Articles for Month: February 2006

By Terry Vanderheyden ALLAHABAD, India, February 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Indian Judge has ordered that public servants, teachers, and village leaders fulfill a “sterilization quota” or face sanctions that can include firing, suspensions, or transfers. Judge Amrit Abhijat has ordered Medical and Health Department officials in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh to each bring in 10 individuals for sterilization. According to an AsiaNews agency report, Judge Abhijat claimed that population explosion is the root of all evil. Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Secretary General, Mgr Stanislaus Fernandes, said that the Catholic Church “strongly condemns this sterilisation plan […]

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, February 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Agency for International Development (USAID) continues to aggressively advance its population control agenda despite evidence that many countries it targets are actually in dangerous states of population collapse. As reported by Joseph D’Agostino, Vice President for Communications at the Population Research Institute, “‘Population stabilization’ in developing countries is an official purpose of” USAID. D’Agostino points out that the US spends about $400 million per year to depopulate “Third World nations whose birthrates have already collapsed or are collapsing.” “If USAID wants to promote long-term population stabilization in the Third […]

By Gudrun Schultz TOPEKA, Kansas, February 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rep. Brenda Landwehr said she was inspired by a “higher power” when she told her colleagues in the House of her pain over an abortion she had many years earlier, during a debate on Wednesday over a bill to regulate abortion clinics. “I live with that pain every single day because I killed a baby,” Landwehr said, while pushing for special state regulations of abortion clinics. She said that abortion traumatizes women. Although Landwehr’s opposition to abortion was well known, none of her colleagues knew of her personal abortion history. […]

  February 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New research funded by Pampers has confirmed that the unborn are actively learning about the outside world. The study group found that from at least 25 weeks, the unborn can recognize their mother’s voice, and can react to taste, touch, and sound, as reported by Ireland On Line. See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:  Science Reveals Unborn can Dream, Smell, Hear, Remember Events and Feel Painhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/may/04051707.html  British Study Shows Unborn Are ‘Conscious Before 24 Weeks’https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2003/mar/03031006.html  

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, February 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new research center focusing on marriage and family life issues, the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC), opened Thursday in downtown Ottawa. The IMFC will conduct research and assemble resources on current issues impacting family life, from a Christian viewpoint. Everything from childcare to age of consent to issues such as stem cell research and euthanasia will come under the mandate of the institute. Executive director Dave Quist, in an interview with LifeSiteNews, said the IMFC will provide all levels of government with greater access to more in-depth […]

Says funding of abortions in private clinics fraudulently approved for medical necessity

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Canada has today refused to hear an appeal by two women in Manitoba who demanded taxpayer funding of abortions at private clinics rather than only in hospitals. In a decision last September, the Manitoba Court of Appeal overturned a lower court ruling that found the government’s refusal to pay for abortions at private clinics (opting to pay only for abortions carried out in hospitals) to be a “gross violation” of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The appeal court expressed concern that the lower court judge, Court […]

Human Rights complaints will be processed faster, but still as biased as ever

By Terry Vanderheyden DUBLIN, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A major Irish newspaper has commissioned a poll to determine public perspective on homosexuality with the poll results suggesting that 51% favour same-sex “marriage.” Conducted by Red C pollsters for the Irish Examiner, the group randomly telephoned 1,000 people between February 13 – 15. The poll results also concluded that only 16% felt that homosexuality is wrong, with twice as many women as men indicating this. The newspaper left no doubt as to its view – the Examiner was quick to recommend that the Republic hold a referendum on the issue, […]

By Terry Vanderheyden BELFAST, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly is condemning a proposed amnesty by police for prostitution offenders. The measure would provide men who visit prostitutes amnesty from prosecution in exchange for information on women who were possible victims of sex trafficking. Dr Esmond Birnie, Ulster Unionist Party MLA for South Belfast, condemned the plan by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) that has promised men who exploit women for paid sex to “escape prosecution so long as they call the police afterwards.” “The victims of traffickers deserve better and do […]