Articles for Month: December 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. LIFE ISSUES   Born at just 23 weeks, the baby who defied UK abortion laws  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1102516/Born-just-23-weeks-baby-defied-abortion-laws.html   A New Vaccine Research Initiative That Needs the Support of the Whole Pro-Life Community  https://www.hli.org/sl_2008-12-19.html   Tiny Catholic Parish goes toe to toe with Abortion clinic-sees dramatic drop in abortions!  https://www.ncregister.com/site/article/16803/ RELIGION   India, an Exporter of Priests, May Keep Them   https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/30/us/30priest.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1230646037-dWxf8K/t6z1tAmvOybfaYw   Atheists suing to remove religion from inauguration   https://www.examiner.com/x-2044-Atheism-Examiner~y2008m12d29-Atheists-suing-to-remove-religion-from-inauguration   […]

Christmas reflection by Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, December 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com ) – In the morning before Christmas Eve I was interviewed for an hour by a local Catholic radio station. We discussed the importance of LifeSiteNews and looked ahead to the challenges of 2009.   The interviewer was a passionate LifeSiteNews fan, and like so many others said he does not miss a day of reading our daily reports and greatly relies on them to understand current events in the world. Entirely on his own initiative, he encouraged his listeners to respond to our Christmas fundraising campaign.   As the […]

Reflection by Tim Waggoner KINGSTON, Ontario, December 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To be asked to write a positive reflection for a pro-life and family news service, considering what is going on in the world at this time, at first seems an impossible task.    What is positive about the world’s most influential nation voting into power the most pro-abortion President in its history?  What is positive about its northern neighbor’s government vowing not to change the fact that its country is bereft of any laws protecting the unborn?  How do you write a positive reflection, when a reflection of our […]

Dear Readers,   From all of us here at LifeSiteNews.com we wish you and your families a happy and holy Christmas and a blessed New Year.    The Christmas reflections from our LifeSiteNews.com crew are sure to bring some smiles. I encourage you to view the website versions of these reflections that contain many photos.   Barring major developments, LifeSiteNews.com will not be publishing over the holidays until Monday January 5, 2009.   May the Light of the Newborn Babe of Bethlehem shine in your hearts forever.   John-Henry Westen  Editor-in-Chief

By John Jalsevac   PETERBOROUGH, Ontario, December 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the most astonishing things about the nativity is its silence. In my freshman history class our professor one day read aloud two stories – one relating the birth of Siddhartha Gautama (later to be known as the Buddha) and another the birth of Jesus Christ. The contrast could not have been more profound.   The first child was born in the midst of an almost hyperbolic opulence – in an aromatic orchard of blossoming trees surrounded by a thousand attendants, with gods and elephants and jewels and […]

Reflection by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman GUADALAJARA, December 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As I approach my third Christmas in Mexico, what comes to mind is the adjective “grateful”.  I am grateful to God for allowing me to participate in the incredibly rich culture of this great nation, so deeply influenced by the Catholic faith and the beautiful traditions of the Spanish and indigenous peoples of the region.   It is an even greater blessing to be in the cultural heart of Mexico, the State of Jalisco.  Here began the traditions of Mariachi bands and the iconic Mexican drink, Tequila.  And here, […]

Christmas reflection by Thaddeus M. Baklinski COMBERMERE, Ontario, December 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – My wife Theresa remarked on Monday of this week that the days are starting to get longer – Monday had about one more minute of daylight than Sunday did. The return of Light is so important not only to those of us experiencing the dark, cold days of Canadian winter, but also to those who yearn for a return of the Light of faith and reason to the cultures in which we live.   One of the ways that we try to keep this Light shining in […]

by John-Henry Westen  OTTAWA VALLEY, Ontario, December 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The snow came early this year, a huge dump by late October.  Our family trip to visit my in-laws in Myrtle Beach South Carolina at that time ended with driving back in a massive snow storm, and being forced to take refuge in a New York State hotel overnight to wait out the worst of it.  That hotel stay (like many of ours as the family sometimes accompanies me on speaking engagements) consisted of using the hotel room as one big tent for the nine of us.    Some […]

Christmas Reflection by Hilary White

December 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The theme for the Second International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide is: Never Again. The Symposium will focus on building an effective, unified and focused group of organizations and individuals to stop the forward movement of the death lobby in North America and throughout the world.   The Symposium will be May 29 – 30, 2009 at the National Conference Center in Landsdown in Landsdowne Virginia near the Washington DC – Dulles Airport. https://www.conferencecenter.com/gallery/index.cfm. A shuttle service from the Dulles Airport is available.   The Co-Sponsors of the Symposium are:   Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, International Task […]

Dear readers,   Once again LifeSiteNews.com is presenting the fullest agenda of activities for the Washington March for Life, as well as a promo article on the March with an exclusive interview with Nellie Gray the coordinator of the massive pro-life event.   Massive media attention has been given to the Pope’s Christmas greeting which called for protection of mankind from unhealthy sexuality.  Most media have distorted the Pope’s message and wrongly interpreted it to be an attack on homosexual relations. There has been a considerable amount of hatred expressed towards the Pope by gay activists. Be sure to read our analysis […]

Refuses to review test scores, psychological reports proving effectiveness of homeschooling

Re: Planned Parenthood Booted Out of Texas Panhandle  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08122214.html   Bishop John Yanta, Respect Life Coordinator Rita Diller, and all those in the Amarillo Diocese, are deserving of our highest honors, respect and love for their courageous, long-term commitment to protecting life by opposing and defeating Planned Parenthood.   Ed Mullen – Nova Scotia  ______________________________________   Re: Exclusive: Twenty Years of Eugenic Abortion at Ontario Catholic Hospital  https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08121111.html   Thank you for the very informative report (along with the associated ones) about Fr. Prieur and St. Joseph’s Hospital in London, Ontario. It was helpful in enabling me to send the […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski   TORONTO, December 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life heroine Linda Gibbons will spend another Christmas in jail this year for her refusal to abide by an injunction which forbids even silent prayerful pro-life witness on the public sidewalk in front of the Scott abortion mill in Toronto.   Linda has given permission to share the thoughts she communicates in her letters in hopes that they may further the cause for life.   In a recent letter, Linda wished to convey her Christmas prayer for Canada: “That Canada could recognize the sanctity of life in its mind’s […]

"We take full responsibility for failing to monitor the plan created this year..."

Compiled by Kathleen Gilbert   WASHINGTON, D.C., December 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To help pro-life pilgrims plan a schedule surrounding the enormous March for Life quickly approaching next month, LifeSiteNews.com has compiled a list of the various pro-life events that will take place in and around Washington D.C. Friday, January 16 – Sunday, January 18 Mother of God Community’s Life Summit 200920501 Goshen Road  Gaithersburg, MD 20879  To view the complete schedule, go to: https://www.motherofgod.org/events/2009LifeSummit.pdf Wednesday, January 21 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.Cardinal O’Connor Conference  Georgetown University  for more information and to register: https://www.cardinaloconnorconference.com/ 9 a.m.Rock for Life Training & […]

"We will ask him, "Have you seen an abortion? Have you seen a child who has been subjected to abortion?"

Editorial by John-Henry Westen VATICAN CITY, December 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In thousands of news articles and talk shows around the world today from Bulgaria to India, Pope Benedict XVI is being bashed for daring to say we should care as much for mankind as the tropical rainforests; that the harm caused by going against the Creator’s plan for human sexuality is destructive and hurtful.  In truth, he is being pilloried for having enough love to tell his brothers and sisters struggling with same-sex attraction, promiscuity, pornography, adultery and more, that their behavior is hurting them and society at large.  […]

* 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. LIFE ISSUES   Assisted Suicide for Fun and Profit in Kenya?   https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/12/assisted-suicide-for-fun-and-profit-in.html   What Future for the Cause of Life? by Bobby Schindler  https://townhall.com/columnists/BobbySchindler/2008/12/09/what_future_for_the_cause_of_life   Troubled Economy Leading to More Abortions  https://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6559126   Pope praises Belize for “upholding the nature of marriage based on the life-long union of a man and woman, protecting the specific rights of the family, and respecting the inviolable dignity of all human life, from the […]

WASHINGTON, December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League and the Diocese of Amarillo scored a major victory this week as Planned Parenthood prepares to completely withdraw from the Texas Panhandle.   Using American Life League’s STOPP project to defeat Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion chain has been completely eradicated from the diocese of Amarillo, Texas. “Once again we see that the STOP Planned Parenthood plan works – even on a grand scale,” said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League and director of the STOPP project. “We have been honored to work closely with Bishop John Yanta, Respect Life […]

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During his exchange of Christmas greetings with the Roman Curia this morning, Pope Benedict XVI noted that the Church “cannot and should not limit herself to transmitting just the message of salvation to her faithful.”  It must also he said “protect the human being against self-destruction” – a destruction which comes from a warped understanding of marriage and human sexuality. “It is necessary to have something like an ecology of the human being, understood in the proper manner,” said the Pope. “It is not a surpassed metaphysics when Church speaks of […]

I wish to thank you all for your invaluable services in promoting the culture of life and further inspiring others to do the same. LifeSiteNews is one of my main news sources that I check throughout the day and one which I have encouraged many others to read and support.    Also, a special mention of thanks to Steve Jalsevac for his insightful four part series “Election Message to Bishops”. As one who promotes the Holy Father’s emphasis on the Sacred Liturgy and writes about its centrality in the life of the Church, I wish to thank Mr. Jalsevac for […]

U.S. Supreme Court Appeal Is Now the Next Step

December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Center for Bioethical Reform in Slovakia www.cbreurope.sk has this week filed a complaint to the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic as a result of serious free speech violations committed against them by the Slovak Ministry of Interior and the Police Corps.   On 16th October 2008 the police in the city of Kosice, where the constitutional court sits, forced pro-life activists to remove a display of twelve large frame-mounted billboards showing aborted fetuses juxtaposed with images of other genocides including victims of the gulag, holocaust, ethnic cleansing etc. The activists who were outnumbered […]

December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic League president Bill Donohue explains why the war on Christmas exists: “The root cause of the war on Christmas, which is conducted almost exclusively by well-educated white people in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia — the very same people who like gay marriage — has almost nothing to do with fidelity to law (the First Amendment in the U.S.): it has to do with ideology. “The ideology is plainly an expression of left-wing secularism, and it is nothing if not anti-Western and anti-Christian. At its worst, it is driven by hatred; at its […]

Abortion and Intolerance: Constants of the Left?

By Kathleen Gilbert   December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Departing from the usual atheist response to proselytizing believers, Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller fame mused aloud in a video monologue: if you believed eternal life was at stake, why would you remain silent? In other words, they wondered why Christians are so strangely reluctant to share what they believe is necessary for the eternal salvation of every person.   Penn, a magician and entertainer, is known for irreverently debunking the Bible as a hoax on a list with such items as alien abduction and ESP on the popular “Penn […]

By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Caroline Kennedy has gone public with her stance on the issues in response to a wave of media inquiries after Kennedy, virtually unknown in the political world, announced her interest in the New York senate seat Hillary Clinton will leave open when she becomes Secretary of State.    As was widely suspected, Kennedy emerged as firmly entrenched in favor of abortion and same-sex “marriage” in keeping with a strongly left-of center persona.    In email responses to questions from the New York Times, Kennedy’s spokesman Stefan Friedman described her as […]

By Hilary White LONDON, December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview last week, a UK Catholic bishop said that his Church’s teaching on artificial contraception is a matter of small importance, and insisted that contraception has nothing to do with abortion. Bishop Kieran Conry of the southern diocese of Arundel and Brighton said the Church’s doctrine on artificial contraception is not a “key” teaching and that disobedience to it is “not high up on the list” of sins. Asked if the seminal 1968 encyclical letter by Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae, was a mistake, Bishop Conry replied, “I don’t […]

 By Thadddeus M. Baklinski CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Arthur Caplan, Chair of the Department of Medical Ethics and Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, was quoted by the Associated Press as saying that the woman who was given an near-total face transplant recently should be offered the option of killing herself if the operation proves unsuccessful. “The biggest ethical problem is dealing with failure — if your face rejects. It would be a living hell,” said Caplan. “If your face is falling off and you can’t eat and you […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SACRAMENTO, December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – California Attorney General Jerry Brown has reversed his pledge to uphold the decision of the voters on Proposition 8, telling the Supreme Court Friday that he would instead attack the amendment he was to defend in court. In a 111-page court brief, Brown based his reversal on the theory that an amendment extinguishing “fundamental constitutional rights without compelling justification” ought to be nullified, even if legitimately voted into law. “There are certain rights that are not to be subject to popular votes, otherwise they are not fundamental rights,” said Brown in […]

