Articles for Month: February 2008

* 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.  Obama: A Harsh Ideologue Hidden by a Feel-Good Image – effectively voted for infanticide By Rick Santorum    https://www.eppc.org/publications/pubID.3290/pub_detail.asp   Obama: If elected I will use the bully pulpit for gay causes  https://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=27510   McCain Campaign Learns Its Lesson About Catholics  https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=McCain-Campaign-Learns-Its-Lesson-About-Catholics.html&Itemid=127   The Conservative Age is Dead?  https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=The-Conservative-Age-is-Dead-.html&Itemid=127   ‘Ridiculous’ Agreement Lets Judge Censor Planned Parenthood Abortion Records  https://christiannewswire.com/news/911045843.html   Biotech Firm to Provide Ethical Alternatives to Aborted Fetal Vaccines  […]

MEXICO, February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A former attorney general and human rights commission chairman is claiming that unborn children in the earliest stages of development are not human, and are in fact chimpanzees.   Dr. Jorge Carpizo McGregor claims that “for the topic of abortion, there are very important scientific advances that prove that the DNA of chimpanzees is 99 percent identical to that of a human being.  The difference between ourselves and chimpanzees is one percent, this quantity that makes the difference is the central nervous system.” “Before twelve weeks of gestation, there is no cerebral cortex, that […]

MEXICO CITY, February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico City, Noberto Rivera Carrera, denounced abortion and sterilization as “abominable” in his sermon for the fourth Sunday of Lent, and connected such practices to the abuse of women. “Discrimination, sexual abuse, and domineering masculinity” go against God’s plan, said the prelate, who denounced the fact that women are sometimes considered an “instrument of death and violence, following the invitation of those who want to justify abortion.” “The woman who gives and defends life is denied a dignified life, for this reason the Church feels called to be on […]

Did not say he would deny communion to pro-abortion politician

PEPFAR program extended and budget tripled to $10 billion annually for next five years

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   HALIFAX, February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Provincial funding for sex-change operations will be one of the topics discussed at this weekend’s Young Liberals annual meeting in Halifax.   Resolution 11 says transsexualism is a congenital birth condition where there is a mismatch between the physical outward appearance of a person’s gender and his or her inner perception. “Other congenital birth conditions, such as limb malformation, heart and nervous system defects and genetic disorders such as a predisposition to a heart attack or heart disease, are currently covered under the Nova Scotia health-care system,” so tax […]

Would abolish definition of marriage, add "Transgendered" to hate crimes, allow public gay sex

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Elio Sgreccia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, spoke with LifeSiteNews.com Tuesday on the subject of the use of the morning after pill in cases of rape.  Catholic hospitals in several dioceses in North America are currently administering the pill (Plan B) to patients who claim to be victims of rape.    According to Bishop Sgreccia, however, the morning after pill may not be administered by Catholic physicians.  The only Vatican opinion on the subject, absolutely prohibiting the use of the pill, was released by the Pontifical […]

Says announcement is ruse to gain more support for Beijing Olympics in face of criticism of China's human rights abuses

Secretary-General refers to "greatest resource for development: mothers raising 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.   Democratic Party Insiders Believe Hillary Campaign Is Dead, According to Robert Novak  https://uspolitics.einnews.com/archive/polls   Canada just became scarier for the disabled   https://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=339209   Mike Huckabee endorses amendment to Colorado’s constitution that defines a person as a human being from the moment life begins at conception   https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Huckabee:_Fertilized_Egg_/2008/02/26/75667.html?s=sp&promo_code=45FE-1   Schiavo Foundation Laments Obama’s “Mistake” Comment on Terry Schiavo   https://www.zenit.org/article-21905?l=english   Peruvians Decry Protocol on Legality of Abortion – Clarify […]

Janet Epp Buckingham now claims "misunderstanding" and expresses support for HRC reform

By Michael Baggot   NEW YORK, February 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New York judge has ruled that a lesbian known as Beth R. can pursue a divorce from Donna M., the woman that she “married” in Canada.  It is the first time in New York judicial history that a judge has allowed homosexuals to seek a divorce.    While Donna M. contends that a divorce case is impossible in a state that does not allow for same-sex “marriages,” Supreme Court Justice Laura Drager ruled the state can still recognize the marriage that took place outside of New York.    […]

* 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. At UN abortion is essential for “gender equality” and is the “overarching framework”  https://www.cwfa.org/articles/14775/BLI/reports/index.htm   Surgeon Accused of Speeding Death of Man to Harvest Organs  https://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332967,00.html   Defending Life and Dignity – How, finally, to ban human cloning by Leon R. Kass  https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/752supcx.asp   U.N. Women’s Commission Debating Plan to Require Quotas and More Money – Appears to be paving the way for “a more radical U.S. President” when it meets […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   MOROCCO, February 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Human Rights Watch (HRW), an organization that has long been committed to promoting homosexual behavior and abortion as human “rights”, has now targeted the government of Morocco.   The organization, working together with the “Moroccan Human Rights Association”, is “urging” the government of Morocco to repeal its laws banning sodomy. Under Moroccan law, those who are convicted of the crime can spend up to three years in prison. To pressure the government, HRW is gathering signatures for an on-line petition.   The campaign was initiated in response to the […]

Excerpts from a few of numerous articles on the Internet

By Hilary White   OAKWOOD, Derby, UK, February 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In November 2007, LifeSiteNews.com reported that a Christian couple in Somerset, UK, was being forced to retire from fostering needy children on conscientious grounds after the local council imposed rules requiring them to discuss homosexuality with the children. Now a similar case is reported in Derby, in which the local council is being sued after rejecting an application from a Christian couple to assist foster children under ten years old. The Telegraph reports that Eunice and Owen Johns refused to talk to children about homosexuality as though it […]

By Hilary White   TORONTO, February 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pressure is mounting against the Canadian Human Rights Commissions. In recent days a federal court has criticised the Commissions for long-term incompetence and a Canadian Journalists’ group has come out in support of defendants Maclean’s magazine, Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant.   A federal court judge has lambasted the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) for taking 23 years to come to a conclusion in a case involving equal pay for female postal workers.   In 1983, the Public Service Alliance of Canada alleged that Canada Post’s mostly female clerical workers […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   WASHINGTON, DC, February 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Senate has approved, by a 52-42 vote, an amendment to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, sponsored by Senator David Vitter (R-Louisiana), which will prevent Indian Health Service (IHS) funds from being used to pay for abortions, except to save the life of the mother, rape or incest of a minor.   US federal funding of abortions has been restricted since 1976 under the Hyde Amendment, but the Interior Appropriations Bill, from which the IHS receives its funding, does not have a “Hyde provision.” “The federal […]

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* 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.   Man gets 18 months in jail for putting abortion pills in girlfriend’s food (Feb .27)  https://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/02/26/europe/EU-GEN-Sweden-Abortion-Pill.php   Senate amendment targets federal funding of abortions (Feb .27)  https://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=68447   Eugenics: Deadly medicine (Feb .27)  https://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/15948397.html?page=2&c=y   More than 800 farmers in four Indian states commit suicide in six months (Feb .27)  https://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=11618&size=A   Planned Parenthood web site advises teens that viewing pornography is a normal and “safer” way of enjoying sex. […]

The final touches have just been completed to a significant improvement to the layout of the popular “View all today’s LSN stories on one page” and an extension of that handy layout to other sections. The “printer-friendly” version of that selection and of individual stories has also been made more attractive and useful.   We have tried to make it as easy as possible for readers to catch up on missed days of LifeSiteNews. Now you can select “View all today’s LSN stories on one page” for the current date, or each of the “Last 10 days” dates or any […]

By Hilary White   LONDON, February 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Advances in cryotechnologies have allowed British IVF facilities to offer a new service to infertile women, the Times reports today. Using recently developed techniques of freezing tissues, six women have stored extracted ova to be donated later to their infertile daughters who suffer from Turner syndrome, a condition that makes it impossible for them to produce their own eggs.   The Times quotes Dr. Gillian Lockwood, medical director of Midland Fertility Services, saying, “The perfect egg donors for girls with Turner syndrome are their own mothers.” The women, five of […]

Catholic activist says, "To secularists anyone who actually believes his religion is a 'fundamentalist'."

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   BRAZIL, February 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The courageous journalism of Brazilian reporter Hugo Marques, published today for the first time in English by LifeSiteNews.com, opens a window to a dark vision of Brazil’s savage, pre-Christian past, and the horrifying future that awaits the Western world should it decide to fully implement the ideology of death that is increasingly supported by the global intellectual and political establishment (see article at https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08022604.html).   As LifeSiteNews reporter John Jalsevac revealed on Friday, the world’s most prestigious bioethics journal is now openly endorsing the practice of eugenic infanticide, the […]

Manassas, VA, February 26, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following a series of campaign events by pro-abortion presidential candidates on Catholic college campuses, a coalition of influential Catholic organizations today released a statement urging all Catholic institutions to refuse to host politicians who oppose Catholic teaching on serious moral issues.    Organized by The Cardinal Newman Society, a group that works to renew and strengthen the Catholic identity of colleges and universities across the country, the statement urges Catholic institutions to “refrain from all activities that provide a public platform to, or imply support or even neutrality toward, political leaders and candidates […]

Laurence Reich arrested in LA for committing abortions after being stripped of his medical license

* 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.   George Soros is a big fan of euthanasia and assisted suicide and wants to see it legalized everywhere (Feb. 25)  https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/02/telling-george-soros-moment.html   Organizers of the Fifth Annual Los Angeles March for Life hope to draw 20,000 to the event (Feb. 25)  https://calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=c5dbd929-3ee9-4ead-a25f-6059300b1bc3   Why Pro-Life Presidents Matter (Feb. 25)  https://www.evangelicaloutpost.com/archives/004245.html   Kansas abortion clinic will turn over some patient records (Feb. 25)  https://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=68227   Doctors Advised Abortion; Baby Born Healthy […]

