Articles for Month: February 2007

Pro-Life Billboard in Florida Vandalized  https://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070226/NEWS0115/70226040   Euthanasia remains illegal in Czech Republic  https://www.praguemonitor.com/en/32/czech_national_news/2057/   New York Court says Girl, 7, can sue city over prenatal injuries  https://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/501161p-422561c.html   Federal Reserve Chair Warns on Aging Population (Should anyone be surprised?)  https://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=businessNews&storyid=2007-02-28T150535Z_01_WAT007050_RTRUKOC_0_US-USA-FED-BERNANKE.xml&src=rss&rpc=23   Miracle baby comes back from the dead  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=438900&in_page_id=1774&ico=Homepage&icl=TabModule&icc=picbox&ct=5   Whiffs of Christian Persecution Brewing  https://www.spiritdaily.com/whiffpersecution.htm   Cardinal Egan Locks up priests church  https://www.nypost.com/seven/02272007/news/regionalnews/cardinal_sin_regionalnews_dan_mangan.htm   San Diego diocese declares bankruptcy  https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=49544   Former homosexual attributes healing to prayer   https://cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=49495       Utah case exemplifies judicial contempt for biological parents  https://www.standard.net/live/opinion/topofutahvoices/98717/   German Brother, Sister Who’ve Had 4 Children Together […]

Arguments called contradictory - should oppose abortion for same reason he opposes euthanasia

By Hilary White   ENGLEWOOD, February 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Health officials in New Jersey have shut down one of the State’s largest late term abortion facilities due to health and safety violations that constituted “deficient care”. The Metropolitan Medical Associates Englewood facility was licensed to commit abortions up to 24 weeks gestation.   The violations posed an “immediate and serious risk of harm to patients.” The facility will be given the opportunity to dispute the health department’s findings before a complete list of violations is published.   The Record reports that the health order cited problems “including but not […]

MANASSAS, VA, February 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Campus performances of the morally offensive Vagina Monologues continued their steady decline this year, the result of a six-year campaign by the Cardinal Newman Society (CNS).  The number of Catholic campus performances and readings of the play dropped to 21 this year, from a high of 32 in 2003.    Most significantly, at the University of Notre Dame a planned performance was pushed off campus because no academic department would support the event. For the past five years the Monologues has been performed at Notre Dame despite annual scolding from Bishop John […]

by John-Henry Westen   ARLINGTON, VA, February 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Civil Liberties Union, which regularly defends pornographers in court cases, is coming under scrutiny after a former chapter president of the organization has been arrested on child porn charges.   Charles Rust-Tierney, 51, the former president of the Virginia chapter of the ACLU, was arrested late last week by federal authorities and charged with receipt and possession of child pornography in violation of federal law. The criminal complaint by the U.S. Attorney’s Office indicates that, over a number of years, Rust-Tierney frequented a web site containing graphic […]

By John-Henry Westen   DETROIT, February 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic University of Detroit Mercy  (UDM) held an event for student Monday called “Sexapalooza”.  The University which LifeSiteNews.com pointed out last week is directing its students to employment opportunities at the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood, invited all students to join in “the 2nd annual Sexapalooza” billing it as “a free festival promoting abstinence and safe sex.”   An advertisement for the event was posted prior to the event on the University website which read: “Come with an open mind and ready to experience:   Sex trivia  STD/relationship/safe […]

US "First Amendment First" Campaign Targets Churches, Religious Groups

Parents of the world group calls German gov't actions "an attack on all parents of the world and all religions"

Changes mission of magazine to help those who want to leave life of homosexuality

StandUpGirls: ‘You’re not alone’ – Counselors have message for the young and pregnant  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54453   What Happened to Rick Santorum?   https://www.newoxfordreview.org/note.jsp?did=0107-notes-santorum   Mrs. Clinton seems less inevitable after this week.  https://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110009700   House Considers Lobbying-Reform Bill that does not contain grassroots-limiting provision  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004007.cfm   New Hampshire and Michigan are working on legislation to make gay adoption legal  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004006.cfm   HPV infections seen in over quarter of U.S. women  https://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyid=2007-02-27T213209Z_01_N27380525_RTRUKOC_0_US-HPV-WOMEN.xml&src=rss&rpc=22   Reconvert Europe to Christianity  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54441   You Can Spit on God, But Don’t You Dare Affirm Him   https://www.newoxfordreview.org/article.jsp?did=0207-laplante   Unlike NBC, CBS and ABC Express Skepticism Over ‘Jesus […]

By Hilary White LOS ANGELES, February 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – March 1-4, the Los Angeles Catholic archdiocese is hosting its annual Religious Education Congress, the largest such event in the US and one that has for years drawn criticism from Catholics around the world.   Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the weekend Congress is regularly picketed by Catholics concerned that the Congress draws heavily for speakers from the ranks of well-known dissenters from Catholic teaching, especially on matters of sexual morality.   As many as 10,000 young people are expected to attend this year’s Congress. In 2006, the […]

By Peter J. Smith   KANSAS CITY, Missouri, February 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Bishop Robert Finn has launched a crusade to fight what he says may be the fastest growing addiction in the world, dedicating the resources of his diocese to fight “the real and growing problem of pornography.”   In a pastoral letter entitled “Blessed Are the Pure in Heart” released Ash Wednesday, the bishop asked Catholics to focus on “the dignity of our human sexuality, and the beauty of God’s call to live in purity and chastity” especially since today pornography is so prevalent in society. The […]

By John-Henry Westen   BELFAST, Northern Ireland, February 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A conference on ‘Protecting Children Online’ which took place in Belfast in November 2005 was initially billed as an event sponsored by the European Union and the Virtual Global Taskforce, an organization made up of law enforcement agencies from around the world.  With the backing of the EU and international law enforcement, Belfast governmental authorities were pleased to host the conference and provide a civic reception.   However once it was revealed that the conference permitted the participation of the hard core porn industry, local government officials were […]

By Meg Jalsevac   ROME, February 27, 2007 – Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi has announced that legislation to officially recognize homosexual civil unions in Italy has been thrown out, in his final attempt to maintain the integrity of his coalition and political position.    Prodi attempted to step down from his position as Prime Minister last week after his coalition lost a key Senate vote regarding Italian foreign policy.  The extreme division in the Italian government was apparent as two of his own coalition members abstained from the vote and tipped the scale away from Prodi’s favor.    After […]

By Meg Jalsevac   MANILA, February 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Accompanied by several political figures and representatives from various academic organizations, over 10,000 youth attended a rally organized by the Philippine pro-life group, Youth for Life.  The purpose of the rally was to publicly proclaim the young people’s respect for the dignity and value of the gift of life and to condemn abuses of life through abortion, drugs and alcohol.    The rally was led by Ali Atienza, chairman of Manila’s Inner-City Development.  He addressed the attendees saying, “Poor governance causes poverty. Good government is Pro-Life.”   Youth for Life is […]

Want provincial ministry of education to exert "more control" over curriculum and staff hiring

Rural boys age 13-14 are most likely to access pornography, report says

One week before issuing letter he attended same-sex "marriage" of his sister

Caves in after open letter from small group of 45 scientists, ethicists and politicians