By Hilary White BRUSSELS, December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland has committed his country to a second referendum on the ratification of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty. The Irish Times reports that the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Brian Cowen said at a Brussels press conference, “On the basis of today’s agreement, I am prepared to go back to the Irish people next year.” The Irish government is claiming to have secured “legal guarantees” from the European Union on “ethical issues,” taxation, neutrality and the retention of Ireland’s EU commissioner. Among the ethical issues in […]

By Hilary White LANCASTER, UK, December 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK Catholic Bishop has carried out his threat to de-fund the formerly Catholic charitable organisation that had been attached to his diocese over their decision to begin considering homosexual partners in their adoption services. Bishop Patrick O’Donohue of Lancaster in North West England, wrote in an open letter to the adoption agency that the date of his resignation from the board “will forever be etched” in his memory “because it was on that day that the relationship between the Diocese of Lancaster and Catholic Caring Services suffered an irretrievable […]

Donate before December 31st

Our fundraising campaign is in the final stretch.   So far, 925 LifeSiteNews reader have donated a total of $49,123 for an average donation of about $49 in response to our Christmas campaign.   This has been one of our most successful fundraising years ever, but it has not come to an end yet! More is needed. If everyone pitches in before the New Year our readers may yet cover the majority or even all of our expenses for the past year,   Have you made a donation yet?    Stop for a moment and ask yourself: During the last […]

Commentary by Wesley J. Smith December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Can you imagine if “the experts” suggested that genetic tests be done on all pregnant women to screen for supposedly undesirable racial characteristics or a propensity for homosexuality (if that could be done), with the goal of vastly reducing the number of babies born with those traits? There would a clarion outcry. Well, that is precisely what is happening in Australia, only the targets are unborn babies with Down syndrome, people that “the experts” want very much to cull from society by preventing most from ever being born. From the […]

Editorial by John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) –  Now this is not a normal news item, but a change to the Vatican website to add Google search capability needs to be pointed out.  The immense archives on the Vatican site are now searchable through a dedicated Google interface.   Between you, me and the gatepost, the Vatican website’s old search engine was notoriously hard to figure out.  This is a change worthy of note to the many researchers and writers out there who look to LifeSiteNews for resources.   This is an early Christmas present for researchers – have […]

VATICAN, December 19, 2008 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican’s permanent observer at the UN has opposed a resolution that decries discrimination on the basis of “sexual orientation and gender identity.” Archbishop Celestino Migliore said that the Holy See endorsed the proposal’s condemnation of violence against homosexuals, and agrees with the call “to put an end to all criminal penalties against them.”  However, the archbishop said, the non-binding resolution – introduced by France and the Netherlands, and endorsed by 66 UN member-states – “goes well beyond the above-mentioned and shared intent.” He explained that the terms “sexual orientation and gender identity” are […]

By Kathleen Gilbert LONDON, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – London’s Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has overturned a ruling that granted compensation to a U.K. registrar subjected to harassment and the potential loss of her job after refusing to conduct civil unions between same-sex couples. The court ruled that Islington Council of north London had not unjustly discriminated against 47-year-old Lillian Ladele, who objected to involvement in the unions because of her Christian beliefs. “The council were not taking disciplinary action against Ms Ladele for holding her religious beliefs,” stated the EAT ruling.  “They did so because she was refusing to […]

WASHINGTON, DC, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League (ALL) will feature two of the most innovative new voices in the pro-life movement at their Training and Activism Week (TAW) and Personhood Conference Jan. 21-23. The TAW will feature Jill Stanek, renowned pro-life blogger and former nurse who launched the Born Alive Truth campaign during the 2008 presidential elections, and Lila Rose, the UCLA student president of Live Action Films who outed Planned Parenthood’s cover-up of statutory rape and acceptance of racially motivated donations. “Jill and Lila’s work with new technology and media has helped uncover the truly despicable activity of […]

FRONT ROYAL, VA, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International (HLI), today challenged Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA to reconsider his participation in the upcoming inaugural ceremonies for President-elect Barack Obama. “We applaud Pastor Warren’s support of pro-life causes as well as his defense of traditional marriage,” said Father Euteneuer. “This is why we are concerned that his high-profile and explicitly Christian prayerful invocation at President-elect Obama’s inauguration may be perceived as an endorsement, even a blessing, of what will likely be the most anti-life administration […]

By Kathleen Gilbert ROME, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI yesterday expressed his “deepest concern” as Luxembourg draws near to adopting assisted suicide into law, which the Pope roundly condemned as contrary to true compassion. “Political leaders, whose duty is to serve the good of man, as well as doctors and families should remember that ‘the deliberate decision to deprive an innocent human being of his life is always evil from the moral point of view and can never be lawful,’” said the Pope, quoting the encyclical Evangelium Vitae.  Benedict issued his remarks as he received the new […]

CHICAGO, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a move which could be replicated in major cities across North America, the Pro-Life Action League will hold its sixth annual “Empty Manger” Christmas Caroling Day on Saturday, December 20. Two caroling tours will take place, one visiting four Chicago abortion facilities and one visiting four in DuPage County. “The Christmas story is a story of hope and joy brought into the world by a newborn baby,” said League communications director Eric Scheidler. “We want abortion-bound mothers in Chicago and the western suburbs to know that their unborn babies are a gift, too.” […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SEOUL, S. Korea, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doctors at Severance Hospital in Sinchon-dong are refusing to carry out the sentence of the Western District Court ordering doctors to remove life support, including feeding tubes, from a comatose woman. The physicians are appealing the ruling to S. Korea’s Supreme Court. AsiaNews reports that the administration of Severance Hospital said that it would wait until December 17, the deadline established by the District Court for carrying out the euthanasia, before taking any action, and has now rejected the court’s decision. “This is a question concerning life, and […]

December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae hurtled to financial ruin, their charitable foundations continued to pour money into homosexual causes, reports the organization Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX).   Their largest single gifts came in the last year — just months before both companies collapsed and were taken over by the government.   Freddie Mac gave more than $20,000 to the 2008 fundraising gala of the Washington, D.C., chapter of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG-DC). Fannie Mae gave between $10,000 – $19,000 to the same event.   According to its […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SILVER SPRING, Maryland, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A network of anti-war, anti-poverty and anti-abortion advocates has issued a response to Barack Obama’s call for input for the future administration. They are urging the President-elect to consider in every policy-making decision, “Would this policy enhance the dignity, affirm the worth and increase the well-being of humans at all stages of life and in all circumstances?” The memorandum was issued by Consistent Life, an interfaith and international coalition of 200 organizations and prominent individuals who decry the threat to human rights posed by war, abortion, poverty, racism, capital […]

By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, December 19, 2008 (C-Fam) – In a memo that was never meant for public viewing, a coalition of abortion advocacy groups have submitted a 55-page memo to President-elect Barack Obama outlining policy recommendations to advance “reproductive rights” in the first 100 days of the new administration. Recommendations include major funding increases, repealing policies that have any limiting effect on organizations from being able to engage in abortion advocacy abroad and enshrining “reproductive health rights” in the legal system. The coalition laments the “ideologically-driven government restrictions” that, according to abortion advocates, have put reproductive health services […]

By Piero A. Tozzi  NEW YORK, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two dueling declarations were presented yesterday at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on the controversial subject of “sexual orientation and gender identity.” The first, submitted by the French-led European Union (EU) and signed onto by roughly 65 nations, called upon member states to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected non-discrimination categories and “to ensure that sexual orientation or gender identity may under no circumstances be the basis for criminal penalties.” Nearly sixty nations, principally from the Islamic world, sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania, presented an alternate statement […]

CHICAGO, Illinois, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in Morr-Fitz v. Blagojevich that individual pharmacists and pharmacy owners do have legal standing to challenge a rule requiring them to dispense Plan B, which abortion activists call “emergency contraception,” regardless of their religious, moral, or conscientious beliefs.   The rule was originally forced upon the pharmacists and pharmacies by a 2005 emergency order of Governor Rod Blagojevich, who stated in no uncertain terms that pharmacists should either dispense the controversial drug or leave the profession. Two lower courts had previously ruled that the plaintiff-pharmacists and pharmacies did […]

Hollywood’s Danny Glover Backs FOCA and Gay “Marriage”  https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=40918   Dr Philip Nitschke launches ‘flawless’ euthanasia device  https://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,27574,24816520-2682,00.html   Pro-Life Blog wins best New Blog Award  https://cdnba.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/best-new-blog-of-2008/   Senator Sam Brownback to Announce Retirement Likely Run for Kansas Governorship  https://www.kwch.com/Global/story.asp?S=9542417 The Pill: What You Might Not Know  https://abcnews.go.com/print?id=6484342   Church teaching on birth control could be wrong, says English Catholic bishop  https://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/12/18/church_teaching_on_birth_control_could_be_wrong_says_english_catholic_bishop   Pope: crisis helps restore simplicity to Christmas  https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jH9IAjeUs887lmq9CcBiZMNK_AdwD954FV000   Archbishop of Canterbury ‘laughs’ at controversy over Sharia law  https://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/damian_thompson/blog/2008/12/18/archbishop_of_canterbury_laughs_at_controversy_over_sharia_law   Pro-family advocates uncover porn site ad scam  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83792    Dominican cardinal blasts the U.N. for promoting immorality  […]

Julio Severo, book author and Brazilian pro-family activist, says "micro-abortion" is the hidden sin of many who call themselves Christian

By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, December 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Caroline Kennedy, the daughter and only living offspring of former president John F. Kennedy, has expressed interest in Hillary Clinton’s soon-to-be-vacated senate seat.  Although the Roman Catholic has revealed few of her beliefs in the public forum, her tight relationship with President-elect Obama, her comprehensive “right to privacy” advocacy and the fact that she has sought and received the support of an abortion extremist group, paints a disappointing picture for pro-life Catholics hoping for a voice to plead for the unborn. According to an Associated Press report, among the calls […]

Rule goes into effect on Inauguration Day

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski NOTRE DAME, Indiana, December 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Notre Dame University students participating in the Cultural Diversity Seminar, sponsored by the university’s Center for Social Concerns, spent their Fall Break in Chicago in order to be “immersed in the subcultures of the city,” a report by the university’s student newspaper, The Irish Rover, states. The goal of the outing was to “increase awareness of the variety of approaches and strategies employed by ethnic organizations, churches and others to improve social conditions.” To this end, the field trip opened with Mass at St. Sabina’s Catholic Parish, known […]

By John Jalsevac TORONTO, December 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christmas shoppers were shocked this week to find men and women dressed up as Santa Claus on some of the busiest streets in Toronto, handing out condoms. The publicity stunt was arranged by Durex, the condom manufacturer. A press release from the company explained that costumed representatives, dressed as Santa Claus, would be handing out the condoms beginning on Tuesday, December 16. “This holiday season, Durex(R) wants lovers to really feel the Love,” says the release. “Helping Canadians get in the mood to wrap their packages, Durex and Santa will start […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., December 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Health Association (CHA) has praised President-elect Obama’s health administration picks, including Tom Daschle for Secretary of Health and Human Services, despite simultaneous dismay from the pro-life corner, which has pointed out his documented and indefatigable support for abortion on Capitol Hill.  The former Democratic Senate majority leader, an early and avid Obama supporter, gained notoriety for his liberal views on abortion when he opposed the partial-birth abortion ban, endorsed taxpayer-funded military abortions, and supported taxpayer funding to provide morning-after pills to young public school girls. CHA, which has […]

Editorial by John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, December 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the December 12 document Dignitatis Personae, the Vatican has condemned the use of morning after pills as falling “within the sin of abortion,” and thus being “gravely immoral.” LifeSiteNews.com has reported often in the last few years that many Catholic hospitals in North America offer the morning after pill to women who are or claim to be victims of rape. Bishop Elio Sgreccia who assisted in the preparation of Dignitatis Personae, noted in an interview with LifeSiteNews.com last February that there is no exception for rape.   The morning […]

POZNAN, Poland, December 18, 2008 – The UN global warming conference which concluded Friday in Poland faced a serious challenge from over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe who criticized the climate claims made by the UN IPCC and former Vice President Al Gore.  A newly updated U.S. Senate Minority Report was released last week featuring the dissenting voices of over 650 international scientists, many current and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned against the UN.    The report has added about 250 scientists (and growing) in 2008 to the over 400 scientists who spoke out in […]

MANASSAS, Va., December 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The student senate at Boston College voted to allocate $1,000 in college funds for increased 2009 campus productions of The Vagina Monologues.  The Observer reports that a list of co-sponsors, including the theology department, was presented to the students in support of funding productions of the oft-criticized play. The Vagina Monologues is a sexually explicit play that favorably describes lesbian rape, group masturbation, and the reduction of sexuality to selfish pleasure.  It is produced with the hope that by raising the awareness of violence against women, incidents of abuse will decrease. The UGBC […]

Washington, D.C., December 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Paul M. Weyrich, chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation and first president of The Heritage Foundation, died this morning around 1 a.m. He was 66 years old. Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins made the following comments in his daily radio commentary Washington Watch Daily: “My good friend Paul Weyrich is gone. He was just sixty-six years old. Many people will be surprised at that. That’s because we’ve watched Paul for decades as he battled diabetes, as he suffered amputations, but never, never any loss of his fighting spirit. Paul […]

