Articles for Month: August 2007

MEXICO CITY, August 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com)—After one year in office, Mexico’s pro-life president Felipe Calderon is receiving positive poll ratings from a majority of Mexicans, according to a recent survey.   The survey, sponsored by the Mexican publication Milenio, asked recipients “Has Felipe Calderón fulfilled his campaign promises?”  Eleven percent said “yes” and sixty-four percent said “Yes, to a certain extent”, for a total of 75%.  Only 18% responded “No.”    When asked if Calderon had performed better or worse than expected,  50% responded “better” and only 31% responded “worse”.   Calderon has consistently maintained pro-life principles since he was […]

Other studies found marked negative effects from preschool including brain chemistry damage, aggression, negative social and emotional development, illness

Says Catholic Church Prior to John Paul II was Easier to Work With - "With the passing of Pope Paul VI, everything became much harder"

Uses strongly anti-religious language

By Peter J. Smith NEW YORK, August 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Bella,” the heart-warming independent film that took the 2006 Toronto Film Festival by storm, has now officially secured a major distributor for US audiences.   The Hollywood Reporter confirms a July 26 scoop by LifeSiteNews.com that had reported “Bella” would be released nationwide in U.S. theaters by October 26 by a major distributor Metanoia Films, the producer, finalized the contract with the distributor.

Said to be "very concerned" about abortion policies of Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, and Peru

Two American Episcopal Church Bishops re-ordained for service in Kenya Anglican Church

By Meg Jalsevac   BRITAIN, August 31, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In conjunction with the beginning of the LBGT History Month in the UK, the BBC has scheduled a week long roster of pro-homosexual television for its viewers.  The programming was scheduled in the first week of September to also coincide with the 50th anniversary of the release of the Wolfenden Report which legalized homosexuality in Britain in 1957.   The week long extravaganza of gay-themed TV has been officially named the ‘Hidden Lives Series’.  The programming will range from movies with homosexual themes, to historical documentaries and the personal stories […]

Gov't guidelines mandate abortions should be carried out within week of assessment

* 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.   There is nothing “brave” or beautiful about the biotechnised world we are entering, says one of America’s best-known bioethicists.https://www.mercatornet.com/articles/how_brave_a_new_world/   Embryonic Stem-Cell Breakthrough Overhypedhttps://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000005387.cfm   Fathers Important Protection Against Poverty – New York mayor proposes tax incentives to keep dads in the homehttps://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000005371.cfm   NOW Challenges Fatherhood Programshttps://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000005386.cfm   Texas Judge Keeps ‘Under God’ in State Pledgehttps://www.citizenlink.org/CLBriefs/A000005388.cfm   Politicians say Masons behind investigation of the Church in Italyhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10274   The […]

"Renegade judge" ordered county officials to give marriage licenses to six gay couples

MILWAUKEE, WI, August 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today Liberty Counsel filed a brief at the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in a case involving a state worker who made two elementary children undress without parental consent. The case is Michael C. V. Gresbach. The eight-year-old boy, his nine-year-old sister and their parents are represented by Stephen Crampton, Vice President of Legal Affairs and General Counsel for Liberty Counsel, and Wisconsin attorney Michael D. Dean.   The case involves Dana Gresbach, a social worker from the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare, who, acting on a tip that Michael C. had spanked […]

VANCOUVER, August 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thoughts related to God cultivate cooperative behaviour and generosity, according to University of British Columbia (UBC) psychology researchers.   In a study to be published in the September issue of Psychological Science journal, researchers investigated how thinking about God and notions of a higher power influenced positive social behaviour, specifically cooperation with others and generosity to strangers.   UBC PhD graduate Azim Shariff and UBC Assoc. Prof. Ara Norenzayan found that priming people with ‘god concepts’ – by activating subconscious thoughts through word games – promoted altruism. In addition, the researchers found that this effect […]

"Values Voter Presidential Debate" scheduled for Monday, September 17th at 7:30 p.m.

Proposal will be a ballot question in the upcoming Oct. 10 Ontario general election

By John-Henry Westen AUCKLAND, NZ, August 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British Actor Ian McKellen who has used the mega-stardom he achieved playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings films to promote homosexuality, has admitted to ripping out pages of hotel bibles that refer to homosexuality.   In an August 10 interview on New Zealand’s TV1 Close Up program McKellen was confronted by the interviewer questioning the truth of the rumour “He’s the one, that when he stays in hotels rips the part of the bible out that criticizes homosexuality.” “Yes it is true,” responded McKellen it’s even tones.  “Its […]

McGuinty's comments are flip-flop from his previous support for religious schools

Flurry of Lawsuits is Attempt to Prevent Criticism of Homosexual Movement

By Hilary White   LONDON, August 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Times of London has been corrected by US pro-life group Rock for Life after it claimed that a US pop singer is pro-life. On August 25, the Times newspaper ran the headline “Pro-life Rockers Clash with Amnesty,” and claimed that the decision of the international rights organisation to support abortion as a “human right” was clashing with some well-known rock and pop stars who opposed abortion. The pop singers, Christina Aguilera and Avril Lavigne, the Times claimed, had “made statements against abortion,” and were “among contributors to an Amnesty […]

By Hilary White   August 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com)  “If you have questioned Darwinism, that’s it, your career is over.”“I was viewed as an intellectual terrorist.” “I have been told to shut up.”  The quotes come from interviews with research scientists featured in a new film, “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” starring the New York writer and intellectual Ben Stein. The film, set for release in February 2008, documents the crushing of any investigation or questioning of materialist Darwinism, that is the orthodox position of most of the scientific establishment.   In the trailer for “Expelled“, Stein is seen addressing an audience […]

Pro-abort and homosexual movement tactics, the disaster of Luiz Lula, homosexual activism in Brazil, persecution of Severo, a prayer book

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “It is ludicrous.” That was the reaction of Douglas R. Scott, Jr., president of Life Decisions International (LDI), to a statement by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (L&LS) in defense of its support for embryonic stem cell experimentation.   LDI, which publishes a list of corporations that fund the abortion-committing group Planned Parenthood, recently updated the “Dishonorable Mention” section of The Boycott List. The section identifies nonprofit organizations that “are linked to Planned Parenthood and/or its agenda.” Like Planned Parenthood, L&LS actively supports embryonic stem cell experimentation. “Planned Parenthood supports such experimentation because […]

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Commenting on the recent report of the abortion of twins in Italy, one of whom was suspected to have Down’s Syndrome, the semi-official Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano observed: “Two girls have died, assassinated as a consequence of selective abortion.”   The case sparked ire after it was reported that doctors were seeking to abort the unborn child with Down’s Syndrome and mistakenly aborted the other twin.  After hearing of the error the mother had her remaining unborn child killed as well.  The children were three months beyond conception when […]

Aetna is also one of only 11 US companies which is given a 100% approval rate by homosexual activists

University states speaker Ann Lamott was "inappropriate choice" but only because this was "a featured lecture"

Politician calls threat "intolerable" interference; accuses EU of siding "anti-Catholic left"

Pro-Life protesters file lawsuit against city over alleged "harassment from Aurora's police officers"

Cincinnati Planned Parenthood Clinic charged with systematically covering up statutory rape

Admits she was fired legally - claims she had no idea Church was opposed to IVF

By Peter J. Smith   JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Federal judge issued a restraining order on the state of Missouri Monday preventing it from requiring abortion facilities to adhere to strict medical standards, just days after another federal judge blocked a law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at the nearest hospital within 30 miles.   U.S. District Judge Ortrie Smith granted the restraining order at the behest of abortion supporters who said, the strict standards mandated by the law would adversely affect the Kansas City clinic, which provides medical-induced abortions, and the Columbia clinic, […]

