FDA Reopens Debate on Over-the-Counter “Morning After Pill”

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., July 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering once again to allow over-the-counter sales of the abortifacient morning-after pill, “Plan B”, just a day before the Senate begins confirmation hearings over Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach, President Bush’s nominee to head the FDA. Early Monday, the FDA contacted Barr Laboratories Inc., the manufacturer of the “emergency contraceptive” Plan B, indicating that it wanted to meet within seven days to discuss new steps the company must take in order to sell the abortifacient without a prescription. Last August, the […]
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Montreal Officials Prepare for Gay Outgames by Amassing Emergency HIV Drugs

By Peter J. Smith MONTREAL, July 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Saturday, Montreal officially welcomed the 1st World Outgames, a forum for homosexual sports, where an estimated 12,000 participants and tens of thousands of spectatorsÂare expected. However, the Outgames, whose motto is “social change through sport”, seems to be most concerned about the social changeÂofÂan anticipated surge in infectious rates of sexually transmitted diseases, in a city where 15 percent of homosexual men are HIV positive. The homosexual event has Montreal health-care officials scrambling to stockpile and advertise the availability of an emergency HIV-preventative drug in order to suppressÂfurther incidents […]
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Christian Clubs Should be Segregated Under Same Principle as Blacks Once Were: Lawyer

By Gudrun Schultz   SEATTLE, Washington, July 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The principles that informed racial segregation should be applied to high school Christian clubs that require members to support the authority of the bible, a lawyer for a Washington state school suggested in federal court Thursday, according to seattlepi.com.   Two students sued Kentridge High School five years ago over the school’s refusal to ratify a bible club that excluded non-Christians from voting rights and membership privileges. After a lower court ruled in favour of Kentridge, the case went before the 9th U.S. circuit Court of Appeals.  Lawyer for […]
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Myspace.com “a haven for online sexual predators”: House Representative

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON,  D.C., July 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Social networking sites such as MySpace.com may soon be inaccessible to minors from libraries and schools receiving federal funding. By a vote of 410 to 15, the US House of Representatives passed yesterday H.R. 5319 “Deleting Online Predators Act” (DOPA), which amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require schools and libraries receiving federal money to protect minors from commercial social networking websites. “Social networking sites such as MySpace and chat rooms have allowed sexual predators to sneak into homes and solicit kids,” said Rep. Ted Poe, (R-Tex.) co-founder […]
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Another India State Drops “Disastrous” Two-Child Policy

By Gudrun Schultz CHANDIGARH, India, July 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A northern Indian state has reversed a child-restriction law that barred people with more than two children from running for political office or serving as politicians. Haryana state authorities have admitted that the 2-child limit has had “disastrous” social consequences, with couples aborting third pregnancies, giving children up for adoption, or failing to register a child’s birth, Catholic World News reported yesterday. State ministers had been exerting pressure on the government to make the change. An effort to overturn the ban in 2004 failed when the Supreme Court upheld an […]
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Psych Prof Advocates Human/Chimp Hybrids – But only to Offend Christians

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, July 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an op ed piece in the LA Times, David P. Barash, a professor of psychology at the University of Washington, says that reproductive facilities shouldÂwork towards creating a race of human/chimpanzee hybrids, but, he admits, only because it would offend Christians.  Some geneticists have postulated that their distant evolutionary ancestors may have interbred with those of chimps, and Barash argues that this means there is no moral difference between a human being and a chimpanzee, or indeed, between a human being and a sea sponge.  The psychology professor looks forward […]
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Maryland: Same-Sex “Marriage” Ban Goes Before State’s Highest Court

By Gudrun Schultz BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The battle over same-sex “marriage” will go before Maryland’s highest court this fall, as the state’s Court of Appeals takes over a case challenging a state law that defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Nineteen homosexual and lesbian couples have sued the state for discrimination, claiming the state’s refusal to legally recognize same-sex “marriages” is unconstitutional. Baltimore Circuit Court Judge M. Brooke Murdock ruled in favour of the group last January, in a decision opponents said was out of step with state judicial consensus on […]
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UK Lords Reverse Ruling Granting Child Custody to Lesbian Stepmother

By Gudrun Schultz LONDON, England, July 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Britain’s high court returned two sisters to their biological mother on Wednesday, removing them from the custody of their mother’s former lesbian partner, in a precedent-setting decision that emphasized the primacy of biological bonds between parent and child. “A child should not be removed from the primary care of his or her biological parents without compelling reason,” Lord Nicholls said in the decision, the Guardian reported yesterday. The ruling overturned previous high court and appeals court decisions in the case, which had treated parental claims by the lesbian woman as […]
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Catholic Church NOT Opposed to Stem Cell Research: Catholic Bioethicist

By Peter J. Smith DENVER, July 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Earlier this week, Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, the director of Education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center and one of the foremost bioethicists of the Catholic Church, reiterated that the Church is an enthusiastic supporter, not an enemy of stem-cell research. According to the Catholic News Agency, Fr. Pacholczyk conducted his presentation concerning the science and ethics of stem cell research and cloning on Sunday before a large crowd gathered at the John Paul II Center for the New Evangelization in Denver. During his presentation, Fr. Pacholczyk debunked what he described […]
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NJ ‘Choose Life’ License Plate Wins Again in Federal Court

TRENTON, July 27, (LifeSiteNews.com) – On July 26, a federal judge refused to dismiss the civil rights lawsuit brought against New Jersey officials by The Children First Foundation for rejecting the organization’s pro-adoption “Choose Life” specialty plate in violation of the group’s freedom of speech, due process and equal protection. “This is a significant legal victory in our three-year battle to get the “Choose Life” license plate approved in New Jersey,” said Dr. Elizabeth Rex, President and Co-Founder of The Children First Foundation. The adoption group worked closely with the Special Plate Unit at the Motor Vehicle Department that initially […]
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A Look Into the Future?: Dutch Party Pushes Pedophilia, Pornography, Bestiality, Soft/Hard Drugs

By Hilary White AMSTERDAM, July 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There’s nothing wrong with pedophilia or bestiality, a party spokesman from the PNVD—a Dutch acronym that translates into “brotherly love, freedom and diversity,”—told Cybercast News Service (CNS). An in-depth CNS report published July 26 details the disturbing policies of the contentious party—policies which, although repugnant to many, pro-life and pro-family advocates have been predicting for years as the natural follow-through of the ever more extreme tendencies of the adherentsÂto the ideologyÂof the“sexual revolution.” A recent court decision allowed the establishment of the party in Holland, which appears to have no more […]
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Ohio Pro-Family Group Seeks Restrictions Against Sexually-Oriented Business

By Gudrun Schultz CINCINNATI, Ohio, July 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-family group in Cincinnati is attempting to bring in legislation restricting the activity of overtly sexual businesses, such as adult bookstores, video stores and strip clubs, reported the Columbus Dispatch yesterday. Citizens for Community Values (CCV), a grass-roots organization that successfully backed Ohio’s 2004 constitutional amendment banning homosexual “marriage,” has presented Attorney General Jim Petro with language for a proposal called the Community Defense Act. The measure would require all sexually oriented businesses to shut down between midnight and 6 a.m. Venues with alcohol permits would be permitted to […]
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“I would do it again” says Canadian Prof Fined For Voicing Opposition to Homosexuality

By Gudrun Schultz CAPE BRETON, Nova Scotia, July 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian professor David Mullan has been fined $2,100 by Cape Breton University, after he told a student homosexuality was unnatural. Homosexual student Shane Wallis, who coordinates the campus’ Sexual Diversity Office, filed two human rights complaints against him for harassment, saying he was offended by Professor Mullan’s comments. “The harassment charge is ridiculous. [Wallis] picked a fight,” Prof. Mullan said in an interview with LifeSiteNews.com today. Wallis lodged one complaint after reading two letters Mullan posted on his website, criticizing the Anglican Church of Canada for accepting homosexual […]
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India’s Top Cardinal Speaks out Against New Anti-Conversion Law

By Hilary White RANCHI, July 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishops of India are speaking out against a harsh new anti-conversion law adopted by the state of Madhya Pradesh in central India. The new law requires potential converts to register with a district magistrate one month prior to the official date of conversion and religious officials to inform the authorities and provide the would-be convert’s name, address and expected date of conversion.  Failure to comply could result in fines of a thousand rupees for the convert and up to five thousand rupees and a year in prison for the […]
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Doctors Kept Asking To “Let” My Father Die: Wall Street Journalist

By Terry Vanderheyden NEW YORK, July 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)Â- In a compelling column, a Wall Street Journal Opinion writer describes her experience fending off a series of doctors and nurses who all insisted that it was the family’s duty to let her father die. Pamela Winnick’sÂfather, Louis Winnick, who has asbestos-related lung cancer, was rushed to hospital after a blood clot nearly killed him in May. “Your husband wants to die,” an internist told Pamela Winnick’s mother soon after he was taken into the hospital. After she responded that he was incapable of talking, the internist who the family dubbed […]
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Parental Notification Bill Passed: Democratic Caucus Moves to Kill Bill by Procedural Obstruction

By Terry Vanderheyden   WASHINGTON, July 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)Â- Although the US Senate Tuesday overwhelmingly ratified a bill that makes it a crime for minors to be transported across state lines for an abortion to circumvent parental notification laws, a move by the Senate Democratic leadership immediately erected a procedural roadblock in an attempt to kill the bill.   The Senate turned aside all weakening amendments to the Child Custody Protection Act (S. 403), sponsored by Nevada Senator John Ensign, and voted 65-34 to approve the bill. Immediately following the vote to pass the bill, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist […]
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Harvard Applicants May Now Declare Third “Gender”

By Terry Vanderheyden   CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)Â- The Harvard Business School has introduced a change to its application—prospective students are now asked to describe their gender as “male”, “female”, or “transgender” in an online profile they are required to fill out.   Concerned Women for America’s Culture and Family Institute (CFI) director Bob Knight criticized the move to introduce and legitimize the third so-called “gender.”“I’m not surprised it’s coming out of Harvard,” he said, as reported by Agape Press. “Because they’ve flirted with the idea that, in terms of sexuality, anything goes.” He also expressed his concern […]
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Canadians Still in Love with Clinton: 60th Birthday Bash to be in Toronto

