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Alito Sworn In as Nation’s 110th Supreme Court Justicehttps://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183270,00.html The Lessons of Alito – It’s important to remember one thing: quality matters. https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/006/648jhqpm.asp A Supreme Day for America as Justice Alito Takes the BenchÂÂÂÂhttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/10030/LEGAL/scourt/index.htm The Liberal Nightmare Beginshttps://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/1/31/154642.shtml UK Anti-euthanasia alliance launched https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4662312.stm A majority of women in Britain want the abortion laws to be tightened to make it harder, or impossible, for them to terminate a pregnancy.https://politics.guardian.co.uk/homeaffairs/story/0%2C%2C1697578%2C00.html She refused abortion, though her little boy had no brainhttps://www.latimes.com/la-na-hospice28jan28,0,1197650.story?coll=la-homepage-calendar-widget Mohler: 80-90% of Down syndrome babies killed in push for ‘human perfection’https://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22533 Reuters on Abortion Debate: “Conservatives” vs. “Abortion Rights Activists” – […]
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British Medical Journal Editor Calls for Legalized Prostitution

By Hilary White LONDON, January 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the most prestigious medical publications in the world, the British Medical Journal, has published an editorial calling for the legalisation of brothels. Fiona Godlee, the Journal’s editor said that the creation of legalised establishments in which three prostitutes would work together would reduce child prostitution and sex-slavery, a proposal denounced by anti-trafficking activists. Godlee is responding to a proposal of the Blair government to change the definition of what constitutes a brothel in order to allow up to three women to work from the same address. A government strategy […]
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Happy Marriage and Touch Reduces Fight-Or-Flight Stress Response

NEW YORK, January 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New York Times reports today on a study showing that a combination of physical touch and the deep emotional commitment between married couples greatly reduces the neurological signs of stress. Scientists at the University of Wisconsin and the University of Virginia studied the effects of touch on 16 couples that rated “very happily married” on a questionnaire. The research showed that a touch of the hand from a husband had a significant soothing effect on his wife’s stress levels. The woman’s normal neural reaction to anticipating threatening situation, in this case a […]
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Pope: “Democracy Without Values Easily Turns Into Open Or Thinly Disguised Totalitarianism”

By John-Henry Westen VATICAN, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an address to the leaders of the Christian Associations of Italian Workers Friday, Pope Benedict XVI warned, “As history demonstrates, a democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism.” Benedict was in fact making his own the statement first uttered by his predecessor John Paul II, who made the statement in 2000. (see coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2000/feb/00022501.html ) John Paul originally wrote the statement in 1991 in the encyclical Centesimus Annus. Benedict XVI highlighted how, in our time, science and technology “present huge possibilities for improving everyone’s lives,” but […]
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Election Results Noted on CLC Election 2006 Internet Database

TORONTO, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian national pro-life organization, Campaign Life Coalition, has updated it online election 2006 candidates database to reflect the results of last week’s election. The number of votes received by each of the major candidates and the winning candidates’ party, name and votes are all highlighted in red. As well, pro-life, pro-family MP Votes and responses by candidates to the CLC questionnaire are easier to quickly identify now as they all have a * before suggest correct Yes’s and No’s. A *Y or *N is a correct vote or answer. All of this information […]
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Montreal Woman gets Three Years Probation for Euthanasia of Son

MONTREAL, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Â A Montreal woman, Marielle Houle, who pleaded guilty to killing her son Charles Fariala using sleeping pills and a plastic bag, has been sentenced to three years probation. Houle had pleaded guilty to a charge of assisting the suicide of her son, a playwright and student suffering from multiple sclerosis and apparent depression. The maximum penalty for assisted suicide is 14 years. Houle’s lawyer, Salvatore Mascia, described her crime as an act of “unconditional love.” The Crown, however, said that while Houle’s intentions may have been “compassionate,” Canada is not a society that tolerates […]
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Pharmacists in Manitoba Refuse to Dispense Abortifacient “Morning After” Pill

By Gudrun Schultz STEINBACH, Manitoba, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNew.com) –Over half the pharmacies in the town of Steinbach refuse to stock the abortifacient pill known as “Plan B,” which will prevent pregnancy, or end a pregnancy in the first few days following conception. “You’re not going to find that around here because of the kind of community this is,” staff in a small, privately owned pharmacy told the Winnipeg Free Press last week. Steinbach is a predominantly Christian community with strong roots in the Mennonite tradition. Health Canada made Plan B available without a prescription in April 2005. It is […]
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Abortion Activists in U.S. Say They Are Losing the Battle

By Gudrun Schultz January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After thirty-three years of abortion-on-demand in the US, abortion activists are saying they can feel their grip on the country starting to slide away. “I think [Roe vs. Wade] in the short term will be dismantled,” said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, to Reuters. “We have an anti-choice president, an anti-choice Congress and now … with the confirmation of Judge Alito to the Supreme Court, we are seeing the potential for a very right-leaning, anti-choice Supreme Court.” Judge Samuel Alito’s nomination to the Supreme Court has given pro-life advocates concrete […]
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Canadian Evangelical Leaders Concerned About “Extreme” Portrayal During Election

By John-Henry WestenÂÂÂ OTTAWA, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada (EFC), the national association of evangelical Christians in Canada, has expressed concern “that some of the principles Evangelicals are committed to were portrayed as ‘extreme’ during the campaign.” The organization which represents more than 140 affiliated denominations, ministry organizations and educational institutions, said in a post-election statement: “Protecting the unborn and holding to the traditional definition of marriage are two of those principles. These views are shared by many in Canadian society across religions and social/cultural lines. We trust that as Members of Parliament engage in […]
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Toronto Dominion Bank Financing Effort to Promote Homosexuality in Quebec

By Gudrun Schultz TORONTO, Ontario, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – TD Bank Financial Group has entered into a new business deal with the Quebec Gay Chamber of Commerce (QGCC). The three-year partnership is designed to promote the growth of Quebec’s gay community. TD Bank will offer services that “meet the specific needs of business leaders in the gay and lesbian community in Quebec.” In return, TD Bank will be the principal financial institution for the chamber and its members. The QGCC is the second largest Chamber of Commerce in Canada. “This arrangement meshes with our values, not only inside the […]
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Australian Abortion Drug Fight Kicks Off With National Day of Action

By Gudrun Schultz SYDNEY, Australia, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tens of thousands of people rallied yesterday to oppose a bill giving Australian women access to the dangerous abortion pill, RU-486. The Australian Senate will vote in just over a week on a private members’ bill to overturn current laws that allow pro-life Health Minister Tony Abbott to prevent the pill’s distribution in the country. Australians Against RU-486, a national coalition of concerned groups including both pro-life and abortion advocates, organized a National Day of Action Jan. 29 to campaign against the bill. “We’re pleased with the amount of public […]
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Italian Cardinal Condemns EU Resolution on Homosexuals

By Terry Vanderheyden ROME, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italian prelate, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, the Pope’s Vicar for Rome, yesterday condemned a recent resolution passed by the European Union on homosexuals and same-sex “marriage,” calling the measure “profoundly wrong and full of negative consequences,” according to a Catholic Universe report. Among other things, the resolution, passed January 18, calls for action against member states who fail to implement programs directed at fair treatment of homosexuals in employment and occupation, and to “ensure that same-sex partners enjoy the same respect, dignity and protection as the rest of society” throughout the EU. […]
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Google Holds Copies of All Emails and All Websites Visited

By Terry Vanderheyden MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some commentators are describing Google, the world’s most used internet search engine, as “scary,” after learning that the internet giant stores web search history and e-mails. The UK’s Times on Line reported that Google keeps an “extraordinary amount” of user information. Google logs searches on its search engine, storing the information “indefinitely.”“Because every computer has a unique IP (internet protocol) address, every visit to every website can be traced back to the computer making it – a fact which is well known in geek circles but remarkably under-publicised outside […]
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Jews Bashing Christians on Moral Politics Have Some Questions to Answer

By Terry Vanderheyden NEW YORK, January 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Jewish author has written a commentary that probes the motivation behind certain leaders of liberal Judaism’s contempt for evangelical Christianity. David Klinghoffer, whose article, Six Questions for Jews—From Christians, appears in this month’s edition of First Things and states, “These are troubled times for Jewish-Christian relations. In November, two of the most influential American Jewish leaders, representing large swaths of the Jewish community, gave major speeches vilifying politically conservative Christians,” he explains. Klinghoffer states that, as an Orthodox Jew, he finds it difficult to understand the animosity of liberal […]
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Pope Reportedly to Visit United States in May or October 2007

By John-Henry Westen ROME, January 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Baltimore’s Cardinal William Keeler, has announced that Pope Benedict XVI will likely visit the United States next year. In an announcement on WBAL radio, the Cardinal said that he made inquiries while in Rome two weeks ago and was informed that the Pope, “is planning to come to the United States next year, and that the visit to Baltimore was part of the program that he looked forward to participating in.” Vatican experts have suggested that the likely date for the visit will be October which would coincide with the General […]
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NDP, Conservative Candidate Accuse Liberal MP of Tampering With Election

By Gudrun Schultz SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, January 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative incumbent Jeremy Harrison and NDP Candidate Anita Jackson have accused the Liberals of misconduct in the election for the northern riding of Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchhill River. Liberal Gary Merasty won the contested riding in one of the closest results of the election. Mr. Harrison told CanWest reporters the election was “stolen,” alleging the Liberals bullied constituents into voting Liberal. “We got reports of things like the Liberals driving around and threatening Natives that they wouldn’t get their cheque if they didn’t vote Liberal, reports we had from individuals of plans to […]
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Louisiana Bishop Quotes the Wrong Catechism on Homosexuality

by Hilary White THIBODAUX, January 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Bishop of a Louisiana diocese has misrepresented the Catholic teaching on homosexuality in a statement about one of his priests appearing in a local newspaper report. In early January, Rev. Jim Morrison, announced in a letter to his parishioners that he was a celibate homosexual, saying that he no longer felt comfortable keeping his secret while advising others to be open. Morrison is a long-serving priest and is currently pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church on the Nicholls State University campus in Thibodaux. Bishop Sam G. Jacobs of Houma-Thibodaux […]
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Pro-Life HLI Leader, Priest, also an Exorcist

By Terry Vanderheyden FRONT ROYAL, VA, January 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, the President of Human Life International, is also an exorcist, as revealed by Spiritdaily.com. In a story appearing on the web site today, When the Demons Strike Back: Experience of an Exorcist after an Exorcism, Fr. Euteneuer describes an occasion of spiritual warfare he experienced that he believed resulted from an exorcism he had performed. “I have been an exorcist for three years, and I know all too well that it always costs something to enter onto the devil’s territory and wrench a soul out […]
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UN Catholic Lobby Hoping for Less Hostile Canadian Representatives

By Hilary White NEW YORK, January 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (CFAM), has congratulated Canadians on the Conservative victory in Monday’s federal election and says it looks forward to a less hostile set of UN appointees from Canada. Calling the Liberal-appointed Canadian representatives to the UN, “notoriously hostile” to UN supporters of life and family, Austin Ruse said, “Over the past 12 years, the Liberal Party’s choices for Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations and for membership in delegations to U.N. conferences have advanced the pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage and pro-prostitution agenda.” Wendy Wright, Executive […]
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Target Pharmacist Fired for Refusing to Dispense Abortifacient Morning-After Pill

By Terry Vanderheyden ST. LOUIS, Missouri, January 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Target pharmacist has lost her job for refusing to dispense or refer for the abortifacient morning-after pill. “For me, life begins with two cells,” said Heather Williams, explaining that the so-called emergency contraception pill, Plan B by Barr Pharmaceuticals, often prevents implantation of a newly formed human embryo within the uterine wall – which, of course, constitutes abortion. The same mechanism is responsible for the sometimes abortifacient effect of the regular birth-control-pill. According to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report, Williams has refused to dispense or refer for the […]
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Support For Alito Grows: Senate Will Block Filibuster

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, United States, January 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Republicans appear to have gathered enough support to defeat a final attempt by the Democrats to block Justice Samuel Alito’s Supreme Court confirmation.   Republican Senate Majority leader Bill Frist called for a motion on Thursday to cut off debate on the nomination, a motion that requires only 60 votes in the Senate. If that motion should pass, the Senate would then vote on Alito’s nomination on Tuesday. The nomination would pass with a majority of 51 votes. With 53 Republican votes supporting the move, and a growing […]
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Harper Stays Firm on Commitment to Marriage Vote and Choice in Child Care

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, January 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stephen Harper will be sworn in as Prime Minister on February 6, but that didn’t stop him from having his first press conference in Prime Ministerial fashion Thursday. Responding to questions from reporters, Harper revealed that he will be dealing promptly, but not immediately with the issue of marriage and remain firm in his plans to provide parents choice in child care. On bringing forward a motion on returning to the traditional definition of marriage Harper said, “I’ve simply said that we’ll be doing it in the life of the parliament. […]
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“Urban Agenda” the liberal Media’s Buzzword for Dogging Harper’s Conservatives

by Hilary White TORONTO, January 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s hard left-leaning mainstream media is drawing the lines of the political fight that will characterize the next few years with its flagship newspaper, the Toronto Star, leading the pack. The Star’s Royson James said, “It might be clear to party strategists that ignoring the urban agenda, or just paying lip service to it, won’t fly in the GTA.”  The phrase, ‘urban agenda’ was quickly coined to imply that Conservative support comes largely from rural areas and that the party must pander to Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver’s small-l liberal proclivities on […]
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French Parliamentarian Fined Thousands of Euros for ‘Homophobia’

By John-Henry Westen LILLE, France, January 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A court in Lille handed down its sentenceÂon a French Parliamentarian Tuesday, fining him 3000 Euros and forcing him to pay an additional 6000 Euros to be split between three homosexual activist groups who brought the charges against the MP. Christian Vanneste, a member of the UMP representing the Lille region was found guilty in December on charges of violating a French law barring “hate speech” against homosexuals. However, Vanneste in the remarks upon which the charges were based and in his defence, was clear that he was not speaking […]
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Study Finds Normal Sexual Relations Have Health Benefit but Not Gay or Other Sex

