Articles for Month: February 2006

$3 billion California stem cell agency fights for life in courthttps://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/02-27-2006/a8400031842a9314.html Abortion in America is not about women’s health, it is about a woman’s sexual independence. https://www.bpnews.net/bpcolumn.asp?ID=2163 There’s no refuting the claim that same-sex partnerships harm marriage – Stanley Kurtzhttps://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200602280810.asp Families Sue to Opt Their Kids Out of School-Mandated Pro-Homosexual Seminarhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/afa/282006e.asp Pro-family Judiciary Committee members say it’s time to fill appeals-court vacancies.https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039658.cfm Casino Reopens in New Orleans – Opponents of gambling say it will just add to the devastation.https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039671.cfm Teacher to Return to School After Having Sex Change https://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2006/feb/28/022800306.html Rival writers start last chapter in war of words over Da […]

by Hilary White WASHINGTON, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-life movement has made such gains in arguing for the humanity of the unborn, that abortionists and their apologists are finding their rhetoric is too harsh, even in traditionally supportive political circles. The campaign slogans familiar to everyone who has read a news report on abortion: “my body my choice,”“women’s choice is a human right,” are no longer resonating with the US public that is increasingly confronted with the devastating psychological and social aftermath of abortion. With even such politicians as notorious abortion campaigner Hillary Clinton trying to position herself […]

CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On February 24, 2006, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a “per se” requirement that all abortion statutes must contain an exception to protect the health or life of the mother in order to be constitutional.   In September 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifespristone (RU-486) to induce abortion without surgical intervention. Absent state regulation, once a drug is approved by the FDA, doctors may prescribe it for indications and in dosages other than those expressly approved by the FDA. This practice is called “off-label” use. In 2004, Ohio […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scott McClellan, the principal spokesman for U.S. President George W. Bush said in a press conference yesterday that the President supports abortion in three cases – rape, incest, and the life of the mother. A reporter asked a question regarding the South Dakota legislation which bans abortion except to save the life of the mother which is likely to be signed by the Governor (see coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/feb/06022304.html ) “The state legislature of South Dakota has just passed a new law which allows abortion in case of threat to the mother’s life, […]

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The judge first in line to fill a vacancy in Canada’s Supreme Court said in a nomination hearing yesterday that it is not up to judges to decide on social policy issues. During questioning by a committee of MP’s under the new judicial appointment process Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein, who was nominated to the Supreme Court by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said he does not support judicial activism. “I’m not sure that I would be comfortable thinking that judges should be advancing the law with a social agenda in mind,” he […]

By Terry Vanderheyden ROME, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal-designate William J. Levada said it is difficult for homosexual priests, especially those who make their disorder public, to be seen as representatives of Christ by Catholic faithful. Public declaration in particular puts priests “at odds with the spousal character of love as revealed by God and imaged in humanity,” said the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, during a sermon, as reported by the Catholic News Service. “I think we must ask, ‘Does [a priest who makes his homosexuality public] recognize how this act places an […]

By Terry Vanderheyden MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, Minnesota, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archdioces of St. Paul and Minneapolis is the latest to incorporate a controversial child education program that many parents argue is too sexually explicit for their children. Talking about Touching, the program in question, is one recently approved by Archbishop Harry Flynn for parochial schools in the diocese, yet many parents don’t want schools corrupting their pre-kindergarten to grade 8 kids with discussions about sexuality. The curriculum is part of a “safe environment” program aimed ostensibly at preventing the sexual abuse of children, mandated for all U.S. diocese’ […]

Contains numerous references to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered themes

by Hilary White CHICAGO, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Longtime Chicago pro-life activist, Joseph Scheidler, has again won in the Supreme Court in a twenty-year-old case brought against him by the National Organization for Women, the leading US radical feminist activist organization. The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 that the charge of extortion could not be applied to pro-life demonstrations outside abortion facilities. The case dates to 1986 when NOW claimed that pro-life protests outside abortion facilities constituted extortion and could be prosecuted under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) and Hobbs Acts, laws designed to combat drug dealers […]

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US is opposed to the establishment of a proposed new United Nations body to replace the Geneva-based Human Rights Commission. Ambassador to the UN, John R. Bolton, said Monday that the US would oppose a proposal to form the new human rights watchdog. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan had billed the creation of a new human rights organ as a key priority when he launched his agenda for extensive United Nations reform early last year. A major change proposed by the new Human Rights Council is the requirement that its members, […]

Harper Says Abortion "has not been my issue in my entire career"

By Gudrun Schultz and Steve Jalsevac CALGARY, Alberta, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of Calgary’s mainstream newspapers wants to see a limit on how far into pregnancies abortions may be done in Canada. In an editorial published on Sunday, Feb. 26, the Calgary Herald said it’s time Canada follows the example of most western nations in imposing some legal restrictions on abortions. The article relates the various limits of 12 to 24 weeks gestation in place in European nations as examples to emulate. “It is absurd that alone among its peers, Canadians cannot create a moderate, well-conceived law regulating […]

Canada’s Feds to discuss Senate elections this fall: Kleinhttps://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060227/klein_senate_060227/20060227?hub=TopStories&s_name= Ban on adoption by gays and lesbians is next target for U.S. Righthttps://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/26/wadopt26.xml Marriage activists headed for Colorado showdownhttps://washtimes.com/national/20060227-124635-3594r.htm No challenge to Roe foreseen in Texashttps://chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/3686132.html RU486 hits a new hurdle in Australiahttps://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0%2C5478%2C18273696%25255E662%2C00.html Lesbian Teacher, Suspected Sex Offender, Uses Post to Indoctrinatehttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/242006b.asp Homosexuals want deliverance – Record Crowd for St. Louis Love Won Out Eventhttps://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039675.cfm Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Marriage – By Maggie Gallagherhttps://www.nationalreview.com/comment/gallagher200602230759.asp The U.N.‘s human-rights cure is worse than the disease.https://www.nationalreview.com/bayefsky/bayefsky200602241358.asp Comatose man wakes up to give daughter awayhttps://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1140879164413C500 Continuing heartburn for ‘pro-choicers’https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48985 The Boston Globe: […]

By Gudrun Schultz MATTRAI, Pakistan, February 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A young woman was raped by three men in retribution for refusing to perform illegal abortions in a rural community in the western Punjab last Wednesday. Rubina Kousar, 26, worked as a nurse in the Mattrai health center. She refused to carry out abortions on two women, reported the Telegraph, despite six months of constant pressure from the women’s families. “In the past our staff have been subjected to this type of victimization for refusing to carry out illegal abortions, but they have not raised their voices for fear of […]

by Hilary White AUCKLAND, February 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New Zealand Catholic organization, Family Life International, has called broadcasters to task for showing an episode of the satirical animated series, South Park, that they say is libelous and blasphemously obscene. The programme, “Bloody Mary,” aired Wednesday Feb. 22nd and was brought to the country’s airwaves by Winnipeg, Canada-based CanWest Global Communications Corp. The program aired first in North America in December 2005, and received similar complaints in the US from the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. The show is intended as a satire on the miraculous statue […]

Says tolerance for gays has "developed into suppression of majority heterosexual lifestyle"

By Terry Vanderheyden VATICAN CITY, February 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an address to a group discussing the human embryo, Pope Benedict XVI emphasized that “the love of God does not distinguish between the newly-conceived infant still in its mother’s womb, the baby, the youth, the grown adult or the elderly, because in each of them He sees the sign of His own image and likeness.” The Pope made his comments today before a Pontifical Academy for Life international congress on “the human embryo prior to implantation, scientific aspects and bioethical considerations.” The congress, which is being held to mark […]

By Gudrun Schultz VATICAN CITY, February 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Absent parents cause more harm to the mental health of their children than family violence, according to a new study by the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care (PCHPC). In a report on mental health research conducted by the Council, the lack of “parental figures of reference” was cited as the most significant family factor leading to the development of a mental disorder. Children who do not have solid parental figures in their lives are at far greater risk of developing mental illness as adults. The study found the second […]

By Hilary White and John-Henry Westen VATICAN, February 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On March 25, Pope Benedict XVI will elevate fifteen men to the College of Cardinals. Of the fifteen only twelve will be of an age to vote in the conclave for a new pope and thus the remainder are seen as honorific appointments. LifeSiteNews.com has compiled a short summary of pro-life and pro-family statements by those twelve. Those statements reveal that the Pope has placed a high priority on choosing Cardinals who have made a priority of defending the sacredness of life, the natural family and traditional Christian […]

by Hilary White WINNIPEG, February 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday, the Supreme Court of Canada decided that it will not hear a case brought by two women trying to force the Manitoba government to pay for abortion in private facilities. In December 2004, a Queen’s Bench judge ruled without trial that the province must pay for abortions in privately owned abortion mills. The Province appealed the decision, arguing that it violates the agreement that provinces may decide which procedures are medically necessary and must be covered by taxpayers. The appeals court overturned the Queen’s Bench decision saying that the case […]

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 […]