By Hilary White  TORONTO, July 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)Â- Canadians, particularly Torontonians, continue to be amongst the most enthusiastic fans of serial adulterer and abortion-champion, former US president William Jefferson Clinton.  The London Free Press reports that a star-studded gala dinner is planned for September 9, at the venerable Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Tables will cost between $25,000 and $200,000 and the proceeds will go to the Clinton Foundation’s efforts for fighting AIDS in Africa.  More than 500 guests are expected to pony up for the privilege of celebrating Clinton’s 60th birthday on September 9, where Billy Crystal, James […]
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Oregon Parental Notification Measure Approved for Ballot

By Gudrun Schultz   PORTLAND, Oregon, July 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)Â- Oregon residents will vote on a measure requiring parental notification before a minor girl can obtain an abortion, after supporters gathered enough signatures to ensure the initiative would qualify for the November ballot, the Associated Press reported yesterday.   More than 115,845 signatures were handed in to the Secretary of State last month, well in excess of the 75,630 required.   Under the proposal, parents would have to be notified before a girl between the ages of 15 and 17 could obtain an abortion. The law would not require parental […]
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Washington State Supreme Court Upholds Homosexual “Marriage” Ban

By Gudrun Schultz   SEATTLE, Washington, July 26, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Court of Washington issued a long-awaited ruling today, upholding the state’s ban on homosexual “marriage,” Seattlepi.com reported this morning.   In a 5-4 decision, the Court upheld the state’s 1998 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as solely the union between one man and one woman.   DOMA was instituted to “promote procreation and to encourage stable families,” Justice Barbara Madsen wrote in the decision. “The legislature was entitled to believe that limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples furthers the State’s legitimate interests in procreation and […]
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Russia’s First Pro-Life Maternity Ward A Stunning Success: Three More in the Works

By Peter J. Smith BALASHIKHA, Russia, July 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The successful beginning of Russia’s first pro-life maternity hospital may hold the answer for saving Russia’s dying population from plummeting into a demographic catastrophe and finally reversing the culture of abortion in Russia, claims a story in Crisis Magazine.  According to Tom Murray, the author of the Crisis article, an experimental pro-life hospital in Balashikha, a city near the Moscow area, has won the support and encouragement of President Vladimir Putin’s government, which is facing the problem of Russia’s alarming decline in population. Russia’s low birthrate (1.28), staggeringly high […]
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“Asexuals” Seek “Marriage” in China

By Hilary White   July 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Scotsman reports that a Chinese matchmaking website is specializing in pairing up “asexuals.”   The phenomenon of “asexualism” has been getting press recently as the latest development in the sexual revolution.   The 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s brought us open marriage in which spouses have no intention of remaining faithful; widespread cohabitation in which couples have no intention of becoming spouses; andÂmost recentlyÂhomosexual “marriage” in which governments are lobbied to abolish marriage as a legal entity entirely.   In the midst of this sexual and legal chaos, according to news […]
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Companies/Universities Offering Same-sex Benefits Despite Gay “Marriage” Ban

By Hilary White  CINCINNATI, July 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cincinnati Post reports that most of the region’s major employers offer the same benefits package to co-habiting homosexual partners as to legally married couples.  While the federal government deliberates on a constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex “marriage” and individual states are being turned into legal battlefields, businesses and service organizations across the country have been quietly rendering the struggle moot for years.   The Post reports that Procter & Gamble, Health Alliance, Toyota and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ashland, Federated Department Stores, Delta Air Lines and E.W. Scripps all offer […]
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20 Years for Disguising Porn/Harmful Sites As Child-friendly: Senate Legislation

By Gudrun Schultz   WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Luring children to websites containing sexual content by using child-friendly words may soon be a felony, under new legislation approved by the U.S. Senate Thursday, reported CNET News.com.   The Child Protection and Safety Act would see fines and imprisonment for up to 20 years handed to anyone convicted of deliberately misleading children to view potentially harmful web pages. “Whoever knowingly embeds words or digital images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material harmful to minors on the Internet […]
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Seattle Archbishop Condemns Gay “Marriage”, Fears State-made Theology, Lawsuits

By Gudrun Schultz SEATTLE,  Washington, July 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Permitting same-sex “marriages” could lead to a serious loss of religious freedom, Seattle Archbishop Alexander Brunett warned Thursday in a legal brief filed in the ongoing battle over the state’s ban on homosexual “marriages.”   The court hearing the case, however, rejected the brief on account of the fact that it comes over a year too late; oral arguments were heard in the state Supreme Court in March 2005. The archbishop was finally convinced to file the brief after witnessing the legalization of homosexual “marriage” in other states and its […]
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8 Kenyan Women Arrested for Obtaining Abortion

By Gudrun Schultz NAIROBI, Kenya, July 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kenyan police arrested eight women and a staff member of a Nairobi clinic July 23, on suspicion that the women were there to obtain abortions, reported Nairobi’s The Nation yesterday.   Abortion is illegal in the country, unless the mother’s life is at risk. A woman found guilty of procuring an abortion is liable to imprisonment for seven years, and a person convicted of aiding or performing abortions can be sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.   Police said the women were found within the clinic, allegedly awaiting the completion of […]
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Germany Drops Opposition to EU Embryo Research Funding

By Hilary White   BRUSSELS, July 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An EU concession has prompted Germany and Slovenia to drop objections to a proposal to fund embryonic stem cell research.   The EU has allotted €37bn to an omnibus science budget that included allowing funding for destructive research on living human embryos. Germany has been heading a shrinking coalition of countries opposed to the funding.  The German objections were dropped today after the European Commimssion assured the country that no EU money would be spent on projects in which human embryos would be destroyed. Without Germany’s opposition the funding proposal […]
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Abortion Could Lead to First Degree Murder Charges in South Dakota Lawyer Warns

By Hilary White   PIERRE, July 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A lawyer in South Dakota is warning doctors that they may face charges of first-degree murder if they attempt to abort children in that state.  The Associated Press reports that an attorney for the state medical association, Dave Gerdes, has circulated a memo to doctors saying that should the recently passed ban on abortion be combined with changes to a homicide statute, doctors committing abortions could be prosecuted for murder. “It is at least possible that a prosecutor or a court will decide that a physician performing a procedure qualifying […]
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Senate Considers Bill Criminalizing Transportation of Minor Girls Across State Borders For Abortion

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, July 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Senate will vote on July 25 on a bill that seeks to make it a federal offence to take an underage girl over state lines to procure an abortion without parental consent. The House of Representativs passed a version of the bill in April of 2005 in a 270-157 vote. Nevada Senator John Ensign is sponsoring the Senate version of the bill, which has a broad base of support from Senate Republicans. “Most Americans, even those who consider themselves pro-choice, believe there should be at least some restrictions on […]
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“Authorized” Abortions Underway After Colombia Court De-penalized Abortion

By Gudrun Schultz   BOGOTÁ, Colombia, July 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Colombian Constitutional Court’s decision to “de-penalize” abortions has opened the door to “authorized” abortions, which are reportedly already taking place in the country despite the lack of any official sanction, pro-life activist Dan Zeidler told LifeSiteNews.com.   Zeidler, the U.S. representative of the Caracas-based Latin American Alliance for the Family, told LifeSiteNews.com the Court’s decision has left the country with no clear legal standing on the issue. Despite voting to de-penalize abortion in certain circumstances, including for the life and health of the mother, in cases of rape […]
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Polish Parliament Adopts Resolution against Human Embryonic Research

By Gudrun Schultz WARSAW, Poland, July 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Polish parliament has issued a resolution against research using human embryos, in response to the European Union’s recent vote to provide funding for embryonic stem cell research.   Sejm, the lower chamber of the Polish parliament, issued the resolution, which passed with a strong majority of 341 votes in favour and only 47 against. 20 votes were withheld.   The resolution stated: “Sejm of the Republic of Poland points out that those reprehensible practices (human embryo experimentation) are inconsistent with Polish law. [The destruction] of human embryos purposefully to […]
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Jerusalem WorldPride Parade Cancelled Due to Israeli-Lebanese Violence

By Gudrun Schultz JERUSALEM,  Israel, July 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activists will not march through the streets of Jerusalem this year, after officials announced the cancellation of the WorldPride 2006 parade yesterday.   Jerusalem police told organizers they would not have the forces available to ensure the security of the gay pride march, the central event of the weeklong festival scheduled for August 6 to 12.   Although escalating violence between Israel and Lebanon was officially cited as the reason behind the cancellation, officials admitted the volatile situation gave them an excuse to ban the controversial event,  reported the […]
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Re: the story “Catholic Women’s League Speaker, Former Catholic Muslim, Mocks Trinity” published July 18.  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jul/06071809.html   CWL leadership, which did not return calls by press time on the day of the story, has noted that the speaker’s remarks should be placed in context.  The context, according to CWL leadership, is that the speaker was invited to speak on an unrelated topic and then asked why she had left Catholicism.  Her remarks on the Trinity were made in that context, according to CWL.
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British Gay Police Association Investigated by Scotland Yard for Anti-Christian Ad

By Hilary White  LONDON, July 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scotland Yard is investigating Britain’s Gay Police Association (GPA) after receiving a complaint that a newspaper advertisement by the Association incites homosexuals to hate Christians.   A war of words against traditional Christianity in Britain has moved into the police force, the BBC reports. The advertisement was taken out by the GPA during London’s Europride event two weeks ago. It accused Christianity of being the source of most cases of violence against homosexuals.   The ad featured a photo of a bible next to a pool of blood; the caption read, “In the […]
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Majority of Adults Feel It Is Not Morally Acceptable to View Pornographic Websites and Videos: Surve