By Terry Vanderheyden  PAISLEY, Scotland, January 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Research has long confirmed the health-promoting benefits of sexual intercourse. By strengthening the emotional bond between spouses, regular sexual intercourse has been shown to reduce the risk for heart attack by up to 50% in some studies. A new UK study adds to those findings revealing that only heterosexual intercourse – not homosexual sex or self abuse – has significant stress-reducing effects, as measured by blood pressure responses to stressful situations.  The research conducted by Dr. Stuart Brody from Paisley University is summed up by its title: “Blood pressure reactivity […]
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Former Liberal MP to Continue Parliamentary Fight for Traditional Marriage

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, January 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The political career of former Liberal MP Pat O’Brien is by no means at an end despite his leaving his seat in the House of Commons. O’Brien is known throughout Canada as the only Liberal MP who left the Party due to its determined agenda to force through homosexual ‘marriage’. O’Brien became an independentÂbutÂdid not run for re-election in the current election. During the election O’Brien and other former MPs from various political parties co-chaired an effort called “Vote Marriage Canada”. The group endorsed 210 candidates who supported traditional marriage, and […]
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Toronto Builder Constructs First Gay and Lesbian Condos

By Terry Vanderheyden TORONTO, January 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Toronto builder has announced the construction of the first condominium complex in Canada to be marketed exclusively to homosexuals. The new project by the The Vivat Group, appropriately named “The Bohemian,” is to be built at 288 King Street East. “Based on the enthusiastic response we received today, we expect The Bohemian’s residences to go quickly,” said The Vivat Group President Gordon Davies at a press conference Wednesday. “King East is an extremely hot area and there has been a lot of demand for the other developments in this neighbourhood.” […]
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Ireland: Report Recommends No Change to Traditional Family Definition

By Gudrun Schultz DUBLIN, Ireland, January 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Ireland will retain its definition of the family without including same-sex relationships, according to a report released yesterday by Ireland’s Prime Minister Bertie Ahern. The ‘All Party Report on the Constitution’ recommends that a civil partnership system should be formed instead. The system would accommodate cohabiting and same-sex couples, leaving the original definition of ‘family,’ based on marriage, intact. Under the civil partnership system, there would be two forms of union. A civil registered partnership would apply to both heterosexual and homosexual couples, while a ‘presumptive civil partnership’ would apply only […]
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Ugandan Bishops Reject Right to Abortion

KAMPALA, Uganda, January 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Uganda’s bishops have released a powerful statement against abortion in response to the Maputo Protocol on the Rights of Women in Africa, an initiative undertaken by the African Union to make abortion a human right. “Abortion – the deliberate termination of a pregnancy at any stage of its development – is always an objective evil,” wrote Archbishop Paul Bakyenga, Chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference. “No legislation can change it into something good. This is the law of God, which anyone can find enshrined in the natural law…Abortion is an objective evil and […]
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Conservatives Agree to Give $100 Million Towards Liberal/Trudeau Charter of Rights Temple

By Hilary White and Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, January 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For some time the Aspers, Canada’s most powerful media family, have been planning an exorbitant, $311 million museum to promote the ideology of the Pierre Trudeau/Liberal Party Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Paul Martin government had pledged $100 million of taxpayer money towards the project. During the election Martin extolled the Charter as the main justification for his abortion and same-sex ‘marriage’ policies. Now, Canadians have learned the newly elected Conservative government has agreed to honour Martin’s $100 million commitment. On Saturday, Gail Asper, the museum’s campaign […]
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Ontario Premier and Toronto Mayor Attack Conservatives on Child Care

By Terry Vanderheyden TORONTO, January 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Toronto Mayor David Miller cautioned Prime-Minister-elect Stephen Harper to honour a promise by outgoing Prime Minister Paul Martin to provide federally-funded day-care. Miller highlighted that the Conservatives won no new seats in the major urban centres of Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. “By Torontonians and people in Vancouver and Montreal voting for their cities, it sends a strong message that cities needs need to be addressed if you’re going to succeed electorally in the city,” Miller said, according to a Canadian Press report. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty added his suggestion that Harper […]
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Official Conservative Party Policy in Favour of Traditional Marriage

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, January 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – If you believe CBC News or the Conservative Party spokesman in New Brunswick prior to election day, the Conservative party is “not against same-sex marriage”. In reality, official Conservative Party policy states explicitly that “A Conservative Government will support legislation defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.” A CBC News story last week, “Wayne, Conservatives disagree on same-sex marriage”, tried to paint former Conservative MP Elsie Wayne, who is now campaigning for traditional marriage, as at odds with the party on the issue. For comment the CBC […]
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Communist Google: Search Leader Agrees to Submit to Chinese Censors

By Gudrun Schultz SHANGHAI, China, January 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Google Inc. has agreed to submit to Chinese government censors in exchange for greater access to the Chinese information market, one of the fastest growing Internet markets in the world.ÂIn responseÂthe hugely popular Internet news link service Drudge Report began the title of its link to the story with the phrase “Communist Google”. On Wednesday Google introduced a version unique to China, under the country’s Web suffix “.cn”. The version omits access to information considered offensive to the Chinese government, such as human rights issues, sites on the Tiananmen Square […]
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Sleep Disorders Increase After Abortion Says New Study

SPRINGFIELD, IL, January 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study published in Sleep, the official journal of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, has found that women who experienced abortion were more likely to be treated for sleep disorders or disturbances compared to women who gave birth. The researchers, David Reardon of the Springfield, Ill.-based Elliot Institute and Priscilla Coleman of the University of Bowling Green, examined medical records for 56,284 low-income women in California who gave birth or underwent an abortion in the first six months of 1989. Researchers examined data for medical treatment for these women from July 1988 […]
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NBC has cancelled its controversial series called The Book of Daniel https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/afa/242006a.asp Governing “as if God didn’t exist” leads to personal and social disintegration, Archbishop sayshttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=5824 Judge Alito Needs Your Calls of Support on Wednesdayhttps://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0039290.cfm Next Conservatism #27: A Post-Literate Culturehttps://www.freecongress.org/commentaries/2006/060123.asp New Study Shows Pro-Life Laws Save Liveshttps://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed012306b.cfm Using Natural Experiments to Analyze the Impact of State Legislation on the Incidence of Abortionhttps://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/cda06-01.cfm Exposing the Errors in The Da Vinci Code https://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2006/dvh_excerpts1_jan06.asp Samuel Alito: Unacceptably Mainstream https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/1/24/105249.shtml Dr. Laura: Feminist Movement ‘Knifed’ Parenting https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/1/24/144521.shtml?s=lh Canada’s Crime Rate 50 % Higher than U.S.https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/24/150547.shtml?s=ic Tragic: U.S. passed 47 million mark for abortions […]
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Post Election Buzz

Voters knew Liberals were the scary oneshttps://www.winnipegsun.com/News/Columnists/Brodbeck_Tom/2006/01/24/1408681.html Bittersweet victory; Harper still has to figure out a way to elect Conservative MPs in Canada’s major cities. As for Martin, good riddance.https://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Goldstein_Lorrie/2006/01/24/1408523.html Voters in 3 major cities shut out Conservativeshttps://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060124/city_representation_060124/20060124?s_name=election2006 Tory shutout in Toronto, other cities indicative of urban-rural rift: expertshttps://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/01/24/1410062-cp.html Stephen Harper may be the best thing to happen to the women’s movementhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_binks/20060124.html White House congratulates Harper on victory; looks ahead to better relationshttps://www3.cjad.com/content/cp_article.asp?id=/global_feeds/CanadianPress/WorldNews/w012437A.htm Veteran Liberal MP blasts party’s efforthttps://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&pubid=968163964505&cid=1138099631411&col=968705899037&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News
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Majority of Young Adults Support Abstinence Education

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON D.C., United States, January 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A majority of young people ages 18 to 29 say they believe abstinence programs are an effective approach to teaching healthy sexuality. According to a new Harris poll, 56 percent of people ages 18 to 24, and 60 percent of people ages 25 to 29 say abstinence programs are effective at preventing or reducing HIV/AIDS infections. 49 percent of people ages 18 to 24 and 52 percent ages 25 to 29 say the programs help to prevent unwanted pregnancies. “The most striking, and surely the most important differences […]
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March for Life Fever Catching on in France

By Hilary White PARIS, January 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) -“30 ans ça suffit ! (Thirty years is enough!) is the cry of a group marching through Paris promoting life and family values against the tidal wave of abortion and secularism in France. The group has sponsored its second march for life that attracted 10,000 participants according to police estimates. France has lost 6 million children to abortion since its legalization 31 years ago. Demonstrators chanted slogans, “Yes to life” and “Give life rights.” The French march for life, as those of Canada and the US, attracted large numbers of young people […]
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Alito Wins Senate Judiciary Committee Approval

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, January 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito won a Senate Judiciary Committee vote today by a margin of 10 to 8, divided strictly along party lines. The vote sends Alito’s nomination to the Senate floor where, with a Republican majority, a final confirmation is seen as likely. Judge Alito is US President George W. Bush’s choice to replace retiring judge Sandra Day-O’Connor. At 55, it is likely Alito’s influence at the high court will continue for many years. Pressed by Sen. Arlen Specter to state his opinion regarding Roe V. Wade […]
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Re-Elected MP Proud to be Christian and Pro-Life in Saskatoon-Wanuskewin

By Hilary White SASKATOON, January 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With Paul Martin leveling a barrage of last-minute accusations of a hidden pro-life agenda at Harper’s Conservatives, the Liberal party revealed its blatant bias against Canada’s majority of social conservatives. The irony is that both the Conservative and Liberal candidates who proudly upheld their pro-life views and defended the rights of Canadians to think the same way, were elected handily. Maurice Vellacott, the Conservative incumbent for Saskatoon-Wanuskewin has been a stalwart defender of life and family from the beginning of his first term. In his acceptance speech yesterday, he again pledged […]
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Canadian PM Martin Steps Aside as Liberal Party Leader

By Terry Vanderheyden MONTREAL, January 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Paul Martin’s loss to Conservative Leader Stephen Harper yesterday is no sad news for pro-life and pro-family supporters. Martin also announced that he will step down as leader of the party. “I will not take our party into another election as leader,” he said at his campaign headquarters after the election Monday. Martin said, however, that he will stay on as an MP. Martin’s legacy as Prime Minister of Canada will ultimately be remembered as one that heralded same-sex “marriage”– a scandal of massive proportions, from a man who […]
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Washington March for Life Becoming March of Youth

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While Canadians went to the polls to bring in Stephen Harper’s Conservative minority government, US pro-lifers converged – at least a hundred thousand strong – on the Washington Mall. More and more the annual Marches for Life in Ottawa and Washington are represented by the young who have survived an entire generation of abortion. The Syracuse Post Standard paper reported that the overwhelming majority of the marchers, estimated at over a hundred thousand, had not yet been born when Roe v. Wade made abortion legal in the US. Seventeen year-old Andrew […]
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Two International Gay Associations Denied Membership Status with UN

By Gudrun Schultz NEW YORK, United States, January 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) denied access yesterday to two international homosexual activist organizations seeking consultative status with the Council. Such status would give the organizations access to Council meetings and allow them to distribute material to members. The two groups, the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) and the Danish Association of Gays and Lesbians work to enforce worldwide acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle. ILGA gained consultative status with the ECOSOC in the summer of 1993 as a Non-Governmental Organization, but was suspended in 1994, […]
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More Details on Conservative Candidate’s Harassment of Pro-Life Family

By John-Henry Westen SCARBOROUGH, ON, January 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today LifeSiteNews.com spoke with anÂindependent eye-witness of the events that took place yesterday outside a Scarborough Catholic Church where Conservative candidate Vincent Veerasuntharam and his campaign workers physically threatened and harassed a family handing out a pro-life candidates evaluation sheet. LifeSiteNews.com reported yesterday that the candidate took a swing at LifeSiteNews.com director Steve Jalsevac and laterÂcampaign workers attempted to steal from him the audio recording device with which Jalsevac was taping the threats. (see coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jan/06012301.html ) John Corcoran, a parishioner at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine where the incident […]
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Election is Holding up Investigation says Mother of Dead Man

UNIONVILLE, Pennsylvania, January 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In September 2005, after having been reported missing for ten days, the bodies of two young American men were discovered at the bottom of a gorge in Laval Quebec. Mark Kraynak 23, of Uniontown PA, and Steven Wright, 20, of Guerneville, CA had entered Canada as male pornography “models” under the provisions of Canada’s ‘exotic dancer’ visa program. The programme was instituted to address what the Liberal government saw as a shortage of labour in Canada’s porn and sex trade. Now Kraynak’s mother is demanding to know what is holding up the investigation […]
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Alameda Priest Attacks Catholic Teaching on Homosexuality as “Hate”

ALAMEDA, January 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic priest, pastor of a large church in Alameda California, announced to his parishioners at a Mass in September that he is a homosexual. The Tri-Valley Herald interviewed Fr. Rich Danyluk who attacked the Catholic Church saying that the institution and the Gospel were in conflict on the issue of homosexuality. Danyluk declined to correct the Herald writer’s assertion that the Church teaches “gay men and women are objectively disordered.” Accompanied by photos depicting the priest in a saintly glow, the Herald quotes him saying, “One can only take so much of hearing […]
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Abortion Leads to Substance Abuse for Significant Number of Women

By Gudrun Schultz SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, January 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –A recent study reinforces previous findings that women who have abortions frequently turn to drugs and alcohol to cope with the aftereffects of the trauma. Author Pricilla Coleman, professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Bowling Green State University, said studies show women who have abortions are up to five times more likely to use drugs and alcohol, and to smoke, than women who have not had an abortion, in a research review published in Current Women’s Health Reviews. Coleman said studies show women are more likely than men to […]
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Terri Schiavo’s Husband Re-Married in Catholic Church