Dear Readers,    Our interview with British magistrate Andrew McClintock reveals again that Britain is becoming truly totalitarian in its disregard for traditional freedoms and even reason. We are hearing that “totalitarian” word a lot about Britain these days and rightly so. It’s time for the British people to finally wake up to what is being done to them. The time left to stop the decline may be running out.   We mourn the loss of Priests for Life Canada National Director Fr. Jim Whelan. He died in the line of duty, doing the work that was so precious to […]

Says "there is a weakening of our democracy... there is a totalitarian element"

By John-Henry Westen in Rome   VATICAN CITY, February 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today Pope Benedict XVI received the participants in a Pontifical Academy for Life-sponsored conference taking place at the Vatican.  The international congress entitled, “Close by the Incurable Sick Person and the Dying: Scientific and Ethical Aspects” has some five hundred participants from all over the world.  In opening the conference Bishop Eli Sgreccia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, informed participants that this is the third time the Academy has addressed the topic of euthanasia. He pointed out that the intense focus on euthanasia underscores the […]

President Tabaré Vázquez has promised to veto pro-abortion provisions of bill

Occurred while conducting pro-life mission at Catholic parish

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   EDWARDSVILLE, IL, February 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A coroner’s jury has determined that the death of an Illinois woman’s unborn child was a homicide because of the woman’s use of illegal drugs, reports the Belleville News-Democrat.   An autopsy on 26-year-old Alicia Tucker’s stillborn baby revealed cocaine and amphetamines in the child’s system. Tucker was eight months pregnant at the time. The doctor who treated Tucker told the inquest that the “fetus died due to a placental abruption (premature separation of the placenta from the wall of the uterus), which can be caused by cocaine […]

By John Connolly   LONDON, February 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British Opposition leader David Cameron declared his support and vote for a reduction of the legal time limit for abortions on Monday.   Cameron said he would vote for the current 24-week deadline for abortions to be lowered to 20 or 21 weeks. Abortion limits have been set at 24 weeks since the law was passed in 1990. “I would like to see a reduction in the current limit, as it is clear that, due to medical advancement, many babies are surviving at 24 weeks,” said Cameron. “If there is […]

Planned Parenthood engaging in PR of personal destruction of Kline and appears to be winning, at least up to now

Manassas, VA, February 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The University of St. Thomas, Houston, has canceled a faculty and staff invitation for Dolores Huerta, a pro-abortion advocate, who was scheduled to speak on campus.   Huerta, a well-known civil rights advocate and leader in the Latino community, had been invited to help launch the Latin American and Latino Studies program. She is also, however, a member of the board of the pro-abortion Feminist Majority Foundation and worked aggressively to kill a California ballot proposition requiring parental notification for abortions in 2006.   Despite support for her by some faculty members, who […]

If you don't know your enemy, you cannot possibly defeat him.

78,000 square feet, 50,000 square feet and 30,000 square feet respectively

By John Connolly   BOSTON, February 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts Attorney General responded to a pro-life challenge to a 2007 buffer zone law on Wednesday, claiming that the law does not violate free speech in any way.   Martha Coakley, Attorney General of Massachusetts, filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, opposing Operation Rescue Boston’s claim that the new law violates free speech. Coakley said in her brief that the law did not violate free speech, because the law did not prohibit what could be said, just where it could be said. […]

By Hilary White   LONDON, February 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After three years of investigations and disputes, Cormac Cardinal Murphy O’Connor has asked the entire board of directors of a London Catholic hospital to resign in order to facilitate the implementation of a Catholic ethics code that would preclude abortion referrals, IVF and contraception.   A spokesman for the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, who is patron of the hospital and the head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, is quoted by the Guardian saying, “In light of recent difficulties and challenges the cardinal asked the board to resign […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   CORNWALL, UK, February 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A young woman, who was considered a talented artist, loved to paint and had sold a number of paintings, was found dead in her home in Helston, Cornwall, UK.   Emma Beck committed suicide on February 1, 2007 after aborting her twin babies in September 2006. She left a suicide note which said, “Living is hell for me. I should never have had an abortion. I see now I would have been a good mum. I told everyone I didn’t want to do it, even at the hospital. […]

By John Jalsevac February 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There was a time, not so long ago, when pro-lifers, in an effort to galvanize the apathetic, would recount to them the disturbing opinions of a certain Princeton professor, Peter Singer, who, amongst other things, has long held that it is ethical to kill disabled newborn children.   For instance, in a 2006 interview Singer was asked point-blank: “Would you kill a disabled baby?” His response? “Yes, if that was in the best interests of the baby and of the family as a whole.” “Many people find this shocking,” he continued, “yet […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   BRASILIA, Brazil, February 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The first Encounter of Pro-Life Legislators and Governors, which was held on Wednesday in Brazil, has resulted in a pro-life manifesto and a petition for the creation of a parliamentary committee to monitor the problem of clandestine abortions in Brazil.   The meeting was organized by Brazil’s Parliamentary Front for Life, a nationwide organization of pro-life legislators, in response to a proposed law now making its way through the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies. Bill 1135/91 would legalize abortion completely, eliminating criminal penalties in the nation’s penal code.  It […]

"Baby is judged to be better off dead than forced to endure the only kind of life it can ever have," say authors

* 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.   Embryonic Stem cells repair stroke damage in rats  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080219.wstrokee0219/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/?cid=al_gam_nletter_newsUp   Massachusetts Abortionist Relinquishes License In Wake Of Abortion Death Investigation  https://www.operationrescue.org/?p=871   Phill Kline accuses former Kansas Attorney General Paul Morrison of gathering abortionist documents for false purpose  https://www.theolathenews.com/101/story/53039.html   New Loveland, Colorado Facility Provides Help for those Suffering with Emotional Pain, Addictions, and Relationship Issues as a Result of a Past Abortion  https://christiannewswire.com/news/62425746.html   Display compares abortion, genocide  https://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/02/21/news/campus/080221_genocide.txt […]

Dear Readers,   We are minus our editor as he has just left for five days to attend a meeting of the Pontifical Academy of Life in Rome. John-Henry will also be meeting with various contacts in Rome in order to develop the LifeSiteNews network of news and information sources and to research stories. Associate editor John Jalsevac is filling in for John-Henry while he is away.   We hope you are adjusting to the changes to the website. It is still undergoing a fair amount of adjusting. Whenever a major update is launched glitches always need to be corrected […]

Event staged as test case to force legalization through the courts

Cedes interpretation of social norms to UN international human rights bodies

In response EGALE accuses Catholic schools of homophobia

By Hilary White   CANBERRA, February 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two jurisdictions in Australia are bringing forward legislation that would reinstate “medically-assisted voluntary euthanasia” in the island nation.   Senator Robert Brown, leader of the Green party, is introducing a private members’ bill in the Federal Parliament that would reinstate the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act in the Northern Territory. The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act, which permitted euthanasia, was initially passed in the Northern Territory in 1995, but was later overruled by a 1996 law.   At the same time, in the state of Victoria, Liberal MP […]

By John Connolly and John Jalsevac   JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, February 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Missouri judge has ruled in favor of a challenge, filed by the pro-life group Cures without Cloning, against language that was adopted by the Missouri Secretary of State for the ballot title of an anti-cloning amendment. The group claimed that the Secretary of State’s language for the amendment title, which they are attempting to have placed on the November 2008 ballot, was unfair and biased against the anti-cloning proposal.   Judge Patricia Joyce agreed with the group, and ruled that the ballot title, which […]

By John Connolly   HYANNIS, Massachusetts, February 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An abortionist responsible for the death of a 22-year-old woman permanently resigned his medical license in the United States on Wednesday. Dr. Rapin Osathanondh, a gynecologist from Massachusetts, relinquished his medical license in an effort to avoid an investigation by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. Osathanondh was responsible for the death of Laura Hope Smith, a 22-year-old woman who went to Osathanondh’s clinic for an abortion on September 13, 2007.   Although early reports indicated that Laura Hope Smith died of hemorrhage from the abortion, her mother, […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   LIMA, February 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archbishop of Arequipa, Javier del Rio Alba, is denouncing a recent decision to create a “protocol” allowing abortions for virtually any reason in regional hospitals. Bishop Alba says the protocol is illegal and unconstitutional, according to the Catholic news service ACI Prensa.   According to the Archbishop, who is vice-president of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, the protocol will convert Arequipa into the “death capital” of the area and said that those who had collaborated in creating the protocol “should only be compared to Satan.” “The Regional Health […]

By Hilary White   NASHVILLE, February 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill meant to stop discussion of homosexuality in elementary and middle school classrooms in Tennessee has failed, but its sponsor insists it is necessary. State Representative Stacey Campfield, a Republican of Knoxville Tennessee, said that efforts around the country to bring such instruction into schools now require attention in Tennessee. The House Education K-12 Subcommittee voted to allow the state Board of Education to examine the bill, a move that Campfield said effectively killed it.   After the bill was defeated, Campfield continued to insist it is a necessary […]

TOPEKA, KS, February 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A subpoena issued by a citizen-called grand jury for abortion records in the custody of Attorney General Steve Six has been stayed by Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Kay McFarland.   The now-stayed subpoena asked for 60 abortion records that were obtained by former Attorney General Phill Kline in 2006, which have already had all patient identifying information redacted, and have been certified for release by the Supreme Court to investigative agencies of the Executive Branch. Some of those records are the basis for 19 criminal charges of illegal late-term abortions that Tiller […]

By Hilary White   MOSCOW, February 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual activists have taken the authorities of the city of Moscow to the European Court of Human Rights for their refusal to allow the so-called “Gay Pride” parades that have become an annual feature of urban life in most western countries. “I am absolutely certain of our final victory in Strasburg,” organiser Nicolas Alexeyev told Interfax.   The first attempt to hold the homosexual march in 2006 was met with flat refusal by authorities. Mayor Luzhkov, a chairman and one of the founders of the ruling United Russia party, said […]