NEW YORK, July 20, 2006, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Almost three in four (73%) U.S. adults think that viewing pornographic websites and videos is morally unacceptable, according to a survey commissioned by Morality in Media and conducted by Harris Interactive. This compares with 21% who feel that viewing pornographic websites and videos is morally acceptable.  To the question “Do you consider it to be morally acceptable to view pornographic websites and videos?”,  21% said “yes,” 73% “no,” 4% were “not sure” and 2% refused to answer the question.  While the results indicate that majorities of all major demographic segments view this practice […]
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If Embryos are Human then Fertility Clinics are Death Camps: Pro-abortion Columnist

By John Jalsevac TORONTO,  ON, July 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-abortion columnist writing for the National Post has followed the logic of pro-life arguments about the evils of embryonic stem cell research and concluded that, if true, then artificial reproduction techniques must also be considered murderous on the scale of genocide. “In short, if embryos are human beings with full human rights,  fertility clinics are death camps—with a side order of cold-blooded eugenics,” writes Michael Kinsley in an article entitled Where’s the Logic? “No one who truly believes in the humanity of embryos could possibly think otherwise.”   Kinsley […]
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Spinal Cord Injuries Improved Years Later with Patients’ Own Olfactory Cells

By Hilary White   LISBON, July 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A team of researchers from Hospital de Egas, Lisbon, Portugal and Wayne State University Medical School in Michigan, USA, have shown that stem cells taken from the olfactory mucosa can be used successfully to treat spinal cord injuries, even years after the injury occurred.   A report published by the American Paraplegia Society says that seven patients, ranging in age from 18 to 32 years, who suffered severe spinal cord injuries as much as six and half years before, were treated with stem-like progenitor and ensheathing cells derived from the olfactory mucosa.   […]
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India Government AIDS Body Urges Legalization of Sodomy

By Gudrun Schultz   NEW DELHI, India, July 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – India’s National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) has joined the efforts of activist organizations to decriminalize homosexual behaviour, saying the ban on homosexual activity is driving HIV/AIDS infections underground.   NACO, the regulatory government body responsible for efforts to control the spread of the infection, filed a statement in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday in support of a petition put forth by a local AIDS group that asks that the law against homosexual activity be lifted.   UNAID and other non-governmental organizations are also backing the decriminalization of […]
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Aging of World Population, Not Population Growth, is Cause for Alarm: Population Researcher

By Gudrun Schultz   FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, July 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Population control organizations, in particular the United Nations, are ignoring the growing crisis of an aging world population, said Joseph D’Agostino, vice president of the Population Research Institute, in a weekly briefing today.   A report by the United Nations Population Division (UNDP), released in the fall of 2005, predicted an accelerating trend of population aging in developing nations that would surpass the rapid aging trend already underway in Western nations. “The UNDP expects the aging, predicted to begin in earnest mid-century in Asia, the Middle East, and […]
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Germany Hopes to Block Deadly Human Embryo Experimentation in the EU

By Gudrun Schultz BRUSSELS,  Germany, July 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Germany is working to influence members of the European Union to join together to try to block EU funding for embryonic stem-cell research, Reuters reported yesterday.  “The European Union science programme should not be used to give financial incentives to kill embryos,” German Research Minister Annette Schavan wrote, in a letter seen by Reuters. “The current proposal from the European Commission and the European Parliament does not rule this out.”   A proposal by Finland, the country currently holding the EU rotating presidency, would permit funding for research on embryonic […]
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IRS to Crack Down on Politicking Churches

By Hilary White   WASHINGTON, July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Internal Revenue Service of the US has issued a warning to churches that it will not wait until tax return time to go after churches that the agency judges to be indulging in political campaigning.   As in Canada, the US keeps close restrictions against direct involvement of churches in political campaigns, using the threat against the churches’ tax-exempt status as the stick.   The Associated Press reports that more than 15,000 tax-exempt organizations received the notices. The agency’s new enforcement program, called the Political Activity Compliance Initiative, will rely upon complaints […]
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Charges Against Irish Pro-life Demonstrators Dropped

By Hilary White   DUBLIN, July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Charges have been dismissed against two pro-life demonstrators in Dublin who were arrested for displaying signs depicting aborted babies at a picket. The two were charged in April with provoking a breach of the peace.   According to the charges made by the arresting Gardai, Donal O’Driscoll and Colm Callanan had displayed “… a visible representation which was threatening, abusive, insulting or obscene with intent to provoke a breach of the peace…”   The placards read: “There are no nice pictures of an abortion,” and included a photo of a baby of viable […]
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New Polish Prime Minister: We will “work so that Poland can retain its full sovereignty in culture a

By Hilary White  WARSAW,  July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The confirmation of the appointment of Jaroslaw Kaczynski as Prime Minister of Poland by his twin brother,  President Lech Kaczynski, has left the mainstream media breathless with shock. The Times Online called the brothers “bizarre” for their vociferous opposition to abortion and the homosexual political movement.   The Times objected that the appointment “will accentuate the country’s status as one of the most awkward members of the European Union.”   What seems to have given the Times and other news outlets their bout of journalistic indigestion was the acceptance speech in which the […]
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Christian Teachers Turning to Alternative Unions Over NEA’s Support of Same-sex “Marriage”

By Peter J. Smith UNITED STATES, July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Education Association’s (NEA) endorsement of same-sex “marriage” has lead a number of teachers to consider alternative organizations to the powerful liberal teachers union for job insurance and legal aid,  according to Agape Press.   As Agape Press reports, the NEA’s pursuit of an anti-family agenda and its promotion of homosexual “marriage” has caused an upsurge in the numbers of conservative, Christian, and pro-family educators looking for alternatives to the liberal teachers union. Just one day after the American Family Association (AFA) warned its members that the NEA […]
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When What Seems Broken is Perfect: The Mother of a Disabled Child Tells her Story

(Note: A mother known to LifeSiteNews.com, and who would like to remain anonymous, wrote the following article in response to an op-ed that appeared in the Globe and Mail. That op-ed was written by a mother,  calling her self C. Smyth, who told how she chose to abort her unborn child because the baby suffered from a chromosomal disorder.  “Isn’t it more cruel to bring a child burdened with so many disadvantages into the world?” Smyth wrote.)   July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  The graph is still taped to the inside of my kitchen cupboard, pencil on a string dangling […]
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Sask. Judge Dismisses Appeal of Pro-Life Demonstrator

By Gudrun Schultz REGINA,  Saskatchewan, July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Saskatchewan judge has dismissed an appeal by prominent pro-life demonstrator Bill Whatcott, who sought to have a 2005 disciplinary ruling against him overturned, the Leader-Post reported Wednesday.   The discipline committee of the Saskatchewan Association of Licensed Practical Nurses convicted Whatcott of unprofessional conduct in January 2005, for demonstrating in front of a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Regina. Although SALPN admitted that demonstrating was not illegal, the organization accused Whatcott of intimidating patients and making untrue statements about the abortion clinic.   The disciplinary committee agreed and fined […]
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House Intervenes to Save Mount Soledad Cross

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON,  D.C., July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – San Diego’s Mount Soledad cross may continue to stand in its place over the city, after the House passed a bill Wednesday to protect the war memorial by transferring the land beneath the cross into federal hands.   House members voted 349-74 to take possession of the cross by giving the land on which it stands to the Defense Department, Copley News Service reported. This would protect the memorial from a court-ordered removal.   The battle over the Mount Soledad cross has been in the courts since atheist resident Phillip […]
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U.S. House Votes to Protect Pledge of Allegiance from Courts

By Gudrun Schultz   WASHINGTON, D.C., July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The House voted to pass a bill Wednesday that would prevent federal judges from ruling on the constitutionality of the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance, saying the pledge authentically reflects the nation’s religious origins.   If passed into law, the measure would prevent federal courts from ruling on the constitutionality of the pledge, although state judicial systems could still declare it to be against state constitutions. The legislation, which passed the House in a 260-167 vote, will now move to the Senate. “We should not and […]
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Marriage Amendment Vote Provides List of Anti-Marriage Congressmen to Target for Defeat

By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C., July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A constitutional amendment to ban same-sex “marriage” failed to pass the House vote on Tuesday, with 47 votes less than the two-thirds majority needed. The Marriage Protection Amendment would have changed the Constitution to clearly define marriage as the union between one man and one woman. Although the Senate already rejected the amendment in a vote last month, supporters of the measure pursued a House vote anyway, saying the vote could significantly influence the results of the upcoming November election. The results of the vote clearly demonstrate which members of […]
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Judge: Missouri Must Provide Transportation for Inmates Wanting Abortions

  By Peter J. Smith KANSAS CITY, Missouri (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the state of Missouri must transport female inmates seeking abortions to abortion clinics, rejecting the state of Missouri’s argument that it uses taxpayer funds to assist in an abortion, thereby violating state law.   U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple ruled that the United States Supreme Court order upholding his decision in Roe v. Crawford, requiring the state to escort and transport the prisoner known as Jane Roe to an abortion facility, now applied to all women seeking an abortion.  Whipple expanded his decision at […]
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Publishing Company Discontinues Line of “Angelic” Catholic Artist Turned Blasphemer

By Peter J. Smith LONDON, July 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The latest blasphemous antics of Welsh pop-star Charlotte Church have convinced a Catholic publishing company to drop all the products of the girl with “the voice of a angel.” In a notice to all the customers of Ignatius Press, the company informed its customers that Charlotte Church’s recent statement and antics in the pilot for a new Channel 4 Television entertainment show, have forced Ignatius Press to discontinue carrying her products. The pilot for The Charlotte Church Show was recorded before a live audience on July 12 in London. During […]
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Majority Now Support Wisconsin Gay Marriage Ban https://www.weau.com/home/headlines/3367441.html 3rd Circuit: Erotic Dancing in Bars Not Protected Speechhttps://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1153213527406 Missouri lifts restrictions on homosexual foster parents https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-07-19-gayfosterparents_x.htm Gay parade banned in Latvia https://www.smh.com.au/news/world/gay-parade-banned-in-latvia/2006/07/20/1153166465394.html Human Clone ‘would feel individuality’ because identical twins do says study https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5187990.stm Breastfeeding ‘kills baby’s pain’ says studyhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/5190306.stm UK Cardinal’s aide quits over affairs and abortion slurhttps://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2276273,00.html Lesbian Couple Files Malpractice Suit alleging damage to sex lifehttps://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060719/NEWS/607190413 The Universal Hope Offered by Polandhttps://www.thefactis.org/default.aspx?control=ArticleMaster&aid=1563&authid=8 Fiji Abortionist Seeks Bail After Botched Abortion Killed Studenthttps://www.fijivillage.com/artman/publish/article_31063.shtml
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President Bush Issues First Veto Rejecting Embryonic Stem Cell Bill, Spokesman Sullies Action