By Gudrun Schultz SAFETY HARBOUR, Florida, January 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNew.com) – Michael Schiavo, who had his disabled wife Terri killed last March by refusing her food and water, was re-married last Saturday in the Roman Catholic Church of Espiritu Santo in Florida. Schiavo married Jodi Centonze. He had two children with her during the years he worked towards achieving Terri’s death. Terri Schiavo was killed in March 2005, in spite of her family’s strenuous fight to prevent the removal of her feeding tube and water. Terri was left severely brain damaged after collapsing at age 26. Although medical authorities said […]
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UK Judge Denies Parents Right to Know About Abortions For Their Underage Daughters

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, January 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK parents have been told they have no right to know if their daughter is to have an abortion be given abortion-inducing drugs or contraceptives, according to a High Court judgement. Mr Justice Silber told Sue Axon, who brought the case, that forcing a girl to tell her parents she is having an abortion “may lead her to make a decision that she later regrets or seek the assistance of an unofficial abortionist.” Axon, a mother of five and post-abortion sufferer, said, “Having endured the trauma of abortion, I brought the […]
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Pro-Life Demonstrations Nation-Wide in Lead-Up to U.S. National March for Life

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, January 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands of pro-life Americans demonstrated throughout the US over the weekend, in anticipation of the national March for Life in Washington today to mark the 33rd anniversary since the US Supreme Court legalized abortion in its landmark ruling, Roe v. Wade. In Minnesota, thousands braved the cold to call for a ban on public funding for abortion. Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty addressed the crowd gathered at the Capital: “We have a dream today that someday soon this will not be an anniversary of sadness, but an anniversary of justice restored,” he […]
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Abortion Ban Considered in Growing Number of States: South Dakota, Indiana, Ohio

By Gudrun Schultz SOUTH DAKOTA, United States, January 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –South Dakota is introducing a bill that will ban abortion in the state. The bill, called the Woman’s Health and Life Protection Act, will make abortion a crime, but will not allow prosecution for a doctor who performs an abortion when a woman’s life is in danger. The bill is a direct attempt to over-turn Roe vs Wade. Changes in the US Supreme Court are encouraging the fight to regain legal protection for unborn children. A growing number of states are introducing anti-abortion legislation, attempting to force the Supreme […]
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LifeSiteNews.com Publishes Full Address of President Bush to March for Life

President Calls “March for Life” Participants   Via Telephone 12:40 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Nellie, thank you very much. I appreciate the invitation to speak. I’m calling from Manhattan, Kansas. (Applause.) Sounds like you got some good folks from Kansas there. (Applause.) I want to thank everybody there—if you’re from Kansas, or anywhere else in our country, for your devotion to such a noble cause. You believe, as I do, that every human life has value, that the strong have a duty to protect the weak, and that the self-evident truths of the Declaration of Independence apply to everyone, not […]
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Voting – What is Right and What is Wrong – Editorial

By Steve Jalsevac  Managing Director  LifeSiteNews.com There are some pretty disturbing stories these day about the panicky, mindless voting plans of some normally pro-life, pro-marriage leaning Canadians – people who should know much better than to be doing what they are. This happens every election, some elections worse than others. Pro-life, pro-family Canadians must reign in their emotions, use their reason, seek the very best counsel and information. After that they should vote such that years from now they will feel at peace that they did the right thing at that time. That is, they will have nothing to tell […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

ANOTHER crack is forming in the increasingly fragmented world of stem cell technology.https://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18925353.300&feedId=sex_rss20 Thoughts on the decline of the liberal media monopoly and the future of the GOP – PEGGY NOONANhttps://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110007835 Choice, decency and Cable TVhttps://washtimes.com/op-ed/20060118-090831-6463r.htm IRD Exposes Pro-Homosexual Group’s Plan to Invade White House Eventhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/202006b.asp ‘Porn on the Pod’ Just Around the Cornerhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/202006a.asp High court hears pro-life group’s challenge of advertising banhttps://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22479 Winning the abortion battlehttps://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22484 No referendum on same-sex unions, Irish leader says https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=41943 India: government minister raps 2-child limits https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=41946 Breeding Humans Like Rabbits?https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/103/55.0.html Maryland Judge Strikes Down Marriage Lawhttps://www.christianpost.com/article/society/2202/section/maryland.judge.strikes.down.marriage.law/1.htm On gay rights, abortion, the death penalty, […]
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Canadian Election Buzz – January 20

Conservatives hold on to lead 36% to Liberals 29%, NDP 19%https://www.sesresearch.com/election/SES%20CPAC%20January%2019%202006E.pdf Harper Will Do Nothing For Social Conservatives – Montreal Gazette Editorial  …a fair-minded observer can see that Harper has little enthusiasm for rolling back the socially liberal status quo. On abortion, the party and leader have promised to change nothing. On same-sex marriage, his position is frankly preposterous, but you can almost see him wink as he advances it: a free vote on the definition of marriage, but no use of the notwithstanding clause, and existing same-sex marriages would never be annulled. It’s not easy to imagine such a […]
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First U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion in Five Years: Victory For Pro-Life

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, United States, January 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The Supreme Court’s first abortion ruling in over five years has been claimed as a partial victory by life and family organizations. Last week the Court ruled in favor of a New Hampshire law requiring parental notification before a minor girl obtains an abortion, but called for further hearings to ensure cases requiring emergency medical treatment are provided for under the law. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England had challenged the law as unconstitutional, since it did not allow immediate abortion access in cases of non-life-threatening health concerns for the […]
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Tory, Liberal and NDP Ottawa-Centre Candidates All Support Lowering Age of Anal Sex to 14

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, January 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A survey of Ottawa-Centre riding election candidates by a homosexual advocacy group has asked, among other things, if they supported the lowering of the age for consensual sodomy to 14 years; all three candidates agreed. The homosexual magazine, Capital Xtra, which describes Stephen Harper as a “bigot” and his party as “extremists on a moral crusade,” posed the questions to Ottawa-centre candidates from the three major parties: NDP candidate Paul Dewar; Liberal Party candidate Richard Mahoney; and Conservative Party candidate Keith Fountain, who the magazine explained “is married to a woman.” […]
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European Bishops Speak Out Against EU’s ‘Homophobia’ Resolution

By Gudrun Schultz STRASBOURG, January 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNew.com) – The secretary-general of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences said the EU has overstepped its role in urging all states to stamp out “homophobia” and enshrine homosexual ‘rights’ through legislation, in an interview on Radio Vatican. The EU’s adoption of the resolution showed “an aversion for certain values of our tradition, notably religious values,” said Aldo Giordano. “It should be clear that certain subjects, especially those relating to the family, are not within the direct competence of the European Union but are the recognized competence of nations. Such resolutions risk de-legitimizing […]
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US Abortion Advocates Fear State-Level Incremental Gains for Right to Life

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – NARAL Pro-Choice America is worried that incremental gains by pro-lifers at the state level are making it impossible for many women to abort their “unwanted” children. “It’s a picking away at our freedom and privacy, legislature by legislature, law by law, with the ultimate goal of overturning Roe v. Wade,” said NARAL president, Nancy Keenan. While pro-life Americans continue working at the federal level to solve the constitutional deadlock created by Roe v. Wade, activists at the state level have met with much success in closing abortion facilities through regulations, state […]
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STDs an “Epidemic:” Canadian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, January 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A spike in sexually transmitted diseases is being described by Canadian gynecologists as an “epidemic.” The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) have highlighted alarming statistics from Canada’s Public Health Agency indicating that since 1997 there has been an 80% increase in gonorrhea, a 70% increase in Chlamydia, and a staggering 908% increase in syphilis rates in the country. The group warned, additionally, that 400 women die each year as a result of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection, the cause of cervical cancer – killing 40 times more women […]
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All Guns Trained on Social Conservatives in Canada – Editorial

By John-Henry Westen  Editor  LifeSiteNews.com The current election has taken the attack on social conservatives in Canada to new heights.ÂNever before have pro-life, pro-family and pro-faith Canadians been as frequently and broadly painted as extreme,Âscary, and harbouring secret agendas. The two leading political parties in the election have had an ongoing war to point out to the media the subversive social conservative elements in each others ranks. An example of the invective comes from Prime Minister Paul Martin who said at a campaign stop in Atlantic Canada today: “What’s going to happen after the election? Are these social conservatives going […]
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Maryland Judge Strikes Down State Law Banning Homosexual ‘Marriage’

By John-Henry Westen BALTIMORE, January 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a ruling issued today, Judge M. Brooke Murdock struck down Maryland’s 1973 law prohibiting homosexual ‘marriage’. Commenting on the activist nature of the judge, Maryland Senate President Thomas Miller, a Democrat, accused the ACLU and the homosexual activists it represented in the case of shopping-around for a willing judge.“I don’t think the same opinion would have been rendered in 90 percent of the other circuits in the state of Maryland,” he said. “There is no apparent compelling state interest in a statutory prohibition of same-sex marriage discriminating, on the basis […]
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Surrey North Riding Report

VANCOUVER, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Five political parties will be attempting to fill the riding left vacant in 2005 after the death of popular independent MP, Chuck Cadman. The two traditional marriage supporting and pro-life leaning candidates are the CHP’s Kevin Pielak and the Conservative’s Dave Matta. Election of any candidate in this riding is far from certain. However, the New Democratic Party’s Penny Priddy, who currently appears to be the front runner, received a boost when she was endorsed by the Chuck Cadman family. Conservative candidate Matta was expected to be an openly pro-life, pro-traditional marriage candidate in […]
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Surrey North Riding Report

By Ted Gerk and Steve Jalsevac  see 2-page PDF version at https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006_docs/SurreyNorthreport.pdf 5 political parties will be attempting to fill the riding left vacant in 2005 after the death of popular independent MP Chuck Cadman. The two traditional marriage supporting and pro-life leaning candidates are the CHP’s Kevin Pielak and the Conservative Dave Matta. The Reform’s Margaret Bridgman became MP for the riding in 1993. Chuck Cadman was voted in under the Reform banner in 1997, winning over Liberal Clayton Campbell by more than 6,000 votes. In 2000, Cadman attracted 9,694 more votes than his nearest Liberal challenger. In the […]
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Confirmed: Sexual Abuse Slander Call Came from Liberal Campaign Office – Hear Audio

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, January 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It has been confirmed that a call which came in to a televised all candidates forum Tuesday falsely accusing Conservative incumbent MP Maurice Vellacott of sexual assault, was made from the campaign office of Liberal candidate Chris Axworthy.ÂÂ After LifeSiteNews.com broke the story yesterday ( here: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jan/06011901.html ), a flurry of mainstream media pressure forced Saskatoon Shaw Cable to allow a reporter from the local paper, the Star Phoenix, to view the tape of the program. On the tape a caller can be heard asking Vellacott “Were you also removed from […]
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Mississauga South Riding Report – Outstanding Pro-life Liberal MP Facing Serious Challenge

MISSISSAUGA, ON, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Mississauga South residents enjoy the option of being able to vote on Jan. 23 for a Liberal MP with an exceptional record of support for human life and traditional marriage. Paul Szabo has distinguished himself as one of the most prominent pro-life and pro-family MPs since he was first elected in 1993. Over the years, he has played a leading role in opposing such measures as same-sex “marriage,” research upon embryonic human beings, cloning, euthanasia and doctor-assisted suicide, while writing a book on fetal alcohol syndrome, supporting an investigation into whether all abortions are […]
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EU Passes Resolution Banning “Homophobia” 468 -149

By Terry Vanderheyden STRASBOURG, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Members of the European Union passed a resolution Wednesday to ban all so-called homophobia within its member states. The resolution passed by a significant majority – 468 in favour, 149 against and 41 abstentions. Among other things, the resolution called for action against member states who fail to implement programs directed at fair treatment of homosexuals in employment and occupation, and to “ensure that same-sex partners enjoy the same respect, dignity and protection as the rest of society.” Polish MEP Konrad Szymanski called the debate a “waste of time.”“Member states have […]
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Revealed: US Bishops Asked Pope to Delay Homosexuality and the Priesthood Document

By John-Henry Westen CHICAGO, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an annual interview with Chicago Sun Times reporter Cathleen Falsani, Chicago Cardinal Francis George revealed that last year the United States Bishops visiting with the Pope asked the Vatican to delay release of the long-awaited document on homosexuality and the priesthood. The document entitled, “Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders”, reinforced Church teaching barring men “who practise homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ‘gay culture’”, […]
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Bloc Quebecois Officially Advocates Legal Assisted Suicide

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Bloc Quebecois, Quebec’s Nationalist party, has openly declared itself in favor of assisted suicide. In a letter to Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, party spokesperson Nadine Charbonneau stated clearly the Bloc’s position. “In our view, everyone has the right to make decisions about the health care they want to receive, and to expect that their decisions about their own body will be carried out,” said Ms. Charbonneau. “People should be able to choose freely to die if it is clear to them that they no […]
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Glasgow Cardinal Warns of Legislative Attacks on Family

By Hilary White GLASGOW, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow has joined his more outspoken neighbour, Keith Cardinal O’Brien of Edinburgh, in condemning the assaults on the family by politicians and urging Catholics to oppose threats “from within and from outside the Church.” Conti said that the attack today is “indirect” but that Christians still must defend the moral order. “Today the assault is indirect; the attack is on the moral order which is the heritage of all Christians, and which enshrines values shared by those of other faiths within our midst.”  Conti said in a […]
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Courts Stacked With Liberal Judges says Conservative Leader Harper

By Gudrun Schultz TORONTO, Ontario, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said Canada’s court system is influenced by Liberal-appointed justices who pursue a social activist agenda, in a statement to reporters yesterday. Asked whether there are activist judges with a social agenda, he said: “Some are and some aren’t.” “I am merely pointing out a fact that courts, for the most part, have been appointed by another political party. But courts are supposed to be independent regardless of who appoints them and they are an independent check and balance,” Harper said. Harper said he would want to […]
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Assisted Suicide: Harper Says, “it’s important to resist the idea of giving the power to kill”