Homosexual Unions are Also on the Agenda

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.   Illinois Governor Signs Bill to Fund Embryonic Stem Cell Research with Tax-payer moneyhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/northshore/chi-stemcellaug29,1,5066275….   RU486 Poses Risk To Women Using Ithttps://au.christiantoday.com/article/ru486-poses-risk-to-women-using-it/3188.htm   Lesbian Priest Among Nominees for Episcopal Bishop in Chicagohttps://edition.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/08/28/episcopal.bishop.ap/index.htm…   Popularity of homeschooling rises nationwidehttps://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Sep07/Art_Sep07_02.html   Irish bishop Urges Government to Support Stay-at-home Mothers https://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=81664   Taliban releases Christian hostageshttps://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/   Education alone is not enough https://www.archden.org/dcr//news.php?e=434&s=2&a=9097   Morning News Shows ‘Promoting’ Democrats, Study Finds https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200708/CUL20070829b…   Top Scientist […]

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

TORONTO, August 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nearly every leader and significant speaker on the issues of euthanasia and assisted suicide will be attending the International Symposium on Euthanasia “Current Issues and Future Directions” to be held Friday, Nov 30th, Saturday, Dec 1, 2007 at the Four Points Sheraton – Toronto Airport Hotel.   Organized by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition – Canada and co-sponsored by: NOT DEAD YET – USA, Compassionate Healthcare Network – Canada, Physicians for Compassionate Care – USA, Vermont Alliance for Ethical Healthcare – Vermont, Care NOT Killing Alliance – UK, No Less Human, UK.   The list of […]

By John-Henry Westen   TORONTO, August 29, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Since LifeSiteNews.com first published online scanned copies of the letters of Cardinal Ratzinger concerning Harry Potter, many have attempted to deny the Cardinal, now Pope’s, statements on the matter.   The latest such claim to hit the news was from a report in the Catholic News Service, the official news agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.    An article, headlined “Catholic perspective can be seen in Potter series, says priest-devotee,” by Peggy Weber published on June 27, quotes a Fr. Bernier as saying, “Pope Benedict has not […]

Special to LifeSiteNews.com By J. Matt Barber

A fitting place to Pray, to ask Forgiveness, to Heal, and to Resolve to end the Barbarism

SAN DIEGO, August 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced today that its West Coast Director, San Diego area attorney, Charles LiMandri, filed a sexual harassment and freedom of speech complaint in California state court on behalf of four respected San Diego firefighters.  Charles LiMandri was also the Thomas More Law Center’s lead counsel in the successful Mt. Soledad Cross case in San Diego.    In July, four San Diego firefighters were ordered, against their wishes, to participate in uniform on their city fire engine in […]

EDINBURGH, August 28, 2007-(CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Keith O’Brien of Edinburgh, Scotland, has become the latest Catholic leader to drop his membership in Amnesty International to protest the group’s support for legal abortion.   The Scottish cardinal wrote to Amnesty International leaders explaining that after 40 years of involvement he felt obliged to sever his links with the human-rights group. “As a matter of conscience and great sadness,” he wrote, he could no longer support what he had long considered “this noble organization.”

Say pro-gay history "dangerous" to Malawi, where homosexuality still considered felony

Activist struck PFOX ex-gay over testimony about leaving homosexual lifestyle

Says North American Anglican leaders "seem to have concluded that the Bible is no longer authoritative"

DENVER, CO, August 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today, Liberty Counsel filed suit against Lewis Palmer School District on behalf of Erica Corder, a high school valedictorian who was forced to publicly apologize for sharing her Christian faith at graduation. Erica was one of fifteen valedictorians from the Lewis-Palmer High School class of 2006. For the past year, she has been the subject of criticism because the school continues to portray her as a student who engaged in improper conduct because she mentioned Jesus Christ during her speech.   Before graduation in May 2006, Principal Mark Brewer informed the valedictorians that […]

By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, D.C., August 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has decried Amnesty International’s recent decision to – as the bishops put it – “promote worldwide access to abortion,” telling the organization that the Bishops’ Conference will work with other organizations rather than with Amnesty International (AI) to carry out the good ends which AI was traditionally associated with.   Bishop William S. Skylstad, the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops released a statement to AI Thursday saying: “In promoting abortion, Amnesty divides its own members (many of whom are […]

SACRAMENTO, August 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In legal briefs submitted to the California Supreme Court, which is considering whether to license “same-sex marriages” next year, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown both stated that a future Legislature could abolish marriage and yank marriage rights from a married husband and wife. A group hoping to place a question on the 2008 ballot to defend traditional marriage suggests that the briefs are evidence of the urgent need for the ballot initiative.   In the Governor’s brief, filed by his team of lawyers, Schwarzenegger says, “The Administration submits that use of […]

By Hilary White   NEW YORK, August 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study of female military cadets has shown that the use of oral contraceptives is linked with loss of bone density in women. The study examined the effects of lifestyle, diet, and exercise on bone health of 107 white female cadets at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, and found that irregular menstruation and oral contraceptives had a negative impact on bone density.    The study bolsters earlier work showing that hormonal contraceptives negatively affect bone density. Estrogen plays an important role in the development and […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien AURORA, Illinois, August 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Saturday over one thousand pro-lifers met to protest before the recently erected facilities of what is said to be the nation’s largest Planned Parenthood center in Aurora, Illinois, just outside Chicago.   Pro-Life Action League Communications Director Eric Scheidler told LifeSiteNews.com that at least 1,300 pro-lifers participated in the protest. About 900 formed two large picket lines on York Street and another 250 were at a prayer vigil site next to the new Planned Parenthood center. Another 75 people participated in a Face the Truth Tour, holding graphic abortion […]

Pro-life group denied official club status on campus

Within next few decades, China will be taking care of 400 million elderly people

Gagnon "admired the courage and the zeal of the pro-life activists he had met"

Mother returns and has Down syndrome child aborted

Wants everyone to become "eunuchs for the green kingdom"

Passport suddenly declared invalid at airport, police detained her, took her away, but now deny seeing her

Two professional death "assistants" under murder investigation

By Elizabeth O’Brien   TORONTO, August 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life organizations, media and Christian groups as well as Canadian religious leaders have endorsed this year’s Life Chain, the hour-long pro-life prayer and witness event that drew over 30,000 participants last year.   The list of the event’s official supporters includes Roman Catholic Bishop Nicola De Angelis of the Peterborough diocese, Archbishop Brendan O’Brien of the Kingston diocese and Ottawa Archbishop Terrence Prendergast. The president of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, Bruce Clemenger, has also endorsed the event. In addition, the Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Toronto, his […]

Since election of Socialists Spain has become a leading anti-family EU country

Scientist warns Bioethics fundamentally opposed to traditional, Christian medical ethics

By Hilary White   DENVER, August 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Restrictions on pro-life groups using their funds for pro-life advocacy purposes during elections are unconstitutional says a ruling from the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.   The Denver court upheld a lower court ruling Tuesday that said Colorado Right to Life Committee (CRLC) was exempt from a state constitutional amendment, because it’s not a business corporation. The three-judge panel ruled unanimously that CRLC’s purpose is to promote respect for human life, not to elect or defeat political candidates and therefore the amendment’s provisions did not apply.   Court documents […]

* 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.   New York Times says Pro-Choice Position ‘More Moderate’ Than Pro-lifehttps://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2007/08/23/pro-choice-position-mor…   Mother Teresa’s Crisis of Faithhttps://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1655415,00.html   CNN – Teen Christians campaign against pop culturehttps://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/22/gw.teen.christians/index.html   Sales Soaring for Morning After Pill, But Opposition Persistshttps://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,294217,00.html   Retired Australian bishop wants “a very different Church”https://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=53109   St. Louis Archdiocese supports new anti-cloning fight in Missourihttps://www.stlouisreview.com/article.php?id=13548   Victoria may soon allow the donors and recipients of embryos from in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) to […]

By Hilary White   BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, August 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Alveda King, the niece of legendary human rights campaigner, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., told a meeting of Priests for Life, that the killing of a quarter of the black population of the US has not been from the lynch mobs of her childhood days, but from abortionists, “who plant their killing centers in minority neighborhoods and prey upon women who think they have no hope. “The great irony,” she said, “is that abortion has done what the Klan only dreamed of.”   King was speaking Sunday at […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A national survey of women voters this week revealed that Hillary Clinton has a long way to go before she can claim the “women’s vote.” In fact the poll, commissioned by the Susan B. Anthony List (https://www.sba-list.org), found that while Clinton enjoys support among women voters, her support is underwhelming at best. “Women may be ready to vote for a female president, but Hillary Clinton doesn’t fit the bill,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, President of the Susan B. Anthony List.   Forty percent of the women said they could conceivably vote for Hillary in […]