* 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.   Swedish doctor reprimanded following accidental abortion  https://www.thelocal.se/16380/20081216/   China will raise the annual payment to rural parents who abide by its population control policies to 720 yuan ($105.1) next year from 600 yuan currently  https://ibnlive.in.com/news/china-to-raise-payments-for-onechild-families/80634-2.html   Vatican hits out at controversial abortion pill  https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jQT9hAFyFU6AmE2jacjoX3Bwu2JA   Canadians expect assisted suicide to be more common  https://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=68fe83dc-e14c-43c7-b2c9-aec6d0bef36f&k=74756   Obama citizenship issue has merit, AOL poll says  https://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83846 “Pro-Life” Rick Warren to Give Invocation […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   MADRID, December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A preliminary report by a working group of psychiatrists studying the psychological effects of abortion states that women who obtain abortions have significantly elevated rates of depression, suicidal thoughts, sexual disturbances, and other psychological disorders. They also die at higher rates than non-abortive women.   The report, which examines manifestations of Post-Abortion Syndrome, was authored by Carmen Gomez-Lavin of the University of Navarra in Spain.  It states that 80 percent of women who had had abortions suffer from symptoms of depression, and 40 percent have contemplated suicide.   In […]

Re: Hungarian Court Strikes Down Heterosexual and Same-sex Civil Unions over Damage to the Familyhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08121605.html Bravo to the Hungarian Government for their understanding of the importance of marriage and working to protect it.  Let us pray for them that they may be guided in the upcoming battle that may ensue with the EU.  I wish we could send a letter of encouragement to persevere.  Let us also pray for the new EU president,Vaclav Klaus, that he may guide the EU in the manner of true freedom and democracy. A. Waggoner ____________________________________ Re: Donation Campaign People who take a daily newspaper […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ALMA, Quebec, December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Stephan Dufour, who pleaded not guilty to the charge of assisting his uncle Chantal Maltais to commit suicide in September 2006, has been acquitted in trial by jury.   Dufour testified at his trial that Maltais told him to attach a dog’s choke chain to a rope and tie it onto a pole in his bedroom closet. Two days later, on September 9, 2006, Maltais was found hanging in the closet. Dufour told the court that he was reluctant to follow his uncle’s instructions but finally gave in because of […]

Pro-life message in official Christmas greeting to Anglicans

By Ellen M. Rice LONDON, December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nigel Farage, spokesman for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) and Member of the European Parliament for Southeast England, stated recently that an attack by European MEPs on incoming Czech president Vaclav Klaus revealed “the true face of this modern day European Union” as “a thug and a bully” and a union that “despises democracy” and treats it “with contempt.”  In a UK Parliamentary debate on the French EU Presidency, Farage took EU President Nicholas Sarkozy to task for wanting “more power for the Union” and the Lisbon Treaty, and challenged […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two more Obama Cabinet appointees, one a proponent of homosexual schools and another an open homosexual, serve as further indication that the President-elect will eagerly espouse homosexual-friendly policies. On Tuesday, Obama announced that Chicago Public Schools CEO and Chicago Annenberg Challenge collaborator Arne Duncan was his choice for Secretary of Education. Obama praised Duncan as a hands-on leader not “beholden to any one ideology.”  As head of the Chicago public school system, Duncan proposed and approved controversial plans for a special public high school for homosexuals. The Social Justice Solidarity High […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski STOCKHOLM, December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A homosexual couple, who were “married” in Canada, have lost their case against the Swedish Tax Authority in a ruling by the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court (Regeringsrätten) which said that the two could not be regarded as a married couple under Swedish law, reports Sweden’s The Local. Lars Gårdfeldt and Lars Arnell, who are both “priests” in the Church of Sweden, alleged discrimination by the tax authority when their “marriage” was classified as a civil partnership. The Lutheran Church of Sweden already offers “blessings” to homosexual civil unions, which have […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent ROME, December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A high-level minister in the Italian government has called “illegal” the proposal to starve and dehydrate to death vulnerable patients in the care of the country’s nationalised health service. The news comes within hours of Italian media confirming that Eluana Englaro, known as Italy’s Terri Schiavo, was to be moved this week to a clinic that is willing to participate in her killing by removing her feeding and hydration tube. Maurizio Sacconi, Italy’s Minister of Labour, Health and Social Policies, told a press conference that it is “illegal” for […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent, and John Jalsevac ROME, December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the lead-up to Cherie Blair’s lecture at the Angelicum last week, pro-life Catholics from around the world contacted the university asking that Mrs. Blair’s appearance be cancelled, due to her public admissions of dissent from key areas of Catholic teaching. In what some pro-life leaders have called a “carefully stage-managed” piece of damage control, however, Mrs. Blair in her lecture made a series of statements presented as assurance of her adherence to Catholic teaching on abortion. (To read the complete lecture, see: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08121705.html To read the complete […]

WASHINGTON, December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study from the Mapping America project, co-released by more than 30 state family policy councils, has fund that children have fewer problems at school and home when they live with both biological parents and frequently attend religious services.  Dr. Nicholas Zill, the founding president of Child Trends, and Dr. Philip Fletcher, a research psychologist at Westat, co-authored the new study, which analyzes data from the National Survey of Children’s Health.    Among their remarkable findings: children in this group are five times less likely to repeat a grade, less likely to have […]

Judge criminally prosecuted for refusing adoption to homosexual lover of parent, refuses to apologize

* 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. LIFE ISSUES   Planned Parenthood, Tiller Criminal Cases Collide; Court records show the two abortionists are working together to conceal their crimes   https://www.christiannewswire.com/news/806168977.html   Oakland, California D.A. Conspires with City, Abortionists to Silence Pro-Lifer   https://www.christiannewswire.com/news/486148964.html   Ten thousand Polish women had abortions in Britain last year, it has been reported  https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/3773733/10000-Polish-women-get-abortions-in-Britain.html   Police in Moscow are investigating the gruesome discovery of five dead babies in a rubbish bin  https://www.russiatoday.com/features/news/34752 […]

RE:  Exclusive Report Summary: Twenty Years of Eugenic Abortion at Ontario Catholic Hospitalhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08121112.html   As a practising Roman Catholic and the mother of five children who lost 3 children, one nine hours after birth, another 24 days after birth, and the last one in my arms at 7 months, I just could not read this entire article without crying.  And coming from a Catholic hospital, it is three times more repulsive.  I condemn this behaviour.   Peggy Kelly – Greely, Ontario  ____________________________________ This is the unauthorised and direct taking of innocent life (God alone can authorise it). In other words, this act […]

The hospital's claim that it is not performing sterilizations is based upon a false definition of sterilization says diocesan representative

Bishop Alfeyev lamented the position of the Christian West, "which pressures the Third World and the Islamic world to accept contraception, abortion and sterilization."

By Kathleen Gilbert December 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Anti-euthanasia groups in Canada and Oregon are calling physicians, caregivers, and concerned citizens across the world to “Take the Pledge” to pursue genuine care for even the most dependent patients, and never to consent to assisted suicide. Take-the-pledge.com, created by The Physicians for Compassionate Care in Oregon and the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, provides links to several anti-assisted suicide groups and invites caregivers and other visitors to make a pledge that reaffirms the duty to “do no harm.” Rather than providing assisted suicide, by signing the pledge the signer affirms, “Whenever I help […]

By Ellen M. Rice VILNIUS, December 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews) – An amendment that the Lithuanian Parliament added to its protection of minors statutes last week says that “public information that agitates for homosexual relations” causes “a detrimental effect on the development of minors” and “defies family values.” The story was largely ignored by the English speaking press, but the UK’s homosexual news source, Pink News, states that the homosexual rights group Tolerant Youth Association (TJA) believes the law will ban homosexual websites, films such as Brokeback Mountain, discos, exhibitions, demonstrations and other public events.  The law is set to be […]

By Ellen M. Rice BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Yesterday Hungary’s Constitutional Court struck down Parliament’s Domestic Partnership Act, which gave legal recognition to unmarried and same-sex partnerships, because the Act diminished the importance of true marriage. The Domestic Partnership Act, passed by parliament in 2007, was meant to give any couple the same rights as those enjoyed by married couples.  It gave heterosexual and homosexual couples next of kin status, taxation benefits, health care, inheritance, social security, pension and shared property rights.  It was set to take effect on January 1, 2009. The Hungarian Court says the […]

By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, December 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual couples in much of New York who have been “married” out of state can now list both their names on children’s birth certificates.  While New York law does not allow same-sex unions to be called marriages, the new birth certificates follow Gov. David Paterson’s initiative to revamp New York law to extend more privileges to homosexuals.  In May, Paterson issued a directive to state agencies ordering them to respect out-of-state homosexual “marriages.” The state Health Department agreed to the change Friday in compliance with the lawsuit of a Canada-“wed” […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski December 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A surprising new document from UNICEF puts the spotlight on the possible fallout of the decreasing role of the family in raising young children, and the proliferation of daycare in affluent western nations. “What we are now witnessing across the industrialized world,” says the UNICEF report, “can fairly be described as a revolution in how the majority of young children are being brought up.” The report observes that “most children in the developed world are spending their earliest years in some form of care outside the home.” According to the organization, […]

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By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman VERMONT, December 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Vermont judge has reportedly warned a Virginia woman that if she continues to refuse unsupervised visits for her child with a lesbian living in Vermont, he will hold a hearing on transferring custody. Lisa Miller, a Virginia resident who has left the lesbian lifestyle and returned to faith in Jesus Christ, told LifeSiteNews (LSN) that she was warned during a “status conference” that she must assent to an eight day unsupervised visit for her child Isabella with her former lesbian partner during December, or she might lose custody to the […]

London Telegraph reporter says meeting was a "bizarre confrontation" that confirms that the EU is a "one-party state"

By Kathleen Gilbert KALAMAZOO, Michigan, December 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Billboards proclaiming Bible verses against pornography, abortion, and homosexuality have popped up around the city of Kalamazoo, and their placement next door to offending establishments is sending the message with sniper precision. One billboard silently condemns two strip clubs across the way with the message: “Anyone that looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28.” “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman: that is detestable. Leviticus 18:12,” proclaims a second billboard near two bars popular among homosexuals. […]

Harper safe for now, Liberals get new pro-abortion leader

The Cardinal was a strong defender of the Church's teachings on life and family issues

Hospital has history of supporting the gay pride agenda

By Kathleen Gilbert WASILLA, Alaska, December 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A blaze swallowed Gov. Sarah Palin’s evangelical Christian church on Friday and caused severe damage that fire officials say was likely the work of arsonists. The damage to the 2 1/2-year-old Wasilla Bible Church building is estimated at $1 million.  Five women, and possibly a couple of children, were inside the church when the flames erupted, but escaped with no injuries. Palin’s spokesman, Bill McAllister, said that Palin stopped by the church the following day to apologize in case the fire was connected to the “undeserved negative attention” the church […]

December 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The first demonstration that a single adult stem cell can self-renew in a mammal was reported at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) 48th Annual Meeting, Dec. 13-17, 2008 in San Francisco.    The transplanted adult stem cell and its differentiated descendants restored lost function to mice with hind limb muscle tissue damage. The ability to isolate and then transplant skeletal adult muscle stems cells could have a wide impact in treating not only a variety of muscle wasting diseases such as muscular dystrophy but also severe muscle injuries or loss of function from […]

Commentary by Deal W. Hudson, www.insidecatholic.com   December 15, 2008 (InsideCatholic.com) – Go to Change.gov, the Web site of President-elect Barack Obama, and you’ll find a document titled “Advancing Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration.” Signed by dozens of pro-abortion groups, including Catholics for Choice, this 55-page document provides an overview of the marching orders for the Obama administration in removing all present restrictions on abortions while dramatically increasing abortion funding. Anyone who has bought into the myth that Obama is “moderating” his positions should notice that the first section is titled “Steps for the First Hundred Days.” The […]

Claim that fewer restrictions will not result in more abortions

Friday November 21, 2008 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Full Text of Vatican Cardinal’s Speech Calling Obama Election “Apocalyptic” November 13, 2008 – By Cardinal James Francis Stafford Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II: “Being True with Body and Soul”[1] For 51 years of priestly ministry I have been attentive to res sacra in temporalibus in American culture, i.e., “to the elements of the sacred in the temporal life of man” or, in a more Heideggerian idiom, “to man as the sacred element in temporal things.” In 1958 John Courtney Murray, S. J. was my guide. […]

Tuesday November 9, 2004 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips U.N. Demands Poland Overturn Laws Against Abortion GENEVA, November 9, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) concluded a review on Poland’s compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), demanding that the mostly-Catholic nation “liberalize” its abortion laws. The UN committee composed of 18 UN human rights “experts” from various countries met with Polish officials on October 27 and 28, making its observations and recommendations on November 4. While, the UN itself and the ICCPR specifically does not officially promote abortion, both […]