By John-Henry Westen   OTTAWA, February 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  It seems playing a key role in legalizing homosexual ‘marriage,’ over the objections of a majority of Canadians, is one way to get named to the Order of Canada, Canada’s most prestigious award.   Governor General Michaëlle Jean will give the nation’s highest honor for ‘lifetime achievement’ to former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, making him a Companion of the Order, on Friday February 22.  The notice that was sent out by the Governor General’s office, noting the award recipients and their major contributions to Canada, cited Chretien’s “legacy” of homosexual […]

By Hilary White   OTTAWA, February 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Earlier this month, LifeSiteNews.com reported that some Canadian abortion activists were stepping up efforts to have Dr. Morgentaler awarded Canada’s highest civilian honour, the Order of Canada, for his years of advocacy for legalizing abortion and for the thousands of abortions that he personally has performed. In a piece appearing in the Globe and Mail, several of Canada’s most prominent abortion advocates proposed a public campaign to have Dr. Morgentaler awarded the Order of Canada. They said that the matter was especially urgent now that he is ill and not […]

Set to become third country in EU to legalize euthanasia

Rep. Chris Smith to speak about women's rights, abortion, and sex trafficking

* 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.   Human Rights Watch criticizes Mexico’s Human Rights Commission for opposing abortion  https://www.calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=bbff97cc-4718-4c4a-937b-bfc135a2615b   The Clintons: More Pro-Life Than Pro-Lifers?  https://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/02/19/tapped   First Amendment Rights Denied in Georgia as Pro-Life Activist is Arrested on Public Sidewalk  https://christiannewswire.com/news/272225722.html   Author: George Soros brains behind McCain-Feingold  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56745   Embryonic Debate – A Reply to William Saletan, liberal bioethics writer, former embryo  https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2IxM2QzNDc4OTJhNmJjODEzMDBiYjRiZjQyOTg3YWM=   Bobby Schindler Assails “False Compassion” of Intentional Dehydration – Wesley […]

By Peter J. Smith   WASHINGTON, D.C., February 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Not all pro-abortion feminists from the heyday of the Sexual Revolution are behind Hillary Clinton as their abortion candidate. Frances Kissling, former president of the abortion advocacy group, Catholics for Free Choice, has instead come out swinging for Barack Obama, whom she believes is the best abortion candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. “While I believe in the nitty gritty of a day-to-day legislative agenda, there will be little difference between Clinton and Obama, I am convinced that in the larger struggle to complete the social transformation promised […]

Homosexual groups denied ECOSOC status; more UNFPA, UNICEF, IPPF shenanigans

By Hilary White   SALEM, Oregon, February 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An exposé by the Oregonian daily newspaper shows that US teachers who sexually abuse their students are often given a pass into other teaching jobs as a cost-saving measure.   A search for the phrase “sex abuse cover-up” in the Google internet search engine produces news reports almost exclusively focused on the Catholic Church. But advocates for sex-abuse victims have long known that the problem of persons placed in authority abusing minors is far from being restricted to clergy.   The Oregonian reported yesterday that in some US school […]

By John-Henry Westen STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, February 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  A video clip of former U.S. President Bill Clinton lashing out at pro-life students from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, which was featured on the Drudge Report and brought YouTube hundreds of thousands of viewers, exposed a rarely seen irate Clinton.  LifeSiteNews.com spoke today with David Vogel, the man whose questions sparked the angry outburst from Clinton.  The YouTube video records only Clinton’s irate response, a transcript of which was posted on LifeSiteNews.com a few hours after he made them.  “I gave you the answer. We disagree with you,” Clinton […]

By Peter J. Smith   WASHINGTON, D.C., February 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republican primary frontrunner Sen. John McCain picked up another important endorsement yesterday after former US President George H.W. Bush officially gave his support to the Arizona senator and asked conservatives dissatisfied with his record to stop attacking him. “You know, if you’ve been around the track you hear these criticisms and I think they are grossly unfair. [McCain’s] got a … sound conservative record but he’s not above reaching out to the other side,” the former president said. Bush later called the attacks on McCain’s record “absurd.”   […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   KAMPALA, February 19, 2008 (LifeSIteNews.com) – The Anglican Secretary of Uganda’s Central province, Aaron Mwesigye, yesterday announced that Uganda’s Anglican Church will withdraw formally from the Anglican Communion unless U.S. clergy condemn homosexuality.   He said: “We have complained against homosexuality several times but no action is taken. If they don’t change and continue to support homosexual practices and same-sex marriage, our relationship with them will be completely broken. Anglicanism is just an identity and if they abuse it, we shall secede. Yes, we shall remain Christians, but not in the same communion.”   The […]

Church fears bill "shuts down legislative process" on abortion and removes conscience exemptions

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ORLANDO, FL, February 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the issue of homosexuality continues to be hotly debated in public settings across the country, Exodus International, the largest worldwide support organization to those affected by unwanted same-sex attraction, is seeing rapid growth within its organization. In the last five years, Exodus International has seen a 59% increase in its member agencies, growing from 117 in 2003 to over 200 in 2008. This compared to more spotty growth in years past. Requests for resources and speaking engagements are also up.  Alan Chambers, President of Exodus International, commented, “We believe that the escalating […]

Seven parishes vote to leave Canadian Anglican Church over the weekend with more to follow

Brazilian resort city of João Pessoa creates "parliamentary front against abortion"

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   SPAIN, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Spanish Socialist Worker’s Party, which recently promised to bring “equity” the provision of abortion, has now clarified what it means by “equity”: free abortions, financed by the Spanish government.   An article in the Spanish magazine ALBA states that the a national law is being planned by the socialist government that will regulate access to abortion in an “egalitarian” manner, in order to “guarantee that a service that is found in the list of Social Security services can be given in conditions of quality and equity through agreements […]

By John-Henry Westen DAR ES SALAAM, February 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Democrat plan to radically alter the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), is threatening the existence of a program valued by leaders in the developing world.  Yesterday, U.S. President George W. Bush was in Tanzania, where that nation’s President lauded PEPFAR, including the abstinence component that is a target of Democrat remodeling. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete lavished praise on the U.S. for PEPFAR, presenting President Bush with a young child and a newborn baby who, he said, owed their lives to the assistance coming from the U.S.  […]

 By John Jalsevac JEFFERSON CITY, MO, February 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill recently introduced into the Missouri House of Representatives seeks to protect pharmacists from civil and criminal liability for refusing to dispense the morning after pill by stating that no pharmacists should be required to assist in an abortion. What is especially unique about House Bill 1625, as compared to other conscience legislation that has been introduced in other states, is that the bill, if passed, would officially reclassify the morning after pill as an abortifacient. The text of the bill, introduced by Representative Edgar Emery, states: “No […]

By Hilary White ST. JOHN, New Brunswick, February 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study by Dr. Karen Kidd, of the University of New Brunswick and the Canadian Rivers Institute, found that estrogen from birth control pills flooding into the water system through sewage adversely affects fish populations. The researchers added estrogen to an experimental lake at a level commonly found in the treated wastewater from cities with about 200,000 people. The researchers discovered that one consequence is that exposed male fish become feminized, producing a protein normally found in females. Chronic exposure to estrogen led to the near extinction of […]

Says he supports gay 'marriage' and abortion

Bill Caught on Camera Lashing Out at Pro-Life Students in Steubenville

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Dear readers,   Lots of news to report today as usual. But be sure not to miss the Kentucky bishops unusually straightforward statement on voting for pro-abortion politicians, as well as the very good news on Belmont Abbey College.   In of the best lines written by a Catholic College President I’ve read in many years, the president wrote to staff and faculty about removing abortion and contraception coverage from the health policy.   In a letter to staff and faculty, Thierfeder answered the question: Were any faculty, staff or committees consulted on this change? He said, “No. The teaching […]

Re: Governments Must Reform Human Rights Commissions, written by Father Alphonse de Valk (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08021301.html)   Dear Editor,   Fr. de Valk observed that Canadians (including Canadian Catholics) have been complacent regarding the advancement of the homosexual agenda.     Why are so many complacent and do not act?   In an interview with La Repubblica in 2004 (https://www.zenit.org/article-11587?l=english) Cardinal Ratzinger made the following statements: “It is true that the pill has given rise to an anthropological revolution of great dimensions. It has not been, as thought in the beginning, the ‘only’ solution for difficult situations. But it has changed the vision […]

By Hilary White   OTTAWA, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Status of Women, has told a Parliamentary committee on the Status of Women about the Harper government’s “firm commitment” to Status of Women Canada.   Verner said the total budget for the federal organization was $29.9 million, “a record for Status of Women Canada”. Under the government’s new “Women’s Partnership Fund,” the government provided $10 million to the agency in 2007 and has no plans to stop.   The women’s organisation, REAL Women of Canada, has been calling on the government since […]

DE PERE, Wisconsin, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Staunchly pro-abortion presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to appear at St. Norbert College, De Pere, Wisconsin, on February 17, as part of her campaign schedule for the Wisconsin primary two days later.  She also has accepted an invitation to appear at Marquette University Law School, a Jesuit institution. Clinton’s appearance at St. Norbert College is scheduled to be a lengthy town hall meeting entitled “Solutions for America.” Clinton appeared earlier in the week at St. Mary’s University, a Catholic institution in San Antonio, Texas, and her appearance was severely criticized […]