Commentary by John-Henry Westen Editor and Steve Jalsevac Managing Director   TORONTO, August 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews receives angry and often hate-filled responses to its news reports on mainly three subjects. The most hateful and threatening come from gay activists. Apparently, some cannot tolerate objective news reports containing information that in any way contradicts savoured personal opinion. For such, our news reports are “hate”, even though hate or even anger is never intended in any LifeSiteNews report. We challenge them to point out where our reports include “hate” but the challenge is never answered because it can’t. We just […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien AURORA, Illinois, August 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two pro-abortion protestors were arrested on misdemeanor battery charges, for harassing a group of pro-life witnesses outside a Planned Parenthood abortion facility during a prayer vigil on Sunday.   The Chicago Tribune, normally silent on pro-life events, reports that 24-year old Shawn R. Pawlak and 27 year old Kelly L. Maha, shouted obscenities at pro-life witnesses who were peacefully participating in the 24-hour, 40-day prayer rally to prevent the newly-constructed abortion facilities from opening near Chicago this fall.   Joseph Williams, from Sugar Grove Illinois, was one of the three […]

Large Campaign Signs will Feature Photo of Unborn Child

By Hilary White FORT LAUDERDALE, August 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a news conference at City Hall this week, Jim Naugle, the mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida has called on homosexual men to end their public sexual encounters in order to curb the local HIV/AIDS rate. “We want to put a stop to that activity,” he said.   Since his first public comments in July, Naugle has been attacked on all sides for being nearly the only US public figure to oppose on moral grounds the encroachment of homosexual activity in his town.   Now Naugle is in the news […]

By Hilary White   PRAGUE, August 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Czech Chamber of Deputies, the equivalent of the House of Commons, is unlikely to pass a measure that would legalize physician-assisted suicide (PAS). Of 186 deputies from the 200-seat Chamber, 92 said they did not want physician-assisted suicide to become legal, with sixty deputies supporting legalization and 34 undecided.   The daily paper, Mladá fronta Dnes, reported in July that the highest support for euthanasia (70 percent) is among the followers of the rightist Civic Democrats (ODS) of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek.     ODS Deputy, Boris Stastny, has announced plans […]

Top most harmful: abortionist Henry Morgentaler, followed by de-populationists David Suzuki and Maurice Strong

By John-Henry Westen   TORONTO, August 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An official response from the Canadian Diabetes Association indicates the funding organization is in complete support of using human embryos in destructive research.   The Canadian Diabetes Association is the country’s foremost organization disseminating information to Canadians on the disease. Its mission is to “promote the health of Canadians through diabetes research, education, service and advocacy.” The Association distributes government funding to researchers.   A reply to a query by LifeSiteNews.com elicited an emailed response from “Susan” at the Canadian Diabetes Association Contact Centre who said that the Association “does […]

Ministry initiative would train medical personnel to use suction machines on women in "post-abortion situation"

By Elizabeth O’Brien   ROCKFORD, Illinois, August 23, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A peaceful pro-life witness was violently assaulted outside an abortion site on Tuesday. Police responded late to his 911 after he was beaten by an unknown visitor to the clinic.   Early on Tuesday morning August 21, three Rockford pro-lifers, Ken Plez, Pat Brady and Kevin Rilott, were praying quietly in front of the Northern Illinois Women’s Center (abortuary) for an end to abortion. A large white truck pulled into the clinic parking lot, and without setting foot on the clinic property, Rilott approached and tried to talk to […]

AU heads of state have never actually approved document; re-opening of discussion disallowed

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   BRASILIA, August 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com)—The Brazilian Ministry of Health has announced that the government will begin to provide free sex-change operations to the public, in compliance with a government initiated court order.   The decision, rendered by Brazil’s Fourth Regional Federal Court, decreed that sex-change operations are a “right” covered by Brazil’s constitution, which guarantees “health care” to all citizens.   The approval of free sex change operations was largely a staged event by the socialist administration of Luiz Lula, who has been Brazil’s president since 2003. The administration essentially sued itself, using the Public Ministry […]

Call ignores fact that all but 9 Muslim and 4 Communist nations have formal diplomatic relations with Vatican

Program was joint project of USAID and health ministry of Indian government

By Elizabeth O’Brien MASAKA, Uganda, August 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Sunday the Vice President of Uganda stated that he is against abortion and homosexuality and that he will oppose any initiative to legalize them in Uganda, allAfrica.com reports.   Speaking at St. Joseph’s Church Kinoni in the Masaka District, Vice President Gilbert Bukenya referred to homosexuality, saying, “The practice might be legal in some western countries, but we cannot adopt it here because our cultural norms are different.” He referred to the importance of the unwritten laws that govern a culture, giving the example that people of the same […]

Silent No More Awareness spokesman dispute columnist's support for Amnesty International

Audit came at same time as attorney general's case against Wichita late-term abortionist Tiller

No evidence to support claims that stem cells from these embryos can offer any treatment

Pro-Life Action League to hold major protest on Aug. 25

Vehemently object to book's explanation that transsexual desires based on "idea of being a woman"

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRASILIA, August 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tens of thousands of people from fifteen Brazilian states marched through Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, to protest proposed legislation to permit more abortion, last Wednesday.   The event was organized by “Brazil Without Abortion”, an organization supported by several national organizations, including the Brazilian National Bishops’ Conference, the Brazilian Spiritual Federation, the Council of Evangelical Churches, and the leadership of other religious groups.   Appearing with the marchers were several notable Brazilians, including current and former members of the Brazilian Congress, and religious leaders supporting the pro-life cause. “Our politicians […]

By Hilary White   LONDON, August 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The risks of amniocentesis to the unborn child have long been known but now a new analysis by a British doctor has shown that using the tests in seek-and-destroy missions for Down’s syndrome and other genetic abnormalities results in the deaths of hundreds of healthy babies every year in Britain.    Dr. Hylton Meire, the retired physician and author of texts on ultrasound, calculates that for every 50 children with Down’s Syndrome successfully identified and killed by abortion, 160 non-affected babies are lost by miscarriage after the test. His paper, published […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien TORONTO, August 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The annual Life Chain, a pro-life prayer and witness event, will take place this year in cities across Canada on September 30, while in the United States it remains the first Sunday in October. The event, which normally takes place on the same day across North America has been rescheduled in Canada to avoid conflict with the Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday.    Life Chain involves an a hour of silent prayer and public witness and will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. Approximately 30,000 people participate each year, carrying signs that […]

By Hilary White    TRENTON, August 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In another case of a clash between Christian traditional values and the new secular sexual morality, the United Methodist Church group that owns a private campground retreat are suing the New Jersey government, saying its rights of religious freedom are being violated. The state is investigating a discrimination charge brought against the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association by a pair of lesbians who wanted to use the private retreat campground for a “civil union” ceremony.    The federal suit accuses the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights of “causing a […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   DUBLIN, Ireland, August 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite some misleading media headlines, the Ireland branch of Amnesty International has not opted out of the organization’s recent position of abortion advocacy. Funding International Ireland will mean funding the pro-abortion Amnesty International as a whole.   LifeSiteNews.com contacted Noeleen Hartigan, program director for Amnesty International’s Irish Section, to confirm the branch’s official standing on the abortion policy. LifeSiteNews.com asked whether Amnesty International Ireland is opting out of the abortion policy and whether, “the Ireland branch (will) still be sending funds to Amnesty International.” In her reply Hartigan stated, […]

Bishop Resigns from Board

ANN ARBOR, MI, August 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michigan Governor Jenifer Granholm’s office confirmed that it has removed their petition supporting embryonic stem cell research from the Governor’s publicly funded website.  The Governor’s action came less than a week after the Thomas More Law Center filed a federal lawsuit asking the court to either ban the petition or allow pro-life groups to place their own petition supporting the ban on embryonic stem cell research on the website as well.    Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Law Center, commented, “The battle is not yet over.  She has not […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien LOS ANGELES, August 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The best selling novels of atheist author Philip Pullman, which were written specifically to indoctrinate children with anti-Christian values, have sparked the creation of a controversial new fantasy film to be released this December 7 by New Line Cinema – a Time Warner Company.   Starring Nicole Kidman, “The Golden Compass,” is based on Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” trilogy, which includes “Northern Lights” (re-titled “The Golden Compass” in the United States), “The Subtle Knife” and “The Amber Spyglass.” Pullman wrote these books with the intention of indoctrinating children with atheistic […]

"We cannot ever destroy life. We must always save life even if it is the fruit of violence."

