“Brilliant” Pro-Life Professor Denied Tenure at Prominent Baptist College

by Hilary White  WACO, March 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Baylor College, a Baptist college in Waco, Texas that some have said aspires to be the Protestant version of prestigious Notre Dame, has refused tenure to a highly respected philosopher and lecturer, Francis J. Beckwith. Some are speculating that the denial is for his support of the Intelligent Design (ID) theory of creation and his facility in defending the pro-life position.   Beckwith argues that, while ID needs development that teaching it in public schools is not unconstitutional. This position puts him at odds with the secular Darwinists that control the […]
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U.S. Bishops, Vatican Discuss Disciplining Bishops in Abuse Cases

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, United States, March 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. bishops and the Vatican are discussing disciplinary action against bishops who moved priests accused of child abuse from parish to parish. The bishops have often been criticized for failing to include disciplinary action against bishops who move priests around in their child sex abuse prevention policies. Under church law, however, only the pope can discipline a bishop. The head of the U.S. bishops’ conference, Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Washington, told Catholic News Service church officials know more about dealing with child sexual abuse now than […]
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Pro-Abortion Students Disrupt University Pro-Life Display with Manure

By Gudrun Schultz CALGARY, Alberta, March 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-abortion protestors at the University of Calgary dumped bags of cow manure in front of the Campus for Life Genocide Awareness Project on Tuesday. The pro-life display depicts large, bloody images of abortion and historical genocide, comparing society’s sanction of the killing of unborn children to past government-sanctioned slaughter during the Holocaust and the Rwandan genocide. “It’s a comparison of atrocities in the past where governments and society have stripped the distinctions between human-hood and person-hood,” Campus for Life president Josh Nugent told the Gauntlet. “In the past, when governments […]
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Lawyer Says Canada’s Charter to Blame for Today’s Social Liberalism

By Gudrun Schultz ST. ANDREW, Jamaica, March 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Canadian lawyer has said the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has allowed Canada’s courts to turn the country into one of the most socially liberal societies in the world. “Twenty-five yeas ago [when the Charter came into effect], none in Canada anticipated the kind of changes the Charter would bring,” said Janet Epp Buckingham, speaking at a recent Jamaican meeting of the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship. Buckingham is director of law and public policy with the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, As reported by Focus on the Family Canada, she […]
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Afghan Convert Thanks Pope for Interveninghttps://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5722399,00.html National Post: A War Against Christianshttps://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/editorialsletters/story.html?id=d87785a3-cf4e-4c86-a6f8-567ded2ea436 City pitted against human rights commission over fight to invoke Godhttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060329.RELIGION29/TPStory/National Same-Sex Marriage Among Looming U.S. Ballot Issueshttps://www.christianpost.com/article/society/2362/section/same-sex.marriage.among.looming.ballot.issues/1.htm Mohler, Dobson refute writer’s attack on stay-at-home momshttps://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22931 Zimbabwe mom: U.S. exporting euthanasiahttps://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49496 Catholic Retreat Houses May Have to Take Satanistshttps://www.totalcatholic.com/universe/index.php?news_id=801 Miles Douglas on the jealousy, ageism, and sexual intrigue of gay men’s liveshttps://rationalfoolsblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/sad-scene.html Birth Control Medications in Our Drinking Waterhttps://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/03/23/drugs-060323.html Censorship of Child’s Poster Depicting Christhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/3/afa/302006a.asp Sexualized Culture Blamed for Teacher-Student Sex Epidemichttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/3/afa/302006d.asp Social change slows Polish birth rateshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4852924.stm
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Abortion Key Issue in Italian Election

By Terry Vanderheyden ROME, March 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the first time in 25 years, Italian politicians have been campaigning for an election with abortion as a key issue. According to a BBC report, some women are complaining that abortions are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain in the largely Catholic country. One woman told the BBC she had to fly to Spain for a late-term abortion because 10 doctors had turned her down. A clinic in Bergamo in the Lombardy region even allows a pro-life group to counsel mothers considering abortion. So far in the last five years they […]
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Court Upholds Massachusetts Law Preventing Same Sex ‘Marriage’ by Out-of-State Couples

by Hilary White BOSTON, March 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled today that the Governor and State Attorney General were justified in using a little-remembered 1913 law to prevent out-of-state homosexual couples from “marrying” in the state. The highest court in the state ruled that homosexuals from Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont could not take advantage of the Massachusetts law because homosexual “marriage” is not recognized in those states. The Court said the State was not overstepping its bounds in invoking the law. The statute says, “No marriage shall be contracted in this commonwealth […]
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Embryo-Like Stem Cells Found in Testes of Mice

by Hilary White GÖTTINGEN, March 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of scientists in Germany may have found another ethical source of stem cells that have embryo-like qualities from the testes of mice. Published in the journal, Nature, the report says that the cells have the potential to be grown into all tissues of the mouse body. The German study suggests that if the same source can be found in human males, patients could theoretically be treated with genetically matched stem cells to repair tissue damaged by disease or accident. The discovery of an ethical source of pluripotent stem cells […]
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Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches Attend Conference to Fight Secularism

By Terry Vanderheyden VATICAN CITY, March 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leaders from the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church gathered to discuss ways to address a growing trend towards secularism and the marginalisation of religion in society. The two-day workshop that began Wednesday has as its goal to come up with a declaration to combat the trend. Monsignor Giampaolo Crepaldi, secretary of the Vatican’s Justice and Peace department, said that Christian values have been sidelined by secular society, which views religion as irrelevant when creating new laws. “There is a conviction that ethical questions cannot be the subject […]
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Australian PM Howard Says Government Will Overturn Same-Sex Union Law

By Gudrun Schultz CANBERRA, Australia, March 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australia’s federal government said yesterday it would overturn proposed legislation granting equivalent marriage rights to gay civil unions, if the capital territory brings it into law. “There is a special place in Australian society for the institution of marriage, as historically understood, and we do not intend to allow that to be in any way undermined,” said Prime Minister John Howard. The government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) became the first in the country to introduce legislation for same-sex civil unions last week. The law would grant homosexual couples […]
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France Boosts Birth Rate With Incentives for Parents

By Gudrun Schultz PARIS, France, March 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Efforts to increase the birth rate in France are beginning to have an impact on the nation’s population levels. With a birth rate of 1.9, France has reached second place in the rates of European countries—only Catholic Ireland has more children being born. In order to achieve this tenuous hold on a rising birth rate, the country has resorted to a whole gamut of financial incentives for parents, offering everything from graduated tax breaks to free family passes for museums and swimming pools. Hugh Schofield for the BBC reported yesterday […]
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Mississippi Lawmakers Extend Deadlines to Review Abortion-Ban Bill

By Gudrun Schultz JACKSON, Mississippi, March 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill that would have banned most abortions in Mississippi failed to pass House and Senate negotiations before deadline Monday night. Lawmakers passed a resolution that extended the deadline, in an effort to reach agreement on the controversial bill. Senate negotiators received the final House proposal about 10 minutes before the Monday deadline, from House Public Health Committee Chairman Steve Holland. Holland had revised the bill from its original form requiring women to see an ultrasound of their baby and hear its heartbeat before having an abortion. The revised bill […]
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Mother of the Year Finalist Refused Abortion, Delayed Leukemia Treatments Until Daughter’s Birth

by Hilary White PLYMOUTH, March 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 31 year old British mother put off treatment for leukemia when her diagnosis and eagerly-awaited third pregnancy were confirmed on the same day in 2004. The BBC reports that Sarah Peck of Plymouth, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) . Mrs. Peck said it was their haematologist’s agreement to manage the pregnancy that turned their decision away from abortion, or “termination” as it is called in England. “It’s because he agreed to manage the pregnancy that we decided to go ahead,” she said. The Pecks were informed, however, that […]
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Abortion Doctor in India Jailed Under Female Foeticide Law

by Hilary White  PALWAL, India, March 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the first time in India since the law against sex selection abortions was put in place, an abortionist has been sentenced to jail time for using ultrasound technology to determine the sex of an unborn child for purposes of abortion.   Dr. Anil Sabsani was caught in the act by authorities who sent a “customer” to have a sex-selection in order to obtain an abortion. Recordings of the encounter show that Dr. Sabasani assured the decoy that “it would be taken care of.”  Local news sources say that convictions […]
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Call for Merchants to Offer Modest Fashions so Women Can “Dress with Dignity”

by Hilary White LINCOLN, March 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Family Life Office of the Catholic diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska, has endorsed a lay-led effort to make more feminine and modest clothing available to women by retailers. Project Mother’s Day 2006: a Call to Catholic Action, is an undertaking of the lay apostolate, The Leaven that promotes the family and feminine values. The event, says its organizers, is “in honour of the spiritual maternity inherent to the unique, feminine nature and vocation of women.” Project Mothers’ Day will feature the popular writer and broadcaster, Colleen Hammond, a radio & television […]
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Study Finds Daycare Damages Babies Brain Chemistry

ORANGE, Calif., March 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Major research firms and universities in America, Canada, and England have arrived at the same conclusion as the new study reported in the Australian Sydney Morning Herald, that “daycare damages babies’ brain chemistry and affects their social and emotional development.” It was reported, “significant among the reams of research are the so-called cortisol studies, which measured the presence of stress hormones in young babies—consistently finding levels to be higher in children in long hours of day care.” Children in daycares and preschools are not developing properly, and equally as troubling, in later public […]
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Gruesome Photos of Aborted Babies Take University of Calgary by Storm

CALGARY, AB, March 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A day after a heated abortion debate at U of C, Campus Pro-Life (CPL) returned for a repeat showing of twelve 4×8 foot bloody images from the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP) yesterday. Monday, students were visibly shocked by the gruesome abortion and historical genocide images, prompting many stares and questions. Word spread quickly on campus, with students sending text messages on their phones to their friends to “check out” the controversial exhibit. “We were impressed by the number of conversations,” said CPL Secretary Matt Wilson. “Many students came back several times throughout the […]
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Pro-life Governments Around World Declaring March 25 “Day for the Unborn Child”

by Hilary White March 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An international movement is afoot to establish March 25 as the Day for the Unborn Child. Beginning in 1993 in El Salvador as “Day for the Right to be Born,” the movement has grown to include other Latin American countries and is being imported to countries around the world. The celebration in 1999 in Buenos Aires was noted by Pope John Paul II and joined by representatives of the Muslim, Orthodox and Jewish communities in Brazil. Pope John Paul said he hoped the day would be adopted internationally as “a positive option […]
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Abortion Pill RU-486 to Be Used As Regular Birth Control Pill

By Gudrun Schultz EDINBURGH, United Kingdom, March 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Pharmaceutical companies and the medical community have suddenly acknowledged a link between the birth control pill and breast cancer. Numerous studies showing a clear link between the use of birth control and the development of breast cancer have been largely ignored or denied in the past by drug companies and the medical community. Now, an alternative drug that would supposedly reduce the risk of breast cancer is being promoted. Several groups of scientists and pharmaceutical companies are working to produce a contracepting pill that would not trigger cancer growth, reported […]
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First Australian Territory to Grant All Marriage Rights to Same-Sex Unions

By Gudrun Schultz and Steve Jalsevac CANBERRA, Australia, March 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australia’s Capital Territory will pass legislation allowing same-sex civil unions, the first territory in Australia to do so. Under the new law, homosexual couples will have all the rights given to men and women in heterosexual marriages. Gay unions will be granted a “functional equality” to couples in traditional marriages, but not the title. The ACT chief minister Jon Stanhope insists the law is not an attack on traditional marriage, since gay couples will not be officially married. “The civil union scheme…which we propose to pass in […]
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Canadian Media Co. Issues Token Apology for Bashing Catholicism in New Zealand

