Articles for Month: August 2006

Mitt Romney Warns of ‘Orwellian’ Stem Cell Researchhttps://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/8/31/170405.shtml?s=ic Significant Adult Stem Cell Advance Drew Modest Attentionhttps://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=/ForeignBureaus/archive/200608/INT20060831a.html The Parents Television Council Ranks Top Ten Best/Worst Advertisers; applaud Ford for significantly changing its advertising practiceshttps://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/release/2006/0822.asp The Commercialization of Divorce? Ford Motor Corporationhttps://www.albertmohler.com/blog_read.php?id=753 Advertising geared to young adults in their twenties is far more likely to use sexual imageryhttps://www.worldcongress.org/WCFUpdate/wcf_update.htm#c Abortion: An inherently dangerous businesshttps://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51740 Parents Television Council Files Indecency Complaint Over Obscene Language During Emmyshttps://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/release/2006/0831.asp Boob Tube — Decency and the Emmy’shttps://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=36&art_id=34283 Customer Takes Action Over Bookstore’s Display of Sexually Explicit Bookhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/312006e.asp Family Activist: Schools Should Focus on ‘Civilizing’—Not ‘Feminizing’—the Classroomhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/312006d.asp Catholic League […]

Irish MLA calls for zero tolerance towards those who purchase commercial sex

Husbands in such cases are often abusers, and the wives are rarely complicit

By Peter J. Smith BELFAST, August 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Irish teachers union has urged its members to rebel against a request from Northern Ireland’s Catholic Bishops to hold an annual “Catholic ethos day” in Catholic schools. Catholic advocate Gregory Carlin told LifeSiteNews he believes this is the first time the teachers have publicly opposed the bishops and the matter therefore sets a serious precedent. In a letter to principals, the Bishops had asked them to dedicate one of the five annual “Baker” days – days usually allotted for teacher training – to focus on the theme of “Vision […]

However, they do not distinguish between ethical adult stem cells and embryonic cells

Activist Judge Roy McMurtry creates further chaos for family life to satisfy gays' wants

NEW YORK, N.Y., August 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-life and pro-family forces had a significant impact on the text of the UN Disabilities Convention, which was adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee for the Convention in the late hours Friday, August 25th as a first step toward the final adoption during the upcoming Session of the General Assembly. There was serious concern that the Convention was being used as a tool to promote anti-life and anti-family ideologies and that a Convention that was meant to protect and promote and ensure all human rights for persons with disability on an […]

By John-Henry Westen and Gudrun Schultz VANCOUVER, August 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Conservative Government is supportive of fiscal restraint. Yet, LifeSiteNews.com has learned that the Conservative Government nonetheless funded the 2006 Vancouver Queer Film Festival, which ran from August 17-27.  The festival’s sponsorship page lists the Department of Canadian Heritage as the offending federal government branch. (See the sponsorship page here: https://www.outonscreen.com/festival/2006/content/Sponsors/27/10 ) Dominique Collin, spokesperson for Canadian Heritage Minister Beverley Oda, told LifeSiteNews.com the Vancouver regional branch of the Heritage department conducted the funding allocation which consisted of $23,000.   Ginette Montreuil, regional manager with the Vancouver office, […]

Fears that Republicans will lose 25 seats -“pitiful” says Robert Novakhttps://www.humanevents.com/evansnovak.php?id=16792#2 26 percent of Americans think the Democratic Party is “friendly” to religion. That’s down from 40 percent in the summer of 2004 https://www.slate.com/id/2148547/# Pro-Life Group Challenges Campaign Finance Reform Lawhttps://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0041833.cfm What lies beyond babies? Death – Maggie Gallagherhttps://www.townhall.com/columnists/MaggieGallagher/2006/08/29/beyond_babies Pro-Euthanasia Attorney to Head ABA’s Special Bioethics Committeehttps://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0041801.cfm CDC Reports, Other Stats Suggest Abstinence Message Is Catching Onhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/292006g.asp Activist Blasts Bay State Officials’ Anti-Parental Notification Argumenthttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/292006b.asp Christians Who Voted for Schwarzenegger Now Paying the Price, Says Activisthttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/302006d.asp Pro-Family Advocate Condemns Ruling Striking Down Nude Dancing Banhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/292006f.asp Controversial Florida Abortion Clinics Reopenhttps://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0041832.cfm […]

Parade organizers admit deliberately targeting Jewish holy days for the parade

Concerned Women to pastors: "stop pretending that moral issues are only "political

Warns "It is no longer possible to straddle the fence."

By Gudrun Schultz BOGOTA, Colombia, August 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Alfonso Llopez Trujillo announced Tuesday that the Colombian Catholic Church has excommunicated all persons involved in obtaining an abortion for an 11-year-old girl, who became pregnant after she was raped. The order includes the judges, politicians and legislators involved in the decision, as well as the doctors, nurses and the girl’s parents, the Manila Bulletin Online reported today. Under excommunication, all those involved in the abortion are banned from receiving the sacraments, except the sacrament of confession, and may not perform a ministerial role in the Liturgy or other […]

Document Shows Bishops Getting Serious About Sexual Abuse

New Study Underscores Need for Informed Consent Legislation, Pro-Life Advocates Say

ELLYN, Ill., August 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Illinois Family Institute (IFI) Executive Director David Smith today decried the Minneapolis Police Department’s suspension of Dr. Michael Campion, a former IFI Board Member, after reports surfaced of Campion’s past affiliation with IFI. “Does this mean that any person with a Christian or moral belief system cannot work for the City of Minneapolis?” Smith asked. “This case has all the markings of blatant anti-Christian discrimination and bigotry. People of faith should follow it carefully, because they could be next.” Today the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported that the Minneapolis PD “has temporarily suspended the […]

The Real Third Rail in Politics: Fertility

This is the third and final report of LifeSiteNews.com Editor John-Henry Westen about the trip he, his wife and youngest child took to India. He was called to India on speaking engagements to promote openness to life. See part II of this report here: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/aug/06082304.html By John-Henry Westen My wife and I completed the stay at the Divine Retreat Centre with a tour of the incredible complex. What we saw will remain with us for the rest of our lives. Not only do those good priests at the Divine Retreat Centre run the largest Catholic retreat centre in the world, […]

By Gudrun Schultz GLASGOW, Scotland, August 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scotland’s Crown Office issued a clarification yesterday denying that Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc received a caution for making the sign of the cross during an Old Firm game in February. The Crown had announced last Friday that the Polish Catholic footballer would be cautioned and receive a criminal record for “gesticulating at and incensing the crowd at a football match,” constituting a “breach of the peace.” Boruc was chastised for making three gestures, according to the Crown Office, including a “V” for victory sign, an obscene gesture toward Rangers fans […]

by Hilary White RIMINI, August 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christoph Cardinal Schönborn has asked for a “reasoned, ideology-free” debate on the nature of the Darwinian proposition for the origins of life. He hoped that the shorcomings of Darwin’s theory of evolution could one-day be discussed freely in schools.“This should be discussed in a serene manner. If a theory is scientific and not ideological, then it can be discussed freely,” he said. The archbishop of Vienna and a primary author of the Catholic catechism, clarified again that the Catholic Church does not adhere to the “creationist” theory that takes its information […]

By Gudrun Schultz FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida, August 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian broadcasting organization has suggested evolutionary theory was the foundation of Hitler’s Nazi ideology. The claim was made in a made-for-TV documentary exploring the devastating social consequences of Darwinian evolutionary theory, reported the Christian Post on Friday. Coral Ridge Ministries produced the documentary, entitled “Darwin’s Deadly Legacy,” aired last weekend in the U.S. Among other destructive consequences of modern reliance on evolution theories, the program illustrates the influence of Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” philosophy on the genocide ideology of Hitler and the Nazis. “We’re reaping the consequences, […]

By Gudrun Schultz JERUSALEM, Israel, August 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The International Gay Pride Parade has been rescheduled to take place in Jerusalem on September 21, Israel National News Arutz Sheva reported today. The weeklong homosexual celebration was originally planned for August, but was postponed due to the outbreak of violence in Lebanon. The homosexual activist organization Open House announced the date for the planned event in defiance of concerted international opposition from Jewish and Islamic religious leaders, and the Vatican. The event has been condemned as an affront to the millions of faithful worldwide who consider Jerusalem to be a […]