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the French language leader’s debate on January 10, moderator Sophie Thibault raised the issue of assisted suicide. The issue was raised in parliament last year by Bloc Quebecois MP Francine Lalonde – her Bloc-supported private member’s bill to legalize assisted suicide died on the table when the election was called. Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said that he opposes assisted suicide and has no intention of raising the issue in parliament. He would, however, allow a free vote on the issue if it were raised in parliament. “I can simply say […]
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US Supreme Court Bypasses Ruling on Oregon Assisted-Suicide Law

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, United States, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court said Attorney General John Ashcroft overstepped his authority in calling for prosecution of physicians who prescribed lethal drugs under Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, in a ruling on Jan.17. The Court did not address the constitutional legality of Oregon’s assisted suicide law, which the attorney general was challenging. Attorney General Ashcroft said it was unconstitutional, under the federal Controlled Substances Act, for Oregon to allow physicians to dispense lethal drugs, that assisting suicide was not “a legitimate medical purpose” and that prescribing federally controlled drugs […]
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Canada’s Supreme Court Denies Appeal for Christian Disciplined for Gay Marriage Opposition

By Hilary White OTTAWA, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the case of Chris Kempling in what family supporters and free-speech advocates are calling a serious threat to democratic freedoms. Chris Kempling, a teacher and school counselor in Quesnel, B.C., was disciplined in 1997 by the B.C. College of Teachers for writing letters to the editor of the local newspaper denouncing the school’s teaching on homosexuality. In August, 1997, Kempling wrote to the Quesnel Cariboo Observer, “Sexual orientations can be changed and the success rate for those who seek help is high. […]
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Liberal Campaign Caught Falsely Accusing Conservative Candidate of Sexual Abuse

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, January 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Liberal Campaign in the Saskatoon-Wanuskewin riding of Saskatchewan has reached a boiling point after the campaign office was caught calling in to a television show falsely accusing the Conservative candidate of sexual abuse. Tuesday night on Shaw Cable, a caller phoned in falsely accusing front-runner Conservative incumbent MP Maurice Vellacott of sexually assaulting his church secretary at North Park Church. Vellacott has never been accused by any woman of sexual assault and was never a Pastor at North Park Church. Bishop Jerold Gliege former long-term Pastor of North Park Church […]
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LifeSiteNews.com NewsBytes

Catching up from the lack of NewsBytes since last Saturday: Canada’s Conservatives take 18-point lead, poll showshttps://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060117/elxn_poll_060117/20060117?s_name=election2006 The latest information you can use — and encourage others to use — to support the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court.https://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0037317.cfm Democrats renege on agreement and delay committee vote on Alito.https://www.cwfa.org/articles/9921/LEGAL/scourt/index.htm Alito Surely Will Be Confirmed – Paul Weyrichhttps://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/1/15/194148.shtml Senators Max Baucus, Barbara Mikulski Say ‘No’ on Alitohttps://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/18/125200.shtml?s=ic ‘Earthy’ Alito Hearings Contrast Roberts’ – by Robert Novakhttps://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=11671&o=ENPR003 First Lady Laura Bush Speaks Out for AbstinenceÂÂÂÂhttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/9913/BLI/education/index.htm 3 of 4 New York City Babies Abortedhttps://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/382990p-325078c.html Pro-abortion organizer to lead U.S. Planned […]
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Canadian Election Pro-Life Voting Strategy

TORONTO, January 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In its January 2006 Newsletter, the Canadian national pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition offers the following suggestions to pro-life voters on voting strategies for different scenarios that may exist in their riding. CLC organizers state they usually receive many requests for such direction every election: A. There is one pro-life candidate who is representing one of the major parties: Perhaps you don’t like the party, but the candidate is the incumbent who has voted pro-life and pro-family or the candidate has responded pro-life and pro-traditional marriage to the CLC questionnaire. Please vote for this […]
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Phoenix Priest Who Was Outspokenly Positive About Homosexuality Resigns

By Hilary White MESA, January 18, 2006 (LifSiteNews.com) – Another priest of the “Phoenix Nine” has resigned his post as pastor of a Phoenix Catholic parish. Fr. Chris Carpenter announced this weekend to his parishioners at Christ the King Catholic Parish in Mesa, Arizona, that he was leaving in order to address, “some health and other concerns.” Carpenter is one of the dissenting priests who, in 2004, signed the so-called “Phoenix Declaration,” that claimed the Church’s teaching on human sexuality “leads directly and indirectly to intolerance, discrimination, suffering, and even death.” “The verdict is in. Homosexuality is not a sickness, […]
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US Supreme Court Avoids Major Abortion Ruling

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, United States, January 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today against a lower court’s decision to strike down abortion restrictions in the state of New Hampshire, but stopped short of a major ruling on the necessity of a “health clause” in abortion legislation. In 2000 the Court of Appeals in Boston ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood New England, which had challenged New Hampshire’s parental notification law. The law required under-age girls to notify their parents before obtaining an abortion. Planned Parenthood said the law was unconstitutional because it did not allow […]
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Benedict’s First Encyclical to Focus on Real Meaning of Love

By Hilary White ROME, January 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI’s first encyclical letter, titled Deus Caritas Est (God is Love), is to focus on the meaning of love in the context of modernity. It is the custom of the Catholic Church that a pope’s first encyclical should outline the direction and “theme” of his papacy. As Cardinal Ratzinger, Benedict was considered one of the Church’s leading theologians, which makes it unsurprising that his first encyclical should focus on theological rather than political matters. In it, Pope Benedict discusses the difference between “eros” and “agape,” Greek words distinguishing between […]
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Schadenberg: Globe and Mail Poll on Euthanasia Misleading

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, Ontario, January 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, a Canadian national newspaper, The Globe and Mail asks a question in an online petition (www.theglobeandmail.com– see margin at right for poll): “The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Oregon’s right to permit assisted suicide. Should terminally ill Canadians have the right to decide when to die?” Alex Schadenberg, executive director of the euthanasia prevention coalition says that the Globe and Mail online poll asks a misleading question. “This question only reflects whether or not Canadians believe they should be able to refuse all medical treatment, it does not indicate […]
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“March for Canada Too”  – Canadian Pro-Life Leader to US March for Life

By Hilary White TORONTO, January 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Canadian pro-lifers prepare to vote in Monday’s general election, those in the US are getting ready for the annual March for Life. President George W. Bush is expected to address the marchers by phone. This will be the 33rd year for the annual event which is expected to draw tens of thousands of marchers from across the US. In recent years, both the US and Canadian March have been drawing a younger crowd with schools and churches chartering buses. The event will be surrounded by various prayer vigils and conferences. […]
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Election 2006 Buzz

Excerpts from articles Conservatives Take 18-Point Lead, Poll Shows – CTVThe Conservative Party has an 18-point lead over the Liberals in a new poll, giving them 42 per cent support nationally and setting possibly setting the stage for a major electoral shift. The Tories have gained two points since a similar poll released Monday, while the Liberals fell three points. “These numbers would deliver a majority government,” pollster Tim Woolstencroft of The Strategic Counsel told CTV.ca on Tuesday.https://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060117/elxn_poll_060117/20060117?s_name=election2006 Anne McLellan Says Martin’s National Campaign Has Hurt Her Re-Election Chances  The comments from Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan were a further […]
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Etobicoke-Lakeshore Riding Report

  TORONTO, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It was supposed to have been a cakewalk for a star candidate – and future leadership prospect – parachuted in from the U.S. to serve as the Liberal Party’s representative in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke-Lakeshore in the federal election Jan. 23. But Michael Ignatieff is fighting both problems plaguing his own efforts and declining Liberal fortunes at the national level as the final days of the campaign wind down. Conservative Party candidate John Capobianco is poised to capitalize on Ignatieff’s troubles. He also has the advantage of having run in the 2004 […]
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Beaches-East York Riding Report – Only One Pro-life, Pro-Traditional Marriage Candidate

TORONTO, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At least one independent election-watching website, electionprediction.org, is calling Toronto’s Beaches-East York “too close to call” as Liberal incumbent MP Maria Minna takes on Peter Conroy of the Conservative Party and Marilyn Churley of the NDP as other front-runners. Voter concerns over life and family issues, as well as over various scandals that have plagued the Liberal Party, may injure Minna. She has been an ardent supporter of same-sex “marriage” and was dropped from cabinet in 2002 after being accused of breaking election laws. Peter Conroy is the only Beaches-East York candidate supporting the […]
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UK Moves Closer to Legalized Brothels

By Gudrun Schultz UNITED KINGDOM, London, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK is changing the definition of what constitutes a brothel, in order to allow more prostitutes to work from the same location. The Government is introducing legislation that will allow up to three women to work from the same address, in an effort to increase safety for sex trade workers. The strategy document, which applies to England and Wales, said: “At present only one person may work as a prostitute – more than that…and the premises are classed in case law as a brothel.” “This runs counter to […]
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Raelian UFO Cult offers Disgraced Korean Cloner a Job

By Hilary White  GENEVA, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo is reporting that a “US biotech firm” has offered the disgraced Korean cloning researcher, Dr. Hwang Woo Suk, a job. The firm, Clonaid, has been discredited as a sham associated with “Raelians”, a UFO cult that claims humans were planted on Earth by benevolent extraterrestrials.   The cult’s spokesman, Brigitte Boisselier, writing on Clonaid’s website, accuses “religious powers,” for Hwang’s downfall saying it was engineered and that his research results were tampered with. “We also believe that…he has been discredited as he wasn’t in line with […]
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UK to Force State-Funded Faith-Based Schools to Admit Students of Other Religions

By Gudrun Schultz UNITED KINGDOM, London, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Faith-based schools in the UK will no longer be able to limit their students to those of a particular religion. The British government is introducing an amendment to the proposed Equality Bill today that will remove the power to determine school access based on religious affiliation from religious schools that receive state funding. Faith-based schools have been receiving increasing government support over the last five years. According to an article in the Guardian in 2001, faith schools consistently achieve better classroom results. Although surveys indicate over 45% of England’s […]
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US Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Physician Assisted Suicide Law

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Supreme Court has voted 6-3 to support the Oregon legislation that allows physician-assisted suicide. Euthanasia opponents fear that the door is now open for other states to allow euthanasia and physician assisted suicide. The court ruled that the federal Controlled Substances Act does not allow the U.S. Attorney General to prohibit doctors from prescribing regulated drugs for use in physician-assisted suicide. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority decision against Attorney General John Ashcroft who brought the suit against the Oregon government saying that under the Controlled Substances Act, prescription […]
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Family of Slain Canadian Teen and Unborn Child Petitions for Unborn Victims of Violence Act

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The family of a slain teen and her unborn child has launched a petition for the creation of a law to protect unborn victims of violence. In association with the pro-life group LifeCanada, the family of Olivia Talbot, who was 27 weeks pregnant when she was shot to death at her home in Alberta in November, has launched the petition on line. “Even though Olivia was in her third trimester of pregnancy, no charges were laid in the death of her unborn child,” LifeCanada explained in a release. “Since Canadian law […]
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2005 Communications to PM Reveal Traditional Marriage Topped Canadians’ Concerns

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadians expressed more concern over the redefinition of marriage than over any other issue, in communications sent to Prime Minister Paul Martin in 2005. An analysis of letters, emails and phone calls sent to Martin over the course of the year shows a significant effort on the part of the Canadian public to express opposition to changing the traditional definition of marriage. The Canadian Press obtained the information through an access to information request. “An overwhelming majority of callers was opposed to a redefinition of traditional marriage,” says an analysis […]
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Morgentaler Warns Voters against Conservatives to Ensure Abortion Remains Legal

By Terry Vanderheyden MONTREAL, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion campaigner Henry Morgentaler warned voters Monday not to vote Conservative if they want to see abortion remain legal in Canada. “I don’t trust the Conservative party and I don’t think women in Canada or people who love women in this country should trust the Conservative party as far as abortion rights are concerned,” he said, as reported by the Canadian Press. Morgentaler’s comments appeared on the front page of the Globe and Mail national newspaper. Morgentaler described Conservative Leader Steven Harper’s pledge to keep abortion legal as a “tactical manoeuvre, […]
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New Poll Reveals Overwhelming Majority of Americans Want Greater Abortion Restrictions

By Terry Vanderheyden VANCOUVER, January 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new poll conducted by Angus Reid for CBS News has revealed that the overwhelming majority of Americans would like to see greater restrictions placed on abortion. Thirty-three percent of respondents said that abortion should be permitted only in cases such as rape, incest and to save the woman’s life; 17% said abortion should be allowed to save a woman’s life; 5% said abortion should not be permitted at all, while 15% said abortion should be permitted, but subject to greater restrictions than it is now. In total, 70% of respondents […]
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Catholic Magazine Editor, Historian Says Paul “Martin is a Catholic run amok”

By Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Alphonse de Valk, the long time editor and founder of the Toronto based Catholic Insight magazine, writes in the January edition of the magazine that Prime Minister Paul Martin is “a Catholic run amok.” In his editorial, My perspective on the election, de Valk says a victory by the Stephen Harper led Conservatives may “bring an initial respite from the current headlong rush towards moral, political, and social disaster and an opportunity to clear out the Liberal stranglehold on the Ottawa civil service.” The Basilian order former educator and historian […]
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Numerous Additions and Changes to Pro-Life Candidate Evaluations Database

By Steve Jalsevac January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Campaign Life Coalition Election 2006 Candidate Evaluations database has been expanded over the weekend with numerous additions of new candidate information to assist voters. See the database, with some just added features to make it even more user friendly, at https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/elections/federal2006/index.html CLC also directs viewers to the completed thorough explanations of the CLC questionnaire issues. Candidates and CLC supporters are encouraged to read the explanations which provide an excellent overview of the crucial issues addressed in the questionnaire. See https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/elections/federal2006/news_items/thequestionnaireissues.html LifeSiteNews.com also directs readers to its Special riding reports on key […]
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Prime Minister and Opposition Leader Speak on Faith and Public Policy

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin, and Conservative Leader Stephen Harper have both responded to a question on faith and public policy posed by Faith Today, a magazine put out by the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.ÂFaith Today asked: “What role do you think faith should play in developing public policy, and what is the place of religious institutions in contemporary Canadian society?” The Prime Minister, a self-professed “very strong Roman Catholic”, a stance which is hotly contested by most practicing Catholics in Canada, responded with the rosy but false assertion that “Those […]
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Prime Minister Loses It: Abortion, Abortion It’s all about Access to Abortion

