowledge and permission, and without a prior medical exam. The girl had a violent reaction to the drug, including severe abdominal cramps, vomiting, swelling in the face and a rash. The girl was treated in hospital and released, but had to be re-admitted a day later for bleeding, the law suit attested. The lawsuit also charges that the girl was treated “under the false pretence that the pills […]

MOSCOW, May 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) –“The main concern of all religions is to conduct a campaign against the act of abortion,” said a Jewish Rabbi at a recent ecumenical roundtable meeting in Moscow. Rabbi Zeyev Wagner, Head of the Educational Department for the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, participating in the roundtable meeting, “The Activity of Religious and Public Organizations on Reviving Spiritual and Moral Traditions of the Russian Family,” added that religious leaders should work to promote large families as an ideal goal for youth. “The rebirth of a large family and the rebirth of spirituality must occur […]

BALTIMORE, May 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Baltimore Cardinal William Keeler informed Loyola College of Maryland interim president David Haddad yesterday that neither he nor a representative from the archdiocese would participate in an event honoring Rudolph Giuliani, an advocate of abortion rights and probable Republican candidate for U.S. president in 2008. The former New York City mayor has been invited to deliver Loyola’s commencement address and receive an honorary degree on Friday, May 20. Despite a planned protest on Friday and a public campaign in recent weeks by the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) and Defend Life of Maryland urging the college […]

OTTAWA, May 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pace in Ottawa has been hectic the last few days and may come crashing down tonight with the budget vote, which if it fails will trigger an election for late June. If one were to believe the polls, the Conservatives would beat the Liberals 38% to 29%, at least according to a Compas/Ottawa Citizen poll released today. However, an EKOS/Toronto Star poll also released today finds the Liberals on top with 34.7% with the Conservatives trailing at 28.3%. Innumerable commentaries have littered the internet and newspapers regarding former Conservative MP Belinda Stronach’s jump to […]

WACO, Texas, May 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Baptist Baylor University’s new interim president, William (Bill) Underwood, is a financial supporter of two Planned Parenthood programs – the Nobody’s Fool sex-ed program for children, and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Underwood was among a list of 100 “underwriters” for the sex-ed program, according to a promotional flyer, held every summer in Waco. The Nobody’s Fool conference, open to children from grades 4 to 9, or 10 to 14 years old, bans parents from attending. At the outset of the 2004 program, American Life League’s STOPP International executive director, […]

Ottawa, May 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A little after 6 p.m. today Canada’s corrupt Liberal government managed to avoid a non-confidence result from the vote on a key amendment to its budget vote. Thanks to independent MP Chuck Cadman, who voted for the amendment, and especially Belinda Stronach, whose defection from the Conservatives made the crucial difference, the speaker was able to cast a tie-breaking deciding vote for the Liberal amendment. An election had thus been avoided for now. As well, the chances of Bill C-38, the marriage redefinition bill, now being passed into law in the near future, increases […]

LONDON, May 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic activist who was previously involved in the fight to save the life of Terri Schiavo, has written to key decision makers regarding the University of Western Ontario’s decision to award abortion crusader Henry Morgentaler with an honorary degree. Maureen Chill, of the group Catholics for Life, wrote to Dr. Gerald Killan, Principal of King’s College at the University of Western Ontario, asking him reconsider the award. Chill points out the moral conflict between honoring a man whom the Catholic Church regards as a mass murderer and the president of Notre Dame University […]

May 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) –“Political Correctness is Marxism, with all that implies: loss of freedom of expression, thought control, inversion of the traditional social order and, ultimately, a totalitarian state.” So runs the controversial thesis of a collaborative book recently published by the Free Congress Foundation—a US conservative think-tank—on its website, entitled “Political Correctness:” A Short History of an Ideology. The authors of “Political Correctness” attempt to trace the PC movement back to its origins—Marxism and the Frankfurt school of thought. By so doing they claim to uncover the true and sinister purpose of political correctness—the complete eradication of traditional […]

OTTAWA, May 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life Canadians who want to donate money to medical research often find themselves in an ethical dilemma. Most organizations supporting disease research in Canada have policies supporting the use of human beings at the embryonic stage for living research test subjects. On March 4, 2002, the Cancer Society wrote in a media release, “The Canadian Cancer Society and National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) fully support, and will implement, the human embryonic stem cell research guidelines announced today by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research at a media conference in Ottawa.” Since the passage […]

SASKATOON, SK, May 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Saskatchewan man has been charged and ordered to pay $17,500 in damages to several homosexuals as a result of a flyer he distributed in Regina, containing warnings against the dangers of a homosexual lifestyle that a human rights tribunal ruled was “hate speech.” On May 2, the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal ordered William Whatcott to pay homosexual Guy Taylor $2,500 and $5,000 each to homosexuals Brenden Wallace, James Komar and Kathy Hamre for damages. The four had sued Whatcott for a flyer he had distributed in mailboxes between September 2001 and April […]

SPRINGFIELD, May 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Chicago-area priest, Monsignor Kevin Vann, who made headlines during the US federal election by saying he would deny John Kerry and other pro-abortion Catholic politicians Holy Communion, has been appointed the coadjutor bishop of Fort Worth Texas. Msgr. Vann was also among those priests quoted in the Chicago papers praising the election of the former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI. As coadjutor, Msgr. Vann will replace the current bishop, Joseph Patrick Delaney who has been bishop of Fort Worth since 1981 and is due to retire in less than four years. […]

VANCOUVER, May 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite its near universality following the 1960’s, there are, apparently, still those for whom the total sex-saturation of modern culture – including all its recently legalized perversions – is insufficient. Now LifeSiteNews.com adds British Columbia’s Sex Party to its bulging “Weird Canada” files. The Sex Party declares their goal as the development of “a sex-positive culture.” “Now there’s one for the department of redundancy department. Did I miss something? Haven’t we already got one of those?” quipped popular Ottawa Citizen columnist, David Warren. The Sex Party’s website offers the electorate of BC the kind […]