Liberals and NDP again manipulate session to prevent democratic debate and vote

By Gudrun Schultz SAN JOSE, California, August 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Internet auction giant eBay has banned the sale of all teaching manuals for homeschool teachers, reported World Net Daily yesterday, causing widespread concern among members of the homeschool community who rely on the trading centre to obtain necessary materials for home study. The new policy prohibits the sale of all teacher’s edition textbooks and related material, including material utilized by homeschool teachers, stating that the products often contain “special answer keys, exams, teaching tips, and guides.” “As you may know, eBay does not permit items that are illegal, […]

Some conservatives sceptical about Archbishop's sudden alleged orthodoxy

Parents may even lose right to withdraw children from gay indoctrination program

Court decision made no distinctions between obscene gestures and religious blessings

Study Finds Aborting Brings Teens More Problems Than Giving Birthhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/282006a.asp ADF: School District Misleads Parents About Pro-Homosexual Diversity Traininghttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/282006c.asp APA President Signals Policy Change on Homosexuality – gays can change message may finally be getting throughhttps://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0041796.cfm FRC Reviews Legal Options After FDA’s Plan B Decisionhttps://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=PR06H06 Intellectual bankruptcy of the current “centrist” position on abortion – First Things Aug. 28/06https://www.firstthings.com/ CBS To Air Profanity-Laden Programhttps://www.afa.net/Petitions/IssueDetail.asp?id=209 The curious case of NEA prioritieshttps://www.townhall.com/Columnists/AlanSears/2006/08/25/the_curious_case_of_nea_priorities Domestic partners bill sparks personal attacks in California’s statehousehttps://news.lp.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/08-24-2006/81a0001ace9db4e5.html ‘Darwin’s Deadly Legacy’ Gives Shocking Look at Social Impacthttps://www.christianpost.com/article/20060825/24004.htm Fewer Evangelicals, Catholics View GOP as Faith-Friendlyhttps://www.christianpost.com/article/20060825/23996.htm Mexico’s conservative near win as […]

Says really important that members of the church know people's stands" - "It's time that the churches get involved"

Many children and teens unsupervised watching TV's and Computers in their rooms

"We are heading for a neo-communist state in this country," Says Pro-Life Activist

By Peter J. Smith HALIFAX, August 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The President of Ontario’s Catholic Bishops told Catholic women that they have a “rare second chance” to reverse Parliament’s legalization of same-sex “marriage” in Canada according to Canadian Catholic News. At the national convention of the Catholic Women’s League (CWL) in Halifax, August 15, Pembroke Bishop Richard Smith urged the league’s members to mobilize their 99,000 associates in a grassroots campaign to contact their Members of Parliament and vocalize their support for traditional marriage. Bishop Smith urged them to telephone, write personal letters – not ineffectual petitions – and “knock […]

Editorial

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., August 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States has condemned China for imprisoning a blind Chinese activist who exposed the forcing of sterilizations and abortions on villagers in accord with the Communist government’s one-child policy. According to AFP, the US State Department described the recent conviction of Chen Guangcheng, 34, as part of a larger attempt to curtail individual rights. Chen faces four years and three months in prison for “willfully damaging property and organizing a mob to disturb traffic”; charges which the State Department called “highly questionable”. Many believe yesterday’s conviction of Chen […]

Public not aware feminist organization has been manipulating government since 1973

By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, August 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The switch to a Conservative Government seems to have had little effect on the pro-abortion activism of Canadian representatives at the United Nations. While pro-life Canadians did not expect that the Harper government would be pro-life, it did have hopes that the radical promotion of a global right to abortion by Canadian delegates at the UN would cease. Such radicalism has seen several important United Nations documents held up by Canada’s insistence that a right to abortion be included in the wording, a position which is intolerable to numerous African […]

By Hilary White ROME, August 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican has appointed a Jesuit priest to head the Vatican Observatory, Argentine Fr. Jose Funes. The appointment follows the retirement of Fr. George Coyne, another Jesuit astronomer who had vehemently opposed the Catholic Church’s stand on materialist Darwinism. Father Funes, speaking to Catholic News Service, the official news outlet of the US Bishops Conference, denied that Fr. Coyne had been removed by the Vatican for his opposition to Catholic teaching. Funes put the change down to personnel changes being made by Pope Benedict XVI, a pope widely considered to be […]

11 Muslim states lead efforts to preserve family language

Biblical Scholar’s Unexpected Discovery Leads to New, More Faithful Translation of “The Theology of the Body”https://www.catholicprwire.com/headline.php?ID=2103 Unmarried couple want benefits, too – Straight woman files complaint over gay rightshttps://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/282225_gayrights23.html Latinos are natural allies of the U.S. and a natural force for renewing, re-humanizing American life https://www.archden.org/dcr/news.php?e=380&s=2&a=8012 World’s First Christian Sit-Comhttps://www.earnedmedia.org/wdc08241.htm Students for Life allege Arizona State University violated constitutional rightshttps://www.statepress.com/issues/2006/08/22/news/697234 Siberia Church to Commemorate Aborted Childrenhttps://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=93629 Urgent appeal to Schwarzenegger as governor considers bills that deter preaching ‘what the Bible says’https://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51666 Phillies Blasted for Promoting Homosexuality, Barring Biblical Views From Ballparkhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/232006b.asp Chinese AIDS patient beaten while pleading for government helphttps://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/08/23/060823170813.t5iawfk8.html […]

By Hilary White  WORCESTER, August 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The stem cell research community has, since President Bush announced it in 2001, been diligently working to find a way around the US federal funding ban on embryonic research.   In the latest development, Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), a private, Worcester, Massachusetts biotechnology firm, has announced it has developed a means of acquiring embryonic cells that it says will put to rest the ethical concerns about this type of research.“We hope this method can be used to increase the number of stem cell lines available for federal funding – and thus […]

Special to LifeSiteNews.com by American Life League President Judie Brown

WHITE PINE, TENN., August 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Considering Homeschooling (www.consideringhomeschooling.com ) a U.S. national homeschool outreach that recruits Christian parents to homeschool, is asking Christian parents to consider the benefits of home education as the back to school frenzy begins. “Homeschoolers overall do better academically, socially, and most important, spiritually,” said Charles B. Lowers, Executive Director of Considering Homeschooling. He urges, “This September, why not take that leap of faith and teach your children yourself at home?”   Lowers states that the majority of Christian parents still send their children to public school, not realizingÂthe catastrophic spiritual and social […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., August 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today its approval of Plan B, the abortifacient “morning-after pill” as a non-prescription drug to anyone over 18. The move has caused an outcry from pro-life groups who say that the high hormones doses of progestin in Plan-B also cause the abortion of a conceived human embryo and leave women vulnerable to health risks. Under the FDA’s rules, Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. will be allowed to distribute Plan-B on a dual prescription program that requires women over 18 to show proof of […]

Calls self "Catholic" and "non-denominational"; unable to explain why Clinton invited

By John-Henry Westen BEIJING, August 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The farcical trial of 35-year-old Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese human rights activist who has made known China’s brutal forced abortion practices has ended with Chen being sentenced to four years and three months in prison.ÂÂ The circumstances around the trial and the brutality exhibited by officials, or those hired by them, have demonstrated once again the tyrannical methods of the Chinese government. Chen’s supporters say his conviction on the charges of “wilful destruction of public property” and “gathering a crowd to disrupt traffic” was groundless and one of his lawyers has […]

PRETORIA, South Africa, August 24, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – South Africa’s cabinet has approved a bill that would make South Africa the first nation on the African continent to legalize same-sex “marriage”. The bill would amend the 1961 Marriage Act that currently defines marriage as “the union of one man with one woman, to the exclusion of others”. “Basically (the bill) will legalize same sex marriage in compliance with the constitutional court ruling,” said Government spokesman Themba Maseko according to Reuters. At a press conference Thursday, Maseko explained that the government’s bill would amend the Marriage Act, which Maseko said the […]