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, July 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President George W. Bush has today upheld his promise to veto legislation H.R. 810, which would have mandated federal funding of research that requires the killing of human embryos. The bill passed in the Senate yesterday 63-37, falling just short of a veto-proof 2/3 majority. National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) has promised to campaign against Senators who supported the legislation. In a letter sent to all Senators concerning the bill, NRLC explained, “Each human being begins as a human embryo, male or female. The government should not fund research that […]
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Judge Who Gave Canada Homosexual “Marriage” Had Conflict of Interest Says Women’s Rights Group

By Hilary White TORONTO, July 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The women’s rights organization, REAL Women of Canada, has filed a formal complaint against Ontario Chief Justice Roy McMurtry with the Canadian Judicial Council, alleging judicial misconduct. McMurtry was the judge who issued a ruling in 2003 on the Halpern case that effectively ended the traditional definition of marriage in Canada.  McMurtry’s son, James, revealed in a letter to the editor of a BC newspaper that his sister is a lesbian in a live-in relationship with another woman. This, says REAL Women, creates a serious concern that “McMurtry had a personal […]
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Mayor Tells Pro-life Group Holding Graphic Signs to Get Out of Town

By John Jalsevac FREDERICTON,  N.B., July 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As debate rages in New Brunswick over the issue of government funded abortion on demand, a controversial pro-life group has taken advantage of the lively intellectual climate to spread their message. Show the Truth, which specializes in erecting graphic photos of aborted babies at the side of roads for passing motorists and pedestrians to see, is currently touring the Maritimes in the hope of raising awareness about the true nature of abortion. “We’re called Show the Truth, and that’s exactly what we’re doing—it’s the visual truth of abortion,” said Rosemary […]
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Canadian Bishops Conference Warns Amnesty International of Loss of Catholic Funding over Abortion

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, July 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Noting that Amnesty International is deliberating supporting abortion as a human right this summer and in 2007, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) yesterday issued a statement saying they “would find it most regrettable if Amnesty International were to adopt a position promoting access to abortion.” Last month Vatican Cardinal Renato Martino condemned Amnesty’s proposed move. (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jun/06062106.html) According to reporters who have spoken to Amnesty International’s leadership, the organization is most concerned about the potentialÂloss of support stemming from their proposed move into abortion advocacy. The CCCB statement strikes at […]
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Middle East Hostilities May Cancel Homosexual ‘WorldPride’ in Jerusalem

By Gudrun Schultz JERUSALEM,  Israel, July 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The sudden outbreak of new violence in the Middle East may have the unexpected effect of cancelling the week-long homosexual extravaganza WorldPride in Jerusalem, scheduled for August 6 to 12. An outcry went up from religious groups and faith communities around the world when Jerusalem was named by organizers as the city of choice for the next WorldPride event. The choice of Jerusalem was seen by many as a flagrant taunting of religious groups opposed to homosexuality, as was the choice of Rome for WorldPride 2000. The gay pride event was […]
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No Such Thing as “Right Not to be Born”: Italian Court

By Hilary White  ROME, July 19, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Italian court has issued a decision clarifying that under Italian law there is no such thing as a “right not to be born.”  In recent years, the progressive devolution of the abortion philosophy has created a climate in which parents feel justified in suing doctors who fail to recommend abortion when the child is likely to be born disabled. These so-called “wrongful birth” or “wrongful life” suits have made clear in some jurisdictions into what thick morasses the “right” to unlimited abortion is quickly leading legal systems.  British, French, US, […]
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Why Embryo Destruction is Worse than Abortion

Special to LifeSiteNews.com by Professor Richard Stith Several prominent anti-abortion politicians, including Orrin Hatch and Bill Frist, joined the Senate majority in endorsing the public funding of embryonic stem cell research. To the casual observer it might appear that the arguments against abortion must be stronger than those against publicly funding the destruction of embryos. This conclusion, however, would be mistaken. The funding of destructive embryo research is actually worse than legal abortion. Some might disagree, arguing that the continuing identity of a developing being means that embryo research cannot be better or worse than abortion. The politicians are wrong […]
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Catholic Women’s League Speaker, Former Catholic Muslim, Mocks Trinity

Clarification added July 21, 2006: CWL leadership, which did not return calls by press time on the day of the story, has noted that the speaker’s remarks should be placed in context. The context, according to CWL leadership, is that the speaker was invited to speak on an unrelated topic and then asked why she had left Catholicism. Her remarks on the Trinity were made in that context, according to CWL. By Hilary White OTTAWA, July 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Women’s’ League (CWL) has come under criticism from one of its own executive after a Muslim woman invited […]
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Senate Passes Embryonic Stem Cell Bill: Bush Promises 1st Veto

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, July 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States’ Senate today passed a bill (HRÂ810)Âpermitting the destruction of human embryos for research purposes. TheÂbill passed 63-37,Âfalling just short of a veto-proof 2/3 majority. Bush has promised that he would veto the embryonic stem cell bill should it be passed by the Senate—his first veto ever since his election into office. “The simple answer is he thinks murder’s wrong,” said White House spokesman Tony Snow according to MSNBC. “The president is not going to get on the slippery slope of taking something living and making it dead […]
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Pro-Life Protests in Mississippi Hope to Close State’s Last Abortion Mill

By Hilary White    JACKSON, July 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A week of rallies, vigils and sidewalk protests outside and near the state of Mississippi’s sole abortion facility is half way through and has seen two arrests and police citations for pro-life demonstrators and a lawsuit against the police of Jackson. Organizers hope the demonstrations will result in the closing of the facility.   Monday was the third of eight days of demonstrations by the North Carolina based group Operation Save America. Members of Operation Save America were protesting on the sidewalk outside the Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion mill in […]
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Doctor and Two Nurses Arrested For Hurricane Katrina “Euthanasia” Nightmare

By John Jalsevac   NEW ORLEANS, July 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A doctor and two nurses who were on duty at Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina have been arrested and charged with four counts of second-degree  murder.   The warrant for their arrest charges the three medical personnel with killing four patients “by administering or causing to be administered lethal doses of morphine sulphate (morphine) and midazolam (Versed),”  according to Forbes.   The arrests follow months of investigation by Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti, Jr., into the suspicious deaths of numerous patients at the Medical Center. […]
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Amnesty International Getting Cold Feet over Abortion Support, New Zealand Branch Clarifies

By John-Henry Westen WELLINGTON,  July 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week Brian Murphy, the International Religion Writer for the Associated Press, spoke with LifeSiteNews.com about the Amnesty International (AI) move to consider advocating for abortion as a human right.  Murphy told LifeSiteNews.com that the leadership at AI in London, England are nervous about the issue as it is causing internal unrest. The matter of greatest concern to AI is the fact that donors will reconsider their support for the organization as it enters abortion advocacy.  Statements by Christian church leaders, including a recent statement from the Vatican, expressing dismay at […]
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Politician Disciplined by Church for Same-sex “Marriage” Support to Star at Gay Pride Week

By Gudrun Schultz WINDSOR,  Ontario, July 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Windsor MP who was disciplined a year ago by his Catholic bishop for publicly supporting homosexual “marriage” has agreed to act as the official marshal for the 2006 Windsor gay pride week.   On July 30 Windsor-Tecumseh MP Joe Comartin will ride on a float at the head of the pride parade, reported the Windsor Star on Friday. He will be joined by the mayor and city police chief.   Comartin, a Roman Catholic, was the center of controversy in the London diocese a year ago after he publicly […]
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Irish IVF Mother Loses Court Case to Implant Frozen Children

By Hilary White  DUBLIN,  July 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Dublin court has denied an Irish woman the right to implant her own frozen embryos. The woman, who has not been named in the press, has been fighting her husband over the embryos that were frozen after the couple underwent IVF treatments in 2002.   The Associated Press reports that High Court Justice Brian McGovern ruled that the man had not authorized his wife to use the frozen embryos for future IVF treatments. “I hold that there was no agreement, either expressed or implied, as to what was to be done […]
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80% of Canadians Want One Parent to Stay Home with Children

By Gudrun Schultz   OTTAWA, Ontario, July 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Almost 80 percent of Canadians think it is better for their children to have one parent stay at home, reported a new survey commissioned by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada.   In a poll conducted by GPC Research (now Fleishman-Hillard Canada) of over 2000 Canadians, 77.9 percent of respondents said they would prefer to have one parent stay at home with their children. Only 20.5 percent said they would prefer to have a competent caregiver take care of the children.   The percentage of Canadians in favour […]
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Canadian Conservative Government Sponsoring US Gay “Rights” Activist Group

By John Jalsevac   VANCOUVER, B.C., July 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC), a Vancouver-based federal Crown corporation, is listed as a Silver Sponsor of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the official motto of which is: “Working for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equal rights.” (https://www.hrc.org/) In order to be considered a Silver sponsor, the CTC would have needed to contribute the sum of US $75,000 to the Campaign.   Curiously, however, the Human Rights Campaign is not a Canadian organization, but works in the United States “inspiring and engaging all Americans…to end discrimination against GLBT citizens […]
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US House to vote Tuesday on Constitutional Amendment to Protect Traditional Marriage  https://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5955818,00.html   China rights campaigners seek blind pro-life activist’s freedom  https://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-07-14T061900Z_01_PEK297741_RTRUKOC_0_US-RIGHTS-CHINA.xml&archived=False   LA Times Editorial says Tear Down the Mt. Soledad Cross – The 43-foot San Diego landmark represents clear government favoritism toward one religion  https://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-cross15jul15,0,2578110.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials   Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline: Underage pregnancy evidence of crime  https://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/15050237.htm   ‘Love & Truth’ Campaign Countering “Gay Games”  https://www.illinoisfamily.org/news/contentview.asp?c=32922   Spanish doctor offering free abortions to Maltese women   https://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=240759&pid=23   Leading Polish priest friend of JP II admits spying for communists  https://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-11T100346Z_01_L11825912_RTRUKOC_0_US-POLAND-PRIEST.xml&archived=False 
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Man Goes to Jail For Contempt of Court For Saying “Thank You Jesus”