By Gudrun Schultz WELLINGTON, New Zealand, March 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The CanWest broadcaster that aired the offensive South Park cartoon’s “Bloody Mary” episode has apologized to New Zealanders for any offence that was caused by the show, but the apology appears to be a token gesture. The broadcaster’s chief operating officer, Rick Friesen, has refused to accept responsibility for any formal complaint, saying he was in compliance with the New Zealand Television Code approved by the Broadcasting Standards Authority. “However, C4 acknowledges the strength of feeling in relation to the program, and we sincerely apologise for any offence taken,” he […]
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More Christians Arrested in Afghanistan

by Hilary White  KABUL, March 28 2006, (LifeSiteNews.com) – US-based Christian news source, Compass Direct, reports that more Christians have been arrested for their faith in Afghanistan in the wake of the release of Abdul Rahman. Compass, a news service that tracks persecution of Christians mostly in Islamic countries, says harassment of the Christian community has been stepped up.  Compass says two more Christian converts have been arrested in other parts of the country, but further information is being withheld in the “sensitive situation” caused by the international media furor over Rahman.   Reports of beatings and police raids on […]
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Pseudo-Catholic group says right to abortion ‘essential’ for womenhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6339 Planned Parenthood: Proponent of racism, protector of rapists, promoter of kiddie pornhttps://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_12271.shtml  Priest sends open letter to Michael Schiavo on anniversary of Terri’s death https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6331 S.D. Abortion Ban Sponsors Braced for Counterattack https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039973.cfm Battle Brews over Gay Paper in Ohio Library https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039963.cfm Convert Case Sparks Surge of Interest in Christianity Among Afghans
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Pro-Life Ads on Ontario Buses Vandalized by Abortion Supporters

By John-Henry Westen GUELPH, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two pro-life advertisements on city buses in Guelph, Ontario were vandalized last week. The ads, depicting a 19-week-old fetus with the caption “this is a child not a choice” and offering the phone number of a local crisis pregnancy centre, were defaced with black spray-paint. The phone number was blotted out and the word “CHOICE” was sprawled over the ad. The board of Guelph and Area Right to Life association was saddened by the vandalism. “We are not surprised, however,” association president Jakki Jeffs said, “those who say they support ‘choice’ […]
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Homosexual Activist Irish Senator Compares Pope Benedict XVI to Hitler

By John-Henry Westen DUBLIN, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Irish Senator David Norris, the first openly homosexual politician elected in Ireland, has compared Pope Benedict XVI to Hitler for the Catholic Church’s stand against homosexuality. Speaking of the Pope, Norris said he would refuse to take “moral instructions from a man with a swastika on his arms.” The reference is an apparent allusion to the forced involvement of Joseph Ratzinger as a youth with the Hitler youth. (see info on this here: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/apr/05041906.html ) The Senator who is actively anti-Catholic and according to some reports has been identified as taking […]
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25,000 Christian Youth Descend on San Francisco to ‘Retake the Culture’

by Hilary White  SAN FRANCISCO, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Battle Cry for a Generation is a Christian evangelization project started by a young Texas minister working against the degeneration of modern popular culture and its effects on young people. The group says that a “stealthy enemy” has corrupted the youth of America with a highly sexualized media and corporate culture that contributes to underage sex, drug use and suicide. “Corporations, media conglomerates and purveyors of popular culture have spent billions to seduce and enslave our youth,” the group’s website says.  Battle Cry has organized a series of rallies around […]
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Afghan Christian Released – Seeks Asylum through UN

by Hilary White KABUL, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Large protests have followed immediately upon the release of Afghani Christian convert Abdul Rahman. Rahman was released on a technicality, reportedly after a personal intervention by President Hamid Karzai and after huge international pressure, but Afghan legal sources say his case is not yet settled. The Afghan former medical aid worker was facing the death sentence in the fundamentalist Islamic country for having converted 16 years ago to Christianity. Rahman has gone into hiding because leading “moderate” Muslim clerics had called for him to be murdered by the public should he […]
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British Ob/Gyns Call Premature Newborns “Bed Blockers” in Overcrowded ICUs

by Hilary White LONDON, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RCOG) of the UK says premature newborns are taking up space in intensive care units in Britain’s overburdened hospitals. The BBC reports that the College has issued a document in which fragile newborns are called “bed blockers,” a term that is gaining currency in medical circles referring to a person who should not be taking up bed space for more important patients. In its report to the Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the College says, “Some weight should be given to economic considerations as there […]
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Human Rights Watch Urges Abortion Access in Mexico Under Concern for “Rape Victims”

By Gudrun Schultz NEW YORK, United States, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-abortion organization Human Rights Watch has continued the ongoing attack on Mexico’s laws restricting abortion by demanding that the Mexico government provide “safe and legal abortion” for victims of rape and incest. In a document published on the group’s website entitled “The Second Assault: Obstructing Access to Legal Abortion After Rape in Mexico,” HRW demands Mexican officials “support the right to immediate unhindered access to safe, humane, respectful, and free abortion services in those cases where abortion currently is not criminalized and in accordance with human rights […]
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Russian Jewish Leaders Join Orthodox in Supporting Moscow Mayor’s Ban on Gay Pride

By Gudrun Schultz MOSCOW, Russia, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leaders in Russia’s Jewish community have come out in support of Moscow Mayor Juri Luzhkov, who banned the Moscow Gay Pride parade scheduled for May 27. The Congress of the Jewish Religious Organizations and Associations in Russia made a statement in support of Mayor Luzhkov’s decision, reported the Russian news agency Interfax last week. “Such parade is not a demonstration but propagation of a sin,” said the statement by chairman Rabbi Zinoviy Kogan. “We are in solidarity with the Russian Orthodox Church, not only for the present, but also for […]
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Alabama Legislators Push For Law to Ban Abortion

By Gudrun Schultz MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alabama will soon join South Dakota in making abortion a felony, if state legislators have their way. Republican Sen. Hank Erwin and Rep. Nick Williams have each introduced a bill that would ban all abortions in the state unless the mothers’ life was at risk. The bills are similar to legislation banning abortion that passed in South Dakota last month and was signed by Gov. Mike Rounds on March 6. “I thought if South Dakota can do it, Alabama ought to do it because we are a family friendly state,” […]
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Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Ahern to Officially Open Homosexual Activist Office

By Gudrun Schultz and John-Henry Westen DUBLIN, Ireland, March 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Prime Minister of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, will officiate at the opening ceremony for the new offices of Ireland’s top homosexual activist organization on April third. Mr. Ahern’s endorsement of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN) will be the first time an Irish government leader has officially supported homosexual activism. Gregory Carlin of the Irish Anti-Trafficking Agency told LifeSiteNews.com that Ahern was being naëve trying to appease the homosexual activist group.“GLEN is unlikely to accept civil partnerships. In my opinion they will settle for nothing less […]
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Californians Do Not Support Gay “Marriage,” Says Poll

By Gudrun Schultz CALIFORNIA, United States, March 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A majority of California residents have said they do not approve of “marriage” between homosexual couples, despite the state’s reputation for being the most liberal in the Union. According to a recent Field poll, reported by Angus Reid Globan Scan, over half (51%) of Californians said they disapproved of a state law that would permit homosexuals to marry members of their own sex. 43% of respondents said they would approve of such a law. When gay civil unions were brought into question, Californians were split three ways on where […]
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“Moderate” Afghan Muslim Clerics call for Mob Execution of Christian Convert

by Hilary White KABUL, March 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abdul Rahman, an Afghani former medical aid worker and Christian convert may be “torn to pieces” at the instigation of Muslim clerics whether or not he is legally acquitted of the capital crime of converting away from Islam. Rahman was denounced to authorities for his conversion by his family during a custody dispute. Senior Muslim clerics in Afghanistan are calling for Rahman’s death by a mob if he does not recant his Christianity. Although US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, President Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and representatives from Italy, […]
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Michael Schiavo Caught in Serious Distortion of Truth on NBC Interview

By John-Henry Westen CLEARWATER, FLA., March 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michael Schiavo, who ordered doctors to withhold food and water from his severely disabled wife Terri until she died, and his current wife Jodi were interviewed by NBC’s Matt Lauer. Those exclusive interviews based on Schiavo’s upcoming book “Terri: The Truth,” are to be broadcast on “Dateline,” Sunday, March 26 at 7 p.m.. Ironically, despite claiming to speak about ‘the truth’ concerning Terri, NBC’s Lauer catches Schiavo in a serious distortion of truth as the interview begins. In the interview, Michael responds to Lauer asking why he would not just […]
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Nothing to Apologize for on Dutch/Nazi Euthanasia Comments says Italian Minister

by Hilary White ROME, March 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italy’s Minister of Parliamentary Affairs was excoriated by Dutch officials for comparing Dutch legalization of euthanasia, including for ‘defective’ infants, to the Nazi eugenics programme that preceded the Holocaust. But Giovanardi says he has nothing to apologise for. Minister Carlo Giovanardi, a member of Italy’s centre right Christian Democrat party, said on an Italian radio programme last Friday, “Nazi legislation and Hitler’s ideas are re-emerging in Europe via Dutch euthanasia laws and the debate on how to kill ill children.” He said it is “eugenics” to debate killing children “who are […]
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Michael Schiavo Lawyer Featured at Toronto ‘Right to Die’ Conference

By Hilary White TORONTO, March 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The World Federation of Right to Die Societies is having its 16th biennial conference in Toronto and is featuring George Felos as a keynote speaker. Felos was the “right to die” activist lawyer that propelled Michael Schiavo’s case through the courts to have his disabled wife Terri starved and dehydrated to death. Calling him “a nationally recognized expert in right-to die cases, and lawyer for Terri Schiavo, the Canadian euthanasia and assisted suicide group, Dying with Dignity, has booked Felos to speak at the conference opening in Toronto September 7. Speaker […]
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Cardinal Pell’s Private Secretary Says Catholics Should Not Retreat From Secular Interaction

By Gudrun Schultz SYDNEY, Australia, March 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Catholics must not respond to the attack of secularism on the Church by withdrawing into small, safe groups, said Dr. Michael Casey, personal secretary to Australia’s Cardinal Pell, in an interview with the Catholic journal Sentinel last month. “We shouldn’t be content to let the Church get smaller in the hope that it might become purer. Christ came to save many, not just a few.” “Running up the white flag is not an option that is open to us, and the retreat to smaller, “purer” groups is the consolation of the […]
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Young Liberals Endorse Homosexual Leadership Potential Brison

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, March 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual Activist Scott Brison is the leadership choice of the president of Young Liberals of Canada, Richard Diamond. Brison, the first openly gay federal minister, has been a consistent supporter of same-sex marriage, abortion and euthanasia. Mr. Diamond said he decided to back Mr. Brison after meeting with most of the prospective candidates. “He’s always demonstrated that he’s bright, capable and energetic, and I think he speaks to a generational change that is really needed right now if we are to appeal to young voters,” Mr. Diamond said in an […]
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Wichita: Abortion Capital of the Worldhttps://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/local/14140858.htm Expert warns of new strategy to promote abortion in Latin Americahttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6316 Court lets doctors use religious beliefs as defensehttps://www.californian.com/articles/2006/03/16/news/top_stories/21_30_273_15_06.txt Michigan governor Granholm to sign anti-abortion billhttps://washtimes.com/upi/20060320-105351-2315r.htm Media Link to Early Sexual Activityhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=380662&in_page_id=1770 Babies Learn Even In Uterohttps://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060321092409990004&cid=2249 Surfing for an organhttps://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Features/2006/03/22/1499982-sun.html Pro-life talk draws protesters – Abortion called a genocidehttps://www.gazette.uwo.ca/articles.cfm?section=FrontPage&articleID=638&month=03&day=23&year=2006 Maryland House Leaders Support Senate Stem Cell Research BillÂhttps://www.christianpost.com/article/society/2340/section/md.house.leaders.support.senate.stem.cell.research.bill/1.htm U.S. Supreme Court upholds anti-obscenity lawhttps://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=22880 A Birth-Based Recipe for Australia Becoming a Muslim Nationhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/3/222006g.asp UK young women ‘out-drinking men’https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4824794.stm Rabbi calls for ‘UN of religions’https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4800194.stm U.S. Pro-Family Leaders Call Summit for ‘Values Voters’https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/3/212006c.asp Lawsuit […]
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For an ‘Underground’ of New Orleans Priests Katrina was Divine “Chastisement”

