Articles for Month: July 2007

* Disclaimer: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews.com. They are presented only for your information.   Chief Justice Roberts suffers seizure, is hospitalized  https://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0730scotus-roberts0730-ON.html?&wired   Why Giuliani, despite everything, remains the Republican frontrunner.   https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/930fwqji.asp   Richard Viguerie: Defenders of Thompson Just Like Defenders of Bush  https://www.christiannewswire.com/news/689523776.html   Environmental Voters – Has The God Gap Closed? By Paul M. Weyrich  https://www.freecongress.org/commentaries/2007/070726.aspx   When ‘Anti-abortion’ Isn’t Anti-abortion: LAT Claims ‘Striking Shift’ by Dems  https://newsbusters.org/blogs/dave-pierre/2007/07/31/when-antiabortion   Harvard Embryo Cloning ‘Tragic’  https://www.michnews.com/artman/publish/article_17467.shtml   Bioethicist Welcomes Closing of Stem Cell […]

Part 2 of report on Brazil's aggressive homosexual movement

C-Fam's Austin Ruse states, "There is a large and influential homosexual lobby within the state department."

By Elizabeth O’Brien HARLOW, United Kingdom, July 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A National Health Service hospital trust has apologized and paid £27,500 to a mother for performing an abortion on her fourth child without full informed consent. 40-year old Teresa Cooper developed bleeding and nausea early in her pregnancy, the Guardian Unlimited reports. She took medication, but was frightened that the drugs might have harmed the baby and registered for an abortion at the Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow, Essex. Before the day of the abortion, however, Cooper watched a pro-life movie that gave her doubts about her decision. She […]

By Peter J. Smith BEIJING, July 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the first time China’s judicial system has accepted a “family planning” lawsuit from a woman who says that her forced abortion seven years ago has rendered her unable to bear children. Caijing Magazine reports that a Chinese appeals court has agreed to hear the case of Jin Yani and her husband Yang Zhongchen. The couple is suing a local department of China’s State Population and Family Planning Commission, which forced Jin to undergo a brutal partial-birth abortion when she was 9 months pregnant. Earlier in May, the Changli District […]

By John-Henry Westen   BERLIN, July 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After severe criticism from German and Polish parents, medical and psychological experts the German government’s Ministry for Family Affairs has pulled two booklets aimed at parents of toddlers and young children which advocated parent-child sexual massage.  In addition to encouraging fathers to massage their infant daughter’s private parts, the documents encourage unlimited masturbation. (see LifeSiteNews.com coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jul/07073008.html ) Reported on by LifeSiteNews.com yesterday, the content of the booklets were first brought to light in Germany by sociologist Gabriele Kuby.  Kuby told LifeSiteNews.com today that she actually raised the horrific content […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien LONDON, United Kingdom, July 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This August Amnesty International (AI) will have a final opportunity to discuss its recent pro-abortion stance as international leaders meet at the organization’s International Council meeting in Mexico City. The International Council is the ultimate authority for the making and carrying out of AI policy, governing the “vision, mission and core values” of the organization, according to the AI website. Canadian AI Media Officer Beth Berton-Hunter told LifeSiteNews.com that AI leaders from across the globe will be gathering for a Council meeting on August 11 to discuss various issues. […]

Pierre Trudeau is voted number one, Henry Morgentaler number three

30 women came for abortions on its first day of operation

By John Jalsevac MOSCOW, Russia, July 30, 2007 (LifeSIteNews.com) – A Russian nationalist youth group is encouraging youth to have more sex in an effort to combat the nation’s devastating demographic crisis, reports the Daily Mail. In a lengthy special report the Daily Mail documents the activities of the Nashi youth movement, which is sponsoring a summer camp attended by some 10,000 Russian youth this summer. Not only are Nashi organizers encouraging the youth to have more sex, but they have designated a special area at the dormitories, the Love Oasis, for young men and women to engage in sexual […]

By Hilary White LONDON, July 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In conflicts over same-sex couples staying in hotels run by religious believers, it is up to the owners to accommodate or close, the government says. In April, the Labour government passed the Sexual Orientation Regulations of the Equality Act 2006, drafted under the supervision of homosexual lobbyists, that make it illegal for Christian and other religious objectors to homosexual behaviour to refuse business to gay clientele. In the case of family owned bed and breakfast establishments, this requirement means that proprietors must allow homosexual partners to stay in the same room […]

She screamed at peaceful pro-life protestors and refused to obey police

Micheal O'Brien, author on crisis of culture in West, says this "German state intervention in family life is a new level of auto-destruction"

But it's business as usual from major party leaders

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., July 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Bush can expect to make no more Supreme Court judicial appointments “except in extraordinary circumstances” according to Senate Judiciary Chairman Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY). “We should reverse the presumption of confirmation. The Supreme Court is dangerously out of balance,” Schumer said Friday at the American Constitution Society convention in Washington. “We cannot afford to see Justice Stevens replaced by another Roberts, or Justice Ginsburg by another Alito.” Schumer and other Democrats fear that another justice like Justice Alito could presage the demise of Roe v. Wade and lead […]

By John Jalsevac SYDNEY, Australia, July 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – World Youth Day ‘08 organizers have said that they will not co-operate with any efforts to disseminate safe-sex information that contradicts Church teachings on extra-marital sexual relations and contraception to WYD participants, reports the Sydney Morning Herald today. The Herald is reporting the organizers’ stance as a “row” over the safe-sex message, though in the article it is unclear with whom the organizers are having the “row.” According to the Herald the New South Wales Health Minister is preparing a fact sheet for the event, though a spokesman for the […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien BEIJING, July 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two men have been arrested for their participation in massive protests against the one-child policy enforcement that took place in southern China this spring, Reuters reports. According to the Chinese government Xinhua News Agency, the two men referred to as Peng and Li, were arrested for forging government documents and making 400 photocopies in order to incite people to claim a fake “social support fee” refund. According to Reuters, Peng was one of many whom the government forced to pay thousands of yuan for “unapproved” births. According to Xinhua, the court […]

Pushed mother to ground and punched and stomped on her belly killing child in womb

MOTHERWELL, Scotland, July 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Bishop of Motherwell, Scotland, Reverend Joseph Devine, stated that a Catholic adoption agency would close rather than comply with the recent UK Sexual Orientation Regulations (SOR) and allow children to be adopted by homosexual couples. Commenting on the possible closing of the Glasgow-based St. Margaret’s Children and Family Care Society, Bishop Devine commented in the Daily Express, “It would be a great loss because Catholic family care agencies have done such wonderful work.” According to the Scotsman, St. Margaret’s presently places 15 to 20 children in new homes each year, provides […]

Julio Severo reveals details of lengthy struggle against attempts of UN and US organizations to corrupt Brazil society

By Hilary White    LONDON, July 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study of 3,980 articles in medical and scientific journals between 1980 and 2005 has shown significantly higher risks of long-term medical problems for children conceived through artificial procreation such as in vitro fertilisation or intracytoplasmic sperm injection, a method in which a selected sperm is injected into the ovum.    Dr. Alastair Sutcliffe, of the Institute of Child Health at University College London and Dr. Michael Ludwig, of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecologic Endocrinology in Hamburg, examined the data and have concluded that babies conceived through artificial […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   DUBLIN, July 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hailed as a sensational pro-life victory, first-time candidate Rónán Mullen was elected to the Irish Senate after basing his campaign upon pro-life and pro-family values.   Mullen replaced Brendan Ryan of the Labour Party in a surprise victory this week. Of the 43 available seats in the Seanad or Senate, the upper house of the Irish Parliament, he was elected to one of the three seats that are chosen by The National University of Ireland.   Mullen is a columnist for the Irish Daily Mail as well as a lecturer […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   WASHINGTON, July 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new survey by the Pew Research Center (PRC) shows that the number of people who accept same-sex “marriage” remains a minority within the United States.   Entitled “Trends in Political Values and Core Attitudes: 1987-2007,” the study conducted telephone interviews with 2,007 adults, aged 18 years or older, across the nation from December 12, 2006 through January 9, 2007. The report investigated a variety of questions relating to religion, government, civil liberties, and political-ethical issues such as abortion and same-sex “marriage”.   Regarding the question of homosexual “marriage”, the […]