By Peter J. Smith   HONOLULU, Hawaii, July 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Honolulu man may now continue his life as a free man after a judge dropped contempt of court charges. He was charged with contempt of court after verbally thanking Jesus when a jury found him “not guilty” of abusing his son,  according to the Honolulu Advertiser.   Junior Stowers, 47, raised his hands and cried out “Thank you Jesus!”  after the jury reached the June 29th verdict that he was “not guilty”  of hitting his 15 year old son with a broomstick back in January.  According to […]
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5000 Christian Youth on Parliament Hill Praying for Life and Family

By Hilary White  OTTAWA,  July 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian youth rally in Ottawa,  organized by a group of Vancouver-based Evangelicals, attracted a crowd of nearly 5000 young people this weekend. The crowd danced to modern Christian rock music and heard speeches on the sanctity of life and the family, prayed for MP’s and spoke of reclaiming Canada for Christ.   Called Siege 4 My Canada, one of the group’s organizers, Faytine Kryskow – a singer and youth ministry leader with her own non-denominational Christian ministry – was quoted by the Canadian Press saying that the daylong prayer session was […]
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Dutch Court Approves Pedophile Political Party

By Hilary White   AMSTERDAM, July 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A court at The Hague has refused to outlaw the proposed political party that supports legalized pedophilia and child pornography. The BBC reports that the Brotherly Love, Freedom and Diversity Party (PNVD) has received the nod from Judge HFM Hofhuis who said the group has the same right to exist as any other political party.   In late May, observers around the world were stunned by the announcement that a group of self-professed pedophiles in the Netherlands was seeking to form a political party. The announcement spurred outrage with a poll showing […]
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Chicago Cardinal Says Archdiocese in No Way Supports Gay Games

By John Jalsevac CHICAGO,  July 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a clarification to LifeSiteNews.com Cardinal Francis George of Chicago has denied allegations by the gay-activist Rainbow Sash Movement that the Cardinal himself and the archdiocese of Chicago are in any way supporting the 2006 Gay Games. This past Friday Catholics and pro-family advocates were puzzled when the infamous Rainbow Sash movement published a press release congratulating the archdiocese of Chicago and Cardinal Francis George for their alleged support of a “religious roundtable” that will take place at the 2006 Gay Games. “In a stunning gesture of good faith the Archdiocese […]
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Buffalo Abortion Mill Dedicated as Catholic Chapel of Holy Innocents

By Hilary White  BUFFALO, July 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Edward U. Kmiec of Buffalo blessed the site of a former abortion facility on June 1, consecrating it as the new chapel of the Holy Innocents.“In the tradition of the early church, pagan temples were turned into holy spaces,” Bishop Kmiec said. “We have done the same thing here today.”  The diocesan newspaper, the Western New York Catholic, reported in its July editionÂthat the chapel in Williamsville, a Buffalo suburb, is now the on-site chapel of a Catholic radio station, Holy Family Communications.  Joanne Wright, another co-founder of Holy Family […]
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EU Court Rejection of Ireland Abortion Case a “Serious Setback” to Abortion Activists, SPUC Says

By Gudrun Schultz DUBLIN, Ireland, July 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ireland’s pro-abortion lobby took a serious hit when the European Court of Human Rights rejected a recent lawsuit attempting to force abortion on the country, the UK’s largest pro-life organization said Friday. The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) spoke out against an article published by the Irish Times last Friday, which suggested the ECHR decision was a victory for abortion advocates. “The rejection of the case by the ECHR does not affect the rights of the unborn under Irish law,” said SPUC development officer Liam Gibson. “The […]
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Spain to Teach Children From Age 10 to Accept Homosexuality

By Gudrun Schultz MADRID, Spain, July 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spanish children as young as 10 will be taught pro-homosexual material as part of a new school curriculum, the Telegraph reported Friday. The socialist government revealed plans last week to include teaching about the homosexual lifestyle in the schools, emphasizing the normalcy of homosexual relationships. The general secretary for education, Alejandro Tiana, said the move was necessary because “children need to learn there are various types of families.” The inclusion of homosexual material in schools is the latest in a string of anti-family, anti-faith policies instituted by Premier Jose Luis […]
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Stem Cell Confusion: Catholic Pro-Life Leaders Oppose Bill Which Cardinal Supports

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON,  DC, July 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two of the best-known Catholic pro-life leaders in the United States have come out against a stem cell bill proposed by Senators Rick Santorum and Arlen Specter which is up for debate and vote in the US Senate next week.  At the same time the Cardinal Archbishop of Baltimore has written Senators calling on them to support the bill. Judie Brown of American Life League, the nation’s largest grassroots pro-life organization, and Joe Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League have spoken out against “The Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement […]
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Concerned Women for America Decries Call for U.N. Women’s Rights Agency

WASHINGTON, July 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An ultra-liberal Canadian U.N. Envoy, Stephen Lewis, is calling for a multimillion dollar Women’s Rights Agency at the United Nations, according to a report today from C-FAM, Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute.   Lewis’ long history with the U.N. includes positions as Canadian Ambassador, an official with UNICEF and special envoy for HIV/AIDS.   Dr. Janice Shaw Crouse of Concerned Women for America (CWA), twice a United States Delegate to U.N. conferences, has decried the proposal saying, “Lewis’ proposal would dramatically strengthen the already-incredibly-strong radical feminist influence at the U.N., and it would […]
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Tennessee Supreme Court Allows Gay “Marriage” Ban on Ballot

By Hilary White     NASHVILLE, July 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Tennessee court has ruled that a proposed amendment to the state constitution banning homosexual “marriage” should go to the people.   The State Supreme Court ruled in a unanimous decision that the American Civil Liberties Union, which is seeking to prevent the amendment from being put on the ballot, had “failed to establish that they have standing to bring this lawsuit.”   The ACLU was attempting to stop the amendment on procedural grounds,  alleging that the General Assembly did not strictly comply with public notice and publication requirements.   In his […]
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United States Funding Sterilizations of Philippine Women

By Gudrun Schultz   PHILIPPINES, July 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – United States tax dollars are funding sterilization programs in the Philippines, reported Focus on the Family’s Family News in Focus today.   The Filipino Family Fund raised the alarm in November 2005 with initial reports of sterilization quotas in two provinces, triggering a U.S.  investigation last March. The ongoing investigation has confirmed that “target quota” systems were set up in at least two provinces. A full report to Congress is expected shortly. “This is the tip of the iceberg. If the U.S. government is now discovering quota systems to sterilize […]
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Woman Sues For “Wrongful Abortion”: Doctor Said Her Unborn Baby was “just some blood”

By Gudrun Schultz TRETON,  New Jersey, July 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A woman seeking justice for almost nine years in a “wrongful abortion” case will be heard by the New Jersey state Supreme Court, the Star Ledger reported Thursday.   Rosa Acuna sued her doctor for telling her that the child she was carrying at seven weeks gestation was not a baby, when he advised her to abort the high-risk pregnancy.  The 29-year-old mother of two suffered from a kidney disorder. Mrs. Acuna says Dr. Sheldon Turkish told her, “Don’t be stupid, it’s just some blood,” when she asked if […]
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Austrian Doctor Threatened with Child-Support Payments after Birth of Disabled Child

By Gudrun Schultz   VIENNA, Austria, July 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A doctor may be forced to pay lifetime child support for a girl born with Down’s syndrome, after the child’s mother said she would have aborted the girl if she had known about the disability in time, Fox News reported Wednesday.   The Austrian Supreme Court has ordered the Salzburg Provincial Court to consider the case, saying if the woman was not provided with sufficient details about a high-risk pregnancy, the doctor involved would be held financially responsible for the child’s care.   The doctor, who has not been […]
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U.S. Senate Passes Resolution Reaffirming National Motto: “In God We Trust”

By John Jalsevac   WASHINGTON, D.C., July 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past Wednesday, July 12, the United States Senate unanimously passed resolution S. Con. Res. 96, which requests senators and all American citizens “To commemorate, celebrate, and reaffirm the national motto of the United States on the 50th anniversary of its formal adoption.”   The passage of the Senate resolution comes only a few days after a California federal trial judge dismissed the lawsuit filed by Michael Newdow challenging the constitutionality of the American national motto, “In God We Trust.”   Co-sponsor of the resolution, Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, […]
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Globe and Mail Op Ed Propaganda for Renewal of Eugenics

By Hilary White   TORONTO, July 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an op ed intended by the Globe and Mail to be a sympathy piece, a Toronto woman, who identified herself as C. Smyth, told the story of her intention to abort her 19 week old daughter because the child was diagnosed by a geneticist as having a chromosomal disorder. The child, said Smyth, did not meet her and her husband’s standards or fulfill their dreams of having a child athelete.   She says their 19 week-old “miracle” is “tragically flawed:” the child,  she is told will have a “significantly lower functioning […]
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National Post Advocating Legalization of Prostitution Again

By Gudrun Schultz   TORONTO, Ontario, July 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada should legalize prostitution, decriminalize brothels and make sexual solicitation an acceptable activity, one of Canada’s top national newspapers has suggested. “Prostitution is like any other industry. Make it illegal, and you give criminals a monopoly. Legalize it, and you give law-abiding enterprises a chance to compete,” wrote John Turley-Ewart in an editorial published July 7. Previous editorials in the Post calling for legalized prostitution were published unsigned.   Pointing to Germany as an example of a “liberal” approach to prostitution—the country legalized the sex trade four years ago—Mr.  […]
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“Disordered Lifestyles” are a Threat to Humanity and World Peace says Vatican