By Gudrun Schultz PIERRE, South Dakota, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – South Dakota’s Senate passed a law yesterday banning all abortions in the state, in an open challenge to the 1973 Supreme Court ruling of Roe vs. Wade that made abortion a constitutional right. Republican Governor Mike Rounds has yet to sign the bill, but he is known to oppose abortion. In 2004 Gov. Rounds vetoed a similar bill after it had passed the Senate vote, because the bill did not ensure that existing abortion restrictions would remain in effect while the law went to the courts, as it was […]

By Gudrun Schultz UNITED STATES, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Efforts to prevent gay adoption are moving into the center of the U.S. political scene, in what has been described as a “second front ” in the country’s culture wars. A significant number of states are working to introduce legislation banning gay adoption, or to amend existing laws. In at least 16 states, laws or the promise of legislation prohibiting adoption by gay or lesbian couples are prominent in the political landscape, with the question set to become a campaign issue for the next federal election. For the states of Georgia, […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews.com has learned that Justice Marshall Rothstein who was today nominated by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the Supreme Court of Canada, ruled in a 1983 case against homosexual benefits. Nonetheless, Rothstein, a Federal Court of Appeal judge from Manitoba, was selected from the short-list presented to the previous Liberal Government.“Marshall Rothstein’s candidacy was scrutinized by a comprehensive process initiated by the previous Government that included members from all the political parties,” said Prime Minister Harper. “I believe he has the qualifications necessary to serve Canadians well from the country’s highest […]

By Hilary White  TURIN, February 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After winning gold and silver medals at the Turin Olympics, Canadian long-track speed skater, Cindy Klassen says she owes everything to God. “I’ve won a medal,” she told reporters, “but that’s nothing compared to the crown I’ll get in Heaven. I see a lot of people in sports who think when they reach a certain level they’ve got it made, but really, you can only find happiness in the Lord.”  Cindy Klassen, a Winnipeg native and devout Mennonite, has won more medals at these Olympics than any Canadian woman at any […]

Atheists are Ripping a Page from the Gay Manualhttps://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0039614.cfm Bishop calls new Spanish law on reproduction “monstrosity”https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6061 Thomas More Law Center asks court to rehear case on Nativity banhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6064 Pope Benedict XVI Names Archbishop Seán O’Malley To The College Of Cardinalshttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6068 Gambling Industry Emerges as Top Lobbyist https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039620.cfm Gay Rights Leader Calls For Halt To LGBT Support For Hillary Clinton https://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/02/022206clinton.htm The lessons of school choicehttps://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed022106b.cfm Parents Worry About Forced Sex Education in Public Schoolshttps://www.ncregister.com/articulo4.php?artkod=MTkx Canadian Supreme Court short list tests conservative mettlehttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060222.wxscoc0222/BNStory/National/home Is hospice movement going beyond end-of-life care?https://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=18746 My appointment is a sign of the Pope’s goodwill towards […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – State-run religiously-affiliated schools must now teach students about all religions in a bid to “combat prejudice,” the Times on Line reports. A National Framework for Religious Education statement by the Department for Education and Skills has been endorsed by leaders of several major UK religious groups including Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops. The statement mandates that religious schools teach the tenets of all major world faiths. “We believe that schools with a religious designation should teach not only their own faith but also an awareness of the tenets of other faiths,” […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LIMA, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A United Nations representative in Peru is urging presidential candidates to include platforms to legalize the abortifacient morning-after pill (MAP) in their upcoming April 9 election. UN envoy Jairo Palacio argues erroneously that the MAP does not constitute abortion because some groups define pregnancy as occurring after a newly formed human embryo implants into a mother’s womb – one process through which the so-called emergency contraception acts. The morning-after pill has been shown conclusively to prevent the already created child from implanting in the lining of the uterus. The myth of […]

By Terry Vanderheyden NEW YORK, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An unwed pre-school teacher fired from a Queens, New York, Catholic school for becoming pregnant has the backing of a pro-life group in a legal suit against the diocese. Feminists for Life supports the lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Michelle McCusker, 26, who was fired in October after only one month on the job. “Feminists for Life supports the NYCLU in protecting women from pregnancy discrimination because it pits a woman against her own child by forcing her to choose between her career […]

By Gudrun Schultz MONTREAL, Quebec, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian teenagers view parents as their primary source for information on sex and healthy sexuality, a new Ipsos-Reid poll reveals. In a survey jointly conducted by the Canadian Association for Adolescent Health (CAAH) and Ipsos on the sexual behavior and knowledge of teenagers, researchers were startled to discover that a majority of teenagers identified their parents as the most valuable resource for information on sex. “One of the most surprising results of the study was how parents underestimate their importance and the role teens expect them to play when it […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual ‘Marriage’ was forced on Canada by a deliberate scheme which was revealed by former Justice Minister Martin Cauchon when he accepted an award form a U.S. homosexual organization, Equality Forum, in Philadelphia on May 1, 2004. There, the former Justice Minister revealed that besides himself, only three men masterminded the overthrow of the traditional family. One of those men, the clerk of the Privy Council Alex Himelfarb, has just been ousted from his privileged position by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper announced yesterday the appointment of Kevin G. Lynch […]

SEATTLE, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over 500 doctoral scientists have now signed a statement publicly expressing their skepticism about the contemporary theory of Darwinian evolution. The statement reads: “We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.” The list of 514 signatories includes member scientists from the prestigious US and Russian National Academy of Sciences. Signers include 154 biologists, the largest single scientific discipline represented on the list, as well as 76 chemists and 63 physicists. […]

By John-Henry Westen NEW ORLEANS, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans rumors circulated that at least one hospital had euthanized patients during the mayhem. LifeSiteNews.com reported in September 2005, that an unnamed doctor admitted to a UK newspaper that such activities had taken place at Memorial Medical Center (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/sep/05091205.html ). In October another doctor at the hospital confirmed in a CNN interview that he suspected such activities and admitted he left the hospital saying he would rather abandon patients than actively kill them. (see coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/oct/05101303.html ) Later in October hospital workers were subpoenaed […]

By John-Henry Westen ROTTERDAM, Holland, February 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Marianne van den Anker, an alderman in the Rotterdam city council in charge of public health and security has proposed forced abortion and forced contraception for teenage mothers whose origin is in the Antilles and on drug addicts and people with mental handicaps. The alderman suggested that such mothers are nearly always guilty of child abuse. While several reports have referred to van den Anker and her Leefbaar Rotterdam party as “right wing”, the alderman is the furthest thing from the right side of the social conservative spectrum. In addition […]

By Gudrun Schultz HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, February 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nova Scotia’s new premier has openly declared himself to be pro-life. Rodney MacDonald, who was elected as leader for the Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative party on Saturday, said twice that he is pro-life, in an interview with Steve Murphy of CTV News. As Charles Moore pointed out for the Halifax Daily News, it is “extraordinary courageous” for any politician, particularly one newly elected, to take a definitive stand on the side of life in Canada these days. MacDonald, 34, will be the youngest premier in Canada after his swearing-in […]

By Gudrun Schultz MANILA, Philippines, February 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bishops of the Philippines have responded emphatically to growing pressure from anti-life activists, calling for accountability from Catholics on moral issues. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) have rallied Catholic leaders throughout the country to educate parishioners on the immorality of artificial birth control methods, in response to a concerted onslaught by population control advocates. Supported by the United Nations, activists for population control have launched an aggressive assault on the country, pushing for anti-life legislation that would limit family size to two children, increase the social […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, February 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The number of children born outside of marriage has skyrocketed to 42% from 12% previously in 1980, according to statistics released from the UK’s Office for National Statistics. “Although most children are born to married couples, this substantial rise in births outside marriage is a reflection of the rising trend in cohabiting parents,” said ONS editor Hayley Butcher, according to a BBC report. The UK is fourth in Europe for number of births outside marriage, after Sweden, Denmark and France. The trend not only reflects higher rates of unwed partnering, but […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, February 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has criticised pop stars such as Britney Spears and Beyoncé for glorifying a “pimp and whore” culture through their sexually suggestive performances and lyrics. “A lot of people seem to think it’s cool to be a pimp or a whore,” she told London’s Evening Standard. “It’s not cool. The reality is dark and evil and appalling and unregulated.” Roddick condemned the pop culture icons for portraying prostitution as glamorous. “The reality is sexual trafficking, which is about young women being forced into rooms to have sex […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LUBLIN, Poland, February 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A university in south-eastern Poland has banned a controversial “T-shirt for freedom” campaign expected to occur simultaneously with a campus human rights film festival. The t-shirts, which were to be worn through campus during the campaign by celebrities, boasted such things as “I had an abortion,”“I didn’t cry when the Pope died,”“I have AIDS,”“I don’t go to church,”“I masturbate,” or “I am gay,” according to a Radio Polonia report. The predominantly Catholic student population found the t-shirts offensive and complained that they were insensitive to people living with AIDS, or […]

By Hilary White PITTSBURGH, February 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US collaborator of disgraced Korean cloning doctor Hwang Woo Suk, has been found by an independent investigation to be innocent of participating in the fraudulent cloning “breakthroughs,” of his university. Dr. Gerald Schatten of the University of Pittsburgh was among the first to blow the whistle on the Korean cloning scandal and had asked that his name be removed from the Science journal articles on the bogus research. The University of Pittsburgh conducted an investigation into Schatten’s role in the affair and has concluded that he “did not deliberately fabricate […]