By John-Henry Westen NEW ORLEANS, March 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the months since the devastation wreaked on New Orleans by hurricane Katrina, the mainstream media has been averse to most discussion of the event as a warning from above. Nevertheless, clergy in the besieged city are still preaching the need of repentance and reminding parishioners that the natural disaster was meant as a ‘purification’ and a call for ‘sin city’ to get morally cleaned up. Michael Brown, the once mainstream-reporter turned Catholic author who now runs Spiritdaily.com – popularly referred to as the Catholic DrudgeReport – spoke with LifeSiteNews.com […]
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Odds and Ends

Agenzia Fides reports from Berlin that Pro-Life Week will be celebrated all over Germany from April 29 to May 6 with various initiatives in parishes. With the theme, “Entrusted to us from the beginning: life starts before birth,” the aim of the week is to encourage people to “consider every child as a gift and a blessing, necessary for the future of society.” Peru’s bishop’s conference meanwhile released a message in anticipation of the celebration of the “Day for the Unborn Child” Saturday. “We celebrate the Day of the Unborn Child on the same day as the Mystery of the […]
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Slim Majority of Canadians Approve of Homosexuality

By Terry Vanderheyden WINNIPEG, March 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just over half of Canadians surveyed in an online poll said they agreed with the statement, “To me, homosexuality is morally acceptable.” Conducted by Ipsos-Reid for CanWest news, the poll surveyed 8,431 residents across the country between Feb. 24 and March 3, as part of the pollster’s regular “Pulse of Canada” report. Saskatchewan had the highest rate of disapproval of the behaviour at 47%, with 40% in agreement and 13% undecided. Nationally, 54% favoured the statement; Quebec’s approval rating was highest at 69%.
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China Boasts of Having Prevented 400 Million Births in 30 Years

By John-Henry Westen and Hilary White BEIJING, March 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – China’s Minister of the National Population and Family Planning Commission boasted Tuesday of having prevented 400 million births in the past three decades. In an interview posted on China’s government website, Zhang Weiqing explained that their population control policy has achieved in 30 years what has taken developed countries 100 years to accomplish.“The goal of ensuring Chinese people a relatively comfortable life would not be achieved if we had 400 million more people,” Zhang said.   China’s touted one-child policy has been denounced by a multitude of governments […]
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TV Promotes Promiscuity in Children

By Terry Vanderheyden CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, March 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Movies, television, music and magazines are fuelling promiscuity in children aged 12-15 according to a new study recently released. As reported by the Journal of Adolescent Heath, researchers evaluated the effect of the media on the sexual behaviors and intentions of 1,011 12 to 15 year-olds they surveyed. University of North Carolina scientists Kelly Ladin L’Engle, Jane Brown and Kristin Kenneavy concluded that children who are exposed to more sexual content through the media and who “perceive greater support from the media for teen sexual behavior, report greater […]
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Malta President to Unveil National Pro-Life Monument

By John-Henry Westen VALLETTA, March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On March 25, none other than the President of Malta will unveil a pro-life monument.ÂGift of Life, a national pro-life group which commissioned the statue notes on their website that “The President of Malta, His Excellency Dr. Edward Fenech Adami will unveil Malta’s first ever pro-life monument to the unborn child.” The ceremony will take place on March 25, a date set aside by many countries to commemorate the incarnation, of Christ in his mother’s womb. The date has therefore also been selected as a day for unborn children. Pro-life political […]
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Video Game Designers Target Abortion Debate

By Gudrun Schultz SAN JOSE, California, March 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a search for the most radical, challenging and unexpected topic available, video game designers have grabbed onto the abortion debate. At the 2006 Games Developers Conference in San Jose this week, MTV News reported on the so-called “Serious Games,” ideas for video games that offer thought-provoking topics to engage players on a more intellectual level. Wanting to make a game that would tackle something controversial, designer Ian Bogost picked on the issue of abortion. “Let’s take on the most complicated, difficult problem that we could possible take on […]
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Infanticide of Disabled Babies Commonplace in Communist North Korea

by Hilary White SEOUL, March 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Reports of huge labour camps, summary executions of civilian detainees, of gruesome experiments with chemical weapons on prisoners – including children – and myriad other human rights violations have been seeping out of the reclusive North Korean communist state for some time. Now a defector who fled to South Korea last year says that among the atrocities is the killing of disabled infants. Reuters reports that Ri Kwang-chol told a panel at a human rights forum, “There are no people with physical defects in North Korea,” and the reason, he says, […]
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Pop Musician Prince Vows No More Songs with Vulgar Content

By Terry Vanderheyden HOLLYWOOD, March 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pop music artist Prince, who recently released a new CD titled 3121, has vowed never to perform hit songs he wrote in the past that contain vulgar language. Prince, who became a Jehovah’s Witness in 2000, said, “You can’t push the envelope any further than I’ve pushed it. So stop. What’s the point? So much of what we see on TV and hear on the radio is debased. I will not add to that. He said he will no longer perform such hit songs as Cream and Get Off, according to […]
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Canada Refusing to Offer Asylum to Persecuted Christians

By Gudrun Schultz TORONTO, Ontario, March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian immigration frequently fails to recognize the claim of refugee status from Egyptian Coptic Christians, reported CTV news yesterday. In at least half the cases, claimants are sent back to Egypt to face increased persecution. The 2005 Country Report on Human Rights from the U.S. State Department said Egypt is responsible for “numerous human rights abuses,” in particular against religious minorities. The report lists numerous cases of “religious discrimination” against Coptic Christians and says there is widespread “torture and abuse” in Egyptian prisons. Christians who have made refugee claims in […]
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Manitoba: Tory Candidate Supports Adoption as Anti-Abortion Measure

By Gudrun Schultz WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of Manitoba’s three Tory leadership hopefuls has come out in favour of more funding for adoption as a way to reduce abortions in the province. “I don’t believe any woman wants an abortion, they just don’t see there being an alternative,” Ron Schuler told the Winnipeg Sun. Schuler did not say he is pro-life. He emphasized the need for more resources to help women cope with “unplanned” pregnancies and to aid them in finding adoption information. Schuler is convinced women wouldn’t have abortions if they knew adoption was a […]
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Notable Odds and Ends:

March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal-Elect William Levada, the recently appointed successor to Pope Benedict XVI as head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office in an interview with Time Magazine, (https://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901060327-1174661,00.html) said that politicians who support abortion ought to reconsider their position as public servants.  He said, “When you see Catholic politicians who favor abortion rights … you have to ask yourself how this person squares this with his personal faith. Catholic politicians need to take this seriously. Maybe they need to say I’m not able to practice my faith and be a public representative.”  Levada reiterated that men with “deep […]
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Active Surgeon and Animal Rights Activist Publicly Advocates Killing Research Scientists

By John-Henry Westen AGOURA HILLS, CA, March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Jerry Vlasak is a trauma surgeon who is certified by The American Board of Surgery and is also listed as a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons. Vlasak is also an outspoken animal rights activist who has, in an interview published this month, repeated his view that killing animal researchers is an acceptable way to stop animal experiments. In the March 2006 issue of Abolitionist-Online, Vlasak is quoted as saying “Killing an animal abuser, who is not an innocent bystander, is morally defensible, and if they had […]
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Canada’s Last Taboo: Gay Blood Donation

by Hilary White  MONTREAL, March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Montreal Gazette reports that Hema Quebec, the agency that oversees blood donations, will not be reviewing its policy of banning sexually active homosexuals from donation drives. In Canada, the movement to accept homosexuality as a legitimate lifestyle has resulted in drastic legal changes to nearly all aspects of Canadian life. This shift has been accomplished with the assistance of the medical and psychiatric community and media that has suppressed medical evidence of the health risks of homosexuality.   The donation of blood, however, may be a last holdout where decisions […]
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Prominent Minneapolis-St. Paul Priest a Leader in National Homosexual Lobby Group

by Hilary White  ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, March 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The website of Dignity USA, the most prominent US lobby organization fighting Catholic teaching on human sexuality “from within” the Church, features on its website, a prominent priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Fr. Leo Tibesar, as a member of the organization’s National Leadership Team. Tibesar was also short listed in 2004, as one of eight candidates for Dignity’s national board of directors.   Until recently, Father Tibesar, a priest in good standing with the archdiocese, was involved in the Archdiocesan marriage preparation ministry. And had been involved with […]
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Scottish Catholic Schools to Require Teachers be Practising Catholics

by Hilary White   GLASGOW, March 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On March 9, David McNab, a Scottish atheist won a lawsuit against Glasgow City Council after being turned down for a position in “pastoral care” at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic School in Glasgow. An employment tribunal ruled that the Council had discriminated against McNab, a math teacher, and awarded him £2000.00 compensation.  The Church argued that UK employment law allows employers to specify that having a religious belief is a “genuine and determining occupational requirement” in some jobs.“Pastoral care” is defined in the Catholic Church as the nurturing of a […]
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London Catholic Hospital Fighting Cardinal for Right to Continue Abortion Referrals

by Hilary White  LONDON, March 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archbishop of Westminster, the head of the Catholic Church in the UK, is in a fight with one of the major Catholic hospitals in England that insists it is obliged to refer patients for abortions and contraception.   A spokesman for the private Catholic hospital of St John and St Elizabeth, known locally as “John and Lizzie’s,” said, “Under General Medical Council code of practice, which all UK doctors must observe, the doctors must provide information to patients who request abortions or contraceptives. So they will be referred to external […]
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Cardinal Pleads for Worldwide Prayers to Protect Colombia from Abortion

By John-Henry Westen BOGOTA, March 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – His Eminence Pedro Cardinal Rubiano, Archbishop of Bogota, the capital of Colombia, has pleaded with pro-lifers world-wide to join in a massive prayer effort to stop abortion from being legalized in the country. In a letter addressed to Dan Zeidler, the U.S. representative of the Caracas-based Latin American Alliance for the Family, the Cardinal said, “we ask for the support of all of the people in the entire world who care about life to join with us in crying out to heaven for the success of these efforts.” A case before […]
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Pope Benedict XVI Calls Abortion “Today’s Gravest Injustice”

By John-Henry Westen VATICAN, March 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a meeting today with representatives of the Vatican to international organizations, Pope Benedict XVI stressed that respect for the truth is the bases of justice.“Relations between States and within States are just in so far as they respect the truth,” he said. “When, however, the truth is offended, peace is threatened and rule of law is compromised, then, as a logical consequence, injustices arise.” Representatives from the Vatican have been involved in the most difficult struggles at the United Nations where they are a guard against attacks on the family, […]
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Italian Minister Accuses Holland of “Nazism” for Euthanasia Laws

By Gudrun Schultz AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Italian minister has accused the Netherlands of adopting Nazi-style eugenics laws under the banner of euthanasia. “Nazi legislation and Hitler’s ideas are re-emerging in Europe via Dutch euthanasia laws and the debate on how to kill ill children,” said Parliamentary Affairs minister Carlo Giovanardi on an Italian radio programme last Friday. He said it is “eugenics” to debate killing children “who are ill or have Down syndrome.” “We could just as easily apply this to senior citizens,” he said. Giovanardi is a member of the conservative Christian Democrat […]
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Paul Martin Resigns, Liberal Leadership Convention Called for December

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, March 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Paul Martin formally announced his resignation as Liberal party leader last week. His resignation will take effect as soon as the party officially calls the leadership convention, on April 7. Martin’s leadership has been a progression of scandals, as the self-professed “very strong Roman Catholic” led the country into the social and moral disaster of legal same-sex “marriage,” flying openly in the face of Christian belief on the immorality of homosexual relationships. His ardent public defence of abortion was scarcely less scandalous. Bishop Fred Henry of Calgary wrote a pastoral […]
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Canadian Business CEOs Show Strong Liberal Bias on Social Issues, Says Survey