Current system penalizes families who decide to give the best care to their children

COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Teens who start having sex significantly earlier than their peers also show higher rates of delinquency in later years, new research shows. A national study of more than 7,000 youth found that adolescents who had sex early showed a 20 percent increase in delinquent acts one year later compared to those whose first sexual experience occurred at the average age for their school.   In contrast, those teens who waited longer than average to have sex had delinquency rates 50 percent lower a year later compared to average teens. And those trends continued […]

Paul Weyrich: ‘Anxiety’ for GOP Over 2008  https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/2/26/102418.shtml?s=ic   Euthanasia backers searching for sick advocates, Italian activist charges  https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=49499   Apple CEO Jobs attacks teacher unions  https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/4560691.html   Vaccine mandate explains our out-of-control health system  – By Star Parker  https://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2007/02/26/vaccine_mandate_explains_our_out-of-control_health_system   Power: Gore Mansion uses 20X average household; consumption increase after ‘Truth’  https://drudgereport.com/flash.htm   Wall Street Turns Bearish on Global Warming Stocks as Hysterical Bubble Peaks  https://newsbusters.org/node/11068   Court won’t review 200-year child porn sentence  https://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN3034892420070226   CWA Releases Report on Feds’ Failed Obscenity Enforcement  https://www.cwfa.org/articles/12412/MEDIA/misc/index.htm   Budgeting Wars Part II: Feds Fail at Obscenity Enforcement  https://www.cwfa.org/articles/12411/LEGAL/pornography/index.htm   Winning Muslim […]

Wesley J. Smith warns bill could threaten lives of vulnerable elderly and ill patients in nursing homes and hospice care

By Gudrun Schultz   STOCKHOLM, Sweden, February 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Key Christian leaders in Sweden have warned the government that they will encourage voters to withdraw support from the Christian Democrat party in the next election, if a proposal to allow foreign women access to abortion centers in Sweden is passed into law.   Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Mr. Göran Hägglund, announced the proposed legislation last month. An amendment to the current Abortion Act, it would allow Swedish abortion centers to offer abortion on demand to foreign women, up to 18 weeks gestation.   In a […]

By Gudrun Schultz   QUEBEC CITY, February 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Quebec is ready to begin payouts to the estimated 45,000 women who were charged supplementary fees by private clinics for abortions during 1999-2006, following the court decision last August that said abortion must be covered by Quebec health care in private clinics as well as hospitals.   Quebec Superior Court Justice Nicole Benard ordered the province to repay more an $13 million charged to women who had abortions outside of the province’s hospitals or CLSC clinics. Justice Benard ruled the women should not have been charged supplementary fees of […]

By Hilary White   FREDERICKSBURG, Virginia, February 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On one snowy Wednesday this month, a student at the University of Mary Washington was manning a table giving out chocolate bars and a message unlike most seen that day at contemporary university campuses.   On St. Valentine’s Day at the small Fredericksburg, Virginia liberal arts college, a new student group, “Project Plus,” handed out bars of Hershey’s chocolate wrapped in an educational flyer that read, “True Love is worth more than Contraception.”   The other side of the wrapper/flyer read, “It makes sense that condoms are handed out […]

Judge says good citizens must accept homosexuality in the name of "diversity"

Daughter Melissa in 3rd foster home, having new psychiatric testing after stating first report inaccurate and she was misquoted

"Attacks Against The Right To Life In The World Have Increased"

"It's time the Discovery Channel discovered ethics and stopped with the sensationalism", says Donohue

State "The First Amendment protects religion, not secularism"

Church is not a social agency, Pope says https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=49462   Bill Clinton Takes in Nearly $40 Million in Fees for his speeches in last 6 Years   https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022202189.html   Financial Post’s Diane Francis agrees with Gore, Suzuki, Maurice Strong, Ted Turner, UN, Planned Parenthood, that “world’s woes are due to excessive population growth”  https://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=c7bb1f82-14f7-4ae5-9c6a-9dc2306affee   Global warming concerns are keeping children awake at night  https://www.gm.tv/index.cfm?articleid=24717   UK’s fertility regulator Permits Payment for Egg Donation  https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6379827.stm   King niece denounces abortion rights  https://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/16757007.htm   Bill That Would Ban Most Abortions Passed The Mississippi House Thursday  https://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070222/NEWS/70222047   Ohio Gov. Strickland To […]

UK's SPUC condemned decision saying, it was "unethical, dangerous and unnecessary"

Their claim to be interested in relieving suffering, called "pretense" and "aberration"

WASHINGTON, February 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “The movie Amazing Grace will rouse a new generation of Christians to follow in the footsteps of forgotten hero William Wilberforce,” said Concerned Women for America’s President Wendy Wright.  This inspiring biography depicts the life of William Wilberforce, a Member of Parliament who fought to end Britain’s slave trade, and the influence of his mentor John Newton, a former slave ship captain and author of the hymn Amazing Grace. “Amazing Grace illustrates the historic impact that Evangelical activists have had on society and laws, especially in promoting respect for human life,” said Wright.  “One […]

By Meg Jalsevac   DUBLIN, February 23, 2007, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ireland’s parliament voted last night to reject a proposed civil union bill that would have ultimately given homosexual unions all the rights and privileges that are currently reserved for marriage.  The parliament nixed the current bill but gave the assurance that similar but not identical legislation would be forthcoming.   The bill was originally introduced in December, 2006 by Brendan Howlin, a member of the opposition Labor party.  The timing of the bill was just days after a major court victory for pro-family forces when Justice Elizabeth Dunne of the […]

Anti-religious groups claim program is evidence of the establishment of a "theocracy"

Charges radical environmentalist groups promote ideology closely linked to paganism

McAuliffe is chairman of strongly pro-abortion Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign

Gov. Jim Douglas opposed to the change

PHILADELPHIA, February 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a complaint Tuesday on behalf of a 10-year-old boy who was prohibited by his school principal from wearing a Jesus costume for the school’s Halloween parade and party because the costume was religious. Abington Township School District officials allowed costumes portraying devils and witches on Halloween 2006 but prohibited one student from dressing as Jesus. “For the school principal to censor this young student at Halloween because he was dressed as Jesus is patently ridiculous.  It’s yet another demonstration of just how hostile to Christianity public school […]

Canada’s Push for Euthanasia (Part 1)  https://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=103373   Unfit to Live? – Down’s Children in the Crosshairs  https://ncregister.com/site/article/1961   Public Schools: Parental Rights in Jeopardy – By Paul Weyrich  https://www.townhall.com/columnists/PaulWeyrich/2007/02/22/public_schools_parental_rights_in_jeopardy   David Suzuki is a charlatan, a shameless self-promoter who foments fear in his audience before promising them salvation—but only if they buy his miracle cure.  https://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/cover022207.htm   De-Populationist David Suzuki vs. Michael Crichton on Global Warming  https://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/editorialsletters/story.html?id=55f4dc45-f308-4b34-80af-011a0cf38fed   The global-warming hysterics strike again  https://www.townhall.com/columnists/WilliamRusher/2007/02/22/the_global-warming_hysterics_strike_again   Pope recognizes suffering of Archbishop Wielgus  https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=49404   Italian cabinet hunting Senate votes for civil-union proposal  https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=49406   Italian court recognizes marriage by phone  […]

SACRAMENTO, February 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to a report from the Campaign for Children and Families, Sally Lieber, a Democratic assemblywoman from San Jose, CA, is introducing her controversial spanking bill, in defiance of nation-wide opposition, which would criminalize all spanking of any child under the age of 4.    Lieber’s bill would require spanking of a child before the age of 4 to be treated as a class 3 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,000 and/or a year in jail.  In Lieber’s own words, her bill will prohibit “any striking of a child, any corporal punishment, smacking, […]

Say Britain poised to overturn centuries of legal development in human rights

"There is virtually no area of pro-life or pro-family ethical concern which has not been made worse by the Blair government."