By John-Henry Westen   VATICAN CITY, December 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church has been very clear in its teachings touching most bioethical issues. Even though there is much objection by so-called liberal theologians, there has never been a legitimate debate touching the permissibility of abortion or contraception.  However, with regard to adoption of frozen embryos, there has been a lively debate even among very orthodox theologians, and today the Vatican settled that debate.   Today, December 12, known in the Catholic Church as the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the unborn, the long-awaited document Dignitas Personae (The […]

By Piero Tozzi NEW YORK, December 12, 2008 (C-FAM) – The President of the Honduran Congress, Roberto Micheletti, has introduced a pro-family bill in his country directly inspired by Article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which proclaims that the family is “the natural and fundamental group unit of society” entitled to protection by the state. The legislation has broad support and is expected to pass in early 2009. In an exclusive interview, one prominent supporter of the bill, Congresswoman Martha de Casco, told the C-Fam Friday Fax that the proposed “Law to Strengthen the Family” requires […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SAN FRANCISCO, December 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic University of San Francisco (USF) has apologized for the abortion coverage included in a new health insurance package for USF students, and has affirmed they will strike it out of the plan.  However, at the same time a contributing editor with Our Sunday Visitor has just revealed that the University’s health clinic refers students seeking abortion to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. After news broke of the brochure’s abortion coverage, Assistant Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs Gary MacDonald stated: “It was not the University’s intention […]

Bishop Plouffe undermines effort - Director of education says bishop "thought the pamphlet tended to be biased against the vaccine"

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent ROME, December 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This morning, at a lecture at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome, Cherie Blair said that as a lifetime practising Catholic, “it would be rather strange if I didn’t adhere to the teachings of the Church” and that although she may have “difficulties” with the Church’s teaching on artificial contraception she upholds the principle of the right to life. She admitted, “I am on the record as having had difficulties with accepting the current [Catholic] teaching of responsible parenthood,” but added, “there is a […]

By Ellen M. Rice December 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amidst an ongoing debate among prolife advocates about whether to classify the Pill as an abortifacient or a prophylactic, pro-abortion advocates have published an authoritative statement declaring that the Pill prevents implantation of embryos, thereby causing an abortion.  In a supplement to its November 2008 issue, top reproductive health journal Fertility and Sterility published the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) statement, “Hormonal contraception: recent advances and controversies.”  In a summary of the development of contraception in the United States the statement called oral contraceptives the “most widely used” reversible method.  […]

   SAN FRANCISCO, December 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday the University of San Francisco, a Catholic institution, bestowed an honorary degree upon Irish President Mary McAleese, despite her public dissent from fundamental Church teaching on homosexuality and the male priesthood. McAleese is the founding legal advisor to the Campaign for Homosexual Law Reform, the Irish group that motivated the country’s parliament in 1993 to pass a law legalizing same-sex activity. This past October McAleese spoke at a forum organized by the homosexualist group “Belong To,” where she called for an end to “homophobic bullying” and indicated that finding out that you […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., December 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has announced his resignation as Chief Lobbyist and Vice President for Governmental Affairs after coming under fire from colleagues for his recent comments supporting government-supplied contraception, homosexual unions, and the candidacy of pro-abortion Barack Obama. His resignation concludes 28 years of service and leadership in the Washington, DC office of NAE. “In a December 2, 2008 broadcast interview on National Public Radio, Richard responded to questions and made statements that did not appropriately represent the values and convictions of NAE […]

Pope Decries "The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty"

 Introduction 1. The dignity of a person must be recognized in every human being from conception to natural death. This fundamental principle expresses a great “yes” to human life and must be at the center of ethical reflection on biomedical research, which has an ever greater importance in today’s world.  The Church’s Magisterium has frequently intervened to clarify and resolve moral questions in this area. The Instruction Donum vitae was particularly significant.1 And now, twenty years after its publication, it is appropriate to bring it up to date. The teaching of Donum vitae remains completely valid, both with regard to […]

Monday April 28, 2003 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips World Health Organization Accused of Using SARS for Political Agendas Putting Toronto on travel danger list considered WHO “junk science” power grab TORONTO, Ont., April 28, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Most Toronto citizens, who are going about their lives quite normally, are puzzled over the fear and paranoia of people outside the city who are afraid to travel to Toronto and many within the city who are needlessly worrying themselves sick over what they are hearing and reading from the media. It is actually extremely rare to encounter someone who […]

Early induction in cases of lethal fetal anomaly has been condemned as illicit by US Bishops' Doctrinal Committee

Says in developing countries with higher birth rates "Population is proving to be an asset, not a factor that contributes to poverty."

Says, Disconnected from this solid ethical basis, human rights weaken and lose their concrete foundation"

By Kathleen Gilbert BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, December 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood announced Wednesday that it has fired the abortion clinic employee caught on tape covering up the statutory rape of a 13-year-old.  However, Child Protective Services have said they will not prosecute the woman because the girl she illegally advised had only posed as a youngster who had been raped, and no rape had actually occurred. Lila Rose, a 20-year-old UCLA student, brought an undercover camera to the Bloomington clinic, and footage released on the Internet last week showed her posing as a 13-year-old seeking an abortion after having relations […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski LONDON, December 11, 2008 (LifeSIteNews.com) – A pilot plan to make the contraceptive Pill available in UK drug stores, with only a chat with the pharmacist as a prerequisite, will be tested in areas of London with the highest teenage pregnancy rates to see if the effort will reduce the skyrocketing incidence of unintended pregnancies in girls in their mid-teens. The UK has the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe. The pilot programs will be carried out in the Lambeth and Southwark areas of London, which have pregnancy rates roughly double that of the national average […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SAN FRANCISCO, December 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Starting next fall, students at the Jesuit-run University of San Francisco (USF) who depend on the school-sponsored health insurance will be required to pay into a plan that includes coverage for abortion. The health insurance brochure, which says the Aetna plan was “developed especially for eligible University of San Francisco students and their eligible dependents,” shows abortion as one procedure covered under the heading “Maternity Expenses.” (To see the USF health insurance brochure, go to: https://www.usfca.edu/hps/studentinsurance/U%20San%20Francisco%20Brochure%200809.pdf) Students can opt-out of the USF plan only by proving “that they have coverage […]

By Hilary White LONDON, December 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Information Commissioner, a U.K. government body that promotes access to official information and protects personal information, has accused the Health Ministry of refusing to obey an order to release the numbers of eugenic “terminations” in the UK. “Ground E” of the UK’s 1967 Abortion Act allows an abortion on request up to full gestation of children suspected of having a “severe” disability. The Health Ministry has refused to release the information, however, claiming that to do so would endanger the privacy of mothers and abortionists. In the past the numbers […]

BRUSSELS, Dec. 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday, December 10th, two Members of the European Parliament, Anna Záborská and Carlo Casini held a press conference in the European Parliament to announce that 5.4 million families had sent a petition to the UN, calling for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to be interpreted as protecting the unborn child and the family. The Familiokratos coalition, established one year ago on the 10 December 2007, gathers leaders from pro-family and pro-life movements (See: https://familiokratosen.blogspot.com/).  It has presented the petition to the Gabon ambassador, to the Holy See, Firmin Mboutsou, as well as to […]

By Hilary White ROME, December 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US-based Alliance Defence Fund (ADF) has announced they will be launching a legal challenge to a new law in Luxembourg legalizing euthanasia. Last week, the world was shocked when the parliament of the tiny but venerable European state of Luxembourg proposed to strip its head of state, the Grand Duke Henri, of his veto powers when the latter announced he would refuse to give royal assent to the law. The ADF, a network of Christian attorneys, announced today that attorneys were standing ready to offer pro bono legal assistance to […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman NORFOLK, BRITAIN, December 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Norfolk County police officer who was fired for quoting the Bible regarding the immorality of homosexual sexual relations says that he is “totally devastated” by what has happened to him. “It was a job I loved. This is destroying me and my family,” Officer Graham Cogman told the Daily Mail last week. Cogman was reportedly dismissed from his position in late November after he sent an email quoting Biblical passages denouncing homosexual behavior, and another e-mail linking to a ministry in the USA that seeks to cure homosexuals […]

(Late Wednesday evening) Dear Readers,  Our Christmas donation campaign got a much-needed boost from readers Wednesday. After we sent out the second appeal message early Wednesday, 228 more readers responded with a gift to LifeSiteNews by that evening. Thank you!    The dollar total has not been added up yet but it appears to give us a good start, with individual donations ranging from $5 (thank you!) up to $500. Nine readers committed to recurring monthly gifts of various amounts.   That makes 398 readers who have donated so far. That is only a tiny portion of our large readership, […]

KING OF PRUSSIA, PA, December 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Russian government’s efforts to reverse the ongoing birth dearth in the former Soviet Union will not succeed until the trauma of abortion is addressed, Dr. Theresa Burke, founder of Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries, said today.   “In Russia, 70 percent of pregnancies end in abortion,” said Dr. Burke, whose book, “Forbidden Grief – The Unspoken Pain of Abortion,” explores the dynamics of abortion’s aftereffects on women.  “In a country where the average woman undergoes three-to-eight abortions, the problem goes beyond a dependence on abortion as birth control.  There’s a deeper undercurrent at […]

Commentary by Cheryl Sullenger, Senior Policy Advisor, Operation Rescue WICHITA, KS, December 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Kansas Supreme Court decision issued last week that allowed Johnson County District Attorney Phill Kline to maintain his copy of abortion records and move forward with his prosecution of Planned Parenthood, could also aid the separate prosecution of late-term abortionist George R. Tiller in Wichita. (See: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08120810.html) Four days of testimony have already been taken in a hearing on Tiller’s motion to suppress evidence against him in a criminal case involving 19 counts of committing illegal late-term abortions. The charges Tiller faces were […]

By Kathleen Gilbert EDINBURGH, December 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite attracting little support from colleagues, Scottish Parliament Member Margo McDonald is continuing to fight for a bill to legalize assisted suicide. McDonald’s bill is so broad that it would entitle children of 12 and younger to choose to kill themselves. McDonald held a consultation yesterday on the End of Life Choices (Scotland) Bill in an effort to garner more support.  So far, McDonald has the support of only three other Parliament members, whereas eighteen are needed for the bill to merit review at Holyrood.  During the consultation, McDonald said that […]

Pro-life leaders must reconsider the failed "incremental steps only" strategy

By John Jalsevac TORONTO, December 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tony Blair, former U.K. prime minister, has teamed up with one of Canada’s most well-known pro-abortion politicians, Belinda Stronach, in a combined effort to promote the U.N’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Blair and Stronach met last week in Toronto with representatives of 30 different faiths to discuss their plan to support the Faith Acts Fellowship, a program of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation. In its first stage the program involves selecting 30 youth and educating them in how to promote the MDGs. The pair has also established a “steering committee” to […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, December 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Friday, December 12, Deborah Grey – a Canadian politician who was instrumental in the founding of both the Canadian Alliance and Conservative parties – will be made an Officer of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor. In a Western Standard interview yesterday, however, Grey complained that by granting the award to Canada’s father of abortion, Henry Morgentaler, the Order of Canada committee had honored someone who was a “divider.” “The Order of Canada is a great honour, since its inception in 1967,” she attested. “It has […]

By John-Henry Westen and Kathleen Gilbert   LONDON, December 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Hewlett Foundation has announced $125.1 million in new grants to 214 organizations. First and foremost among the beneficiaries is International Planned Parenthood Foundation (IPPF), for whom Hewlett cut the largest check by far, granting $8.3 million to support worldwide abortion.   Of the Menlo Park-based foundation’s six program areas, the most money went toward “population” issues, specifically supporting family planning and AIDS prevention worldwide.  In all, the foundation’s “Population Program” gave $31.8 million to 38 organizations dealing with global population issues. The International Planned Parenthood Federation, based in […]

Following controversy over vote, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez leaves party

Report on progress of $5 Christmas campaign

Dear readers,   What a great day of positive developments.  Your work in supporting us with your prayers, your donations, your news tips, and especially taking action on items we report is having real effect to change the culture.   In our news today you’ll read that:   1) Your taking action on the nun saying ‘God is ProChoice’ story from December 1st has apparently led to the nun’s repentance.   2) Your action on the story we broke about the pro-abortion wife of former UK PM Tony Blair speaking at Rome’s Catholic University The Angelicum, has the school in an uproar. […]

* 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.   Smithsonian Honors Racist Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret Sanger — On Your Dime  https://www.cwalac.org/article_823.shtml   Panamanian congress shelves controversial law against life and the family  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14551   Man’s Assisted Suicide in Switzerland to be broadcast on British TV tomorrow  https://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2019734.ece   Anti-Slavery Then, Pro-Life Now  https://townhall.com/columnists/JohnAndrews/2008/12/08/anti-slavery_then,_pro-life_now   Obama works to distance himself from Ill. governor  https://apnews.myway.com/article/20081209/D94VG39G0.html   Palin Went Down to Georgia: Why her popularity is undimmed.   https://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/897qplyo.asp   Libraries […]