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, March 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent survey of Canada’s top executives revealed a growing trend toward liberalism on social issues among members of the business community. The poll, conducted by the Gandalf Group in Ottawa, questioned150 C-Suite executives on the importance of public policy issues under consideration by the new Conservative government. The survey found Canadian business leaders show a strong liberal bias on social issues such as same-sex marriage and child-care spending. Questions on the environment and the military also elicited liberal-leaning responses. “Executives placed a low priority on introducing legislation to ban […]
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Scalia critical of what he calls the “judge-moralist”https://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/03/15/scalia_critical_of/ Harper restricts ministers’ messagehttps://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060317.wxpmo17/BNStory/National/home Prominent leaders from the Christian right have warned Republicans they must do more to advance conservative valueshttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4815912.stm Gay rights group criticizes Christian conference for allowing ‘ex-gay’ speakerhttps://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-creclaim16mar16%2C0%2C1816951.story?coll=sfla-news-broward Kinsey’s Consequences https://www.cwfa.org/articles/10334/CWA/family/index.htm No ‘Morning-After Pill’ for Rapistshttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/10327/LEGAL/life/index.htm Polygamists Attempt to Leverage Gay Court Victorieshttps://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039867.cfm Egg-donor business booms on campuses: Students offered up to $35,000 to sell eggs https://www.usatoday.com/printedition/news/20060316/1a_cover16.art.htm Israeli hospital held newborn baby as a “guarantee” of paymenthttps://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4816152.stm Commission on the Status of Women Deletes Abortion-Inclusive Language in Agreed Conclusionshttps://www.thefactis.org/default.aspx?control=ArticleMaster&aid=1501&authid=11 The liberal baby bust https://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060314/cm_usatoday/theliberalbabybust;_ylt=Asq8zpkVI47ww3H1YNajEems0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3YWFzYnA2BHNlYwM3NDI Poll: 77% of French Favour […]
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Abortion Debate Reveals Canada’s Lack of Abortion Law Cannot be Defended

HAMILTON, March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Wednesday’s public debate at McMaster University addressing the question “Should Abortion be Legal,” left the over 140 audience members with much reason to conclude Canada’s lack of an abortion law is a tragedy that cannot be logically defended. The debate, held in the new state-of-the-art McMaster medical building and hosted by LifeLine, McMaster University’s pro-life club, was a follow-up to the previous day’s campus demonstration of graphic pictures of abortion. (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/mar/06031506.html) Stephanie Gray, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, readily agreed to argue the ‘against’ position when contacted months ago by […]
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German Birthrate Hits Bottom: Lowest in Europe

By Gudrun Schultz BERLIN, Germany, March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Germany’s birth rate is now the lowest in Europe. Only 8.5 babies were born in Germany last year for every 1,000 residents. In 1964, 1.36 million babies were born in Germany. In 2005, half as many children were born, at just 680,000—the birth rate hasn’t been this low since the end of the Second World War, according to the Federal Statistical Office. The German city of Chemnitz, in former East Germany, has the lowest birth rate in the world, with 6.9 babies born per 1,000 residents. “The tradition in the […]
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A Thousand Sri-Lankan Female Tea-Plantation Workers March Against Abortion

By Gudrun Schultz COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Women workers on tea-plantations left their jobs for a day to march in protest against abortion on International Women’s Day March 8. Nearly a thousand women carrying placards saying “women are not slaves” and “stop abortion” marched through the Hatton area of central Sri Lanka, performing a street play along the way about the harm caused by abortion. Fr. George Sigamani, of the Kandy diocese, coordinated the protest. Fr. Sigamani is head of the justice, peace, human development and human rights apostolate for the diocese. He told UCA News […]
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UN Commission on the Status of Women Deletes Abortion-Inclusive Language in Agreed Conclusions

By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, March 17, 2006 (C-fam.org/LifeSiteNews.com) – As the 50th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) met for its closing ceremony last Friday, delegates were uncertain whether a set of Agreed Conclusions would be adopted. Negotiations went down to the wire as delegates struggled to come to consensus on the contentious health section of the draft text. The original draft of the Agreed Conclusions’ section on women’s health focused almost solely on “sexual and reproductive health services and rights.” As the Friday Fax has reported in the past, pro-abortion advocates have tried to […]
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Southern Baptists Focus on Defending Unborn, Marriage and Religious Freedom in 2006

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C., March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The largest Protestant denomination in the United States will concentrate on protecting the sanctity of human life, traditional marriage and basic human rights as the top priorities for public policy in 2006. The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released the legislative agenda for 2006 earlier this week, highlighting the issues the commission will be concentrating on this year. The ERLC said it would advocate for the passage of the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act, a bill that would require abortionists to inform mothers of the pain their […]
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Canadian MP says Cancer Society Withholding Pill/Cancer Link

by Hilary White OTTAWA, March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Maurice Vellacott, MP for Saskatoon-Wanuskewin, upbraided the Canadian Cancer Society for withholding information about the link between hormonal contraception and cancer. Vellacott said, “If the Canadian Cancer Society is not telling Canadians the truth about the birth control pill’s link to breast cancer, what else is the Canadian Cancer Society withholding?” In 2003, Oxford University researchers found a link between the pill and cervical cancer.   Researchers from Cancer Research UK’s epidemiology unit in Oxford reviewed 28 studies and found that the longer a woman took the pill, the greater her […]
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Body Parts Scandals Becoming Common in US and Abroad

by Hilary White FORT LEE, March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US firm, Biomedical Tissue Services (BTS) of Fort Lee, N.J., is accused of collecting thousands of body parts without donor consent. BTS owner, Michael Mastromarino, has been charged with three other men with secretly harvesting body parts from corpses, some of which are feared to have been tainted with diseases. The parts were then sold to a number of tissue distributors around the US. One distributor, Medtronic Inc., reported that at least 8,000 pieces that came from BTS were implanted. The Food and Drug Administration has said it is […]
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Patriarch Alexis II: Homosexuality a “Vicious Deviation From God-Given Human Nature”

By John-Henry Westen MOSCOW, March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a letter made public yesterday, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexis II congratulated Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov for his opposition to the ‘gay pride’ parade in Moscow. In the letter, the Patriarch said, “I was gratified to learn that you and the government of Moscow have approached this problem with civil responsibility not only for the present of our country, but also for its future.” The news comes as the Vatican revealed communications between Pope Benedict XVI and the Patriarch, in which Alexis II wrote: “In our own times, with the rapid […]
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Two More Women Die After Medical Abortion with Abortion Pill RU-486, FDA Warns

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a Public Health Advisory released today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alerted consumers to an additional two deaths of women after taking the abortion pill mifepristone (also known as Mifeprix or RU-486). The known death toll stemming from the abortion drug in the US is six women and countless unborn children since the drug’s legalization in 2000. Beyond that there have been over 600 adverse effects recorded from the drug. Among the most serious events other than death, 42 women experienced life-threatening hemorrhages, while 68 had severe hemorrhage […]
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UK Gov’t Names Abortion Nurse – Innovative Nurse of the Year

By John-Henry Westen LONDON, March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt awarded a nurse specializing in abortion withÂthe Nurse of the Year Award in the category of ‘Innovative Practice in Sexual Health’. Sue Bush, a senior nurse at King’s College Hospital NHS Trust’s abortion service was awarded due to her innovations in speeding the abortion process. (https://www.nursing-standard.co.uk/nurseawards/sex.asp ) The UK Life League was shocked at the “deeply offensive” award.“This woman is a cold-hearted baby murderer and the only reward she deserves is life in prison,” said a release from the organization.“Susan is a different sort of nurse. […]
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Polls Show Once Public Understands the Issue Doctor-Assisted Suicide Fails

SACRAMENTO, Calif., March 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to CBS, “Public support for physician-assisted suicide is now at the lowest point since the CBS News/New York Times Poll began asking the question in 1990. Prior to this poll, more than half of the public had said physician-assisted suicide should be allowed.” Californians Against Assisted Suicide has produced a statistical analysis demonstrating the trend. California’s Proposition 161, an initiative in 1992 to legalize doctor-assisted suicide originally polledÂYes 74 percent, No 24 percent and 2 percent undecided.ÂThe measure was sponsored by the Hemlock Society (now Compassion & Choices). On Election Day, November […]
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Name and Shame: Catholic College Sites Linking to Abortion Centers Exposed

MANASSAS, VA (March 16, 2006) – Despite the Catholic Church’s clear opposition to abortion, contraception and premarital sexual activity, a Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) review of Catholic college and university Web sites has revealed links and referrals to abortion clinics including Planned Parenthood-the largest abortion provider in the United States-and abortion-rights and pro-contraception groups. CNS is a national organization to renew and strengthen the Catholic identity of Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. Founded in 1993, CNS has more than 18,000 members. Whether it’s internship and job placements with abortion-rights groups, or health center referrals to Planned Parenthood, or […]
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Schindler Family Seek to Establish National Day of Remembrance

CLEARWATER, March 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The family of Terri Schindler Schiavo are working to establish a national day of remembrance in her name to commemorate the growing number of patients who are being killed in hospitals by removal of food and hydration assistance. Robert Schindler and National Urban Policy Action Council president Kevin Fobbs have joined forces in an effort to help disabled people and other avoid Terri’s fate. The goal is to gather a million signatures to petition state officials to establish March 31 as a national day of remembrance, similar to the annual remembrance of the anniversary […]
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Oregon Releases Eighth Annual Assisted Suicide Report

by Hilary White PORTLAND, March 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The state of Oregon has released its annual report on the eighth year of legalized physician assisted suicide (PAS). The report says that 38 Oregonians killed themselves in 2005 “following ingestion of medications prescribed” under the provisions of the Death with Dignity Act (DWDA). The report’s data comes from physician and pharmacy reporting, physician interviews and death certificates. The report summary describes those killed by lethal overdoses as “participating” patients. The report says, “Rates of participation in PAS decreased with age, although over 65% of PAS users were age 65 or […]
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Former NDP MP Now Aid to Pro-Life Conservative Cabinet Minister

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, March 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former NDP MP Bev Desjarlais has joined the team of Tory Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson, in a startling jump from her previous history with her former left-wing party. Ms. Desjarlais was defeated as an independent in January’s election for the northern Manitoba riding of Churchhill, a riding she had represented for eight years as a member of the NDP party. She ran as an independent after losing the party nomination in October of 2005. ÂWhen Conservative MP Thompson made the unexpected offer to join his department, she was “speechless.” […]
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BC Teacher’s Union Urges Province: Defund Faith-Based Schools Teaching ‘Religious Intolerance’

By Terry Vanderheyden VANCOUVER, March 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British Columbia public Teachers’ Federation has urged that the province stop financing independent faith-based schools, arguing that the institutions teach religious intolerance. Approximately 700 teachers attending their annual meeting voted to pass the resolution. “All we’re saying is that the provincial government has to enact what it says it will do through the Independent Schools Act,” said resolution sponsor, Vancouver teacher Jane MacEwan, according to a Focus on the Family news report. “And it clearly states that schools teaching religious superiority or racial superiority cannot receive [public] funding.” The Independent […]
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Archdiocese of Denver Calls Homosexual Adoption Demand “Imprudent and Wrong”

By John-Henry Westen DENVER, March 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an uncommonly clear and straightforward statement, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Denver has publicly voiced the problem with homosexual adoption.ÂJames H. Mauck, President of Catholic Charities Denver, has stated that, “It is apparent that there are some who wish to compel Catholic Charities to place children with couples whose life choices run contrary to the values and beliefs of Catholic Charities and many other non-profit child placing agencies. This demand is imprudent and wrong.” Catholic Charities agencies around the United States are reacting to the decision of their counterpart […]
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9 Canadians, 13 Americans Busted in ‘Worst Imaginable’ Child Porn Ring