By John-Henry Westen and Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C. United States, February 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The legality of partial-birth abortion will come under the scrutiny of the U.S. Supreme Court, the court announced today. The Court will hear arguments and decide the case during its next term which begins in October. An analysis by National Right to Life notes that the federal law now stands a good chance of being approved and the decision will rest on Justice Anthony Kennedy. Among currently sitting Supreme Court justices, five have voted in favor of Roe v. Wade—that is, in support of the […]

Mystery surrounds ‘God’s’ billboardshttps://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=69408_0_10_0_C USAID’s ‘Population Stabilization’ Efforts Work Too Well in Third-World Countrieshttps://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=12576 Bloc plans to prop up Harper’s minorityhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060220.wxhouse0220/BNStory/Front/home Cardinal George Writes Apology To All Parishionershttps://www.wbbm780.com/pages/8560.php US draft bill to target companies that help China censor the internethttps://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=5439 No More Hims of Praise – Anthony Esolen on the Contemptible Mutilation of Hymnshttps://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=19-02-016-v Child pornography has expanded into a business so profitable it is no longer limited to pedophileshttps://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2006/edition_02-19-2006/Andrew_Vachss Who’s Afraid of an Argument? The Insecurities of the Abortion Rights Movementhttps://www.albertmohler.com/commentary_read.php?cdate=2006-02-20 Over 500 Scientists Proclaim Their Doubts About Darwin’s Theory https://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2732 Kentucky students can’t skip anti-gay harassment traininghttps://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/news.aspx?id=16508 Teddy […]

By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The University of Toronto’s Victoria College student newspaper The Strand, has used the controversy surrounding the cartoons ridiculing Islam to bash Christianity and Islam simultaneously. Accompanying an article on the cartoon controversy, the paper published a cartoon of its own depicting Jesus smooching with Mohammed in the “Tolerance Tunnel”. “The cartoon is a sort of Canadian statement on religious tolerance,” Nick Ragaz, managing editor of The Strand, the student newspaper of Victoria University at U of T told the Toronto Star. “This is not an act of hate,” he said. “It’s […]

Letter says Cardinal Pell misrepresents teaching on "primacy of conscience"

by Hilary White NEW YORK, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the most commonly played assertions of the abortion movement has been that laws prohibiting abortion result in maternal deaths from “unsafe back-alley abortions.” Now data from the United Nations has shown that countries with laws protecting the life of the unborn also enjoy lower rates of maternal mortality than countries where abortion is legal. The comparison of four countries in the developed world published by the United Nations Populations Division, shows that Russia, with one of the highest rates of abortion in the world, has a maternal mortality […]

by Hilary White VIENNA, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A German language Catholic news site reports that the rector of Vienna’s Catholic cathedral has instituted a ceremony to bless “couples, fiancés and people in love” including homosexual partners. The cathedral, 800 year-old St. Stephan’s, is the seat of Christoph Cardinal Schonborn, the archbishop of Vienna who is widely regarded as a conservative. Schonborn is well known around the world as a major contributor to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and for his explanations in the New York Times of the Catholic Church’s understanding of evolution. The announcement came on […]

By John-Henry Westen LAS VEGAS, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jack Carter, 58, the eldest son of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has announced he is seeking the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate to represent Nevada. At his launch, Carter spoke with reporters revealing his schizophrenic stand on abortion – a stand similar to that of his father. Speaking with the Associated Press’ Kathleen Hennessey, Carter described his abortion views saying, ““I’m a personal freedoms person. I don’t want the government to come in and tell my child or whoever it is that they can’t have an abortion. I’m pro-choice […]

By Gudrun Schultz SWEDEN, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Swelling crime rates and a parallel growth in suicide show the dark side of Sweden’s experiment with social liberalism. Despite the country’s status among social liberals as the ultimate model for successfully breaking the shackles of “moral restrictions” on a modern nation, it is becoming more difficult to ignore the accelerating degeneration of Swedish society. Stephen Crampton, Chief Counsel of the American Family Association Center for Law and Policy (CLP), compiled information on crime rates and social breakdown in Sweden from a Swedish media source, in an article published on the AFA […]

By Terry Vanderheyden TORONTO, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s National Post is the first major Canadian news source to sound the alarm over the nation’s impending population crisis. It is publishing a four part series on the fertility crisis. In part one, aÂfront-page feature appearing Saturday titled ,ÂA childless culture, Anne Marie Owens warns of a future “where senior citizens drastically outnumber babies, schools will be replaced by old-age homes, neighbourhoods of single-family dwellings will make way for smaller condos and townhouses, and playgrounds will become disused relics of the past.” “A dramatic decline in fertility in recent decades, […]

By Gudrun Schultz NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Parents with children in private religious schools will get help with tuition fees if the Progressive Conservatives are elected in next year’s election, PC leader John Tory said yesterday.   Speaking at a policy conference in Niagara Falls, Mr. Tory said the financial assistance would most likely take the form of tax credits for parents. “I have now been to several [independent faith-based schools] to visit and I have learned a lot from listening to people of all kinds … and I have come to understand even better the […]

By Gudrun Schultz FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, February 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Brunswick’s refusal to pay for abortions done at Morgentaler’s Fredericton clinic will soon be addressed by the Conservative government, according to a Health Canada spokesperson. The province has fought with Ottawa for years over its determination not to pay for abortion procedures in private clinics, arguing that the federal government is operating under a double standard in singling out private abortions for provincial funding. Former Liberal health minister Ujjal Dosanjh initiated arbitration proceedings—the dispute avoidance resolution process under the Canada Health Act—last year, but the process was interrupted […]

Rumors of a Third Nominee to the Supreme Court. If you think what the outside groups did in the Alito nomination was tough, it was like a kindergarten class compared to what is nexthttps://www.freecongress.org/commentaries/2006/060217.asp A culture war is being waged by radical Islamists against a post-Christian West largely disarmed by multiculturalismhttps://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=3874 The disturbing truth about Sweden’s moral decay should serve to sober us from our own complacent drunken stupor.https://www.afa.net/clp/GetArticle.asp?id=63 Columnist Rips Evangelical Leaders for Becoming ‘Trojan Horse’ for the Lefthttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/afa/162006b.asp Activists Planning to Stage ‘06 World ‘Gay Pride’ Celebration in Jerusalemhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/afa/172006a.asp Reacting to TheDaVinciChallenge.comhttps://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=2&art_id=31948 Massachusetts Bishops dealt setback in pursuit […]

by Hilary White TORONTO, February 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The CBC has re-run a programme segment covering a Toronto-based dating agency specializing in “hooking up” people who are already married or in “committed relationships,” for extra-marital sex. The CBC has covered the agency several times in the last few years in print, radio and television segments usually on St. Valentine’s Day, the Christian feast day celebrating marital fidelity. Rick Okada, Ashley Madison’s marketing director and media buyer told LifeSiteNews.com that the agency gets regular media coverage from the government-funded CBC. The segment that ran this year was a repeat of […]

By Terry Vanderheyden PRAGUE, February 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Czech President Vaclav Klaus has vetoed same-sex partnership legislation approved by the country’s parliament. The president deliberated over the issue for several weeks, after both the upper and lower houses of parliament approved the measure – the first of the former Soviet bloc countries to do so. The measure carried by a margin of 147 to 86 in the lower house. The proposed law would allow same-sex partners to officially register their unions and grant them access to each other’s medical information as well as the right to raise but not […]

By Gudrun Schultz PARIS, France, February 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Francis Deniau of Nevers, in eastern France, wants the Vatican to lift the Church’s ban on artificial birth control methods. The bishop has joined his voice to a group of Christian intellectuals in France who are campaigning for Church acceptance of birth control. Pope Benedict XVI’s new encyclical on love, “Deus Caritas Est” (God is Love) appears to be fueling activists who are pushing for radical change in the Church. Bishop Deniau said the encyclical was “a hopeful sign for possible change” in an interview with Le Pelerin magazine […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, Ontario, February 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The University of Western Ontario (UWO) officially opened Canada’s only homosexual library Tuesday, called the Pride Library, at an event attended by approximately 200 people. “Valentine’s Day at Western is never going to be the same again,” quipped the library’s founder, university professor James Miller, according to a London Free Press report. Miller founded a Gender, Sexuality, and Culture program at UWO. “It’s got to be the queerest Valentine’s Day we’ve had.” The new library is situated on the main floor of the University’s D.B. Weldon Library, and houses over […]

By Gudrun Schultz CIUDAD REAL, Spain, February 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Antonio Algora, of the Spanish diocese of Ciudad Real, has likened Spain’s prime minister to Gaius Caligula, a megalomaniac first-century Roman emperor who was convinced of his own divinity and set himself up as a god. “If Zapatero wants to become Caligula, it’s up to him, but without doubt people will have to learn who Caligula was and what customs he imposed on Rome, it’s as simple as that,” Bishop Algora told Spanish newspapers. His comments on the prime minister were triggered by the recent legalization of same-sex […]

by Hilary White SYDNEY, February 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hailing the decision to make the abortion drug RU-486 approved for wider distribution, Australian Democrat leader Lyn Allison said, “Pregnancy is not safe. A whole lot of things about women’s reproductive health are very dangerous, in fact.” Allison said, “The protocols doctors will adopt here will ensure the safety of women. But I can’t say that it’s going to be 100 per cent certain to be safe.” Liberal senator Judith Troeth was in tears as she said, without apparent irony, that the wide distribution of RU-486 is a victory for future […]