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, May 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Students at a Massachusetts high school were exposed to “hard core” pornographic materials depicting sodomy at a Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network conference held at Brookline High School April 30, according to an Article 8 Alliance report. One “resource” given to hundreds of kids” at the conference was a “hard-core pornographic homosexual ‘how-to’ booklet titled The Little Black Book – Queer in the 21st Century. The Article 8 Alliance said it contained “deadly misinformation on health”. Written by the Boston-based “AIDS Action Committee” with help from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston […]

ROME, May 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The parents of Terri Schiavo met with Pope Benedict XVI today and gave him a framed photo of their deceased daughter. Yesterday Bob and Mary Schindler met with Renato Cardinal Martino to thank him personally for his attempts to save the life of their cognitively disabled daughter in March. Terri died of court-ordered dehydration after years of struggle by her parents to convince the courts to allow her to live out the natural course of her life. Over the final weeks of her life, the Vatican head of the congregation for Justice and Peace […]

BELFAST, May 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The discovery of a hidden camera in a boys changeroom in a prestigious Catholic school in Northern Ireland has prompted the Irish Anti-Trafficking Coalition (IATC) to push police to launch an investigation. The Abbey Christian Brothers School in Newry explained that the camera was installed to catch a theif. However that trite explanation without investigation raised the ire of parents including a politician whose son is a student at the school. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) launched an investigation after pressure from the IATC. LifeSiteNews.com spoke with IATC Director Gregory Carlin about […]

Appeals court rules ‘In God We Trust’ constitutional How ‘Judge not’ is destroying America U.S. Bishops to revise clergy sex abuse charter, norms Conservative Bishops, Liberal Results Texas House Approves Bill Requiring Parental Consent, Restricting Access to Third-Trimester Abortion Survey finds almost two-thirds of women have had a one-night stand, but nearly all of them regret it

OTTAWA, May 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – From gay ‘marriage’ to Gomery, the Liberal Government scandal sheet gets longer and longer. Local Ottawa resident Debbie Jodoin has had enough. She and her companions refuse to leave Parliament Hill until Paul Martin resigns and calls an election. “It is time to take a stand for Canada,” Jodoin said. Jodoin was one of the primary organizers for the March4Marriage that drew over 15,000 people to the Hill in Ottawa as well as a rally that supported Freedom and Democray supporting our allied forces and American friends going into Irag that drew over 8,000 […]

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Civil Liberties Union sued the US government Monday, arguing that federal funding of a countrywide abstinence program is illegal because it promotes religion. The ACLU takes issue with the Silver Ring Thing abstinence drive because it derives from a Christian ministry. In addition, the silver ring – a perpetual memento of the abstinence oath – has inscribed upon it a verse of scripture. The program has received over $1 million in funding from the Department of Health and Human Services since 2003, as part of abstinence-only sex education. “The courts have repeatedly […]

LONDON, May 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A peaceful protest organized by Campaign Life Coalition with nearly 250 participants took place Sunday outside the home of University of Western Ontario (UWO) President Paul Davenport. The group was protesting the planned UWO honorary Doctorate of Laws to be conferred on Canada’s notorious abortionist Henry Morgentaler in June. Campaign Life Coalition’s Nikki Cooke the official spokesman at the protest told LifeSiteNews.com that while the university intends to honour Morgentaler for his legacy in legalizing abortion, “his real legacy is the tens of thousands of babies he has killed, the thousands of women and […]

WOODSTOCK, May 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michelle Mann, a Toronto freelance writer and columnist, has written on the CBC website that the right to religious freedom and expression in Canada could be a threat to the common good. Following an outbreak of rubella in Oxford county Ontario, Mann suggested May 13th that religious freedoms could be a danger to the state and ought to be curtailed. The outbreak started two weeks ago in a private Christian school in Norwich. Since then health officials have been working to contain it and several pregnant women, at risk for miscarriages and serious birth […]

LOS ANGELES/ ST PAUL- MINNEAPOLIS, May 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Feast of Pentecost is the celebration in the Christian calendar of the descent of the Holy Spirit onto the Disciples of Christ after His resurrection and ascension into heaven as recorded in the bible. In recent years, homosexual activists have used the feast as an annual pretext for protests to make demands that the Catholic Church change her teaching on the sinfulness of homosexual acts. Archbishop Flynn of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Cardinal Mahoney of Los Angeles and bishop Matthew Clarke of Rochester New York have been singled out for praise […]

LONDON, May 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK abortion group has released figures revealing a “dramatic rise” in the number of women having repeat abortions – one in three abortions is committed on women who have already had at least one abortion, according to a London Daily Mail report. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service – a taxpayer-funded agency and the UK’s largest abortion provider – argued the abortions were for “lifestyle” reasons, as only one in 100 is committed for so-called health reasons. BPAS also said that 20 to 24 year-olds now comprise the largest group of women having abortions […]

OTTAWA, May 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Belinda Stronach, the pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, Conservative MP, who was placed in high ranks in the Conservative Party by insiders who mistakenly assumed she would attract new blood to the Party, has left the Conservatives for the Liberal Party. Stonach, who was a thorn in the side of social conservatives leaves at a crucial time just prior to Thursday’s confidence vote on the budget which could bring down the government. Pro-life and pro-family leaders have warned repeatedly that the Conservative Party should not rely on hard-left social liberals within their ranks. Jim Hughes, President […]

LANCASTER, May 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK doctor’s group has appealed a UK High Court ruling of last year that said a patient should be presumed to want to live in the event that they are no longer able to communicate, and should not be deprived of life-sustaining food and water. Leslie Burke, who successfully challenged the General Medical Council (GMC) guidance on the treatment of the terminally ill last July, is worried that doctors would deny him nutrition and hydration if his neurological condition deteriorates to the point he cannot communicate his wish to continue living. GMC lawyer […]

FREDERICTON, May 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In April, the CBC reported that the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital in Fredericton had taken bibles out of the tables next to patients’ beds citing the need to fight possible contamination. After criticism from Christians and the Mayor of Fredericton who said it was a case of ‘political correctness’ run wild, the hospital has announced that the bibles will be restored to the bedside tables where patients also keep personal items. The bibles will be wrapped in plastic to prevent infectious diseases being spread between readers. LifeSiteNews.com reported that there had been no […]