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, March 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced charges against 27 people Wednesday, including 13 Americans, nine Canadians, and two from Australia and Britain, involved in what he described as “the worst imaginable forms of child pornography.” “This international undercover investigation revealed an insidious network that engaged in worldwide trafficking in child pornography, including live molestations of children transmitted over the Internet,” Gonzales said, according to a Reuters report. U.S. Homeland Security Department official Julie Myers explained that the new material actually often streamed live acts with children – one as young as […]
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Bishops, Tourism, Sour Grapes and All Things Brokeback

By John-Henry Westen CALGARY, March 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The homosexual propaganda film Brokeback Mountain may be appreciated by the new archbishop of San Francisco (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/feb/06021306.html ), but the film has received a cold reception from the President of the Mexican Bishops Conference. Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago said that within such films “there is a very clear tendency…of inserting a conviction into the atmosphere and mentality of society that a deviated sexual orientation can be considered completely normal.” Catholic News Agency reports that Bishop Rabago commented on the film now being distributed in Mexico under the title ‘Secret on […]
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Menstrual Blood has 30 Times more Stem Cells than Bone Marrow Says Study

by Hilary White   ATLANTA, March 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A team of researchers from Japan has shown that stem cells are found abundantly in menstrual blood. The discovery was announced at the meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Atlanta on Monday.   Dr. Shunichiro Miyoshi reported that he and his colleagues at Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo had harvested stem cells from the blood of six women that originates in the endometrium.   When the cells were harvested and cultivated, the researchers were able to obtain about thirty times more stem cells from menstrual blood than from bone marrow, […]
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New Nova Scotia Premier Backs Parental Choice in Childcare

By Terry Vanderheyden HALIFAX, March 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal Conservative government proposal to allow parental choice in childcare has been met with criticism from some provinces such as Liberal-held Ontario, while new Nova Scotia Conservative Premier Rodney MacDonald supports the idea. “I . . . outlined our government’s support for a blended approach to child care, supporting both stay-at-home parents and day cares,” he said in his first news column as premier, which appeared in The Chronicle-Herald. MacDonald, 34, took over from retiring Premier John Hamm two weeks ago. “We all want what’s best for our families,” he […]
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Dolly Cloner Now Says Others Did Most of the Work, Award May be Withdrawn

by Hilary White EDINBURGH, March 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ian Wilmut, the creator of Dolly the cloned sheep and the world’s foremost expert in human cloning, could be stripped of a prestigious international award worth £70,000. The Frankfurt-based Paul Ehrlich Foundation is considering recalling the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for medical research awarded to Wilmut, after the British cloning expert admitted his research may not be entirely his own. While it is understood that all medical research is a communal effort with findings building upon findings, Wilmut has admitted that he neither developed the technology nor conducted the […]
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Canada Releases Abortion Numbers – 103,768 Babies Killed in 2003

OTTAWA, March 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Statistics Canada today released information that 103,768 babies were deliberately killed in their mothers’ wombs in the year 2003 in Canada. This death toll is added to the nearly three million slaughtered since 1969. There was a slight decline in abortions committed mostly among teen-aged girls,  StatsCan reported. “The magnitude of this atrocity appears to be lost on the average person in Canada,” said Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition (CLC). “Canada likes to brag about its human rights record at home and abroad, while it ignores the mounting death toll that […]
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Canadian Film Celebrating Homosexuality Sweeps Film Awards

By Gudrun Schultz TORONTO, Ontario, March 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Quebec film celebrating homosexuality swept the Canadian Genie awards on Monday night. C.R.A.Z.Y. is a film about a young gay man growing up with four brothers in a large Catholic family. The story is set in suburban Quebec during the 60’s. Following the trend set by the gay cowboy movie Brokeback Mountain, C.R.A.Z.Y. was nominated for 12 awards and won ten of them. The film won for best picture, best director and leading actor. The film’s director, Jean-Marc Vallee, describes the story as “a mystical fable about a modern-day […]
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Posters Celebrating Fetal Development Ripped Down at Harvard

By Gudrun Schultz CONNETICUT, United States, March 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A series of simple posters by Harvard Right to Life, showing the early stages of fetal development, accompanied by cheerful text and line drawings, have so outraged pro-abortion students they are ripping the posters down. In February, HRL began posting the series on campus. The posters contain photos of an unborn child named “Elena,” who offers enthusiastic, slightly goofy commentary on her development and enjoyment of life. One reads “Oh hi! I was just celebrating all my organs and me being 56 days alive, eight weeks old.” They are […]
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Atheists Insist Prayer Be Stripped from University of Toronto Convocation

By Gudrun Schultz TORONTO, Ontario, March 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A student atheist group at the University of Toronto is campaigning to have all elements of prayer removed from the convocation ceremonies at the University. Members of the Toronto Secular Alliance say they are “disgusted” at having to listen to words like “Eternal God” at a public ceremony. The government-funded student group is demanding that all religious elements should be banned from any public ceremony on campus. Stephen DeSousa, U of T public affairs, told the National Post that basic prayer has been part of the convocation tradition since the […]
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Virginia Judge Rejects Registration of Vermont Civil Union Order Stopping Lesbian Child Visitation

WINCHESTER, VA, March 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the case of Miller v. Jenkins, Virginia Circuit Court Judge John R. Prosser ruled that a Vermont civil union may not be registered in the state because the laws of Virginia do not permit civil unions or same-sex marriage. Lisa Miller is represented by Mathew D. Staver, President and General Counsel of Liberty Counsel and Rena Lindevaldsen, Senior Litigation Counsel of Liberty Counsel and adjunct professor of law at Liberty University School of Law. The case involves Lisa Miller, her biological child, and Janet Jenkins. In December 2000, Lisa and Janet, while […]
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Pro-Abortion and Pro-Life Women Join Forces to End Exploitive Harvesting of Human Eggs

LONDON, March 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On March 8th, International Women’s Day, a coalition of abortion-supporting and pro-life women, concerned at the growing exploitation of women in biotechnology launched a new campaign against the harvesting and marketing of human eggs. The campaign, “Hands off our ovaries!” highlights the short and long-term risks involved in egg harvesting and its significance for the health and dignity of women. Concerned feminist representatives have joined together on this common ground, outraged by the casual attitude of the biotech industry towards the female body. Like-minded leaders and groups from around the world are invited to […]
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Baptist Church Sued When Active Homosexual Barred from Wedding Party

by Hilary White  SARNIA/LAMBTON, March 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Observer, the local paper for Sarnia/Lambton Ontario, reports that the pastor of a local church is in hot legal water for his defence of Christian principles.   Tamara Bourgeois, 29, and Jerry Condie, 34, were to marry in June 2007 at Sovereign Grace Community Church and have told the Observer that they are considering legal action against Pastor Glenn Tomlinson when he refused to allow an active homosexual to be part of the wedding party.   Tomlinson said he believes that allowing an unrepentant homosexual in the ceremony is tantamount […]
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Promotion of Homosexuality Causes Call For One-Year Boycott of Ford Motor Company

WASHINGTON, March 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Family Association, along with 18 other pro-family organizations, has called for a one-year boycott of Ford Motor Company. The boycott was called after Ford reneged on an agreement with American Family Association to stop funding homosexual groups which promote homosexual marriage. Ford could have easily avoided the boycott, according to AFA, by simply remaining neutral in the cultural battles. Leaders of 44 pro-family groups urged Ford not to take sides, but to remain neutral. However, Ford rejected the plea of the leaders and publicly announced their continued support of the homosexual groups. “The […]
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EU at Impasse on Cloning and Embryo Research Restrictions

by Hilary White BRUSSELS, March 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com ) – The European Union is at an impasse over embryo research and cloning. The EU is pressed for time to come to a decision on a pan-European cloning policy with the approach of a deadline on funding policy. Governments everywhere are under pressure to allow the creation of in vitro embryos for research and clones, but thus far, Poland and Italy are holding out.  Â EU officials said that for the time being, the previous approach to funding for cloning and embryo experiments will continue on the present case by case […]
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Chinese Legal Activist Arrested Again – Local Officials Deny Knowledge

by Hilary White  DONGSHIGU, March 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chinese human rights activist, Chen Guangcheng, has been arrested with his brother and cousin according to Chen’s wife, Yuan Weijing. Yuan said they have not heard from them since Saturday night when they were taken from their home in a police van. They had been going to police to file a report about the beating of Chen’s cousin.  Chen has been under house arrest since August in his home in Dongshigu, a farming village in Shandong province. Yuan said that local police denied knowing anything about the arrest or the beatings. […]
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Corporate Watch Update – April 2006

Tony Gosgnach  The Interim Newspaper – April 2006 The American Decency Association has been attempting to keep up pressure on U.S. advertisers during the racy ABC television program Desperate Housewives to drop their support of the show. Targets as of March 12 included Subway, McDonald’s, America Online, Avon, Clairol, Walt Disney Co., Old Navy, Frito Lay, United Parcel Service and Hyundai. The ADA is also keeping up a boycott list of chronic U.S. offenders against decency in general, including Abercrombie and Fitch, Victoria’s Secret, Walt Disney and Yum Brands (which encompasses KFC, Long John Silver’s, Pizza Hut Taco Bell and […]
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San Francisco Mayor Boycotts Elevation of Former Bishop to Cardinal, Over Prohibition Against GLBT A

By Gudrun Schultz SAN FRANCISCO, United States, March 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom will cancel his plans to attend Vatican ceremonies elevating Archbishop William Levada to Cardinal, after Bishop Levada reiterated Vatican opposition to GLBT adoptions last weekend. The San Francisco Sentinal reported yesterday that mayor Newsom considered an email sent by Bishop Levada instructing the diocese not to permit adoptions by GLBT persons to be “patently offensive.” He told the Sentinal the Vatican’s position was “corroding and divisive,” and suggested the Vatican needed to move beyond “stale and questionable documents” if it wanted the Church […]
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Upcoming Ottawa Conference on Contraception and Humanae Vitae Will Address Social Consequences of Bi

By Gudrun Schultz and John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, Ontario, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Rosarium, a new Catholic organization dedicated to increasing respect for life in Canada, is hosting a May 2006 conference in Ottawa that will discuss the value and beauty of Christian teaching on sexuality and the negative social impact of contraception. The conference, called “Humanae Vitae 2006 – A New Beginning,” took shape in the context of Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae. “The first thing we aim to do is to highlight and celebrate the beauty and dignity of the human body and the act […]
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Ireland Couple Joins Battle over Ownership of Frozen Embryos

By Gudrun Schultz DUBLIN, Ireland, March 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An estranged couple have taken their battle for control of three frozen babies to Ireland’s High Court. The embryos were conceived during IVF treatments in 2001. The couple had a baby after those treatments, and three surplus embryos were stored for future use, with both parents signing a joint-consent form. She wants to have the embryos thawed and implanted, so she can have more children. Her ex-husband, who is understood to be in a new relationship, will not give his consent. The Sims clinic in Rathgar, where they are stored, […]
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New Society of Faithful Catholics Forms to Confront Priestly Sexual Abuse