By John-Henry Westen VATICAN, July 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican made public today the theme for the January 1, 2007 celebration of the 40th World Day of Peace. The theme: “The Human Person: Heart of Peace” was chosen by Pope Benedict XVI. According to a Vatican communiqué, the theme “expresses the conviction that respect for the dignity of the human person is an essential condition for peace within the human family.”   In some of the strongest language concerning homosexual lifestyles heard from the Vatican in years, the communiqué reads: “Propaganda and the growing acceptance of disordered lifestyles contrary […]
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Surgical Preparation For Organ Donation For Non-Brain Dead Patients?: Australia

By Hilary White   CANBERRA, July 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Australian Health Ethics Committee is lobbying to have legislation passed that would allow those patients who are “certain to die” but not classified as “brain dead” to be surgically prepared for organ donation before death.   Currently, those patients who are declared “brain dead” are prepared by a procedure that involves inserting tubes into major arteries to prepare for cleansing of organs after death, blood tests and drug administration to better preserve organs.   The Committee’s working party has asked for legislation that would extend the preparation to those patients who are […]
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Mass. Legislature Delays Same-Sex “Marriage” Vote until after Nov. Election

By Gudrun Schultz   BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Massachusetts legislators voted yesterday to delay addressing a proposed constitutional amendment that would overturn the 2003 decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the state.   Family advocacy groups have gathered over 120,000 signatures on a petition to place a proposed amendment overturning the same-sex “marriage” law before voters during the 2008 election. The measure must receive the backing of 50 legislators in two successive sessions before it will go before voters on the ballot.   Homosexual activists pushed for a delay in the legislature’s vote on the measure, reported the […]
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Connecticut Judge Rules Against Homosexual Couples’ Demand for “Marriage” Title

By Gudrun Schultz   HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual couples will not be granted the right to “marry” in Connecticut, a Superior Court judge decided Wednesday, despite their possessing the same rights and protections as married couples under the state civil union law.   Judge Patty Jenkins ruled against eight same-sex couples who filed suit against the state in August 2004 after being denied marriage licenses.  They were seeking the right to legally marry, the Hartford Courant reported today.   Judge Jenkins said Connecticut’s civil union law, which took effect in October 2005, already gave homosexual couples […]
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NY Supreme Court Says State Does Not Recognize Canadian Same-sex “Marriages”

By John Jalsevac   LONG ISLAND, NY, July 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New York State Supreme Court has denied a homosexual couple spousal benefits, despite their being “married” in Canada two years ago, the New York Times reports.   The case was brought forward by Duke. L. Funderburke, who was attempting to obtain medical benefits reserved for married couples from the Uniondale Union Free School District, for his homosexual partner,  Bradley Davis.   NY Supreme Court Justice Edward W. McCarthy, however, referred back to last week’s decision by New York’s Appellate Court as the basis for his refusing to […]
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Santorum-Specter Stem Cell Bill Raising Serious Concerns Despite ‘Pro-Life Dream Team’ Support

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, July 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senator Rick Santorum has a stellar pro-life record.  He is a mover and shaker for pro-life and pro-family forces in the US Senate and has been recognized as such by pro-life movements around the world.  So his sponsorship of a stem cell bill, along with notoriously pro-abortion Senator Arlen Specter came as a surprise to many.  The bill is coming up for Senate debate July 17 and a vote on July 18; it will require 60 votes to pass. The real controversy in this story however goes back further than the […]
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Bush Will Veto Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bill: Karl Rove

By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON,  D.C. July 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – White House aide Karl Rove has said that, should the Senate pass a bill which significantly expands funding for embryonic stem cell research, President Bush will perform his first veto since his election into office, reports the Denver Post. “We were all an embryo at one point, and we ought to as a society be very careful about being callous about the wanton destruction of embryos, of life,” said Rove. “The president is very emphatic about this.”   The bill has already passed by the House of Representatives in a […]
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Amarillo Bishop Calls for Modesty in Dress – Fight the “Battle for Purity”

By Hilary White AMARILLO, July 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop John Yanta of the Catholic diocese of Amarillo, Texas, has published a pastoral letter on modesty in dress, especially at Sunday Mass, a subject that inevitably arouses strong reactions even in conservative circles.  Titled, “Modesty starts with purification of the heart,” Bishop Yanta’s letter calls choosing what to wear a “moral act.” Bishop Yanta writes, “we can help the devil in many ways including the way we dress.”  Referring to the “battle for purity,” required of the Christian life, Bishop Yanta writes, “When the community of believers comes together for […]
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New Vatican Press Officer Calls Family “most original place of the experience of love”

By Hilary White ROME, July 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The new Vatican press officer, replacing the long-serving Joaquin Navarro Valls, previously ran Vatican radio, the purpose of which he said, was to encourage “the evaluation of contemporary problems in the light of ecclesial Magisterium and with constant attention for the signs of the times.”   Fr. Federico Lombardi, 63, an Italian Jesuit, has been appointed, on the Catholic liturgical feast of St. Benedict, by Pope Benedict XVI to take over the job of running the Vatican press office. In addition,  Lombardi will continue as head of Vatican Radio and Television, a […]
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Homosexuality Hurting Efforts to Stop AIDS: Nigerian Official

By John Jalsevac NIGERIA, July 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Nigerian Chairman of the National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA) has said that he believes that rising instances of what he calls the “foreign” practice of homosexuality in Nigeria is harming efforts to end the AIDS pandemic.   Allafrica.com reports that Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin made the remarks to members of the media at NACA’s Corporate Headquarters.   Homosexuality, in particular, and other high-risk sexual activity in general, including sex with multiple partners, only serve to increase the chances that HIV/AIDS will be spread, said Osotimehin, as reported by allafrica.com. He […]
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National Council of Churches Pres.: Jesus Never said Anything About Homosexuality or Abortion

By Gudrun Schultz   WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Forget about traditional morality—Christianity should focus on eradicating poverty,  protecting the environment and ending the war in Iraq, according to the general secretary of the National Council of Churches, Dr. Bob Edgar. “Jesus never said one word about homosexuality, never said one word about civil marriage or abortion,” said Dr. Edgar to CBS News at a recent gathering of liberal Christian leaders in Washington.   The gathering was the latest effort by the “religious left” to gain back some of the political power the group enjoyed during the 60’s […]
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Former Abortion Clinic Donated to Expand Crisis Pregnancy Centre

By Gudrun Schultz SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, July 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A building that recently housed an abortion clinic has been donated to a local crisis pregnancy center, which offers women help in finding alternatives to abortion. Owners of the building announced Sunday they would donate the space to the Pregnancy Care Center, KY3 News reported. The former abortion clinic, known as the Springfield Health Care Center, shut down unexpectedly last October after launching a lawsuit against a new state law that required clinic abortionists to obtain hospital privileges within 30 miles of their clinic. Violations of the law could result […]
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Student Pro-Life Walk Across America Passes 2000-Mile Mark

By Gudrun Schultz UNITED STATES, July 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. University and College students walking across America in promotion of the dignity of all human life have covered almost two-thirds of their route, passing through Chicago, Kansas and Louisiana   Organized by Crossroads, a national pro-life group of student volunteers that began in 1995, the walk to promote the sanctity of life from conception to natural death is in its twelfth year. “Crossroads was started in response to the late John Paul II’s call to the youth of America at the World Youth Day in Denver, Colorado to ‘build […]
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UK Researcher Hopes to Sell Vatican on Umbilical Cord Stem Cells

by Hilary White  LONDON, July 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr Colin McGuckin, a researcher at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, has shown that human stem cells derived from the usually discarded umbilical cord can be manipulated to become insulin-producing cells.  Dr. McGuckin, a long time advocate of umbilical cord blood stem cells, told the London Times, “Ultimately we will be able to achieve the same result from non-embryonic stem cells. Some 100m children are born every year, that is an awful lot of stem cells if you want to find a tissue type that matches you.”  The Times reports […]
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Pope Appoints Outspokenly Pro-life US Bishop to Vatican Supreme Court

By Gudrun Schultz VATICAN CITY, July 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A strongly pro-life U.S. bishop has been appointed to the Vatican’s Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature, Catholic News Service reported yesterday. Pope Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Raymond L. Burke of St. Louis to the court on July eighth. Archbishop Burke took an uncompromising stand in a drawn out battle during the 2004 U.S. federal election over the reception of communion by pro-abortion public figures. The Archbishop led a minority of Catholic bishops who said they would be willing to uphold Church Law by refusing communion to ‘manifest grave sinners’ […]
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Appeals court to SIU: Stop violating Christian student group’s First Amendment rights

CHICAGO, July 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit today granted the request of Alliance Defense Fund and Christian Legal Society (CLS) attorneys to order officials with Southern Illinois University to reinstate the official registered status of the student CLS chapter at the university’s School of Law. Official recognition as a registered student group grants the CLS chapter the full benefits associated with that status while the case is pending in district court. “A religious student organization should not be required to sacrifice its integrity at the altar of political correctness,” said Litigation Counsel […]
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Benedict Attends Fifth World Meeting of Families in Valencia Spain

By John Jalsevac VALENCIA,  Spain, July 10, 2006, (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past weekend Pope Benedict XVI attended the Fifth World Meeting of Families in Valencia Spain.   Leading up to his visit many had speculated that Benedict would likely come out with strong words against Spain’s extreme left wing government, which has brought into the historically Catholic nation—amongst other things reprehensible to the Catholic faith—so-called homosexual “marriage.”   When asked, however, about his opinions on the new Spanish laws pertaining to homosexual “marriage,” Benedict explained that his purpose in visiting Spain was not to criticize, but first of all to affirm […]
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Pro-Life Polish President Appoints Pro-Life Twin Brother Prime Minister

By Hilary White WARSAW, July 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The President of Poland and leader of the pro-life party, Law and Justice Party (PiS), Lech Kaczynski, has appointed his identical twin brother Jaroslaw as Prime Minister. The brothers had been prominent political activists during the communist period when opposition to communism could result in one’s death.  Outgoing Prime Minister, Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, is expected to run for mayor of Warsaw on the PiS ticket. The powerful position was formerly held by President Kaczynski, and is one that is regarded as a springboard to the presidency.  Jaroslaw Kaczynski had pulled out of […]
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Court Forbids Cutting Nudity, Profanity from Hollywood Films