Part 2 of interview with Dr. Peter Hollands

In China Abortion of unborn child with harelip condemnedhttps://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2006-08/23/content_672376.htm 8th Circuit: Ban on Sexy Highway Billboards Is Unconstitutionalhttps://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1156164652414 Florida Bishop excommunicates defiant priest who joined rent-a-priesthttps://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060822/BREAKINGNEWS/60822045/1086 TV producer Mario Valdes thinks youth need positive role models. Will produce life of St. Mauritzhttps://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=9e095678-4133-44d0-a209-06ca96030ad6&p=2 No More Time To Deliberate As Church Requires Emergency Survival Measureshttps://www.spiritdaily.com/mountcarmelclosing.htm Vatican Warns Controversial Archbishop not to Work with Dan Brown on New Moviehttps://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1688753/posts Sordid Lifestyle of Creator of Pornographic ‘Girls Gone Wild’https://www.thefactis.org/default.aspx?control=ArticleMaster&aid=1578&authid=20 Churches Can Do Plenty in Advance of Election Dayhttps://www.illinoisfamily.org/news/contentview.asp?c=32991 Protecting Your Children from a Sex-Obsessed Culturehttps://www.illinoisfamily.org/news/contentview.asp?c=32988 Billboards Advertise Sex Shops in the “Show me State”https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0041737.cfm […]

By Hilary White CHARLOTTETOWN, August 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s health minister, Tony Clement, told reporters at the Canadian Medical Association’s annual general meeting in Charlottetown, P.E.I. that any decisions to be made on federal funding of the private abortion facilities would be postponed.  Under the Liberal government, health minister Ujjal Dosanjh had threatened to force New Brunswick to pay for abortions committed at private facilities such as the one operated by Dr. Henry Morgentaler in Fredericton. This despite the fact that under the Canada Health Act, the decision of which health services to fund is a provincial matter and […]

By Peter J. Smith NAIROBI, Kenya, August 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A majority of Catholics in Kenya now support the use of condoms in this East African country where 1/3 of the population is reportedly Catholic, and 1/5 of citizens are suffering from HIV/AIDS, according to the Nation. A report released by the Steadman Group indicates that Catholics more than any other faith group support the use of condoms for contraception and preventing sexually transmitted diseases, especially HIV/AIDS. According to the Steadman report, more than three quarters of Kenyans support condom use for family planning and prevention against sexually transmitted […]

ANN ARBOR, MI, August 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review its case challenging New York City’s ban on the display of the nativity in its public schools during Christmas. The City policy expressly discriminates against Christians by allowing the menorah to be displayed as a symbol of the Jewish holiday of Chanukah and the star and crescent to be displayed as a symbol of the Islamic holiday of Ramadan, but does not allow a crèche or nativity scene […]

By Hilary White JERUSALEM, August 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jerusalem’s Open House for Pride and Tolerance announced this Sunday it would hold a gay pride parade in Jerusalem. The local homosexual magazine, Gogay, reported that though some members of the organization expressed concerns over possible dangers, the executive decided to go ahead in a 5 to 1 vote. The saga of the Jerusalem Gay Pride event has been playing since the summer of 2005 with religious leaders from all three major faiths of Israel demanding that the ancient city they all hold as holy not be used as a platform […]

By John-Henry Westen   Editor, LifeSiteNews.com This a continued report of the travels and experiences of myself and my wife Dianne on our recent journey to India. See part 1 of this report here: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/aug/06081803.html Our arrival at the Divine Retreat Centre in Muringoor – Potta, Kerala was awe-inspiring. The many buildings and facilities, enough to house and feed tens of thousands at a time, have all been afforded solely by free-will donations.  And that was only the English section. Across the road was another, even larger, centre serving the people in the native tongue of Malayalam. Over 10 million […]

Healing Potential Discovered In Everyday Human Brain Cellshttps://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=49878 Australian PM Howard defends Minister Abbott’s Opposition to Human Cloninghttps://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20197593-601,00.html Catholic-Bashing Plays Are Hothttps://www.catholicleague.org/06press_releases/quarter%203/060818_hot_plays.htm Court declares Oklahoma Ten Commandments display constitutional https://www.alliancedefensefund.org/news/story.aspx?cid=3833 Brazilians Satisfied with Abortion Lawhttps://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/12850 Embryonic Stem Cell Researchers Back Pedaling https://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0041708.cfm Body-part harvesting company ordered to closehttps://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14442630/ Singapore’s PM wants even more babies https://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10397323 Dutch alarm as girls urge each other on to suicide by texthttps://news.monstersandcritics.com/europe/article_1192260.php/Dutch_alarm_as_girls_urge_each_other_on_to_suicide_by_text Guidelines for Political Activities by Churches and Pastorshttps://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WX06H01 Churches Can Do Plenty in Advance of Election Dayhttps://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0041713.cfm AIDS prevention? Simple as ABChttps://www.townhall.com/columnists/KathrynJeanLopez/2006/08/20/aids_prevention_simple_as_abc Texas Church Wins Tussle With Tax-Man, Gets Exempt Status Restoredhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/182006c.asp Today’s […]

By Peter J. Smith MEXICO CITY, August 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mexico’s federal government is forcing the nation’s schools to adopt biology textbooks that includes pornographic sex-education, which has evoked outrage from Mexico’s Catholic Bishops and state governors, who have demanded the government remove the explicit material. “We agree with the necessity of sex education, but pornographic information is something else,” Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez of Guadalajara told the Mexican newspaper Reforma. The cardinal excoriated the federal government for implementing the program, calling the decision “totalitarian” for neglecting to neither consult with the Church nor address the objections of parents […]

No clear reason given for Student Administrative Council reversing agreement to include mild pro-life material

By Peter J. Smith SACRAMENTO, California, August 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – California parents and pro-family groups are imploring Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto a bill designed to indoctrinate California students to accept homosexual behavior and suppress the traditional understanding of family and marriage in public schools. On Monday, the Democrat-controlled State Assembly passed SB 1437, the first in a set of four bills okaying homosexual propaganda indoctrinating schoolchildren and college students to accept transsexuality, transvestitism, bisexuality, and homosexuality, including homosexual “marriage.” The bill intends to revise K-12 and college public education textbooks, instructional materials, and school-sponsored activities to mention these […]

Police refuse to lay charges

"Fundamental Reproductive Right Is the Right to Be Born"

Critic says facts reveal "almost everybody in Canada is safe from AIDS"

By Peter J. Smith LONDON, August 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have asked the human rights group, Amnesty International, to refrain from changing its officially neutral position on abortion, and to recognize the unborn as worthy of attention in their “Protect the Human” campaign. In an August 1 press release, the Catholic Bishops praised the role of Amnesty International for “campaigning for the respect and protection of the human rights of every man, woman, and child”, and mentioned the previous collaborative efforts between Amnesty International and the Catholic Church. “At the heart of Amnesty’s […]

"Canada is becoming a repository for people in homosexual relationships" says REAL women VP

By Hilary White ROME, August 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Jesuit priest-astronomer who vocally opposed the Catholic understanding of God-directed creation, has been removed from his post as head of the Vatican observatory. Fr. George Coyne has been head of the Vatican observatory for 25 years is an expert in astrophysics with an interest in the interstellar medium, stars with extended atmospheres and Seyfert galaxies. He also appointed himself as an expert in evolutionary biology and theology last summer in an article for the UK’s liberal Catholic magazine, The Tablet. Fr. Coyne was writing against Christoph Cardinal Schonborn, a principal […]

Challenge Texas Law Allowing Hospital to make final decision

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, August 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For his pro-life supporter base, President George W. Bush stepped into one of the biggest political landmines of his Presidential career today with his approval of over the counter status for the abortion-causing morning after pill Plan B. A press release by Human Life International underscored the seriousness of the move as it was titled, “President Bush Files for Divorce with Catholic Base.” Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International commented, “President Bush’s implied support for the abortion-causing drug Plan B is completely inconsistent with his recent veto of […]

Canadian Churches Urged to Craft Marriage Policy to Protect Against Prosecution by Homosexual Activistshttps://www.fotf.ca/tfn/marriage/stories/081606.html U.S. Diplomat Urges Release Of Advocate Who Challenged China’s One-Child-Per-Family Policy https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=49517 “I had an abortion,” Ms. Magazine urges its readers to declare. https://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008802 Tory MPs targeted for backing same-sex marriagehttps://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e1080746-23de-453c-97d4-934308e6098a Missouri will appeal a federal court ruling requiring that pregnant inmates be taken to abortion clinics when they request the procedurehttps://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INMATE_ABORTION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT At 3rd Circuit, Topless Bar Topples Lewdness Lawhttps://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1155732412714 Physicians in Clinics With Religious Affiliations Less Likely To Prescribe Abortion Causing Morning After Pill Than Those in Nonreligious-Affiliated Clinicshttps://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-08-15T163134Z_01_KIM558554_RTRUKOC_0_US-RELIGION-TIED-TO-PRESCRIBING-OF-MORNING-A.xml&archived=False Poll finds majority of Americans want […]