By John-Henry Westen MINNEAPOLIS, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It seems like all hell is breaking loose in the archdiocese of St. Paul – Minneapolis. In recent weeks 27 priests signed a petition against Archbishop Harry Flynn’s backing for a measure to protect the traditional definition of marriage (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/mar/06031006.html ). The diocese is refusing to release those names and it has not publicly ordered the priests to be silent about their heterodox views, but it has, at the same time, silenced a faithful priest who objected to the graphic sex-ed program advocated by the archdiocese (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/mar/06030602.html ). Like many dioceses […]
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Connecticut Catholic Hospitals’ Compromise Ends in Abortion Referrals

by Hilary White  HARTFORD, March 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishops of Connecticut thought they had the perfect compromise. But as Connecticut considers legislation that would force Catholic hospitals to prescribe the abortifacient drug, Plan B, Catholic hospitals are already as close as possible to the ethical edge.  Eight months ago, the Catholic hospitals of Connecticut adopted the so-called “Peoria Protocol” with the approval of Archbishop Henry J. Mansell of Hartford, and Bridgeport Bishop William E. Lori. Under the adopted protocol a test is given to a rape victim to determine if she is pregnant. If the tests are […]
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IVF Three Times More Likely to Cause Genetic Brain Defects

by Hilary White   Evidence is growing that in vitro fertilization causes serious birth defects and genetic anomalies. The most recent study has shown that babies born from IVF have three times the rate of genetic brain disorders. The survey examines nearly all of the 1,105 IVF babies born in Ireland since 1989. The study particularly notes a comparatively high incidence of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) and Angelman Syndrome (AS) at almost three times that of the general population.   The study said that although the number of incidents of brain disorders are small, “there are strong circumstantial observations that suggest […]
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US Bishops Correct 55 Representatives on Abortion

by Hilary White  WASHINGTON, March 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has responded to the Statement of Principles’ issued last week in which 55 Catholic members of the House of Representatives exposed themselves as being pro-abortion. The bishops’ statement was signed by Cardinals William Keeler of Baltimore and Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, both of whom are regarded as liberal on social and moral issues.   The USCCB statement welcomed the Representatives’ for their “efforts that seek to examine how Catholic legislators bring together their faith and their policy choices.”  The Representatives claimed last week […]
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Philippines President Acknowledges Pro-Life Archbishop is Her Advisor

By Gudrun Schultz SAN FERNANDO, Philippines, March 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has come out with a strong pro-family statement assuring the Catholic bishops of her opposition to abortion or divorce laws. Speaking to Archbishop Paciano Aniceto, the chair of the Catholic Bishops conference of the Philippines, at a mass celebrating his 69th birthday last week, she pledged her support for families. “We are taking measures to strengthen the Filipino family. Perhaps this will be the best birthday gift I can offer you,” she said, reported the Philippine Daily Inquirer. This was President Arroyo’s first public acknowledgement […]
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High Profile Gay “Marriage” Activist to Host Fundraiser at Ottawa Catholic Church

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, March 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alex Munter is no stranger in Ottawa. As a candidate to become the mayor of the nation’s capital city, Munter is making rounds and gaining notoriety. His efforts to gain public favour will be aided next month by St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, a historic church which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Munter is also no stranger internationally. As the national co-ordinator for the movement which pushed homosexual ‘marriage’ to a reality in Canada, Munter was quoted by media around the world rejoicing over Canada’s decision to redefine traditional marriage. […]
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Final Soluton to U.S. “Abortion Problem” is Clearly Laid Out in Constitution Says Writer

FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, March 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today’s LifeSiteNews Special Report analyses the American Constitution and what is says about who has ultimate authority over U.S. laws concerning abortion. Rand Brown, a student at Christendom College in Front Royal Virginia states in his article that the final solution to the “Abortion Problem” lays “not where most pro-life Americans think it to be”. Brown relates that Congress “can overthrow a Supreme Court ruling precisely because it, and not the Judiciary, is the voice of the American people. As far as the inferior Federal courts are concerned, it is Congress’ explicit […]
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‘Birth Control’ Pill Causes Chronic Headaches

By Terry Vanderheyden TRONDHEIM, Norway, March 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New research has found that the so-called birth-control pill causes headaches in the women who use them. The researchers from St. Olav’s University Hospital in Trondheim and Glostrup University Hospital in Denmark examined the prevalence of migraine and non-migraine headaches in women who used the pill. According to a summary of the research appearing in the journal Neurology, “There was a significant association between headache and reported use of estrogen-containing oral contraceptives in premenopausal women, both for migraine and for non-migrainous headache.” Women using the abortifacient were 1.4 times more […]
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Laura Bush to Africans: Try Abstinencehttps://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_12024.shtml World Abortion Trend the Opposite of U.S.https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3712504.html With new South Dakota abortion law in place, all pro-lifers must practice what they preachhttps://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_12032.shtmlGay Rights Group Targets Christian Collegeshttps://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/110/42.0.html Pro-Abortion Group Wants More Federal Money https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039785.cfm Down Syndrome and the Pressure to Aborthttps://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=85718 Tennessee senate wades into abortion fighthttps://www.katu.com/stories/83961.html California Assisted-Suicide Bill Nears Action https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039787.cfm UK Gov’t to Cut Price of Morning-After Pillhttps://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=Culturearchive200603CUL20060310a.html Cloning Requires Exploiting Womenhttps://www.cwalac.org/article_310.shtml Internet-Arranged Suicides Surge in Japan https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060310/ap_on_re_as/japan_group_suicide_5 Record numbers flocking to Christian collegeshttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-0603100278mar10,1,886383.story?coll=chi-newslocalchicago-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true Bush Touts Grants to Religious Charitieshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030900248.html Conservative PC(USA) Minister Condemns Lesbian Pastor’s Acquittalhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/3/92006b.asp Social Scientist: Biblical Marriage […]
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Quebec Cardinals Respond to Pro-Homosexual Letter by 19 Quebec Priests

By John-Henry Westen MONTREAL, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the first time Quebec Cardinals Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal and Marc Ouellet of Quebec City have responded to the Feb. 26 letter of 19 Quebec priests dissentingÂto the church’s teaching on homosexuality and on the letter of the Canadian religious Conference dissenting on a host of Church teachings including homosexuality, contraception and assisted suicide. In a press conference today Cardinal Turcotte downplayed the open letter signed by 19 priests, some of them in prominent positions, in the province of Quebec. (see coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/feb/06022706.html ). The letter was published in the […]
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US Men’s Group Launches Suit to Call Feminist Bluff

by Hilary White SAGINAW, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A US Men’s group is calling the feminist bluff with regard to “reproductive choice”. They say that if women have the “right” to abort any pregnancy without a man’s consent, the same right should exist for men who want to opt out of fatherhood. Calling their campaign, “Roe vs. Wade for Men,” the National Center For Men will file suit in United States district court in Michigan saying that the law is unfairly slanted towards women without due regard for the “right to reproductive choice” for men. Turning the abortion rhetoric […]
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Sperm Donor Siblings, Mothers, Connect Online

By Terry Vanderheyden ATLANTA, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An online sperm donor registry connects half siblings who share the same donor father, and donors with their children. As reported by CNN’s Anderson Cooper Blog 360°, the mothers artificially inseminated by one man who has fathered as many as 20 children have connected online. CNN reporter Dan Simon spoke to several of the mothers who connected via DonorSiblingRegistry.com. “They have become fast friends, but perhaps more important, their kids have discovered they have brothers and sisters. To see the kids’ photographs is striking, because of their resemblance to one another,” […]
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San Francisco to “Review” Gay Adoption Policy in Response to Levada Directive

by Hilary White SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop William Levada, the current Prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), has announced that no bishop should allow homosexual partners to adopt children through their charitable agencies. The statement was sent in an email to the Archdiocese of San Francisco Catholic Charities citing recent documents from the CDF published under then-Cardinal Ratzinger. “Catholic agencies should not place children for adoption in homosexual households,” Levada wrote. “The reasons given in the document, as well as the potential scandal for the faithful should an archdiocesan agency […]
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27 Priests Sign Petition Against Bishop’s Opposition to Homosexual ‘Marriage’

By Gudrun Schultz ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Harry Flynn, of the archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, was recently accused of scandal for his opposition to same-sex ‘marriage’. The accusation came from among his own priests. In a petition sent to the archbishop last month, 27 priests of the archdiocese said they believed his “aggressive and widespread endeavour in favour of the amendment [against gay “marriage”] is a scandal.” The priests of St. Edward’s parish in Bloomington have been particularly outspoken in their support of gay unions. Rev. Mike Tegeder, head pastor at the church, has a […]
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Chinese Official Proposes ‘Euthanasia Experiments’

By Terry Vanderheyden BEIJING, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Chinese official has recommended to parliament that the country begin experimenting with euthanasia as a precursor to legalization. Zhao Gongmin, a Chinese Academy of Social Sciences researcher, claims that public opinion strongly supports the practice, with supposed surveys showing as much as 80 percent support. “I think it is only a matter of time for euthanasia to become legal,” Zhao said, according to a Shanghai Daily report. “Therefore, we should allow some experiments on the local level for the purpose of accumulating experience.” “Conditions are not ripe yet for nation-level […]
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Justice Scalia on Roe vs. Wade: “Not Yet, Maybe Not Never, but Certainly Not Yet”

By Terry Vanderheyden FREIBURG, Switzerland, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Justice Antonin Scalia, one of nine judges on the U.S. Supreme Court, told a group attending a fireside discussion that he sees it unlikely that Roe v. Wade will be reversed now, but has hopes that it may be down the road. As reported by Bureau Audiovisuel Francophone (BAF), Justice Scalia confirmed that the abortion ban passed this week in South Dakota will “ultimately” make its way to the Supreme Court. When questioned by BAF on the timeline for a reversal of Roe v. Wade, Justice Scalia responded, “I have […]
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Homosexual Adoption Ends 100 Years of Adoption Services by Boston Catholic Charities

By John-Henry Westen BOSTON, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The board of directors of Catholic Charities today announced that Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston, will not seek a renewal of its contract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to provide adoption services. Catholic Charities will work with the Department of Social Services and other appropriate agencies to make this transition as smoothly as possible. Late last year, the Pope’s representative to the United States asked the Boston Archbishop, now Cardinal, Sean O’Malley to end the practice of allowing homosexual adoptions. (coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/dec/05120707.html )Â Catholic Charities admitted last October that it was […]
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Polish President Heckled by Gay Rights Protestors

By Gudrun Schultz BERLIN, Germany, March 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Polish President Lech Kaczynski was targeted by gay rights activists during his visit to Berlin’s Humboldt University earlier this week, Deutsche Welle reported yesterday. Dozens of protesters delayed his speech by about half an hour, chanting “solidarity without exclusion” in reference to the slogan of the 1980’s labour movement that challenged communism in the country. The activists were protesting what they called his “homophobic policies.” President Kaczynski banned a gay pride march in Warsaw last year, while he was mayor of the capital. The action outraged Polish gays. The president […]
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Florida Woman Fears She Caught HIV From Stolen Body Partshttps://abcnews.go.com/US/Health/story?id=1701325&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 Feminists Control Womenhttps://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13017 The gap between the Hollywood glitterati and the guys and gals who buy tickets at the box office appears to be widening.https://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=237 Liberal Hypocrisy on Church and Statehttps://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=13048 What we do know for sure is there are now almost no defenders of Roe’s legal or medical coherence – Richard John Neuhaus- March 9, 2006https://www.firstthings.com/ Dads: No cash for unwanted childrenhttps://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060309/LIFESTYLE/603090385/1005 ‘Mom,’ ‘dad’ to be axed from school textbooks? https://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49171 Since reunification, the city has become a bastion of homosexual rights, and a hotspot for gay tourists.https://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-lat-berlin0306,0,1796229.story?coll=ny-leadworldnews-headlines Gay? […]
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Health Canada Allows Ova Sales Through Loophole in Legislation

by Hilary White OTTAWA, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health Canada is not planning to take any action against the practice of selling human ova on the internet, despite the ostensible prohibition of the practice under Canada’s Assisted Reproduction Technologies Act. Citing a loophole in the legislation, a Health Canada official says the act does not ban the advertising of human genetic materials, only their purchase. “It’s a payment to a donor that is illegal,” said Francine Manseau. “Advertising is not illegal.” Women selling ova on internet sites do not have to sell to Canadian customers and the asking price […]
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Almost Six Out of Ten U.S. Teenagers Say Homosexuality is Not Genetic: Gallup Poll

By Gudrun Schultz PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over half of America’s teenagers believe homosexuality comes from a person’s environment and upbringing, and is not something a person is born with, according to a new Gallup Youth survey. The poll looked at the responses from 546 teenagers, ages 13-17. When asked if being gay is due to outside factors, such as up bringing and environment, or if it is something a person is born with, 59 percent of teenagers said homosexuality comes from outside factors. Just 41 percent said they think people are born gay. On this […]
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Study Shows 20% Drop in Teenage Abortion Rates From Texas Parental Notification Law