LINCOLN, May 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a decision certain to be appealed, a federal judge in Nebraska Thursday ruled that the state’s popular constitutional amendment on marriage violates the U.S. Constitution. The court declared the amendment “amounts to punishment” and that “the institution of marriage is difficult to define and/or describe.” “By filing this lawsuit, the ACLU and their allies who didn’t like the marriage amendment were telling Nebraskans, ‘We don’t care what you said. You have to let us fight this political battle until we win,’” said Glen Lavy, senior vice president of the Alliance Defense Fund’s Marriage […]

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The President’s Council on Bioethics, the body that advises President Bush on issues related to cloning, stem cell research and the new reproductive technologies, has issued a report suggesting that stem cells may not have to be taken from living embryos for research. The report says that it is possible that cells taken from embryos that have died after being formed, from the patient’s own body, and those taken from living embryos without killing them, a process called ‘nondestructive biopsy,’ could be used successfully to replace embryonic stem cells in research. The report, called […]

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly has published an article explaining how scientists published fraudulent research and deceived the public about the abortion-breast cancer (ABC) link – much as the tobacco industry covered up a tobacco-cancer link. The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer notes that the paper by Joel Brind, Ph.D. comes just five months after the editor of the journal Ethics and Medics, cited a cause-effect relationship and sharply criticized scientists for failing to “speak out against the shoddy research that is being advanced by those who deny the abortion-breast cancer link. “The U.S. National […]

OTTAWA, May 16, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The annual March for Life that took place in Ottawa on May 12th saw 6,000 individuals converge on Parliament Hill and later take to the streets in a display of solidarity with the plight of the unborn. This was the largest gathering for the March for Life primarily because over 60% of those attending were young people from around the country and especially from across Ontario. One student told LifeSiteNews.com that they had boarded their bus at 1 a.m. in order to arrive in Ottawa in time for the Thursday morning liturgical service. To […]

WASHINGTON, May 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A majority of Americans, 52 percent, oppose federal funding of embryonic stem cell research while just 36 percent support it, according to a new poll commissioned by the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Such funding is being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives, which may soon vote on a bill (H.R. 810) to fund research requiring human embryos to be destroyed for their stem cells. When respondents were told that scientists disagree on whether embryonic stem cells, or stem cells from adult tissues and umbilical cord […]

Kansas woman severely brain-injured after an accident in 2002 has begun speaking – to the amazement of her doctor

BRAZILIA, May 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Euphemistically dubbed as a “family planning program,” Brazil’s lawmakers launched a program to distribute free contraceptives at the 6,012 hospitals and 63,662 walk-in clinics throughout the country in March. The controversial program, roundly denounced by the Catholic Church there, includes the abortifacient morning-after pill, despite a Brazilian law prohibiting abortion except in cases of rape or if a mother’s life is in danger because of the pregnancy. “This is nothing more than medical and moral barbarism, which will pervert our youth,” warned Bishop Rafael Llano Cifuentes, president of the Bishops Committee on Life and […]

AUGUSTA, Georgia, May 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Most abortionists are over 50 years of age, which has abortion activists worried that there will be a “shortage” if no remedial action is taken. According to a recent study, medical students who voluntarily attend an abortuary as an externship are much more likely to become abortionists themselves. An abortion activist group, Medical Students for Choice (MSC), feels it has an answer to the shortage of young doctors willing to take up killing unborn children as their practice. MSC organized an externship program for obstetricians/gynecologists in training, supposedly found that 80 percent of […]

LONDON, May 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK’s National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has proposed that some treatments for the elderly be denied if if it is felt the treatments would not be of benefit because of their age. “What the citizen’s council has said is that if there is a justifiable clinical reason to not provide a treatment for certain age groups, not just older people, that will be OK, if this treatment would not work or could not be offered,” a NICE spokesman said, as reported by politics.co.uk. “To suggest that anyone should receive less […]

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OTTAWA, May 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Thursday night, Quebec City Archbishop Marc Cardinal Ouellet addressed the annual Rose Dinner which concludes Canada’s NationalÂMarch for Life. The Cardinal shared personal, touching and heartfelt testimony of his time in Rome both for the funeral of John Paul II and the election of Cardinal Josef Ratzinger as Pope. Cardinal Ouellet, who is the Primate of Canada, said he was “very happy” to be with the gathered pro-lifers and partake in the event. He congratulated Campaign Life Coalition for organizing the March year after year, which he said “is bringing forward, little by […]

ATLANTA, May 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Georgia’s Governor Sonny Perdue signed legislation Tuesday requiring a 24-hour cool-down period before a woman may proceed with an abortion. The proposal is one that has been repeatedly forwarded by his Republican colleagues in the legislature but filibustered by Democrats – that is, until March, when Republicans finally gained control of the house. Perdue described the bill as “a commonsense approach to a sensitive issue,” adding that it mirrors “the mainstream values that Georgians share.” Pro-life supporters of the measure, gathered to observe the signing, applauded as the bill became law. The new law, […]

LONDON, May 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than three-quarters of the UK public believe patients who are unable to communicate should be able to receive food and water by tube if they have asked in advance, a survey has revealed. Last month, the UK parliament under Labour rule enacted the Mental Capacity Bill allowing the nomination of an individual to have legal power of attorney, who would make decisions about whether to withdraw food or fluids from a terminally ill patient. The survey, conducted by Capibus for the doctors’ action group, First Do No Harm – formed to oppose the […]

OTTAWA, May 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The annual March for Life which took place in the nation’s capital Thursday, attracted more participants than ever before. The official count at 5,995 participants was, according to Campaign Life Coalition President Jim Hughes, mostly made up of youth who represented 60-70 per cent of participants. On the beautiful sunny day, the energy and enthusiasm of thousands of youth were felt in the crowd, with banners representing different high schools proudly hoisted on poles for all to see. Several Members of Parliament and other dignataries addressed the crowd before the march commenced. At the […]

ST. JOHN’S, Nfld., May 11, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) The fallout resulting from the sex-abuse case of Fr. Kevin Bennett has forced the Diocese of St. George in Newfoundland to sell all of its assets in order to raise $13 million for the 39 victims, reports the Canadian Press.   In an article by Dene Moore, carried by the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and other media outlets, Bishop Douglas Crosby is quoted as saying that “Everything, all of the churches, all of the parish houses, all the missions,” are up for sale. 150 properties in total will be liquidated in an […]