Victim status myth said to have been created by AIDS industry

American attorney says charges of robbery against lawyers "beyond belief"

By Peter J. Smith PRETORIA, South Africa, August 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – South Africa’s Constitutional Court has struck down pro-abortion legislation by a majority of 8 to 3, upholding a Doctors for Life’s (DFL) application that South Africa’s Parliament and the Nine Provinces had failed to provide “a meaningful opportunity” for the public to participate in the democratic process in passing these bills. The Court’s decision strikes down the Abortion Amendment Act and the Traditional Health Practitioners Act with a suspending order in place for 18 months. The Constitutional Court agreed with DFL’s submissions that Parliament had been in breach […]

By Peter J. Smith UNITED KINGDOM, August 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prestigious UK researcher says that scientists have made great advancements in treating and curing diseases from stem-cell therapies obtained from umbilical cord blood, a science that he says renders unnecessary any embryonic stem-cell research. In an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews.com, Dr. Peter Hollands, Chief Science Officer of the UK Cord Blood Bank and an early pioneer of (non-human) embryonic stem-cell research, spoke about the great strides being made for patients suffering from cancer and disease through stem-cell therapies using the morally acceptable cord blood. “Cord blood stem cells […]

Part 1: The call and the journey

By Hilary White  KITCHENER, August 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A family and psychological counselling agency in Kitchener Ontario, the Catholic Family Counselling Centre, is going ahead with plans to have former president Bill Clinton speak at a fundraising dinner in November. The Catholic Family Counselling Centre curiously bills itself as a “non-denominational” counselling agencyÂeven thoughÂit was established by the diocese of Hamilton in 1952 and retains the name “Catholic”.  After LifeSiteNews.com reported on the Centre’s plan, some Catholics, including the auxiliary bishop, contacted both the Centre with concerns about Clinton’s appearance. As president of the United States, Bill Clinton twice […]

Government Must Pay $13 Million to Women Who Have Had Abortions

By Peter J. Smith ORLANDO, Florida, August 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The State of Florida has suspended the license of a notorious Florida abortionist for performing illegal late term abortions and ordered two abortion clinics shut down Wednesday. On Wednesday, Florida’s health secretary ordered the suspension of abortionist James Pendergraft after state investigators discovered that Pendergraft performed an abortion on a woman 28 weeks pregnant in July 2005, and gave her controlled substances without a proper license. The state investigation also found that two of Pendergraft’s Orlando abortion clinics were also performing illegal third trimester abortions, and spurred the health […]

Huge profits for pharmaceutical and condom manufacturers, bottomless grants for researchers and NGO's

By Peter J. Smith PRETORIA, South Africa, August 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Calls for amending the South African Constitution to protect traditional marriage were thoroughly rebuffed by the chairman of a parliamentary committee preparing a bill legalizing same-sex “marriage”. Committee chair Patrick Chauke dismissed the appeals of the opposition African Christian Democratic Party to ban same-sex “marriage”, insisting that the government will not deviate from advancing a bill to legalize same-sex “marriage” mandated by the Constitutional Court. “We believe the right thing to do is to amend the Constitution to make it clear that marriage is between a male and […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, August 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent poll indicates that support for traditional marriage and family has surged, with more Americans opposed to same-sex “marriage” and adoptions by homosexuals. However, support for homosexual civil unions, still remains strong among Americans, possibly indicating a lack of political leadership on the matter.  A comparison of two 2006 Pew Research Polls reported by Angus Reid Global Scan indicates that opposition to same-sex “marriage” and gay adoptions increased substantially within the short time from March to July. In July 2006, Pew Research Center for the People and the PressÂconducted […]

By John-Henry Westen MURINGOOR, India, August 17, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Earlier this month LifeSiteNews.com sat down with Sunny Kattukaran, the leader of a pro-life group in India known as Trust God (Pro-Life) Ministry. Firstly, Kattukaran explained the group’s evolution from anti-abortion to pro-life, from a focus on opposing abortion to a focus on promoting openness to God’s gift of life. He explained that even in his own family, that struggle was present. After a few years of marriage he and his wife were blessed with two children. But then, recalls Kattukaran, his wife was pressured by her family not to […]

Par Steve Jalsevac et Hilary White Tout ne va pas très bien avec l’Église Canadienne TORONTO, 2 août 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Le Toronto Star, le quotidien canadien au plus grand tirage, a publié un article daté du 3 août, «Les évêques s’attendent à des remontrances du Pape», qui a reçu une attention internationale. L’article sous-entend que les évêques canadiens sont perçus par le Vatican, sous la papauté de Benoît XVI, comme ayant négligé leur devoir d’évangéliser un Canada de plus en plus paganisé. Les évêques de l’Ontario sont attendus à Rome pour leur visite «ad limina», ces rencontres quinquennales entre […]

US Supreme Court Set to hear Partial-Birth Abortion Arguments November 8https://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=23792 Ave Maria Law School dean fires distinguished professor Dr. Charles Ricehttps://fumare.blogspot.com/2006/08/goodbye-good-man.html Bishop says unborn child forgotten in recent debate about abortion in Argentinahttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7390 Will abortion clinic staffer be charged with homicide for disposing of live infant?https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51549 Archbishop says honesty is necessary in Christian-Muslim dialogue  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7401 Dr. Dobson Calls for Veto of Pro-Gay California Billhttps://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0041664.cfm The Collapse of Marriage and the Rise of Welfare Dependencehttps://www.heritage.org/Research/Welfare/hl959.cfm Church Backs Scotland Yard Enquiry into Gay ‘Hate Crime’ Adverthttps://www.christiantoday.com/news/society/church.backs.scotland.yard.investigation.into.gay.hate.crime.advert/1022.htm Tory MPs targeted for backing same-sex marriagehttps://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=e1080746-23de-453c-97d4-934308e6098a New Skin Test for Alzheimer’s https://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/8/16/85022.shtml?s=he Religion tied […]

Makes doctors liable to criminal prosecution, should they refuse to kill patients in accordance with a "living will"

Abortion, buggery, contraception, divorce, euthanasia, radical feminism, genetic experimentation and mutilation, called seven "sacraments" of party

International AIDS groups flooding Uganda with condoms and pornography causing increase in AIDS

By John-Henry Westen COCHIN, Kerala, India, August 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Antony Thamby Thaikkoottathil, is a very busy priest. In addition to three masters degrees he is finishing off studies in hospital administration. He is the Vice Chancellor of the Cochin Diocese in Kerala, and the Director General of it’s Human Resource Development Centre, and teaches at the local seminary. Fr. Thamby, as he is known, spoke with LifeSiteNews.com earlier this month about the seeming contradiction in India of a seemingly vibrant faith life but at the same time a birth rate which is heading for extinction. “We are […]

By John-Henry Westen VATICAN CITY, August 16, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The full text and audio of the lengthy interview with Pope Benedict XVI and the German media has been released by the Radio Vatican news service. In the interview life and family issues are discussed, but the way in which the Holy Father responded to the leading questions reveals much. The interview comes as a lead up to the Pope’s visit to his homeland of Bavaria which is scheduled to take place between September 9 and 14. One of the questions by German media demonstrated how out of touch with […]

By Peter J. Smith UNITED STATES, August 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scientific researchers are now beginning the tedious task of altering the public’s expectations of the aims of human embryonic stem-cell research, deviating from the primary goals of providing stem-cell therapies to cure diseases. In what amounts to a bait and switch, these researchers, no longer promising immediate theoretical cures for a myriad of diseases desired by a desperate public, are now justifying the research by claiming that human embryonic cells are instead marvelous research tools for investigating the mechanisms of disease rather than actively curing them. According to the […]

By Hilary White  TORONTO, August 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While delegates at this week’s International AIDS Conference in Toronto are being told that the only hope for stopping the AIDS crisis in Africa is more condoms, the National Post reports that abstinence-only education works best to reduce sexual activity in teens and therefore the rate of sexually transmitted disease.  In addition, despite the theories of AIDS activists, the University of Pennsylvania study’s authors found that abstinence-only education also did not seem to affect the rates at which sexually active teenagers use condoms. Speakers at the Toronto conference have emphasized prevention […]