By Gudrun Schultz AUSTIN, Texas, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The number of teen abortions in Texas fell significantly after the state enacted a parental notification law, a new study has found. The study, by researchers at Baruch College at City University of New York, found an 11 to 20 percent drop in abortion rates among 15-17-year old girls, compared to rates among 18-year olds who were not affected by the law. The result was taken from information comparing abortion rates among teenage girls during the two years before and after the law was put in place.  Abortion opponents are […]
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Planned Parenthood South Dakota Plans to Defy Law, Continue Committing Abortions

By Terry Vanderheyden SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota (PPMNS) said it will defy a law passed Monday that bans all abortions in the state. “We will not abandon the women of South Dakota,” said Sarah Stoesz, PPMNS President and CEO, according to a release. “Our clinics in South Dakota will remain open and we will continue to serve the women and men of this state by providing family planning services, emergency contraception, and safe, legal abortion care.” On Monday, South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed into law […]
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‘Choose Life’ License Plate Lawsuit Victory in New York

By Terry Vanderheyden NEW YORK, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An appeals court has dismissed Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s second attempt to ban the phrase “Choose Life” from a pro-adoption specialty licence plate for New York State. In a decision released Tuesday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Spitzer’s appeal. His first defeat occurred in January last year when a federal judge ruled that The Children First Foundation (CFF) had sufficiently alleged constitutional violations involving freedom of speech and equal protection under the law. The August 2005 trial date was postponed when the state appealed the federal court ruling […]
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Atheist Teacher Turned Down by Catholic School Awarded £2,000 for “Discrimination”

By Gudrun Schultz GLASGOW, Scotland, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It is no longer acceptable for denominational schools to reserve head positions for Catholics, according to a ruling by a Scottish employment tribunal yesterday. David McNab, who has been a maths teacher at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic High School in Pollok, Glasgow, since 1991, was told he could not apply for the position of acting principal teacher of pastoral care because he is not a Catholic, reported the Scotsman today. Mr. McNab is an atheist. He complained to the employment tribunal, which found he had been “unlawfully discriminated against … […]
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Hawaii to Become “Baby Killing Center of Pacific”

By Terry Vanderheyden HONOLULU, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hawaii has passed legislation to allow abortion as an in-office medical procedure as well as waiving a mandatory 90-day residency period, prompting one commentator to dub the island state as the “baby killing center of the Pacific.” “While high-profile media attention has been focused on South Dakota’s effort to outlaw abortion, Hawaii is quietly set to become the baby killing center of the Pacific,” said Judie Brown, president of American Life League. House Bill 1242 is predicted to pass Hawaii’s state house this week and then proceed to almost certain passage […]
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Cells from Aborted Babies Transplanted into Brains of Huntington’s Patients

by Hilary White  LONDON, March 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers in France have presented a long-term study of five Huntingdon’s patients who were injected with brain cells harvested from aborted foetuses in 1998. The scientists, reporting in The Lancet; Neurology, say that three of the patients have shown improvement in movement and brain function. Patients’ symptoms have continued, however and after a plateau, the deterioration has worsened.  Huntington’s Disease is a degenerative genetic neurological disorder. Huntington’s is an incurable and untreatable condition that slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to walk, think, talk and reason. Death for Huntinton’s patients often […]
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Two New Polls Show Americans Reject Evolution Theory and Want Alternatives Taught

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, March 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two recent polls have revealed that Americans are sceptical about Darwin’s explanation for the origins of life, and want schools to teach kids other alternatives to his theory of evolution. A Zogby poll released Monday asked the question, “When Darwin’s theory of evolution is taught in school, students should also be able to learn about scientific evidence that points to an intelligent design of life.” Fully 77% of over 1,000 respondents agreed with this statement. Alternately, only 19% felt that Darwin’s theories of evolution should be presented exclusively. The biggest subgroup […]
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Pope Benedict Calls on Christians to Defend the Dignity of Disabled People

by Hilary White ROME, March 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI has called on Christians to defend the lives and dignity of disabled people at all stages of life. In a message to the Brazilian bishops endorsing their “Fraternity and Disabled People,” campaign for Lent, the Pope said, “To defend life in all its phases, from the beginning until the end, is a right and duty of all, which the Church will never cease proclaiming.” The Pope wrote in a letter sent to Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, archbishop of Sao Salvador da Bahia and president of the Brazilian bishops’ […]
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Cardinal Encourages Peruvians to Vote for Candidates “who defend life and the family”

By Terry Vanderheyden LIMA, March 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Peruvians prepare to head to the polls for a federal election April 9, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani encouraged voters to cast their ballots for candidates who would uphold the right to life of the unborn. “Among those who are running, think of the ones who defend life and the family,” he said in his weekly radio address, Dialogue of Faith, according to a Zenit news report. “Defend your vote for life and the family.” Last month, United Nations representative Jairo Palacio urged presidential candidates to include election platforms to legalize […]
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Homosexual Activist Canadian MP Caught Up in Income Trust Probe

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, March 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Liberal MP Scott Brison has admitted he sent an email discussing an upcoming government announcement on income trusts to a top bank official, a day before the announcement was made. In the email he reassured the CIBC employee that he would be pleased with the announcement. “I think you will be happier very soon…this week probably,” Mr. Brison said in the e-mail, which he released yesterday. Trading in income trusts spiked on the same day the government announced it would not place a punitive tax on trusts. The timing triggered […]
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Young Americans More Likely to Say Abortion is Wrong

By Gudrun Schultz UNITED STATES, March 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than half of all Americans think abortion is immoral most of the time, and those under 50 are more likely to believe abortion is wrong than older Americans, according to a new survey by a top-ranked polling firm. Rasmussen Reports conducted the survey on the first two days of March, questioning 1000 adults on their beliefs about the morality of abortion and their opinion on abortion access. The report found that 55 percent of Americans believe abortion is morally wrong most of the time. Only 32 percent disagreed. Almost […]
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UN Campaign Underway to Ensure Abortion Internationally Recognized as Human Right

By Gudrun Schultz NEW YORK, United States, March 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There is a new desperation at the UN to secure international recognition of abortion as a human right, as abortion advocates increasingly anticipate that Roe vs. Wade will be overturned in the United States, says Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse of Concerned Women of America. Dr. Crouse is reporting on the 50th Commission on the Status of Women, held at the U.N. headquarters in New York, February 27 to March 10. Writing for The Beverly LaHaye Institute, CWA’s think tank, Dr. Crouse said abortion advocates with the Commission are […]
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Churchgoers Shift towards Conservatives Driven by Moral Issues like Gay “Marriage”

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, March 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative Party popularity among churchgoers, and especially among Protestants, increased significantly this past federal election – driven largely by moral issues such as same-sex “marriage.” Protestant churchgoers were 25% more likely to vote Conservative as compared to previous elections, according to an Ipsos-Reid Poll. And among churchgoing Catholics in Quebec, votes for the Liberal party were cut roughly in half compared to 2004. “For the first time in the history of polling, Catholics who are regular churchgoers shifted away from the lending the largest measure of their support to the Liberals […]
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Canada “Not Ready” for Assisted Suicide Debate – Liberal Senator

by Hilary White TORONTO, March 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senator Sharon Carstairs, a Chretien appointee, spoke at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto on Friday on the situation of palliative care in Canada. Senator Carstairs, once considered one of Canada’s most enthusiastic supporters of euthanasia and assisted suicide, seems to be softening her views. Speaking at the invitation of the Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute, Carstairs said that Canada is “not ready” for a debate on assisted suicide or euthanasia until there is a comprehensive and quality end of life care available to all Canadians. Regarding the push to […]
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Liberal Columnist Admits it May be Time for “Liberal Catholics” to Leave the Church

by Hilary White BOSTON, March 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a pair of dueling op-ed pieces, two regular contributors to the Boston Globe have laid out what the Globe thinks is the essence of the struggle between the Catholic bishops of Massachusetts and the state. The bishops are seeking legal means to opt out of the state’s requirement that they include homosexual partners in child adoptions through Catholic Charities. The columnists, Jeff Jacoby and Joan Vennochi represent what the Boston Globe considers the two sides of a purely political debate: the former giving the “conservative” position and the latter, the […]
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Priest Advises a “Brokeback Lent”, Homily Encourages Propaganda Film

By John-Henry Westen   BOSTON, March 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The homosexual propaganda film Brokeback Mountain, besides winning three Oscars over the weekend, has shown itself as an adept tool forÂouting dissidents within the Catholic Church. While committed Catholics have seen in the film as a dangerous propaganda tool which normalizes homosexuality, left-leaning Catholics have been hard-pressed to outdo one another in lauding the film.   First, the director for the USCCB Office for Film and Broadcasting Harry Forbes gushed over Brokeback saying, “Director Ang Lee tells the story with a sure sense of time and place, and presents the […]
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Doctors Seek to Withdraw Life Support from 17-Month Old With Muscular Disorder

By Gudrun Schultz UNITED KINGDOM, March 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctors of a 17-month old baby with normal brain function are petitioning for permission to take him off the ventilator he needs to help him breath. The child’s doctors say the severe muscular atrophy he was born with gives him an “intolerable quality of life.” Born with a genetic disorder known as spinal muscular atrophy, the child’s condition in time will lead to almost complete paralysis. The boy’s parents (no one involved in the case can be named) are fighting the doctors in court, the BBC reported today. They say […]
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Professor Lies to Get Pro-Abortion Group into Catholic College

By Gudrun Schultz BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A professor and a group of abortion activists at Boston College resorted to deception this week in order to bypass school officials and hold an abortion-rights panel discussion on university grounds. The Women’s Health Initiative, an abortion rights group that is not recognized by the university, initially gained permission to hold the panel, called “The Future of Women’s Rights” by telling university officials that they were members of the College Democrats. When the college discovered the deception, they withdrew permission for the panel. BC sociology professor Charles Derber, who told […]
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EU Court Denies Woman Her Frozen Embryos After Ex-Fiancé Refuses Permission

By Gudrun Schultz STRASBOURG, France, March 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled against a woman who wants to use her stored frozen embryos to have a baby. Natallie Evens was left infertile after treatment for ovarian cancer, reported the BBC. She underwent IVF before the procedure to create children that were then placed in storage, with the collaboration of her partner at the time, Howard Johnston. The couple has since split up, and Mr. Johnston has withdrawn consent for the embryos to be used. Ms. Evans exhausted the UK courts before taking her case […]
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Episcopalian priest became Wiccan after reading Harry Potterhttps://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060304/LIFESTYLE08/603040310&SearchID=73237677091215 U.S. Broadcast Indecency Bill Refined https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0039735.cfm Attorney Hopes Illinois Will Pass Measure Protecting Pro-Life Pharmacistshttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/3/afa/32006f.asp Quebec Tories get orders to set up election troops in all 75 ridingshttps://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/march/6/quebectories/&c=1 Canadian Political parties in state of deep decline, political operatives say https://www.thehilltimes.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/march/6/parties/&c=1 World experts submit amicus briefs to stop legalization of abortion in Colombiahttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6162 Gaining headway: Colorado Catholic Bishops endorse revised sexual abuse bill, continue to fight anotherhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6161 “Crash” stuns Oscars, wins best film https://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060306/ts_nm/oscars_dc Nevada May Consider Evolution Constitutional Amendment https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039712.cfm Disgraced South Korean scientist admits faking research https://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/196451/1/.html Homosexual Activists Launch New […]
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Wal-Mart Bows to Abortion Zealots on Plan-B

by Hilary White BENTONVILLE, March 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US-based superstore chain Wal-Mart, has capitulated to pressure from pro-abortion groups and announced that it will be carrying the abortifacient “emergency contraceptive” marketed as “Plan-B.” Wal-Mart, which has 3700 pharmacies across the US, was the only chain to refuse to carry the drug that causes a very early-term abortion, only selling it in Illinois where it is required by state law. A Wal-Mart media release announced March 3, that the morning after pill will be sold in all its US outlets by March 20. The announcement came after the Massachusetts […]
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Post-Abortion Counsellor Says Women Develop Complex Relationship With Unborn Child