By Hilary White   LEEDS, UK, July 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Care, a leading British Catholic adoption agency announced this week that it will cease operations in light of the recently imposed requirement that they must allow children to be adopted by homosexual partners. Catholic Care is the first of the religious social agencies to announce that it can no longer operate under the Sexual Orientation Regulations (SOR’s) that proponents claimed would put an end to “discrimination” in the UK.   According to the Daily Mail, the agency, in operation for a century, announced that a vote of its […]

By Peter J. Smith   WASHINGTON, D.C., July 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life and pro-family advocates may face another political bruising in 2008 if the predictions of a veteran conservative activist prove true – an almost guaranteed Clinton administration and a Congress divided in half between Republicans and Democrats.   Paul Weyrich, co-founder of the conservative think tank Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority, and chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation has accurately predicted the outcomes of presidential elections for decades with two exceptions. In 1964, Weyrich believed that a “silent majority” would prevail and elect […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   UNITED KINGDOM, July 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.K. Girl Guides, an organization that originally promoted traditional Christian values,  has conformed to the modern sex-saturated culture by seeking a new course on “safe sex” practices.   According to a report in the UK Times, the program is based on results from a survey of more than 1,000 Girl Guides in Britain. Attempting to keep in touch with the changing needs of modern women, the survey asked them what life skills they think are most important. For senior Guides, girls aged 16 and over, the hands down […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   SEATTLE, Washington, July 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two Washington pharmacists and a pharmacy owner have sued the State of Washington for trampling on their right to freedom of conscience with the new regulations forcing pharmacists to dispense the “morning after” pill.   Pharmacists Rhonda Mesler and Margo Thelen, accompanied by the Stormans Inc. that owns Ralph’s Thriftway in Olympia, filed the lawsuit in the federal court on Wednesday. They are suing the State for forcing them to choose “between their livelihoods and their deeply held religious and moral beliefs,” the Associated Press reports. This decision follows […]

By John Jalsevac BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Registrar of Vital Records in Massachusetts has instructed city and town clerks to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals from New Mexico who come to Massachusetts to “marry,” reports AP. Shortly after same-sex “marriage” was introduced into Massachusetts via the court system in 2004, governor Mitt Romney had banned homosexual out-of-staters from being able to obtain a Massachusetts marriage license, basing his decision on a 1913 law that forbade the state from issuing licenses to those who would be prohibited from marrying in their home state.  The highest Massachusetts court, however, ruled […]

It "offers a perverse form of worship to the devil"

By Samantha Singson   NEW YORK, July 26, 2007 (C-Fam.org) – Overturning a prior decision by the NGO accrediting committee, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted to grant official consultative status to the Coalition Gaie et Lesbienne du Quebec (CGLQ) and the Swedish Federation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights (RFSL) in Geneva last week.   The voting process was mired in confusion over unclear language. Several delegate requests for clarification interrupted the roll-call vote and led Pakistan to call for a point of order and ask for a re-vote. No re-vote was taken. The motion to […]

14 year-old-student arrested and taken to police station after requesting move to class with students who speak English

By John Jalsevac July 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bella, the heart-warming independent film that took the 2006 Toronto Film Festival by storm, winning the prestigious “People’s Choice Award,” is in final negotiations with a major U.S. distributor, a representative at Metanoia Films told LifeSiteNews.com. * According to the representative, barring any last minute glitches in the signing of the papers, the film will be released in theatres across the country on October 26 of this year. Currently, however, he said, further details cannot be released until the contract is finalized.  While the team behind Bella is not marketing the work as a […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien NEW DEHLI, July 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During her inaugural speech on Wednesday, the newly elected and controversial first female President of India called for an end to the murder of unborn babies based on sex-preference. As she replaced former President Abdul Kalam, DailyIndia.com reports, 72 year old Pratibha Patil announced, “Empowerment of women is particularly important to me as I believe this leads to the empowerment of the nation.” She continued, “We must banish malnutrition, social evils, infant mortality and female foeticide.” Only shortly before Patil’s speech, police discovered 30 bags full of dismembered babies outside […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., July 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For weeks the US Food and Drug Administration has been warning the American public about tainted Chinese imports of contaminated pet food, poisonous toothpaste, and an outbreak of botulism. However the federal agency has failed thus far to issue warnings over the possible contamination of RU-486, a chemical abortion pill made exclusively in China, which has led to at least 6 documented deaths in North America and hundreds of severe adverse effects in women. As the Chinese scandals began to unfold, pro-life Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) and co-chairman of […]

Stresses evolution cannot explain creation of the universe

By Elizabeth O’Brien WAUWATOSA, WI, July 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A homosexual event organizer has been charged with felony for sexually soliciting a 14-year old boy over the Internet, World Net Daily (WND) reports. 42-year old David Bodoh contacted the Oconomowoc boy through an Internet chat room. The boy’s foster mother contacted the police, however, and an undercover agent pretended to be the boy over the Internet. According to Quest, Bodoh pretended to be 21, and sent sexually explicit emails as well as nude photos of himself. He arranged to meet the boy at Brookfield Square Mall on July 12, […]

Tells citizens he will end scourge of public sodomy in Ft. Lauderdale

Abortion a key factor in the demographic shift

By Elizabeth O’Brien COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A groundbreaking, grassroots campaign has taken hold of communities throughout the United States. The mission is to storm Heaven with 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. David Bereit, a noted pro-life speaker from Texas who pioneered this campaign, stated in a press conference that the movement was born out of the “prayer and frustration” of pro-life activists. He said that increasingly many people have felt worn out with the pro-life battle and discouraged by the apathetic silence of their local churches. In 2004, however, […]

By John-Henry Westen   NEW YORK, July 26, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic League has revealed a sustained attack against the Catholic Church from Jay Leno, host of the Tonight Show.   Describing it as “Jay Leno’s obsession,” the League points out that in the past five weeks, the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno” has ridiculed priests six times and the pope once; all of the priest jokes were sexual in nature and painted priests as molesters. ·   June 18: Robin Williams gets into an extended diatribe about priests as pedophiles ·   June 20: Leno cracks a joke about priests as […]

By Hilary White   LONDON, July 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British government, in reaction to recent statistics that show the UK with the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe, will assign “contraception counsellors” to teenage mothers.   The move comes in response to statistics from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, showing that in 2005, one fifth of the teenagers who became pregnant were already mothers. The counsellors will on various family issues, including breastfeeding, nutrition and how to get contraceptives.   The Telegraph quoted Norman Wells, who said that the government’s dedication to the doctrines of […]

Such programs can be expected to be put in place all over world as part of movement to deconstruct the family

Lengthy report in New York paper

By Elizabeth O’Brien TORONTO, ON, July 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With thousands of kilometers behind them and just over two weeks away from their final goal at Parliament Hill, the Crossroads pro-life walkers will be entering Toronto this weekend. Since they started walking in Vancouver, BC this May, six to eight devoted young men and women have been taking shifts so that there is always someone on the road day or night. On the weekend they give talks, pray before abortion clinics and other public functions. After twelve demanding weeks on the road, the first ever Canadian Crossroads walking team […]

Part 2 of LifeSiteNews.com report on Vision TV - Vision open to everything but basic Christianity

Attorney general responded to jury's recent decision saying, "I regret their decision."