By John-Henry Westen DARTMOUTH, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alan Bryan, 43, of Nova Scotia, was sentenced to 15 years in jail Thursday for his brutal attack on his then-pregnant girlfriend Charlene Knapp.  Knapp, 28, was four months pregnant on July 31 when Bryan stabbed her up to 15 times with a sword. Knapp survived the attack, but the child in her womb was killed. Despite his killing the unborn child, Bryan was never charged with murder, since a child in utero is not considered a human being in Canadian law. A bill before the legislature seeks to remedy that […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The government of Gordon Brown is like the seven-headed, “demonic beast” of Revelation, bent on imposing its “moral agenda” (which is opposed to “longstanding Christian morality”), on British society, according to an Anglican bishop. The Labour government’s policies, especially their support of the homosexual political agenda and the Human Fertilisation and Embryo Bill, are a move away from a benign secularism, said the Rt. Rev. Graham Dow, bishop of Carlisle in northern England. Speaking at a meeting at the Church of England’s General Synod on the release of the book, “God, […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON DC, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Public Health Association (APHA) yesterday announced a range of policies that were approved by the Association’s Governing Council during last year’s annual meeting in Washington, DC. Among a long list of generally positive health policy initiatives is a call for the removal of all restrictions that limit access to abortion in the US, including the repeal of parental consent laws and partial birth abortion bans. The APHA promotes itself as the largest association of “public health professionals” in the world. It’s declared aim is to “protect all Americans […]

CHARLOTTE, NC, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Belmont Abbey College in North Carolina has amended the health insurance plan provided by its carrier to remove coverage for abortions, voluntary sterilizations and contraception. The provisions allowing these practices were recently discovered and the college moved quickly to rectify the situation. The college has since been faced with complaints from a few employees to state and federal agencies, but remains undaunted. President William Thierfelder said, “As a Roman Catholic institution, Belmont Abbey College is not able to and will not offer nor subsidize medical services that contradict the clear teaching of the […]

By John Jalsevac England, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An editorial in the most recent issue of the influential British Medical Journal (BMJ) highlights the increasing global problem of infertility, and speculates that there may be a possible link to IVF. According to authors Drs. Jens Bonde and Jorn Olsen, at present approximately 15% of couples who try to conceive are affected by infertility. The consequence of this has been that “up to 6% of children are conceived through assisted reproductive techniques.” Olsen and Bone speculate that the increased rate of infertility may, however, be an unintended consequence of the […]

By John Connolly   AURORA, Illinois, February 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Residents of Aurora and a community group are suing Planned Parenthood and the City of Aurora for zoning violations at a $7.5 million “super-clinic” opened by Planned Parenthood in October. The lawsuit was filed February 13, and asserts that Planned Parenthood misrepresented itself to the public and the City Council. Residents were never given a chance to voice their opposition to the 22,000-square-foot “abortion fortress” before it opened. To avoid opposition, Planned Parenthood filed for various permits under various names during construction. In May of 2005, Planned Parenthood began construction […]

In a joint letter, bishops say Catholics will not "stand by in silence" in the face of challenges that threaten marriage

"No Catholic voter or politician can say 'Personally I oppose abortion, but I cannot impose my religious beliefs on others.' It is a moral contradiction."

* 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.   Phill Kline: The Only Way to Enforce the Law is to See Medical Records  https://www.citizenlink.org/clcommentary/A000006512.cfm   Romney endorses McCain for GOP nomination  https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/romney.mccain/index.html   National Clergy Council leader worried about McCain  https://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=67257   Santorum Still Wary of McCain  https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Santorum_Still_Wary_of_Mc/2008/02/14/72701.html   How the Religious Right lost its ‘Religion’, lost its way and went wrong  https://www.catholic.org/printer_friendly.php?id=26843&section=Cathcom   McCain ad guru wants Obama win  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56306   Against all odds, Huckabee vows to hang […]

Dear readers,  Happy St. Valentine’s day to all. Unlike the perverse ways that some are celebrating this day, we are sure most of you, and in fact most of the public, are celebrating the day with flowers, touching or humorous cards and expressions of affection to loved ones and friends – just as it should be. Others have fond memories of Valentines past. It is a good event for those who truly love life and family.   LifeSiteNews.com offices received a call yesterday from a 74-year-old woman who identified herself as Nicole. She was calling to suggest some pro-life strategy. However […]

11 of 23 positions on CEDAW up for renewal in June

By Hilary White NAPLES, February 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italian police confiscated the remains of a 21 week old child who died by abortion, after they received a tip that the abortion had been conducted illegally. Police received an anonymous tip, while the woman was still in the abortuary, that the abortion had been carried out after the legal time limit. La Repubblica newspaper reported that police showed up at the abortion mill, questioned Silvana, and confiscated the child’s remains and the hospital chart. The 39-year-old Naples woman who was the mother of the child, identified only as Silvana S., […]

By Marie Hahnenberg   February 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – February 14 is one of the most romantic days out of the year. For those who celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day, red roses and chocolates are usually the most popular gifts given and received. The history behind this day can be traced back to Christian and ancient Roman traditions. It is a day of love. However, there are others in this country that make it into a holiday that has nothing to do with love. Planned Parenthood has perverted the meaning of love and is using this day to celebrate what it […]

By John Connolly MELBOURNE, February 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A well-attended Gay Pride Parade in Melbourne, Australia enjoyed the endorsement of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The Parade, which took place on February 3, was led by athletes from the Asia Pacific Outgames. The difference between this year’s Pride March Victoria and last year’s was the enthusiastic support of Australia’s Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd. At the post-march celebrations, a member for Albert Park, Martin Foley, passed on a message of support from Rudd, saying his government would “continue to march towards tolerance, respect and diversity.” The gay community expressed its happiness […]

By Hilary White TORONTO, February 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday, in a move the was said to have surprised legislators, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said he wants the legislature to “move beyond” the Lord’s Prayer, which is recited daily. He has ordered an all-party committee to be formed to “reconsider” prayer in the legislature. Calling the Lord’s Prayer “dated,” McGuinty, who continues to claim membership in the Catholic Church, said he wants a more “inclusive” practice that better reflects the province’s new multicultural “diversity”. “I’ve asked for a parliamentary committee, with representation from each of the parties and the Speaker’s […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON DC, February 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A rally in support of a national marriage amendment and marriage-friendly policy, organized by Alliance for Marriage Foundation (AFM) at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Denver later this year, will see key Latino leaders encourage candidates to support traditional marriage. The Alliance for Marriage will also conduct a public relations campaign, including paid advertisements, to publicize the issue and the event. Organizers hope to mobilize the Hispanic American community – which traditionally votes Democrat but is also strongly in favor of the marriage protection amendment – to bring […]

Re: Editorial: Why Harry Forbes, USCCB Film Reviewer, Must be Replaced  (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08020401.html) Dear Editor, It strikes  me as more than just a little suspicious that these film reviewers continue to recommend films that are obviously not commensurate with Catholic morals.  Seems to me that these are not just a few “cowboys or loose canons”.  They are doing this because someone or someones are allowing and/or perhaps even encouraging them to do so.  I think the moving forward position should not be to critize them and/or encouraging people to write the USCCB but a “charge” that the Bishops in charge are […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman ROME, Italy, February 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italy’s conservative candidate for Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has announced that he supports the Vatican’s call for a global moratorium on abortion.  However, despite his initially promising remarks, later comments by Berlusconi cast doubt on his commitment to fight for the unborn if elected. The call for a moratorium began in December of last year, when the “devout atheist” and journalist, Giuliano Ferrara, responded to a United Nations call for a moratorium on the death penalty with his own call that the moratorium include a moratorium on killing the […]

Questions St. Ignatius Would Ask the New Jesuit General By Fr. Thomas Euteneuer St. Ignatius Loyola would undoubtedly be happy that a fellow Spaniard, Fr. Adolfo Nicolás, is once again at the helm of the Society of Jesus, but I doubt St. Ignatius would be happy about the state of his order at this moment in church history. While I have a healthy respect for the many good Jesuits I have known, I can’t be as optimistic about their ability to pull off an internal reform that would make this company, once known as the pope’s shock troops, the pre-eminent […]

Dear LifeSiteNews readers,   Many new readers of LifeSiteNews have difficulty making a connection between abortion, euthanasia, contraception, feminism, explicit sex education, promotion of homosexuality, de-population programs, eugenics, environmental extremism, suppression of religious freedom and globalism. We always hope that after a few months of reading LifeSiteNews they begin to see the connection. Many, including most of the world’s religious leaders, haven’t been exposed to this information, or if they have, still don’t get it or, in very many cases, don’t have the courage or trust in God to face the disturbing truth.   The development in Brazil, reported in […]

PRETORIA, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to a study published in the journal BMC Psychiatry, women who have experienced abortion have high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which follow findings from earlier studies linking abortion and PTSD. The study of 155 women in South Africa who had abortions looked at symptoms before abortion and at one month and three months after abortion. Almost one-fifth of the women had symptoms that met the criteria for PTSD, leading the authors to note that “high rates of PTSD characterize women who have undergone voluntary pregnancy termination.” Further, at three months after […]

Anti-euthanasia leader warns more action needed to protect Golubchuk, other patients from hastened death by doctors

Bishop Dimas Lara Barbosa, General Secretary of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops, reading the Declaration on Sunday, February 10, 2008, at the National Sanctuary of our Lady of Concepción Aparecida, Brazil.