By John Jalsevac COLORADO, July 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that the editing of Hollywood films by third-parties desiring to make them more family friendly infringes upon copyright laws.   The decision will affect a wide-ranging collection of companies and distributors that specialize in the increasingly booming business of offering values-conscious parents and families the option of enjoying big-name Hollywood films without having to worry about jumping on the fast-forward button on time.   Nearly all of the major Hollywood film studios involved themselves in the lawsuit in some measure, including MGM, Time Warner, […]
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Blind Chinese Activist to be Prosecuted for Opposition to Forced Abortion

By Hilary White    LINYI, July 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Chen Guangcheng, the legal activist fighting China’s coercive one-child population control policy,  is finally to be prosecuted on July 17 by China’s communist government,  the Washington Post reported on Saturday. Chen is charged with destruction of property and assembling a crowd to disrupt traffic.   Chen has been in prison since September, and his wife, Yuan Weijing, told the Post, “There isn’t much hope.” Speaking by telephone from the family farmhouse, where she has been detained, Weijing said,  “Everything that has happened runs counter to [Chinese President] Hu Jintao’s talk of […]
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Massachusetts Has a Chance to Scrap Gay “Marriage” as Court Approves 2008 Ballot Measure

By Gudrun Schultz   BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex “marriage” can be placed on the 2008 ballot, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled today.   In a unanimous decision, the Court said the Massachusetts’ constitution did not prevent citizen-initiated amendments from seeking changes to the state constitution, even if the changes would overrule previous court decisions, reported the AP today.   Family advocacy groups and faith communities had collected over 120,000 signatures on a petition to overturn the 2003 decision to recognize homosexual “marriage” in the state, nearly twice the 65,000 signatures necessary.  […]
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Study Claiming Biological Basis for Homosexuality “Absolute Rubbish”: NARTH Psychiatrist

By Gudrun Schultz   TORONTO, Ontario, July 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent study suggesting that homosexual orientation results from biological factors in the prenatal environment is based on severely flawed research and biased assumptions, a leading Canadian psychiatrist has charged.   Researchers at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, conducted the study entitled “Biological versus nonbiological older brothers and men’s sexual orientation.” The study suggested that male same-sex attraction results from an immune reaction on the part of the mother to the presence of the male child in her womb, a reaction the study’s authors suggest stems from the […]
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Head ‘Justice and Peace’ Cardinal Fights Gay Civil Unions in Italy

By Gudrun Schultz VATICAN CITY, July 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Renato Martino, head of the Vatican’s Justice and Peace department, warned of the dangers posed to Western society by laws that recognize homosexual unions, in a statement on Thursday reported by ANSA News Agency.   Civilization in the West is taking an “ugly” turn in granting legal recognition to homosexual and unmarried couples, said Cardinal Martino. “Western society is on a slippery slope. The sense of God is being blurred.”   Removing distinctions between different forms of union would be disastrous, he said, because it would question the “meaning […]
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Identifying Abortion Doctors, Staff, Patients Online May Soon be Prohibited: California

By Gudrun Schultz Democrat Representative Noreen Evans CALIFORNIA, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)  – A bill that would make it illegal to post information about abortion practitioners online may soon become law in California, the St. Helena Star reported yesterday.   AB 2251, brought forward by Democrat representative Noreen Evans, would ban any online posting, sale, trade or solicitation of the personal information of abortionists, abortion clinic staff and volunteers, and patients of abortion clinics. Addresses, telephone numbers and pictures would be considered protected information. “Web sites are used by militant anti-abortion activists to publicize personal information about reproductive healthcare service […]
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Conservative Government Investigates Allegations of Chinese Organ Harvesting From Political Prisoner

By Peter J. Smith   OTTAWA, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s Conservative government announced yesterday it will investigate claims that China has been harvesting organs from live prisoners for organ transplants, as revealed in a report by former Liberal and Independent MP David Kilgour and international human rights lawyer David Matas. “We take these allegations quite seriously, and we’ll look into that,” said Conservative MP Deepak Obhrai on Thursday. Obhrai, who is the parliamentary secretary to Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay affirmed that the government will look to confirm the allegations raised by Kilgour and Matas’ report released yesterday. […]
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Wisconsin Appeals Court: Marriage Relationships no Better than any other Intimate Relationship

By Hilary White    MADISON, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Wisconsin court of appeals has ruled that marriage has no higher value to society than any other kind of relationship.   The case began when Duane Heath was arrested and convicted of leading police on a high-speed chase. At his sentencing, he asked for a work release so he could be near his family, a woman to whom he is not married, and their two children. The judge, however, questioned Heath’s dedication to this family saying, “I wonder how committed to your children you are and especially this woman when […]
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Howard Dean: Decision to Uphold Traditional Marriage “Outdated and Bigoted”

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON,  July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Howard Dean, the Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, lashed out against the recent decision of the New York Court of Appeals to uphold the right of the state legislature to uphold traditional marriage as between a man and a woman.   Speaking officially for the Democratic Party, Howard Dean issued a paid press release immediately after the Appeals Court’s decision came through. “As Democrats,” said the release, “we believe that every American has a right to equal protection under the law and to live in dignity. And we must […]
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Australia to Rid School History Lessons of Politically Correct Marxist Revisionism

By Hilary White   CANBERRA, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australian federal Education Minister Julie Bishop has announced the government’s plan to end the marxist-inspired history curriculum that has been standard fare in Australian schools. Bishop said she will press the states and territories to adopt “traditional Australian history” along the lines of that adopted in New South Wales by former premier Bob Carr.   The Australian reports that the government is planning on forcing the issue, saying that refusal would mean the change would be included in the next funding agreement.   Bishop said, “I want to work with the states on […]
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International Public Outcry Successful in Curbing Germany World Cup Prostitution

By John-Henry Westen BERLIN, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A report released Tuesday by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Swedish development agency Sida indicates that the international public outcry against sex-trafficking in Germany around the World Cup has had some success.  The initial report, with a follow-up to be released in September, indicates little increase in trafficking. “We have so far not seen any marked increase in human trafficking from eastern European countries to Germany during the World Cup,”  Swedish IOM spokesman Fredric Larsson told AFP. Sida and IOM, along with human rights agencies around the world […]
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International Religious Outcry Close to Booting Gay Pride from Holy City of Jerusalem

By John-Henry Westen JERUSALEM, July 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jerusalem police officials have informed Israeli news services that “World Pride,” the planned week-long gay pride extravaganza that was scheduled to be held in the holy city of Jerusalem from August 6-12, is likely to be moved to Tel Aviv.  While the decision is not yet final, the police, who are to make the final decision on whether or not to permit the event,  said in a statement to the press, “Tel Aviv is more used to such events, and therefore it should take place there also this time.” Jewish, Muslim […]
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Daily Mass Catholic Pro-Lifer Wins Mexico Presidential Elections over Abortion Supporter

By John-Henry Westen MEXICO CITY, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life groups in Mexico are celebrating today the election of Felipe Calderon as the new President of Mexico.  Calderon, from the ruling National Action Party (PAN),  was until recently thought to be a long-shot against socialist Manuel Lopez Obrador of the Democratic Revolution Party which supports abortion.  Initial results from Sunday’s elections were reported July 3, but with the extreme closeness of the vote a recount was demanded immediately by Obrador.  The recount confirmed Calderon as the winner.  The official recount had Calderon coming away with just over 236,000 votes […]
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Court Opens the Door for Same-Sex Marriage in Austria

By Peter J. Smith VIENNA, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Austria’s Constitutional Court published this Wednesday a decision striking down the Interior Ministry’s 1996 Transsexual Decree, which forbids same-sex marriages.  Austria currently does not recognize homosexual unions, but the judicial activism from its highest court may have set it down that road. The case came before the Constitutional Court after a married man demanded that he have the right to change the registered sex on his birth certificate from male to female to reflect the sex-change operation he had two years ago. The Interior Ministry denied him this ability since […]
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Canadian Politician Confirms China’s Human Organ Trade

By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Ontario, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Allegations of human organ harvesting against the Chinese government have been confirmed by a report from a former Liberal MP, CTV reported Tuesday. David Kilgour, together with human rights lawyer David Matas, prepared a detailed report to be release today, after investigating accusations that China is killing prisoners by harvesting and selling their vital organs. “They take both kidneys, then the heart and the skin and the corneas and the liver, and your body is then thrown in the incinerator,” he told the CTV. “I don’t think anyone can have […]
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UK Mum Dying of Cancer Gives Birth to Healthy Daughter

by Hilary White  NOTTINGHAM, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Zoe Jackson was born by cesarean section at 28 weeks and 4 pounds, 12 ounces, to 36 year-old mother Sam and is doing well. Her mother, Sam Jackson, is in the late stages of lung cancer and is not expected to live more than a few more weeks.  Zoe and her mother are in the care of Nottingham City Hospital where Sam had undergone chemotherapy and steroid treatments: one to relieve symptoms of cancer and the other to protect the life of her unborn daughter.   The UK’s Mirror reports that […]
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Abortion Rates in UK Reach New High – One Third are Repeat Abortion

by Hilary White  LONDON, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nearly a third of British women who have an abortion have had one or more before according to the latest Department of Health statistics.  In England and Wales, abortion rates have risen from 185,713 in 2004 to 186,416 in 2005. A significant increase was found particularly in early term abortions, those under ten weeks gestation, whereas late abortions, those committed over 20 weeks gestation, decreased almost 10 per cent last year.  Despite a move by some MP’s and others to promote a Parliamentary reconsideration of the legal gestational age limit for […]
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Canadian Medical Journal Misleading Doctors on Abortion Practice

by Hilary White   OTTAWA,  July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A guest editorial appearing in a recent edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has claimed that the 1988 Morgentaler decision of the Supreme Court of Canada that ended all legal protection for the child in the womb,  created a constitutional right to abortion and that doctors do not have the right to refuse to make abortion referrals.    The article was co-authored by Sandra Rodgers, a pro-abortion law professor who teaches a course to University of Ottawa medical students entitled “Abortion Services in Canada.” Mme. Rodgers sets the […]
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Suit to Force Abortion on Ireland Deemed Inadmissible by European Human Rights Court