By John Jalsevac Canada, August 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To celebrate communist dictator Fidel Castro’s 80th birthday, this past Sunday the Star newspaper printed a lengthy piece by Alexandre (Sacha) Trudeau, in which the young man lovingly describes the Cuban dictator as a benevolent disciplinarian father figure, calling him “something of a superman.” Castro, writes Trudeau, is “more in the vein of a great adventurer or a great scientific mind.”“He lives to learn and to put his knowledge in the service of the revolution.” He is, Sacha continues with increasingly ornate and passionate rhetoric, “a visionary statesman in a world […]

By Hilary White LONDON, August 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This week, a popular BBC radio announcer told the public that she had entered into a “suicide pact” with friends should she be incapacitated by illness.  Jenni Murray, the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, a feminist and euthanasia advocate, said that she does not want to be “trapped” into caring for her mother who is ill with Parkinson’s disease.  Murray, a member of the Order of the British Empire and a patron of the Family Planning Association, is airing her views tonight on a BBC television program called “Don’t […]

Federal agency determined to derail critics of its 33 year ideological crusade

LifeSiteNews.com News Editor, John-Henry Westen returned a few days ago from speaking engagements in the Indian state of Kerala. This is the first in a series of articles in which he reflects on those experiences. While in Kerala John-Henry spoke to nearly 10,000 people, including state and church dignitaries, about population, life and family issues. By John-Henry Westen KAKKANAD, Kerela, India, August 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic faith in Kerala state in India is alive and well for now, however religious leaders have slowly begun to realize that the situation is soon to deteriorate as the Catholic birth rate […]

By John Jalsevac TORONTO, Canada, August 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is currently playing host to many of the world’s most influential movers and shakers as the world’s largest international AIDS conference gets underway. For the next five days approximately 24,000 delegates, including the “Double-Bill”– Bill Gates and Bill Clinton – will attend numerous seminars and speeches, all in an ostensible attempt to combat what Gates and other conference attendees are calling “public enemy No. 1”—AIDS. The general flavour of the conference, however, was made abundantly clear during Gates’ opening remarks, where the thousands of delegates violently […]

Choice? Whose Choice?https://generationsforlife.org/2006/0809/choice-whose-choice/ Pro-life leader urges Pres. Bush: withdraw FDA nomineehttps://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=45827 Nicaraguan bishops to lead march against abortionhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7361 U.S. Bishops strongly oppose over-the-counter sale of abortion causing drughttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7366 Pope to Dissect Evolution With Former Studentshttps://www.beliefnet.com/story/197/story_19764_1.html Church Backs Scotland Yard Investigation Over Gay Police Adhttps://www.totalcatholic.com/universe/index.php?news_id=1464&start=0&category_id=&parent_id=0&arcyear=&arcmonth= Dominican doctors and the Cardinal in an abortion showdownhttps://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=16368 “My daughter is truly a blessing from God”https://www.catholic.org.sg/cn/wordpress/?p=788 A 360-degree interview with Benedict XVI about the Church, the world and his ministryhttps://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=6948 The Tragedy of Joe Liebermanhttps://www.ncregister.com/articulo4.php?artkod=ODA4 The Mystery of Human Origins: Which theories are compatible with Catholic faith?https://www.ignatiusinsight.com/features2006/mbrumley_origins_aug06.asp Plan B: A Grave Threat to Women’s Healthhttps://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IF06H01&f=FR03G04 […]

By John Jalsevac LINYI, China, August 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A high ranking US official has joined in the efforts of the Bush Administration to convince China to release blind anti-forced-abortion, anti-one-child-policyÂactivist Chen Guangcheng. Chen was formally arrested earlier this year for his public advocacy for local victims of the forced-abortion, one-child policy in the eastern China city of Linyi, although he had already been under house arrest since August 2005. “We believe that there has been a certain violation of normal standards and are urging China to release him from imprisonment,” said USÂAssistant Secretary of State Ellen Sauerbrey, who […]

By Peter J. Smith LONDON, August 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A number of scientists have begun calling for financial compensation for women who donate their eggs in a procedure that pro-life advocates andÂsomeÂleft-wing feminists agree puts women’s lives at risk. Britain’s Times Online reports that a number of scientific researchers advocate the relaxation of government rules prohibiting or restricting compensation for egg donation, saying that women ought to be remunerated for the “risk, time, inconvenience, and discomfort” involved in egg donation. “If it is ethically and legally permissible for women to offer their oocytes [eggs] for stem-cell research, and if […]

By Peter J. Smith   SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, August 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Illinois Board of Elections decided last Friday that Illinoisans will not vote on a non-binding referendum on traditional marriage, since a random sampling of the referendum’s signatures lacked a sufficient percentage of valid signatures. However, supporters of the referendum remain undaunted and are confident that a legal challenge to the state board of elections’ ruling will place the non-binding referendum before voters in November’s general election.   The state board of elections justified its decision to forbid the non-binding referendum “Protect Marriage Illinois” (PMI) from the November […]

By Peter J. Smith JERUSALEM, August 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While northern Israel suffers daily rocket attacks, and Israelis hide in bomb shelters, they can rest easy knowing that against all the odds Jerusalem’s homosexuals still held a silent protest over the lack of “tolerance” for their behavior and for the gay pride parade they never had. According to the Jerusalem Post, about 200Âgay activistsÂgathered for a subdued protest vigil in Jerusalem’s Liberty Bell Park on Thursday evening, after police agreed to allow them to demonstrate in the park. Initially Jerusalem authorities had cancelled even that event, which was to […]

Regarding the state of the world (or what it could be)

By Hilary White August 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A report in the scientific journal, Nature, warns would-be parents that health problems with children conceived artificially in IVF labs could take years to emerge.   Pro-life advocates who have objected to embryonic research have pointed out that the number of ova needed for large-scale stem cell and cloning experiments place women – especially poor women – in danger of economic exploitation. Now Nature is exploring whether the heavy demand for ova in IVF and related industries are not also a threat to women’s health.  Nature reporter Helen Pearson writes that doctors […]

By Hilary White  MILLIKEN, Colorado, August 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A teacher at a small private school in Colorado was fired after she refused to allow a 13-year-old student to leave class during an explicit classroom discussion about sex. Haley Aochi was told she would have to stay for the class even though her parents had requested that she be excused.  Agape Press reports that the school’s physical education teacher, Joel Chase, ignored the parents’ request, and led his class in a discussion of sexual practices including his private views on dating.  Knowledge Quest Academy in Milliken, a small community […]

By Peter J. Smith PHEONIX, Arizona, August 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Arizona Superior Court judge has ruled that a constitutional amendment protecting the traditional definition of marriage and banning marriage-like equivalents does not violate the constitution and may be included on the ballot for Arizona’s general election on November 7. Judge Douglas Rayes of the Maricopa County Superior Court ruled Thursday against the opponents of the “Protect Marriage Arizona” initiative, or Proposition 107, rejecting their arguments that the measure violates a constitutional requirement thatÂsays a constitutional amendment must address onlyÂa single subject. The marriage amendment is structured to define […]

By John Jalsevac BRUSSELS, Belgium, August 11, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Palliative care personnel in Belgium are complaining that a changeover in the pharmaceutical market has rendered them unable to euthanize their patients, Expatica reported on Wednesday. The problem occurred after the U.S. manufacturers of Pentothal, the “euthanasia drug,” transferred their license to another firm. Since then the flow of the drug into Belgium has stopped. According to The Brussels Journal a change-over in the method of packaging the drug is the cause of the sudden lack of supply. Palliative care workers are deeply concerned about the dearth of Pentothal. WithoutÂtheÂdrug […]

Separate church and state "one of the great differences between us and Muslim societies"

Makes no sense since "lower doses of those hormones in contraceptives require a physician's prescription"