Gore preceded Monday by other star global warming doomsters, de-populationist David Suzuki and Sir Nicholas Stern

SAN DIEGO, February 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The California Supreme Court, yesterday, affirmed the precedent-setting decision of a California appellate court, which upheld the right of the people of San Diego to transfer the Mt. Soledad veterans memorial and cross to the federal government.  At the same time, the Court denied the ACLU’s attempt to prevent the publication of the lower court decision favorable to the cross and veterans memorial.  The ACLU was seeking to have the decision suppressed so that it would not be used against them in future lawsuits.    The Thomas More Law Center, a national, public […]

By John-Henry Westen   QUEBEC CITY, February 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sparks have already started to fly in Quebec just after Premier Jean Charest announced the date of the provincial election to be March 26, 2007.  The leader of the pro-life group Campagne Quebec Vie (Campaign Life Quebec) is calling for the defeat of the current Health Minister Philippe Couillard for bringing late term abortion into the province.   In 2004, the media revealed that some Canadian women were travelling to the United States for late term abortions, when the mothers were more than six months pregnant. About 30 women […]

Safeguards in measure deemed too convoluted and potentially unconstitutional

By Gudrun Schultz   FLORIDA, United States, February 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The survival of pre-term baby Amillia Taylor, at 21 weeks gestation the youngest know child to survive premature birth, has produced an increase in media debate on the abortion issue.   Mainstream media outlets in the United States have acknowledged that the baby’s life raises “big questions” about legal abortion, . Weighing less than 10oz and just nine ½ inches long, Amillia was born one month earlier than the date considered viable for most babies, 25 weeks. About half of the babies born at 25 weeks will survive. […]

By Gudrun Schultz   LONDON, United Kingdom, February 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – UK High Court Justices handed down a partial victory last week to a woman convicted of malicious conduct for sending abortion images to pharmacists, in a “bizarre” decision she will appeal to the House of Lords.   A member of LifeLeague, Veronica Connolly was convicted in October 2005 on the charges of sending “indecent or grossly offensive” pictures in the mail, under the 1988 Malicious Communications Act after she sent pictures of aborted babies to pharmacists in protest of the sale of abortifacient morning-after pills.   While Lord […]

Group sought to overturn Catholic teaching on sanctity of life, marriage and meaning of priesthood

Alarm raised over incomplete disclosure of serious side effects

By Gudrun Schultz   WASHINGTON, D.C., February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An upcoming bill before the U.S. House of Representatives would make sexual orientation a special right that would receive particular federal protection along with rights of race, religion and gender.   Introduced on Jan. 5, 2007, by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee, HR 254 would establish a new federal offence for hate crimes, mandating a separate federal criminal prosecution for state offenses with the possibility of life imprisonment for crimes motivated by “the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or disability of any person.”   Among […]

By Peter J. Smith   HEIDELBERG, Germany, February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study by German researchers shows that a method of natural family planning is statistically as effective as the contraceptive pill in delaying pregnancy.   Researchers from the University of Heidelberg studied the statistical effectiveness of the symptothermal method (STM) to avoid achieving pregnancy. Unlike contraceptives that either suppress a woman’s natural fertility cycle or act as a barrier to conception, STM helps a woman to understand the natural signs of her fertility in order to achieve or temporarily delay pregnancy.   The study involving 900 women […]

By Meg Jalsevac   DENVER, February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, Colorado commenced the Lenten season today, Ash Wednesday, by issuing a message to his diocese reminding the faithful “As we offer our prayers to God this Lent, let’s ask Him to restore us as a culture of life — a culture committed to the sanctity of every life, from the unborn child to the mentally disabled, the infirm and the elderly, and yes, even the condemned criminal.”   Chaput’s message, published in the Denver Catholic Register, began by explaining the purpose of the Catholic tradition […]

By Hilary White   DUBLIN, February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The BBC reports that Polish President Lech Kaczynski commented during a state visit to Ireland that the human race “would disappear if homosexuality was freely promoted.” The comments acknowledged a link between natural sexual activity and the birth of children, and have aroused the ire of politicians who were quick to denounce him in the press as “homophobic.”   The president was speculating in the light of the current demographic crisis in a Europe that already has nearly total acceptance of homosexuality, contraception and abortion. “If that kind of approach […]

Student Confirmed to Have Taken Planned Parenthood 'Clinician' Job

By John-Henry Westen   NEW YORK, February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – America’s largest abortion provider Planned Parenthood is launching a wireless phone business.  Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), according to its 2004-2005 annual report, showed a record income of $882 million dollars and a profit of $63 million.   The new service, Planned Parenthood Wireless, will provide 10% of revenues generated directly to PPFA. The wireless company facilitating this venture is called Working Assets. It also worked with Planned Parenthood for the defeat of the South Dakota abortion ban. “Both our organizations are committed to preserving the right to […]

By Gudrun Schultz   VANCOUVER, B.C., February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Telus announced yesterday the company would cancel pornography sales through its cellular phone service, CanWest News Service reported earlier today, after losing contracts and receiving hundreds of customer complaints.   Jim Johannsson, director of media relations for Telus, said the volume of individual complaints played a significant role in the company’s decision to withdraw the service.   Beginning in January, adult customers were offered a porn delivery service that allowed them to download images or video clips for $3 or $4 dollars each. Several thousand users had registered for […]

NEW YORK, February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Supreme Court yesterday decided not to review a case challenging the constitutionality of a New York City public school policy that expressly permits the display of the Jewish menorah and Islamic star and crescent during their respective religious holidays, but completely bans the display of Nativity scenes during Christmas.   The constitutional challenge was brought by the Thomas More Law Center, a national, public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on behalf of Andrea Skoros and her two minor children, devout Roman Catholics, who attend the New York […]

By Steve Jalsevac  OTTAWA, February 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gwen Landolt, a founder of REAL women of Canada, a national social conservative women’s group, has closely followed the advance of the gay activist agenda in Canadian politics since the Trudeau years. In the most recent issue of REALity magazine she presents a detailed history of the Liberal Party’s enthusiastic collusion with this radical, imposed change to Canada’s social order. Also detailed are the specific roles played in this process  by a series of Liberal government justice ministers.   Landolt begins noting that “Over the past ten years, Canadians have experienced […]