By John Jalsevac MELBOURNE, Australia, July 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic bishops in the Australian state of Victoria have responded to legislation introduced into the Victorian parliament to decriminalize abortion by calling it a “backward step for women and their families.” Instead of decriminalizing abortion “which might make abortion more widespread”, write Victoria’s bishops, legislators should instead be trying to find ways to reduce the state’s notoriously high abortion rate. Although 20,000 abortions occur each year in the state of Victoria, abortion is still technically illegal under the Victorian Crimes Act. In 1969, the Supreme Court of Victoria ruled that […]

Pro-Lifers give the news a "cautious welcome"

By Elizabeth O’Brien SEATTLE, July 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Pacific Justice Institute has challenged the Seattle mayor’s employee benefits policy for same-sex couples for allegedly undermining the Washington ban on homosexual “marriage”. In 2004 Mayor Greg Nickels ordered that businesses give marriage benefits to same-sex couples, Seattlepi.com reports. The mayor extended the regular marriage privileges to those couples that were “married” by other governments, such as Massachusetts. The Mayor’s policy allows same-sex couples to sign up for benefits without having to file for domestic partnership status. The California-based Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), a non-profit legal defense organization that defends […]

By Hilary White TORONTO, July 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario government has told the Toronto Board Of Health that plans to vaccinate all Ontario women and girls between the ages of 9 and 26 for HPV will have to wait on a report from medical experts later this year. In February this year, the federal government announced its plan to vaccinate women and girls across the country and has pledged $300 million for the project. The vaccination of children as young as nine was recommended by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI). According to NACI, the primary age […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien WASHINGTON, DC, July 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Wednesday Senators Sam Brownback and Edward Kennedy reintroduced the Pre-natally and Post-natally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act (PPDCAA), which proposes to offer information and services for expectant and young mothers of handicapped children. According to a recent press release from Brownback’s office, the PPDCAA, which is an amendment to the Public Health Service Act, would ensure that care is offered not only during the woman’s pregnancy, but throughout the year following the child’s birth as well. The PPDCAA also states that resources and services for expectant mothers of disabled babies […]

By Hilary White NAYAGARH, India, July 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The BBC reports that police have found 30 bags full of baby body parts outside an abortion facility in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Local forensic experts suggest the remains are the product of illegal sex-selective abortions. The owners of the abortion facility have been taken into custody. Police have said there is no way of knowing how many bodies were found in the bags recovered from a waste dump near the town of Nayagarh. Abortion, sonograms and the traditional cultural preference for boys have combined to cause a […]

"Since its inception, Vision TV has shown a pronounced liberal bias," National Post editorial States

Now under disciplinary proceedings from Murcia Supreme Court

By Elizabeth O’Brien LONDON, England, July 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent British study shows that children conceived by IVF have increased health problems and spend almost double the time in hospital than naturally conceived children, the Daily Mail reports. The 7-year follow-up study, done in conjunction with Finnish studies, compared the hospital costs of IVF-conceived children to naturally conceived children. It examined 303 IVF-conceived children as well as 567 naturally-conceived children, all of whom were born between the years 1990 and 1995. Prior studies had reviewed the pregnancies of these children, their medical history and neo-natal health as well as […]

By John Jalsevac ROME, Italy, July 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A doctor who removed the ventilator tube of prominent right-to-die activist Piergiorgio Welby has been cleared of charges of “consensual murder” on Monday, reports ANSA. The case of Piergorgio Welby hit international airwaves in 2006 after the poet, who suffered from advanced muscular dystrophy, sent a public letter to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in which he described in detail his medical condition and expressed his desire to die. (see: https://vrzhu.typepad.com/vrzhu/2006/12/a_poets_right_t.html) “If I were Swiss, Belgian or Dutch, I could escape from this utter outrage, but I am Italian and there […]

New assault on policy prohibiting federal funds going to abortion-providing organizations is deceptive

Florida Right to Life says, "now we're holding doctors responsible to deliver a perfect baby"

WASHINGTON, D.C, July 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Life Decisions International (LDI) will soon release a revised edition of The Boycott List, which identifies corporations that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned Parenthood, the world’s leading abortion-advocacy group. “As a direct result of the commitment, action and prayers of pro-family people, at least 153 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood,” said LDI President Douglas R. Scott, Jr. It is estimated that the boycott has cost Planned Parenthood more than $35 million since the Corporate Funding Project (CFP) began some 15 years ago. “This should be a testament to […]

July 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On July 3rd LifeSiteNews and many other services reported on a Fox News Bill O’Reilly segment on violent lesbian gangs in Washington, DC. and elsewhere. The report included video footage of violent incidents and a report from crime investigator Rod Wheeler. O’Reilly and Wheeler now report that there were significant inaccuracies and exaggerations in the the report.  In his apology Wheeler states, “During the O’Reilly Factor segment on June 21st, while engaged in a discussion on Lesbian gangs, I inadvertently stated that gang members carry pistols that are painted pink and call themselves the “Pink […]

UNICEF said India kills almost 7,000 girls per day by abortion

By Peter J. Smith DENVER, Colorado, July 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life leaders in Colorado are laying the groundwork to challenge the heart of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision with a constitutional amendment that would completely outlaw abortion by recognizing the personhood of the unborn child. WorldNetDaily reports that the amendment proposed by Colorado Equal Rights would define “any human being from the moment of fertilization” as a “person” under article 2 of the state Constitution. The title given to the proposed human life amendment reads: “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution defining the term ‘person’ […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien CALGARY, July 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After a week of highly biased media coverage, the final hearing of Alberta Pastor Boissoin, accused of “hate-mongering” against homosexuals, wrapped up on Friday. During the hearing Boissoin’s legal counsel thought it best to refrain from giving media comment until the case was finished. Over the past week, however, there was a cloud misinformation in the media, including words taken out of context, unofficial quotes from witnesses and a generally negative portrayal of Boissoin.   The CBC, for example, revealed its biased position in a July 17 story, weighting its focus […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, July 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US State Department has issued its 2007 report on human trafficking and has named four wealthy US Arab allies  – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar – as among the worst offenders in failing to act to stop the international trade of human beings. The report listed Canada as a “tier 1” country, one that complies with the minimum standards of combating the trade. It describes Canada as “principally a transit and destination country” for women and children trafficked, mainly from Asia and Eastern Europe, for commercial sexual exploitation. It noted […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien DURHAM, New Hampshire, Friday, July 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A national study, recently release by the University of New Hampshire’s Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC), states that one in 25 youth who use the internet are requested to send sexual images of themselves. Published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, the study is entitled “Online Requests for Sexual Pictures from Youth: Risk Factors and Incident Characteristics.”  The study made a phone survey of 1,500 Internet users aged 10 to 17 across the United States for one year. The study stems from a larger study by Research […]

Gained status as result of intense lobbying by Canadian Government's UN representative

Same-sex "marriage" the next major goal

Austin Ruse responds, "the group should be called the Crotchety Left Wing Gasbags"

By Elizabeth O’Brien HUNTINGTON, July 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Indiana judge upheld the decision of a church congregation to leave the United Church of Christ (UCC) because of the denomination’s official recognition of gay “marriage.” St. Peter’s First United Church of Christ has been part of the UCC for 50 years, the Indianapolis Star reports. The congregation was concerned, however, when the UCC voiced its official support for homosexual “marriage” in 2005.  At its 25th General Synod the UCC declared that the 1.3-million organization officially supported same-sex “marriage”. According to the declaration the UCC, “affirms equal marriage rights for […]

Comments by Fr. Frank Pavone during March for Life 2007 Youth Conference in Ottawa Canada:  Let me leave for you what I am convinced is the most powerful tool to change someone’s mind about abortion.   I told you that I had been involved in this since I was your age, been working on this fulltime across the world, worked with the Holy Father, and Mother Teresa and all these people, worked with the pro-life movement on every level.  There is no single thing that I have seen more powerful to change people on abortion than simply showing them the […]

Joe Scheidler says condemning their use "is like telling the Apostles they can't talk about Christ crucified"