California Activist Hopeful Governor Vetoes Pro-Homosexual Education Billshttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/92006a.asp Military Expert Questions West Point’s Reward of Pro-Homosexual Dissenthttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/102006f.asp Teacher Dismissed After Ignoring Opt-Out Request from Parents re explicit classroom discussion about sexhttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/102006d.asp Casinos and Crime: A Sour Bethttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/102006a.asp Nicaraguan bishops to lead march against abortionhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7361 U.S. Bishops strongly oppose over-the-counter sale of abortion causing drughttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7366 The ‘Religious Right’ is Under Attack and One Guy is Fed Up https://www.family.org/cforum/feature/a0041576.cfm An entrepreneurial Texas woman has gone into the business of mail-order designer babies. Where did we go wrong? https://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=341 China denies forced late-term abortions commonhttps://www.todayonline.com/articles/135624.asp Dr. Dobson: What More Can Mel Gibson Do?https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/8/10/204803.shtml?s=ic […]

By Peter J. Smith HIALEAH, Florida, August 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Officials in the Florida city of Hialeah have revoked the occupational status of an abortion clinic that is the subject of a police investigation into the murder of an infant born-alive on the premises. According to the Miami Herald, at Hialeah’s city council meeting Tuesday, city officials revoked A GYN Diagnostic Center’s occupational license, effectively putting an end to the clinic’s operations. However, the clinic pre-empted the city’s move by voluntarily surrendering its operating license to the state’s Agency for Health Care Administration, ending its ability to operate in […]

Funds given in violation of state budget rules but majority court ruling discounted that explicit limitation

By Peter J. Smith LEICESTER, England, August 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British hospital has launched a probe into the death of a British woman, who passed away on Monday from surgical complications resulting from an egg harvesting operation during her in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. The woman apparently suffered massive internal bleeding after the needle used to extract her eggs punctured one of the major arteries around her ovaries. According to The Sun, a British news journal, a spokesman for the Leicester Royal Infirmary confirmed: “A woman patient died on the gynecology ward after undergoing IVF in the Assisted […]

By Susan Yoshihara PhD NEW YORK, August 10, 2006 (C-FAM/LifeSiteNews.com) – United Nations delegates will assemble in New York on Monday to finalize a new human rights treaty. The International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be “hard” international law, joining other human rights instruments which are binding on the countries that ratify them. Most documents negotiated at the UN are non-binding. Treaties, such as this one, require governments to change their domestic laws based on the treaty. Conservative legal experts have complained that the draft text contains ambiguous and undefined language—such as “reproductive health,” the right […]

By John Jalsevac SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, August 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Children who belong to polygamous communities are set to rally in support of the polygamous lifestyle next week in Salt Lake City, reports UPI. According to organizers of what is the first such event, anywhere from between 100 to 300 participants are expected to take part in the rally. Given theÂpresent illegal nature of polygamy, participants will only share their first names.   The “Youth and Family” rally is schedule for Aug. 19, and according to Mary Batchelor, one of the organizers, will “bring the communities together in […]

By Peter J. Smith NEW DEHLI, August 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Police in India’s northern state of Punjab, recently busted a husband and wife’s illegal abortion business that was selectively aborting girls, a practice that is forbidden by Indian law. The discovery has generated outrage from India’s Catholic Bishops, who have re-affirmed the Church’s defense of life and women in a state where family planning practices have made girls unwanted and boys preferred. According to the Associated Press, a former Indian soldier, Pritam Singh, pretended to be a doctor and was assisted by his wife in setting up a sham […]

By Terry Vanderheyden NORWICH,  GREAT YARMOUTH, UK, August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK schoolgirls are being handed the morning-after pill in an effort to reduce teen pregnancy rates in a region with one of the highest in Western Europe.   According to a Norwich Evening News report, two schools in Norwich and five in Great Yarmouth have begun distribution of the abortifacients to girls below the age of consent, which is 16 years of age in Great Britain.   The schools’ on-site permanent sexual health clinics, which employ so-called family planning workers, are possible because of tax funding through the […]

By Terry Vanderheyden   LONDON, August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK scientists are calling for a ban on some forms of experimentation, including the creation of animal-human hybrid “chimeras”.   The Scottish Council on Human Bioethics called for a ban on the grisly “science” in a report released Tuesday. According to the scotsman.com,  council director Dr. Calum MacKellar said that “Most people are not aware that these kinds of experiments have been taking place in the UK and find it deeply offensive.” “The fertilisation of animal eggs with human sperm should not continue to be legal in the UK for […]

Emphasize that fall vote to re-open marriage debate must be won and can be won

By Peter J. Smith JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Missouri’s secretary of state has certified a ballot initiative to amend the state’s constitution to shield federally funded stem cell research from pro-life legislation forbidding embryonic research or therapeutic human cloning. The Stem Cell Initiative will be listed as Amendment 2 on the ballot for November, and will see a fierce battle between opponents and advocates of stem cell research, the latter who are doggedly intent on making a ban on embryonic stem-cell research impossible in Missouri. Many opponents believe the battle will hinge on whether Missourians believe […]

Critic says of von Hagen, ``There's a darkness to this man, an infatuation with death that goes beyond scientific curiosity,"

By Terry Vanderheyden JERUSALEM, August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An “anti-homophobia” rally intended to replace the World Pride Parade that had been originally scheduled for today in Jerusalem has also been cancelled by police. Although World Pride organizers chose Jerusalem as the city to hold the large homosexual event, including the Pride Parade, the larger Parade event was forced to fold in part because of public opposition to the event, and in part because of the recent military action in the region. Organizers however, chose to schedule an alternate event, a “Protest Against Hatred”, at the same time on the […]

By Hilary White   NEW DEHLI, August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The high court of India ruled on Friday that police do not have to have a court order to arrest Christian ministers accused of encouraging religious conversions.   The Times of India reports that the court ruled that police do not need a prior sanction from a court or any other authority before issuing a FIR (First Information Report) and arresting clergy members or anyone accused of attempting to gain converts to their faith.  The ruling follows the recent statements from high-level Catholic prelates, including Pope Benedict XVI that […]

By Terry Vanderheyden CANBERRA, August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Australia’s parliament has decided to retain a country-wide ban on human cloning for the purposes of embryonic stem cell research. “It was after very careful consideration that the government announced it was not disposed to make any changes to the existing national legislative framework for research involving human embryos,” said Science Minister Julie Bishop, according to The Age. Protest from backbench members has compelled Prime Minister John Howard to plan a special party room debate on the issue in the coming weeks. Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott warned last week that […]

By Hilary White  LANCASTER, August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Leslie Burke, a 46 year-old Lancaster man suffering from a degenerative neurological disease, has no reason to fear that he will be dehydrated to death when his illness renders him unable to speak. The court has rejected Burke’s attempt to ensure that he will not be dehydrated or starved to death in the final stages of his ultimately fatal illness. This in spite of the growing number of instances of death by dehydration in Britain and abroad – most notably the […]

Charlottesville, VA, August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following intervention by Liberty Counsel, students in the Albemarle County Public Schools will now be able to distribute information announcing Bible clubs, church activities and other after-school religious events. Last week, twins Gabriel and Joshua Rakoski requested permission from their teacher at Hollymead Elementary to distribute flyers announcing a church-sponsored Vacation Bible School scheduled to begin on August 7th. Their teacher refused permission and required the twins to put the flyers back in their book bags. Their father, Ray Rakoski, contacted the school and was referred to the District’s literature policy, which prohibits […]

By Peter J. Smith CALGARY, Alberta, August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the first time in Alberta, Canada, a University of Calgary scientist will begin destructive experiments on human embryos in order to procure their stem cells for scientific research, according to the Calgary Herald. The research, however, is only part of a greater undertaking led by the University of British Columbia and the University of Toronto that seeks to experiment on “fresh” human embryos, that is, embryos that are not “leftover” and frozen, but directly donated from in vitro fertility (IVF) clinics. Dr. Derrick Rancourt, an associate University of […]

By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., August 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After three years of wrangling between the Food and Drug Administration and Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. it appears that the drug company is suddenly on the brink of finally getting what it wants—over-the-counter access to the abortifacient Plan B or “morning after” pill. The most recent development in the three-year-long battle indicates that Plan B could very wellÂbe available over-the-counter within a matter of mere weeks. Early last week it was reported that the FDA contacted Barr Laboratories Inc., the manufacturer of the “emergency contraceptive” Plan B, indicating that it wanted […]