By Gudrun Schultz KING OF PRUSSIA, Pennsylvania, March 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion interrupts the psychological process undergone by the mother during the nine months of pregnancy, contributing to her experience of severe trauma and loss, says abortion trauma counsellor Theresa Burke. In a two-part interview with Zenit News, the founder of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries offered a series of insights into the effects abortion has on women. Rachel’s Vineyard offers weekend sessions to women for healing after abortion. “When a mother is abruptly and violently disconnected from her child there is a natural trauma. She has undergone an unnatural death […]
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University Paper: Muslim Cartoons No Way but Cartoon of Jesus in Oral Sex OK

By John-Henry Westen SASKATOON, March 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the second time in as many weeks, a Canadian university newspaper has published cartoons offending Christianity which make the cartoons from Denmark offending Islam pale in comparison. The University of Saskatchewan student newspaper, The Sheaf, has published a cartoon depicting Jesus performingÂoral sexÂon a pig with the caption reading, “Go on, it’s ok, it’s kosher if you don’t swallow”. The decision to publish the outrageously offensive “Capitalist Piglet” cartoon comes after the same newspaper refused to print the cartoons mocking Mohammed out of respect for Islam. Two weeks ago, a […]
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Abortion Ban Signed into Law by South Dakota Governor

By John-Henry Westen PIERRE, March 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has signed into law the first abortion ban in the United States since the 1973 Supreme Court Roe vs. Wade decision. The bill, House Bill 1215, passed with strong bi-partisan support in both houses and makes abortion a felony in the state, punishable by up to five years imprisonment. It is to go into effect this July. The only exception to the South Dakota law would be cases where the life of the mother was in danger. Lawmakers successfully avoided making changes to the bill that […]
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Bishop Silences Faithful Priest for Objecting to Graphic Sex-Ed Program

by Hilary White  SAINT PAUL – MINNEAPOLIS, March 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. Robert Altier, associate pastor of St. Agnes Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been ordered by his bishop to cease posting his homilies on his website or broadcast his views on the radio. His offense has been his outspoken criticism of a program instituted by his Archdiocese, ostensibly to protect children from sexual abuse. The program, Talking About Touching, has been widely criticized by parents and concerned clergy as explicit sex education and threatening to the innocence of children. Talking About Touching has, however, received endorsements from […]
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Massachusetts Bishop Refuses to Present Award to Pro-Abortion Honoree

By Gudrun Schultz HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, March 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell, of Springfield Diocese, has said he will not present an award for distinguished achievement to a recipient who is pro-abortion. In long-standing tradition, Bishop McDonnell presents an annual award, on behalf of the St. Patrick’s Parade Committee, to honor someone of Irish descent for distinguished achievement. This year, the John F. Kennedy Award will be presented to a recipient who is pro-abortion, and the Bishop has expressed his objection. Thomas J. Ridge was selected by the Committee to receive the award on the basis of his […]
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Mother Forgives Priest Son’s Turkish Murderer

By Terry Vanderheyden ROME, March 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The mother of a priest slain in Turkey has said publicly that she forgives the man who murdered her son.   Fr. Andrea Santoro was killed February 5 while kneeling and praying in his Santa Maria Church in Trabzon, a city of 200,000 situated on the Black Sea. His killer, 16-year-old high school student Ouzhan Akdin, yelled “Allahu akbar” or “Allah is great” after firing two rounds from a nine millimetre handgun into Fr. Santoro’s back. Cardinal Camillo Ruini, Vicar for the Diocese of Rome, said during Fr. Santoro’s funeral that […]
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Canadian Bishops Conference Website Cited for Problems with Fidelity

by Hilary White OTTAWA, March 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com/CatholicCulture.org) – A US-based website that assesses other Catholic, pro-life and family sites has rated the website of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) with a “Caution” on fidelity to the teaching of the Church on marriage and homosexuality. CatholicCulture.org lists the CCCB’s website strengths: its “usability” is “excellent” and “Resources” are “good”. However, the CCCB’s fidelity to the Church gets a “Caution.”“The CCCB’s document on the Church’s teaching on homosexuality misstates what the actual teachings are.” A link on CatholicCulture.org compares a 1997 CCCB document that purported to give the Church’s […]
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Florida Town to Ban Abortion, Contraception, Pornography

By Terry Vanderheyden NAPLES, Florida, March 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A proposed town to be built in southwest Florida will ban abortion and contraception, said its developer and visionary, Thomas S. Monaghan. Monaghan, the founder of America’s second-largest pizza chain, Domino’s Pizza, said his proposed town will not allow abortion. Pharmacies there would also not sell the so-called birth-control pill or condoms, and television stations will not carry pornography. The town, situated on 5,000 acres 30 miles east of Naples is called Ave Maria – also the name of a University founded by Monaghan, currently half way through a full […]
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National Post Article Criticizes Harper for Avoiding Abortion Issue

By Gudrun Schultz TORONTO, Ontario, March 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Post published an editorial yesterday saying Prime Minister Stephen Harper should address the issue of Canada’s abortion policy. Mr. Harper told Macleans this week that he has “no intention of getting into the abortion issue.” In an interview during his election campaign he declined to discuss the issue, saying his position on abortion was “complex” and that he didn’t fall into “any of the neat polar extremes” on the issue. Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, writing for the Post, said PM Harper’s refusal to open up the question […]
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Nurse Handed 11 Life Sentences for “Mercy Killings”

By Terry Vanderheyden SOMERVILLE, New Jersey, March 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New Jersey nurse and serial killer who claimed he was killing the “very sick” and elderly out of compassion has been handed 11 life sentences without possibility of parole for 397 years. “You betrayed the ancient foundations of the healing professions,” said Superior Court Judge Paul Armstrong, according to an AP report. Cullen, 46, pleaded guilty to 22 counts of premeditated murder, admitting to using lethal doses of hard-to-trace medications like the heart drug digoxin. When finally arrested in 2003, he told police he only killed “very sick” […]
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Boston Catholic Charities Board Members Resign over Church Defence of Children

by Hilary White BOSTON, February 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Seven members of the board of Catholic Charities of Boston have resigned in “outrage” over the Catholic Church’s opposition to homosexual adoption. The Massachusetts bishops are in the midst of a legal battle to have the Catholic Church exempted on grounds of religious freedom from the state law that says homosexuals must be allowed to adopt children. In a unanimous vote in December, the 42-member board of the Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Boston refused to accede to the request by Archbishop Sean O’Malley and the Catholic Conference of Massachusetts […]
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Germany’s Carnival – OK to Bash Catholic Church but Islam off Limits

COLOGNE, March 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday and Pancake Tuesday are among the many names for the custom of keeping a festival on the last day before the beginning of the Christian penitential season of Lent. In most countries that have European roots, Mardi Gras has always included elements mocking Catholic ceremonies and customs. But the tone has changed since the growth of what Christians are recognizing as a new militant secularism that specifically fosters hatred of Christianity. One skit planned for Cologne features the Pope and the Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne as homosexual pop […]
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Woman Wins $105,000 From Doctor Who “Failed” Abortion of Her Son

By Gudrun Schultz VICTORIA, Australia, March 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A mother who sued her doctor for failing to complete the abortion of her son has been awarded $104,800, in what is believed to be a landmark ruling this week. The court’s decision to award her damages was based on her physical and psychological trauma at the time of the failed abortion in 1997, reported the Advertiser. The cost of raising her son, who is now seven years old, was also a factor in the decision. Judge Susan Cohen, for the Melbourne County Court, said specialist Dr. Michael Kloss had […]
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Mississippi Close to Banning Abortions—Governor Likely to Sign Bill

By Gudrun Schultz JACKSON, Mississippi, March 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said he would most likely sign a bill that would ban abortions in the state, if lawmakers approve it in an upcoming vote. Bill 2922 would ban all abortions, including pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. Under the new legislature a woman could only have an abortion if it would save her life. The bill passed the House Public Health Committee on Tuesday. It now goes to the full House, which could vote as early as next week. Gov. Barbour said Wednesday he would probably sign […]
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55 ‘Catholic’ Democrats Out Themselves as Pro-Abortion – Slammed by Catholic Leaders

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, March 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a so-called ‘Statement of Principles’, 55 House Democrats have exposed themselves as being pro-abortion. The self-proclaimed ‘historic’ statement issued Monday, contains the basic message that the proponents support all the politically correct teachings of the Catholic Church such as reducing poverty and increasing access to education and health care but stop short on the Church’s teaching on abortion. The letter also conveniently skips over the issue of homosexuality which has serious bearing in public life today. On abortion, the Democrats make a lame attempt to feign agreement with the Church […]
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IRA Party Sinn Fein Passes Pro-Abortion Motion

By John-Henry Westen DUBLIN, March 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At its weekend conference, the Irish Republican Army associated Sinn Fein Party has passed a motion calling on a change to the Southern Constitution to permit “a woman’s right to choose”. Sinn Fein also gave support to the Irish Family Planning Association’s campaign for free abortion both North and South of the Border. Esmond Birnie a pro-life MLA of the Ulter Unionist Party in South Belfast commented, “Many Irish nationalists and republicans will be appalled by SF’s stance if they realise this is in fact the SF line. Birnie also noted […]
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Prime Minister announces appointment of Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein to the Supreme Courthttps://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?id=1041 Italian intellectuals: moral and spiritual crisis prevents Europe from reacting to Islamic terrorismhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=6128 Republican Gov. Haley Barbour said Wednesday that he likely would sign bill to ban most abortions in Mississippi if it’s approved by lawmakershttps://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/13984932.htm U.N. Reform Promises to be a Long Haul https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0039694.cfm The Myths and Reality of Living Together Without MarriageÂÂÂÂhttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/10218/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm Feminists Step Up Attempt to Ratify CEDAW TreatyÂÂÂÂhttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/10233/CWA/nation/index.htm Movie Group: ‘Crash’ Has Most Curse Wordshttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/01/AR2006030100077_pf.html U.N. Resolution on Human Rights Council Does Not Deserve U.S. Supporthttps://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/wm1002.cfm School teachers molesting students dwarfs in magnitude […]
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HHS Removes Pro-Gay Web Page After Complaint By Family Research Center

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C., United States, March 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Family Research Center (FRC) has succeeded in convincing the federal Department of Health and Human Services to remove pro-gay content on the department’s website. In January 2006 the FRC sent a letter to Michael Leavitt, secretary for Health and Human Services, (HHS) complaining that the website was “loaded with biased, politically-charged language, such as condemnations of so-called ‘homophobia,’‘heterosexism,’ and ‘sexual prejudice.’” The FRC also objected to the website’s use of material from pro-homosexual activist groups, such as Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Peter […]
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Massachusetts Gov. Romney Changes Position, Supports Bishops Opposed to Gay Adoptions

By Gudrun Schultz BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Governor Mitt Romney has said he will consider the request of the Massachusetts bishops that Catholic adoption agencies should be exempted from placing children with gay couples, in an unexpected shift from earlier statements, “We respect and honor the free practice of religion, and we look forward to meeting with representatives from the Catholic Church to discuss this issue,” Mr. Romney said through a spokesman yesterday. Earlier, Gov. Romney had said he did not have authority in the matter, and the decision would have to be undertaken by state legislators. Massachusetts’ […]
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India Official Saves Baby Girls By Shaming Parents Who Consider Abortion

By Gudrun Schultz KHOTHRAN, Punjab, March 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Indian official’s personal campaign to halt the disastrous abortion rates of baby girls in the Punjab state has been successful. Khrishan Kumar, deputy commissioner in the Nawan Shahar district of Punjab state, began publicly shaming parents who aborted, or consider aborting, baby girls for no other reason than their gender. “What kind of society are we building?” said Mr. Kumar, reported the Telegraph. “One without any girls? One where parents kill their own child in the womb just because she’s a girl?” Ultrasounds for gender determination have been illegal […]
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