By Gudrun Schultz ALBANY, New York, February 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New York’s marriage law is constitutional, a five-judge panel decided at a mid-level appeals court yesterday. The ruling addressed three separate cases involving gay couples that were refused marriage licenses. The couples argue the state’s definition of marriage as being only between a man and a woman violates the state Constitution’s equality, privacy and legal access provisions. The court ruled that under the constitution, marriage between homosexuals was not legal. Changing the legality of same-sex marriage would require re-writing the constitution, which the panel of judges said was not […]

Says ethical heart transplant not yet possible because of difficulty of determining certain death

Homosexual activists furious state would prevent kids from joining gay clubs

By Terry Vanderheyden CINCINATTI, February 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The head of an American security company has had himself and two employees injected with computer microchips for more secure access to confidential surveillance information. CityWatcher.com CEO Sean Darks told the Globe and Mail, “It works great. I just walk to the door in front of the reader, it beeps and the door opens up.” His company contracts its services to police and government organizations. “We’ll continue using this technology,” he added. “We need to make sure we have every security measure available in place to protect our clients’ interests.” The […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study is being undertaken by the UK government to decide whether RU-486 can be used at home “safely.” The pilot project may lead the public health service to adopt the deadly abortion pill, the euphemism for which is “medical abortions” to distinguish from surgical abortions, for those women seeking abortions before 12 weeks gestation. A Department of Health spokesman said to the Nursing Standard journal, the results had not yet been evaluated. “No changes to the way abortions are carried out will be approved unless we are content that there […]

By Gudrun Schultz SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, February 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Psychological Association (APA) has said that the effect of abortion on women’s mental health has no relevance in determining the association’s support for abortion. In a special LifeSiteNews report from the Elliot Institute, a spokesperson for the APA openly stated that the Association supports abortion as a civil right, and therefore research contradicting claims that abortion improves women’s health would have no effect on the APA’s position, because “to pro-choice advocates, mental health effects are not relevant.” The APA holds extensive scientific authority on mental health issues—the association’s […]

By Gudrun Schultz CANBERRA, Australia, February 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australia’s protection against the deadly abortion drug RU-486 came to an end yesterday, as the House of Representatives voted to remove control of the drug from Health Minister Tony Abbott. For the past ten years, Australia’s health minister has held veto power over the drug. Mr. Abbott, a Roman Catholic strongly opposed to abortion, has kept it out of the country. A private member’s bill to strip him of that control was raised in the house, and voted in by the Senate almost two weeks ago. Control of the drug […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, February 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today the White House announced that funding for “family planning” organizations, which has been maintained at the same level as the last year of the Clinton administration, would be cut 18 %. Family planning aid, which has included money to condom suppliers and was being maintained at $425 million annually, will be cut to $357 million. Rep. Nita Lowey, a New York Democrat, told the New York Times, “It’s ironic that an administration outwardly committed to reducing the incidence of abortion would take away valuable tools for preventing unwanted pregnancies.” While […]

Citizens would have to explicitly inform government they don't want organs taken

By Gudrun Schultz and Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, Ontario, February 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new Catholic textbook on the moral life, written for grade 12 students, fails dismally to present the moral teaching of the Church, according to reviewer Dr. John Shea. Dr. Shea, retired doctor and medical consultant for the pro-life group Campaign Life Coalition, reviewed the book In Search of the Good: A Catholic Understanding of Moral Living, written and produced by the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), for the February 2006 issue of Catholic Insight. “I cannot and would not recommend this book for Grade Twelve […]

By Terry Vanderheyden ROME, February 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Judges from Italy’s highest court have thrown out a suit aimed at eliminating crucifixes from the country’s public schools, arguing they are symbolic of the Christian values that underpin all principles held dear by secular society. In addition to its religious significance for the overwhelmingly Catholic country, the Council of State also said the crucifix signified “the values which underlie and inspire our constitution, our way of living together peacefully,” as reported by ANSA. The judges pointed out that most of the values held dear by society such as tolerance and […]

By Gudrun Schultz MASSACHUSETTS, United States, February 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Wal-Mart has been ordered to stock the emergency contraception drug known as the “morning after pill” by the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy, after a unanimous vote by board members yesterday. Two weeks ago, three women, two of them known activists for emergency contraception, staged a lawsuit against the company after they were unable to purchase the drug from three Massachusetts stores. Wal-Mart only offers the pill in the state of Illinois, where it is required under state law. The company has said it “chooses not to carry many products […]

By Gudrun Schultz SYDNEY, Australia, February 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the Australian House of Representatives began debate yesterday on a bill that would open the door to the chemical abortion drug RU486, Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, issued a statement against the drug. “The health risks to women of RU486 cannot be airbrushed out of existence. Already significant numbers of women have died after taking the drug. Hundreds in the U.S. have suffered ill effects. RU486 will increase the danger of women suffering home alone miscarriages and will further trivialize the destruction of human lives.” Cardinal Pell had […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Ipsos-Reid poll released by CanWest Global has revealed that a majority of Canadians would oppose opposition parties toppling the Conservative government over abortion restrictions. The poll also found that, by an even larger margin, Canadians would oppose ousting the Conservatives if they tried to pass a law making same sex ‘marriage’ illegal. Even though the poll used language biased in favour of abortion and homosexual ‘marriage’ support, the results found Canadians unwilling to harbour a government ouster based on the measures. Rather than speaking of offering protection for unborn children, […]

By Terry Vanderheyden INDIANAPOULIS, February 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Indiana House voted 83-0 to re-instate Christian prayer after a federal judge there declared the practice of invoking the name of Jesus Christ unconstitutional. “It’s time to bring our prayer from the back of the room to the front of the room,” said South Bend Democratic House Minority Leader B. Patrick Bauer, according to IndyStar.com coverage. House Speaker Brian Bosma, R-Indianapolis, suspended the 189-year-old tradition of prayer before legislative business, after U.S. District Judge David Hamilton ruled in November that the practice was unconstitutional. The Senate passed a similar resolution […]

Many justify abortion and right to homosexual lifestyles on such a belief

Polls Distort U.S. Views on Abortionhttps://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/2/14/153052.shtml?s=ic ‘Everyone in public life needs prayer. Everyone.’https://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0039453.cfm Stem Cells May Strengthen Failing Hearts https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/2/14/102852.shtml?s=he Homosexual political advocacy Human Rights Campaign strongly endorses “pro-life” Democrat Bob Casey , Pennsylvaniahttps://www.hrc.org/candidateFundraising/ Recently published “The Founders on Religion” disproves frequent claims that all those gathered at signing of US Declaration of Independence and Constitution were at best Deists and more probably atheistshttps://www.firstthings.com/ Wal-Mart Must Stock Morning After PillÂin Massachusetts https://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2006/feb/14/021400760.html Early Exposure to Porn Causes Harmhttps://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0039524.cfm Recent Changes May Render Hippocratic Oath Harmful to Patients, Critic Warnshttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/afa/132006d.asp Down Syndrome Children in High Demand for Adoptionhttps://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0039522.cfm Federal Court Gives […]

  By Terry Vanderheyden ST. PAUL, Minnesota, February 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – About 150 protesters demonstrated outside the Cathedral of St. Paul while Roman Catholic Archbishop Harry Flynn held a Mass in honour of marriage Sunday. The group gathered to protest the church’s support for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex “marriage.” “Today we come together to celebrate … the vocation of marriage between one man and woman,” the archbishop said during Mass, as reported by the Pioneer Press. “Today that vocation is under challenge, even under attack.” The protesters attended the Mass because of support from the state’s Roman […]

By Gudrun Schultz LONDON, United Kingdom, February 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Government ministers in the United Kingdom have been accused of displaying anti-Christian bias and fostering social polarization, after it was revealed the Home Office invests significantly more time and money into celebrating Muslim and Hindu feasts than Christian celebrations. More than ₤15,000 were spent in one week of events celebrating the religious feasts of the Muslim and Hindu communities. The only notice Christmas celebrations received, on the other hand, was announcement of a carol service, and the Home Office has no plans to participate in celebrations of the primary […]

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, February 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Department of Justice is in court to defend its mandate that internet pornography sites maintain records ensuring their “performers” comply with minimum age laws in the country. In order to fight the exploitation of children, women who appear in x-rated pictures or videos must be at least 18 years old in the US. The Justice Department justified the reporting when they announced the new rules, saying that minors are “often forced to engage in sexually explicit conduct.” Web site operators are opposed to the measure, since many purveyors argue […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, February 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK fertility authority is pondering a proposed measure that would allow women to donate eggs to be used to grow human embryos for embryonic stem cell research purposes. The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority will decide Wednesday whether to allow so-called “altruistic” egg donations. It already allows women the option to donate “spare” embryos that result from in-vitro fertilization. The new measure would allow women to undergo drug-induced production of multiple eggs, followed by surgical extraction, outside of IVF treatment. The use of medications to stimulate egg production can result […]