Analysis

By Peter J. Smith August 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A growing push has arisen from the medical community to increase the number of available human transplant organs by removing organs from non-brain-dead organ donors who experience “cardiac death,” or 5 minutes of cardiac arrest. A recent article in the New Scientist, entitled “Not brain-dead, but ripe for transplant,” once again brings the contentious procedure, which was reported on by LifeSiteNews.com in June of this year, back into the limelight. The procedure, known as “donation after cardiac death” (DCD) or non-heart beating organ donation (NHBD) gained notoriety earlier this year in […]

Senate Sends Five Judicial Nominees Back to the President https://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0041556.cfm Doe v. Bolton Appeal Filed with Supreme Courthttps://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0041547.cfm Santorum’s Surrender?https://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/72006jm.asp Former HQ for abortion business had blood on walls ‘floor to ceiling’ https://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=51436 The Lord Giveth, The Lord Taketh Away – Paul Weyrichhttps://www.freecongress.org/commentaries/2006/060807.asp Need for more children and a better family life, says Indian Cardinalhttps://www.asianews.it/view.php?l=en&art=6910 ‘Civil Union’ Legal Morass Expected to Climb to Supreme Courthttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/72006a.asp New Hampshire Democrats lambaste Clintonhttps://news.bostonherald.com/columnists/view.bg?articleid=151737&format=text 48 percent of all cohabitations end within three years, rather than 12 percent of marriages in same time span First Things, Aug. 8https://www.firstthings.com/ Abortifacients: Like Picking Up Aspirinhttps://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16360 Weird Science: […]

By Hilary White SAN ANTONIO, August 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The day many ethicists have long feared and predicted has arrived as a US “embryo bank” has begun to create and sell embryos with specific genetic characteristics, matching them to clients’ preferences.  Many ethicists have long complained that the use of IVF technology with preimplantation genetic diagnosis, combined with recent breakthroughs in understanding of human genetics, will lead to a nightmare “Brave New World” in which babies are made to order in labs and sold as commodities.  The Daily Mail reports that made-to-order embryos are being offered, at a cost […]

By Hilary White   LONDON, August 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The ancient quest of fashionable women to stave off the effects of age has always left them open to the claims of swindlers. The latest edition of the snake oil chronicles, according to the UK’s Daily Mail, has a more “scientific” cachet and involves injecting stem cells gleaned from aborted babies as well as umbilical cord blood directly into the skin.   Scores of British women are opting for a procedure that stem cell experts are condemning as charlatanry. A private British clinic makes arrangements for well-to-do English women to […]

Archbishop Niederauer approves "remote cooperation" with evil

By John Jalsevac NORFOLK, U.K., August 8, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the same time that the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is being investigated for allegedly starving and dehydrating a woman to death in 2003, the wife of a former patient treated on the same ward is calling for another investigation into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of her husband.   Kate Speed claims that although her husband’s death certificate states that he died from pneumonia, that in fact he died because of a hospital-ordered dehydration, an ultimately fatal measure that neither she nor her husband approved. “The whole […]

Mel Gibson and politics of bigotryhttps://www.townhall.com/Columnists/BrentBozellIII/2006/08/04/mel_gibson_and_politics_of_bigotry The Great Stem Cell Coverup – Promising medical research you never hear about – Wesley J. Smith https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/519gzqaa.asp Gender difference, not gay marriage, at center of family fight – Michael Medvedhttps://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2006/08/02/gender_difference,_not_gay_marriage,_at_center_of_family_fight Knights of Columbus pledge to fight for marriage, life, ‘under God’https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=7324 Sen. Brownback: ACLU—Not Taxpayers—Should Foot the Bill for Church-State Lawsuitshttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/32006a.asp The Immoral Intentionality of ‘Teen’ Movieshttps://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/afa/42006c.asp Professor Ratzinger goes back to school. After Islam last year, Darwin topic this yearhttps://www.chiesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=75381&eng=y No better place for Maurice Strong to hide from American justice than Chinahttps://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/cover080206.htm ACLU Accused of Profiting at Taxpayer Expensehttps://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200608/CUL20060804a.html Is conservatism […]

By Steve Jalsevac July 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his July 2006 Interim newspaper article, “How to Chip away at abortion”, Interim editor Paul Tuns explains at length the logic and crucial continuing need of what are now called pro-life incremental strategies and which are often misunderstood by pro-life North Americans. Tuns presents these step-by-step law changes, such as banning partial-birth abortions and requiring parental consent for abortion of a minor, as being “incremental” tactics necessary for paving the way for an eventual prohibition of all abortions. The United States pro-life movement has successfully fought for a series of these […]

By Peter J. Smith ROME, August 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Vatican Cardinal has called for the pop-singer Madonna to be formally excommunicated, calling her plan to perform a blasphemous mock crucifixion in the Eternal City an “open act of hostility.” “This concert is a blasphemous challenge to the faith and a profanation of the cross. She should be excommunicated,” said Cardinal Tonino, whose statements the Daily Mail says were approved by Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal Ersilio Tonino called for Madonna’s excommunication after find out that during her routine she appears crucified, descending from a suspended mirrored cross. The “Confessions […]

By Peter J. Smith MELBOURNE, Australia, August 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prominent senior official of Australia’s largest trade union has denounced attempts to legalize human cloning for embryonic stem-cell research and compared the practice to human experiments made by Germany’s Nazi doctors, reports the Australian. “Therapeutic cloning is the creation of human life for the express purpose of destroying it so you can obtain the stem cells and do research,” stated Joe de Bruyn, the Shop Distributive and Allied Employees Union secretary. De Bruyn told the Australian, “That’s no different to what Hitler’s doctors used to do during the […]

By Hilary White LONDON, August 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers at the University College Hospital London have applied for permission to begin using pre-implantation diagnosis (PGD) to screen IVF embryos for possible autism, even though there is no reliable test for the condition. Opting for what one commentator called a “close enough solution,” the reasoning goes that since 90% of autism sufferers are males, the answer is to allow only embryonic girls to be implanted in families with a medical history of autism. This, they say, will allow families with autistic children “to have a daughter free from the condition.” […]

By Peter J. Smith DUBLIN, August 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A court hearing has been set for two Irish women who are attempting to force the Irish government to recognize their Canadian same-sex “marriage”. The Irish case comes on the heels of a UK High Court decision that denied a similar petition to a British couple. Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan, both homosexual activists, used Canada’s same-sex “marriage” laws in order to “marry” on September 13, 2003. Dr. Zappone is a public policy research consultant and member of the Human Rights Commission, while her partner Dr. Gilligan lectures at […]

By Hilary White BEIJING, August 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Associated Press reports that an official with the Chinese communist government’s one child family planning department said that it will still punish selective abortion of girls, even though the legislature decided in June not to make sex-selective abortion a crime. The Associated Press reports that Zhang Weiqing, an official with the State Commission for Population and Family Planning, said the government would continue to prosecute institutions and individuals involved in illegal sex-selective abortions. The Chinese government has at least officially acknowledged sex-selection as one of the problems caused by their […]

"Unfounded notions like 'boys need to practice pursuing and killing prey, while girls need to practice taking care of babies' has no place in our classrooms": ACLU Executive Director

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., August 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As of press time, leading US Senate Democrats are continuing to block the Child Custody Protection Act (CCPA) from moving to negotiations with the US House of Representatives.ÂThe procedural tactic threatens to kill the bill which makes illegal the transportation of underage girls across state lines to obtain abortions in order toÂcircumvent parental notification laws in the girls’ home states. Since the House and the Senate passed slightly different versions of the CCPA, a conference committee of Senate and House delegates must hammer out any differences in order to […]

Bill prohibits prescribing controlled substances for assisted suicide

LifeSiteNews documents reasons why scolding would be hoped for by faithful Catholics

By Terry Vanderheyden CHRISTCHURCH, August 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New Zealand family group is alarmed to learn that the New Zealand government has budgeted $500,000 per year to fund what the group calls the “eugenic” practice of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD). PGD involves allowing newly created in vitro embryos to grow to a certain stage, and then removing one of their cells and examining it for genetic “flaws” that might lead to illnesses or imperfections such as cystic fibrosis or Down’s syndrome. “PGD is about eugenics, pure and simple” said Family Life International media spokesperson, Brendan Malone. “This process […]

By Terry Vanderheyden LONDON, August 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK bishop has warned that unless Amnesty International changes its pro-abortion tune, there will be a wholesale defection of Catholic members, who would not be able to remain members in good conscience. Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales’ spokesman Bishop Michael Evans told Vatican radio today that the values that underlie the human rights organization, founded by a Catholic in 1961, would be undermined if it goes in the direction some members are clamouring for. “This move gradually towards adopting a right of abortion as a fundamental human right […]