By Hilary White   SYDNEY, August 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Premier Morris Iemma, Premier of the state of New South Wales, has offered a grant of $500,000 to the first researchers to succsessfully create Australia’s first cloned human beings.    This June, the state parliament of New South Wales voted to overturn the previous ban on creating cloned humans for research. The lower house voted 65-26 to reinstate cloning with the strict “ethical” proviso that the embryos would be killed and harvested for stem cells thus never allowed to come to term.    Iemma also promised a special $11.5 million fund […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   VATICAN CITY, August 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Saturday the Archbishop of Vienna predicted that when Benedict XVI visits Austria in early September, he will mostly likely urge people to embrace a greater respect for life throughout the country, Zenit reports.   Cardinal Christoph Schönborn and Bishop Egon Kapellari of Graz-Seckau visited the Pope on August 18 to discuss his upcoming visit to Austria which will take place from September 7 to 9. During an interview with Vatican Radio later that day, Schönborn referred to the lack of respect in Austria as “great wound.”   He […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   AURORA, Illinois, August 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A massive pro-life press conference and rally was held near the newly-constructed facilities of a mega Planned Parenthood abortion mill on Thursday. The event was part of a full-scale campaign launched by pro-lifers from the Chicago district to prevent the clinic’s scheduled opening this fall.   About four hundred people attended the pro-life rally that was held at the Prisco Community Center in Aurora. Pro-life flyers, little plastic figures of foetuses and other information and promotional material lined the tables inside the building.   Jim Sedlak of STOPP Planned […]

* 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.   Think-tank says abortion has become epidemic in Spainhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10162   Sex now primary cause of China HIV spread: reporthttps://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKPEK19746020070820?feedType=RSS&…   Artificial Life Likely in 3 to 10 Yearshttps://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8R4H0Q00&show_article=1   Focus on media: A toxic culture for girlshttps://www.mercatornet.com/articles/focus_on_media_a_toxic_culture_for_girls/   BBC forced to removed ‘bastard’ slur about Jesus from its websitehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=4762…   CNN’s Senior Political Correspondent’s Whopper on Homosexualityhttps://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2007/08/10/cnn-s-senior-political-cor…   Disney Offers High School Musicals and Boozy Frat Parties https://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200708/CUL20070816c…   Uganda: Abstinence […]

Francisco Fletes Secured Abortion for Girl in 2003, While Her Original Pregnancy Was Being Investigated

 NEW YORK, August 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent survey indicates that young people view human relationships, most especially family ties, as the greatest cause of happiness in life, ABC News reports.   The survey, which was conducted by Knowledge Networks Inc. for the Associated Press and MTV, took place from April 16 to 23 and interviewed 1,280 people between the ages of 13 and 24. Using online interviews, the survey asked over 100 questions relating to the nature of happiness for American young people.   Participants were asked an open-ended question about what gives happiness, and the hands-down winning […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   AURORA, Illinois, August 20, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A massive pro-life press conference and rally was held near the newly-constructed facilities of a mega Planned Parenthood abortion mill on Thursday. The event was part of a full-scale campaign launched by pro-lifers from the Chicago district to prevent the clinic’s scheduled opening this fall.   About four hundred people attended the pro-life rally that was held at the Prisco Community Center in Aurora. Pro-life flyers, little plastic figures of foetuses and other information and promotional material lined the tables inside the building.   Jim Sedlak of STOPP Planned […]

By John-Henry Westen and Elizabeth O’Brien    MONTREAL, August 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A community of a dozen Mennonite families in Quebec is ready to leave the province rather than succumb to provincial government demands that would require their children to be taught evolution and homosexuality. While the government sees its actions as nothing more than enforcing technical regulations, many view the case an intolerance of Christian faith.   The community runs a small Mennonite school, out of a church in Roxton Falls, where eleven children in elementary grades were expected to commence studies this fall.  Subjects include reading, writing, math, […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien BOSTON, August 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After a recent discovery by the press, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney appears to be pulling out his investments from two companies that use embryonic stem cell research. The discovery of his investments may have a negative effect on voters who already have doubts over the statesman’s inconsistent record on life issues. Members of the press and campaign opposition recently examined a federal financial statement and found that Romney owns stocks in Novo Nordisk and Millipore Corporation, two companies that use embryonic stem cells in their research, the Boston Herald Reports. […]

By Hilary White WITCHITA, August 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sedgwick County District Judge Anthony Powell has recused himself from the case in which notorious Kansas abortionist George Tiller faces 19 counts of misdemeanour offences against the state’s abortion laws. Powell stepped away after Tiller’s defence attorneys filed a motion Monday asking him to remove himself from the case. “I have no doubt in all candour that for a reasonable person my statements about Dr. Tiller 10 years ago could raise doubts in the mind of such a person of my ability to be impartial in regards to the defendant in […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien TORONTO, August 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The recently approved Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace regulations for the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) include the protection of same-sex partnership despite the fact that such relationships expressly contradict Catholic Church teaching. On May 2 the TCDSB approved the new regulations against discrimination and harassment, stating at the same time that the board is committed to “providing a safe and welcoming environment that is an example of Christian Community”. In addition, the board “gives pre-eminence to the tenets of Roman Catholicism.” Discrimination is defined as “unfair treatment” based […]

By Hillary White SHENZEN, China, August 17, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Face recognition software installed in 200,000 close circuit TV cameras; government monitoring of all personal computers and cell phones; a central computer system that will store data on all citizens including the number of their children, education records, medical and credit histories, medical insurance status, names and phone numbers of landlords and employment histories and ethnicity.   All of this may sound like something out of a futuristic spy thriller or dystopian science fiction novel, but it will soon become the reality for citizens of the large southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, […]

Part 3 of a 3 part feature

The history of "Rosita" continued

A history of the infamous case of "Rosita"

Misleading conclusions are being drawn about the safety of RU486

States that lowered fertility is the cause, but fails to mention birth control, again

By Elizabeth O’Brien NEW YORK, August 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent United Nations report on international abortion policies reveals that while most countries worldwide allow abortion in extreme cases in order to save the life of the mother, only a minority allow abortion on demand. The July 2007 report states that abortion on demand is only permitted in 28% of the world’s countries. The percentage in the developing world is even lower, where 15% of the countries offer abortion on request. The percentage of countries that allow abortion due to “foetal impairment” is also a minority with 45% offering […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien ROCKVILLE, MD, August 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Barring a court overruling within the next few weeks, the Montgomery County School Board is scheduled to go ahead this fall and teach middle and high school students that various forms of sexual deviance are normal, the New York Times Reports. Parents & Friends of Gays & Ex-Gays (PFOX), Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum (CRC) and other pro-family groups have been battling the highly controversial material for years. Parents won a victory in 2004 when the courts granted a delay on the issue. After the Maryland State Board of Education […]

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By Peter J. Smith FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, August 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – US funded “family planning” and population control groups have made Latin America a political and cultural battleground over abortion, but a new online video from Population Research Institute explains how the organization is educating and mobilizing pro-life advocates to counter effectively the imperialist anti-life agenda entering Latin American countries. “Most of the Latin American countries are now democratic,” PRI President Steven Mosher says in the five minute YouTube video. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g8GhnMDo7E) “They have pro-life laws in place because they are pro-life, the people and their democratically elected representatives have […]