By Hilary White   MANCHESTER, July 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since its publication in the journals Nature and Stem Cell on June 7, a report that Japanese researchers have produced embryo-like stem cells from the somatic cells of mice, have made headlines around the world and prompted speculation that the scientific community’s brief obsession with cloning experiments for stem cell research is about to end.   Although the paper’s author, Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University, urged researchers not to stop using embryos for research, he told the London Times in an interview, “Neither eggs nor embryos are necessary. I’ve never […]

OR says Morrison unqualified to interfere in abortion investigation

"How much sex education is age appropriate for a 5-year-old? In my view, zero," Romney declares

Funding must pass Senate first

To be published in the August 2007 edition of The Interim newspaper, Canada’s national pro-life newspaper Campaign Life Coalition national president, International Right to Life Vice-President and Interim editorial advisory board member Jim Hughes interviewed pro-life personality and long-time columnist Fr. Ted Colleton on April 3 at La Salle Manor in Toronto. Fr. Ted has “retired” from pro-life work and will return to Ireland later this year, but not before looking back at the pro-life movement and his contributions to it. Interim: Father, The Interim newspaper is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. In your opinion, what impact has The […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien SAN DIEGO, July 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a hearing on July 17, the Mayor and City Council unanimously declared July 2007 to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month in the City of San Diego. Despite the organized efforts of approximately 40 people who protested at the meeting, the city council unanimously voted in favor of the recent bill proposal by Mayor Jerry Sanders, Council President Scott Peters, and lesbian council member Toni Atkins.   During the hearing, Council President Scott Peters gave an unfair time advantage to homosexual representatives, the James Hartline Report (JHR) alleges. Each […]

"The silence from lawmakers and advocates of 'safe and legal abortion' has been deafening"

Shocking discovery - more than 85 % arrested for possession or distribution admitted molesting at least one child

By Hilary White   LONDON, July 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When a new draft law was tabled by the Labour government proposing to overhaul Britain’s embryo research Act, pro-life advocates told LifeSiteNews.com that there would be only a few short months in which to examine the bill and respond.   Now two of Britain’s most prominent Catholic prelates, Keith Cardinal O’Brien, Archbishop of Edinburgh, and Archbishop Mario Conti of Glasgow, are calling upon Prime Minister Gordon Brown to extend the consultation period.   The two prelates cited the provision in the bill to remove the child’s need for a father […]

By Peter J. Smith   SINGAPORE, July 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Unable to find a “gay bar” or display nudity in an upcoming performance of Shakespeare’s “King Lear”, British actor Ian McKellen has now called upon Singapore’s government to overturn laws against homosexuality.   McKellen, 68, is known to millions around the world for his roles as “Gandalf” the wizard in the “Lord of the Rings” and for his role as the evil villain and mastermind “Magneto” in the “X-Men” Trilogy and has used his star-power to promote homosexual issues. “Coming to Singapore where unfortunately you’ve still got those dreadful […]

Free Dominion website not yet given any details

July 19, 2007 (CWNews.com) – Most American adults would favor a “conscience clause” allowing pharmacists to avoid dispensing drugs if the use of those drugs violates their religious or ethical beliefs.   A survey by Baraga Interactive found that 65% of respondents supported the right of a pharmacist to decline a prescription order for moral reasons. The survey of 1,249 adults confirmed a Medscape study in 2005 in which a similar proporation of US respondents—69%—supported pharmacists’ rights of conscience.   Pharmacists who object to the use of drugs such as the abortifacient “Plan B,” or birth-control pills, currently face a […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   DUBLIN, July 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern publicly confirmed past statements that the government would work to ensure equal rights for homosexual partnerships through new legislation, the Irish Independent reports.   On July 16 Ahern gave an address at the launching of the homosexual community center Outhouse on Capel Street, Dublin. He stated, “This Government is committed to providing a more supportive and secure legal environment for same-sex couples.” “Taking into account the Options Paper prepared by the Colley Group, and the pending Supreme Court case, we will legislate for civil […]

Thousands of petitions needed to protect marriage

By Elizabeth O’Brien   HONG KONG, July 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday the high court of Hong Kong ruled against a law that prohibits homosexual activity in public. The ruling called the law “unconstitutional” and “discriminatory”.   The case involved two men, 19-year old Zigo Yau Yuk-lung and 30-year old Lee Kam-chuen, who were charged with having anal sex in their parked vehicle in April 2004, China’s The Standard reports.   This case was the first prosecution of the 1991 law prohibiting homosexual “sex” in public. According to the court document, Section 118F (1) of the Crimes Ordinance states […]

Also voted against massive gay and lesbian Stonewall Library being set up in main children's park

Muslims, Christians fear accepting term "sexual orientation" could deny religious freedom to criticize homosexual lifestyle

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"Classic case of double effect"

By Hilary White CARDIFF, Wales, July 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activist groups are hailing as a “landmark” the decision against the Church of England by a Welsh employment tribunal in favour of a homosexual man claiming discrimination based on his sexual orientation.  The gay lobby group Stonewall gave financial and legal backing to a complaint by 42 year-old John Reaney, an active homosexual who had applied for the position of youth director for the diocese of Hereford. Despite the fact that the Sexual Orientation Regulations contain an “exemption” for religious groups, the tribunal found that Mr. Reaney had been […]

Pro-family lobbyist says, "The agenda here is to make being 'gay' just as socially acceptable as being black or Jewish"

By Peter J. Smith BERLIN, July 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Ethics Council, the body charged with advising the German government on medical ethics, narrowly recommended that the law banning embryonic stem-cell research be gutted of its most important protections on Monday. The recommendation sets the stage for the Parliament to consider revising the law later this autumn. In a narrow 14 – 10 vote, the NEC voted in favour of abolishing the law’s cut-off date that prohibits German scientists from working on any stem-cell lines derived from human embryos killed after January 1, 2002. The 2002 law was […]

By Peter J. Smith   ROCKVILLE, Maryland, July 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – School board officials in Maryland’s Montgomery County may celebrate “tolerance” and “diversity” for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transsexuals, and other non-heterosexual lifestyles, but have chosen to silence the viewpoints of ex-homosexuals in favor of a radical pro-homosexual sex-ed curriculum.   The Alliance Defense Fund warned the Montgomery County Board of Education on Monday that it had to desist from censoring the viewpoints of outside groups that disagree with its pro-homosexual agenda. The ADF sent a letter to the Board on Monday on behalf of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays […]

"I do not hate the homosexual. I hate the practice," Boissoin tells Commission

Mrs. Edwards says Clinton not strong pro-choice advocate for calling abortions tragedies

By Elizabeth O’Brien RIO NEGRO, Argentina, July 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Bishops of Rio Negro have reaffirmed the value of human life “from conception until natural death” in response to proposed “worthy death” bills, Fides News Agency reports. Provincial authorities of Rio Negro are deciding whether or not to allow terminally ill patients to make a statement refusing medical treatment, Spanish-language Adnmundo.com reports. In response, the Catholic Bishops of Rio Negro have issued a statement, clarifying and reaffirming the Church’s teaching on end of life care. In the statement, the Bishops affirm that the Church has always been […]

AP Poll: GOP Pick Is ‘None of the Above’  https://story.news.ask.com/article/20070717/D8QELE9G0.html   Newsweek reports—in surprisingly positive terms—on the movement to rid the earth of the vermin species—us:  https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/blogger.html   Families Under Pressure – Disturbing Trends in Latest Statistics  https://www.zenit.org/article-20144?l=english   Plan B Use Surges, And So Does Controversy  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/12/AR2007071202146.html?hpid=topnews   Corporate America: The New Gay Activists Kirk Snyder  https://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20070717/cm_huffpost/056499   Homosexual gun advocates draw bead on O’Reilly  https://www.nytimes.com/cq/2007/07/16/cq_3090.html   The Bush-Clinton Dynasty   https://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2007/cbarchive_20070717.html   Concerned Women for America says President Bush’s nominee for surgeon general needs to be more transparent  https://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/07/cwa_wants_more_openness_from_b.php   Divorce dropping among college-educated, says public policy expert  […]