"Declaration of Aparecida in Defense of Life" is a call to war against globalist population control

By John Jalsevac Ontario, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past week Ontario police arrested twenty-three individuals, including one woman and a youth offender, in one of the largest child porn sting operations of its kind. The OPP executed 25 search warrants and has laid a total of 73 child-porn related criminal charges. “Today is a great day for children in communities right across the province,” OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino told a news conference in Toronto yesterday. “This provincial sweep carried out yesterday, and into today, serves as a very loud wake-up call for those who commit these horrific crimes. The […]

By Hilary White LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A statement from the four Catholic bishops of Kentucky says the Church supports a bill in the House of Representatives that seeks to increase sentences for those convicted of sexual abuse of minors. The bishops said that House Bill 211 “will effectively protect young people from sexual predators and … will encourage public and private institutions to be vigilant in protecting children entrusted to their care.” Bishops of the Archdiocese of Louisville and the Dioceses of Covington, Lexington, and Owensboro, wrote that the bill “appropriately increases the penalty for acts […]

By Hilary White BRUSSELS, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Union has criticised those member states that have not lived up to the requirements of EU rules on “discrimination” relating to homosexuality and other issues. The EU commission for employment, social affairs and equal opportunities has initiated legal procedures against those countries that have failed to implement its legislation. The commission’s memo covered areas of discrimination in the case of age and disability as well as sexual orientation. Germany was particularly singled out with a letter complaining that the country’s same-sex civil union registration does not sufficiently match the […]

By John Connolly FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Jesuit University has invited the rapper Ludacris to perform at a campus concert, despite the rapper’s very obscene, violent and sexually explicit lyrics. A cursory glance at the lyrics of Ludacris’ songs reveals countless uses of the ‘f’ word and other similarly or even more offensive obscenities, an endless stream of derogatory references towards women, and a recurrent theme of gangster-style violence. In one song alone, entitled “Move B****h”, Ludacris uses the ‘f’ word a dozen times, the ‘b’ word a similar number, includes several explicit references to sexual […]

By John Connolly NEW YORK, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A California-based biotech company has predicted that embryonic stem-cell treatment tests on adult human beings could happen as soon as a few months from now. This is the tenth time in five years that such a prediction has been made, with researchers still awaiting the green light from the Food and Drug Administration to begin conducting the controversial research. Geron Corporation, a leader in embryonic stem-cell experimentation, is eager to begin testing on human beings, despite the admission that any medical benefits from the treatment are likely years away at best. […]

By Hilary White SAN ANTONIO, Texas, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the most aggressively pro-abortion political candidates in recent times, Hillary Clinton, will not be made welcome at a Texas Catholic university campus if the Archbishop of San Antonio has any say in the matter. Clinton, one of two leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, has scheduled a rally for today at the Bill Greehey Arena of St. Mary’s, a Catholic liberal arts college founded by the Marianist religious order. Doors are scheduled to open at 5:30 p.m., with the rally starting at 6:30 p.m. Archbishop José […]

By John Jalsevac BOSTON, MA, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Carl Stanley McGee, 38, a top-level aide in the administration of Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick has been charged with sexually assaulting a 12-15 year old boy. The incident occurred in late December, but has only been made public in the past several days. McGee allegedly assaulted the boy at a resort on the Gulf Coast in Florida, the prestigious Gasparilla Inn & Club. The day after meeting the boy at the resort and exchanging a few words with him, McGee allegedly entered the steam room where the boy was sitting, […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CAPE TOWN, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The South African Parliament last Thursday passed a controversial bill that would allow girls as young as 12 to obtain abortions without their parents’ consent, provide for 24-hour abortion facilities, eliminate pre-approval processes, and allow all nurses, as well as doctors and midwives, to perform the procedure, Reuters reports. The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill passed by a vote of 266 to 52 with 12 abstentions, ending a four-year wrangle that saw the original bill struck down by the Constitutional Court. The bill was initially passed by Parliament […]

AUSTIN, February 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Today the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously upheld a second conviction for the homicide of an unborn child under Texas’ Prenatal Protection Act. The case, Flores v. Texas (Case No. PD-0265-07), involved the double murder of twin unborn baby boys. According to court documents, Gerardo Flores stomped on the abdomen of his pregnant girlfriend at 20-21 weeks of gestation and caused the babies to be born dead two days later. Flores was convicted in district court in 2005 on two counts of capital murder and received a life sentence. The baby boys were […]

The HRC's role as censors of what may or may not be printed or said in Canada must be stopped

* 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.   Paul Weyrich – “Gov. Huckabee is clearly the conservative alternative” – “I am Endorsing Huckabee” – “I don’t buy the idea that John McCain is a true conservative”   https://www.newsmax.com/weyrich/huckabee/2008/02/11/71852.html   John McCain funded by Soros since 2001  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56177   Ron Paul refuses to back McCain – “I cannot support anybody with the foreign policy he advocates, you know, perpetual war”.  https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/02/ron-paul-scalin.html   McCain Would Defer to Kennedy on Judges, […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rowan Williams, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, is said to be “shocked” and “completely overwhelmed” by the outburst of anger from all quarters that followed his speech February 7 at the Royal Courts of Justice, and an interview with BBC radio, in which he said it is “unavoidable” that “some aspects” of Sharia law would be introduced in Britain. The furore was given new fuel this week when it was revealed that the Department for Work and Pensions has drawn up new rules under which Muslim men may claim benefits for […]

Blasts Church authorities for opposing homosexual civil unions and "non-discrimination" legislation

By John Connolly JERUSALEM, February 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a move that has infuriated religious and conservative groups in Israel, Attorney General Meni Mazuz ruled on Sunday that gays and lesbians have the same rights and qualifications to adopt children that heterosexual couples do. The decision marks a significant change in Israel’s law concerning adoption. In the past, homosexual couples were only allowed adoption if one wanted to adopt their partner’s biological child. Under the new ruling, announced by the Israeli justice ministry on behalf of Mazuz, homosexual couples have all the adoptive rights that a stable family has. […]

Says that if elected she would be the first U.S. president to march in a homosexual-pride parade.

Specifies that Conservative MPs are not to stand up publicly for freedom of speech for Mark Steyn and Ezra Levant.

By Steve Mosher FRONT ROYAL, VA, February 12, 2008 (PRI) – And then there were two. To the surprise of many, Mike Huckabee continues to win primary victories, racking up his latest in Kansas and Louisiana. At the same time, McCain’s still substantial lead has some Republican operatives like Karl Rove calling for Mike to abandon his race for the presidency. Pro-lifers, however, should encourage him to stay in. The reason is simple: The pro-life cause benefits from Governor Huckabee’s continued presence in the race. Of all the candidates, Huckabee has run the most gracious – and issues oriented – […]

"several hundred" men in the Greater Toronto Area receiving welfare payments for their multiple wives.

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SIOUX FALLS, February 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The South Dakota Senate rejected, by a vote of 22 to 12, a bill that would have removed legal protection from pharmacists who refuse to sell contraceptives because it violates their conscience. “We are Americans. You don’t tell people they have to do something that violates their conscience,” said Sen. Jay Duenwald, R-Hoven. Bill SB-164 proposed that a pharmacist’s refusal to sell a drug that violated his or her conscience constituted a “government intrusion” into people’s private lives by a “government entity.” State law allows pharmacists to follow their […]

By Hilary White OTTAWA, February 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “It’s blasphemy” that Dr. Henry Morgentaler, the man whose name has become synonymous with abortion in Canada, has not been awarded the Order of Canada for his decades of aborting babies and helping to create Canada’s current state of lawlessness on abortion. Or so said Cathie Colombo, quoted by the Globe and Mail, which is reporting that a group of abortion supporters are attempting to force the nomination of Dr. Morgentaler in a “last ditch effort”. Cathie Colombo, Dr. Morgentaler’s assistant, was joined in her condemnation of her boss’s “omission” from […]

By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., February 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last April the USCCB Subcommittee on Marriage and the Family Life commissioned a poll on marriage and family issues, to be conducted by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. The final product, a poll of 1,008 self-identified Catholics, shows, as put by Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, the Chairman of the subcommittee, a “mixed picture.” Amongst many other findings, the poll indicated that Catholics who attend Mass frequently are the least likely to get divorced and are more likely to have more children. “Not surprisingly, the study paints a mixed […]

Denounce international organizations imposing population control and sexual immorality on Latin America

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MANASSAS, VA, February 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Making a strong statement against the annual performances of The Vagina Monologues on Catholic college campuses, the United States bishops’ Committee on Doctrine moved a theological seminar – which was scheduled to start today, February 11, at the University of Notre Dame – to a nearby convent. Bishop John D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend, who is not a member of the doctrine committee, issued a statement describing the action as a direct response to the planned Monologues performance at Notre Dame on March 26-28.  In previous years, Fort Wayne Bishop John D’Arcy has publicly stated […]

LAT Reports Abortion Clinic Atrocities; Will They Follow Up?  https://newsbusters.org/blogs/dave-pierre/2008/02/11/lat-reports-abortion-clinic-atrocities-will-they-follow   Clinton and advisers increasingly concerned she could be on “precipitous losing streak” in nomination contests this month  https://www.drudgereport.com/flashsa.htm   Catholic Vote Is Harbinger of Success for Clinton  https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/09/nyregion/09about.html?_r=1&em&ex=1202706000&en=eb7aeb297f04a585&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin   Gingrich Warns of GOP Catastrophe – calls for a conservative “declaration of independence” from the Republican Party  https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Gingrich_Warns_of_GOP_Cat/2008/02/11/71879.html   John McCain is headed for defeat of McGovernite dimensions if he can’t sway conservatives to get behind his candidacy   https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YWEzN2EyMDcyNmY2OWMwYmNjMzhlYmRlYWVjMGRiNGY=&w=MA==   Peggy Noonan – Can Mrs. Clinton Lose? Mrs. Clinton would be easier for Republicans.  https://online.wsj.com/article/declarations.html   The Pushy Pundits […]

NEW YORK, February 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – the UN began 2008 by focusing on reviewing achievements and short comings of 2007 and establishing a list of priorities for 2008. The budgets of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) were increased. The month of February promises to be a bit more agitated with the Commission on Social Development taking place February 6-15 and the Commission of the Status of Women opening on February 25 and extending into March. January 7-11, 2008 Secretary General Ban Ki-moon provides an assessment of […]

By John Jalsevac KINGSTON, Jamaica, February 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – News that the Jamaican government is considering legalizing abortion in the predominantly Christian country, which has traditionally been strongly pro-life, has created a furor amongst religious and political leaders and set off a firestorm of debate. The news was recently made public that a 17-member Abortion Policy Review Advisory Group was set up in September 2005 to review Jamaica’s abortion policies and to recommend changes to the law. The Group has since recommended the decriminalization of abortion up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. Currently in Jamaica abortion is outlawed in […]