By Gudrun Schultz CHICAGO, Illinois, February 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Illinois paper that said pro-life ads were “too graphic” to run has changed its decision, in a well-publicized victory for abortion opponents. When Jill Stanek, a nurse and president of Right to Life of Will County, contacted the Herald News last month to purchase space for the ads, the paper rejected them. One of the ads shows a 3-D ultrasound photograph of the face of an unborn baby. Joliet-based Herald News told CNS they reserve the right to reject any advertising for any reason. Stanek says an ad rep […]

By Gudrun Schultz LONDON, United Kingdom, February 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new report suggesting civil partnerships may hold potential health benefits for gay couples ignores significant research showing serious health problems associated with the gay lifestyle. The report, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JECH) by London researchers Professor Michael King and Annie Bartlett, suggests that gay couples will experience the same health improvements that have been linked to those in heterosexual marriages. Stress reduction through stable relationships and emotional security has been linked to reduced incidences of cardiovascular and other diseases in married couples. Primarily, […]

By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, February 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activists have long sought to distance themselves from pedophiles, however Canada’s most prominent homosexual activist group has now demanded the lowering the age of consent for anal sex to 16 from 18. Surprisingly, Canada’s National Post, regarded by some as a ‘conservative’ paper has come out in favour of the proposal. Reacting to the Conservative Government’s plan to raise the age of consent forÂnormal sex from 14 to 16, EGALE (Equality for Gays and Lesbians Everywhere) has commenced a campaign to have the age of consent for anal sex lowered […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a letter dated February 6, 2006, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) congratulated Stephen Harper on his becoming Prime Minister of Canada. Signed by Sherbrooke Archbishop and CCCB President André Gaumond, the letter states, “We are pleased with the attention you have given to date to matters dealing with respect to life and human dignity.” (see the full letter here: https://www.cccb.ca/PublicStatements.htm?CD=547&ID=1822 ) In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com today, Archbishop Gaumond explained that he was referring to Harper’s statements on life and family issues.“We are saying that during the campaign […]

FRONT ROYAL, Va., February 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, President of Human Life International (HLI), responded to the attempt by condom manufacturers to pervert St. Valentine’s Day.ÂÂReacting to “national condom week” which begins today and runs till the 21st, Fr. Euteneuer said, “The condom industry is in bed with the abortion industry to exploit a day that traditionally is a celebration of selfless love and marriage. All week at campus centers across the country, organizations that make their money killing pre-born children through abortion will be passing out condoms to students.” “National Condom Week is a […]

By Terry Vanderheyden TRENTON, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New Jersey Supreme Court could legalize same-sex “marriage” for the state as early as Wednesday, when it hears the case of Lewis v. Harris, in which seven same-sex couples who were denied marriage licenses filed a lawsuit claiming the denials violated their rights of privacy and equal protection under the New Jersey Constitution. The Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court affirmed 2 to 1 last June a trial court decision that said limiting marriage to members of the opposite sex does not violate the New Jersey Constitution. The […]

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Under a new law proposed in the state of Indiana, women seeking an abortion would hear from their doctors that human life begins at conception, They would also hear that their baby might be able to feel pain. The law would go farther than almost any other legislation in the country in requiring that women be fully informed about the act of abortion. Only South Dakota has brought in a similar law, which has been blocked by court proceedings. Current law in Indiana requires doctors to tell women about the age of their […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A fashionable London Catholic hospital is referring for abortions and distributing abortifacient drugs according to a labour peer who investigated on behalf of the Catholic Church. This week, Lord Brennan reported his findings on an investigation into St John and St Elizabeth Hospital that found the hospitals were referring women for abortions or prescribing the morning-after pill. Lord Brennan has informed Cormac Murphy O’Connor the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster and head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, saying the hospital was in violation of its own ethics code.  The […]

by Hilary White JERUSALEM, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Israel’s family court ruled on Sunday that two lesbians, Tal and Avital Yarous-Hakak must receive adoption papers that listed them as the mothers of their three children. This follows a High Court ruling that declared same-sex relationships must be treated in law the same as normal marriage. The pair acquired their three children through in vitro fertilization. In Israel, as in nearly every other jurisdiction in the western world, the homosexual political machine has worked through the courts one case at a time to create legal equivalency to normal family life […]

By Gudrun Schultz SACRAMENTO, California, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Activists for the rights of the disabled are joining up with religious and conservative lobby groups to protest a proposed assisted-suicide bill in California. Assembly Bill 651 would allow doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to terminally ill patients. “There are the folks who see it as a right-to-life issue, and there are the folks who see it as a right-to-death issue,” Teresa Favuzzi, director of the California Federation of Independent Living Centers, which opposes the bill, told the Sacramento Bee. “And for the disability community, it’s about the right to […]

By John-Henry Westen SAN FRANCISCO, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Questions have swirled about Pope Benedict XVI’s appointment of former Utah Bishop George Niederauer to be Archbishop of San Francisco, a post Archbishop Niederauer took up this week. With its reputation for being a hotbed of the “gay subculture” many were looking at how the new archbishop would address the matter. From recent indications, some Catholics are now especially concerned about the archbishop. The San Francisco Chronicle has posted an interview with the incoming archbishop, conducted by the paper’s ‘gay and lesbian issues’ newsman Wyatt Buchanan. During the interview, Archbishop […]

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C., United States, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. government has called for a special scientific investigation into the deaths of four California women, who died from a rare bacterial infection after taking the dangerous abortion drug RU-486. Up to 20 scientists, who have studied the deadly bacteria Clostridium sordellii that caused the deaths, will look into the connection between the effects of the abortion pill and the bacteria’s presence in the women’s blood stream. The abortion pill has been a source of intense controversy since it first appeared in France over 20 years ago. […]

by Hilary White SYDNEY, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Australian Liberal MP has warned that the introduction of the abortion drug RU-486 could lead Australia to becoming a predominantly Muslim country. Danna Vale Liberal MP for Hughes in Sydney, said, “When you actually look at the birth rates and when you look at the fact that we are aborting ourselves almost out of existence by 100,000 abortions every year and that’s only a guesstimate.” Vale said she was referring to a comment made by an Australian Imam who claimed that Australia would be a Muslim country in 50 years. […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alex Munter gained himself a controversial reputation during the recent federal election by pretending to be an unbiased third party while handing a hungry media an eight-year old speech by Conservative Leader Stephen Harper which was used to harm Harper on the night of a televised leaders’ debate. After the Canadian Press (CP) discovered that Munter was in fact working for the Liberals while requesting anonymity and claiming non-partisanship in handing in the speech that he ‘just happened to find’ on the net, CP published another full story pointing our Munter’s […]

By Terry Vanderheyden ST. LOUIS, Missouri, February 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hours after the media announced the location of an international Love Won Out conference for St. Louis to be held Feb. 25, the location was vandalized. The vandalism to First Evangelical Free Church of St. Louis County (First Free) occurred just hours after radio announcements of the location for the event began there Thursday evening. At least a dozen eggs were found spattered over the front of the building when employees arrived there early Friday. Billboards for the event began to appear along St. Louis highways as early as […]

South Dakota House Approves Abortion Banhttps://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail2817.cfm?Id=0,45916 America’s Aborted Conscience—The Sin of Moral Indifferencehttps://www.christianpost.com/article/editorial/676/section/americas.aborted.conscience-the.sin.of.moral.indifference/1.htm Abortion lies exposed by photos and videoshttps://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=2977 Unrestricted abortion is fueling the decline of the very same churches who have most championed it.https://www.nationalreview.com/comment/tooley200602100924.asp London, England Cardinal urged to stop GPs at Catholic Hospital from referring women for abortions or prescribing the morning-after pill.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/02/10/nhosp10.xml&sSheet=/news/2006/02/10/ixhome.html Dissident jailed ‘after Yahoo handed evidence to police’https://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2033331,00.html More teen girls than boys into sex & drugshttps://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/story/390035p-330924c.html= Privacy fears hit Google searchhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4700002.stm Disabled activists oppose California assisted suicide billhttps://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=SUICIDE-02-08-06 Christian sex education vs AIDShttps://www.journal.com.ph/news.asp?pid=2&sid=1&nid=19237&month=2&day=9&year=2006 Quebec’s quiet right-wing revolutionhttps://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=f6fc69bb-4cfc-493c-a128-bd39e0529892&k=65688 Claude Allen, one of the staunchest […]

By Hilary White WILLIAMSBURG, February 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-life student at William and Mary college in Williamsburg, Virginia was punched in the face and thrown to the ground while she was handing out literature at a demonstration. The victim, a junior, was not seriously hurt but was shaken according to a fellow student and campus pro-life group member. The student, who is not being named by the college, was attacked by a woman who became upset at the pro-life message of the demonstration. University spokesman Bill Walker said police are looking for a white female with wavy brown […]