Right to Life Australia says legislation "a gross abuse of human rights"

Pro-family advocates pledge they will "not idly stand by and let history record that Ireland's children were permitted "to be used and abused by fast-talking unidentified strangers"

By Hilary White OTTAWA, July 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the advent of liberalised divorce and artificial procreation and now homosexual “marriage”, the laws and courts of Canada are apparently unready for the influx of complex and often bizarre litigation that is becoming increasingly common. The case of an Alberta woman, known to media as Jane Doe, who sought to test a legal contract absolving her domestic partner of responsibility for her child, illustrates the wide gap between the law and the current realities. Jane Doe lives in a common-law relationship with a man who does not want children. Doe, […]

By John Jalsevac MINNEAPOLIS, July 17, (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Thursday, July 12, the Minnesota Supreme Court handed down a ruling reversing the criminal convictions of pro-life protesters Ron Rudnick and Luke Otterstad. The pair were convicted for displaying large signs on an overpass on two occasions in the Twin Cities suburb of Anoka, Minnesota just weeks before the 2004 national elections. One sign displayed a large color photo of the aborted infant, “Baby Malachi,” while next to it was a large handwritten sign that branded a local Congressional candidate as “pro-abortion.” On both occasions the pro-lifers were arrested and jailed […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien ZURICH, Switzerland, July 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Swiss assisted-suicide group Dignitas has been evicted from its operation site in a suburban area due to growing complaints from neighbors. For nine years the assisted-suicide clinic at Gertrudstrasse 84 received people who wanted to kill themselves, Spiegel News reports. The organization took up two apartments of the apartment block; but recently the owner cancelled their lease because residents were horrified by the stream of body bags that were carried out on the elevator and are frustrated by the police and ambulances that constantly come to the door.   The […]

To avoid presumed consent, automatic removal of organs, persons must have previously signed opt-out form

Brother of Terri Schiavo spearheading petition effort to stop event

by Phil Lawler Jul. 17, 2007 (CWNews.com) – Five years ago Cardinal Roger Mahony was reportedly encouraging Vatican officials to ask for the resignation of Boston’s Cardinal Bernard Law. Using the same logical arguments that the American prelate presented in 2002, the Vatican should now ask Cardinal Mahony himself to step down. The sensational cost of the sex-abuse scandal for the Los Angeles archdiocese far exceeds the devastation in Boston. The $660-million legal settlement announced on July 16 is nearly five times the total of the financial damages in Boston. Combining that settlement with previous agreements, lawyers’ fees, and other […]

Large American Foundations Pushing Radical "Social Change" Agenda

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By Elizabeth O’Brien   VICTORIA, BC, July 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent poll by the BC Ministry of Health website, seeking to know public opinion about current medical issues within the province, includes a “completely biased” question about euthanasia according to Alex Schadenberg of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.     Found on the “Conversation on Health” (CH) website, the poll asks whether, “People should be able to consider quality of life, with the option of euthanasia in end-of-life care if desired.” The wording as well as the default question is strongly biased in favor of euthanasia-a currently illegal practice in […]

By Peter J. Smith LONDON, July 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A teenage girl lost her legal battle for the right to wear a chastity ring in class after the United Kingdom’s High Court ruled the school’s ban did not constitute “unlawful interference” with her Christian faith. Lydia Playfoot, 16, had challenged the ban imposed by Millais School in Horsham, saying the ring was an expression of her Christian faith and commitment to abstain from sex until marriage. Playfoot was among a dozen other girls that had worn the chastity rings until the school ordered them to remove them saying that […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, July 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to sustain funding for abstinence-only education for another three months, to complete the fiscal year. The bill, passed by the Senate last month, will now move to the White House for the presidential signature. The abstinence education program was threatened in May when Democrats, citing a single study, claimed that abstinence-only education was failing to prevent teenage sexual activity. Abstinence-only education continues to be a favourite Democrat target. President Bush’s nominee for Surgeon General, James Holsinger was grilled in hearings last week by […]

Settlement spares Mahony from testifying before a jury about his role in concealment and cover-up of sexual abuse

By Hilary White COLUMBUS, July 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, LifeSiteNews.com reported that Ohio’s Rep. Tom Brinkman had reintroduced legislation to ban abortion that had, in 2005, failed in the state legislature. Brinkman has reintroduced his bill, with some changes, at the request of a coalition of pro-life groups, legislators, medical professionals and pastors.  On Friday, LifeSiteNews.com also spoke with Mark Harrington, Executive Director for the Center for Bio Ethical Reform (CBR) Midwest, who said he was disappointed by what he had perceived as a mixed response coming from Ohio Right to Life, an affiliate of National Right to Life, […]

Among those present was Norma McCorvey from the original Roe v. Wade case

Estimated that up to 80% of doctors in some hospitals may refuse to participate

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In one year alone Brown voted 16 times in favour of the abortion lobby

By Samantha Singson   (NEW YORK — C-FAM) Academics and experts from around the world warned UN delegates this week about the dangers of ignoring the family in governmental policies and programs while trying to achieve development. The delegates were attending the World Family Policy Forum hosted by Brigham Young University and the World Family Policy Center.   Dr. Maria Sophia Aguirre of the Catholic University of America presented a paper saying that “healthy families are essential for a country as they have a direct impact on human, moral and social capital, and therefore, on resource use, economic activity and […]

Media jumps to claim he has retracted his position - others suggest that is exaggeration

Would hold US troops fighting "War on Terror" as hostages in exchange for sweeping "hate crimes" legislation

Vote to take place this Tuesday

By Hilary White   COLUMBUS, July 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rep. Tom Brinkman (R), noted throughout his political career for his strong pro-life stand, has re-introduced a bill in the Ohio legislature that proposes to ban abortion in the state except to save the life of the mother.    A spokesman for Ohio House Speaker Jon A. Husted told the Columbus Dispatch that he will poll fellow GOP legislators to determine their interest. The spokesman said, “It will probably get a hearing”; a step forward from Brinkman’s previous attempt in 2005 when Husted said that an abortion bill was “not […]

By Steve Jalsevac   July 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Macleans magazine blog, Capital Diary: Ottawa Outtakes on Ottawa political hijinks, by Mitchel Raphael, presents photos of Canadian politicians joining in Toronto’s recent Gay Pride festivities. Politicians participating in these events appears to be increasing, no doubt in large part because of the political and financial clout of the gay movement.   The Capital Diary blog provides an informative log of some of the politicians who have aligned themselves with the gay movement and who would therefore be expected to further gay activist political objectives in exchange for campaign and […]

By Hilary White   PARIS, July 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The film, “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” by Romanian writer and director Cristian Mungiu, that depicted a young woman obtaining abortion under the communist regime, will be shown to French schoolchildren after initial hesitation on the part of government officials .    The film, in addition to being the winner of the prestigious Palm d’Or at the Cannes film festival, received France’s National Education Prize that grants government funding to create a DVD version for upper-secondary schools.    The film will be shown in schools, despite initial opposition from […]

REAL Women concerned that pro-life, pro-family Canadians will end up in museum's Hall of Shame

By John Jalsevac   OTTAWA, Ontario, July 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Earlier this month one of Canada’s most prominent pro-homosexual activists was awarded the highest honor that can be given to a Canadian citizen-the Order of Canada. Natural marriage defenders have been especially disturbed that the supposedly pro-traditional marriage conservative government does not appear to have made any effort to stop the award and has shown total reluctance to comment on the award or distance themselves from it.   Rev. Brent Hawkes, a minister at the Metropolitan Community Church in Toronto, gained notoriety by flouting Canadian law and illegally “marrying” […]