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Liberal party has moved from attacking Conservatives on gay ‘marriage’ to a full-out attack on pro-life issues. In his platform speech in Toronto on Wednesday, PM Paul Martin accused Conservative leader Stephen Harper of planning to take away women’s abortion ‘rights.’ “Members of Mr. Harper’s party have promised right-wing Conservative groups that if they are elected, they will ensure Parliamentary votes on a woman’s right to choose, on same-sex marriage and on other social issues,” said PM Martin. On Thursday, Prime Minister Paul Martin, who professes himself to be “a […]
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UK Orders Registry offices to Remove All References to “Marriage” due to Civil Partnerships

By Gudrun Schultz UNITED KINGDOM, England, January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Registry offices in the UK are taking down all signs referring to “marriage.” The Government has advised regional councils to change sign wording in case gay couples are offended. Homosexual relationships can now be registered as Civil Partnerships, under the UK’s new legislation. Religious leaders, who have been concerned over EU recommendations to override clergy’s rights to opt out of solemnizing gay unions, are alarmed at the wording changes. Bishop John Hine, Chairman of the Bishop’s Committee for Marriage and Family Life, sees the move as yet another blow […]
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Scot Cardinal: Gay Adoption Makes Children “Guinea Pigs in Some Distorted Social Experiment”

By Terry Vanderheyden EDINBURGH, January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A decision by Scottish lawmakers to allow same-sex couples to adopt has been condemned by Roman Catholic prelate Cardinal Keith O’Brien, who warned that the measure would make Scotland’s orphans “guinea pigs in some distorted social experiment.” The Cardinal has asked that Catholic adoption agencies be allowed a “conscience clause” to exempt them from the ruling, so as not to be forced to place children in homes with same-sex guardians. O’Brien is worried that Catholic adoption agencies would eventually be forced into placing children with same-sex couples. Galloway Bishop John Cunningham, […]
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Abortion Activists Vandalize San Francisco Pro-Life Subway Advertisements

By Terry Vanderheyden SAN FRANCISCO, January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Roman Catholic group that has been running a pro-life ad campaign on the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has had so many of its signs vandalised that it has gone through all the extra signs that were made, and has even resorted to printing more. Created by The Second Look Project, https://www.secondlookproject.org/, which operates under the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the ad campaign was sponsored locally by the Archdiocese of San Francisco. The aim of the ads, according to Second […]
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Italy Under Pressure from Pro-Abortion, Gay Civil ‘Marriage’ Demonstrations

By Gudrun Schultz ROME, Italy, January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an effort to further entrench anti-life policies in Italy, demonstrators gathered in Rome January 14 to push for legal recognition of gay civil unions, while in Milan a large demonstration expressed opposition towards any change to Italy’s liberal abortion laws. Saturday’s rallies were triggered by the country’s election campaigns—Italian bishops have made abortion an election issue for the first time since 1981. On Thursday Pope Benedict XVI spoke out against forces threatening the family, in an address to politicians. “It is a grave error to obscure the value and […]
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New York Courts Won’t Allow Catholics Freedom of Religion on Abortion-Causing Birth Control

By Hilary white NEW YORK, January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New York state law requiring employers to pay for contraception as part of medical insurance packages, has been upheld in a 3-2 decision. Nearly a dozen groups, including Catholic Charities of the Albany Diocese attempted to gain a temporary injunction against the law which they said violates their freedom of religion. The case will likely now go to a higher court for appeal. The Women’s Health and Wellness Act passed in June 2002 and has not been enacted pending the outcome of the legal challenge. Richard E. Barnes, executive […]
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Thousands of 13-Year-Olds Given Abortifacient Morning-After Pills without Parents Knowledge

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, January 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Statistics obtained from the UK’s Department of Health revealed that thousands of girls 13 or younger have been given the abortifacient morning-after pill without their parent’s knowledge or consent. The National Health Service figures revealed that at 302 clinics about 2,400 13-year-old or younger girls had been given the morning-after pill, while another 400 were secretly given long-term (usually by hormonal implant) contraception. The figures do not take into account those girls who obtained the pills independently from pharmacists. The Daily Mail obtained the statistics through the Freedom of Information Act. […]
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LIBERAL CAMPAIGN A GIANT TRAIN WRECK IN PROGRESShttps://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/Election/2006/01/14/1393205-sun.html Tory win = swift changehttps://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1137193812273&call_pageid=970599119419 The Globe and Mail: NDP preparing for Tory victoryhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060114/ELXNNDP14/National/Idx Bloc ready to play role of Official Oppositionhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060114/ELXNBLOC14/National/Idx Conservitive Numbers Keep Going Up and UP – Latest Canadian election poll: CPC 40%, Lib 31%, NDP 14%, Bloc 10%, Green 6%https://www.sesresearch.com/election/SES%20CPAC%20January%2012%202006E.pdf * Liberal Prime Minister Martin explains his very confusing position on the controversial Liberal attack ads – entertaining videohttps://www.notnaked.com/audio/ProudToBeCanadian.ca_Self-Satisfied.wmv Pollster’s seat projection puts Harper on cusp of a majorityhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060113/ELXNPOLLSEATS13/National/Idx Latest Canadian election poll: CPC 38%, Lib 29%, NDP 16%, Bloc 12%, Green 5%https://www.sesresearch.com/election/SES%20CPAC%20January%2011%202006E.pdf Some Liberals brace for the […]
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Peterborough Riding Report

By Steve Jalsevac PETERBOROUGH, January 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Liberals captured it by more than 6,000 votes in the 2004 federal election, but history has shown that the bellweather Ontario riding of Peterborough has swung constantly between the Liberal and Conservative parties over the past half-century. So there may be yet another change in the air as voters go to the polls there on Jan. 23 to choose a successor to retiring Liberal MP Peter Adams. Liberal rookie Diane Lloyd is hoping she can maintain her party’s edge in the face of mounting scandals and a precarious minority position. […]
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Glengarry-Prescott-Russell Election Riding Report

By Steve Jalsevac OTTAWA, January 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal Party scandal is a significant factor in this riding after incumbent MP Don Boudria, who is not running again, was forced to resign as minister of public works and government services in 2002 over his association with a Quebec firm at the centre of the sponsorship scandals. Local voters tired of continuing sagas of scandal and corruption at the federal level – as well as their own MP’s role in them – may now look beyond Boudria’s successor for the Liberals, rookie candidate Rene Berthiaume, to an alternative in Conservative […]
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Vote Marriage Canada Endorses Toronto Region and Thunder Bay Candidates

MARKHAM, ON, January 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – TORONTO Former Liberal and outgoing Independent Member of Parliament Pat O’Brien, announced, today, that Vote Marriage Canada endorses several candidates, including Newmarket—Aurora candidate Lois Brown, Mississauga South candidate Paul Szabo, M.P., and Thunder Bay—Superior North. Said Pat O’Brien, “On behalf of Vote Marriage Canada, I am announcing our endorsement of   Newmarket—Aurora candidate Lois Brown,  Scarborough—Guildwood candidate John McKay, M.P.,  Mississauga South candidate Paul Szabo, M.P.,   Etobicoke—Lakeshore candidate John Capobianco,   Mississauga—Brampton South candidate Arnjeet Sangha, and   Thunder Bay—Superior North candidate and former cabinet minister Joe Comuzzi, M.P.   All three […]
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National Pro-Life Organization Publishes Data on Almost 800 Candidates’ Views on Life and Marriage

January 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s pro-life voters once again have a reliable source of candidate and party information for the 2006 federal election. Campaign Life Coalition reports it is now able to present supporters with data on the life and family views of almost 800 federal election candidates. The easy to use, professionally designed Campaign Life Coalition Candidate Evaluations database can be found at https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/elections/federal2006/index.html. Using responses to its questionnaire gathered by volunteers across the country, as well as MP voting records, telephone and other interviews and media reports, organizers have been able to present a substantial amount of […]
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EU Says Gay ‘Marriage’ Rights Should Over-ride Clergy

By Gudrun Schultz LONDON, United Kingdom, January 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK pastors are alarmed at a report issued by the EU’s Network of Independent Experts on Human Rights that says clergy and registrars should not have the right to refuse to ‘marry’ gay couples. The report states that “right of access” should take precedence over rights of conscience for clergy or registrars. Although the issue is currently theoretical, since gay ‘marriage’ has not been legalized in the UK, clergy are concerned that the EU’s report indicates a growing disregard for rights of conscience. Although the recommendations purport to refer […]
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Russia May Legalize Polygamy for “10 Million Lonely Women”

By Hilary White MOSCOW, January 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The polygamy trend is catching on around the world. In an interview with a Russian radio station, Ramzan Kadyrov, a militia leader and Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic, said that the depopulation of Chechnya by war justifies legalizing polygamy. “(Polygamy) is necessary for Chechnya, because we have war. We have more women than men,” the pro-Moscow Kadyrov told Ekho Moskvy radio. The Muslim Chechen rebels are fighting to gain independence from Russia and are largely of the fundamentalist Wahabist sect. In response to the suggestion, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Deputy speaker […]
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UK Cloning Doctor Wants to Create Human/Rabbit Hybrid Clones

By Hilary White EDINBURGH, January 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British cloners are seeking permission to create human-rabbit hybrid embryos for use as research subjects in studying motor neurone disease. Professor Ian Wilmut, a leading advocate of human cloning for experimentation and creator of Dolly, the cloned sheep, has added this latest to his list of requests from the UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The HFEA, regarded as the most permissive national regulatory body in the world, has not yet refused Dr. Wilmut permission for any of his proposed research including the creation of human cloned embryos for research. […]
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Editorial – Catholic Leadership Takes Unprecedented Role in 2006 Federal Elections

By John-Henry Westen  Editor  LifeSiteNews.com Arriving in some 239,000 Canadian mailboxes this week is a letter from the U.S.-headquartered Knights of Columbus, an international Catholic fraternal organization which boasts some 2 million members. Quoting Vatican statements, the letter points out that two issues are of central importance for Catholics when considering how to vote – life and family issues or, in the current political context, abortion (and embryonic stem cell research) and same-sex marriage. Considering each Canadian has the potential to influence some 8-10 family members and friends, the letter stands to impact two million votes in Canada. Also this […]
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Canadian Government Study Suggests Legalizing Polygamy

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, January 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study conducted for the Canadian federal Justice Department has recommended that Canada ditch its laws banning polygamy. “Criminalization does not address the harms associated with valid foreign polygamous marriages and plural unions, in particular the harms to women,” the report states, as reported by The Canadian Press, who obtained the research through the Access to Information Act. “The report therefore recommends that this provision be repealed.” The Liberals commissioned the polygamy study last winter, driven by the fear that opening the door to same-sex “marriage” would also pave the way […]
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Conservative Party Tells Candidates not to Answer Pro-Life Questionnaires Then Denies it

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, January 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Across the country Conservative candidates have been telling the pro-life group Campaign Life Coalition that they are being forbidden to answer the group’s pro-life questionnaire. Several candidates even sent in an unsigned memo claiming it came from party headquarters saying that answering questionnaires was not allowed. While Party officials denied the charges in comments to LifeSiteNews.com, new information has shown that the directives did indeed come from Party headquarters. LifeSiteNews.com was informed by the Conservative press office earlier this week, that there is no policy or directive from headquarters telling candidates […]
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With no ammunition to stop the president’s Supreme Court nominee, senators turn nasty.https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039175.cfm Alito Appears Headed for Confirmationhttps://apnews.myway.com/article/20060112/D8F39QE00.html Alito endorses free speech in public square https://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=16305 Why Mrs. Alito left the room. https://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007801 Judge Alito’s low-affect tour de force – Peggy Noonanhttps://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110007800 The inquisition may be over, but stalling tactics may be ahead.https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039187.cfm Canada’s Once mighty Liberals in serious troublehttps://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060112/wl_canada_nm/canada_politics_liberals_can_col Dumont tells Quebecers not to vote for the Blochttps://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060111/elxn_dumont_conservatives_060112/20060112?hub= US NEA Teachers Union Gives Heavily to Left-Wing Groupshttps://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039179.cfm Cardinal Keith O’Brien sets forward his mission to “re-Christianise” Scotland. https://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=52022006 Study recommends repealing polygamy ban in Canadahttps://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=16f7d482-44d2-4b8d-adda-3e62440c7c53&k=95637 Women converts find liberation […]
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Ontario Conservative Leader Tells Harper to Refuse Free Vote on Restoring Traditional Marriage

By Terry Vanderheyden TORONTO, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario Progressive Conservative party head John Tory told federal Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper to leave the same-sex “marriage” issue alone if he is elected as Canada’s Prime Minister in the upcoming January 23 election. “I think they would be unwise to reopen that issue,” Tory said, according to a Toronto Sun report. “I think that the parliament has dealt with it, the courts have dealt with it, the decisions of the courts stand on the books, and that there are many other more important issues that people would prefer to […]
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42 Pro-Family Groups Ask Ford to Honor Commitment, Stop Funding Either Side in Cultural War

TUPELO, Miss., January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Family Association (AFA), along with 41 other pro-family groups, has asked Ford Motor Company Chairman Bill Ford to honor Ford’s commitment to stop supporting homosexual groups. The organizations also requested that Ford stop supporting any group involved in the current cultural war. AFA began a boycott of Ford last spring. At the request of several Ford dealers, the boycott was suspended for six months while the two sides tried to work out a compromise. In a letter to Ford, AFA Chairman Donald E. Wildmon said Ford, after a meeting with homosexual groups, […]
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Former Convent Houses Open “House of Prayer” – Praying for Canadian Election

By Hilary White OTTAWA, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Whether greeted with approval or alarm, the assertion that Canada is becoming an officially secularized nation is difficult to dispute. Concerned Christians have heard many times the admonition that they must pray for the country and its leadership, but one group has taken the project to heart. In 2004, Rob and Fran Parker a married couple from British Columbia established the interdenominational “National House of Prayer” to “provide informed, focused, and sustained prayer for Canada and its leaders.” Rob Parker, a former paramedic and evangelical pastor at Friendship Baptist church in […]
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More Women Report Same-Sex Experience, at Younger Age