By Hilary White CHICAGO, February 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Illinois newspaper has rejected ads from a pro-life group as “too graphic” because they include photographs taken with the new 3-D ultrasound technology. Joliet-based Herald News told CNS that they reserve the right to reject any advertising for any reason. Jill Stanek, a nurse and president of the Will County chapter of the National Right to Life Committee, contacted the Herald News asking to rent space for ads that included a picture of an unborn child in the womb. The caption for the ad said, “I am an American. … […]

By Terry Vanderheyden BEIJING, February 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – China, despite its poor record on human rights and outright ban on most non-state-run religion, still holds on to some traditional values abandoned by most western nations. These values have led censors there to ban the homosexual propaganda film, Brokeback Mountain. On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates followed suit, banning the film. More middle-eastern countries are expected to follow UAEs lead. The Emirates’ Ministry of Information decided to shelter its citizens from the “offensive, abnormal behaviours” depicted in the movie, adding that Brokeback Mountain would “destroy the values and morals of […]

Recommends prosecutors instead investigate atheist for slander against priest

Results indicate over 90% of abortions therefore likely committed in violation of law

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, February 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The lead singer of the famous rock band U2 which just this week claimed an incredible five Grammy awards, has praised President George W. Bush and Americans for their generosity, especially post 9-11. His remarks came at the February 2 National Prayer Breakfast. The rocker began, with good humour, expressing the oddity of his appearance at the prayer breakfast.“You know, one of the things I love about this country is its separation of church and state. Although I have to say: in inviting me here, both church and state have been […]

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, February 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Newly elected New Democratic Party member for Toronto and wife of the party’s leader, Olivia Chow, said she will introduce legislation to resurrect the Liberal’s proposed national daycare program. The ruling Conservatives under Stephen Harper said they would scrap the program in favour of offering parents a cash incentive that would allow one parent the option to stay-at-home or to use it to pay for child care, while also addressing the need for daycare spaces. Chow said she wants to enshrine daycare as a universal right for Canadians, just like publicly-funded […]

By Hilary White HALIFAX, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Canadian society becomes more secularized, Canadian Catholic universities are following suit. In one case this week in Halifax, Peter March, St. Mary’s University professor of philosophy, said that he believes Christianity is a “pernicious thing.” March made the comment after he posted to his office door some of the cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad that have offended Muslims and sparked riots and violent protests around the world. When confronted by Muslim students March said, “I don’t believe in your faith. I believe your faith is a pernicious thing—the same […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Air Force released a revised version of its religious guidelines today after the previous guidelines received substantial criticism for restricting religious freedom. Lt. Gen. Roger Brady, Air Force deputy chief of staff for personnel announced the new guidelines saying, “The guidelines address prayer at military events, but in no way restrict private prayer or chaplains’ activities in religious settings.” In December 2005, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) presented a national petition with 160,000 signatures asking President Bush to protect the constitutional right of U.S. military […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A homosexual activist group is blaming the recent shooting rampage at a gay bar on Focus on the Family’s James Dobson, the Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins, and Rev. Pat Robertson. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation (the Task Force), which bills itself as the first national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization, has levelled the outrageous charges. 18-year-old Jacob Robida, according to police, injured several people as he opened fire inside a gay bar in New Bedford. He later fled to Arkansas where […]

Ordered to pay $20,000 to pharmacy board towards costs of proceedings

WASHINGTON, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The February edition of the Jewish bimonthly magazine, Moment, carries an excerpt from a book by Abigail Pogrebin, Stars of David; the book details conversations Pogrebin had with 62 famous Jews. The excerpt features Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of Pogrebin’s subjects. What Ginsburg had to say about Christianity was noted by Catholic League president Bill Donohue: “In the January 30 edition of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Abigail Pogrebin was asked which Jewish persons have left a ‘profound impression’ on her. She answered, ‘I will never forget Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg saying, […]

Gudrun Schultz DOVER, Delaware, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNew.com) – A Delaware bill authorizing human stem cell research was stripped of all anti-life components before passing in the house, thanks to the efforts of a concerted group of Christians. Senate Bill 80 was passed in the Delaware House of Representatives this week after all references to human embryonic stem cell research were removed from the bill. Supporters of Bill 80 were not able to gather sufficient votes for the bill to pass in its original form. The victory is being attributed to a campaign called “A Rose and a Prayer” undertaken […]

Removes control over bill from Health Minister who opposes drug

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A total of 23 US states have introduced fetal pain legislation – 19 in 2005, and four this year, which would require that abortionists disclose to women the reality that killing an unborn baby by abortion causes pain to the child. So far Arkansas, Georgia, Minnesota and Wisconsin have all passed the bills, although Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed the legislation last month. Doyle claimed that, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the bill failed “to reflect a consensus of medical opinion,” and “intrudes on the doctor-patient relationship in a […]

By Terry Vanderheyden AUSTIN, Texas, February 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Children who spend more time watching television spend less time interacting with their family and playing creatively, according to research from The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard Children’s Hospital appearing in the February issue of the journal Pediatrics. By studying children’s activities over 24-hour periods, Dr. Elizabeth Vandewater and her colleagues provide evidence for the first time that supports the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) television viewing recommendations. AAP recommends that children under the age of two should not watch television and children older than two should watch […]

A very large sector of the Islamic world is now demanding that the West live by Islamic rules – Richard John Neuhaushttps://www.firstthings.com/ U.N., EU to apologize to Islam for cartoonshttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48736 Prelate Decries Anti-Western “Climate of Hatred”https://www.catholicexchange.com/e3news/index.asp?category_id=10 Virginia Bill Allows Schools to Oust Gay Groupshttps://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0039456.cfm NBC Does It Again! Vulgar, Tasteless, Indecent Scene Part Of Network Program https://www.afa.net/lasvegas.asp Playboy sparks Indonesia porn rowhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4689054.stm UN’s Ability to Overhaul its Human Rights Role Questioned

By Terry Vanderheyden HOLLYWOOD, February 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Millions of moviegoers are lining up to see family-friendly movies reflecting traditional values, according to the results of an annual study of the domestic box office. Statistics from the survey show that the public’s choices for their favorite films – which they vote for with their wallets – veer sharply from the selections by the various awards shows and critics’ associations. According to research conducted by the Christian Film & Television CommissionTM from data compiled by Nielsen EDI for its Annual Report to the Entertainment Industry, 80 percent of the 10 […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, February 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctors and nurses are criticizing a move by UK authorities that would compel physicians to disclose underage sex with girls 13 years of age or younger. The proposed measure is to ensure the safety of girls, as police insist that at 13 or younger, girls who are sexually active are the victims of rape. The 2003 Sexual Offences Act established that 13-year-olds are incapable of consenting to sex. In addition to a compulsory report for girls under 13, girls 14 or 15 are also to be reported if involved sexually with […]

DePaul Catholic University has a large lesbian/gay faculty and staff caucus

By Gudrun Schultz BAVARIA, Germany, February 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A male nurse accused of killing 29 people has admitted he is guilty of causing the deaths of some patients, BBC reported today. Stephan Letter, 27, said he had acted out of compassion, although he told the Bavarian court that his actions “cannot be justified under any circumstances…I took the rest of [the patients’] lives away without being asked, and took away what human dignity they had left.” He said he killed to spare people suffering. Mr. Letter faces 16 counts of murder, 12 counts of manslaughter, one of killing […]

By Gudrun Schultz SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, February 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Shaw Cable has fired program manager Jim Mattern, he says for his role in releasing the phone number of the caller who accused Conservative candidate Maurice Vellacott of sexual assault during election programming Jan.17. LifeSiteNews broke that story, which involved allegations of defamation and slander against Liberal candidate Chris Axworthy, who lost the Saskatoon-Wanuskewin riding to Mr. Vellacott in the election. The phone number released by Mr. Mattern was traced to the Liberal campaign office. Mr. Vellacott has said he will purse legal charges. Jim Mattern said he has no doubt […]

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, February 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the first acts of the new Conservative government will be to raise Canada’s age of sexual consent law from 14 years to 16 years. Justice Minister Vic Toews announced yesterday his intention to address the issue as soon as the House returns in April. “One of the issues that I would like to see brought forward as quickly as possible is the age of protection, raising that from 14 to 16, and looking at, of course, bringing in a close-in-age exemption,” Mr. Toews told reporters after the first […]

By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Silvia Pimentel, has distinguished herself as one of the leading promoters of abortion on the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Elected to sit on the committee in January 2005 and currently serving as Vice Chair, Pimentel is one of the 23 ‘experts’ on the UN body which monitors compliance with the UN convention of the same name. Several pro-life groups which monitor UN proceedings expressed to LifeSiteNews.com their frustrations with the abortion push coming from the CEDAW committee. Jeanne Head, the UN representative for […]