By Peter J. Smith   NEW YORK, February 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Frances Kissling is finally stepping down from her tenure as president of Catholics for a Free Choice. In less than two weeks, Kissling ends a 25 year milestone in a life of rabid opposition to the Catholic Church’s defense of the sanctity of life, marriage, and family.   The arch-feminist  – hailed by former Notre Dame theology dean Fr. Richard McBrien as “an exceedingly intelligent and articulate Catholic who has been unfairly demonized by some who disagree with her views”  – made her life’s work actively destroying legal […]

Accuses pharmaceutical company of exploiting fears of failure of "safe sex" strategies to push HPV vaccine

By Hilary White   DAR ES SALAAM, February 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bishops of the Anglican Communion meeting in Tanzania have issued a statement of principles that they say the ultra-liberal US Episcopal Church (ECUSA) must adhere to in order to retain full membership in the Communion.   The bishops wrote that to be part of the Anglican Communion, churches and provinces must adhere to the “faith which is uniquely revealed in the Holy Scriptures.” “At the heart of our tensions is the belief that the Episcopal Church has departed from the standard of teaching on human sexuality” by […]

Maternal mortality actually went down in years following the tightening up of El Salvador abortion law

Will address concern about those who use "primacy of conscience" against Church's pro-life teachings

By John-Henry Westen   SALT LAKE CITY, February 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Utah Supreme Court issued a ruling Friday in a troubling case where a former lesbian who had entered into a civil union was involved in a bitter custody battle with her ex-partner over her biological child.  The biological mother of the child became a Christian and left the homosexual relationship but the other woman sued for rights to the child.   The Utah Supreme Court ruled in the case of Jones v. Barlow and denied the unrelated woman any parental rights over the child of her former […]

COLUMBUS, OH, February 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, Ohio, unanimously ruled that a three-hour police detention of law-abiding, pro-life demonstrators presented valid constitutional claims under the First and Fourth Amendments.  The Court reversed a lower court’s decision in favor of the law enforcement officers.   The case arose out of an incident that occurred on June 10, 2002, while the demonstrators were driving box-body style trucks displaying images of first-term aborted babies in the Dayton, Ohio area.  Thirteen officers, including officers from the City of […]

Totalitarian government measures accelerating in Germany

By John-Henry Westen   PARIS, February 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Socialist Party candidate seeking to replace Jacques Chirac as President of France in the upcoming April election has promised to legalize euthanasia.  Speaking on prime-time television last night, Ségolène Royal said, “It is time to launch a public debate on this question.  I would seek legislation which would allow people to face up with dignity to the most intense suffering.”   Royal is running ten points behind the frontrunner for the presidency, Nicholas Sarkozy of the centre-right Union for a Popular Movement.  The race has been described as a […]

Pro-life leader denounces Socialist party deceptions in Portugal  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8672   New Hampshire Committee Votes to Silence Parents on daughters ‘abortions  https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU07B12   UK Woman gave birth to a healthy baby – after an abortion.  https://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_headline=mum-gives-birth—-after-abortion—&method=full&objectid=18638158&siteid=62484-name_page.html   Mental health expert highlights abortion’s impact on men  https://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/02/mental_health_expert_highlight.php   India’s government launches “cradle scheme” to encourage parents not to abort female babies but to give them to state instead  https://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=8527&size=A   Republican presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo wants to abolish Roe vs. Wade  https://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/02/tancredo_wants_to_abolish_roe.php   Romney: ‘I’m Not Running for Pastor-In-Chief’  https://www.abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/Politics/story?id=2884537&page=1   Evangelical leader sizes up GOP field, says Giuliani’s campaign is doomed  […]

Commentary by John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, DC, February 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Normally the news of a prominent politician switching from support for abortion to deciding in favour of the right to life is great news. However, when this occurs in a Republican presidential candidate with a track record of flip flopping on life and family issues suspicions are rightfully aroused.   Speaking in South Carolina this weekend, Senator John McCain said that he opposed the Roe v Wade decision which allowed abortion in the United States.  “I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned,” the Arizona […]

Meta Analysis finds Sexualized Ads, TV, Music Videos, Billboards, Harm Girls' Mental Health

By Hilary White   CAMBRIDGE, February 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A former mayor of Cambridge, England, John Hipkin, is demanding an apology and a retraction after being accused publicly of “heterosexism” for suggesting that more homes need to be built to accommodate families.   Hipkin wondered aloud at a planning meeting last fall whether the preference of housing developers for one and two bedroom homes was not “putting huge pressure of a contraceptive nature on this city.”   Hipkin said at the time, “People presumably start off single or young marrieds and have children, don’t they? Where are they going […]

Final draft of document authorizing the events has been approved by Vatican

Minors have no "right to choose" life in Catholic nation

By Gudrun Schultz   LONDON, February 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leaders in the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches are giving increasing consideration to the possibility of reuniting as one church under the leadership of the Pope, according to a London Times report today titled, Churches back plan to unite under Pope. However, Catholic World News responds today that the Catholic and Anglican bishops who co-chair a commission on the issue have issued a statement rejecting the Times analysis. According to CWN the prelates say the newspaper report “misrepresents” the intentions and “sensationalises” the conclusions of the statement on which the […]

34 women suffered severe reactions to hormone-stimulating drugs for egg extraction

Portugal's birthrate now stands at meager 1.5 children per woman

Abortion foes target Obama because of his vote record on Illinois legislation    https://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/021507.html   Lessons from Portugal – Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer  https://www.hli.org/sl_2007-02-16.html   Jeb Bush Steers Advisers Toward Mitt Romney  https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/2/16/125235.shtml?s=ic   Portuguese bishops call meeting to analyze referendum vote on abortion  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8659   Drop UK age of consent to 14, says academic  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/16/nsex16.xml   Elder abuse sickening  https://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/Harris_Michael/2007/02/16/3637258.html   Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Moral Law  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000003903.cfm&nbsp 51 per cent of women can’t be wrong  https://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21237493-17063,00.html   Catholics attack NYC’s free condoms  https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/4558148.html   The Vagina Monologues to be performed at Saint Xavier University  https://www.sxu.edu/today/story.asp?id=3958&prevArc=archive&date=2/14/2007   […]

WASHINGTON, February 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback joined 34 senators yesterday urging President Bush to uphold and champion pro-life policy. “President Bush has shown that he is committed to protecting the dignity of every life, from the unborn to the elderly,” said Brownback.  “Now that we have a Democrat-controlled Congress, I respectfully urge President Bush to remind my colleagues of his commitment to pro-life policies.”  Brownback sent a letter to the White House Thursday asking President Bush to issue a letter to the Congress reaffirming the White House’s pro-life stance.  The letter was signed by 35 senators, […]

WASHINGTON, February 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A former NBA star has made disturbing and harmful comments about his feelings toward people trapped in the homosexual lifestyle.  Interviewing with a Florida sports radio show, former Miami Heat player Tim Hardaway said that he “hates gay people” and that he distances himself from them because he is “homophobic.” Concerned Women for America (CWA) expressed disappointment that Hardaway who is respected by many sports fans would make such inflammatory remarks. “Hardaway’s comments are both unfortunate and inappropriate,” said Matt Barber, CWA’s Policy Director for Cultural Issues.  “They provide political fodder for those who […]