Famous "hard case" of pregnant nine year old called into question

By Peter J. Smith OCEAN GROVE, New Jersey, August 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian seaside retreat association is suing New Jersey state officials for threatening to prosecute it for rejecting a same-sex couple’s bid to hold a civil union ceremony on its property. The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA), an affiliate of the United Methodist Church, filed a federal lawsuit Saturday after the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights continued to investigate whether the Christian organization could face prosecution for violating laws prohibiting discrimination against “sexual orientation.” The Civil Rights Division was investigating the OGCMA for rejecting the […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien BIRMINGHAM, August 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rome recently appointed Bishop Robert J. Baker, known for his faithfulness, and especially his courage in officially denying communion to Catholic, pro-abortion politicians, to the Alabama diocese that is home to the world’s largest Catholic television and radio network. Pope Benedict XVI chose the 63-year old bishop to head the Birmingham diocese where the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), the international television network that was founded by Mother Angelica, is based. Baker has a strong connection with EWTN already, having appeared on EWTN in the past; he also recently co-authored the […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien AMSTERDAM, August 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Dutch Catholic bishop, with a history of dissident teaching, has encouraged Catholic faithful to pray to God as “Allah” in order to promote a better relationship between Catholics and Muslims, Catholic World News reports.   On Monday evening Bishop Martinus “Tiny” Muskens of the diocese of Breda told the Dutch television station “Network”, “God doesn’t really care how we address Him.” God is, said the bishop, above “discussion and bickering”.   The 71-year old bishop also said that although many might disagree with him at present, Dutch Catholics would refer […]

By Peter J. Smith OTTAWA, August 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Immigration officials must give a new hearing to an unmarried Chinese mother, the Federal Court of Canada ruled last week, saying the woman has justifiable reasons to fear authorities will forcibly sterilize her for having a child out of wedlock upon returning to China. Justice James O’Reilly ordered the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) to give Xiu Ying Cao, 23, a new hearing on her refugee status, finding plausible her fear that family planning officials would punish her for violating the one-child policy. In yesterday’s decision, Justice O’Reilly wrote that […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien NOVA SCOTIA, August 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of politicians, some of whom are Catholic in name, are planning to attend the first homosexual “marriage” of a federal politician since the institution was legalized in Canada two years ago. The Kings-Hants MP Scott Brison is marrying his homosexual partner Maxime St. Pierre this Saturday. One of the prominent attendees of the ceremony will be former Prime Minister Paul Martin. Martin has claimed to be “Catholic” despite his public opposition to Church teaching on fundamental matters such as abortion and homosexual “marriage”. According to the Globe and […]

By Peter J. Smith LOS ANGELES, August 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A leading homosexual activist organization has released a report measuring the prevalence of favorable lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) material on major US television networks. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) issued its first GLAAD Network Responsibility Index to measure TV networks’ “quantity, quality, and diversity” of homosexual propaganda shown during primetime programming. According to the study, ABC leads the five major networks (ABC, CBS, The CW, FOX, and NBC) in primetime programming hours containing either homosexual characters or the discussion of homosexuality. The report analyzes […]

CALGARY, August 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a last minute substitution, a top American abortion advocate, who was scheduled to debate with pro-life leader Stephanie Gray, was replaced with a Canadian representative, while the debate format itself was scrapped, and replaced with an interview format. Pro-lifers across Canada were waiting expectantly last night to hear Stephanie Gray, the Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform (CCBR), discuss the recent abortion billboard truck campaign. She was set to be interviewed with U.S. National Abortion Federation (NAF) representative Vicki Suporta on CKNW 980’s “Nightline BC.”   .   LifeSiteNews.com published […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   DORCHESTER, MA, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The administrators of a Catholic school have successfully demanded the city to remove an enormous condom billboard plastered directly within view of school classrooms, the Boston Herald Reports. The enormous advertisement is a picture of two hands holding a condom with the question, “Are you using?” Underneath the picture is written in smaller letters, “I am. Use a condom. Know your HIV status. Call for a free test.” It then lists the AIDS Action Hotline number. “The Boston Public Health Commission” is printed at the bottom.   Kim Mahoney, […]

By Peter J. Smith LONDON, August 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Kingdom is now selecting companies to develop a compulsory multi-billion pound national identity card programme to complement the massive surveillance system monitoring the movements of British subjects. The Labour government called the £5.7 billion ID programme “another milestone” in the fight against terrorism, organised crime, and illegal immigration, while opposition parties and civil liberties groups argue the programme smacks of the police state and is another milestone in eroding the freedoms and the privacy once enjoyed by Britons. Under this scheme Britons would be compelled to take up […]

By Peter J. Smith WICHITA, Kansas, August 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Notorious abortionist George Tiller and his attorneys filed a motion yesterday to replace the pro-life judge assigned to hear his case. Tiller faces 19 misdemeanor charges for violating a Kansas law that restricts late-term abortions. The motion represents an abrupt change in strategy by Tiller’s attorneys, who on Friday had stated that they had no objection to pro-life judge Anthony Powell hearing the case, after Sedgwick County Chief Criminal Judge Gregory Waller excused himself from the case. Waller gave Powell the case after the pro-life group Operation Rescue pointed […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien CALGARY, August 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Less than one week after the Canada Center for Bioethical Reform (CCBR) launched its pro-life, Reproductive “Choice” Campaign (RCC), featuring massive billboards of aborted fetuses on the sides of transport trucks, the media is still going haywire over the initiative. Following top-secret routes through the city, the trucks will be weaving through the streets of Calgary for an indefinite period of time. The images are approximately 11-meters long and display the torn-up limbs of a first trimester aborted fetus. The word “Choice” is written next to the image with a website […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien CALGARY, August 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After avoiding public face-offs with pro-lifers for many years, abortion advocates are stepping up to the platform. Responding to the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform (CCBR) abortion truck campaign, a pro-abortion top-gun has been brought in all the way from the States to be interviewed with young pro-life leader Stephanie Gray on the issue of abortion. Abortion advocates have carefully avoided such encounters in the past, but a recent media frenzy over the giant billboards depicting aborted fetuses have caused a long-time abortion warrior to accept a public debate. Vicki Saporta, […]

Family and Religion

The decision is "not based on hate, or discrimination, but upon principle and policy"

By Elizabeth O’Brien NASHVILLE, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the Knights of Columbus 125th annual convention this week, the Order officially resolved to forbid pro-abortion politicians from attending their events. The Order also renewed its support for the traditional definition of marriage and called for the protection of conscience for people in the medical field. During the final session of the Knights of Columbus convention at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel on August 9, delegates passed the pro-life resolution, stating, “we reaffirm our long-standing policy of not inviting to any Knights of Columbus event, persons, especially public officials or candidates […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien SAN DIEGO, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The San Diego Fire Department has dropped its requirement for on-duty firefighters to drive the gay parade routes after firemen complained of sexual harassment this summer. Now only volunteers will drive the route, the San Diego Tribune reports. Early this August, four firefighters were forced by their superior to drive in the parade in the Hillcrest neighborhood of the city on July 21. On August 1 they filed complaints of sexual harassment with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing after receiving sexually explicit taunts and gestures as they drove […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Some say it will take a miracle to turn America around to purity. America is known throughout the world, especially in developing nations, as a beacon of impurity. Since the 1960s Hollywood has produced and exported pornography, both subtle and explicit, around the globe.   However, just prior to America’s descent into the sexually quagmire of the 1960’s, a nun in Rome City, Indiana began receiving messages from heaven; messages from “Our Lady of America.” From the start, those messages called for purity. The first words that Sister Mary Ephrem (Mildred […]

By Peter J. Smith   LIVERPOOL, United Kingdom, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool is telling parents and faithful Catholics that it has no power to sack a Catholic headmaster who has entered into a civil partnership with a male teacher.   The Daily Telegraph first reported that the Catholic Church will take no action against Charles Coyne, the head of St. Cecilia’s Primary School, who has a registered homosexual partnership with Richard Jones, another schoolteacher. “Legal advice was sought,” said an archdiocesan spokesman. “The Church was advised that in this case nothing could be done, […]

By Peter J. Smith CHICAGO, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The largest denomination of Lutherans in the United States has decided that it will no longer discipline or enforce a ban against sexually active homosexual clergy. Delegates at the national assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America in Chicago passed a resolution Saturday, by a vote of 538-431, urging bishops to “refrain from or demonstrate restraint” in disciplining homosexual clergy in “faithful committed same-gender relationships.” Chicago’s Bishop Paul Landahl offered the resolution on the final day of the ELCA’s national assembly at the Navy Pier. The ELCA, which boasts 4.8 […]