By Gudrun Schultz STRASBOURG, France, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a lawsuit brought against the Irish government by an Ireland woman, who travelled to the UK to have an abortion. Under Irish law, abortion is only permitted if there is a “real and substantial risk to the life of the mother.” The woman, known as ‘D’, who had two previous children, obtained an abortion in the UK in 2002 during the second trimester of pregnancy with twins. She decided to abort after one of the babies died in the womb and she […]
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Georgia Supreme Court Upholds State Constitutional Amendment Protecting Traditional Marriage

ATLANTA, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld the statewide vote of the people, who in November of 2004, by a margin of 77%, overwhelmingly passed an amendment to the state constitution protecting marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The ruling upholds traditional marriage and legally bans same-sex marriage. The Court ruled that the marriage amendment did not violate the state law requiring that the amendment address a single subject. Anita L. Staver, President of Liberty Counsel, commented: “When the people of Georgia went to the polls, they spoke loudly and clearly […]
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New York’s Highest Court Rules 4-2 In Favor Of Traditional Marriage

ALBANY, July 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today New York’s highest court ruled 4-2 to uphold New York’s Constitution barring same-sex marriage. New York’s court of appeals reviewed four appeals filed by homosexual couples and ruled that the parties have no right to be issued marriage licenses by local officials. This leaves Massachusetts as the only state legally allowing same-sex marriages. Same-sex marriage bans are currently pending in New Jersey, California and Washington. Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, commented: “We are pleased that this latest attempt by the homosexual agenda to radically redefine our culture has been […]
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Chief Rabbi of Israel Calls on Pope Benedict to Condemn Gay Pride as Did John Paul II

By John-Henry Westen JERUSALEM,  July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Israel’s Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar has formally written Pope Benedict XVI asking for help in stopping homosexual activists from staging a “World Pride” parade in the holy city of Jerusalem.  Last year the coordinated efforts of Jewish,  Muslim and Christian religious leaders successfully put off the gay pride event with homosexual activists claiming that they cancelled the event only because of the Gaza pull-out which was scheduled a few days prior to the event. Once again Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious and even political leaders have put aside their differences and […]
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Canadian Federal Research Funds Awarded to Study Gay Political Activism

By Hilary White   OTTAWA, The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada,  a federal agency, has funded a study of the effects on homosexuals of the equality clause of the Canadian Constitution. Prof. Miriam Smith of Trent University was awarded a fellowship to investigate the effects of political success on the homosexual subculture.   Hopes that the report will include the erosion of democratic freedoms resulting from the homosexual political agenda would be ill-founded however, since Smith is also a research associate at the University of Toronto’s Sexual Diversity Studies Centre.  “No one has gained more legal recognition from section […]
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Northern Ireland to Allow Gay Partners to Adopt

By Hilary White    BELFAST, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The government of Northern Ireland on Tuesday announced plans to include homosexual partners as eligibile to adopt.   Health Minister Paul Goggins says the change will mean that those in “civil unions” and those who are only in temporary arrangements of the same or different sexes would be able to adopt.   Under the current law unmarried persons can adopt children, but there was no provision for homosexual partners to adopt together.   This decision will bring Northern Ireland into line with the rest of Great Britain, which has adopted similar measures over […]
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Catholic Decline in England a “pastoral and demographic catastrophe” says New Report

By Hilary White    LONDON, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 260 page study has been released by the English Catholic bishops that shows a Church that has come to a point of near complete melt-down since the closing of the Second Vatican Council in 1965. According to the report, Mass attendance has slumped by 40 per cent and Catholic marriages by 60 per cent over the last 30 years.   The report by Anthony Spencer of the Pastoral Research Centre covers the period from 1963 to 1991 and also shows the number of adult converts fell by 55 per cent […]
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Five Convicted of Abortion Crimes in Portugal

By Gudrun Schultz   LISBON, Portugal, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A doctor, a nurse and three women were convicted yesterday of illegal abortion activity,  after the state appealed a 2004 acquittal of charges against the five.   The women were given suspended prison sentences of six months each,  reported Lusa News Agency. The nurse was given a 16-month prison sentence, and the doctor will spend three years and eight months in jail. The defendants have 15 days to appeal the sentencing to the Supreme Court.   Abortion is illegal in Catholic Portugal, except for cases of rape or if […]
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Michigan U Sued for Violating Constitution by Granting Recognition to Same Sex Marriage

ANN ARBOR, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Thomas More Law Center, a national, public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor,  Michigan, today filed a lawsuit in Ingham County Circuit Court challenging Michigan State University’s recognition of same sex unions for the purpose of providing benefits to “MSU-recognized same-sex domestic partners.” The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the American Family Association of Michigan, a non-profit organization that promotes the welfare of children through the preservation of the traditional family. The lawsuit claims that Michigan State University (MSU) is in violation of the Marriage Amendment to Michigan’s Constitution, which […]
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Sperm Donor Fathers Children of Lesbian Couples Against His Request

By Gudrun Schultz   LONDON, England, July 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sperm donor who specified that his contributions only be used to father children of heterosexual couples has unknowingly fathered children for three lesbian partnerships.   The Daily Mail reported Sunday on the abuse of sperm donors by fertility clinics who fail to honour the terms of donor contracts—the London Women’s Clinic violated the donor’s contract five times,  neglecting to honour the man’s condition that same sex couples would not use his sperm. The clinic’s breach of contract was found out by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). […]
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Irish Woman Pleads for Frozen IVF Children in Dublin High Court

By Hilary White   DUBLIN, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A woman broke down in tears yesterday in Dublin’s High Court when she described the three frozen embryos that she is fighting for custody over against her husband.   The woman, whose identity has not been revealed to the press, is suing her estranged husband over their frozen embryonic children whom they conceived by in vitro fertilization treatments. “The rightful place for those three embryos is back with their mother to give them the right to life,” she said.   After the treatments, the woman discovered her husband was having an affair and […]
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Judicial Activism Key to Introducing Abortion to Catholic Latin America: Abortion Lobby Group

By Hilary White  WASHINGTON, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The abortion lobby, the Center for Reproductive Rights, held a briefing on Capitol Hill yesterday to outline their plans for expanding abortion in Latin America and elsewhere in the world.    The Catholic News Agency reports that the Center will continue to use the courts in Latin America to bypass legislative opposition to abortion. The Center’s speakers boasted that judicial activism has been particularly successful in “widening the availability of abortion” in the heavily Catholic region.  The speakers said that they understood that the area was heavily opposed to […]
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Former US President Clinton Speaking at Another Catholic Fundraiser in Canada

By John-Henry Westen KITCHENER,  ON, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews.com has learned that former US President Bill Clinton is to speak at a fundraiser for the Catholic Family Counselling Centre in Kitchener Ontario.  His scheduled November 8 address will mark the second time Clinton has been employed by a Catholic institution for a fundraiser in the same diocese. Andrew Wilding, the Director of Resource Development for the Catholic Family Counselling Centre told LifeSiteNews.com that while the speaking engagement has been confirmed, they have not yet secured a location for the event.  Wilding also confirmed that the Counselling Centre was […]
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Chinese Woman Falls to Her Death Fleeing Forced Abortion of Twins

By Hilary White   HONG KONG, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy reported this weekend that a woman pregnant with twins has fallen to her death while fleeing a forced abortion in a hospital in Himei.   Li Shimei, who was seven months pregnant, was seized at her home and taken to the hospital in the eastern city of Hefei because she already had one child when she became pregnant.   Shimei fell from the Shuguang Hospital’s second floor while trying to leave because she thought the procedure was too dangerous, the Information Centre […]
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South Dakota Tribe Ousts President for Abortion Activism

By Gudrun Schultz PORCUPINE,  South Dakota, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cecelia Fire Thunder,  tribal council leader for the South Dakota Oglala Sioux Tribe, was formally removed from office by a 9-5 vote last Thursday, reports the Washington Post.   The Tribal Council had suspended Fire Thunder in May for allegedly beginning fundraising for an abortion clinic on tribal lands without the permission or knowledge of the tribe.   Fire Thunder, according to the Post, had worked part-time in the past for a California abortion clinic run by Planned Parenthood. She began pushing for an abortion clinic on the reservation […]
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Criminal Charges for Showing Abortion Pictures Violate Freedom of Speech Rights: Editor of NRO

By Gudrun Schultz   NORFOLK, England, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jailing abortion opponents for showing pictures of aborted babies is an attack on free speech wrote journalist and editor of National Review Online, Kathryn Lopez, in the Dunklin Democrat last Friday.   In an article for the Democrat Lopez cited the conviction and jailing in the U.K. of Edward Atkinson and the conviction (on the same day) of a wheelchair-bound woman for sending pictures of aborted babies to pharmacies, as instances of government-led attacks on freedom of speech rights. 74-year-old Edward Atkinson spent one month in jail for repeatedly […]
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Abortion of “Excess” Babies Common with IVF

By Gudrun Schultz   VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –“Excess”  babies are routinely aborted as part of in vitro fertilization techniques, a report by the Virginian-Pilot acknowledged yesterday.   The report examined the problems associated with multiple births, a common occurrence when attempting to conceive and successfully carry a child using artificial technology. The success of IVF techniques typically rely on the insertion of multiple embryos to enhance a couple’s chances that at least one embryo will successfully implant and result in a pregnancy.   Frequently, the procedure will result in more than one embryo implanting in the […]
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Supreme Court Intervenes to Save the Mt. Soledad Cross

SAN DIEGO, CA, July 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com)  – The U.S. Supreme Court intervened Monday to save the 43-foot cross, the centerpiece of a national veterans memorial, atop of Mt. Soledad in San Diego California. A lower court judge had ordered the City of San Diego to remove the cross by August 1st or face fines of $5,000 a day thereafter.   However, after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to stay the lower court order, the Thomas More Law Center filed an emergency application for stay on behalf of San Diegans for the Mt. Soledad National War Memorial, the […]
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