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Most Missouri pharmacists are bypassing the conscience debate by simply not stocking the controversial abortifacient morning-after pill according to a survey of pharmacies conducted by NARAL (National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League) Pro-Choice Missouri. NARAL found that, of 928 pharmacies surveyed statewide, less than a third – 29 percent – carried the Plan B prescription abortifacient, marketed as “emergency contraception.” Abortion zealots and media alike are decrying the fact that in some rural regions, such as Shannon County and Barry County, not a single pharmacy will allow their employees to cooperate […]

OTTAWA, May 11, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s Liberal government lost a motion introduced by the Opposition parties calling for the standing government to resign. Liberals are vowing to dismiss the vote while the Conservatives and Bloc MPs promise chaos in the House of Commons. For a vote that the Liberals said did not mean anything it was all hands on deck as every MP was present with the exception of two Liberal cabinet ministers and one independent who is recovering from chemotherapy. The Conservatives were all present, with two ill MP’s flying out from Western Canada just for the vote. […]

CHICAGO, May 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kraft Foods, makers of popular products like Macaroni and Cheese, Kraft Singles, Oreo cookies, Maxwell House coffee, and Ritz Crackers is a sponsor of the 2006 Gay Olympic Games in Chicago, according to an e-mail release from Donald E. Wildmon, Chairman of the American Family Association. Kraft has also authorized that its company logo be placed on the gay games official website as a major corporate sponsor. A spokesman for Kraft told outsports.com that the company plans to sponsor the Gay Games despite AFA’s opposition, scheduled for July 15-22, 2006 in Chicago. Kraft is […]

KNOXVILLE, May 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A team of scientists at the University of Tennessee has created artificial human ova using stem cells taken from the surface of the ovaries of five women aged 39 to 52. The cells were treated with a growth-stimulating oestrogen medium called phenol red and developed into human ova. One of the many problems faced by IVF researchers and commercial facilities is the shortage of useable ova. Ova are difficult to obtain and store frozen. Women undergoing IVF treatments have to take drugs which hyperstimulate the ovaries to produce more ova. All of this is […]

TORONTO, May 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The momentum continues to build for the upcoming Toronto “It Is Time to Draw the Line” Defend Marriage Rally on the steps of the Ontario Legislature on Monday, May 23 (12 noon to 2 p.m.). Equipping Christians for the Public Square Centre, in cooperation with coalition partners, The Knights of Columbus, Defend Marriage Coalition, March4Marriage and the Jubilee Centre for Christian Social Action announced Tuesday the participation of the United Front of Pakistani Canadians, represented by Imam Suleiman Yacoob of Masjid-e-Rahmat Mosque. As well, retired Toronto bishop Pearce Lacey will represent Catholics in the […]

EDINBURGH, May 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church of Scotland is condemning the decision of the Scotish parliament to ban religious leaders from referring to homosexuality in a negative light during the weekly “A Time for Reflection” address. Parliament passed the measure after Keith Cardinal O’Brien, the Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, gave a Christmas reflection in which he appeared to indirectly refer to homosexuality as an “aberration.” Green MSP Patrick Harvie introduced a motion, later adopted by parliament, that banned religious speakers from any reference to homosexuality as a moral wrong. The revised guidance document for […]

WESTMINSTER, May 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Britain’s anti-life Labour government – perhaps the most anti-life we have ever had – has been returned to power with a reduced but still workable majority,” said Paul Tully the general secretary of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) commenting on the election result. The Labour Party was re-elected for a third consecutive term in Thursday’s general election with a slight parliamentary majority of 67, a far cry from the 167-seat majority in the 2001 election. “The strength of this government may have been sapped, but its sting has not been […]

BOSTON, May 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jesuit Boston College administrators have voluntarily rewritten the school’s statement of non-discrimination to welcome homosexual students – despite a Massachusetts law that exempts religious institutions with moral objections from denying equal opportunities to active homosexuals. The new non-discrimination statement states that Boston College “‘commits itself to maintaining a welcoming environment for all people and extends its welcome in particular to those who may be vulnerable to discrimination on the basis of their race . . . religion, color, age . . . or sexual orientation.” Maintaining Catholic moral teaching on homosexuality has not been […]

ABERDEEN, Scotland May 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scottish doctors have been prescribing abortifacient hormonal birth-control pills to girls as young as 10 years old, a new study has revealed. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen who conducted a study into the prescribing of oral contraceptives found that doctors there had prescribed the pill to 23 girls younger than 13, including 2 girls under ten. Doctors in Scotland are expected to report instances of underage sex in girls less than 13 years of age to police or social workers. Having sex with a girl under 13 is considered statutory rape according […]

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WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray announced last week that the Criminal Division of the Justice Department is establishing an Obscenity Prosecution Task Force dedicated exclusively to the investigation and prosecution of obscenity cases. The Task Force will be dedicated to the investigation and prosecution of the distributors of hard-core pornography that meets the test for obscenity, as defined by the United States Supreme Court. Although the Task Force will create a singular focus for the prosecution of obscenity cases, CEOS will continue to prosecute obscenity cases in addition to child pornography, child […]

LONDON, ON, May 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The scandal caused by the University of Western Ontario (UWO) giving an honorary doctorate of law to notorious Canadian abortionist Henry Morgentaler has resulted in a growing opposition movement. Hundreds of letters, emails and phone calls have bombarded the University asking that Morgentaler be removed from the graduation festivities so that pro-life students who have worked hard for their degrees may attend their convocation without violating their consciences. Petitions with thousands of signatures continue to be amassed. Three protests are scheduled beginning with one on Sunday, May 15th at 2 – 3PM at […]

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As media experts know, television has been used in the past to open public acceptance to novel or controversial subjects, as the case of gay and lesbian couplings illustrates. Network moguls at ABC may be preparing the way for a female President of the United States – Hillary Clinton. Drudge reports today that ABC’s fall schedule will include ‘Commander-in-Chief’, which it describes as “a drama following the challenges facing the first female President of the United States.” With Clinton gunning for President in 2008, the drama, which casts actress Geena Davis – a Democrat […]