By John Connolly WINNIPEG, February 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An 84-year-old Orthodox Jewish man is in danger of being euthanized by Grace Hospital in Winnipeg, despite protests from his family that the hospital’s decision violates their religion. Samuel Golubchuk, whose family has been waging a court battle to keep him alive since late last November, was hospitalized for pneumonia in October of 2007. Doctors have attempted to hasten his death by starvation and dehydration, tactics that have been barred by a temporary court order keeping Samuel alive. Golubchuk’s family claims that he is recovering due to medical treatment, and although […]

TORONTO, February 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Civil Rights League today criticized the recent decision of the Ontario branch of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) to support student unions that withhold club status (and related funding and facilities’ use) from campus pro-life groups. Such clubs have already been denied standing at universities in Ontario, including Carleton University, Ottawa and Lakehead in Thunder Bay, as well as UBC- Okanagan, Capilano College, BC and Memorial University in Newfoundland. (The Lifeline club at Carleton later attained club status following a public outcry.) The League suggests that students who are being denied […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski and John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, February 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) Conference in Washington, D.C. on Friday, President Bush surveyed the last seven years of his presidency at length, including his stand on a number of important life and family issues. In a speech which touched on everything from the war on drugs to the attack on the family, Bush compared his own policies and overall philosophy to those of the other “side”: “On the rights of the unborn – the most vulnerable among us – one side supports abortion on demand. […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Anglican bishop of Hereford has been ordered by a court to undergo “equal opportunities training” and pay a fine of £47,345.00, the equivalent of $92,106.00 Cn., for refusing to hire an active homosexual for a position of trust with young people. The ruling also stated that Hereford diocese staff “involved in recruitment should receive equal opportunities training”. “The respondents discriminated against the claimant on the grounds of sexual orientation,” said the ruling from the Cardiff Employment Tribunal. The Right Reverend Anthony Priddis refused to hire a homosexual man, John Reaney, […]

By John Jalsevac MONTREAL, Quebec, February 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There are very few Canadians who would not immediately recognize the face of David Suzuki, Canada’s environmentalist extraordinaire. In Canada the name of Suzuki is almost synonymous with environmentalism, with his fame and reputation having been solidified by years of successful lecturing, activism, and internationally syndicated television programs, including the famous The Nature of Things. He is often described with the words “prophet” or “guru,” and is widely hailed for his “wisdom.” Besides having been awarded the highest award possible for a Canadian citizen – the Order of Canada – […]

* 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.   24 women turn away from abortion – Sidewalk counselors in San Diego say January was fruitful month  https://calcatholic.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?id=e05ba111-0e25-46f7-b12e-54180a58c60b   I have a plan to destroy America – 1. make America a bilingual-bicultural country 2. invent “multiculturalism” and encourage immigrants to maintain their own culture. 3. make the United States a “Hispanic Quebec” by Richard D. Lamm  https://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/09/i-have-a-plan-to-destroy-america-by-richard-d-lamm/   Evidence of the Pill having abortifacient effect – Substantial resistance to evidence […]

Also promises to abolish pro-homosexual "Education for Citizenship" program in Spanish schools

* 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. Critics of McCain’s Critics Should Chill By David Limbaugh https://www.townhall.com/columnists/DavidLimbaugh/2008/02/08/critics_of_mccains_critics_should_chill “There is a strutting self-righteousness about McCain that goes hand-in-hand with a nitroglycerin temper. He is disliked because on many, many occasions he has been disrespectful, belligerent, and vulgar to those who differ with him” – By Mona Charen  https://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTQ0MjgxZmIyOTM1MTM1ZDM4YTQ0N2ZlMDMwNzVjZjU= “If you can’t stomach John McCain, channel your support and energies to Republicans who do represent your values and who have […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRASILIA, BrazilL, February 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After a shaky start, the Catholic bishops of Brazil have launched a national campaign against abortion, euthanasia, and embryonic stem cell research that newspapers are calling a “major offensive” against the culture of death. The opening event of the campaign, “Fraternity and the Defense of Life”, was attended by leaders of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), as well as high-ranking government officials from socialist president Luiz Lula’s cabinet, on February 6th. At the event, the CNBB General Secretary read a letter from Pope Benedict XVI to the […]

By John Connolly  BUCHAREST, February 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life citizens in Romania are calling for letters from the international community to encourage the Romanian legislature to adopt the definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman. On February 4, the Romanian Senate’s Judiciary Committee amended Article 1 (3) of the Romanian Family Code. The current Code says that family is “based on marriage between spouses.” The new version will read that “The marriage between a man and a woman is the basis of the family.” The amendment would leave no room for interpretation. The text […]

Court says there is evidence of "real love" between pair

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski LOS ANGELES, February 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An article published today in the LA Times gives new details about five abortion mills in southern California, owned by Bertha Bugarin, that were raided last summer by a special unit of the Los Angeles Police Department, the Health Authority Law Enforcement Task Force (HALT). At the time of the raids Bertha Bugarin and her sister were arrested and then released on bail. They have now been charged with practicing medicine without a license on five patients in February and March 2007. The LAPD charges Bertha Bugarin “with five […]

By Hilary White OTTAWA, February 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Justice Minister has rejected the notion of decriminalizing prostitution, a move that had been called for by a British Columbia organization leading up to the 2010 Olympics. “We are not in the business of legalizing brothels, and we have no intention of changing any of the laws relating to prostitution in this country,” Justice Minister Rob Nicholson told the Commons Status of Women Committee on Thursday. A group calling itself the B.C. Coalition of Experiential Communities was attempting to pressure the government to create legal brothels for the upcoming […]

By John Connolly COLORADO SPRINGS, February 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former governor and presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee received an endorsement from Dr. James Dobson, the founder and chairman of Focus on the Family, following statements from Dobson indicating that he could not in conscience vote for Senator John McCain. Dr. Dobson spoke on Thursday night, making it clear that he was giving the endorsement as a private citizen, and that his statements did not amount to an official Focus on the Family endorsement. Dr. Dobson emphasized Huckabee’s commitment to marriage and the family, and gave his support to Huckabee, despite […]

Picture of family with slogan broke rules on "social responsibility, decency, matters of opinion and truthfulness."

 By John Jalsevac PARIS, France, February 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – France’s supreme court has ruled that parents of miscarried or stillborn children can register a name for the child, no matter what stage of development the child was at at the time of miscarriage or birth, reports the AFP. Previous to this most recent ruling, parents in France were allowed to register a name for miscarried or stillborn children, but only after 22 weeks gestation, or if the child weighed over 1.1 pounds. This new ruling gives parents the right to claim the body of their child, which, until this […]

* 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.   From the Right, Both Acceptance and Distrust of McCain – Washington Post   https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020604769_pf.html   GOP conservatives were in the mood to unite behind McCain, regardless of what good folks like Limbaugh, Hannity, and Dr. Dobson say about him – Deal W. Hudson  https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&Itemid=127   Video: McCain at CPAC–not quite The Uniter yet By Michelle Malkin  https://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/07/video-mccain-at-cpac-not-quite-the-uniter-yet/   McCain Must Convince Skeptical Conservatives by Deeds, not Words; Viguerie: Rhetoric Won’t […]

Dear Readers,   England is certainly getting loonier every day. The question is, How much farther will this insanity go? The Archbishop of Canterbury does seem to have gone “bonkers” as stated by the religion correspondent for the Times. And Hilary White does a masterful job today of exposing the madness of the N.I.C.E. program.   Mitt Romney is officially out and the social conservatives of the United States are left with the big question mark of John McCain. Pro-Life Senator Brownback says, “McCain has a long, consistent 24-year pro-life voting record” and “is the best pro-life candidate to win […]

Huckabee lambasts Dobson, Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives for refusing to vote if McCain the nominee

WASHINGTON, February 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This morning U.S. President George Bush delivered his final address as President to the annual National Prayer Breakfast.  After his initial greetings he addressed the gathered crowd as follows: “Every President since Dwight Eisenhower has attended the National Prayer Breakfast—and I am really proud to carry on that tradition. It’s an important tradition, and I’m confident Presidents who follow me will do the same. The people in this room come from many different walks of faith. Yet we share one clear conviction: We believe that the Almighty hears our prayers—and answers those who seek […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Commentators, bloggers, and columnists alike were aghast this evening as Rowan Williams, the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury, told the BBC that Britain had to “face up to the fact” that the encroachment of Islamic Sharia law into the British legal system is “unavoidable”. The titular head of the Church of England suggested in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s World at One programme that, because they are both “religious”, there is an equivalence between the brutal system of Sharia and the principles of the Natural Law upon which western jurisprudence is […]

WASHINGTON, DC, February 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life and pro-family groups in the U.S. are crying foul after a proposal to alter the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which is scheduled for review in the House Committee on Foreign Relations on Thursday, February 14.   Members of Congress and community leaders will hold a press conference 90 minutes before the House Foreign Affairs Committee meeting.  The conference will underscore the importance and success of the current PEPFAR policy programs and highlight provisions in the Democrat rewrite that threaten to destroy the popular, successful HIV/AIDS program.    In his 2008 […]

New laws mandate the positive potrayal of homosexuality in public schools

Catholics urged to contact universities, asking them to cancel play

By John Connolly ROME, February 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Italian professors and students who attracted worldwide attention in January for engineering break-ins and sit-ins that ultimately derailed a papal visit to La Sapienza University, likely based their protest letter on an inaccurate Wikipedia article, according to L’Osservatore Romano’s February 6 report. 67 professors from La Sapienza wrote a letter of protest against Benedict XVI’s visit to the school on the grounds that the Pope was hostile to science. The letter based its claim on an interpretation of a March 15, 1990 speech given by then-Cardinal Ratzinger on Galileo. “On […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SAN FRANCISCO, February 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The California Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will hear three hours of arguments on March 4 in the cases challenging the decision not to allow homosexual “marriage”. A ruling will be made within 90 days. The case is a combination of lawsuits filed by fifteen same-sex couples and the city of San Francisco, challenging the marriage restriction, and two countersuits by private organizations, defending the law. The law was first tested in February 2004 when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered the city clerk to issue marriage licenses […]