Undoubtedly played a role in convincing the Vatican to finally remove its symbolic annual donation to UNICEF

UN, December 9, 2008 (C-Fam) – Tomorrow, December 10th, a coalition of social conservative groups from around the world will present a petition of 330,000 names calling for Member States of the United Nations to interpret the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as protecting the unborn child from abortion and protecting the traditional family. The group formed in response and in opposition to petition efforts by pro-abortion groups International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International that are calling for a right to abortion on the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “We are proud not only […]

By Kathleen Gilbert CAMPELLSPORT, Wisconsin, December 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When Julie Shockley read a nun’s recently published defense of the “pro-choice” ideology as a reflection of God’s gift of free will, Shockley was immediately reminded of her own abortion experience – one she says robbed her of that very gift. Shockley, a regional coordinator of Silent No More in western Tennessee, sent a compassionate response to Sister Arlene Welding after reading about her letter on LifeSiteNews.com (LSN). Now Shockley says she believes the nun has since reversed her errant beliefs.  In an article entitled “God is Pro-Choice,” Sr. Arlene […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent LANCASTER, UK, December 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the highest offices in the Catholic Church has endorsed a document by Lancaster Bishop Patrick O’Donohue, calling for an authentic restoration of orthodox Catholicism to the institutions of the Church in England and Wales. Archbishop Luis Ladaria, Secretary to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, wrote a letter of congratulation to the bishop, saying that the document, “Fit for Mission? Church,” was valuable for “alerting the faithful to the dangers of secularism and hedonism.” He continued, “This Dicastery is particularly pleased to note the […]

By Ellen M. Rice ZURICH, Switzerland, December 9,2008 (Lifesitenews.com) – The leading Swiss newspaper, Tages Anzeiger, reports that the by next summer the Canton of Zurich will restrict homeschooling rights to parents who are certified teachers.    “Parents will only be allowed to educate their children at home when they have a teacher’s certificate,” reported Tages Anzeiger on December 4.  According to the paper there are fifty parents affected within the Canton of Zurich.  Eight of these families so far have announced that they are resisting the legislation, and face fines up to 5000 francs ($4100 USD) and possible citations for […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent ROME, Italy, December 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite heavy criticism the invitation still stands for Cherie Blair, the wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and a prominent pro-abortion public figure, to speak at a conference on women’s rights at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (the Angelicum) in Rome. Sr. Helen Alford, the conference’s organiser, has issued a form response defending the choice to invite Blair to many of the hundreds who have contacted her expressing their dismay at the invitation, saying, “By inviting Mrs. Blair, we, as a faculty of social sciences, […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., December 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) has endeavored to assuage concerns sparked last week when NAE’s Chief Lobbyist and Vice President for Governmental Affairs downplayed Obama’s abortion position, and stated that he was “shifting” in favor of same-sex civil unions, and possibly “marriage.” NAE President Rev. Leith Anderson told the association’s Board of Directors in an open letter that Rev. Richard Cizik’s words “did not appropriately reflect the positions of the National Association of Evangelicals and its constituents.” “Our NAE stand on marriage, abortion and other biblical […]

 DES MOINES, IA, December 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Iowa Supreme Court just concluded hearing oral argument today in a case that will ultimately either protect or destroy the definition of marriage in Iowa. The case involves six same-sex couples who at various times in 2004 and 2005 applied for marriage certificates to the Polk County Recorder and Polk County Registrar, Timothy Brien, who denied their applications for marriage on the basis of Iowa’s Defense of Marriage Act. A suit against Brien was then brought to the courts, and trial court Judge Robert Hanson ruled the Defense of Marriage Act […]

By John Jalsevac December 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, one of the most staunchly pro-abortion politicians in the U.S., has been arrested on corruption charges, including, most prominently, conspiring to sell the senate seat recently made vacant by Barack Obama’s election to the presidency. According to Illinois law, the governor has the sole authority to fill the empty seat. In conversations overheard on wiretaps, Blagojevich sought to “sell or trade Illinois’ United States Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama for financial and personal benefits for himself and his wife,” according to the government affidavit on the […]

Speaking at HIV/AIDS conference, notes that anal intercourse spreads disease

Church founder Ian Paisley is defiant, says he will go to jail if necessary

By Kathleen Gilbert SAN FRANCISCO, December 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Most Holy Redeemer (MHR) Catholic Church has again come under fire after a lector and acolyte at the parish was found to have “married” his homosexual partner. The homosexual news service Bay Area Reporter on Thursday announced the “wedding” between MHR lector Philip Carrizosa and his longtime partner Ralph Lindsey.  The article, exposed by Catholic blogger Fr. John Malloy, SDB, describes a quasi-religious ceremony reflecting “the couple’s deep faith.” The pair were “married” on Nov. 1, only days before Proposition 8, which upheld the true definition of marriage in the […]

By Kathleen Gilbert HELENA, Montana, December 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Montana district court has decreed that Montana residents deemed competent and terminally ill have the right to commit suicide, making Montana the third state in which assisted suicide is legal, following Washington and Oregon.  “The Montana constitutional rights of individual privacy and human dignity, taken together, encompass the right of a competent terminally [ill] patient to die with dignity,” wrote Judge Dorothy McCarter in the opinion for Montana’s First Judicial District Court, issued late Friday.  The conclusion goes on to specify that this includes the patient’s option to “obtain […]

Judges decision said to contain "some of the harshest, most vitriolic language most of us will ever see in a high-court decision."

By Kathleen Gilbert TALLAHASSEE, Florida, December 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, a Republican figure equally well-respected for his administrative skills as for his ardent pro-life reputation, has told Politico that he is considering running for a Senate seat. Murmurs as to the former governor’s plans arose after Republican Mel Martinez, who currently holds the Florida Senate position, announced Tuesday that he would not seek reelection in 2010.  Bush had returned to the private sector in 2007 after two successful terms at the state’s helm. He left the office of governor with a startling 63% approval rate […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OLYMPIA, Washington, December 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A sign which reads, “There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds” has been allowed to be placed beside a traditional Nativity scene and a 25 foot Christmas tree, now called a “holiday tree,” inside the Washington state capitol building by state governor Christine Gregoire. The sign was sponsored and set up by the atheistic Freedom from Religion Foundation and approved by Gregoire and Attorney General Rob […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent   ROME, Italy, December 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of about a hundred homosexualist activists and media gathered outside the perimeter of St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Saturday, claiming that the Catholic Church has an unspoken agenda to “kill” homosexuals. The protest was organised by Italy’s leading homosexualist activist organisation, Arcigay, a representative of which told LifeSiteNews.com that the group was there to protest “the pope and the Vatican.”  “What they say is three things,” the group’s spokesman said. “That it is normal to kill a homosexual. It is normal to kill a lesbian. […]

* 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. Compiled by Steve Jalsevac LIFE ISSUES   Eduardo Verástegui teams up with Right to Life committee in Spain  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14525   Lady Warnock is the Future of Our Culture If We Are Not Careful  https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/12/lady-warnock-is-future-of-our-culture.html   Luxembourg: Culture of Death Will Not be Denied   https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/12/luxembourg-culture-of-death-will-not-be.html   YWCA Supports Freedom of Choice Act  https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=40002   Dick Sobsey On “Murder and Social Endorsement” of Parents Killing Their Children With Disabilities   https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2008/12/dick-sobsey-on-murder-and-social.html   […]

By John-Henry Westen   TORONTO, December 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic religious order known as the Oblate Fathers of Assumption Province, based in Toronto, Ontario, has returned two Orders of Canada awarded to members of the community in protest against the decision to grant the award to abortionist Henry Morgentaler.  “We write to you today, December 8th , the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Principal Patroness of our Congregation, on account of the recent decision by your office and the committee responsible for nominations to provide an Order of Canada to Henry Morgentaler, the noted […]

Thursday November 10, 2005 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print Canadian Catholic Hospital to Grant Award to Anti-Catholic Abortion Promoter Fiji’s Christian Majority Denied Right to March against Homosexuality by ‘Human Rights’ Commission Preschool Damages Children’s Social Skills and Emotional Development Earlier Screening for Down’s Syndrome May Fuel Eugenic Program Against Disabled Kids Bombarded with Sex Images Having Sex Earlier says Montreal Child Psychologist Coalition Seeks to End Child Pornography Wal-Mart Replaces Christmas With “Happy Holidays”: Catholic Civil Rights Group Launches Boycott Canadian Catholic Hospital to Grant Award to Anti-Catholic Abortion Promoter By John-Henry […]

Friday February 1, 2008 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Once Again: USCCB Movie Reviewers Praise Sex-Laden, Extremely Violent Films as “Morally Grounded” 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 […]

Thursday October 25, 2007 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print 107-Count Grand Jury Indictment Against Planned Parenthood Could Open “New Front” in US Abortion Fight Cardinal to Deliver Nationwide Pro-Life Address in Dominican Republic American Life League Unveils New Online Map With Location of All US Planned Parenthood Centers Two Murders of Pregnant Canadian Women Renew Calls for Unborn Victims’ Legislation Ugandan AIDS Activist’s Facts Trounce UN Official Claim that Catholic Church to Blame for AIDS Crisis UK Christian Couple who Refuse to Promote Homosexuality Forced out of Child Foster Care Harry Potter Author […]

It’s that time of year again when we must ask our readers to financially support LifeSiteNews. Your support is the only way we can keep going, growing and influencing the culture for good.   This year, a lot of people are having a tough time financially. The economic climate right now is one of fear, and everyone, including non-profits (like us) that depend upon donations for survival, are suffering. With that in mind, and Michael O’Brien’s emphasis on the importance of littleness and faith, we are taking a different approach with this appeal. We are asking everyone who values and […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   ROME, December 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his first meeting with Argentina’s new ambassador to the Vatican, Juan Pablo Cafiero , Pope Benedict XVI urged the Latin American nation to resist attempts to further decriminalize abortion and gay “marriage”.   In a written statement, which is customarily issued to new ambassadors, the Pope urged Argentina to maintain “the defense of human life from its conception until its natural death”.   He also noted the importance of “the defense of the family based on marriage between a man and a woman” and said that such concepts […]

By Kathleen Gilbert BALTIMORE, December 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University has asserted after surveying various reports that “the best research” on the aftermath of abortion does not support the existence of negative psychological effects. Numerous researchers and pro-life leaders, however, have immediately responded by challenging the Johns Hopkins team’s conclusion as suspect and based on subjective methods. “The best research does not support the existence of a ‘post-abortion syndrome’ similar to post-traumatic stress disorder,” Dr. Robert Blum, who led the study, said in a statement.   After examining 21 reports involving over 150,000 women, […]

Urges action to oppose Freedom of Choice Act

December 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – November 2008 was one of LifeSiteNews.com’s most successful months in its 12 year history, with the website’s traffic ratings taking a steep upward turn, clocking a record-breaking 1,000,000+ pageviews. It seemed fitting that such a month ushered in LSN’s first ever key supporter social and planning event – an intimate night of fine Italian cuisine, wine and conversation. On Wednesday evening the LSN team and some of LSN’s closest Toronto-region supporters reviewed the accomplishments of the past year and planned for the future of the world’s most widely read international life, family and culture news […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent MILAN, Italy December 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A well-known convert to Catholicism from Islam has announced that he will be starting a new European political party that will uphold “the sanctity of life of every human being.” Magdi Allam, an Egyptian journalist living in Italy, said that he and others will run in European Parliament elections on June 7, 2009 for a new party called Protagonists for Christian Europe. “The party,” he said, “will be committed to promoting and defending Europe’s Christian values.” It will “fill the ethical void” that he says exists in Italy […]

By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, NY, December 5, 2008 (C-FAM) – Last week, United Nations (UN) General Assembly president Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann announced the 2008 winners of the UN Prize in the Field of Human Rights, an award for “outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.” This year’s winners include former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour and Human Rights Watch (HRW), both staunch global advocates for abortion and homosexual rights. Brockmann characterized the recipients as “an inspiration to all of us who seek and believe another type of society, another type […]

By Piero A. Tozzi NEW YORK, NY, December 5, 2008 (C-FAM) – Pro-life activists are reacting with concern at President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. They see the appointment as foreshadowing a change of America’s United Nations (UN) policy with respect to the rights of the unborn. Critics charge that Hillary Clinton had a major voice in the UN social policy of her husband’s administration that encompassed a number of major UN conferences. It was at the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995) that Clinton coined the phrase “women’s rights are human rights and […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski VANCOUVER, December 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kari Simpson, one of Canada’s best known advocates for the family, has written the Attorney General of British Columbia requesting that the Criminal Justice Branch reconsider its refusal to charge former radio talk show host Rafe Mair and CKNW Radio with inciting and promoting hatred against an identifiable group and for criminal defamation. In a long and intricate battle that has seen court decisions overturned several times, Simpson has fought to clear her name of defamatory statements and allegations made by Mair on his radio show beginning in 1999 where […]