CWA says incident "shows how far our nation has deviated from the original vision of our founding fathers"

By Elizabeth O’Brien   WASHINGTON, DC, July 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Before a Senate confirmation hearing today, Bush’s nominee for Surgeon General, Dr. James Holsinger, responded to criticisms and allegations regarding his views on homosexuality and stated that he is not anti-homosexual, Reuters reports.   During the hearing, Holsinger said, “I can only say that I have a deep, deep appreciation for the essential humanity of everyone, regardless of their personal circumstances or their sexual orientation.” “Questions have been raised about my faith and about my commitment to the health and well-being of all Americans, including gay and lesbian Americans. […]

Kathryn Jean Lopez, editor of National Review Online, denies charge

200 professionals and religious leaders sign letter against proposed new policy of intolerance

UK Government said to be "working overtime to promote the population control agenda"

Debate is most likely to become showcase for Sen. Hillary Clinton

By Peter J. Smith PEACHTREE CITY, Georgia, July 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Marine recruit who nearly drowned four years ago in boot-camp met his death after his family agreed to let doctors remove his feeding tube. “He smiled all week [since the tube was removed]. It was the first time. He seemed so happy, not in pain,” his mother, Melia Isaac said of her son, who had been reduced to a comatose or minimal conscious state. “I’m going to wonder for the rest of my life if I did the right thing. But I believe I did. He didn’t […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien WASHINGTON, DC, July 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Various Christian, pro-life groups met today and yesterday for a rally and press conference protesting the new “hate crimes” legislation that is being considered in the U.S. Senate. Participant groups included Repent America, Philadelphia 11, Elijah Ministries, BOND, Minutemen United, Pass the Salt Ministries, America Asleep Know More, Restoring America, and Life and Liberty Ministries. They formed a joint effort to voice the concerns of Christians throughout America about the pending “hate crime” bill, S 1105. Michael Marcavage, president of Repent America, told LifeSiteNews.com that the rally was “exceptional” and […]

By Hilary White   July 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For some years now, reports have been growing from around the world that the massive amounts of synthetic birth control hormones being pumped into the water systems through sewage outflow is changing the sex of fish stocks. Recently, scientists have also begun to warn of the possible carcinogenic effects of the build-up of estrogenic chemicals in drinking water.    As early as 2002, the UK Environment Agency warned that fish stocks in British rivers were showing signs of gender ambiguity as a result of high levels of estrogen in the water. A survey […]

By John Jalsevac GUANGZHOU, China, July 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite a strictly enforced national one-child policy, a city in southern China has developed its own policy encouraging families to have more than one child, The China Daily reported earlier this week. According to The China Daily the city of Guangzhou is heading towards a demographic and economic disaster, which the new policy is intended to avert. By the year 2010, reports the paper, Guangzhou will have over a million residents who are older than 60, but the city estimates that they will only be able to accommodate 40,000 in homes […]

Mayor: "I fear that we're the first city that has a hard-core porn collection in our public library."

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, July 11, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activists are pressuring the American Psychological Association to denounce so-called reparative therapy aimed at helping gays overcome their psychosexual disorders. The APA is about to review its policies regarding therapy for those who counsel clients seeking to leave the homosexual lifestyle, and some pro-family advocates are anticipating that steps will be taken against reparative therapy for homosexuals. While homosexuals suffer from much higher than average rates of psychological and social disorders, the mainstream medical organizations have remained in lockstep with the gay movement’s explanation. The establishment position is that high […]

"Catholic doctrine is a question of all-or-nothing. You have to believe in it wholly, not just the parts you like" says Catholic organization spokesman

By Elizabeth O’Brien GARRISON, NY, July 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of America’s most prestigious bioethics journals has recently published an article questioning the policies currently in place across the world that prevent access to euthanasia for the clinically depressed. In the May-June issue of the Hastings Center Report, Jacob Appel, a university professor from Providence, R.I., refers to the 1994 Death with Dignity Act in Oregon as well as California’s Compassionate Choices Act that was approved this March. Noting the high tolerance for euthanasia in Europe, Appel cites the famous case in Switzerland last November when the Federal High Court […]

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By Peter J. Smith OCEAN GROVE, New Jersey (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New Jersey lesbian couple has filed a civil rights complaint against a Christian seaside retreat association that refused to facilitate their “civil union.” Harriet Bernstein and Luisa Paster filed the complaint June 19 with the state attorney general’s office on the grounds of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation after the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association declined the use of their Boardwalk Pavilion for their civil union ceremony, planned for September.  Bernstein and Paster demanded “whatever relief is provided by law” including unspecified “compensatory damages for economic loss, […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, July 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a letter to William S. Skylstad, Bishop of Spokane, Washington and sitting president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, Amnesty International has “corrected” the statement put out by the Conference earlier this month criticising the human rights group for their recently adopted support for abortion as an international human right. Until recently, Amnesty’s position on abortion was official neutrality. In April, however, Amnesty joined the ranks of the world’s abortion-promoting organizations by a series of decisions to consider abortion – in the cases of rape and incest and when […]

Medical professionals are losing their purpose and becoming a danger to everyone

by Steven W. Mosher  President of Population Research Institute   July 10, 2007 (pop.org) – The forced abortion campaign hit the southern Chinese province like a deadly hurricane. The provincial government decided that too many babies were being born. Local officials were warned that population control quotas had to be met or their heads would be on the chopping block. They reacted by hunting down and arresting hundreds of women for the crime of being pregnant. Taken by force to hospitals and clinics, these were aborted against their will. It did not matter whether the women were past the point […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien DETROIT, July 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) once again rejected a pro-life resolution that would attempt to address the pressing issues of abortion and infant mortality in the American African community. This July approximately 8,000 NAACP members met in Detroit for the organization’s annual convention. While Saturday’s major theme was improving access to heath care, NAACP authorities rejected the pro-life resolution of the Macon, Georgia, chapter for the second time since 2004. Christian News Wire reports that according to Rev. Clenard Childress Jr., the national director of LEARN, […]

By Peter J. Smith LONDON, July 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Gay”, “queer”, and any other words or behaviours offensive to homosexuals must be stamped out among schoolchildren in the United Kingdom says the new Children’s Minister. Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan told the homosexual advocacy group Stonewall that the government will require teachers to treat “homophobic abuse” just the same as “racist abuse.” Brennan promised new regulations this autumn that would require teachers to act on name-calling such as “gay” and “queer” or be guilty of colluding in “homophobia,” even when the words are being used as synonyms for “lame” or […]

To consider giving to your physician

By Hilary White SCHENECTADY, New York, July 10, 2007 – On September 8, 2006, Rev. Greg Davis was arrested and charged with trespassing when he went to the campus of Schenectady Community College (SCC) to preach and hand out Christian religious leaflets. He was approached by campus officials and asked to leave saying his activity was “threatening” to students. When he refused police were called. SCC is part of the New York State University system and as such is considered under the law of New York to be property that is “open to the public.” The judge found that the […]

By Hilary White YORK, July 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the first time since its earliest days in the reign of Elizabeth I, the Church of England, officially the established church of Britain, has tentatively agreed to draft a written statement, a “covenant,” of its doctrines. The decision comes from the July 8th General Synod meeting in York in northern England, and represents a considerable break from the Anglican Church’s usual methods of conflict resolution. Since the establishment of the Anglican Church in the 16th century, there has been a typically English unspoken agreement within it not to meticulously define […]

An act that is "tantamount to euthanasia"

By Elizabeth O’Brien ELMIRA, NY, July 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Police arrested seven Christians who were praying prostrate and holding Bibles in a public park where a gay festival was just beginning, WorldNetDaily (WND) reports. 36-year old born again street preacher Julian Raven and his group called the “Magnificent Seven” came to pray at Wisner Park in downtown Elmira the evening before the Southern Tier Pride Festival. After telling the police what they were planning to do, the Christian group was informed that if they went ahead, they would be arrested.   When they tried to enter the public park, […]

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Netherlands experience showed "euthanasia, once legalized, cannot be effectively controlled

"Significantly problematic that every person the Times quotes would appear to have incentive to take down Thompson"

Planned Parenthood considering legal action to stop law from taking effect.