ANN ARBOR, MI, February 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Maryland Circuit Court Judge William J. Rowan, III, ruled last week that it is permissible to teach 8th and 10th grade Montgomery County public school students how to use condoms during anal and oral sex, as well as that homosexuality is inborn, even though in 2007 Maryland’s highest appellate court ruled there is no scientific basis for such a conclusion.     The controversial new curriculum was adopted as a result of pressure by homosexual advocacy groups.   That sexual orientation is innate is a theory that has been rejected by courts in […]

By Hilary White ST. LOUIS, Missouri, February 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Raymond Burke of the St. Louis Archdiocese has expressed his “profound sadness” that a prominent sports coach at St. Louis University publicly expressed his support for abortion and destructive embryo research. In an interview with the diocesan newspaper, the St. Louis Review, Archbishop Burke said, “At a time when in the Church we need to give such a strong witness to the dignity of human life and the Respect Life Apostolate, this counter witness is being given. I was very sad. Did it upset me? Yes, it did.” […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MANAGUA, February 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-abortion feminists of Nicaragua’s “Women’s Network Against Violence” and their allies are continuing to wage an international publicity campaign to prevent an investigation of the Network’s possible role in covering up the sexual abuse of a nine-year-old girl. The case has not visibly proceeded since last year, when investigators interviewed nine members of the Network accused of covering up a rape, instigation and conspiracy to commit a crime, and defending a criminal abortion, in relation to the celebrated “Rosita” case in 2003. “Rosita”, whose real name has been concealed […]

A look into who decides on life and death in the UK

"Some religions place great value on homophobia in the name of certain beliefs…Just think of the Catholic Church," says brochure.

Cited for "unbecoming" conduct for simply being candidate for Christian federal political party, amongst other charges

Dear readers, The past few days have been a whirlwind for me personally. Two young people who attend my local parish drowned over the weekend.  Their stories are beautiful ones that need to be told so I attempted to highlight some aspects of their lives in today’s coverage. Janine, one of the victims, had just asked me to come to speak to the newly formed pro-life group she started at her college.  I met her after Mass Saturday morning just a few hours before the accident, to let her know I’d be more than happy to address her group. Paul, as […]

By Peter J. Smith NEW YORK, February 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Arizona Senator John McCain has now seized a firm lead over pro-life former governors Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, with strong primary victories on Super Tuesday. McCain’s victory, however, was followed quickly with news that the senator is now endorsed by the pro-abortion wing of the party, raising grave concerns for conservative and pro-life Republicans. In primary contests last night, McCain won delegate-rich states, capturing California, New Jersey, New York, Arizona, Oklahoma, Delaware, Connecticut, and Missouri. He leads the nomination with […]

By John-Henry Westen Introduction: “If anyone was prepared to die, it was these two” BARRY’S BAY, ON, February 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lent began a few days early at Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Academy (OLSWA), a Catholic college in Barry’s Bay Ontario, renowned as one of the most faithful Catholic colleges in the nation.  Two students drowned in a tragic accident after a minivan they were traveling in on a frozen lake broke through the ice. The two who died were the founder and the most enthusiastic supporters of the newly established pro-life club at the college. On Saturday afternoon, […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski PICTOU, N.S., February 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pictou County Council voted 7 to 6 on Monday to restrict which flags can be flown from municipal flagpoles. The national, provincial, county and First Nations flags will be allowed, according to the new policy. Warden Allister MacDonald said that without measures to restrict flags, council could be asked to raise flags for groups which “may not be acceptable.” “A hate group could come and ask for us to raise a flag, and we would be discriminating against that particular group (by not raising the flag),” he said in […]

By Hilary White HARTFORD, Connecticut, February 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Connecticut “gay-marriage” lobby group, Love Makes a Family (LMF), is looking for a “religious-organizing project coordinator” to lobby churches and clergy and help with the work of legitimizing homosexual “marriage” among Christians. LMF website says, “A large portion of the Coordinator’s time will be spent meeting directly with congregations around the state where support for marriage equality already exists and providing information and training to individuals within those congregations to increase their involvement.” The coordinator will be expected especially to work with the “large number” of clergy who have […]

Sanctity of life defenders "Neo-Nazis" says abortion lobbyist

Call for abortion moratorium has met astounding and favorable public response from nations as diverse as Spain and India

By John Jalsevac SAN FRANCISCO, February 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Friday, February 1, Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and Equality California (EQCA) announced plans to introduce a measure that would formally establish a non-fiscal state holiday to commemorate gay-activist Harvey Milk. If passed, the bill would see the holiday take place on the anniversary of Milk’s birth, May 22. “Harvey Milk was a true American hero,” said Assemblyman Leno. “He gave hope to a generation of gay and lesbian individuals whose basic humanity and freedom had been denied and dishonored. His history is our history, and a day in his […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman ROME, February 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctors from four different Roman universities have issued a joint declaration affirming the duty of doctors to rescue and care for infants born alive after an abortion attempt, even against the wishes of the mother. The declaration, made by doctors at the obstetric clinics of La Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Campus Biomedico and Sacro Cuore, represent both the secular and religious sides of the Italian university system.  The first two universities are public, and the second two are Catholic. “An extremely premature newborn must be treated like any other person in […]

* 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. Republicans: CNN projects McCain as winner in New York, Connecticut, Illinois, Delaware and New Jersey and Oklahoma; Huckabee takes Alabama, Arkansas, West Virginia; Romney takes Massachusetts and UtahDemocrats: CNN projects Clinton the winner in Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tennessee; Obama wins Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, North Dakota; Kansas, Connecticut  https://www.cnn.com/ Huckabee wins W. Va. upset  https://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8338.html Obama, McCain Post Wins in Illinois  https://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8UKGML01&show_article=1 Dr. Dobson: ‘I Cannot, and Will Not, […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers at the University of Newcastle have created three-parent embryos in the lab as part of research into genetic diseases involving the mitochondria. The ten cloned embryos were constituted from genetic material collected from two women and one man, and the alteration – should the child be implanted in the womb and allowed to develop normally – could be carried through generations. The embryos were created by removing the nucleus from an existing donated single-cell embryo, created by in vitro fertilisation and considered “at risk” for mitochondrial genetic disease, and inserting […]

PRO-LIFE NEWS— local, national and international? CNN is not going to connect you with a pro-life, pro-family, and faithful audience   Advertising on LifeSiteNews.com will! News and Views not covered by Big Media Organizations WE ARE INTERNATIONAL Last year, we had over 1 million visits from Americans on the internet. We have an audience of another 400,000 more visitors from other places around the world. See Compete.com’s tracking of our American Audience here: https://grapher.compete.com/site_media/snapshot/lifesite.net_uv.png  Our journalists are located in England, Mexico, and Canada, as well as Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New York. WE ARE POPULAR Alexa.com, the web-traffic analyzer run by Amazon.com, […]

By John Connolly GLENDALE, Arizona, February 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Plaxico Burress, a wide receiver for the newly-crowned champion team, the New York Giants, told reporters on Sunday that God deserves the glory for his game-winning touchdown catch. Burress, who only caught two passes during the whole of the Super Bowl, said he prayed hard when his number came up, with the game on the line and only 35 seconds left to go in the fourth quarter. The Giants had been waiting all game to get Burress into one-on-one coverage against Ellis Hobbs, the Patriots cornerback, and the desired match-up came […]

WASHINGTON, DC, February 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 40 Days for Life begins its second nationwide pro-life campaign tomorrow, as volunteers in 59 cities across the country launch into an intensive 40 day program of prayer and fasting, community outreach, and constant vigil at locations where abortions are performed. The event coincides with the beginning of the Christian season of Lent, and runs from February 6 through March 16. The participating cities are listed at: https://www.40daysforlife.com/location.html. “When we conducted the first simultaneous, national 40 Days for Life campaign last fall, we were immediately approached by people who were so excited by […]

Poll reveals contradictory aspects of nation's thinking

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SPAIN, February 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the increasingly close race for the presidency and the parliament of Spain, abortion and “gay marriage” are becoming two of the most talked about issues, despite the fact that the country’s two major parties differ only slightly with regard to them. The worsening economic situation may be the main contributor to the tightness of the race, but social issues seem to be a close second.  Recent scandals regarding Spain’s controversial abortion industry, as well as growing discontent with the Socialist Worker’s Party’s “gay marriage” system, have helped to create […]

Lawyer that represented Schindler family and Terri Schiavo said case is "eerily" similar to the Schiavo case

Dear readers,   We have some encouraging news to report today!   Strong statements from Jewish and Catholic leaders and the latest breakthroughs from ethical adult stem cell research are accompanied by the great news that unborn twins were able to fight a tumor within their mother’s body.   Other stories are unfortunately not so encouraging.   There is yet another story about very positive comments and reviews of still more offensive movies by the reviewers in the US Bishops’ movie review office. They almost seem to be daring the NCCB heirarchy to remove them. The issue has now become, […]

* 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.   Abstinence funding may be axed from $30 billion US AIDS package  https://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=66251   College of William & Mary Hosts Disturbing ‘Sex Workers Art Show’  https://www.citizenlink.org/CLNews/A000006426.cfm   Beware of Freedom to Marry Week  https://www.citizenlink.org/fnif/A000006423.cfm   Teachers boo pro-family pastor at MLK Day school assembly  https://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=66243   Huckabee frustrated by conservatives’ call for him to drop out of race  https://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=66285   Santorum high on Romney, down on Huckabee  https://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=66215   Republican Senator […]