By Hilary White ROME, December 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life Catholics around the world are responding with outrage that the Pontifical University of St. Thomas in Rome (the “Angelicum”), one of the premier Catholic institutions of higher education, has invited Cherie Blair, the pro-abortion wife of former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, to speak at a conference on women’s rights on December 12th. But at least some readers, upon contacting the Angelicum, have reported being told that the university can find no evidence of Mrs. Blair’s pro-abortion or other anti-life and anti-family positions. Readers are taking action, writing to the […]

Friday April 7, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips TEACHERS TAKE IN SEXUAL PERVERSION CONFERENCE GUELPH, Apr 7 (LSN.ca) – Teachers, and other participants at the Annual Conference and Training Institute on Sexuality in Guelph, Ontario, will have the opportunity to attend sessions on “Getting together: How and why bisexual women form communities,” “The Joy of Cybersex,” “HIV and Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Youth” and “Awakening your sexual self: The so-called “training institute” has been held in Guelph for the past 20 years, notes conservative Sun columnist, Michael Coren in a column this week. “Individual teachers are given […]

Wednesday June 30, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips UN PREDICTS DIRE UNDERPOPULATION PROBLEMS UNITED NATIONS, June 30 (LSN) – Yesterday the Population Division of the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) released a chart on population aging. The UN’s population projections indicate that “one of every 10 persons is now aged 60 years or older. By 2050, the United Nations projects that 1 person of every 5 will be aged 60 years or older. By 2150, it will be 1 of every 3. The number of persons in this age group is now nearly 600 […]

Tuesday February 2, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Gay Activist Admits Foundation of Lies VANCOUVER, Feb 2 (LSN) – The managing editor of Xtra West, one of the country’s leading homosexual activist publications, has admitted that the gay activist movement is buoyed by a foundation of lies. In “No Need to Lie” Gareth Kirkby charges that the incidence of homosexuality is artificially and grossly inflated as are the numbers of participants at gay rallies. Kirkby questions the “born this way” argument and also admits that gay activists’ “spiritual forefather” Alfred C Kinsey’s studies were based on fraud. […]

Friday November 19, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips MALE MURDERER TO BE SENT TO WOMEN’S PRISON AFTER COMPLAINT VANCOUVER, Nov 19 (LSN.ca) – Corrections Canada has agreed to send a male murderer to a women’s prison after he complained to the Canadian Human Rights Commission that his felt gender was female and thus he should treated as such. Earlier this month LifeSite News reported that the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal had agreed to hear the case of Synthia Kavanagh, formerly Ricky Chaperon, a transvestite man who complained that the Corrections Canada refused him assignment to a women’s […]

Tuesday January 18, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SURGE IN YOUTH CRIME CONTRADICTS ABORTION BENEFIT STUDY Violent Youth Crime Up 77% in Canada OTTAWA, Jan 18 (LSN.ca) – Late last month Statistics Canada reported that over the last ten years, violent crime has risen 77% among youth in Canada. The above research is at polar opposites with the American research report on crime released last fall indicating that crime was at it’s lowest in 20 years in the United States, and alleging that abortion may be the champion of the cause. Here in Canada, youth crime is […]

Thursday January 17, 2002 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Protecting the Lives of People With Disabilities: The Robert Latimer Case By Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition On January 18, 2001 the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the decision of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal that Robert Latimer serve the mandatory minimum sentence for second-degree murder, 10 years in prison before parole eligibility. Some Canadians believe that Robert Latimer’s sentence was too harsh. They are asking Parliament to grant him the Royal Prerogative of Mercy. Only a misguided mercy would result in leniency for Robert Latimer. By […]

Tuesday November 7, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Abortion Becomes Major Federal Campaign Issue Day refuses all opportunities to challenge opponents’ hard-line positions TORONTO, Nov 7 (LSN.ca) – Last March 17 Jean Chretien escalated the Liberal abortion position to a strong pro-abortion one when he declared at the Party’s national convention: “We Liberals believe in a woman’s right to choose.” He repeated this in a speech to the Liberal parliamentary caucus in Winnipeg on Aug. 29 and escalated his position even further by adding “he (Stockwell Day) wants a divisive national referendum on this right. To break […]

Wednesday July 26, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips POLICE CRACKDOWN ON HOME-SCHOOLING IN GERMANY Family Face Inspections, Fines, Even Police Raid BONN, July 26 (LSN.ca) – In April, in the town of Schloss Holte-Stukenbroch, Germany, three police officers stormed Johann Harder’s home overturning furniture, shouting, smashing a camera which attempted to photograph their actions, and tearing weeping children from their parents. The crime: homeschooling. The July 8 edition of World magazine reports that homeschooling is illegal in Germany and city Mayor Hubert Erlichlandwehr wanted to make an example of the Harders, a homeschooling family with 11 children, […]

Thursday November 23, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips BC PHARMACY OFFICIALS THREATENING PRO-LIFE PHARMACISTS Pharmacists denied choice to not dispense morning-after pill VANCOUVER, Nov 23 (LSN.ca) – Cristina Alarcon, of Pharmacists for Life in British Columbia and her pro-life colleagues are refusing to obey an order by the BC College of Pharmacists that would force them to dispense abortifacient morning-after-pills or refer patients to a pharmacist who will dispense them. The College is reacting by threatening punishment – possible expulsion. The Vancouver Province reports today that Alarcon estimates 100 B.C. pharmacists will not go along with a […]

Tuesday September 19, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Reports of Vatican ‘U-Turn’ On Condoms Prove False VATICAN CITY, Sept 19 (LSN.ca) – Over the last few days world news media have been rife with reports suggesting falsely that the Vatican has made “a theological U-turn” with regard to condoms. Quoting an April 19 issue of L’Osservatore Romano out of context and with gross errors in translation, various papers and newswires suggested that the Catholic Church might now accept the use of condoms in AIDS prevention programs. Catholic World News (CWN) reports that the erroneous reporting stems from […]

Thursday March 9, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips RADICAL FEMINISTS LAUD INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT UNITED NATIONS, Mar 9 (LSN.ca) – A panel discussion of radical feminists at the UN Beijing +5 Prepcom on Tuesday serves as a warning about the real agenda of the International Criminal Court. Reporting in Vivant!, Theresa Bell notes that Panelist Rhonda Copelon of the International Women’s Human Rights Law Clinic, who also serves as the chief ICC legal strategist for the “Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice,” said the court was a “tool” that will serve as a “model” that she said “can […]

Tuesday October 28, 1997 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips DISABLED RIGHTS ACTIVIST MARK PICKUP PRESS RELEASE October 27, 1997 WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR ROBERT LATIMER SEEN BY CHRONICALLY ILL MAN AS HOSTILITY TOWARD THE DISABLED CONTACT: Mark Pickup 4417 – 51 Street Beaumont, Alberta., Canada T4X lC8 Tel/Fax: 403-929-9230 I have been shocked by events at unfolded around the Robert Latimer case in the killing of his 12 year old handicapped daughter, Tracy. I am not alone. The disabled community in Canada was shocked not only by the deed of Robert Latimer-and it vas a horrible betrayal of parental […]

Monday December 9, 2002 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Seven More ‘Catholic’ Universities Found Promoting Planned Parenthood Cardinal Newman Society head calls such promotion “a scandal and a terrible crime” CHICAGO, December 9, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSite has learned of seven more ‘Catholic’ universities and colleges in the United States which promote Planned Parenthood on their websites. In light of San Francisco University’s recent removal (at least temporarily) of links to the pro-abortion organization from its website, LifeSite hopes that this latest expose will shine a needed cleansing light. DePaul University in Chicago, founded in 1898 by the […]

Thursday October 19, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips March of Women 2000 Makes For Strange Bedfellows UNITED NATIONS, Oct 19 (LSN.ca) – Catholic participation in the World March of Women 2000 (WMW) has been a strange phenomenon and one restricted for the most part to Canada where four Catholic organizations – the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), the Catholic Women’s League (CWL), the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP), and the Canadian Religious Conference (CRC)- officially supported the March. At an October 17 New York rally on the final day of the WMW, thousands […]

Wednesday December 10, 1997 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips CANADIAN DOCTOR SUED FOR WRONGFUL BIRTH VANCOUVER, Dec 10 (LSN) – Yesterday, the BC Supreme Court forced Dr. Stanley Morrill to pay Murray and Phapphim Krangle $488,575 for having failed to give them information needed to decide to abort their child. Mervyn, the couple’s six-year-old son has Down’s Syndrome and his parents claim they would have killed him before birth had they known of the disorder. In finding Morrill liable for the Krangles’ claims, Justice Richard Low noted that Ms. Krangle was “in need of timely advice as to […]

Monday September 18, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips CARDINAL RATZINGER CRITICIZES UN PROPOSAL FOR “NEW WORLD ORDER” Says Christians Have Duty To Protest ROME, Sept 18 (LSN.ca) – Writing in the Italian newspaper Avvenire, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger slammed the UN’s proposals for a “New World Order” targeting for special criticism the UN’s goal of depopulation. He noted that the philosophy coming from recent UN conferences and the Millennium Summit “proposes strategies to reduce the number of guests at the table of humanity, so that the presumed happiness [we] have attained will not be affected.” He criticized this […]

Thursday June 1, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PRO-LIFERS PRAISE ARCHBISHOP’S FRANK COMMENTS ABOUT PM OTTAWA, June 1 (LSN.ca) – Speaking at an annual pro-life mass at the Lourdes Grotto in Vanier yesterday, Ottawa archbishop Marcel Gervais surprised his audience including the media and many pro-lifers with a very frank criticism of Prime Minister Jean Chretien. The archbishop addressed nearly 1,000 people at an outdoor mass, which marks the Feast of the Visitation. Gervais took issue with a statement made by the prime minister at this year’s Liberal convention as he attempted to distinguish his party from […]

Thursday May 25, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips NEW BOOK SMASHES RAPE EXEPTION FOR ABORTION IDEA WASHINGTON, May 25 (LSN.ca) – Julie Makimaa, co-author of a new book shattering the notion of a “rape exception” for abortion, was herself conceived as a result of a rape. Focus on the Family reported Tuesday on the book, entitled “Victims and Victors: Speaking out about their pregnancies, abortions and children conceived in sexual assault”. “I was the result of rape,” Makimaa told Focus. “(As a society) we have been convinced that compassion means abortion – that (the mother) will never […]

Wednesday December 15, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips David Suzuki’s gloomy world of nothingness National Post, April 8, 1999 Reprinted with permission from the author David Suzuki’s gloomy world of nothingness by Terence Corcoran Lock up your brains and keep the children out of reach of any radio: Here comes David Suzuki with another tax-supported CBC propaganda series in which we learn for the umpteenth time that the world would be a better place if there were no ugly human beings around. “If all humanity disappeared…the rest of life would benefit enormously,” says one of Mr. Suzuki’s […]

Thursday November 23, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PRO-ABORTION ZEALOT TO SPEAK AT CATHOLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE Stephen Lewis has long record of outspoken opposition to Catholic moral principles OTTAWA, Nov 23 (LSN.ca) – The Catholic Health Association of Canada (CHAC) has once again chosen an unsuitable keynote speaker for its annual convention. Last year the CHAC was criticized by a bishop over the choice of abortion proponent David Suzuki as keynote speaker at their April 2000 convention. This year they have selected Stephen Lewis, a former Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations and Former Deputy Executive Director […]

Friday March 31, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips OMINOUS ANTI-FAMILY, ANTI-LIFE EARTH CHARTER COMPLETED PARIS, Mar 31 (LSN.ca) – Population control gurus Mikhail Gorbachev, Maurice Strong and Stephen Rockefeller have announced the completion of the final version of the Earth Charter – a global set of moral values which pretends to be acceptable to all regardless of religion or culture. On March 14, the group announced the final version “after eight years of deliberation with more than 100,000 people in 51 countries.” “The document creates an unprecedented ethical and moral framework to guide the conduct and behavior […]

Tuesday February 8, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips JEWISH PHARMACIST FIRED FOR REFUSING TO SELL CONDOMS MIAMI, Florida, Feb 7 (LSN.ca) – In a case that highlights the urgent need for conscience legislation, Pharmacist Hillel Hellinger, a Hassidic Jew and father of nine, is suing Eckerd Pharmacy for discrimination against his religion since the pharmacy fired him over his refusal to sell condoms, an action that would violate his religious beliefs. “Condoms are not supposed to be used by a Jewish man because the sperm has to enter the woman. In the Jewish court of law you […]