NEW YORK, May 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Through three papacies and thirty years, the US weekly Jesuit magazine, America, has been the intellectual flagship of the leftist dissident movement within the Catholic Church. Three weeks into Benedict XVI’s papacy, however, the editor has announced his resignation after complaints from bishops about its anti-Catholic editorial policies. Thomas J. Reese SJ, according to anonymous Jesuit sources in Rome, has been the subject of complaints from American bishops for his criticism of the new Pope and anti-Catholic statements in recent editorials, especially during the papal interregnum (the time between the death of John […]

NEW ORLEANS, LA, May 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Increasing tension in the United States between local bishops and Catholic educational institutions have now affected the Archdiocese of New Orleans after the President of Loyola University announced that the Landrieu family would receive an honorary degree in part for their exemplary public Catholicism. In a May 5th press release Archbishop Alfred Hughes announced he would not attend the commencement activities at Loyola University. In his statement Archbishop Hughes praised Judge and Mrs. Landrieu for both their remarkable family and for their service to the Church and the community. The Archbishop noted […]

DUBLIN, May 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Diarmuid Martin, the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin has asked for an investigation into allegations that a Catholic social service agency has been providing pregnant women with information on how to seek abortions. CURA, pregnancy information and assistance agency and an official arm of the bishops’ conference, has been asked to provide details about its adherence to Catholic moral theology, particularly regarding cooperation with abortion. Irish pro-life groups have complained to the Archbishop that CURA, while not directly sending unborn children to their deaths in abortion facilities, has a policy of giving women the contact […]

STOCKHOLM, May 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sweden’s high court has said it will review the hate crimes acquittal of a pastor convicted last year for so-called hate crimes for preaching against homosexuality in a sermon in 2003. Ake Green, the pastor of a Swedish Pentecostal church in Kalmar, Sweden, was given a 30-day suspended sentence in July by a Swedish court for inciting hatred against homosexuals. Green was prosecuted in January 2004 for “hate speech against homosexuals” for a sermon he preached citing Biblical references to homosexuality. In February 2005, an appeals court overturned the conviction, saying it is not […]

VATICAN, May 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI stressed that the Pope of the Catholic Church does not have the authority to alter the church’s constant teaching on the sacredness of human life and thus her teachings on abortion, contraception and euthanasia. During a Mass on the occasion of his taking possession of his bishopric of the city of Rome, Pope Benedict dismissed the false idea that a Pope may rule according to his own wishes and desires. “This authority to teach frightens many people, both within and outside the Church. They ask themselves whether it does […]

MILL VALLEY, California, May 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A homosexual activist student at a California high school has admitted to staging a series of attacks that targeted homosexuals, including “die fag” graffiti scrawled on the school and on the same student’s car. The string of attacks at the Tamalpais High School also included threatening voice mail messages and “fag class” written on the classroom door of a lesbian teacher, according to a marinij.com report. A 17-year-old girl and top wrestler admitted to police that she was the perpetrator of the crimes. She also heads the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance. Police say […]

WASHINGTON, May 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Food and Drug Administration has banned sperm donation from sexually active gay donors, citing the HIV prevalence associated with sodomy. “With an anonymous sperm donor, you can’t be too careful,” said FDA spokesman Eleanor Nicoll, according to a foxnews.com report. “Our concern is for the health of the recipient, not to let more and more people be sperm donors.” Several clinics said they would continue to welcome gay donors despite the new FDA regulations, arguing that the new directive is “discriminatory.” Alameda, California’s, Rainbow Flag sperm bank director Leland Traiman, for example, […]

NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, May 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Florida judge who authorized the killing of Terri Schiavo by starvation and dehydration was honored by his regional bar association last night with a ‘Special Justice Award.’ West Pasco Bar Association member Alan Scott Miller said that the Association decided to honor Pinellas County Circuit Court Judge George Greer’s achievements, noting that his “professionalism and integrity was punctuated by the way he handled the Schiavo case,” as reported by CNSNews. Miller added that the award is not just because of how he handled the Schiavo case, but “for all of […]

MANASSAS, VA, May 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At least 13 Catholic colleges and universities are at odds with the U.S. bishops for inviting commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients who are public opponents of fundamental Catholic teachings on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. Speakers and honorees under protest by the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) include pro-abortion politicians: California Secretary for Education Richard Riordan at the Dominican University (CA), former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani at Loyola College (MD), U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitchell Landrieu at Loyola University of New Orleans, former U.S. Rep. […]

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, May 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian abortionist Henry Morgentaler has asked the New Brunswick provincial government to take over his abortuary, the only privately run facility in the province, because the province refuses to pay for the abortions committed there. Morgentaler and the province have been locked in a legal dispute over the issue of public funds being used to pay for the private clinic’s abortions. The federal government recently entered the fray, trying to strong-arm the province into paying for the private facility’s abortions. “I’m quite willing to negotiate with the government to offer the government […]

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland, May 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Maryland judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday, preventing teachers from presenting a curriculum to children intended to desensitize them to homosexual lifestyles. Citizens for Responsible Curriculum (CRC) in collaboration with Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) challenged the decision to implement the district’s health education curriculum in court – Liberty Counsel filed the suit Tuesday. United States District Court Judge Alexander Williams, Jr., sided with CRC and PFOX, charging, “The Revised Curriculum presents only one view on the subject – that homosexuality is a natural and morally correct […]

COLORADO SPRINGS, May 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Focus on the Family Medical Issues Analyst Reginald Finger, M.D., M.P.H., announced Wednesday that remaining a virgin through adolescence brings a host of positive effects, according to a study released April 27. The study, “Association of Virginity at Age 18 With Educational, Economic, Social, and Health Outcomes in Middle Adulthood,” examined the outcomes of men and women who remain virgins until they are 18 and was published in Adolescent and Family Health, vol. 3, no. 4. “It is very much as we suspected – that adolescent virginity has a significant impact on well-being […]