Direct violation of U.S. Mexico City Policy

By Hilary White LONDON, February 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In line with similar revelations in Canada and the US as well as previous UK reports, a government report has shown that babies who survive abortion attempts in the UK are often left to die. According to the fine print of a government report, at least 66 infants survived NHS-funded abortion attempts in one year alone. According to the report, by the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH), about half of the surviving children lived for an hour, while one survived ten hours breathing unaided. Under current British law, […]

By John Connolly LONDON, February 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctors who treated a London woman for cancer said on Monday that her life was saved by her unborn twins, whose kicking dislodged the tumor. Michelle Stepney, 35, was diagnosed with cervical cancer while pregnant with twin girls, both of whom were born healthy in December 2006. According to recent reports by doctors, if the twins had not kicked the tumor loose, it would not have been discovered until it was too late. Doctors advised Stepney to have an abortion to undergo cancer treatment that would involve a hysterectomy. Stepney refused, […]

By Hilary White ROCHESTER, New York, February 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a victory for homosexual political activists, the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court of New York on Friday declared that same-sex “marriages” recognized as legal in other countries must be considered valid in the state for purposes of employee benefits. The suit to force Monroe Community College in Rochester to extend health benefits to lesbian partner Lisa Golden was brought by an employee of the college, Patricia Martinez. Martinez and Golden undertook a marriage ceremony in Canada in 2004. Martinez, a word processing supervisor, sued the school in […]

Catholics Still Voting for Pro-Abortion Politicians Dear Editor, With each election cycle over the past 30-40 years, the Catholic Church has espoused the importance of a voter’s “well formed conscience,” guided by Catholic Social Teaching, for the selection of elected officials.  Until November 2002, when the Vatican issued the “Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life”, the principle for assessing a politician’s position on moral issues was the “Whole Cloth” philosophy.  This discredited theory, espoused by the now deceased Cardinal Bernardin, promoted the idea that when deciding who to vote for, one should consider […]

By Hilary White HELSINKI, Finland, February 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dramatic results continue to be achieved by scientists using stem cells taken from adult patients. On Friday, Reuters reported that scientists in Helsinki, Finland, had replaced the upper jaw of a 65 year-old man, with a bone graft that had been grown from his own cells. Dr. Riitta Suuronen, head of the Regea Institute of Regenerative Medicine, and a specialist in oral and maxillofacial surgery, told a news conference, “From the outside nobody would be able to tell he has been through such a procedure.” The Institute, associated with Tampere […]

CHICAGO, February 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Approximately one-third of popular songs include reference to explicit drug, alcohol or tobacco use, although this portrayal varies widely by musical genre, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.   The influence of music on humans has been recognized for centuries, according to background information in the article. “While 15 to 18-year-old adolescents are forming health attitudes and behaviors that will last a lifetime, they are exposed to 2.4 hours of music per day, according to a large nationally representative study,” […]

Parents vow to appeal decision all the way to the US Supreme Court

"Forbes is not a Catholic film reviewer first, but only secondarily, and, even then, only begrudgingly"

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, February 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking at the noon Angelus yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI addressed thousands of pilgrims on the ‘Day of Life’ being celebrated in Italy, on the theme ‘Serving Life’.  The leader of the world’s one billion Catholics said that it is up to “each according to his or her possibilities, profession and responsibilities, to feel in themselves an obligation to love and serve life, from its beginning to its natural end.” “It is, in fact,” he continued, “everyone’s duty to welcome human life as a gift to be respected, protected and promoted, even […]

BROOKLYN, NY, February 4 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On the eve of Super Tuesday, the oldest Orthodox Jewish Rabbinic organization in the country has issued a historic declaration.   Rabbi Yehuda Levin, spokesman for the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada, issued the following statement: “It is very important for our community to demonstrate its appreciation for our wonderful country by exercising our civic obligation to vote. However, it is even more important that we do not support any candidate whose position is in any way antithetical to our Torah based morality. Candidates who support abortion on demand, the homosexual 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.   I’ll be president of Europe if you give me the power – Blair  https://politics.guardian.co.uk/tonyblair/story/0,,2251169,00.html   Rasmussen shows McCain/Romney dead heat; Romney leads McCain among conservatives by 16 percent By Michelle Malkin  https://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/02/rasmussen-shows-mccainromney-dead-heat-romney-leads-mccain-among-conservatives-by-16-percent/   McCain narrowly trails former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in California, the biggest prize on “Super Tuesday.”  https://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0345866120080203?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true   MARK STEYN: The Clintons are nothing if not lucky, and Hillary must occasionally be enjoying a luxury-length cackle at […]

* 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.    Dr. Dobson: I Will Never Vote for McCain  https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Dobson_vote_McCain/2008/02/01/69333.html   McCain must think conservatives are dumb enough to allow him to get away with claiming he’s one of them says Michael Reagan  https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/mccain/2008/02/01/69293.html   Electability Credited for McCain’s Rising Support  https://www.newsmax.com/politics/McCain_electability/2008/02/01/69326.html   Why You’re Going To Vote For John McCain In November And Like It!  https://www.townhall.com/columnists/JohnHawkins/2008/02/01/why_youre_going_to_vote_for_john_mccain_in_november_and_like_it!   McCain: “I’ll rely on people to judge me by the company that I […]

By John Connolly and John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Harry Forbes, the Director of the USCCB Office for Film and Broadcasting, who provoked disbelief from U.S. Catholics when he praised both “Brokeback Mountain” and the explicitly anti-Catholic “The Golden Compass,” has again endorsed movies rife with explicit sexuality and extreme violence, this time in the USCCB’s just released yearly top-10 movie listing. The USCCB reviewer introduces his January 25 top-10 list by praising the quality and “morally grounded” nature of such films as “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” and “Eastern Promises”. “Though on-screen violence, like sexuality, […]

Re: Canadian Auto Workers Union Funds Gay Lobby Group   Dear Editor, I am a member of the CAW and am dismayed at the latest headline entitled “Canadian Auto Workers Union Funds Gay Lobby Group to Promote Homosexuality in Schools”. I am fed up with my union using my dues without any form of consultation or representation and against my will for social engineering experiments and I wonder what can be done about it. I agree with Mr. Stephen J. Gray from Chilliwack B.C. in his letter to the editor on January 30th, when he says, “Obviously CAW union members dues are too […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While the House of Lords continues to debate the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, the National Health Service (NHS) is considering paying women to carry children to term for someone else, including for homosexual partners. The Daily Mail reports that the North East Essex Primary Care Trust has discussed the possibility of paying for couples to have IVF services, including expenses for surrogacy. A report presented to the Trust directors said, “It appears that the majority of applications for surrogacy to be funded on the NHS stem from heterosexual couples, but […]

Dear readers, There are some pretty gruesome stories in today’s news. However, they are good examples of what happens when society accepts the culture of death. If ever anyone doubted that embracing abortion leads to total devaluation of human life, the story on the fetal soup in Chinese restaurants and that of the UK Baroness saying disabled children are better off aborted should cause any honest thinkers to take a new, hard look at such doubt. We continue our reportage on the huge amount of news we garnered from the March for Life in Washington and have noted that many websites […]

For the Bishops of Kansas Cities 2008 is about president and embryonic research

By John Connolly PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rhode Island Governor Donald Carcieri and his wife led a pro-life rally in the State House rotunda on Wednesday, reported the Providence Journal. Governor Carcieri joined the group in prayer to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the passing of Roe v. Wade. “The most important thing that we as a nation can protect is life,” said the governor. His wife, Sue, told the crowd that the Carcieris plan to continue speaking out against abortion after they have left office. She went on to say that life is a fundamental […]

By Hilary White OTTAWA, February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Under Canadian regulations on employment insurance (EI), abortion is considered an “illness” which makes a woman eligible for tax-funded benefits, says the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation. Even more strangely, a woman who aborts her child after 20 weeks can claim maternity benefits. The Federation points out that although the Canadian government spends only about $50-million a year directly to pay for abortions, the Canadian taxpayer is also subsidizing abortion in a number of less obvious ways. Under current EI guidelines, abortion within the first 19 weeks of pregnancy is regarded as the […]

By Hilary White LONDON, February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Seriously disabled children should be considered non-persons and would be better off having been aborted, according to a Peer speaking in the House of Lords Tuesday. Attempting to couch her assertion in terms of children’s “rights”, Molly Baroness Meacher told the Lords that children born with severe disabilities are “not viable people”. The comments came as the Lords debated an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, put forward by Lady Swinton, Baroness Masham of Ilton, that would have protected unborn disabled children from abortion after the 24 week gestational […]

By John Jalsevac U.K., February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “‘Female sperm’, ‘male eggs’ and ‘same-sex reproduction’ – whether these terms fill you with hope or disgust, a reproductive revolution is already in progress,” begins a recent New Scientist report on some of the most bizarre and disturbing scientific research being conducted by stem cell scientists. “In a handful of labs across the world, biologists are trying to make genetically male cells develop into eggs, and female cells into sperm. If successful, their efforts might one day allow lesbian and gay couples to have children that are genetically their own,” the […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman NETHERLANDS, February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Dutch judge has ruled that an investigation against a woman who is accused of having murdered her unborn child in Spain may proceed. The woman, whose name has not been released, was arrested in early December of last year by Dutch authorities on charges of murder and infanticide for having received an abortion after the six month limit prescribed by the nation’s abortion code (see previous LifeSiteNews coverage at https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/dec/07121801.html). According to the Associated Press, the woman acknowledges through her attorney that she received an abortion in Spain at […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BOGOTÁ, February 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking before a plenary assembly of the Colombian Episcopal Conference on the topic of “the role of women in the Church and society”, the group’s president, Luis Agusto Castro Quiroga, defended the traditional family and denounced forms of feminism that denigrate women’s traditional roles. “The world expects the Christian woman, with the courage that is instilled in her by the Spirit, to have the audacity of the apostle himself to be a missionary disciple of Jesus Christ, to show the firm decision to defend life, the family, marriage, and motherhood,” […]