By Gudrun Schultz   FARGO, North Dakota, February 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic political leaders have a fundamental responsibility to ensure their public actions reflect the Church’s teachings on respect for life and the dignity of the human person, said Fargo Bishop Samuel Aquila in a homily during the Catholic Legislative Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Bismarck, Jan.18. “Every act of violence that attacks an innocent human person from the moment of conception to natural death is against the will of God and rejects the inherent dignity of the human person,” Bishop Aquila wrote in an […]

Woman with terminal disease demands doctors euthanize her

South Dakota House passes abortion ban  https://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/02/15/news/top/news01.txt   ACLU Condemns Vote in South Dakota House of Representatives Approving Legislation Aimed at Banning Abortions in That State   https://www.aclu.org/reproductiverights/abortionbans/28376prs20070215.html   Anything Goes – The International Society for Stem Cell Research issues it’s “ethical guidelines” by Wesley J. Smith   https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/261tfrnd.asp   Death Certificates on Abortions Proposed  https://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/14/D8N9LFT00.html   Doctors deny older people treatments they would offer younger patients  https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6357627.stm   Bishop of Fargo challenges Catholic politicians reminding them they have responsibility to ensure  their actions reflect their Catholic faith  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8657   In Praise of Virginity       https://www.cwfa.org/articles/12348/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm   Liberals refused to […]

By Bradford Short, JD   NEW YORK, February 15, 2007 (C-FAM) – A further analysis of last year’s controversial judgment of the Constitutional Court of Colombia legalizing abortion in some circumstances shows how UN compliance committees have taken an extreme view regarding abortion and how these views are being used to force governments to change their laws on abortion.   The Friday Fax reported last week that a portion of the Court’s judgment quoted the entirety of a legal opinion by the Attorney General of Colombia.  The Attorney General was extremely deferential to the assertions of the compliance committees in […]

By Gudrun Schultz   TOPEKA, Kansas, February 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Criminal charges against Kansas abortionist George Tiller will not be reinstated, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Feb.13, although the current state Attorney General has the option of renewing the investigation.   Previous Attorney General Phill Kline filed charges against Tiller last year, after multiple accusations were levied against the abortionist, including performing illegal abortions and falsifying records. Kline’s investigation into the affair led to 30 misdemeanor charges against Tiller, accusing him of conducting 15 illegal late-term abortions in 2003, on women and girls ranging in age from 10 to […]

By Gudrun Schultz   SAN FRANCISCO, California, February 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – California’s Speaker of the House has signed a bill to introduce legal physician-assisted suicide in the state, in a move likely to give fresh weight to a measure that failed to pass the Senate last year.   Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez added his signature as one of three joint authors of the bill, scheduled to be presented today at the state Capitol, the San Francisco Chronicle reported yesterday. “The Speaker has thought long and hard about this issue. The joint authors have even more safeguards in place than […]

By Gudrun Schultz   ANGOLA, Nigeria, February 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Nigerian House of Representatives is considering a bill that would make homosexuality illegal, proposing a five-year prison sentence for anyone found guilty of engaging in or promoting homosexual activity, the BBC reported Wednesday.   The measure was first introduced in April 2006 as a prohibition against homosexual “marriage” and has since been expanded to include bans on the public expression of homosexuality.   The bill is likely to pass, Parliamentary sources said, in a country with strong cultural opposition to homosexuality. Both chambers of the Nigerian National Assembly […]

By John-Henry Westen   LEXINGTON, MA, February 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a hearing last week, Lexington public school officials argued in court that public schools have a mandate to teach positively about homosexuality and that parents have no right to have their children exempted from such instruction.  A parent’s only option is to withdraw their children completely from public school, lawyers argued.   The hearing was an attempt by the city and school system to dismiss a lawsuit brought by David and Tonia Parker, and Rob and Robin Wirthlin.  The couples are suing the town and its public school […]

By John-Henry Westen   MANAGUA, February 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Marc Litvine, a European Union liason with Nicaragua, has been confronted by pro-life members of the European Parliament about pressuring Nicaragua in the name of the EU to reverse its newly instituted law granting full legal protection for the right to life of unborn children.   A story by the Catholic News Agency quoted from an interview Litvine gave to the Nicaraguan newspaper El Nuevo Diario, which was published on February 5. (The original Spanish article can be accessed here: https://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/2007/02/05/nacionales/40569 )   Despite the fact that the pro-life law […]

President of Czech Republic Calls Man-Made Global Warming a ‘Myth’ – Questions Gore’s Sanity…  https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1783331/posts   State-Level Pro-life Bills ‘Alive and Well’  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000003885.cfm   After a loss in South Dakota, many in the anti-abortion movement reassess their legal strategy  https://www.abanet.org/journal/redesign/02fabort.html   Second Blogger Quits Edwards Campaign  https://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/13/D8N97I880.html   Lawyers representing Massachusetts school district say teachers have “legitimate state interest” in teaching the homosexual lifestyle, and parents have no input into those decisions.  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54241   ‘Philadelphia 11’ case: Judge rules display of biblical messages can be restricted by gays  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54235   Thousands of European churches face closure, demolition or conversion in […]

A personal reflection on married love

By Gudrun Schultz   VATICAN CITY, February 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Natural law must not be abandoned in favor of moral relativism and the unquestioning acceptance of technological advances, said Pope Benedict XVI at a conference on natural law and morality at the Pontifical Lateran University, held Feb.12-14.   While noting “the great advantages” of technological progress along with “the threats menacing the destruction of nature,” the Pope warned of another danger, “less visible but no less alarming: the method that enables us to have an ever greater understanding of the rational structures of matter, makes us ever less capable […]

By Gudrun Schultz   KIEV, Ukraine, February 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activist organizations have accused Ukrainian politician Leonid Grach of attacking homosexual people, for comments he made criticizing homosexuality in November 2006.   Communist Deputy Grach, 58, is the chair of the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and International Relations of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament).  Speaking in an interview last fall, Grach said homosexuality “is an anomaly, which is caused by the amorality and the depravity of man.”   He also said the present Parliament would not vote for legislation permitting same-sex unions and homosexual adoption, and […]

By Gudrun Schultz   LYON, France, February 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders in France came together last week to sign a statement proclaiming the fundamental place of marriage in human society  and their opposition to same-sex unions, Zenit News Agency reported Feb.13.   Signatories of the statement included the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lyon, Cardinal Philippe Barbarin. “The question is to know today if the law can authorize the marriage of two persons of the same sex,” the statement said, signed on Feb. 6 in Lyon. “It is not a question of a simple debate […]

SEATTLE, February 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Another 100 scientists have joined the ranks of scientists from around the world publicly stating their doubts about the adequacy of Darwin’s theory of evolution. “Darwinism is a trivial idea that has been elevated to the status of the scientific theory that governs modern biology,” says dissent list signer Dr. Michael Egnor. Egnor is a professor of neurosurgery and pediatrics at State University of New York, Stony Brook and an award-winning brain surgeon named one of New York’s best doctors by New York Magazine.   Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture announced last […]

Decision against employees could silence debate about homosexuality and related issues in entire Western United States