By Terry Vanderheyden UNITED NATIONS, August 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com/C-FAM) – The United Nations has rejected the applications for official status of three homosexual Non-Governmental Organizations, despite heavy pressure from an international coalition of homosexual activist groups. As reported by the Catholic Family & Human Rights Institute (C-FAM) today, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) rejected the applications for official UN consultative status from the Danish National Association for Gays and Lesbians, the Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany and the International Gay and Lesbian Association – Europe. Late last month the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission submitted […]

By Hilary White ABERDEEN, North Dakota, August 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The DakotaÂVoice yesterday told the story ofÂSouth Dakotan mother Megan Barnett of Aberdeen whoseÂdaughter was conceived when she was raped at 19. Megan, a believing Catholic, says that after the attack she was offered “emergency contraception,” an abortifacient drug, by emergency room attendants. She refused the drugÂsaying that it would be wrong to kill her child even at the embryonic stage. “When I felt the baby, it really became real for me,” she told the Voice. “I hadn’t given it [abortion] much thought before this happened,” Megan said. “I grew […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., August 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Legion, the United States’ largest veterans organization, testified at a Senate hearing urging the passage of S. 3696, “Veterans’ Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006.” The bill seeks to remove from judges the power to award taxpayer-paid attorney fees to the ACLU or other similar organizations in lawsuits brought against veterans memorials, the Boy Scouts, or the public display of the Ten Commandments or other symbols of American history and religious heritage.  A number of such cases have […]

By Hilary White DENVER, August 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Colorado and Nevada are preparing for statewide votes on legalizing “recreational” use of marijuana, with pot advocates lobbying heavily for the legalization of the possession of small amounts ofÂthe drug. Both states are expecting ballot measures in the November elections that propose to legalize the use of one ounce or less of marijuana for those over 21. The lobby group, Safer Alternatives for Enjoyable Recreation, argues that alcohol is more toxic and produces more dangerous behavior when abused. Instead of lobbying against alcohol use, the group, (SAFER), says that since use […]

Claims pedophilic sex is a sacred ritual protected under freedom of religion

By Terry Vanderheyden OTTAWA, August 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new report released Monday by Statistics Canada has revealed that Canada’s birth rate has continued to decline to a new record low of 10.5 live births for every 1,000 population in 2004 – down from 10.6 in 2003. StatsCan also revealed that the average age of women giving birth has increased from 29.6 in 2003 to 29.7 years in 2004. StatsCan noted as “particularly striking” the change in average age of mothers between 1979 and 2004. In one generation, only half as many women were mothers by age 24, at […]

Cloning/Embryo research a slippery slope that will only lead to more and more sordid human experimentation

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., August 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Bush’s nomination of Acting Commissioner Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach to head the federal Food and Drug Administration has drawn the ire of both pro-lifers and pro-abortion supporters, especially regarding the acting FDA head’s proposal for permitting the over-the-counter sale of the abortifacient “emergency contraceptive,” known as Plan B. Last Monday, von Eschenbach revealed that the FDA was recommencing negotiations with Barr Laboratories, Plan-B’s manufacturer, over renewing their application for selling the drug without a prescription to adult women, provided the company had a plan to restrict minors […]

Says 20th week pregnancy too advanced for abortion permitted by Supreme Court

By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, August 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is targeting Mongolia – the most sparsely populated country in Asia at 2.5 million – with a contraception campaign, a campaign which is being described by one writer as little less than genocide. Human Events writer and vice president for Communications at the Population Research Institute Joseph D’Agostino calls the UNFPA blitz in Mongolia, which has a dramatically falling birth rate, now at only 2.3 children per woman, as a “kinder, gentler genocide,” comparing it to the one-child war being waged by UNFPA in neighbouring […]

By Hilary White and John Jalsevac LANSING, MI,ÂAugust 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a July 26 column that reads almost like a parody of the slogans of the abortion movement, a sophomore at Michigan State University has declared that the unborn child is a parasite, similar to a tapeworm that should be “annihilated.”  Writing for The State News, the campus paper of Michigan State University, one of theÂlargest universities in the U.S., Shane Krouse writes, “The fetus is merely a wad of cells. A mere wad of cells doesn’t equate to a fully functioning, living human being. A wad of […]

By Terry Vanderheyden BEVERLY HILLS, August 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ms. magazine has initiated an on-line and print campaign inviting women to celebrate the murder of their unborn children by surgical abortion. The campaign is a protest against the South Dakota abortion ban. “I Had an Abortion” is the headline now appearing on Ms. magazine’s web site. Abortion activism is nothing new to the magazine: “I Had an Abortion” was also the headline for a petition that appeared in the 1972 debut edition, when 53 women admitted that they had procured abortions, “despite state laws redering (sic) the procedure illegal,” […]

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a time when bombs are exploding in Israel and the nation is at war, the last thing it needs is an assault on its very heart and soul, but that is about to happen, says Faith and Action, a Christian mission to government officials in Washington, DC. This Saturday, August 6, Jerusalem will become the site of the largest gathering of homosexual activists ever in that part of the world. Faith and Action has launched an Internet petition drive to support Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski’s opposition to the homosexual extravaganza slated to take […]

By Peter J. Smith SAN DIEGO, August 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Senate voted yesterday in unanimous consent to transfer the Mt. Soledad Cross out of the hands of the city of San Diego in order to preserve the war memorial from court ordered destruction. The bill already passed 349-74 in the House on July 19. “The Mount Soledad cross has been a great source of hope and inspiration for decades, and it has important historical significance to veterans and San Diegans alike,” said Sen. Feinstein, who joined Sen. Boxer in supporting legislation to save the cross.  The […]

By Peter J. Smith HANGZHOU, China, August 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hundreds of Chinese Police clashed with Christians who wereÂdesperately trying to save their church from destruction in one of the largest confrontations between Chinese Christians and police in recent years. According to the Information Center for Human Rights and Democratic Movement in China (ICHRDMC), on the afternoon ofÂJuly 29Âsome 3000 Christians rushed to protect their forbidden “house church,” after having learned that 500 police were en route to demolish the church. In the ensuing violence, police beat back the protestors from the church, injuring 20 and arresting 50, including […]

"This is not primarily a religious issue, it is a human issue": Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor

By Hilary White LONDON, August 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a move that may be called a redundancy by some, British schools have been told by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) that they will no longer have to teach children right from wrong as a “core value” of the curriculum.  In a letter to former education secretary Ruth Kelly, the QCA said the National Curriculum say the schools should teach “secure values” instead of right and wrong. The current wording of the Curriculum’s Core Values, states, “The school curriculum should pass on enduring values. It should develop principles for […]

By Hilary White SAN FRANCISCO, August 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has lent his support for public funding to use live human embryos for experimental research in a speech today in California. Blair met with biotech executives today in San Francisco and said that it was “essential” to expand the industry. “This is an area that I think is of fundamental importance for my country and its economic development in the future,” Blair said. Britain is known to have one of the loosest legislative situations with regard to the creation and use of human embryos. Recent […]

Inside source alleges Gibson was on the verge of suicide when arrested for DUI

By Terry Vanderheyden LAS VEGAS, July 31, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An unfortunate toddler is the object of a legal battle with five adults vying for his custody: the homosexual father who paid a surrogate mother $23,000 to impregnate herself with his sperm, the homosexual’s sister, the biologicalÂmother, and the boy’s current foster parents. Baby X, as identified by court documents, is currently in the care of foster parents who want legal custody of the child, after the surrogate mother, Rachel Sullivan, found it too taxing to care for him, reported the Globe and Mail on July 21 in a lengthy […]

By Gudrun Schultz BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August 1, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Argentinean Catholic University has stepped forward in an attempt to save the life of an unborn child threatened with abortion, Catholic News Agency reported today, following coverage by the AICA news agency. AICA news reported that the Catholic University of La Plata has offered to take full responsibility for the baby of a handicapped woman whose parents want her to abort the child. University rector Ricardo De la Torre wrote to the Supreme Court of Buenos Aires province, offering “to help the young woman in all her needs […]

Legislation Not "Keeping Up" with Courts when it comes to Legalizing Euthanasia: Justice Department