By Gudrun Schultz UNITED STATES, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More women are experimenting with homosexuality, and doing so at a younger age, according to a new report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in September 2005. The report, based on results from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, found that 11% of women age 18-29 reported having a same-sex experience within the past year of the study. In a 1992 survey, only 4% of women in the same age category indicated same-sex experimentation. 10% of women questioned in the study said they were […]
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Federal Judge Says School Can’t Bar Student From Wearing A Pro-Life Shirt

NEW YORK, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A high school principal’s decision prohibiting a student from wearing his pro-life shirt in school has been overturned by a federal district court. Judge Elfvin of the Western District of New York signed a permanent injunction ordering Fillmore Central High School located in Fillmore, New York to allow the student to wear his pro-life shirt to school. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, represented the student. Richard Thompson, Chief Counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, stated: “This student courageously took a stand […]
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Pope: “Legitimate Family” Must not be Obscured by Legal Recognition of Other Forms

By John-Henry Westen VATICAN, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI addressed Italian politicians today noting the importance of laws protecting life and family. In Italy, homosexual ‘marriage’ has already surfaced in political debate. The Pope told the assembled politicians, “It is a grave error to obscure the value and the functions of the legitimate family based on marriage, attributing to other forms of union inappropriate forms of legal recognition, for which there is no real social need.” Benedict also informed his listeners that it was not a Catholic or even religious matter, but one of protecting society from […]
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Vote Marriage Canada endorses New Brunswick’s pro-marriage candidates

SAINT JOHN, N.B., January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Â – Former Saint John Member of Parliament Elsie Wayne, announced, today, that Vote Marriage Canada endorses ten New Brunswick pro-marriage candidates in the federal election. Said Elsie Wayne, “On behalf of Vote Marriage Canada, I am announcing our endorsement of the following New Brunswick candidates in the federal election: Serge Savoie of Acadie-Bathurst  Omer Leger of Beausejour  Pat Lynch of Fredericton  Rob Moore, M.P. of Fundy Royal  Jean-Pierre Ouellet of Madawaska-Restigouche  Michael Morrison of Miramichi  Charles Doucet of Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe  Greg Thompson, M.P. of New Brunswick Southwest  John Wallace of Saint John  Michael […]
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Colombian Town Proposes Mandatory Condom Law

By Terry Vanderheyden TULUA, Colombia, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Colombian town councilman has proposed making condoms mandatory, suggesting that anyone 14 or older who fails to possess at least one condom be subject to a $180 fine. Tulua Councilman William Pena told the AP that “Sexual relations are going on constantly. If you carry a condom, chances are you’ll use it during the day.” Pena added that “It’s not going to be there forever.” Tulua has one of the country’s highest AIDS rates, a reason Pena uses to justify the law. Catholic priests in the region, meanwhile, have […]
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Registered Sex Offenders Cleared to Work in UK Schools

By Gudrun Schultz United Kingdom, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ministers in the U.K.‘s Department for Education and Skills (DfES) have allowed registered child sex offenders to teach in schools. Norfolk Police arrested Mr. Paul Reeve in 2003 during Operation Ore, the largest investigation into child pornography Internet rings the UK has ever seen. Mr. Reeve, believed to be in his 30’s, received a police caution for accessing pornographic images of children on the Internet. He was then registered as a sex offender. In December 2005, Mr. Reeve was cleared to work as a physical education teacher in Hewett School […]
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Abortion Organization Planned Parenthood Issues Blasphemous Condom Key Chains

By Gudrun Schultz CONNECTICUT, United States, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood has just launched a line of condom key chains mocking religion, family and patriotism. The condom key chains, which feature a picture or slogan on a plastic holder containing a latex condom, offend “just about everyone in the country,” said Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League’s STOPP International, to Drudge Report, who broke the story. “Some are even blasphemous.” “Planned Parenthood offends religious people with its key chain that shows a portion of the famous painting from the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo gave us a beautiful […]
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Sony Music Launches “Gay” Label

By Terry Vanderheyden LOS ANGELES, January 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sony Music has launched a label geared to homosexuals. Called Music with a Twist, Sony’s new label is a joint project with Wilderness Media & Entertainment – the founders of MTV’s homosexual channel, LOGO. Wilderness CEO Matt Farber called the venture “An idea whose time has come,” adding that “only now are media and entertainment brands being created for the gay and lesbian audience following the success of brands for other minorities,” according to a Reuters report. The label aims to release music targeting the homosexual community with music that […]
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Maurice Strong Neck Deep in Suspect Money Trail to Oil for Food Scandal

By Terry Vanderheyden NEW YORK, January 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian businessman, radical environmentalist, depopulation guru and former Undersecretary General for the United Nations, Maurice Strong, is denying any involvement in the UN-Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal, despite a suspicious money trail, according to a compelling National Review article by Claudia Rosett. In 1997, Secretary-General Kofi Annan thanked “one person by name” who was chiefly responsible for revamping the Oil-for-Food program, “and that person was Strong,” Rosett explains. Strong reformed Oil-for-Food from the original oversight of two UN entities to one “special unit within the secretariat.” “This proposal was buried deep in […]
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Alito Refuses to Acknowledge “Super-Duper Precedent” in Roe V. Wade

By John Jalsevac Washington, D.C., January 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his third day of intense questioning, Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito continues what has proved to be a strong, thoughtful performance that has left Democrats little room for criticism of Bush’s newest candidate for the Supreme Court. As in the nomination battle over justice Roberts last year, much attention has been given to Alito’s stance on abortion. And much like Roberts’ nomination battle, the last few days of questioning have seen Democrats grilling Alito on hypothetical situations which, as a judge who may very well face future court cases […]
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Ottawa Conservative Candidate Hounded Night and Day for Supporting Gay “Marriage”

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, January 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative star candidate John Baird running a tight race against a Liberal incumbent in Ottawa West Nepean riding is receiving a gruelling fight, not from his Liberal opponent, but from a youngÂindependent candidate who is ensuring that Baird’s stand in support of homosexual ‘marriage’ is known to the public. Meet John Pacheco, familiar to social conservatives in the area and abroad as the man who organized the 15,000-strong March for Marriage on Parliament Hill last summer – the event at which Conservative Leader Stephen Harper spoke. Pacheco is running against Baird […]
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Liberal Ad Warns Conservative Win “Will Put a Smile on George W. Bush’s Face”

By Hilary White TORONTO, January 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian media and conservative bloggers are speculating that the barrage of attack ads unleashed after Monday’s English language debate depicting the old reliable Liberal party motif of “scary” Stephen Harper are a positive sign for the Conservatives. Eleven ads began airing Tuesday on TV and radio that are attempting to revive the image of Harper’s soft-C Tories as a threat to “Canadian values” as defined by Liberal party strategists. The ads rely heavily upon the Liberal icons of Canadian identity, particularly anti-Americanism – predominantly in its anti-Bush manifestation – and identifies […]
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Tanzania Bishops Oppose Teaching of Condom Use

By Gudrun Schultz DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, January 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Roman Catholic bishops in Tanzania have condemned a new textbook for primary schools that contains a section teaching students how to use condoms. “Introduction of the [teaching of] use of condoms in schools, apart from being sinful, is indeed justification and opening the door for immoral lifestyles,” said Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, the archbishop of Dar es Salaam, in a statement issued from Tanzania’s Episcopal Conference. “Teaching children, some as young as 12 years old, the use of condoms is disastrous.” The Episcopal Conference has steadfastly opposed the use […]
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Vote Marriage Canada Endorses Four Regina and District Candidates

Regina, SK, January 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former Liberal and outgoing Independent Member of Parliament Pat O’Brien, announced, yesterday, that Vote Marriage Canada endorses four Regina and district pro-marriage candidates in the federal election. Said Pat O’Brien, “On behalf of Vote Marriage Canada, I am announcing our endorsement of Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre candidate Tom Lukiwski, M.P.;ÂÂ Regina-Qu’Appelle candidate Andrew Scheer, M.P.; Palliser candidate Dave Batters, M.P.; and Wascana candidate Brad Farquhar. All three Members of Parliament voted against Bill C-38 and opposed the change in the legal definition of marriage. Each of the four candidates has taken a stand and given […]
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Chatham-Kent-Essex Election Riding Report

By Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, January 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario riding of Chatham-Kent-Essex is another key riding to watch this election. It turned out to be one of the closest federal election races in Canada in 2004, with just a little over 400 votes separating the winner from the runner-up. This Jan. 23, it promises to be another nailbiter, as Liberal and Conservative candidates square off as the frontrunners in the latest federal election in this bellwether riding. Four candidates who have never served in Parliament are running for the seat – David Van Kesteren for the Conservatives (who […]
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Liberals Accuse Conservative Candidate of “Hatred” for Opposition to Gay ‘Marriage’

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, January 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative candidate Rondo Thomas is being criticized by the federal Liberals for his opposition to gay ‘marriage,’ which they label as “hatred.” Thomas, a pastor with the Toronto Christian Center, spoke on the inevitable conflict between opposing sides in the marriage debate, at a pro-marriage rally on Feb.19, 2005. “There is going to be a clash of morality views between those who believe in righteousness and those who believe in immorality and when we collide there is going to be conflict,’’ he said at that rally.  The Liberals say his […]
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Canadian Election Buzz – Jan 10

Article Excerpts Rick Mercer in Jan 7 National Post Election Panel  Harper has run an impeccable campaign. He should be commended both on his ability to connect with the Canadian people and his ability to keep 307 Conservative candidates completely silent on any and all issues. I did a Google news search on “Stephen Harper” and “stem cell research” and got zero hits. Ex-Tory Firebrand Elsie Wayne Back in Political Arena Defending Marriage  Wayne, 73, has been recruited by Vote Marriage Canada, a lobby group that is waging a national campaign to revisit the same-sex marriage issue in a bid […]
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Alito said Tuesday he would deal with the issue of abortion with an open mindhttps://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/10/D8F1T0HO0.html Senators Consider Alito’s Record, Judgmenthttps://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/10/D8F23O2O0.html Schumer besieges Alito on abortion; Concludes: ‘It is very likely you would vote to overrule Roe’ https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48281 Alito Does ‘Superbly’ on First Day of Questioninghttps://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039161.cfm A liberal who supports Alitohttps://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=1181 U.S. Supreme Court Hears First Abortion Cases in Five Yearshttps://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2006/jsaenz_supremect_jan06.asp Pro-Life Crosses Vandalizedhttps://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2174017.html Is God dead in Europe?https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-01-08-faith-edit_x.htm Pro-family groups target ‘Book of Daniel’ advertisershttps://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22409 Congo Remains World’s Deadliest Humanitarian Crisishttps://www.christianpost.com/article/africa/498/section/congo.remains.worlds.deadliest.humanitarian.crisis.study.says/1.htm The Prospects for 2006; Deeper into the (Christian?) biotech centuryhttps://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/102/12.0.html Media Didn’t Report ACLU Court Losseshttps://www.earnedmedia.org/crave0104.htm Jimmy Carter’s goofy […]
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Archbishop Criticizes PM Martin for Threat to Remove Notwithstanding Clause

OTTAWA, Ontario, January 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Brendan O’Brien, of the diocese of St. Johns, Newfoundland-Labrador, criticized Prime Minister Paul Martin for threatening to remove the notwithstanding clause from the Constitution, after previously indicating he would consider using it to protect them from performing gay ‘marriages.’ “That statement was meant as a reassurance to the churches, and it was reassuring,” said Archbishop O’Brien, in an interview with LifeSiteNews today. “Removing the clause would certainly put us in a more vulnerable position.” In the leadership debates last night Martin said the first act of a new Liberal government would be […]
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PM Martin Threatens Notwithstanding Clause, Ignores Promise to Protect Church Rights

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, January 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Paul Martin, who in 2003 indicated he might use the notwithstanding clause to protect churches from performing gay ‘marriages’, said last night the first act of a new Liberal government would be to remove the clause from the Constitution. LifeSiteNews.com reported on Dec. 19, 2003 that on CBC radio Martin expressed a willingness to use the notwithstanding clause to protect churches. “I would look at it if it was a question of affirming a (religious) right,” he said. However, in the English leaders debate last night in Ottawa […]
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On January 23rd, Vote for my Little Sister – Commentary on the Leaders Debate

By John J. Jalsevac From the moment last night’s leadership debate got underway my little sister had my vote in the bag. After Paul Martin’s ludicrous opening line in the ethics section (“My view of ethics in government is straightforward. It’s honesty, it’s integrity, but it’s also telling the truth!) the 12 year old curled up in front of the television turned to me and innocently inquired, a little unsure of herself: “But, isn’t honesty telling the truth?” Touché. She continued to shine spectacularly and reasonably. “Jack Layton is too polished,” she stated firmly after a few minutes. Polished? I […]
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UK Region Outlaws Homosexual ‘Weddings’

By Terry Vanderheyden EDINBURGH, UK, January 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scotland’s Western Isles (https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk/where.htm) has banned same-sex civil ceremonies after Britain brought in the marriage-like institution last month. According to The Universe Catholic News agency, a campaign from church leaders of all denominations mobilized the people to oppose the civil services being offered by marriage commissioners elsewhere in the country. Fr Malcolm MacLellan of St Michael’s parish on Eriskay Island told the Universe that most islanders were in favour of the ban. “Catholics here are loyal to the Church’s teaching that only a man and a woman may marry,” Fr. […]
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University Confirms Korean Cloning Claims Faked

By Hilary White SEOUL, January 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – South Korea’s Seoul University has confirmed that Dr. Hwang Woo-Suk faked the results of his experiments in human cloning. Dr. Hwang claimed in papers published in the prestigious journal Science, first in February 2004, to have created a cloned human embryo and to have extracted stem cells from it, and then, in May 2005, to have created 11 lines of stem cells specified to treat particular patients. The university’s investigation found that Hwang’s stem cells were derived not from clones but from frozen embryos created in IVF facilities. “The research team […]
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Pew Survey Finds Opinion Divided on Physician Assisted Suicide

