Articles for Month: April 2008

WASHINGTON, DC – “We rejoice with pro-lifers in Rockland County, New York today,” said David Bereit, national campaign director of 40 Days for Life, “as they celebrate the closing of an abortion facility that was responsible for ending the lives of untold numbers of innocent unborn children over its many years of operation. The unceasing prayers of these faithful people have been answered.”   Abortion Services at 200 East Eckerson Road in New City, N.Y., was one of more than 50 clinics across the nation where 40 Days for Life prayer vigils were conducted this spring. “My family and I […]

WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bound4LIFE, the group known for protesting abortion by wearing red tape over their mouths with the word LIFE written large on the tape, is staging a mass protest in front of every Supreme Court in the nation tomorrow. Since the previous presidential election in 2004, Bound4LIFE has stood in front of the U.S. Supreme Court every day in silent prayer wearing the tape. The group smashes the media-generated image of angry right-wing protestors screaming at anyone and everyone who will listen. Instead, they use silence to “speak louder than words”. “The elections, war and […]

Pro-Family group urges citizens to contact lawmakers

Canada pushes Poland to advance homosexual rights

MEXICO CITY, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mexico City’s Law of Legal Interruption of Pregnancy, which one year ago legalized first trimester abortions without restrictions, has become the subject of public debate before the Mexican Supreme Court. Following passage of the law in 2007, the nation’s executive branch under Felipe Calderón Hinojosa launched a challenge against it in the nation’s highest tribunal on the grounds that it violated human rights and other constitutional provisions.  The case is still under consideration. With a dark crucifix hanging above them, the eleven judges have been receiving comments from both sides of the issue […]

Palin calls her baby born last week with Down Syndrome a "gift"

"It's not every country that climbs into bed with organized crime as a human resource partner"

HARRISBURG, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – April 25th is the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network’s (GLSEN) ‘Day of Silence.’ The American Family Association of Pennsylvania (AFA of PA), a statewide pro-family organization, has joined a large coalition of groups asking parents to keep their children home from school on the 25th, if their child’s school is promoting or participating in the ‘Day of Silence.’ The group is proposing the boycott as an effective way for parents to tell schools that they don’t want their children involved in homosexual indoctrination since most school districts lose money for each student absence. “GLSEN […]

MEXICO CITY, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mexico City’s Secretary of Health, Manuel Mondragón, admits that the legalization of abortion in the city “has tended to increase” the abortion rate, but in his opinion, “not in a disproportionate way”, according to the French Press Agency. The admission by a pro-abortion politician that legalizing abortion increases its frequency is rare. Since Mexico City passed the Law of Legal Interruption of Pregnancy a little over a year ago, approximately 7,820 abortions have been carried out by city medical personnel. The law is currently being disputed before the nation’s Supreme Court by federal officials […]

By Hilary White TORONTO, April 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Plummeting birth rates have resulted in the closure of over 300 schools in Ontario and half of the province’s school boards have 90,000 fewer students than they did six years ago. 300 schools are slated to be closed in the province simply because there are not enough children to go into them according to a report by People for Education. “Much of the funding that school boards receive is based on numbers of students,” the report said. “As a result, fewer students equals less funding, fewer programs and, in many cases, […]