By Hilary White ROCKVILLE, Maryland, July 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Maryland State Board of Education will not interfere with a local school board’s efforts to insert curriculum material legitimizing homosexuality.  The board agreed that while parents may have some say in what is taught to their children, that “right is not absolute. It must bend to the State’s duty to educate its citizens.” Parents in Montgomery County have been battling the school board on the insertion of homosexual material in schools for two and a half years. In November 2004 the parents won a delay in the courts after […]

Leaders encourage repentance for impurity and the crime of abortion

By John Jalsevac SAN DIEGO, July 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday the San Diego Padre’s baseball team went ahead with a controversial game night that saw the pro-homosexual “Pride Night at PETCO Park” coincide with the advertised handing out of free hats to children under 14 years of age. On the San Diego Padres’ website the Padres advertised the “San Diego Pride event (sponsored by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community),” at which “San Diego Pride supporters and volunteers will be recognized for organizing the group event with a scoreboard welcome and the Gay Men’s Chorus of San Diego will […]

Says that fighting poverty in third-world countries, but ignoring the unborn, is "hypocritical"

BUENOS AIRES, July 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Buenos Aires Catholic Doctors Consortium (CDC) recently blasted the government’s attempts to loosen the abortion laws in Argentina. “Abortion is always and without exception direct murder of a human person,” stated the CDC, responding to attempts by public health authorities to allow abortion in all cases of violence, Fides News Agency reports.   The CDC statement continued, “Natural right teaches unequivocally that the right to life is the first of all human rights and no one can dispose of it. Therefore neither politicians, nor legislators nor authorities can expect doctors, who by […]

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By John Jalsevac THUNDER BAY, Ontario, July 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After several weeks spent walking through the visual monotony of the prairies, the Crossroads Canada walkers are thankful to have crossed into Ontario, and the so-called Canadian Shield, a section of Canada that is known for its great beauty, and thousands of fresh-water lakes. “It’s great to be around some lakes for a change,” said Crossroads Canada organizer Cyril Doll in an interview with LifeSiteNews.com With a steady, warm West wind at their backs, however, the Crossroads participants made impressive time in the prairies. “We walked 620 kilometers in […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien SEATTLE, Washington, July 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent Health Group study indicates that treating depression decreases suicide rates, and that the success of the treatment is not heavily dependent on the type of treatment—whether medication, psychotherapy or both. Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, emphasized the importance of this link between depression and suicide since it bears directly on the sadness and loss of hope that often leads people to choose euthanasia as well. Advocates of euthanasia often argue that those who choose euthanasia do so in order to escape the unbearable pain of a terminal […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   SAN LUIS OBISPO, California, July 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A California woman is filing a complaint in the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court against an organ transplant doctor and the Sierra Vista hospital for willfully deceiving her and murdering her physically handicapped son for the purpose of harvesting his organs.   Mrs. Navarro is the mother and only surviving family of her son Ruben, who was stricken with Adrenal Leukodystrophy, a rare disorder that left him confined to a wheelchair. The court papers allege that last January, 26-year old Ruben was transferred to the Sierra […]

By John Jalsevac New York County, July 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New York state judge has ordered a businessman to state his religious beliefs about homosexuality in a case brought forward by the man’s former employee. Plaintiff John Fairchild alleges that Ted Doudak, a Christian and the president of Riva Jewelry, terminated his employment without reason after discovering that both Fairchild and his daughter were homosexual. In Fairchild’s complaint, the former employee of Riva Jewelry accuses Doudak of a “homophobia,” proved by a history of “discriminatory” behaviour, including expressing his “disgust” with homosexuals, quoting bible verses that say homosexuals will […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, July 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In comments to the Washington Times, Archbishop Donald Wuerl has described himself as a “pastoral and spiritual” leader, and said that his job with Catholic politicians who oppose core Church teachings is to “teach” and “help them form a conscience.” “My primary responsibility is to teach and therefore to help every Catholic inform their conscience.” “When people do things contrary to church teaching, my responsibility is to help them understand that is wrong. Sometimes that takes a lot of conversation. Sometimes you’re not successful at it,” Wuerl told the Times’ Julia […]

By John Jalsevac Nicaragua, July 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ever since Daniel Ortega accompanied his re-election as the president of Nicaragua with a series of conciliatory gestures towards the Catholic Church, including asking forgiveness for his past offences against the Church, many have been daring to ask whether Ortega’s apparent conversion is sincere. An article that appeared earlier this week in the California Catholic Daily asks this very question, pointing out that shortly after taking office in 2007, the leader who was once known for his virulent hatred for the Catholic Church visited the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe […]

By Peter J. Smith LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-life youth organization held a sit-in demonstration today outside the campaign offices of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, not only to protest her radical support for abortion, but to train future leaders of the pro-life movement. “Hillary has a radical pro-abortion agenda. Our generation has seen enough women hurt and enough children killed, and we are not going to support a candidate who stands for the killing of unborn children and the scarring of women and families,” Kortney Blythe, spokeswoman for Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, told LifeSiteNews.com. The […]

By John-Henry Westen   NEW YORK, July 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK Independent revealed today that Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates has acquired a major stake in a homosexual activist publishing company.  SEC Filings reveal that Cascade Investment, which invests Gates’ money, is among a group of investors that has bought a $26.2 million share in PlanetOut, a publishing company which runs Out magazine as well as the dating website Gay.com which is used primarily for sexual “hook-ups” and all-gay RSVP Cruises.   According to Pink News, the new investors, including Mr Gates, will collectively own a majority of the […]

Pro-Life candidate has 16% advantage in the conservative vote

By John Jalsevac HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, July 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – No charges will be laid against the husband of a woman who traveled to the ‘Dignitas’ clinic in Switzerland to commit suicide the RCMP announced Tuesday. Elizabeth Jeanette MacDonald of Windsor, 38, who was confined to a wheelchair with multiple sclerosis, died on June 8, in the ‘Dignitas’ clinic in Zurich after drinking a fatal dose of barbiturates. Later in the month, after MacDonald’s obituary notice publicly thanked the staff of the ‘Dignitas’ clinic, the Canadian based Euthanasia Prevention Coalition requested that the police investigate whether MacDonald had been […]

New government guidelines will "compel" faith schools to comply with gay agenda normalization of homosexuality

By Elizabeth O’Brien MANASSA, VA, July 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNew.com) – The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS), a national organization for Catholic renewal in Catholic universities and colleges throughout the United States, has recently urged American schools to cut off their affiliations with Amnesty International (AI) on account of its recently announced policy of pro-abortion advocacy.   In a letter to the presidents of U.S. Catholic colleges and universities, CNS Executive Vice President Tom Mead wrote, “If your institution has an AI chapter, CNS urges you to work with your students to reorganize the club and continue its important work promoting human […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   SCARBOROUGH, July 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Toronto city councilor Mike Del Grande sacrificed his pay raise money and provided financial support for various charities in order to fulfill a pledge he made last year, reports the Scarborough Mirror. After a nine percent wage increase was proposed, Councilor Del Grande, Ward 39 Scarborough-Agincourt, and seven other councilors signed a pledge last fall rejecting the proposal and only accepting a cost of living increase, reports InsideToronto.com.   The council voted 22-21 in favor of the raise last month, after which Del Grande donated the added $5,700 raise money […]

By John Jalsevac BARGARH, India, July 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Bargargh judge has sentenced Minketan Bhainsa to five years of rigorous imprisonment (hard labor) and fined him Rs 2,000 for forcing his wife to have an abortion, reports newindpress.com. According to the complaint filed by Ushabati Bhainsa, the wife of Minketan, she was tortured by her husband and her father-in law and then forced to have the abortion. The child she was pregnant with was her third. In many parts of India coercive population control policies have long been in place, and the two-child, boy-girl family is the norm. […]