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Pew Research Center survey, conducted in November 2005 shows there is a nearly 50/50 split in US opinion on allowing physician-assisted suicide. Among 1,500 adults surveyed, 45% oppose the introduction of laws allowing doctors to “help patients to end their lives.” The support for assisted suicide varied considerably depending upon the reasons given. 60% believed that a patient should be allowed to take his own life if he is “suffering great pain with no hope of improvement,” an increase from 55% in 1990. Assisted suicide because of fears of being […]
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Jamaican Bishop: Fight Maternal Mortality by Prosecuting Illegal Abortion Docs

By Terry Vanderheyden KINGSTON, Jamaica, January 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kingston, Lawrence Burke, has criticized a proposal to make abortion legal, emphasizing that contrary to claims, maternal health is best served by locking up those who are responsible for high maternal mortality rates – the individuals who perform illegal abortions. “Prosecute the persons who do illegal abortions and shut them down. If a person wants an illegal abortion, it is public knowledge where they are done,” he said in an interview with the Jamaica Sunday Observer. “Prosecute those people and that will decrease the maternal mortality […]
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Home schooling a “Form of Child Abuse” says South Surrey Liberal Candidate

By Hilary White SURREY, January 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – B.C home schooling parents are dismayed after discovering harsh comments about home schooling made by Jim McMurtry, Liberal party candidate for South Surrey, B.C., in the September/October 2003 edition of Teacher Magazine. McMurtry wrote that parents who educate their children at home are “condemning their children to an impoverished, friendless, and segregated learning environment.” Home schooling parents, he said, “participate in what can be perceived as a form of child abuse.” Paul Faris, Director of the Home School Legal Defence Association said, “Jim McMurtry has insulted every home schooling family in […]
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Only Harper Says His Gov’t Would Address Swingers Club Ruling

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, January 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative party leader Stephen Harper was the only party leader to address last month’s Supreme Court ruling legalizing Canadian swingers clubs and group sex venues, in last night’s English-language leadership debate. Harper said he recognizes that many Canadians are unhappy with the ruling, and said his government would revisit the issue. “I think a lot of Canadians were troubled by that decision,” said Harper.”[T]he government of Canada can look at that provision and provide new legislation if it thinks there’s a way to plug that loophole, and our [Conservative] government […]
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Tories set to win minority – Gains in Ontario, B.C., Quebec give Tories 35%; Liberals have 31%https://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id=71b7f4bb-08e4-470b-8f5a-ce9a48681ee9&k=659 Stand up for family values, Mr. Harperhttps://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Coren_Michael/2006/01/07/1382512.html How Harper Fashioned his leadhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060107/HARPER07/TPFront/TopStories Democrats Plan to Destroy Alitohttps://www.drudgereport.com/flash5ja.htm Liberals Attack, Conservatives Defend Alitohttps://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039112.cfm Democrats Signal Willingness to Delay Final Vote on Supreme Court Confirmationhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/05/AR2006010501908.html Democrats announced yesterday they would delay a vote on Judge Sam Alito for a week, pushing a floor vote to the end of the month.https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU06A10 Alito Is Well Prepared for Hearingshttps://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/1/7/145033.shtml CWA Rallies to Judge Alito’s Supporthttps://www.cwalac.org/article_292.shtml Navy surrenders: Hunger strike comes to end with OK to pray in uniform […]
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500,000 Girls Aborted Per Year in India new Study Finds

By Hilary White LONDON, January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Â A study published in the leading British Medical Journal, the Lancet, says sex-targeted abortion is accountable for the deaths of up to half a million girl babies a year and is creating in India, as in China, a severe demographic imbalance in the population. The study examined data from 134,000 births in 1997 among 6 million people living in 1.1 million households in India. The researchers found that in 1997, between 590,000 and 740,000 girls were aborted in India. In 2001, the data showed that for every 1,000 male babies born […]
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New Survey Shows 57% U.S. Hispanics are Pro-Life, 62% Oppose Gay ‘Marriage’

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, DC, United States, January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The 2005 survey by the Washington-based Latino Coalition reported that 57 percent of the Hispanic community says they are pro-life, and support legislation requiring parental notification for girls under 18 seeking an abortion. Only 27 percent identified themselves as pro-choice, and 36 percent said they opposed parental notification before an under-age girl can obtain an abortion. 62 percent of the Hispanic community is opposed to gay ‘marriage’, and only 14.5 percent said they would strongly support gay ‘marriage’, according to the survey. Almost three-quarters of respondents identified themselves as […]
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Pope Attacks “Culture of Death” at First Baptisms

By Gudrun Schultz VATICAN CITY, January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict spoke passionately against the “culture of death” which pervades the modern world, in an unprepared homily yesterday during the first baptisms of his pontificate. “In our times, we need to say ‘no’ to the largely dominant culture of death,” he said. “We say ‘no’ to this culture to cultivate a culture of life.” Pope Benedict urged people to rediscover their faith. Speaking to a small group of parents and family members in the Sistine Chapel, as he baptized ten infants, Pope Benedict denounced what he called the anti-culture […]
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China: No Plans to Relax One-Child Rule

By Gudrun Schultz BEIJING, China, January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – China will continue to enforce the rule restricting families to only one child, a senior official said on Friday in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Zhang Weiqing, minister of the State Commission of Population and Family Planning, said the one-child rule would be strictly enforced in the nation’s 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10). Zhang said State policy intends to maintain and stabilize the current low-level birth rate on a long-term basis. (People’s Daily) At a national conference on family planning, he refuted recent rumors suggesting that China would loosen the present […]
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Vision TV Moving toward More Openly Anti-Catholic Bias

By Hilary White TORONTO, January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Vision TV, the Toronto-based broadcaster that bills itself as “Canada’s multi-faith and multicultural broadcaster,” is positioning itself as a leader in anti-Catholic media punditry. The broadcaster’s most recent round comes in the form of a programme on NDP MP Charlie Angus’ very public conflict with Catholic teaching on same sex “marriage.” In July, Angus was told by his parish priest, Fr. John Lemire, that his support for the change in the definition of marriage would put him so seriously at odds with Catholic teaching that he could no longer receive Holy […]
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Election 2006 Candidate Evaluations Web Page on Life and Marriage Issues Now On Line

By Steve Jalsevac January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s National Pro-Life Organization has just placed its Election 2006 web page on line at https://www.campaignlifecoalition.com/elections/federal2006/ There are still finishing touches to be completed over the next few days. The web page most importantly includes a candidate evaluations database regarding the candidates’ stands and comments on the life and marriage issues and the voting record of incumbent MPs. This will be updated daily as more questionnaires and other candidate information comes into Campaign Life Coalition’s election headquarters. The web page also includes numerous articles on aspects such as the party leaders, the […]
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Ontario Bishops Conference Tells Catholic Voters to Learn Candidates’ Stands on Life and Family

TORONTO, January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A message from the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops (OCCB) sent to all dioceses in the province with instructions to be used prior to the federal election notes a list of “issues pertaining to human life that should be addressed during the federal election campaign.” The statement says that the “teaching of the Church on life and family moves us to bring these matters before the candidates.” It urges Catholics to “compare the responses of candidates” to the issues. The issues of importance and their explanations as outlined by the OCCB statement are: AbortionAbortion […]
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Conservative Candidates Claim Party Headquarters Ordering them Not to Answer Questionnaires

By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Finding out where candidates stand on issues of importance is a defining characteristic of elections. While questionnaires are sometimes a hassle for candidates to fill out, they serve a vital role in communicating to interested voters the position of the candidates thus aiding the votersÂin making an informedÂvoting decision. They can give that added boost many voters need to get out to the polls and support the candidate who best represents them. Growing numbers of Conservative Party candidates in Northern Ontario, South Western Ontario, the Greater Toronto Area, Alberta and British […]
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Filipinos Face Potential Two-Child per Family Policy – Legislature Votes within 2 Weeks

By Terry Vanderheyden MANILA, January 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In less than two weeks, one of the world’s most Catholic countries could face a mandatory two-child family limit. The Philippines parliament will vote January 16 on a controversial bill proposing the limit. Disguised in clever language, HB 3773 is called “The Responsible Parenting and Population Control Act of 2005.” Elements of the bill include preference in education for two child families, free access to abortifacients, mandatory sex education for children as young as 10 years old and imprisonment penalties for health care providers who refuse to perform or provide sterilization […]
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Campaign Life Coalition Canadian Election 2006 Web Page Available This Monday

January 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Campaign Life Coalition Election 2006 Web page with the Canadian national pro-life organization’s evaluations of candidates and articles related to the life and family and other aspects of the election will be available this coming Monday. The national pro-life organization has been working hard to assist pro-life Canadian voters with the information they need to cast a truly informed ballot this election. CLC will present voters with the records and other relevant information on incumbent MPs running again as well as questionnaire responses from MPs and many other candidates in the election. Also related […]
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Study finds U.S. High School Seniors Oppose Abortion but Support Homosexual “Marriage”

By Hilary White CLINTON, N.Y., January 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to a national poll, U.S. high school seniors regard abortion as morally wrong but have little objection to giving homosexual unions legal equivalence to normal marriage. The majority of the senior graduating class this year will be eligible to vote by November 2006. Hamilton College Sociology Professor Dennis Gilbert and his students conducted the national Youth Hot Button Issues Poll. They found that of one thousand high school seniors, three-quarters favor legal recognition of same-sex relationships, either as marriage or civil union and 63 percent would allow homosexual partners […]
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Blind Chinese Activist Beaten by Government Thugs While Under House Arrest

By Hilary White DONGSHIGU, January 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chen Guangcheng, the lawyer who has been under house arrest since September for exposing forced abortion and infanticide in his home province, was beaten by club-weilding thugs outside his home. “China is lawless,” the blind 34-year-old activist told Reuters by telephone. “They’re worried I will expose more of their crimes.” Chen has been confined to his home in Dongshigu, a farming village in Shandong province, with up to 30 club-wielding men – believed to have been hired by local authorities – stationed outside the door, since September 6. Reuters news agency […]
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Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down School Choice

TALLAHASSEE, January 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a major blow to education reform in Florida yesterday, the Florida Supreme Court struck down the state’s Opportunity Scholarship program, the nation’s first state-wide school choice program. For six years, Opportunity Scholarships have enabled families to opt out of failing public schools and into better-performing public or private schools. The Court ruled in an opinion drafted by Chief Justice Barbara Pariente that Opportunity Scholarships violate the Florida Constitution’s “uniformity” clause, which guarantees all Florida students a “uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free public schools.” The Court declined to rule […]
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Indiana Bill would Make Abortion Illegal

By Terry Vanderheyden INDIANAPOLIS, January 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Illinois State Republican Troy Woodruff introduced a bill into the House there Wednesday that proposes to make abortion illegal. Woodruff said he hopes the bill will go to committee; if passed the bill would no doubt be repealed by the courts, at which point, Woodruff said the law could go to the Supreme Court, where Roe v. Wade has not yet been challenged by the court’s new members. “Also the people have never had an opportunity (through their representatives) to vote on the matter,” he said, as reported by the Evansville […]
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Ontario Library Promotes Homosexuality, Installs Syringe Disposal Units

By Gudrun Schultz LONDON, Ontario, January 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The London Public Library responded to drug use in its Central branch by installing needle disposal units in convenient locations. The library also offers information promoting homosexuality, both in literature and on their website. Disposal units were installed in the library, in the men’s public washrooms, during December 2005. Library staff was finding used needles plugging the drains, on the floor and in the sanitary napkin disposal units. Louis Dillon, who uses the library regularly, told the London Free Press he’s afraid the disposal units could act as a magnet […]
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Planned Parenthood Abortion Business Has over 800 Centers Across U.S.

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Planned Parenthood, America’s largest abortion chain, continues to push its abortion agenda through a network of more than 800 facilities nationwide,” said Jim Sedlak, executive director of American Life League’s STOPP International. “An exclusive new survey of all Planned Parenthood facilities in the United States reveals that the controversial abortion organization now operates 173 surgical abortion centers, 57 additional medical abortion facilities, and 595 other locations that distribute products that cause early chemical abortions.” The new report, which can be viewed on the STOPP web site, also demonstrates that 30 percent of Planned Parenthood’s […]
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Woman finally coping with her abortion 13 years agohttps://www.indeonline.com/left.php?ID=5358&r=0&Category=1 Peter Singer Meets Dr. Hwanghttps://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/101/43.0.html Democrats Don’t Plan Alito Filibusterhttps://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/05/D8EUNF8O1.html British Nurses, Druggists to Get Prescribing Powershttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20060105/HPICARD05/TPHealth/?query=overdue+remedy Canada’s Conservatives Tories jump into clear leadhttps://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1136415010845&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154 Another poll showing Tories in leadhttps://www.sesresearch.com/election/SES%20CPAC%20January%203%202006E.pdf Tories could take minority government-pollshttps://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060105/wl_canada_nm/canada_politics_col Top Ten MPs Who Must Lose Listhttps://www.gerrynicholls.blogspot.com/ Stick a fork in Martin Libshttps://www.bourque.org/ Two Affiliates Ditch Anti-Christian TV Showhttps://channels.netscape.com/news/story.jsp?id=2006010504340002545042&dt=20060105043400&w=RTR&coview= California Tells Christian Club it Must Admit Non-Christians and Homosexualshttps://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/BrendanSteinhauser/2006/01/02/180786.html Anne Rice returns to the church – not quitehttps://www.southflorida.com/news/bal-to.rice03jan03,0,6065924.story?coll=sfe-news-headlines 11-Year-Olds Buying Victoria’s Secret Productshttps://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060103/Lives06/601030519/CAT=Lives06 Microsoft Kowtows to Chinese Communistshttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48199 Study: Teen Girls Lack Basic Facts About Most […]
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Liberal’s “Universal” Childcare Leaves Out 75% of Canadian Families