Days after it stops, NYC teen’s heart begins to beat again  https://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-bc-ny—miracleheart0212feb12,0,5361536.story?coll=ny-top-headlines   Abortionists envision huge new clinic in Portugal   https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=49227   London’s  Harley Street may end abortions   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/13/nabort13.xml   Characteristics of women undergoing repeat induced abortion  https://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/172/5/637   Pro-lifers encourage New Hampshire legislature to keep parental notification laws  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8622   Embryonic stem cell pioneer says cures likely decades away  https://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=24950   C.S. Lewis’‘Screwtape Letters’ to be released as major motion picture  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=8623   Rove: 2008 Race Is Already Too Much, Too Soon  https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2732.html   Governments starting to realize that promoting condoms has left things worse, not better.  […]

Concerned inaccurate article on data concerning women living without a spouse that included 15-year-olds

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s national Globe and Mail newspaper featured a leading article yesterday that appeared intended as an attack on the Conservative Government for stacking judicial appointment committees with “partisans”.  The article entitled, “Partisans filling judge nomination committees,” is accompanied by another hit piece by the paper’s political columnist John Ibbitson entitled, “Setting the stage for a judicial battleground.”   The story has been repeated by the Toronto Star, the CBC and other left leaning media in Canada.   However it has been ridiculed as nothing more than biased journalism by legal expert […]

By John-Henry Westen   NUREMBERG, February 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The horrific situation which exploded in Germany last week with the forced removal by police of 15-year-old Melissa Busekros from her home to a psychiatric institution, has escalated.  New reports from Germany indicate that the child has been transferred from the clinic to another location and the German Youth Welfare Office authorities are refusing to inform the parents of Melissa’s location.   Another very disturbing revelation, which comes from an interview given by Melissa’s father Hubert Busekros with the German Catholic news service kreuz.net, is that local media are refusing […]

Referred to "Pope Ratz" as a "dictator"

Investigation into death of baby girl born alive at second center is ongoing

Most of 27 groups opposed to funding cuts are funded by Status of Women; only 3 groups selected who support cuts

Will legalize early stage abortion on demand though only 26% of voters approved referendum motion

Pro-abortion "Catholics" who targeted counselor said to have worn their faith as "a badge of honor"

Calls Telus's "decision is disappointing and disturbing"

"Greatest Unifying Factor of Right to Die Movement is Disdain for Catholic Church"

EU law professor suggests Sweden might find itself in violation of sovereign rights of other nations

By John-Henry Westen   SURREY, BC, February 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Conservative Party of Canada has reconsidered its rejection of a prominent social conservative in British Columbia after a LifeSiteNews.com story expose Friday.  Heather Stilwell, a mother of eight and long-time elected member of the local school board, was told by Conservative Party headquarters last week that she would not be able to enter the race to represent the Conservative Party in the next federal election.    That decision was reversed after LifeSiteNews.com ran a story which detailed that Stilwell was rejected on a minute technicality.  Party insiders locally […]

Evidence demonstrates that “death with dignity” leads inevitably to “death on demand” – Wesley J. Smith  https://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/?p=628   Catholic School Cancels Talk on Abortion Pioneer’s Eugenics Views  https://www.crosswalk.com/news/11529303/   Portugal wrestles with abortion on demand   https://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=472   Illinois Parental-Notification Law On Hold—Again  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000003854.cfm   A growing trend is to amputate morality from the practice of medicine.  https://azpolicyblog.typepad.com/az_policy_blog/2007/02/amputating_mora.html   Oklahoma Bill would require emergency contraceptive option to victims   https://www.ocolly.com/read_story.php?a_id=31916   We don’t hand out awards for women who work to undermine the family structure by promoting sex between teenagers and abortion-on-demand.  https://www.cwalac.org/article_458.shtml   The abortion problem is not one […]

House Democrats pushing for vote endorsing CEDAW before March 8

By Meg Jalsevac   OTTAWA, February 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study has provided further confirmation that babies conceived through fertility treatments are at a higher risk of having a birth defect than children who are conceived naturally.    The study was carried out by a medical team assembled in Ottawa, Ontario and is the largest of its kind to date.  The study monitored 61,208 births in total of which 1,394 were of babies conceived through fertility treatments.  The researchers took into account in their calculations the variable factors of age of the mother, sex of the child, whether […]

Speaker of Senate charges, "This ... is just a Trojan Horse to allow marriage between gays"

By Meg Jalsevac   WASHINGTON, DC, February 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) found that the majority of doctors in the United States had objections to resorting to abortion to kill an unborn child if a contraception fails.  An even larger majority believe that it is ethically permissible for a physician to explain his moral objections to his patients.    The article entitled “Religion, Conscience and Controversial Clinical Practices” is published in the February 8, 2007 edition of the NEJM.   1144 randomly selected physician from all specialties and medical […]

Harper challenged to stop allowing "outrageous muzzling" of right of social Conservative to participate in process

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, February 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the Rites in the Catholic Church other than the Roman rite, is the Maronite Rite.  While centered in Lebanon where the Maronite Patriarch resides, it has adherents throughout North America as well.  The Maronite rite is unique for its celebration of central part of the Mass in Aramaic – the language Jesus spoke with his apostles.   One of the hundreds of bishops who attended the March for Life Mass in Washington DC last month, was Maronite Bishop Gregory John Mansour who oversees the Maronite rite for all […]

CHICAGO, February 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thursday morning a federal district judge denied a motion by the Illinois Secretary of State to overturn his recent ruling that allowed “Choose Life” to be a slogan on Illinois specialty license plates. On January 22, Federal Judge David Coar had ruled in favor of Choose Life Illinois plaintiffs in their lawsuit against Jesse White, explaining that their message was protected by the First Amendment and entitled to be on the plates.   Judge Coar had stayed enforcement of the January ruling for 30 days, and when White’s lawyers – from the office of […]

By Gudrun Schultz   MADRID, Spain, February 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A heart attack victim was treated with stem cells taken from his own fat tissue in a groundbreaking new experiment taking place in Spain this week, Science Daily reported Feb.7.   In a collaborative effort, Dr. Francisco Fernandez-Aviles, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Chief of Cardiology Service at Gregorio Marañón and Dr. Perin, Director of New Interventional Cardiovascular Technology and Director of Stem Cell Center at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s, have undertaken the attempt to use human adipose (fat) tissue as a source of adult stem […]

U.S. pro-life laws credited with half the 50 % reduction in minor abortions over the past 20 years

Marie Stopes International staff professed themselves "taken aback" at abortion surge

By Gudrun Schultz   SYDNEY, Australia, February 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One-in-three Australian doctors would euthanize newborn babies who were sick and suffering, according to a recent survey.   The survey was conducted by researchers at Sydney’s Westmead Children’s Hospital—results showed 32 percent of participating physicians would consider euthanizing a suffering newborn baby.   The report found a strong correlation between the doctors’ attitude towards their own death and their willingness to resort to euthanasia, with those who feared a slow and painful death more likely to end the lives of suffering patients, TheAge.com reported Feb.7.   Dr. Peter Barr, […]

Court ruled use of term "men and women" unconstitutional in granting property rights

Says, "A truly liberal society would at least allow students to hear of the debate"