By Hilary White   SAN DIEGO, July 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties “failed to report in a timely manner” the death of Edrica Goode, a 21 year old woman who died of toxic shock after being given a laminaria at the facility. California Department of Health Services have filed a deficiency ruling against the facility that said, “Based on medical record reviews and staff interviews, the [clinic] failed to report an unusual death occurrence involving a patient’s death within 24 hours to the department.”   The clinic is now required to submit a […]

Refers to difficulties facing families such as "the drama of divorce and pressures to legalize abortion"

Editorial

* Disclaimer: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews.com. They are presented only for your information.   Spain’s Prime Minister on Tuesday announced financial assistance worth $3,400 to Spanish families for each new child.   https://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/07/03/spain_families_to_get_birth_subsidy/?rss_id=Boston.com+%2F+Newshttps://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2007/07/03/spain_families_to   Christians are facing renewed era of martyrdom, Vatican nuncio tells U.N.  https://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=24596   Hetero woman: Feminism turned me into lesbian ‘I’d had a very happy marriage and a very good relationship with men’   https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56458   China Crackdown on officials with mistresses   https://fe73.news.sp1.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070629/od_nm/china_mistress_dc   In Philippines Cops arrest 20 […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   COLERAINE, Northern Ireland, July 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Saturday a police officer assaulted Bernatte Smyth, the head of Ireland’s leading pro-life group Precious Life, for refusing to remove an “offensive” pro-life display. She will be petitioning a charge against him for “grievous bodily harm” inflicted during the attack.   Smyth described the incident to LifeSitenews.com, saying that a member of the community contacted the police because she was disturbed  by abortion pictures in a public Precious Life display. Constable Peter Olphert of the Coleraine police department refused to communicate or compromise with Smyth even when […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   WASHINGTON, DC, July 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has urged Amnesty International (AI) to return to its neutral position on abortion when the AI International Council meets in Mexico this August.   The President of the USCCB, Bishop William S. Skylstad, urged AI to renounce its position on abortion in a July 2 statement. He wrote, “The action of the Executive Council undermines Amnesty’s longstanding moral credibility, diverts its mission, divides its own members (many of whom are Catholic or defend the rights of unborn children), and jeopardizes Amnesty’s […]

Bush has vowed to veto any legislation intended to weaken federal policies or laws on abortion

By Hilary White   SLIDELL, Louisiana, July 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The City of Slidell Louisiana is being sued by the American Civil Liberties Union for displaying a 16th century icon of Christ on the wall of the courthouse. The court has refused to remove the picture, and Slidell City Court Judge James Lamz has accused the organization of publicity seeking.   The ACLU sent a letter demanding the icon be removed after receiving a complaint from an unidentified person about the picture. The Louisiana ACLU sent a letter demanding that the court remove the icon saying, “it violates the […]

By Hilary White   AUKLAND, July 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers at Massey University in New Zealand have joined their work to numerous other studies showing the rate of substance abuse is markedly higher in the gay community.   Lead researcher Frank Pega said that the government needs to pay special attention to homosexuals in dealing with substance abuse issues. The findings will be presented at the Public Health Association conference in Auckland this week.   Analysing data taken by the Ministry of Health of 15,000 New Zealanders between 2003 and 2004, the researchers found that 42.7 per cent of […]

By Hilary White   MONTREAL, July 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Montreal mother has banked her ova in order that her seven year-old daughter, who is infertile, may one day give birth to her own half-sister or half-brother.   Melanie Boivin’s daughter Flavie suffers from Turner syndrome, a genetic disorder in which one of the two X chromosomes normally carried by women is missing, which causes the ovaries to fail to develop. Women with Turner syndrome often turn to donor ova and in vitro fertilisation to have children. In Flavie Boivin’s case, her mother decided to donate her own ova […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   BRASILIA, July 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Brazilian university professor claimed that the practice of infanticide by indigenous tribes should be respected as a cultural practice, the Telegraph reports.   Dr. Erwin Frank, an anthropology professor at the Federal University of Roraima, Brazil, is quoted in the Telegraph as having defended the violent practice, saying, “This is their way of life and we should not judge them on the basis of our values. The difference between the cultures should be respected.”   Certain tribes believe that some babies are “cursed” and therefore do not have souls. […]

Knocked Up is an outstanding argument for the need for women to see what is going on inside their bodies when they are pregnant.

Encouraging others to leave way of life he says "is by its very nature pornographic"

By John-Henry Westen   ** See follow-up story in which Rod Wheeler and Bill O’Reilly apologize for inaccuracies in their reports on this issue: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jul/07072401.html   MEMPHIS, July 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week, the Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor exposed what it claims is an increasing trend of lesbian gang violence terrorizing neighbourhoods and schools, especially in large cities across the United States.  According to FOX News crime analyst Rod Wheeler there are some 150 such gangs in the DC area alone, including Washington, Maryland, and Virginia.   The gangs, known as Dykes Taking Over (DTO) or Gays Taking Over, […]

* Disclaimer: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews.com. They are presented only for your information   IVF pregnancies decline in Italy; health minister blames legislation   https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=52148   Giuliani Raises $17 Million, Romney $14 Million in Q2  https://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/7/3/151330.shtml?s=ic   Giuliani gets a standing ovation at Pat Robertson’s university  https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/821ktlth.asp   Democrats Stonewall 4th Circuit Nominees  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000004982.cfm   U.S. Money, Overseas Abortion  https://ncregister.com/site/article/3111   In Effort to Dodge Prosecution, Tiller Challenges Constitutionality of Abortion Law  https://www.christiannewswire.com/news/799003552.html   Pro-Lifers Make Impact at NEA Teacher Convention  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=9779   Girl […]

PRI's Mosher says proposed law "end of road" for family - over 60% of children born out of wedlock - crime rates have risen

Sues Bar Examiners, Supreme Judicial Court

By Elizabeth O’Brien WASHINGTON, DC, July 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recently released survey by the nonprofit Pew Research Center (PRC) in Washington indicates that American support has decreased for homosexual “marriage”. When conducting the survey, entitled “Generation Gap in Values, Behaviors,” researchers contacted 2,020 people throughout the United States by phone from February 16 through March 14, 2007. They asked people of various racial backgrounds about issues relating to heterosexual marriage, unwed parenting, homosexual “marriage”, homosexual parenting, divorce and cohabitation. A strong majority (65%) defined the main purpose of marriage as “forming a lifetime union between two adults for […]

Pro-life votes reach 9,543 on CBC and Facebook's The Great Canadian Wish List

Benedictine Sister Joan Chittister is vociferous advocate of contraception, abortion, and homosexuality

By John Jalsevac and John-Henry Westen   OTTAWA, Ontario, July 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. Brent Hawkes of the Metropolitan Community Church in Toronto, the same man who flouted Canadian law by illegally “marrying” a homosexual couple in 2001, and who subsequently pushed homosexual “marriage” on Canada through the back-door of the judicial system, has now been awarded the highest honor that can be given to a Canadian civilian.   This past Friday, Rev. Brent Hawkes was awarded, along with several dozen others, the high honour of the Order of Canada, given in recognition of “a lifetime of distinguished service […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien LONDON, England, July 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the wake of last week’s torrential downpours in England and Wales, a disaster that flooded rivers, cost the lives of at least 4 people, caused 600 injuries and resulted in an estimated £1 billion in damages, Anglican church leaders are declaring that it is a judgment on an immoral world. According to the Telegraph, the flooding damaged approximately 27,000 homes and 5,000 businesses – the worst hit areas being Toll Bar and along the River Don at Bentley in South Yorkshire where hundreds of people were forced to evacuate […]