MINNEAPOLIS- ST PAUL, May 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After ignoring years of protest and public outcry from Catholics for his controversial acquiescence to homosexual activists, the Archbishop of Minneapolis St. Paul has given what many consider the barest minimum response. In a letter to the Rainbow Sash movement – a homosexual activist group which protests Catholic teaching against homosexual sex – Archbishop Flynn writes, “No one wearing the sash will be permitted to receive the Blessed Sacrament.” Flynn’s belated compliance with the requirements of Catholic moral teaching, however, is far from wholehearted. The Archbishop has asked the Rainbow Sash protesters […]

LONDON, May 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Don McDougall, Chairman of the Board of Governors of The University of Western Ontario has issued an Open Letter heavily critical of the university’s decision to award abortionist Henry Morgentaler an honorary doctor of laws degree on June 16. McDougall notes University President Paul Davenport broke committee protocol to push through Morgentaler’s nomination, and that “the Board of Governors may intervene” or override the Senate, “if there is a “third party” event which flows directly from this appointment which seriously damages the wellbeing of the University.” As Western’s Board of Governors has noted, public […]

MARSASCALA, May 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Malta’s Home Affairs minister, Tonio Borg, proposed enshrining the country’s abortion law, which prohibits abortion, in the constitution. Borg raised the idea while addressing the “Tarbija fil-Guf” National conference Monday. tv

JERUSALEM, May 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The homosexual “World Pride” parade scheduled for August in Jerusalem has been postponed indefinitely. Organizers cite the Israeli pullout of occupied Gaza three days before the planned event as the reason, but opposition to the parade in the city that is at the centre of three world religions has been cited as the true cause. Shlomo Amar, Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi described the Open House, the homosexual centre organizing the event, as “creating a deep and terrible sorrow that is unbearable” at a news conference sponsored by all major religions in protest of the […]

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study funded by the radically pro-abortion organizations, the John Merck foundation and Catholics for a Free Choice, surveyed staff at all 597 Catholic hospitals in the United States and found that only 55% of them refused to dispense the abortifacient morning after pill. Despite the deceptive name, “emergency contraceptive” works in many cases by stopping an already formed unborn child from attaching to the uterine wall. This effect is disputed by no reputable scientists. Catholic medical ethics is clear that abortion is, in all cases, and at all stages of development, the moral […]

OTTAWA, May 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hedy Fry, Parliamentary Secretary to the Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, said that the same-sex ‘marriage’ of Bill C-38 issue was one of ‘equality rights.’ Fry implied that the law would be used to force religious groups to perform same-sex ‘weddings’ within their own congregations. She referred to a meeting of representatives of ‘Buddhists, Hindus, aboriginal communities, Anglicans, Catholics, Unitarians and United churches.” Fry said, “If the bill were to pass it would allow them freedom of choice in religious institutions to choose to marry whom they wish. Currently they do not have […]

OTTAWA, May 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The latest information from Parliament Hill suggests a non-confidence vote will bring down Canada’s Liberal Government on May 18. While the Liberals attempted to have a finance committee motion calling on the government to resign called out of order, House Speaker Peter Milliken refused and a vote on the motion is scheduled for May 18. The motion, if passed, will result in an election in late June.

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New York, NY., May 4, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – In time for Mother’s Day this weekend a new report has been published by the Motherhood Project containing fresh insights on Mom’s attitudes and concerns. The 55 page document contains some obvious, as well as surprising, insights. The study was a rigorous large-scale investigation led by a team of social science researchers. The Motherhood Study featured a survey of more than 2,000 mothers, a nationally representative sample reflecting the demographics of the total U.S. population of mothers 18 and older with at least one child under the age of 18. That quantitative […]

OTTAWA, May 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative Leader Stephen Harper put a smile on the faces of social conservatives today with his statement that the homosexual ‘marriage’ legislation would not pass before an election. One day after Parliament passed the bill on second reading by a 27 vote margin (164-137), the Conservative Leader told the media, “I don’t expect the bill to make it through this Parliament.” The Defend Marriage Coalition, a coalition of pro-family advocacy groups across Canada, today vowed to defeat MPs who voted for Bill C-38. In fact, pro-family groups are pleased the second reading vote clearly […]

QUEBEC CITY, May 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Government leaders are loath to invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Constitution, claiming it is meant only as an extreme measure – yet Quebec yesterday used the clause as a temporary stop gap against new education legislation. The notwithstanding clause was written into the Constitution so that lawmakers who oppose the decisions of judges have recourse to override the rulings. Martin himself admitted, in debate in the House on Bill C-38 in February, “Because same sex marriage is already legal in most of the country, the only way – the only way […]

BANGOR, Maine, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – School Administrative District 27, Portland Maine, is fighting a lawsuit brought by a former school nurse. Lola Charette was fired for taking one of the students, without parental consent, out of class to an off-campus ‘clinic’ where the girl was given a pregnancy test and an abortifacient drug. Charette is suing Fort Kent Community High School in U.S. District Court in Bangor for reinstatement and lost wages saying that she had been presented with an impossible conflict between the law and her orders from superiors. Charette’s lawyer pointed out the dilemma, “She follows […]

WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President George W. Bush proclaimed May 5, 2005, as a National Day of Prayer yesterday. The President called on all citizens “to give thanks, each according to his or her own faith, for the liberty and blessings we have received and for God’s continued guidance and protection.” In the proclamation, Bush recalled that “Since our Nation’s earliest days, prayer has given strength and comfort to Americans of all faiths. Our Founding Fathers relied on their faith to guide them as they built our democracy.” He added, “Today, we continue to be inspired by […]

LISBON, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Portugal’s president has put off a national referendum on abortion, delaying the date until 2006, because of fear that a June referendum – the only legally acceptable timing – would mean a low voter turnout due to summer holidays. President Jorge Sampaio said Monday that because of constitutional restrictions on holding a referendum within a certain period before or after elections, the only acceptable time for the referendum would be next year. Portugal goes back to the polls this fall to elect municipal officials. Presidential elections are slated for spring. Sampaio is nearing the […]

EDINBURGH, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The national Parliament of Scotland instituted a four-minute slot in its proceedings in which representatives of Scotland’s religions would be invited to speak. On the whole, the slot called, “A Time for Reflection”, has mainly consisted of innocuous moments in which ministers come to Holyrood to speak in bland terms on inoffensive topics. That changed slightly on December 22, 2004, when Keith Cardinal O’Brien, the Catholic Archbishop of St Andrews and Edinburgh, gave a Christmas reflection with the merest hint that homosexuality is an “aberration.” Cardinal O’Brien quoted Christ quoting Isaiah: “He has sent […]