Friday June 4, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips ATHEISTS WANT GOD TO BE REMOVED FROM CANADA’S CONSTITUTION OTTAWA, June 4 (LSN) – Next Tuesday homosexual and euthanasia activist NDP MP Svend Robinson will present a 1,000 name petition in parliament requesting the removal of the reference to God in the preamble of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter currently reads: “Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God.” Behind the move are atheists, many of whom are involved with the Humanist Association of Canada, whose most infamous board member is abortionist […]

Wednesday October 4, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PHILIPPINE BISHOPS VOW EXCOMMUNICATION FOR RU-486 Philippines May Legalize abortion pill MANILLA, Oct 4 (LSN.ca) – The Philippines, the mostly Catholic country where protection for the unborn is enshrined in the constitution, may legalize the abortion drug RU-486. The Philippine Daily Inquirer reports today that “Health Secretary Alberto Romualdez was quoted earlier as saying that RU-486 is not an abortive drug”. The paper also states that “He was reported as saying that if the drug’s manufacturer filed for registration with the Bureau of Food and Drugs, the application would […]

Friday February 11, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips STUDY: CONDOMS HELP TO SPREAD AIDS – Ontario Health Ministry program identified as dangerous – LONDON, Feb 11 (LSN.ca) – A recent study in The Lancet (Jan 29) medical journal reveals that “vigorous condom-promotion policy could increase rather than decrease unprotected sexual exposure if it has the unintended effect of encouraging greater sexual activity.” John Richens, John Imrie and Andrew Copas of the University College London write that “it is hard to show that condom promotion has had any effect on HIV epidemics.” Moreover, the authors note that “increased […]

Sunday July 19, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT APPROVED DESPITE MAJOR VICTORIES, GRAVE CONCERNS REMAIN ROME, July 19 (LSN) Although major victories were obtained by the pro-life/pro-family contingent, there is still cause for grave concern over the July 18 approval of the International Criminal Court. The general concept of the court could potentially bring about a major advance in international justice and that is what the public is hearing about the ICC. Unfortunately, most of its instigators may have radical social change agendas as their first priority for the court. The development, implementation and […]

Tuesday September 26, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips CHINA REINFORCES ONE-CHILD POLICY BEIJING, Sept 26 (LSN.ca) – An editorial in the Communist Party newspaper has called for making the one-child policy permanent. Having officially been a “great success, preventing at least 250 million births since 1980,” the horrendous policy involves forced abortion and economic penalties for those who contravene the law. The People’s Daily, said: “We cannot just be content with the current success, we must make population control a permanent policy”. The BBC reports that there are an estimated 60 million more men in China than […]

Tuesday March 23, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips UN HEAD CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO RWANDAN MASSACRE FIASCO UNITED NATIONS, Mar 23 (LSN) – Two months after Belgian political leaders blamed UN leader Kofi Annan for the Rwandan genocide costing over 800,000 lives, Annan has called for a full inquiry into the matter. The National Post reports today that the UN Secretary General is “promising to surrender all documents, internal memos, and cables.” As the Rwandan crisis began to unfold, Canadian General and leader of the UN forces in Rwanda, Romeo Dallaire, discovered information on planned massacres in […]

Friday February 12, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION RAMPANT IN AMERICA CHICAGO, Feb 12 (LSN) – In a hard hitting column by Dr. Judith Reisman, the “Sexual Dysfunction Survey” reported in the February 10, 1999, Journal of the American Medical Association, is cut to shreds. The authors of the study blame America’s rampant sexual dysfunction on stress, lack of time, job pressures and money trouble but Reisman points the finger at the sex revolution initiated by the father of sex researchers Alfred Kinsey. The researchers, looking to explain the explosion in the Viagara market, said […]

Tuesday February 27, 2001 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips An Interview with Expert: The Truth About Stem Cells The following interview, reprinted with the permission of National Review magazine, responds to the letter by 80 nobel laureates encouraging President Bush to continue the funding of destructive embryonic stem cell research. Dr. David Prentice demolishes the arguments in the letter to Bush and provides compelling evidence that embryonic stem cell research is illegal, immoral and unnecessary. Dr. Prentice emphasizes that easily and ethically obtainable adult stem cells have already shown much more promise than embryonic cells. Vested research interests […]

Wednesday March 22, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips THE WAR AGAINST LIFE DYNAMICS HAS BEGUN DENTON, TX, (LSN.ca) – Life Dynamics Inc. (LDI), the Texas pro-life group that was responsible for uncovering the ghoulish and illegal baby parts market is under severe attack by abortion supporters and their media allies. Abortion groups are following a classic guilty defensive strategy of targeting and undermining the credibility of the messenger of the bad news in order to divert attention away from honest examination of Life Dynamic’s discovery. They are suggesting that LDI was using illegal tactics to gather their […]

Friday December 18, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips WRONGFUL BIRTH SUITS IN CANADA OTTAWA, Dec 18 (LSN) A growing number of women who regret having disabled children are launching “wrongful birth” suits against their doctors. Several of these cases were outlined in an article in this week’s Canadian Medical Post. The success of the suits, which penalize doctors for ostensibly failing to encourage genetic testing, or amniocentesis, is very disturbing both in terms of its implications for pro- life doctors and in terms of what it says about our society’s recognition of the responsibility of parents. Many […]

Wednesday January 13, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips ABORTIONIST AND ABORTUARY ADMINISTRATOR INDICTED PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan 13 (LSN) Abortionist John Biskind and abortuary administrator Carol Stuart of the now closed A-Z Women’s Center were indicted on manslaughter charges Monday in the death of a former patient. Last March, LouAnne Herron, a mother whose child Biskind aborted, bled to death after Biskind punctured her uterus during the procedure. State health officials revealed that the victim was not given emergency medical attention for three hours after the abortion and that Biskind had left the abortuary in spite of her […]

Wednesday April 8, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips IN VITRO FERTILIZATION CAUSES GENETIC ABNORMALITIES NEW YORK, Apr 8 (LSN) – The March 24 issue of USA Today reported yet another finding of genetic abnormalities resulting from the practice of in vitro fertilization. At a meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, experts in the field noted that one of the techniques used in the IVF procedure, called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), is suspected of causing infertility, and increasing the chances of cystic fibrosis and cancer, in children conceived by the method. Apparently, the technological means of […]

Wednesday February 17, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips THE MONEY BEHIND THE RIGHT-TO-DIE WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 17 (LSN) The January Foundation Watch report of the Capital Research Center exposes some of the major donors pushing the pro-death movement in the US. Patrick Reilly, author of the study, reveals that millions of dollars are pumped into the movement by prominent foundations such as the Columbia Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, the Walter & Elise Haas Fund and George Soros’ Open Society Institute. The leading funder of advocates for physician- assisted suicide, though, is the San Francisco-based Wallace Alexander Gerbode […]

Wednesday May 31, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips INTERNATIONAL HOMOSEXUAL MOVEMENT AND THE UN NEW YORK, May 31 (LSN.ca) – The International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), based in Brussels, Belgium is pushing for the United Nations to implement an additional UN Charter just for homosexuals. The World Congress for Families reported last week that the group has outlined a 15-year strategic plan to “eliminate all discrimination and oppression against LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual] people by he year 2015 everywhere on this planet.” One of the components in the plan involves the UN adopting a […]

Thursday September 3, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips UN KANGAROO COURT DIVERTS BLAME FROM UN LEADERSHIP FOR RWANDAN GENOCIDE ARUSHA, United Republic of Tanzania, Sept 3 (LSN) – In yesterday’s landmark ruling on the Rwandan genocide by the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the court made the first ever finding of guilt by convicting former village Mayor Jean-Paul Akayesu of the crime of genocide. Akayesu’s trial was a vivid example of the UN’s attempt to shift blame for the deaths of 800,000 Rwandans to anyone but itself. The responsibility of the UN for allowing the massacre […]

Friday October 22, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PRIVACY IN PERIL IN CANADA OTTAWA, Oct 22 (LSN.ca) – While some may dismiss concerns over privacy as exaggerated, Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Bruce Phillip doesn’t agree. In his annual report released this week, Phillip warns Canadians “not to surrender their privacy and freedom in exchange for speed, convenience and exaggerated claims of protecting personal safety.” Alarmingly he asks, “Is the beginning of a new millennium to signal the ending of the right to a private life?” Fulfilling his prediction, in the same week, the throne speech by the Ontario […]

Dear Readers,   The volatile Canadian political solution has been at least temporarily defused much to the relief of a frightened Canadian public. What this all means, if anything, for desperately needed greater protection for life and family and conscience and religious freedoms, remains to be seen.   On two stories yesterday there was essential contact info missing.  The story on the positive review for the homosexual propaganda film by the official movie reviewer for the US Bishops was missing contact info for Vatican authorities; and the story on the dissent on life and family by the National Association of […]

Canadians appear to want another election as a best option to the chaos

Said pro-life activists should fight with the spirit of a child, like David, a mere boy, who was able to defeat the giant Goliath

December 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This Christmas give a gift that not only supports the mission of LifeSiteNews but also touches the heart of a loved one.  Donate any amount in the name of a friend, family member or loved one, and we will send them one of three beautiful Christmas cards depicting the birth of Jesus and thanking them for their inspiration. Christmas is an especially important time of the year for the Culture of Life because it is a celebration centred on the birth of a Child!  Mary and Joseph are an example for all in their complete […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SAN FRANCISCO, December 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Niederauer of San Francisco has written a column urging both sides of the same-sex marriage debate to treat their opposition with appropriate respect, reminding them that tolerance is always a “two-way street” and criticized those presuming evil motives in the opposition. “Tolerance, respect, and trust are always two-way streets, and tolerance respect and trust often do not include agreement, or even approval,” said the Archbishop.  “We need to be able to disagree without being disagreeable. “We need to stop talking as if we are experts on the real motives […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The murder investigation of a Dutch woman who was accused of having killed her late-term unborn child in Spain last year has been dropped, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the central city of Den Bosch. 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 obtained an abortion after the six month gestation limit prescribed by the nation’s abortion code. This was the first case in the Netherlands in which […]

By Hilary White GENEVA, December 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An “inclusive” education means that which respects the rights of parents to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children, a Vatican Cardinal told the U.N.‘s International Conference on Education last week. Citing the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Holy See’s permanent observer at the U.N. offices in Geneva, said, “Educators should remain aware that they carry out their service in cooperation with parents, who are the first ‘educational agency’ and have the priority right and duty to educate their children. This […]

By Kathleen Gilbert BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, December 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood suspended a Bloomington abortion clinic employee after new footage from an undercover camera was released Wednesday showing the staff member deliberately ignoring the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl by a 31-year-old and advising her to seek an abortion in another state to avoid Indiana’s strict parental consent laws. The footage shows Lila Rose, a UCLA student journalist and president of right-to-life advocacy group Live Action, posing as a 13-year-old seeking abortion. In an appointment with a Planned Parenthood nurse, Rose says she has been impregnated by a […]

By Kathleen Gilbert December 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Parents of embryos left over from the assisted reproduction process are torn on what to do with them and many welcome the idea of a “ritual disposal ceremony” to honor their remains, says a new study. “This really turns our moral presumptions on their heads,” says Anne Drapkin Lyerly, MD, an obstetrician/gynecologist and bioethicist at Duke, and lead investigator of the findings that appear online in Fertility & Sterility. As each fertility treatment produces several embryos, most fertility patients choose to freeze extra embryos that were created but not implanted, to use […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LUXEMBOURG, December 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Grand Duke of Luxembourg is set to lose his power to veto laws after he threatened to prevent the passage of a law permitting euthanasia in the tiny European country. As the head of state, Grand Duke Henri has the power to prevent the passage of a law by refusing to sign it, according to the existing constitution.  He stated recently that for “reasons of conscience” he would not be able to sign the proposed law, which would allow doctors to kill their patients under certain circumstances. After his statement provoked […]

Monday September 29, 2008 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Tension Mounts as Australian Doctors Now Threaten Exodus if Mandatory Abortion Law is Passed By Kathleen Gilbert MELBOURNE, September 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A coalition of medical practitioners have warned that the Abortion Law Reform Bill may force conscientious Victoria doctors to relocate or abandon their practice rather than facilitate abortions against their will. The “Doctors in Conscience Against Abortion Bill” coalition, representing more than 100 Victoria doctors, has petitioned Parliament members to reject the current form of the bill scheduled for a final debate in Victoria Parliament’s upper […]

Friday October 26, 2007 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print Claim that Hillary Clinton Presidency is Motive for Huge New Abortion Centers Dominicans Stage Massive Pro-Life Demonstration at National Congress Kansas Supreme Court Ignores Kansas Law and Blocks Tiller Grand Jury Another Major Protest This Saturday at Aurora “Abortion Fortress” 14 Groups Formally Protest Hijacking of UN “Maternal Health” Conference by Abortion Lobby Study: Previous Abortions Linked With Pre-Term Birth and Cerebral Palsy Virginia and Michigan Join to Defend Against Vermont Civil Unions: May go to US Supreme Court Ontario Family Coalition Party Urged […]