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Canadian Parliament to resume sitting April 3https://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=1002 A Chinese editor has died as a result of a police beating he received for his paper’s reporting on corruptionhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4688276.stm What Friedan Wrought – Promiscuity and STDs, abortion- and divorce-on-demand, fatherless children—these are parts of her legacyhttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/10088/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm The Best & Worst of Super Bowl XLhttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/10090/CWA/misc/index.htm Rare Chlamydia Strain Infecting Gay Menhttps://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/06/D8FJTIJG7.html A volunteer in Turkey remembers Fr Andrea Santorohttps://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=5317 The Premiere of The Passion of Bernadette:https://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2006/prem_passbernadette_feb06.asp Why are health groups staying silent about studies that show a link between oral contraceptives and cancer?https://www.westernstandard.ca/website/index.cfm?page=article&article_id=1411 Unlike the last guy, our new prime minister has ambitions […]

By Steve Jalsevac Vancouver, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Dave Hepburn is a regular weekly columnist in Vancouver’s Province newspaper, a fairly large circulation newspaper by Canadian standards. In his Jan. 22 column, “When I was a fetus, I loved dill pickle ice cream”, the B.C. Physician penned a pro-life question and answer format on some of the most common misunderstandings about abortion. In Canada’s mainstream media, the presentation of such balance to the establishment media hostility to anything pro-life is almost unheard of. Hepburn doesn’t hammer his readers with his views but instead tries to take them where […]

By Gudrun Schultz VATICAN CITY, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Pontifical Academy for Life will gather February 27-28 to discuss the issues surrounding the human embryo, in a congress on the theme “The Human Embryo Before Implantation: Scientific Update and Bioethical Considerations.” It is not clear if the Academy will address the fate of already-created human embryos that are currently held in storage. While the Vatican has made it clear that the creation of human embryos apart from natural conception is morally evil and unacceptable, there has been no official statement on the issue of what to do with […]

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prominent American conservative commentator Stanley Kurtz has uncovered a chilling plot for Canada – the former Liberal government, in collusion with liberal courts, has been attempting to “abolish marriage” entirely. The first obvious reality is that the past Liberal governments, with the courts, have already caused critical damage to marriage – the advent of so-called same-sex marriage is a major step towards abolishing marriage. A next step will be legalization of polygamy, as the Liberals have already considered. (See https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jan/06011301.html for more on a Liberal government-sponsored study that promotes polygamy as […]

Bishop is one of few who have refused platforms to pro-abortion politicians

WASHINGTON, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Franciscan Brother Daniel Sulmasy, a medical doctor and bioethicist, has criticized the direction of modem bioethics away from the absolute value of human life, whether disabled or not. At a meeting of the President’s Council on Bioethics February 2, Sulmasy spoke against the growing move among some hospital ethics committees towards involuntary organ donation from severely disabled patients. Sulmasy said, “Because human dignity is equal for all, doctors cannot take the life of a severely developmentally disabled person to harvest organs to save the life of a scientific genius such as Albert Einstein.” Sulmasy […]

Pre March activities on May 10 and Youth Conference on Friday May 12

Gudrun Schultz SAN ANTONIO, Texas, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prominent Dominican has written a review praising the gay cowboy film Brokeback Mountain as “an engrossing story, a plea for tolerance, and a sad, emotional film that will touch anyone who has ever been in love.” Fr. Tom Condon, OP, student master for St. Martin de Porres Province of the Dominicans, writes about the propaganda-laden film with a strangely tender voice, given that it openly portrays sex between cowboys as beautiful and precious. His praise for the film flies directly in the face of Catholic teaching that homosexual acts […]

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pseudo- scientist and environmentalist David Suzuki, known for his activism in support of world depopulation, along with Clayton Ruby, the lawyer for abortion campaigner Henry Morgentaler, are among 56 new inductees for the Order of Canada. Established in 1967, the award honours lifetime achievement in various fields such as the arts or science. Ruby, best known as the lawyer of choice for abortionists and of the pro-abortion movement, in 2001 criticized constitutionally guaranteed funding of Catholic schools in Ontario. He was a co-spokesman for a coalition opposed to an intended Ontario […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, February 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Our nation is a nation of prayer,” said Bush as he addressed the 54th annual National Prayer Breakfast last Thursday. The American President demonstrated clearly that he holds to the traditional notion of the ‘separation of church and state’ which sought to keep the state out of the church affairs. The modern notion that the separation of church and state means a politician must divorce his religious convictions from his public life held no sway on President George W. Bush as he remarked, “By surrendering our will to God’s will, we […]

By John-Henry Westen and Gudrun Schultz  TORONTO, February 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Toronto’s Sick Children’s Hospital (SickKids) conducts stem-cell research on human embryos, LifeSiteNews has learned. In response to an inquiry on stem cell research, Christine Cleland, who handles donor information at SickKids, sent an FAQ regarding Stem Cell Research at SickKids. The FAQ reveals the hospital’s participation in, and open support of, embryonic stem cell research. Stem-cell research using human embryos involves killing the embryo in the very earliest stages of development, in order to use its cells for another purpose.   LifeSiteNews contacted SickKids for comment, but the hospital […]

SYDNEY, February 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Peter Jensen, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney Australia, has called upon the Worldwide Anglican Communion unequivocally to condemn homosexual behavior as sinful. Jensen warned of a slippery slope toward acceptance of homosexual practice among Anglicans. To bless homosexuality, said Jensen to the Sydney Morning Herald on February 3, “would be to call holy what God calls sin to be repented on.” Jensen’s call comes at a time in the Anglican Communion that concessions are being made not only to civil laws legitimizing homosexual partnerings but in which the official US and Canadian Anglican churches […]

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey, February 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stacy Zallie ended her life at age 21, one year after undergoing a secret abortion. Although her family was close, Stacy never told them she had been pregnant and never talked about the abortion. Her father believes it was pain over the abortion that led her to take her life. He has started a Web portal and foundation in her memory, the Stacy Zallie Foundation, that offers counseling and support to women who have had abortions. “I knew it was a life event for her,” Mr. Zallie told the CourierPost. “It […]

By Gudrun Schultz LONDON, Great Britain, February 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Britain has announced a new fund providing money to organizations that promote “safe abortion” services in the developing world. The Department for International Development (DfID) will contribute £3 million over two years to the fund, as founding donor. The fund is a direct attempt to combat losses from the withdrawal of US financial support. The US will not contribute funding to any group that is involved in promoting abortion. That policy dissolved under Clinton, who authorized funding of international abortion organizations, but was reinstated by George Bush in 2001. […]

Teens specifically targeted for extreme sexual liberalization by program

By Terry Vanderheyden VATICAN CITY, February 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI, in addresses Sunday, fingered “widespread hedonism” as the source for the lack of respect for human life that underlies abortion in society. Addressing 40,000 pilgrims led by Italian Prelate Cardinal Camillo Ruini who came to commemorate Italy’s Day for Life, the Pope said, “Each human life, such as it is . . . deserves and demands that it be protected and promoted. We know only too well that this truth is often put at risk by today’s widespread hedonism, our pursuit of a so-called society of well […]

  OTTAWA, February 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Chief Justice of the Canadian Supreme Court, Beverly McLachlin, has warned Canada’s new Prime Minister Stephen Harper not to “politicize” the appointment system to the Court. In comments to the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce on Friday, when asked if Parliament should have more of a say in the appointment of Supreme Court Justices, McLachlin said, “The short answer is no.” “The courts are not just a mirror of Parliament and I think in order to preserve the public confidence in the impartiality of the courts, we should avoid politicizing” the appointment process, […]

At least six of new Conservative government Ministers known to support same-sex marriage

NEW YORK, February 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sharply divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that it is constitutionally permissible for New York City public schools to ban the display of the Christian nativity during Christmas, while permitting the display of the Jewish menorah and the Islamic star and crescent during Hanukkah and Ramadan. The legal challenge to this policy was brought by the Thomas More Law Center on behalf of Ms. Andrea Skoros and her two children, who attend public elementary schools in New York. Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel […]

Racism Results in High Rate of Abortion among African-Americans

by Hilary White  BRISBANE, February 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over 200 Catholic doctors have announced that they will resign from the Australian Medical Association and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners over RU-486. The doctors are members of the Catholic physician’s society, the Guild of St Luke. The Australian Medical Association represents over 5670 physicians in Queensland.  Dr Terrence Kent, a Brisbane GP, said the group which is meeting on Sunday “will be recommending that members resign from both the AMA and the RACGP due to lack of consultation with members of these two groups on their decisions to […]

"Once again, the Democrats have been up to their dirty deeds"

By Hilary White  HARYANA, India, February 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The father of Kalpana Chawala, India’s first woman astronaut who was killed in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster, told Vancouver’s Georgia Straight paper that he is working to stop the killing of girl children in India. He said he wants to educate people in his home country that girls can grow up to be brave and intelligent.  A recent report by the Lancet, a British medical journal, shows that India kills by abortion and infanticide as many as half a million of its girl babies a year, a practice […]

By Gudrun Schultz GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, February 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A law forcing the government to promote contraception and offer sex education classes has been pushed through by congress in Guatemala, despite opposition by the country’s president. President Oscar Berger vetoed the family planning bill when it was initially presented. A vote in congress did not produce sufficient support for the bill to overturn the president’s veto—only 80 legislators voted against the veto, out of 106 needed. Despite the results, congress went ahead with revoking the presidential veto and enacted the law. President Berger said that process was “irregular,” […]