OTTAWA, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian government officials, claiming sperm shortages for artificial insemination, are calling for sperm donors. Health Canada is calling on reproductive clinics for aid “to develop and implement strategies to recruit altruistic [not for pay] donations of sperm and eggs in Canada.” “The information gathered will be made available to all [reproductive] clinics across the country to help them recruit altruistic donors and will be used by Health Canada to inform its policy development process,” a press release from Health Canada said Monday. Tanya Granic from Campaign Life Coalition told LifeSiteNews.com, “This act is an […]

OTTAWA, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s parliament early this evening gave approval in principal to the Liberal government’s same-sex marriage Bill C-38. The Bill passed second reading by a vote of 164-137. The bill now automatically goes to a special committee for review. The committee, stacked by a majority of MPs who strongly support same-sex ‘marriage’, is expected to significantly limit public submissions and attempt to conclude its proceedings as quickly as possible to allow the bill to receive its third and final reading vote. Today’s vote will undoubtedly be used by opponents of the bill as clear evidence […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two lesbian Kansas City women, told they could not adopt children because of their homosexual lifestyle, are suing the state with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union. Lisa Johnston and Dawn Roginski were denied the right to adopt a child by Missouri Department of Social Services who acted according to state policy. The pair argue that they are eminently qualified – Johnston being an early childhood education specialist, while Roginski is a chaplain and youth counsellor. DSS spokesman Chris Whitley said it is an established practice of the organization to […]

WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), specializing in constitutional law, filed a civil lawsuit Friday in Washington, D.C. against Planned Parenthood and a security guard on behalf of a pro-life college student who said he was tackled and injured when attempting to exercise his free speech rights outside an abortion clinic in 2004. “It is simply unacceptable for citizens of the United States, who are on public property, to be tackled or knocked to the ground by security guards,” said Jim Henderson, Senior Counsel in the ACLJ’s Washington office. “In this […]

WEST PALM BEACH, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Florida girl who was given permission by a judge to abort her unborn child has had the abortion, according to her lawyers. Howard Simon, head of the Florida American Civil Liberties Union who paid for the girl’s lawyers, said “The case is over, both medically and legally.” The representative of the Department of Child and Family Services confirmed that they had given up. Marilyn Munoz, DCF spokesman “We will not interfere with anything. We will comply with what the judge ordered.” Florida Governor, Jeb Bush, was the only figure in the […]

VATICAN, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On the first business day after meeting privately with newly elected Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, gave one of the strongest statements defending the traditional family in recent memory. The Cardinal, who was reinstated in his post as President of the Pontifical Council for the Family which he held under Pope John Paul II just after the election of Pope Benedict, met with the Pope Friday and on Monday gave an extensive interview to Fides news service on the subject of homosexual ‘marriage’. Homosexual ‘Marriage’ Cardinal Trujillo said parliaments which “open the […]

COLUMBIA, MO, May 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scientists have determined that boys exposed to estrogen hormones in the abortifacient birth control pill while in utero are at a greater risk of developing prostate cancer and other urinary tract problems later in life. Estrogen-like hormones deform the prostates in developing embryos, which can be a precursor to developing prostate cancer or bladder problems, according to research conducted by Frederick vom Saal of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. “These chemicals [mimic] extremely potent synthetic sex hormones, strong enough to completely control an adult women’s reproductive system,” vom Saal told New […]

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TORONTO, May 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An analysis by Catholic Insight magazine reveals that 72.4% of Catholic Members of Parliament in Canada have committed to voting in favour of homosexual ‘marriage’. The magazine’s report indicates that only 27.6% will vote in favour of traditional marriage. This majority of Canadian Catholic MPs who will vote for same-sex ‘marriage’ comes despite the fact that the Vatican has stated categorically: “When legislation in favour of the recognition of homosexual unions is proposed for the first time in a legislative assembly, the Catholic law-maker has a moral duty to express his opposition clearly and […]

TORONTO, May 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In co-operation with the Defend Marriage Coalition, March4Marriage.ca, and Jubilee Centre for Christian Social Action, Equipping Christians for the Public Square Centre (ECP) is organizing a rally in defence of marriage on Monday, May 23 (12 noon to 2:00 p.m.) at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Organizer and ECP Executive director Rev. Tristan Emmanuel, describes the event as “a rally, the likes of which this province, indeed, the nation, has never witnessed before,” on his web site. “The Ottawa rally, on April 9th, proved that opponents of Christian culture have managed to succeed only because […]

CHICAGO, May 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the homosexual movement around the world has outdone itself in venom and anti-Catholic rhetoric in attacking the former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger for his uncompromising defence of Catholic teaching on the sacredness of natural sexuality. Now the Rainbow Sash movement in the US has announced it will engage in ‘protests’ at Catholic Masses on the feast of Pentecost, Sunday, May 15. “Also, we call on our brothers and sisters, both straight and gay, around the nation to enter parishes wearing the Rainbow Sash.” The Rainbow Sash movement, a […]

OTTAWA, May 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Debate on the Liberal government’s same-sex “marriage” Bill C-38 finally came to an end at approximately 5 p.m. today. The list of MPs wishing to speak to the bill was exhausted at that time. Second reading vote on the bill was called but then delayed at the request of the government until 5:30 tomorrow. tv

OTTAWA, May 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new survey of Canadian youth has estimated that by age 15, 12% of boys and 13% of girls have already had sexual intercourse. The National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) surveyed 3,212 youths who were aged 14 or 15 in 1998/99 or 2000/01, as reported by Statistics Canada. In 2003, 28% of 15-17 year olds reported having had sexual intercourse at least once, with the proportion climbing to 80% by age 20 to 24. Additionally, one-third of sexually active 15 to 24-year-olds said they had more than one sexual partner in […]