Proposal for Genetic Screening for All Pregnancies called "Step Towards Eugenics"

Archbishop "resisted every opportunity to make a clear statement about what the Church teaches"

ANN ARBOR, MI, February 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week the Michigan Court of Appeals interpreted Michigan’s “Marriage Amendment,” as preventing state officials from recognizing same-sex “domestic partnerships.” The decision is the first time a state appellate court has interpreted Michigan’s Constitutional Amendment – enacted by a citizen’s petition drive.   The Amendment provides “the union of one man and one women in marriage shall be the only agreement recognized as a marriage or similar union for any purpose.” The court decision will be binding throughout the state (unless overruled by Michigan’s Supreme Court).    In 2004, the Thomas More […]

Adoptions of foreign children by homosexual couples will not be recognised in Australia  https://www.theage.com.au/news/national/no-recognition-of-gay-couples-foreign-adoptions/2007/02/01/1169919472351.html   Swede Man facing charges over attempted abortion for slipping pills into girlfriend’s food  https://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/05/upiUPI-20070205-022601-5362R.html   Ratzinger Memo: Membership in Masons is Mortal Sin and Such May not Receive Communion  https://catholicagenda.blogspot.com/2007/02/hello-membership-in-masons-is-mortal.html   Lost in translation: Pope’s asides might be changed in official texts  https://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0700650.htm   Planet Gore – Climate change has been wildly exaggerated  https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MGMyZWY4NjMxOWUyNDExMTMwMTUxYzNjMjE4N2ZmNjg=   Open letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi  https://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=7738   Rent-a-womb in India fuels surrogate motherhood debate  https://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSDEL29873520070205   Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide: The Cold, […]

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, February 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A declaration of the Holy See regarding the death penalty was released today.  It was delivered at a world congress on the death penalty, held in Paris, France from February 1 to 3.   Rather than condemning the practice outright, the Vatican used nuanced language to indicate that while it found the practice “an affront to human dignity”, it could in some circumstances be necessitated.  The language is starkly different from that used to condemn abortion, euthanasia and same-sex marriage which can never be justified. “The Catholic Church continues […]

White House: Bush "Only President in American History" to OK "Embryonic Stem Cell Lines"

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, February 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Saving Those Damned Catholics” exposes the warts on the underbelly of the Catholic leadership in America today, and it is not a pretty picture. Too many among them are caught up in a twisted vision of what it takes to effectively lead Catholics. There is too much moral relativism and too little desire to say what is right, especially when doing so will bring down the wrath of the media and maybe even a few politicians.”   So reads a teaser on the website which markets ‘Saving those Damned Catholics’ […]

Bloomberg News Service removed the Christian content from the coach's response

By Gudrun Schultz   OTTAWA, Ontario, February 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An MP who said Christians were “Taliban” and “flowers of evil” has been welcomed into the ranks of the Liberal Party, after being ousted from the Conservatives over accusations of breaching party confidentiality last fall.   MP Garth Turner announced yesterday he was joining the Liberals, welcomed by leader Stephane Dion as a fiscal conservative with a concern for the environment. “Garth Turner is an exceptional Member of Parliament, known across Canada for his passion and accomplishments,” said Stéphane Dion in a press release Feb.6. “He is an outspoken […]

By Gudrun Schultz   LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Campaigning continues in Portugal in preparation for the coming abortion referendum vote on Sunday Feb. 11.   The ruling Socialist Party has been pushing for liberal abortion laws with a proposal to make abortion on demand legal up until 10 weeks gestation. Currently in the historically Catholic nation abortion is illegal except in cases of fetal abnormality or to save the life of the mother, and then only up until the 12th week.   The referendum will ask voters to support or reject the proposed change to the law. […]

By John-Henry Westen and Steve Jalsevac   TORONTO, February 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Distant Thunder is an engrossing thriller with character development, subtleties and artistry that would normally be impossible in a half-an-hour film.  This is plain and simple a high level Hollywood production.  A court-room drama, revolving around a partial birth abortion incident, A Distant Thunder, draws viewers into an intense, shocking and amazingly only 35 minute encounter with the realities and implications of abortion decisions, especially at such a very late stage. From professional acting and filming, elaborate special effects, to sound and sets, everything says Hollywood. […]

A project of Liberty Counsel

Cardinal Schönborn responds, "The destruction of life must not be made banal and viewed like a shopping trip."

By Hilary White   SEATTLE, February 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance, a gay activist lobby group working to install gay “marriage” in the state, has filed a ballot initiative that proposes to annul any marriage between a man and a woman that has not produced children within three years of the wedding.    The initiative, says the group’s website, would add the phrase, “who are capable of having children with one another” to the legal definition of marriage.   The group’s spokesman, Gregory Gadow, says the initiative is in response to a July 2006 Washington […]

By John-Henry Westen   MOSCOW, February 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking at an education conference in the Kremlin Monday, the spiritual leader of Russian Orthodox Christians demanded that the communist practice of mandating the exclusive teaching of Darwinian evolution in schools be brought to an end.  With government officials in attendance, Patriarch Alexy II advocated teaching biblical creation. “Teaching the biblical theory of the world’s creation will not harm students,” he said. “If people choose to believe that they descended from apes, let them, but without imposing their opinions on others.”   While Russia is moving away from dogmatic Darwinian […]

By Gudrun Schultz   WELLINGTON, New Zealand, February 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Zealand immigration officials are being accused of giving preferential treatment to homosexual refugees, after a Catholic Iranian man was denied asylum while another Iranian man who had previously been denied was accepted once he said he was gay.   Both men face a potential death penalty if they are forced to return to Iran.   The New Zealand Herald reported earlier today on accusations of hypocrisy from supporters of Thomas Yadegary, a Muslim who converted to Catholicism after moving to New Zealand in 2004.   Yadegary was […]

Says Canada is "deeply dismayed" at UN rejection of Quebec gay rights group

By Gudrun Schultz   ALBERTA, Canada, February 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alberta released the province’s health report this week, including available statistics on abortion rates.   10,042 babies were aborted in the province in 2005, according to the report, slightly down from 2004 when 10,195 abortions took place. The rate of abortions per 1000 women ages 15-49 was 11.8 percent in 2005.   The 2005 figures for percentage of abortions by gestational age were not available in the report. The figures for 2004 show that while nearly half of all abortions (5,019) took place while the baby was less than […]

Follow up to yesterday's Part I of interview with pro-life Hollywood filmakers, Jonathon and Deborah Flora

Described himself as one who was meant to "comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable"

Open letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi  https://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=7738   Rent-a-womb in India fuels surrogate motherhood debate  https://www.reuters.com/article/inDepthNews/idUSDEL29873520070205   Global Warming is not due to human contribution of Carbon Dioxide: The Cold, Hard Facts?   https://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/global-warming020507.htm   Concerned Women for America Statement on the New HPV Vaccine   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/12292/CWA/misc/index.htm   New evidence about the plot to kill John Paul II in 1981  https://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/dastych020507.htm   Maurice Strong will resurface Feb. 20 in Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco.  https://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/cover020207.htm   A disturbing children’s book craze  https://www.mercatornet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=469   Maine school teaches kids ‘transgendering’  https://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/02/maine_school_teaches_kids_tran.php   42 percent of Internet users ages 10 to 14 have viewed […]