Media ignores event and focuses on pro-choice group

By Peter J. Smith UNITED STATES, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Princeton professor has warned that the scandal of pro-abortion Catholics, and its cover-up by bishops, threatens more damage to the Catholic Church than the abhorrent scandal of pedophile priests hiding behind their Roman collars to perpetrate crimes against children. Robert George, a McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, writes in an article published in the ecumenical magazine First Things that, unlike the clergy sexual abuse scandal, the tolerated scandal of prominent anti-life Catholics continues to engender far more insidious effects upon society. “Nothing undermines the cause of […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien OTTAWA, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a recent column, Ottawa Citizen columnist David Warren digs at the root of the hype surrounding “evolutionism,” calling it, “evolution as a religious cosmology.” In the article entitled, “The Limits of Atheism,” Warren notes that whenever he writes about “evolution”, he always receives a series of letters from indignant people who are “shocked and appalled that anyone would dream of challenging what they believe to be the consensus of ‘qualified experts,’” respected members of the scientific community whom they believe are a “closed camp of hard-bitten materialists, with no time […]

By Peter J. Smith OTTAWA, August 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activist and Liberal MP Scott Brison is all set to be “married” to his homosexual partner next Saturday, making him the first federal politician to do so since Canada legalized same-sex “marriage” two years ago. The Globe and Mail reports that the ceremony for Brison, 40, and his homosexual partner, Maxime St. Pierre, will occur next Saturday in Brison’s Kings-Hants riding in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley. Brison says that St. Pierre proposed to him after the Liberals, under then-Prime Minister Paul Martin, passed the same-sex “marriage” bill in June 2005. […]

Part 1 of a 3 part feature

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   SPAIN, August, 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The eminent socialist Gregorio Peces-Barba Martínez, one of the authors of the current Spanish national constitution, made headlines in Spain Wednesday when he threatened the Catholic Church with a “new status” in Spanish society if it didn’t stop attacking his new “Education for Citizenship and Human Rights” program for Spanish public schools. “Education for Citizenship”, which purports to instruct students in matters of ethics, is in reality a vaguely-worded program that seeks to indoctrinate children with the sexual ideology and social agenda of the Spanish left, including the acceptance of […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, August 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A book published in June by a leading U.S. economist in part responds to previous and oft-quoted claims that abortion has been a significant factor in lowering the U.S. crime rate. The book by John R. Lott of the American Enterprise Institute, “Freedomnomics,” answers claims by liberal economist Steven Levitt that abortion, in reducing the number of “unwanted” children, has eliminated significant numbers of the kind of people who commit crimes. Lott’s 2001 study, “Abortion and Crime: Unwanted Children and Out-of-Wedlock Births” concluded that legalized abortion has in fact increased the […]

ANN ARBOR, MI, August 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced this week that it has filed a federal lawsuit against Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm for discrimination against citizens who oppose embryonic stem cell research.   The Governor currently allows private citizens to use the Office of the Governor website to submit a petition posted on the website addressed to Michigan’s legislative leaders to lift Michigan’s legal restrictions on stem cell research. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of three pro-life organizations, the Lansing Guild of […]

By Samantha Singson   NEW YORK, August 10, 2007 (C-FAM) – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has assessed the various regions of the world and despite differences in local circumstances, proposes that the solution is the spread of “reproductive health services,” a phrase that is used by UN agencies and committees as synonymous with abortion. UNFPA recently released a proposal for a comprehensive four-year, $224 million advocacy strategy aimed at supporting and raising “awareness of reproductive rights.” Claiming “the right to reproductive health applies to all people at all times,” the UNFPA program aims to “increase demand for sexual […]

Adult stem cells heal a woman's heart crippled by heart-attack

By Elizabeth O’Brien UNITED KINGDOM, August 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A British Bishop has given Amnesty International (AI) a final warning, saying that tomorrow the organization faces its last chance reject its pro-abortion stance, or else face a boycott from individual Catholics and the Catholic Church. East Anglia Bishop Michael Evens, a long-time member of AI, clearly stated that tomorrow’s meeting of the Amnesty International Council in Mexico City is the last opportunity for AI to revoke its position on abortion, the Guardian Unlimited reports. Evans stated, “Catholics and others on the council opposed to this change of policy must […]

By Hilary White LONDON,England, August 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A book published under the auspices of an official body of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, has angered Catholics in Britain for its attacks on Pope Benedict. “Catholic Social Justice: Theological and Practical Explorations,” been denounced as a “withering attack” on Pope Benedict XVI and his encyclical, Deus Caritas Est. The book has been the subject of dozens of blog posts around Britain by mainstream Catholics, almost all denouncing it as an anti-Catholic Marxist diatribe. The book is a volume of essays published by Caritas Social Action, the umbrella […]

By John Jalsevac August 10, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last night’s falsely advertised gay “debate,” broadcast on LOGO, was an opportunity to answer the question about the various Democratic presidential hopefuls: “Who is the gayest of them all?” The day after the event, however, and the question appears to have no real answer, since all of the candidates that accepted the invitation to participate in the all-gay-issue forum seemed intent on outdoing each other in toeing the line of total homosexual orthodoxy, with the minor exception of the gay doctrine of same-sex “marriage”. Last night six of the major Democratic presidential […]

* 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.   Giuliani’s Catholic chameleon campaignhttps://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=10099   Decision upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act leads late-term abortionist to inject fetuses with lethal drugs before procedures.https://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/10/shots_assist_in_aborting_fe…   The Calculus of Sexual Experimentationhttps://www.cwfa.org/articles/13662/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm   Behind Newark’s epidemic violence are its thousands of fatherless children.https://www.city-journal.org/html/eon2007-08-09sm2.html   Perkins warns of fallout from Pentagon reprimand of officers in Christian videohttps://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/08/perkins_alarmed_about_fallout.php   From the Saudis to your children – Pro-Islamic education from Berkeleyhttps://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=fec758de-ce0c-4869-899e-8161…   One Reporter’s Opinion — […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien OTTAWA, August 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The lecture of noted endocrinologist Dr. Maria Kraw, speaking at the Humanae Vitae Conference “A New Beginning” last year, described the serious medical risks involved in taking hormonal birth control. It also debunked the common myths of the so-called “health benefits” of the pill. She began by noting that one of the major risks of taking hormonal contraceptives is an increased risk of cancer. Looking at 54 studies of the pill, she observed that researchers found that it caused a 24% increased risk of breast cancer. The real tragedy, however, Kraw […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   WARSAW, August 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Polish women are expressing their indignation at a new EU-funded government campaign that discriminates against stay-at-home moms by pressuring women to be self-sufficient wage earners outside the home, Polish Radio (PR) reports. Financed by the EU Structural Funds, the Polish government is launching a massive campaign to encourage women to work outside the home. Beginning in September, the “Woman Fulfilled in Business” campaign will launch TV ads, documentaries, billboards and a website. One of the posters to be put up around cities compares a self-satisfied, independent workingwoman to one who […]

Thousands of young people beg God for an end to abortion at "The Call" prayer rally

Also Approves "National Day Against Homophobia" and PFLAG pamphlets

By Elizabeth O’Brien ATLANTA, Georgia, August 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republican governor of Florida, Jeb Bush, brother of President George Bush, described his “faith journey” to audiences at a Catholic conference this summer, emphasizing that faith and politics should not be separated. The devout Catholic and pro-life politician received a standing ovation from a crowd of families, children, priests and young people before he even began his speech at the 11th Youth and Family Encounter conference at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The event was sponsored this July by the international Catholic lay movement Regnum Christi. He underlined […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, August 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Melissa Etheridge will be one of the questioners in what is being advertised as a debate on gay issues between front-runner Democrat candidates for President. The event will be televised tonight on MTV and is sponsored by homosexual activists. Human Rights Campaign, one of the most powerful gay lobby groups in the world, is co-sponsoring the event that will air at 9 p.m. Eastern time and 6 p.m. Pacific. The homosexual cable network Logo, is the other sponsor. Despite it being advertised as a debate, none of the candidates will share […]