By John-Henry Westen SAN FRANCISCO, February 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the fact that so-called “emergency contraception” (EC) can cause early abortions; a new study has found that only 35% of the Catholic hospitals surveyed indicated that EC is not available at the hospital. The study was conducted in four states in which the law discriminates against those do not wish to participate in abortion by requiring the abortion-causing drugs be made available or suggested in emergency rooms for sexual assault patients. The study was carried out by Ibis Reproductive Health and commissioned by the pro-abortion anti-Catholic group misnamed “Catholics […]

By Terry Vanderheyden MILLGROVE, Ontario, February 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A homeschooling group is concerned by an Ontario Liberal government proposal to change the Education Act, raising the compulsory school attendance age in Ontario to 18. The Homeschool Legal Defence Association of Canada (HSLDA), in a release from Executive Director and Legal Counsel Paul Faris Monday, warns that the change to the law may restrict the freedoms of homeschoolers in several ways. The new law proposes requiring proof of school attendance before obtaining a drivers license, and imposing fines against parents and children who are not in school and legitimately […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LISBON, February 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A lesbian couple in Portugal attempted to obtain a marriage certificate Wednesday in a bid to overturn the country’s law banning same-sex “marriage.” Helena Paixao and Teresa Pires expect to be denied their request in a formal reply expected today. The pair has already appealed the denial in court. “We want to get married in our country, we are Portuguese,” said Pires, according to a Reuters report. The couple claims they have a right to “marry” because of a 1975 law that bans discrimination based on sex, even though Portugal’s civil […]

By Gudrun Schultz February 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Notorious talk-radio personality Howard Stern will be spreading his offensive commentary on Canadian airwaves once again, thanks to Sirius Canada. The satellite radio provider has said it will be airing Stern’s talk radio show as of February 6, 2006. Howard Stern has been fined more times than any other radio show-host. His material is a toxic combination of sexual, racial and scatological references, often including exploitation of show guests. He is known for conducting graphic and sexually explicit interviews with porn stars, and using disordered sexuality, such as bestiality, as fodder for “humorous” […]

By Terry Vanderheyden CHICAGO, February 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A young woman and lupus sufferer is praising a new adult stem cell treatment that she credits with giving back her life. Edjuana Ross, now 33, was diagnosed with the autoimmune condition known as systemic lupus erythematosus – lupus for short – soon after graduating from high school. She was one of 48 people who received the experimental therapy – a stem-cell transplant from her own bone marrow. Ross said she has been in remission since recovering from her stem cell treatment done in 2003. “I’m just trying to get used […]

By Terry Vanderheyden TORONTO, February 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A newly released study of universal daycare as already offered in Quebec has revealed some serious dangers. The authors report, “We uncover striking evidence that children are worse off in a variety of behavioral and health dimensions, ranging from aggression to motor-social skills to illness,” according to a summary issued in December by the National Bureau of Economic Research. “We analyzed the impact of Quebec’s program on work choices, family functioning and children’s well-being and found some positive and some strikingly negative outcomes,” their report states. The researchers, led by University […]

By Gudrun Schultz GREENFIELD, Massachusetts, February 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 50-year-old woman who performed an illegal abortion on a young woman, causing infection so severe she required hospitalization, has been given a sentence of two months probation and a $500 dollar fine. Deva Skydancer pleaded guilty to one count of practicing medicine without a license—the State then dropped a charge of illegal procurement of an abortion. Skydancer admitted to the court that she performed a suction abortion on a 25-year-old woman, who was ten and a half weeks pregnant. Skydancer called the abortion a “menstrual extraction.” Skydancer’s lawyer David […]

Vision TV perpetuates lurid "black legends" of the Inquisition

By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, February 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The executive board of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) last week approved the sixth UNFPA programme of assistance to China, totalling $27 million over five years. Last September, the United States denied, for the fourth straight year, funding to the UN agency over its support of China’s coercive population program. US law prohibits the country from contributing to any organization that participates in coercive abortion – a practice widely acknowledged in Communist-ruled China. Independent investigations have found evidence of UNFPA’s collusion in the coercive Chinese program. A recent Amnesty […]

By Gudrun Schultz MASSACHUSETTS, United States, February 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Three women who are suing Wal-Mart after being denied the abortion-causing Plan B morning after pill have admitted to the Associated Press that the action was planned with abortion rights groups and lawyers. Moreover LifeSiteNews.com has learned that at least two of the women involved are themselves activists pushing the abortifacient drugs. Dr. Rebekah Gee and nurse and midwife Julia Battel, with Katrina McCarty, launched the suit in an attempt to force Wal-Mart to stock the drug on the grounds that it is a “commonly prescribed medicine,” the definition […]

Marriage Protection Amendment Waits for Congresshttps://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039400.cfm NBC to mock the Crucifixion of Christhttps://www.afa.net/nbcspecialalert.asp Schiavo news points up need of support for priests and reform of chancerieshttps://www.spiritdaily.com/bishopviews.htm Women Sue Wal-Mart Over Morning After Pillhttps://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060201/ap_on_re_us/wal_mart_contraception U.K. Evangelicals Applaud Defeat of Religious Hate Crime Lawhttps://www.christianpost.com/article/europe/606/section/uk.evangelicals.applaud.defeat.of.religious.hate.crime.law/1.htm Brokeback – Understanding Propagandahttps://www.rense.com/general69/prop.htm Gates speaks out against Internet censorshiphttps://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060201/gates_censorship_060201/20060201?hub=SciTech Britney, NBC plan to mock crucifixion – In ‘Will & Grace’ role, she does Christian cooking segment ‘Cruci-fixin’s’https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48612 Giving to churches by US seniors threatened?https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48598 Major League Baseball succumbs to Beijing – Forces Taiwan to forgo name, flag, anthem at tournamenthttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48597 Colorado bishops, others, blast proposed legislation, cite […]

By Terry Vanderheyden MEDELLIN, Colombia, February 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life groups in Columbia are campaigning to have 100,000 children write the Supreme Court to prevent the justices there from legalizing abortion. The groups are asking children to submit letters by February 20, to be collected by schools and parishes of the Archdiocese of Medellin. See the Catholic News Agency report:https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=5872

Protesters told to "lie about your sexual history"

By Terry Vanderheyden NICEVILLE, Florida, February 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian internet filtering company is warning that many families are at risk of exposing their children to unsolicited pornography while on the internet. American Family Online’s (AFO) Executive Director Steve Ensley told AmericanDecency.org in an interview that, “By all indications from both external and internal surveys, less than 35% of Christian families have Internet filtering of any kind.” Ensley added that many filtering companies still allow soft porn, such as lingerie sellers and some magazines. “These sites and thousands like them are commercial sites that intentionally have erotic images […]

By John-Henry Westen SAN FRANCISO, February 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While pro-lifers were celebrating the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, two federal Appellate Courts ruled the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional. The 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco, with a reputation of being the most activist court in the nation, ruled unanimously. The ruling, written by Judge Stephen Reinhardt, barred enforcement of the act, affirming a lower court’s “permanent injunction.” (See the full ruling here: https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/F2F40907BCCED8078825710700038BAE//0416621.pdf?openelement ) The 2nd Circuit Court in Manhattan also held the 2003 Partial Birth Abortion Ban unconstitutional. See the ruling here: […]

By Hilary White  BERLIN, February 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 30% of German women choose not to have children with the figure rising among female graduates to 40% making Germany the world’s leader in childless women. These numbers spurred a contentious debate in the German Bundestag (parliament) earlier this week.  Germany is following the European trend with one of the lowest birth rates in the world, 1.3 births per woman compared with the 2.1 required for a stable population. Statistics show that with the current rates of births and deaths, the German population declines by a third every generation.“If the birth […]

By Gudrun Schultz MANASSAS, VIRGINIA, United States, February 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Five Catholic universities have stated they will not permit the Vagina Monologues to be presented on campus, and four more say the play won’t appear, after a campaign by the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) to stop performances of the offensive production on Catholic campuses. The Monologues is an obscene, sometimes pornographic “celebration” of women’s sexuality that focuses on lesbian sexual experiences and masturbation. The play encourages the use of vulgar and explicit sexual language, and glorifies the lesbian seduction of a young girl. The CNS contacted 29 Catholic […]

By Gudrun Schultz MILAN, Italy, February 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has banned imports of the abortion pill RU 486. Although the drug is not licensed in Italy, it has been available on an “experimental” basis since 2002. Health Minister Francesco Storace said imports of the drug have “rocketed” in the past two years, in an interview with the UK Times. “From now on doctors will have to justify every individual request on precise clinical and epidemiological grounds,” he said. The abortion pill causes a woman up to seven weeks pregnant to abort her baby. The […]

By Gudrun Schultz GREAT BRITAIN, UK, February 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Women in the United Kingdom want to see more legal protection for unborn children. An opinion poll from January conducted by Ipsos MORI found widespread public support for greater restrictions on abortion, particularly among women. Almost 60 percent of all women polled want to see greater restrictions on abortion access. 47 per cent want to see the current limit of 24 weeks reduced, while ten percent of women want to see abortion banned entirely, “under any circumstances.” Less than one third of women and just over one third of […]

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