Articles for Month: October 2007

Archbishop of Canterbury says public risked losing its "moral focus" on abortion

By Hilary White   WARSAW, October 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This weekend’s Polish elections have resulted in the ousting of the Law and Justice party headed by Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The Parliamentary elections have left the Civic Platform party (Platforma Obywatelska or PO) with over 41% of the vote and 205 seats in the 460-seat Sejm lower house. The results place the party in a minority position to form a coalition government with Polish People’s Party, described as “centrist” by the BBC.   The head of the PO, Donald Franciszek Tusk, is expected to become the new Prime Minister and take […]

Says, "Jo Rowling calling any Harry Potter character gay would make wonderful strides in tolerance toward homosexuality"

By John-Henry Westen   PITTSBURGH, October 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Students for Life of America has slammed Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh for sending first-year students to volunteer at abortion clinics in the area.  Last Saturday about 30 first-year students from the university were sent to one of 15 abortion sites around the Pittsburgh area.  Students were witnessed coming off buses at local Planned Parenthood facilities.   Students for Life suggests that some students were apparently unaware of where they were working, as one student left the building, called her mother and cried as the RMU faculty member demanded she […]

Committee decided to consider only science and medical subjects and avoid ethical questions

Pro-family leaders decry "obsession with abortion" and poor attention to women's real needs

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   SANTO DOMINGO, October 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The “human rights” watchdog group Amnesty International is urging the government of the Dominican Republic to legalize abortion, according to the Dominican newspaper El Caribe.   Citing the standard themes of the abortion lobby, Amnesty International representative Camilo Campos Cruz told El Caribe that “in any case the most important thing is to preserve the life and health of the woman”. “In this sense, our organization, what it establishes is that no woman should go to jail for not putting her health at risk, and that the penalties […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., October 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gardasil, Merck’s questionable new vaccine against cervical cancer is expected to rake in at least a billion dollars in profits from sales, which will leave the pharmaceutical giant with more cash to donate to abortion giant Planned Parenthood. Merck has a long history of supporting abortion and Gardasil profits could turn into a financial boost for Planned Parenthood, especially as US states and Canadian provinces begin either to encourage or require HPV vaccination for girls as young as 9. “You’re going to increase their profits, which mean it’s going […]

British Ethicists offer Weak Objections

By John-Henry Westen SAULT STE. MARIE, October 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board has rejected administering a vaccine for the sexually transmitted disease HPV on school property.  Trustees voted last night 5-4 to reject a motion by administration to allow local health officials to inject the controversial vaccine into girls as young as 12.  The HPV vaccine known as Gardasil has been linked to 11 deaths of young women and hundreds of hospitalizations in the United States in the first year of its availability.  Moreover, the vaccine is a product of the Merck company which supports […]