By Hilary White CALGARY, August 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In contrast with the media blackout that pro-life Canadians are used to expecting at their demonstrations, media coverage of the Reproductive Choice Campaign trucks rolling on Calgary streets this week has been lively. The trucks feature three-metre high photos of aborted children and an email address for more information. Local papers and radio stations were joined by CBC and Global News who took video footage, while CTV News Calgary has run a two-minute television news spot three times in the last two days and included the sponsoring group’s website address. This […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   WASHINGTON, D.C., August 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the contentious “hate crime” legislation, that would add sexual orientation as a specially protected class, is put before the Senate, after being passed in the House of Representatives, Bush has promised to veto the proposed bill should the Senate vote in its favor, the Washington Times reports   Democratic Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy and Republican Oregan Senator Gordon Smith reintroduced the “hate crime” bill, also known as the “Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act” into the Senate this July, buried as one of many amendments to the Defense Reauthorization bill. The bill’s […]

By Cassidy Bugos Note: Cassidy Bugos is a student-counselor with Christendom College’s Shield of Roses (see: https://www.therambleronline.com) and describes Cassidy’s experience as a student sidewalk counselor outside of the Planned Parenthood abortion mill in Washington D.C. I only began sidewalk counseling last fall, and I’ve not been able to keep it up steadily. God willing, I’ll do better this semester. It’s funny that I’ve found it so hard to keep up, as I’ve wanted to be a sidewalk counselor ever since I was quite little. When I was going to Shield simply to pray, during my freshman year, I went almost every week, with […]

By John Jalsevac FRONT ROYAL, Virginia, August 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – College students are not exactly renowned for their ability to wake up at the crack of dawn, especially on Saturday mornings, when they typically catch up on a week’s lost sleep and recover from a hard night of partying the night before. Yet, at one small college in Virginia, for almost three decades now, students have woken up as early as 6:30am every single Saturday morning when school is in session, to attend 7:00 Mass and then travel the hour and fifteen minutes to the Planned Parenthood Clinic in […]

It wants to "appeal to the ever-growing number of families"

National pro-life group launches the "Reproductive 'Choice' Campaign," re-igniting Canada's abortion debate

By John-Henry Westen POTTA, India, August 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the inspiring occurrences which took place on my recent speaking engagement in India was getting to know another Canadian – singer/songwriter David MacDonald.  Although I knew David by reputation – he is the main musician at the annual March for Life in Ottawa every year – I had not until India had a chance to speak with him in person.    David is a fascinating man.  A pop musician who can do fancy dance moves on stage and rouse a crowd to a frenzy with his musical genius, […]

Make the most of "the sense of adventure" in renewing Catholic education

By Peter J. Smith UNITED STATES, August 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Genes, environment, and self-agency determine human behavior says an expert on behavioral genetics, who also says that homosexual politics and not good science is behind the search for the “gay” gene. Douglas A. Abbott, PhD, a professor of Child, Youth, and Family Studies at the University of Nebraska, calls the “hypothetical evidence” for genetic determinism of homosexuality” both “overstated” and “overrated.” “Except for the rare physical abnormalities (such as Huntington’s Disease) at the present time, there is no evidence of a direct causative link between a single gene and […]

By Hilary White    DUBUQUE, Iowa,  August 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Members of the Waterloo Cedar Valley Catholic School Board voted unanimously last night to accept the resignation of a teacher, Tom Girsch, 59, who had remarried after a civil divorce, but who, in the eyes of the Catholic Church, is still married to his first wife. The vote follows a previous vote in July when the board declined to accept the former teacher’s resignation.   Catholic teaching does not recognise civil divorce as dissolving a marriage, and considers that a person who remarries without a declaration of nullity (i.e. that […]

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Judicial Watch refers to "catalog of horrors," of numerous serious side effects to the vaccine in US

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ)-  Co-Chairman of the Bipartisan Pro-Life Caucus – introduced legislation to expand and strengthen informed consent requirements abortion providers must follow by requiring information on pain and the unborn child be made available to women seeking abortions. “Expert testimony and scientific studies have shown that unborn children have the ability to feel pain from 20 weeks of gestation.  You can be assured that abortion providers are aware of this information which, I might add, is well documented and continues to expand.  As of now, there are no federal guidelines […]

Subjected To Gross Sexual Gestures and Obscenities Typical of "Gay Pride" Events

Notes DDT ban following Rachel Carson's Silent Spring book "may have killed 20 million children"

* 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.   A week ahead of the Republican straw poll, evangelicals in Iowa find themselves with no sure presidential pick.  https://www.christianpost.com/article/20070803/28735_Evangelicals_Have_No_Sure_GOP_Pick.htm   Preparing for the grey-haired legions  https://www.mercatornet.com/articles/preparing_for_the_grey_haired_legions/   Why Is the Teen Pregnancy Rate Dropping?   https://www.cwfa.org/articles/13624/BLI/dotcommentary/index.htm   One out of every 25 children was conceived in a test-tube in some countries. Why aren’t we worried?  https://www.mercatornet.com/articles/everything_conceivable/   Gujarat: anti-conversion law due in days  https://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=10000&size=A   Priests arrested and put into […]

By Hilary White   DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alan Bryan the Dartmouth man who assaulted his pregnant 28-year-old former girlfriend, Charlene Marie Knapp, should be charged with two counts, not one, of attempted murder says Canada’s largest Catholic charitable organisation.   The president of the Nova Scotia branch of the Catholic Women’s League, Shirley MacDougall, told the Halifax Chronicle Herald, “From our point of view, a foetus is a life. It should be a double attempted murder.”   Alan Bryan is charged with one count each of attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a sword. […]

By Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Crossroads Canada team of young pro-life walkers spent a very busy weekend in Toronto last weekend. They prayed at a Toronto abortion clinic and were well received during their speaking engagements at four Catholic churches, a Catholic lay ministry event and an evangelical church at locations all over the Greater Toronto region from Friday to Sunday.   Friday afternoon, walkers Cyril Doll, Ben Broussard, Tom Woodard, Wendy Macagno and Cheryl Gallaher also paid a visit to the main office of Campaign Life Coalition, in downtown Toronto. They were treated to […]

By Hilary White RICHMOND, Virginia, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A move to depose 20 clergy by Episcopal Bishop Peter Lee of Virginia has been rebuffed as irrelevant by the ministers in question, who said that Lee has no authority over them. The group representing the clergy said, “This announcement from the Diocese of Virginia is like an employer trying to fire someone who has already quit.” Lee said he was defrocking the ministers because they refused to adhere to the Episcopal Church’s newly adopted acceptance of homosexuality, and over differences in “theological interpretations”. Dailypress.com quoted Rev. Jack Grubbs saying, […]

By Peter J. Smith SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Illinois pharmacists are not obligated to violate their consciences and dispense Plan-B and “emergency contraceptives” according to this week’s ruling by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Jeanne Scott ruled Tuesday that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s executive order in April 2005 requiring pharmacies “without delay” to provide Plan-B and other abortifacient “emergency contraceptives” mandated store owners to provide it, but did not mean that pharmacists themselves had to violate their conscience and religious beliefs by dispensing it. Scott’s decision means that a discrimination lawsuit by pharmacist Ethan Vandersand can […]

