Articles for Month: October 2006

Severely brain-injured patients should be declared "dead," some say

SHUANGHOU, Shnagdong, China, October 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Yuan Weijing, the wife of blind activist Chen Guangcheng, was stopped and detained by police in Linyi City, Shandong Province, on October 3 where she and her daughter were in transit on the way to her parents’ home for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Sources in China told HRIC that Yuan Weijing left her house at 7am on October 3 with her one-year-old daughter. Shortly after leaving her home, Yuan was followed by five or six individuals. At approximately 9am, they arrived in Linyi City and […]

Studies have consistently found MAP has not led to lower abortion rates

By Hilary White LONDON, October 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a new twist on an old feminist cliché, leaders in the Church of England have told their parishioners not to use the male pronoun for God because doing so encourages wife-beating. The Daily Mail reported Monday that a report and guidelines issued by the Church of England says that conceiving of God as masculine tends to “reinforce abuse” of women by their husbands. The Christian understanding of God as Father and Lord, held by all Christians until the beginning of the incursions of feminist thought, the report called “misguided” and […]

By Gudrun Schultz BEVERLY HILLS, California, October 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ms. Magazine, published by the Feminist Majority Foundation, has responded to the increasingly public expression of pain and disillusionment from women who have undergone abortions with the collection and publication of the signatures of women who say they do not regret aborting their child. Due to be released October 10, the cover story on the upcoming issue of Ms. is titled “We Had Abortions,” the Associated Press reported, accompanied with a list of the names of over 5,000 women who signed an online petition announcing their past abortions and […]

by Hilary White KAMPALA, October 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com, with files from New Vision) – The wife of the Ugandan president, Janet Museveni, has congratulated over 13,000 students for embracing chastity at a Kampala rally sponsored by the government as part of its AIDS prevention program. Mrs. Museveni chastised the international movement to flood the African nations with condoms and encourage young people to have sex outside of marriage. “We are not against condoms but this is not a message for the young children. As a mother, I cannot advise my child to use condoms,” she said. Museveni said, “Parents agree […]

By Hilary White OTTAWA, October 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Harper government has vowed to protect the rights of religious people in Canada in the face of anti-Christian insults and attacks on religious freedom by Liberal opposition interim leader Bill Graham. Yesterday, LifeSiteNews.com reported that Graham had chastised the government for appointing Darrel Reid, a former head of the Christian organization, Focus on the Family, as Chief of Staff to Environment Minister Rona Ambrose, calling the appointment an “affront to our democracy.” Prime Minister Stephen Harper today responded that while the government and the Conservative Party “defend the equality rights […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, October 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – IfÂthe current attempt toÂrestore the traditional definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman fails, the Conservative Government will propose legal protections for those who oppose homosexual ‘marriage’, according to what a government source revealed to the Globe and Mail. The Globe reported today that a source within the Government has revealed that should the homosexual ‘marriage’ law stand, the government is planning a “Defence of Religions Act” to allow religious and conscientious objection to homosexuality and homosexual ‘marriage’. In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com, the press secretary […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, October 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the fall meeting of the United Stated Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), which will take place November 13-16, the Bishops will be asked to give final approval to a document on contraception. A media advisory from the USCCB notes that the bishops will vote on approval of “a document from the Pro-Life Committee offering pastoral guidance on the Church’s teaching concerning contraception, linked with a culture of life.” The issue of contraception has launched back onto the public scene in recent months with the attempt of pro-abortion forces to drive […]

By John-Henry Westen and Steve Jalsevac OTTAWA, October 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The passage of Peter Naglik as the result of a 2:30 a.m. car accident in Ottawa on Sept. 29 has left family and numerous friends saddened at the sudden loss of this exceptionally well-liked and gifted individual.   Peter’s obituary notice in the OttawaÂCitizen stated he“was dedicated to public service and was well known at Queen’s Park and on Parliament Hill. He was a consummate professional, known as a gifted writer with a penetrating mind. Peter was also a loyal friend, always available with wise advice or a […]