OTTAWA, Ontario, January 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the Liberal Party’s claim that the goal of their childcare program is to “meet the needs of all families,” statistics show that only a small minority of parents would actually benefit. By offering funds to institutional daycares only, the Liberal Childcare Plan effectively ignores three quarters of all Canadian families. Less than 25% of Canadian families use institutional daycare, according to Statistics Canada. For 75% of Canadian parents who do not use daycare services, the Liberal plan has nothing to offer. (Statistics Canada, https://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050207/d050207b.htm) The Liberal daycare plan also ignores the 90% […]
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60 Days for Four Years of Raping Vermont Child

By Hilary White BURLINGTON, January 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Â According to a Vermont judge, serious crime should not be subject to punishment. “The one message I want to get through is that anger doesn’t solve anything. It just corrodes your soul.” So said Judge Edward Cashman who then gave a 60-day jail sentence to a man who raped a little girl repeatedly for four years starting when the girl – the child of a friend – was six and ending when she was ten. Mark Hulett, 34, pleaded guilty in District Court in Burlington to two counts of aggravated sexual […]
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Knights of Columbus Letter to 239,000 Canadian Members says Vote Pro-life and Pro-family

By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, January 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Knights of Columbus (KofC), a Catholic fraternal organization which boasts two million members in the United States, Canada and abroad, has sent a letter to its 239,000 members in Canada urging them to vote pro-life and pro-family in the upcoming federal election. The open letter, signed by Deputy Supreme Knight Jean Migneault and Dennis Savoie President of the KofC Canadian Association, strongly reminds the Canadian membership of their duty to vote after making themselves aware of the stands of their candidates. The KofC bases theirÂdirection to vote pro-life and pro-family […]
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New Research Supports Abortion-Mental Health Risk Claims

By Terry Vanderheyden CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, January 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New research from New Zealand has confirmed that abortion substantially increases the risk for mental health problems such as anxiety and depression in young women. Lead investigator, psychology professor David Fergussen, along with colleagues John Horwood and Elizabeth Ridder from Christchurch School of Medicine, found a relative rate of mental health-related concerns such as depression, anxiety, a tendency to suicide, and drug and alcohol abuse were all significantly increased in women with a past history of abortion. The group examined mental health records for women who had abortions between […]
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Spain Introduces Immigration Policy Change to Allow Asylum to Gays and Lesbians

By Terry Vanderheyden MADRID, January 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spain has introduced changes to its immigration policy that would allow asylum to refugees who claim discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. Conforming to guidelines suggested by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the draft law will grant asylum to homosexuals who claim that the exercise of their sexual preference is curtailed in their native country. In addition, women who claim discrimination based on gender would now also be granted refuge. The change is expected to correct what were seen by the UN and the European Union as […]
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Psychiatrist Who Maintained Homosexuality is Curable Disorder Dies at Age 83

By Terry Vanderheyden NEW YORK, January 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr. Charles W. Socarides, who maintained that homosexuality is a treatable mental disorder, has died at 83. He died in a New York hospital Christmas day from heart failure. Socarides, who was also a professor of clinical psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, maintained his views even after the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, in 1973. A co-founder of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, Socarides maintained that the APA was […]
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Christian Heritage Party Launches Election Campaign TV Commercials

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, January 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s Christian Heritage Party (CHP) has launched a series of television commercials as part of their 2006 election campaign, aimed at describing key platform issues: support for the traditional definition of marriage; judicial accountability; and family-friendly tax incentives, to name a few. In the first 30-second clip, (view here: https://www.chp.ca/video/Imagine.htm), the CHP challenges viewers to “imagine:” a party that supports two-parent families; a party that “plans for generations ahead so that pension, health and unemployment benefits will be there;” and a party that “values all life.” In a second clip (https://www.chp.ca/video/Courts.htm), […]
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Partial-Birth Abortion Returns to the U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, January 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, January 6, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to decide whether to review a lower-court ruling that has blocked enforcement of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, a bill signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 5, 2003. The Court may announce its decision on whether to accept the case on January 6, or on Monday, January 9. In 2000, five justices of the Supreme Court, including soon-to-retire Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, ruled that the abortion right originally created in Roe v. Wade allows an abortionist to perform a […]
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REAL Women of Canada Reminds Voters of “Special Ballot” Early Voting Options

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, January 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A REAL Women of Canada release reminds voters that, for those unable to vote on January 23 or during advance polls on January 13th, 14th and 16th, an amendment to the Canada Elections Act now allows voters to cast a vote any day before January 17 by simply showing up to a polling station with identification to cast a ballot. “In most parts of Canada we cannot depend on good weather either on voting day, or at the time of the advance polls,” the release explains. “The key to any hoped […]
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Use Dying People For Embryo Stem Cell Experiments says British Cloning Researcher

  EDINBURGH, January 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Â Dr. Ian Wilmut, one of the world’s most prominent cloning and stem cell researchers and the creator of Dolly the cloned sheep, has suggested that researchers be allowed to use people with severe neurological disabilities as human lab rats in “high risk” embryonic stem cell research. The UK’s Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), one of the world’s most permissive government overseers, granted a license to Wilmut in Feburary 2005 to use existing human embryos in cloning research. He told the BBC that he intended to create cloned human embryos with motor neurone […]
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Gay Partnerships ‘Harmful’ Says British Muslim Leader

By Gudrun Schultz GREAT BRITAIN, January 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sir Iqbal Sacranie, top Muslim leader and head of the Muslim Council of Britain, said new same-sex civil partnerships are “harmful” to society, in an interview with BBC radio. “It does not augur well in building the very foundations of society – stability, family relationships. And it is something we would certainly not, in any form, encourage the community to be involved in,” Sir Iqbal said.  Britain’s Civil Partnership Act came into effect December 5, 2005. The Act grants legal status to same-sex unions, similar to that of civil marriage.  […]
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Prominent US Priest Accuses Senate Democrats of Anti-Catholic Bigotry on Judicial Nominees

FRONT ROYAL, Va., January 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, has accused Senate Democrats of the “Catholic bashing” of Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito.“The unrelenting campaign waged by many Senate Democrats, some who claim to be Catholics themselves, against Catholic judicial nominees who embrace and practice their Catholic faith is disgraceful at best and at worst is a blatant form of religious bigotry reminiscent of a less civil period of history,” said Rev. Euteneuer. The HLI leader warns that such tactics will serve to “alienate Roman Catholics who are increasingly frustrated […]
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Pope Benedict XVI Named 2005 “Anti-Gay Person of the Year”

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, DC, United States, January 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI has been labeled the most anti-gay person of 2005 by the Washington Blade, one of the most prominent homosexual newspapers in the United States. The paper bypassed the few groups which promote hatred of persons with homosexual tendencies to target the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, stating he has “unilaterally targeted gays as moral threats to society,” and “aggressively lobbied against gay rights across the globe.” By ignoring perpetrators of violence and aggression against homosexuals and instead targeting the Holy Father, homosexual activism reveals […]
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Swiss Hospital Agrees to Help Kill Patients as of January 1, 2006

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, January 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lausanne University hospital, Switzerland has decided to permit assisted suicides starting from January 1, 2006. Assisted suicide has always been considered a form of active euthanasia. In addition to Lausanne, other leading Swiss hospitals are now actively discussing permitting the procedure. Though Swiss law initially did not allow doctors to kill their patients the practice of euthanasia has been gradually extended from private groups into the public health systems. According to Doctors for Life (DFL), extensive experience with euthanasia laws in other countries has revealed a consistent pattern. Assisted suicide is presented to […]
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Catching up from the Holidays….. Concerned Women for America VP Notes Wins, Setbacks for Pro-Life Movement in 2005https://www.christianpost.com/article/society/2140/section/advocate.notes.wins.setbacks.for.pro-life.movement.in.2005/1.htm Pro-Life Politicians Need to Talk to ‘Pro-Choice’ Womenhttps://www.godspy.com/issues/Interview-with-Dr-David-Reardon.cfm Abortion Case Will Be Key at Alito Hearinghttps://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/03/D8ET2N7G8.html Liberals rewarding their friends using taxdollarshttps://www.conservativelife.com/blog/index.php/canada/2006/01/01/bombshell_liberals_rewarding_their_frien Poll: Conservatives 35%, Liberals 35%, NDP 17%https://www.sesresearch.com/election/SES%20CPAC%20December%2030%202005E.pdf Protest groups are increasingly shutting down events they don’t like by threatening violence. Fr. Raymond DeSuosa on Oratory cancellation of Montreal pro-life conferencehttps://www.westernstandard.ca/website/index.cfm?page=article&article_id=1346&pagenumber=1 Windsor Set to Become ‘Sin City’ During Detroit Super Bowlhttps://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060101/METRO/601010339/1126/SPORTS0101 Chinese Anti-Christian Persecution at Christmashttps://www.earnedmedia.org/caa1227.htm NBC Draws Fire for Book of Danielhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/12/302005b.asp Pagan scouting group takes roothttps://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/12/28/b1.cr.spiralscouts.1228.p1.php?section=cityregion Testing Drugs on […]
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LifeSiteNews Begins Election Riding Reports – Ajax-Pickering First Report

By Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Beginning this week, LifeSiteNews.com will publish periodic Special Reports on some of the ridings considered to beÂkey for efforts to eventually elect a pro-life, pro-marriage parliament. The first report considers the riding of Ajax-Pickering. The incumbent Liberal MP, Mark Holland, has strongly spoken in favour of and voted for same-sex ‘marriage’ and is rated as ‘not pro-life’ by Campaign Life Coalition. Holland is especially being challenged by pro-life, pro-traditional marriage Conservative candidate, Rondo Thomas. The previous Conservative candidate for the riding lost by 7,000 votes in the 2004 election. Other candidates […]
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New In-Vitro Concern: Contamination May Lead to Bacterial DNA “Embedded” in IVF Kids

By Terry Vanderheyden MADRID, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spanish researchers have found that mice conceived using sperm exposed to E.coli bacteria before artificially inseminating a mouse egg, retain the genetic code of the bacteria in their DNA. The finding raises new concerns for in-vitro fertilization as an alternative to natural procreation, especially as IVF has become increasingly popular for couples experiencing difficulty in conceiving a child. Scientists from Spain’s agricultural research agency, INIA, used a method of IVF known as intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), to inject a single sperm directly into an egg – a method used for men […]
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Spain Continues Cultural Tailspin—Abortion Rates Soar 72%

By Gudrun Schultz MADRID, Spain, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spain’s cultural decline continues to spin out of control, as abortion rates reach new heights. Spain’s health ministry has issued a report showing abortion rates over the past 10 years have climbed 72%, to 84,985 in 2004, from the 1995 number of 49,367. Although Spain’s abortion laws officially limit abortion to situations involving rape, malformation of the baby, or threats to the physical or mental health of the mother, 95.7% of all abortions list health concerns of the mother as the reason for the procedure. International pro-life leaders constantly warn […]
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Pope Benedict says Embryo a “Full and Complete” Human Being from Beginning

By Hilary White ROME, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his Wednesday, December 28 general audience address, Pope Benedict XVI said that “something of the splendour” of Christmas “shines on every child, even on those still unborn.” 20,000 people heard the Pope’s meditation on Psalm 138 in which, addressing God on the wonder of unborn human life, the Psalmist says, “Your eyes foresaw my actions; in your book all are written down; my days were shaped, before I came to be.” The Pope said the Psalm is “a meditation on those who are weakest in their spiritual path in the […]
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Muslims To Be Excluded from Germany Because of Views on Homosexuality

By Gudrun Schultz BADEN-WURTENBERG, Germany, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A German state is targeting potential Muslim immigrants with a test to determine their “loyalty” to German social policy on homosexuality, among other issues. The southern state of Baden-Wurttemberg now requires all Muslims requesting citizenship to undergo an extensive test designed to reveal their views on such issues as gay rights, women’s equality, topless beaches, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 against the United States. The test is designed to weed out those applicants who express views that go against Germany’s social policies. This is believed to be […]
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EU says Catholic Doctors Must be Forced to Abort

By Hilary White EUROPE, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights released a 40-page document ordering the EU to impose rules on Catholic countries to force Catholic doctors and hospitals either to abort or refer women for abortions. The order came after Slovakia, a predominantly Catholic country, had proposed a treaty with the Vatican which specified guarantees for legal protection for unborn persons, including embryos. The European Union said that the agreement violated “international human rights” to abortion and EU laws. While recognizing that its recommendations are not binding, the Network says that the […]
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Scottish Cardinal Stresses Link Between Family Breakdown and Social Degeneration

By Gudrun Schultz NEW EDINBURGH, Scotland, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)Â – In a New Year’s Day homily given at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Cardinal Keith O’Brien called on society to recognize the connection between family breakdown and social degeneration. “I urge society to look around at the rising rates of sexually transmitted infections and abortions, the levels of family breakdown in our midst, drug and alcohol abuse, and social deprivation,” Cardinal O’Brien said. “I ask all those who care for the future of our society not to be blind to the consequences of turmoil in family relationships.” “Parents and children remain […]
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Disgraced Korean Cloning Doctor may face Charges of Fraud and Embezzlement

By Hilary White SEOUL, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Further developments in the Korean cloning scandal are likely to result in charges against Dr. Hwang Woo Suk, the researcher who claimed last year to have been the first to create patient-specific cloned embryonic stem cells. Seoul National University President Chung Un-chan said the university would be taking strong disciplinary measures against Hwang which may result in criminal charges. The public prosecutors in Korea say that pending the outcome of the university’s investigation, Hwang could face criminal charges of fraud and embezzlement if it is shown that he received government funding […]
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FDA Reveals 607 Adverse Events Related to RU-486 Abortion , Including Five Deaths

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A critical analysis of US Food and Drug Administration adverse event reporting (AERs) for the chemical abortion drug RU-486 (Mifepristone) has revealed at least 607 serious adverse events from use of the drug, although this number is considered by the authors of the analysis to be grossly understated. In addition to the five deaths included among the 607 “events,” three additional deaths, including a participant in Canadian drug trials, went unreported by the FDA. “Thus, there (have) been a total of 8 known deaths to date, including 5 Americans,” the authors […]
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