By Peter J. Smith LANSING, Michigan, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Jack Kevorkian may have plans to speak at the University of Florida about his life’s work of “mercy killing”, but the Michigan Parole Board has not yet agreed to the euthanasia movement’s poster-boy’s request to leave the state. Russ Marlan, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections told LifeSiteNews.com that the Parole Board has not yet approved Kevorkian’s request to leave Michigan and first “wanted to give time and see how he does.” “He can’t leave the state without written permission and the request is still pending,” Marlan […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien BHUBANESWAR, India, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hundreds of women marched through the Eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar on Wednesday during a massive rally to protest abortion and infanticide of females based on sex-selection, Reuters reports. The streets were thronged with protestors carrying signs, saying, “hang the murderers” and “spare the girls.” Earlier in the day, young activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), a student political group, collected hundreds of signatures as part of a protest campaign against the sex-based murder of baby girls, Salem Voice News reports. Protestors demanded that the government address the […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien COPENHAGEN, Denmark, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study by Danish researchers has found that a specific type of fertility treatment significantly decreases the level of testosterone in male children.   Published in the July 2007 issue of The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, the study was conducted by Dr. Anders Juul and colleagues at the Copenhagen University Hospital. Entitled “Reduced Serum Testosterone Levels in Infant Boys Conceived by Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection,” the study compared the testosterone levels of babies conceived by this fertility treatment to the levels of naturally conceived males.   The treatment is […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien   OTTAWA, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During the Humanae Vitae Conference “A New Beginning” last year, noted endocrinologist Dr. Maria Kraw explained how many so-called contraceptives actually result in fertilization and end in the abortion of a new human person during its early development.   Introducing her topic, the “Medical Consequences of Contraception,” Dr. Kraw began by stating that she refrains from using the word “contraception.” This is because it implies solely the “prevention of conception,” whereas in reality many so-called contraceptives result in a myriad of other harms, including abortion.   As a practicing endocrinologist […]

Sees fear of having children and constant rushing as some prevalent disorders in our "fear driven culture"

During past eight years, as funding for abstinence education increased, young, unmarried teen birth rate has been cut in half

By John Jalsevac   BOISE, ID, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Federal district Judge Mikel Williams ruled on Friday that the Idaho Department of Correction must provide an inmate with estrogen therapy. The inmate believes that he is a woman trapped in a man’s body. The man, who castrated himself using a disposable razor blade while in prison, demanded female hormone therapy, and also changed his name from Randall Gammett to Jenniffer Spencer.   After prison officials refused estrogen therapy, but instead offered testosterone therapy to replace the hormones lost to castration, the inmate sued, alleging he was subjected to […]

WASHINGTON, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fort Lauderdale, Florida Mayor Jim Naugle has been under assault from homosexual activists and liberal media for asking people simply to obey the law and to be responsible and respectful to families and children.   Recently, Mayor Naugle exposed a popular homosexual community website that serves as an online directory which both encourages and facilitates illegal, public and anonymous homosexual sex. The Mayor was particularly upset that this activity is taking place at two children’s parks in Fort Lauderdale.   Matt Barber, Policy Director for Cultural Issues with Concerned Women for America (CWA), is both […]

Their book, "Better by the Dozen, Plus Two" meant to contribute to comeback of God, then family, as center of each person's life and of society.

SURREY, BC, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Evidence suggests that ultrasound ads may be targeting Indo-Canadian groups to determine the sex of their unborn babies, which in turn may lead to abortions based on sex-selection, as is happening in numerous countries throughout the world.   Two Punjabi-language newspapers, the Mississauga-based Ajit Weekly and the Hamdard Weekly, published in Toronto, New York, Vancouver, California and India, have published adds for ultrasound clinics, the CBC reports. These papers, which are distributed throughout Canada, encouraged couples to discover the sex of their unborn baby.   One ad provides a phone number for BC […]

By Peter J. Smith AMSTERDAM, August 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dutch embassies will investigate homosexual rights in all of its 36 “partner countries” receiving foreign aid, and pressure many of those nations to decriminalise homosexual behaviour under a plan supported by the Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs. The Dutch journal, Volkskrant, reports that Bert Koenders, Minister for Development Cooperation, has launched the inquiry, which will require embassy officials to investigate not only the legal status of homosexuality, but also the level of social acceptance of homosexuality and how possibly to increase that acceptance in the populace. Dutch embassies will lobby […]

Cuts funding for abstinence, covers abortifacient drugs, leaves Seniors with less options

By John-Henry Westen   TORONTO, August 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Biennial Conference of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association (OECTA) taking place August 23-25 in Toronto features a leading Canadian radical feminist and advocate of abortion as a keynote speaker.  Beyond that, one of the conference sessions promotes building “inclusive communities in Catholic schools” for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-spirited and Transgendered students.”   On Saturday August 25 at 10:45am former Toronto Star columnist Michele Landsberg will deliver a keynote address to the Catholic teachers.  While Landsberg is identified in the conference brochure as a “Social Justice Advocate,” she is […]

Supporters invited to Millenium flame on Parliament Hill at 11:00am on Saturday August 11

By Elizabeth O’Brien LONDON, United Kingdom, August 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Bishop’s Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) recently issued a statement that said that if cohabiting couples are unwilling to accept the responsibility and commitment of marriage, they should not receive the legal benefits of marriage.   In light of newly proposed UK legislation, the president of the CBCEW’s Committee on Marriage and the Family, Bishop John Hine, expressed his “special concern” for a law that “would make cohabitation equivalent to marriage,” Catholic News Agency (CNA) reports.   The British Law Commission, a government advisory body, recommended […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien VANCOUVER, BC, August 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A private special prosecutor of the BC Attorney General has requested that the top BC courts examine the constitutionality of polygamy in Canada. The decision will take into account the religious freedom and equality provisions outlined by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The request was made after BC Attorney General Wally Oppal hired Vancouver lawyer Richard Peck to investigate the community of Bountiful, a breakaway sect from Mormonism that practices polygamy. Before cracking down on the group, Oppal, who has attempted for years to bring charges against the community, […]

Sao Paulo Catholic University prof CEDAW rep insists on abortion access, homosexual and lesbian rights

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Promotion of homosexual movement's goals has been fixture of network since mid-1990's

Editor John-Henry Westen was invited to give several talks this year at the Divine Retreat Centre in Potta, India

By Elizabeth O’Brien VANCOUVER, BC, August 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new course that defends homosexuality and teaches students about the evils of discrimination based on sexual orientation is being piloted in BC high schools this fall. The course, a draft overview of which was released today, is part of a comprehensive pro-gay revamp of the entire BC curriculum. In response to a case filed with the Human Rights Tribunal in 1999 by gay couple Murray and Peter Corren, the BC government decided last year to introduce new curricula from Kindergarten to Grade 12 that would be “inclusive” and homosexual-friendly. […]

By Peter J. Smith OUACHITA, Louisiana, August 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Authorities arrested and charged a Louisiana woman yesterday for taking illegal narcotics that harmed her unborn child reports the Louisiana Gannett News. The case is particularly interesting to pro-life advocates since justice will depend on whether state courts will recognize the newborn daughter of Rebecca Thompson, 26, as a person before birth, the period when the crime occurred. Sheriff’s deputies charged Thompson on one count each of distribution of cocaine to a person under age 18 and second-degree cruelty to a juvenile. Deputies booked Thompson into the Ouachita Correctional […]

By Elizabeth O’Brien SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, August 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A National Health Service hospital lied to the mother of a miscarried baby, saying that they had cremated her child’s body, when it was actually being stored in their pathology lab. 33-year old Lisa Bertelsen from Millbrook, Southampton wanted to have a memorial ceremony for her baby that she naturally miscarried in December of last year. The hospital contacted her to say that they still had the child’s remains after preserving the body for sixth months.   In an interview with UK’s Daily Echo, Bertelsen stated, “We were going […]

ANNAPOLIS, August 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A public school district’s program promoting anal sex, homosexuality, bisexuality, and transvestitism as normal sexual variations was recently approved by the Maryland State Board of Education despite strenuous opposition from several pro-family groups. Montgomery County Public School’s controversial sexuality curriculum for eighth and tenth grade students is the result of pressure by homosexual advocacy groups.   In response, the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced today that it will assist the pro-family groups in their appeal of the Education Board’s decision to the Montgomery […]

By John Jalsevac OTTAWA, Ontario, August 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada has some pro-family groups concerned, after the Court argued that child welfare services have no duty to the families of children, but only exclusively to the child. The Court made the ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by the parents of a girl who was removed from her home over a decade ago. Known only as R.D., the girl was taken from her home in January of 1995, at the age of 14. She was removed from her home on […]

Porn critic states, "Pornography is a major contributor and facilitator in the development of the sexual addiction and depravity"

Patient said to be "the ideal victim" - didn't have much money, was disabled, his mother was also disabled and lived three hours away

Called it "kidnapping" of the song. "You have associated our song with your anti-choice cause without consulting us".