EDMONTON, Alberta, and KENTVILLE, NS, May 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two thousand five hundred people gathered at a rally to protest proposed same-sex “marriage” legislation in Edmonton Sunday, while another 800 rallied on the east coast. “Folks, we are at war for the soul of this nation,” said Edmonton organizer David Fletcher. “Thank you Paul Martin … you have managed to awaken a nation, a nation that is now filled with righteous anger. It is up to us to send a message.” In Nova Scotia, 800 demonstrators gathered at the Kentville arena to voice their opposition to Paul Martin’s Bill […]

ORLANDO, FL, May 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-life group Operation Rescue has obtained the autopsy report for Baby Rowan, the infant said to have been born alive on April 2, 2005, at a Florida abortion mill and whose mother claims was refused help by abortion workers in spite of her pleas on behalf of her dying son. The autopsy performed by Orange County, FL Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Jan C. Garavaglia on April 27, 2005, listed the official cause of death as “extreme prematurity from induced labor.” The autopsy report describes Baby Rowan as a male of 21-22 weeks […]

MIAMI, May 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Palm Beach Juvenile Judge Ronald Alvarez gave in to pressure from the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood today and has allowed a girl, a ward of the state, now more than 14 weeks pregnant, to abort her child. The girl, who can only be identified by the initials ‘L.G.’ begged the court for an abortion saying that she had no job and was not ready to be a mother. The Florida Department of Child and Family Services had argued that L.G. was too young to make the decision. Yesterday the news spread […]

CYBERSPACE, May 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Online auctioneer, eBay, has finally changed its policy in the face of massive complaints about the sale of consecrated hosts. For weeks, the hugely successful eBay has been belittling and ignoring calls from Catholics, including bishops, to prohibit the sale of the holy Eucharist, the consecrated bread that Catholics believe is the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ and is described in Catholic theology as the ‘source and summit’ of Catholic spiritual life. In an email, forwarded to LifeSiteNews.com, to eBay spokesman Edmund Leong said that the company had consulted with Catholic members […]

WINDOW ROCK, May 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The head of the Navajo Nation, Joe Shirley, Jr. said that the issue of homosexual unions was not important enough to Navajos and has vetoed last week’s decision to ban its legal recognition. “Same-sex marriage is a non-issue on Navajoland,” he said. “So why waste time and resources on it? We have more important issues to address.” Inexplicably, he cited the breakdown of the family among Navajos as one of the problems that were “more important,” even though the widespread acceptance of homosexuality has been a major factor in the breakdown of the […]

PHILADELPHIA, May 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexuals gathered to commemorate the world’s first gay pride parade held in Philadelphia in 1965 and to present awards to activists and others who have advanced their cause. Among them Friday was former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, recognized for his part in championing same-sex “marriage” in Canada. Chretien, accompanied by two Royal Canadian Mounted Police, accepted the International Role Model Award at the gala hosted by Equality Forum, as part of a weeklong gay pride event. The Mounties also accompanied Canadian homosexual activists Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell as they received an award […]

MIAMI, May 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week, Judge Ronald Alvarez, ordered a temporary stay on the killing of the child of an unnamed 13 year-old ward of the Florida state. He then ruled that the child is too young and immature to make such a life-changing decision. At the same time he stopped the abortion, the judge also blasted Florida’s Department of Children and Families for not keeping a closer eye on the girl who has run away several times from the group home in which she is supposed to be supervised. It was while she was missing the […]

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TORONTO, May 2, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – It would appear that not all media outlets are intrinsically biased against pro-marriage events. While the official estimate of the crowd given by March for Marriage organizers at the huge rally before parliament on Saturday, April 9 was 15-20,000 most media outlets reported the number to be 4000. As a result of pressure being placed by various groups, corrections were made at both the National Post and Canadian Press. In conversations with Mr. Doug Kelly of the National Post and Mr. Scott White of Canadian Press, the organizers for March4Marriage were impressed by the […]

OTTAWA, May 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian lawyers with expertise in human rights and constitutional law are urging Members of Parliament to vote against the Liberal government’s anti-constitutional Bill C-38. In a letter being sent to all MPs and Senators Friday, and printed in part in the National Post, the lawyers cite a legal opinion provided by constitutional law experts at the law firm of Lang Michener LLP warning about the risk the bill poses to the constitutionally protected freedoms of religion and conscience. Lang Michener LLP was asked if there was a genuine risk in the wake of Bill […]

WINDSOR, May 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Anglican Bishops of Canada issued a statement Wednesday saying that they would not be placing a moratorium on same-sex blessings. The bishops’ statement says, “On the matter of a moratorium on the authorization of public rites for the blessing of same sex unions, we commit ourselves neither to encourage nor to initiate the use of such rites.” In February at a meeting in Ireland, Anglican bishops from around the world informed the Episcopal Church of the US (ECUSA) and the Anglican Church of Canada that they must stop their support of sexual immorality […]

DES MOINES, May 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The April 26th third annual “National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day” in the United States resulted in two students in an Iowa school being asked to remove or cover themselves because their shirts were considered “inappropriate” thus raising complaints that students’ freedom of speech rights were being restricted. Two Des Moines Roosevelt High School students, Brittany (18) and Tamera (15) Chandler say their right to free expression was violated when they were directed to change their anti-abortion T-shirts that administrators said might have disrupted school. The T-Shirts in question were maroon and carried a picture […]

CALGARY, May 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Since homosexuality, adultery, prostitution and pornography undermine the foundations of the family, the basis of society, then the State must use its coercive power to proscribe or curtail them in the interests of the common good.” That was the statement Calgary Bishop Fred Henry made in January which resulted in two as of yet unresolved complaints being filed with the Alberta Human Rights Commission. Over the weekend Bishop Henry repeated the statement in another pastoral letter and expounded on it. In the current pastoral letter, Bishop Henry explains about “homosexuality, adultery, prostitution and pornography”, […]

WASHINGTON, May 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new poll by Opinion Dynamics released by Fox News reveals that 78 per cent of Americans believe a female under age 18 should be required by state law to notify at least one parent or guardian before having an abortion. Only 17% of respondents believed a teen girls should not have to notify at least one parent. On Apr. 27, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act after a 270-157 vote. The bill-sponsored by Florida congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of the Republican Party-seeks punishment for anyone who transports a […]