LifeSiteNews interviews Jonathon & Deborah Flora of film, "A Distant Thunder"

Many of the 'marriages' were for U.S. citizens planning to seek legal recognition at home

Governor Rick Perry bypasses State Legislature to unilateraly impose controversial order

15 German police officers enforce law still on books from Hitler era and remove youth from parents' home

SACRAMENTO, February 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Parents, grandparents and concerned citizens have apparently repelled the proposal to ban spanking of young children in California. Assemblywoman Sally Lieber of San Jose, a Democrat and the second-in-command of the California State Assembly, declined to introduce her spanking ban Thursday, as was expected.   News of Lieber’s proposal which generated nationwide media coverage resulted in Californians and people throughout the country flooding the State Capitol with opposition phone calls and emails. “This home-invasion bill has been stopped cold by parents and grandparents who know that to love children is to discipline them and […]

By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to the website of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) some 140,000 volunteers are actively fundraising for the organization during “Heart month”, which is this month.  Many of those volunteers, however, do not know that the HSFC is open to funding embryonic stem cell research.   The foundation commenced its association with the controversial practice in 2003 when it issued a “Human Stem Cell Research Policy Statement” admitting to being open to funding destructive research on human embryos as well as research on aborted baby body parts. “In […]

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, February 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, the Vatican released Pope Benedict XVI’s message for  the World Youth Day 2007, which is to be celebrated in all dioceses on Palm Sunday, April 1.  The message focuses on love, and a significant portion is dedicated to preparation for marriage.   Rather than assume young people incapable of avoiding premarital relations, the Holy Father challenges youth to remain pure even during a marriage engagement.  “The period of engagement,” he said, “very necessary in order to form a couple, is a time of expectation and preparation that needs […]

"Walker Texas Ranger" Star Now Gives a Roundhouse Kick to the Face of Abortion

Editorial  By John-Henry Westen  Editor  LifeSiteNews.com They came first for the Communists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.   Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.   Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.   Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.   That famous post World War II poem by German pastor Martin Niemoller, is playing out once again today but on a global scale, as […]

Judge bypasses amendment to criminal code requiring minimum 6 months sentence

Critic says "end of this free-fall" is societal pressure and culture that demands "obligation to die "

By Hilary White   LONDON, February 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hoteliers who cater exclusively to homosexual clientele are demanding an exemption to the UK’s soon to be enacted Sexual Orientation Regulations. They want to be allowed to refuse heterosexual customers. The gay-only hotel business represents a significant portion of Britain’s tourism industry and some are complaining that a ban on gay-only advertising could put them out of business.   The new rules will forbid anyone who provides goods or services from refusing customers on grounds of sexuality. The Times quotes the owner and proprietor of a men-only bed and breakfast […]

Six states ready to impose Mandatory HPV Vaccine for 11-year-old girls

By Gudrun Schultz   Florida, February 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Proposed legislation that would see Florida state funding limited to  non-embryonic stem cell research has received the surprise backing of Gov. Charlie Crist.   Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink reported yesterday on the newly-elected governor’s surprise Wednesday recommendation that $20 million in grant funding be allocated to research using adult stem cells or those harvested from birth products and amniotic fluid. “Every day, the miracles of science give hope to Floridians and their loved ones, and this funding will move stem-cell research forward,” Gov. Crist said.   The governor’s announcement […]

"Considering the requisites there is no one single possibility for Mr Terry McAuliffe, to become a member of the Order of Malta."

Protecting the Unborn: It’s Genetic!  https://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=WU07B01   Senator Brownback Reintroduces the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act  https://www.cwalac.org/article_456.shtml   College students casualties of a radical social agenda  https://www.cwfa.org/articles/12252/CFI/family/index.htm   Chinese army ‘harvesting body parts’  https://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C21152231-1702%2C00.html   In his State of the Union address, President Bush missed a valuable opportunity to address the needless HIV/AIDS epidemic within US border  https://www.cwfa.org/articles/12249/CFI/family/index.htm   The State of the Catholic Church in America – Crisis magazine  https://www.crisismagazine.com/febmarch2007/hall.htm   The Canadian Dioceses  https://www.crisismagazine.com/idler.htm   William & Mary’s new president tries to get rid of a cross on campus.   https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/229tfpnx.asp   As China’s Bishops Die Off, Clash […]

By Samantha Singson   NEW YORK,  February 1, 2007 (c-fam.org) – At the CEDAW Committee meetings last week, committee members pressed the delegation from Colombia on liberalizing its abortion laws, and on creating contraceptive, sexual and reproductive health awareness campaigns.    While commending Colombia for the recent court decision that decriminalized abortion in cases of rape, fetal malformation or the endangerment of the health of the mother, CEDAW committee members were quick to ask the delegation what the Colombian government’s plans were to ensure compliance with the new constitutional decision and asked about the further loosening of abortion restrictions. The […]

Arrogant McAuliffe broke tradition not to talk about application

By Hilary White   REGINA, February 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Saskatchewan marriage commissioner has told the Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal that because his faith “takes first place” in his life, he cannot in conscience perform the ceremony for two homosexual men. In response to a complaint filed against him under the Charter of Rights, Orville Nichols said “I couldn’t sleep or live with myself if I were to perform same sex marriages.”   The National Post reports today that Mr. Nichols was cited by two homosexual men in Regina in a formal complaint that his refusal to “marry” them […]

Rabbis says such "homosexualists" seeking "stamp of approval to be involved in heterosexual misbehaviour"

Condemns Catholic Church discrimination of refusing to ordain women as priestesses

By John-Henry Westen   JERUSALEM, February 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Monday the city revered as ‘holy’ by the world’s major religions officially registered its first homosexual ‘marriage’ as the result of a court order.  The Interior Ministry Population Registry recognized the ‘marriage’ of homosexual activists Binyamin and Avi Rose who arranged a ‘marriage’ in Canada in June last year so as to force acceptance of such unions in Israel.    Homosexual activists wishing to import homosexual ‘marriage’ favour Canada since Canadian law does not require that either party to such ‘marriages’ be Canadian. “We wanted the government of Israel […]

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, DC, February 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “The greatest gift a citizen of this country can give those of us entrusted with political office is to pray for us,” said US President George W. Bush in an address to the 55th annual National Prayer Breakfast this morning.   “And I thank those in our nation who lift all of us up in prayer,” he added.   The Christian-sponsored event was attended by President Bush and the First Lady, members of the President’s Cabinet, the Justices of the Supreme Court, and Members of Congress.   Nearly 4000 guests […]

By Gudrun Schultz   UNITED STATES, February 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New legislation restricting abortion access is moving forward in four U.S. states, according to reports by Fox News, with supporters tailoring the bills to maximize their likelihood of passage.   A South Dakota bill introduced Wednesday in the House of Representatives would ban all abortions with the exception of rape and incest, a concession to the public demand for what is often called a “compassionate” exception—despite actual figures of abortion after rape being less than one percent of all US abortions, according to statistics released by the Guttmacher Institute […]

Blames abstinence programs for taking funds away from contraception