Tuesday October 17, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips POPE TELLS CATHOLICS TO VOTE PRO-LIFE ROME, Oct 17 (LSN.ca) – Addressing some 300,000 pilgrims for the Jubilee of Families on Saturday, Pope John Paul II urged Catholics to vote pro-life. He asked that all “people of good will who believe in these (pro-life) values remain united and strong. . . in political selection.” He also pleaded with the families to “defend with all your might family values and respect for human life, right from the moment of conception.” On homosexuality the pope said “No one but parents can […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SAN FRANCISCO, California, December 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Children who spend too much time watching television, playing video games, and surfing the Internet are at an increased risk for a plethora of health problems, concludes a survey of several studies published today. The advocacy group Common Sense Media published the findings after scrutinizing 173 studies since 1980 that offered data on the effects of television, video games, Internet, films, music, and cell phones on children.  The review found that 80% of the studies showed that greater exposure to such media was linked to various health problems, particularly […]

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By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, December 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Chief Lobbyist and Vice President for Governmental Affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) gave an interview to National Public Radio yesterday in which he admitted to shifting on gay “marriage,” voting for Barack Obama and having a marked distaste for Sarah Palin.  Richard Cizik, spokesman for the NAE, which represents 45,000 US churches, told NPR yesterday that he voted for Obama in the Virginia primary but didn’t want to reveal how he voted in the general election.   “I happen to think in the primary he was the best […]

By Kathleen Gilbert ATLANTA, Georgia, December 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Georgian Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss declared victory over opponent Jim Martin in the state’s runoff election, dashing the Democratic Senate’s hopes of securing a filibuster-proof majority of 60 seats. Georgia’s race was one of two in the country, the other in Minnesota, that had been too close to call in the Nov. 4th general elections. A bitter runoff campaign ensued, in which Martin emphasized the economy and Chambliss urged voters not to give free rein to Washington Democrats only one seat away from becoming an unstoppable force. Chambliss had won […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent ROME, December 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican has been attacked for its defence of the natural family and of the countries in which the natural family is still recognised and protected in law. Homosexualist groups and newspaper editorials today attacked the Vatican’s representative to the United Nations, after he said that the Vatican will not support a resolution that purports to “decriminalise” homosexuality. The proposal, put forward by France, is set to be brought to the European Union later this month. While the Vatican, an independent state, is not a part of the EU, […]

Despite movie's scenes of males kissing each other, nudity, and promotion of gay "lifestyle", movie not rated "Morally Offensive"

Friday November 9, 2007 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print US Social Conservatives Criticise Robertson’s Giuliani Endorsement Death-mobiles – Swiss Right-To-Die Group Offers Suicide In A Parked Car Russian Healthcare Ministry Encourages Informed Consent and Abortion Alternatives Republican Nomination Race News Briefs Praise and Criticism of Bush’s Mary Ann Glendon Nomination Teacher Unions Real Reason Utah Parents Lost School Choice Vote Conservatives React Against Pro-Gay ENDA Measure New Study Shows 32% of Homosexuals Have Suffered Abuse by their “Partner” LifeSiteNews.com Newsbytes US Social Conservatives Criticise Robertson’s Giuliani Endorsement One leader calls endorsement “a significant […]

Tuesday October 19, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips UNFPA MEETING JOKES ABOUT AIDS HELPING DEPOPULATION IN AFRICA NEW YORK, Oct 19 (LSN.ca) – The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute reported Friday that at a briefing meeting of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), participants joked that AIDS was helping to do the work of population control in Africa. During the meeting a representative from Marie Stopes International, one of the largest abortion providers in the world, asked jokingly what a “demographer’s approach to AIDS and STDs is since they reduce life expectancy.” A demographer and former […]

Wednesday March 24, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips CHRC ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS EXTREME PRO-GAY BIAS OTTAWA, Mar 24 (LSN) – The 1998 Annual Report of the Canadian Human Rights Commission released yesterday demonstrates that the publicly funded organization harbours an extreme bias in favour of homosexual activism. The section of the report dedicated to “Sexual Orientation” does not even conceal its radical pro-gay advocacy. The section begins, “Substantial progress was made in 1998 to ensure that gay men and lesbians receive full rights under the law,” and continues to list 1998’s pro-homosexual court decisions which have taken […]

Tuesday June 23, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips FRENCH SOCIALISTS PUSH FOR GAY MARRIAGE PERPIGNAN, France, June 23 (LSN) – France’s Socialist-dominated National Assembly agreed last week to move toward legalizing gay marriages, scheduling debates on the issue for October. On Saturday, French President Jacques Chirac condemned the proposal in a speech to the National Union of Family Associations. SHARE THIS STORY: E-mail Print Newsvine Digg Reddit Del.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday January 7, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE LEGAL IN THE NETHERLANDS AMSTERDAM, Jan 7 (LSN) – Two homosexual men made legal history on Monday becoming the first same-sex couple in the country to legally marry. The men were married under new laws which extend full marriage rights except joint adoption to same-sex couples. The new law took effect January 1, 1998. SHARE THIS STORY: E-mail Print Newsvine Digg Reddit Del.icio.us Facebook

Wednesday September 30, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SLAMMED BY AUDITOR GENERAL The Controversial Agency Stands By Its Extremist Agenda OTTAWA, Sept 30 (LSN) – In a report tabled in parliament yesterday, Canada’s Auditor General Denis Desautels exposed abuses of power by the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) and recommended changes. The report notes that “Parliament established the CHRC and the Human Rights Tribunal Panel to resolve complaints about human rights quickly, impartially and expertly.” However, the report documents the miserable failure of the CHRC to uphold this mandate. The auditors observed that […]

Thursday March 22, 2007 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print Vermont House Rejects Assisted Suicide – “Incredible Victory” Says Anti-Euthanasia Leader UK Regulations Barring Religious Schools from Teaching Against Homosexuality Approved More Details on the Proposed Brazil Law to Jail Pastors who Preach Homosexual Activity is Sin German Court Places Custody of Yet Another 5 Homeschooling Children with Government’s Youth Office Study: HIV-positive Practicing Homosexual Men 9000% More Likely to Develop Anal Cancer Federal Judge Strikes Down Law Protecting Children from Porn as Violating Free Speech Mexico City: Catholic, Anglican, Orthodox Church Leaders Unite […]

Wednesday February 16, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PRO-LIFE UBC STUDENTS SUE OVER FREEDOM OF SPEECH VANCOUVER, Feb 26 (LSN.ca) – On Monday, three students at the University of British Columbia filed a lawsuit against the university’s Alma Mater Society (AMS), the UBC student government, and several individual students. The Plaintiffs, Stephanie Gray, Athena Macapagal and Michelle Laroya are all undergraduate students at UBC, and members of the Pro-Life groups “Students For Life” and the “AMS Lifeline Club”. On the morning of November 23rd, 1999, they set up an informational display on abortion that was destroyed by […]

Friday March 26, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips ROCKEFELLER’S PHONY “CATHOLIC” GROUP TRIES TO BOOT VATICAN FROM UN UNITED NATIONS, Mar 26 (LSN) – A group calling itself “Catholics for a Free Choice” (CFFC) has proven to be the furthest from Catholic in attempting to strip the Vatican of its voting status at the UN this week. CFFC is a very low membership front group for a number of powerful anti-Catholic U.S. foundations that vehemently oppose the Catholic Church’s international influence on population- related and moral issues. Through CFFC, the Rockefeller, Ford and Playboy Foundations and International […]

Monday September 28, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PRO-LIFE BUSINESSMAN DEVOTES HIMSELF TO CHARITY Domino’s Pizza Owner Sells Franchise DETROIT, Sept 28 (LSN) – One of the world’s most successful businessmen and supporter of the pro-life movement has retired from business to devote his life to charity. Tom Monaghan, founder of Domino’s Pizza announced his sale of his franchise Friday to a Massachusetts investment firm. SHARE THIS STORY: E-mail Print Newsvine Digg Reddit Del.icio.us Facebook

Monday November 20, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips REPORT: CANADA A HAVEN FOR PEDOPHILES OTTAWA, Nov 20 (LSN.ca) – An international report on child sexual abuse has singled out Canada as a haven for sexual predators of children. The report released today by the committee to End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking (ECPAT) is taking stock of Canada’s commitments to fight child victimization made at the World Conference on the Sexual Exploitation of Children in Sweden in 1996. The National Post reports that the 178-page report, titled “Looking Back, Thinking Forward,” slams Canada for having one of […]

Monday February 7, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips BIRTH DEFECT REPORTING LEGISLATION PROPOSED HARRISBURG, Feb 7 (LSN.ca) – On January 21, the Pennsylvania March of Dimes called for passage of state legislation to create a state birth defects surveillance program. American Life League notes that the bill “would mandate reporting of conditions relating to birth defects, not only at birth but whenever such problems are detected.” The proposed law cites “average lifetime medical care costs” as a reason for cutting down on birth defects. The bill proposes developing “prevention education and advocacy strategies for reducing the incidence […]

Wednesday July 8, 1998 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips MARCH OF DIMES BOYCOTT URGED AUSTIN, Texas, July 8 (LSN) – In a recent press release by Texas Right to Life of Southeast Texas, the charity organization “March of Dimes” (MOD) is highlighted as pro-abortion and thus not worthy of support from pro-lifers. The release notes the findings of WELS Lutherans for Life who, while acknowledging that MOD does engage in good activities, said that their “investigation” led them to ask pro-lifers to boycott the MOD. The pro-life group found that the MOD established genetic testing centers across the […]

Friday March 24, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES LIBERAL PARTY IS PRO-ABORTION OTTAWA, Mar 24 (LSN.ca) – In his main address to the Liberal Party convention on March 17, Prime Minister Jean Chretien indicated that his party, the Liberal Party of Canada, was pro- abortion. In an all out attack against his opponents on the right, Chretien told 2,600 delegates that “Canadians do not want a right-wing party in this country. They do not want a party that does not support women’s right to choose; that supports the National Rifle Association against gun control.” […]

Friday November 24, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips CANADIAN CATHOLIC LEADERS DECRY CLARK AND CHRETIEN’S “CATHOLIC AND PRO-CHOICE” MOTTO OTTAWA, Nov. 24 (LSN.ca) – Catholic leaders in Canada have spoken out against repeated statements by Progressive Conservative leader Joe Clark and Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien who have proclaimed themselves “Catholic” while at the same time “pro-choice.” On CBC radio’s Canada AM Nov. 20, when Clark was asked if his pro-choice position and Roman Catholic religion were contradictory, he responded: “I am a Roman Catholic, I am pro-choice. … Anyone who knows anything about the Roman Catholic […]

Wednesday May 24, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips ANTI-CATHOLIC GROUP AND THE “SEA CHANGE” OFFSHORE ABORTION CAMPAIGN WASHINGTON, May 24 (LSN.ca) – Catholics for a Free Choice, the pro-abortion, anti-Catholic group funded by the Playboy Foundation and Planned Parenthood, among others, has endorsed a new project attacking life. The group, whose “See Change” campaign aimed to oust the Vatican from its position as a permanent observer at the United Nations, is supporting a project which involves a ship called the “Sea Change” picking up women in countries where abortion is illegal and then aborting their babies on […]

Tuesday July 18, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips TORONTO SCHOOL BOARD IMPLEMENTING AGGRESSIVE HOMOSEXUAL INDOCTRINATION Muslim Families React TORONTO, July 18 (LSN.ca) – Ibrahim El-Sayed, President of the Toronto District Muslim Education Assembly has warned that beginning this Fall, Toronto District School Board (TDSB) will formally enact its “Human Sexuality Program.” The program includes counselling to encourage students in homosexuality and indoctrination of students, teachers and parents via presentations against “heterosexism and homophobia.” The Muslim community feels “very strongly that the TDSB has gone too far by formally promoting and imposing an anti-faith, anti-family, immoral and corrupt […]

Tuesday June 8, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PARLIAMENT TO VOTE TODAY ON DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE OTTAWA, June 8 (LSN) – The federal parliament will vote today on a Reform sponsored motion to restrict the definition of marriage to mean the “union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.” The move comes in reaction to the recent M vs H Supreme Court of Canada decision, which pressures the Ontario government to provide spousal benefits to homosexual couples. The votable motion reads as follows: “That, in the opinion of this House, it is […]

Wednesday April 12, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips HOMOSEXUAL OMNIBUS LEGISLATION PASSES IN CANADA OTTAWA, Apr 12 (LSN.ca) – The federal government’s homosexual omnibus legislation which affords homosexual unions near legal equality with marriage passed the House of Commons yesterday with a vote of 174-72. Although not granted a free vote on the bill, 17 Liberals voted against their party. The lawmakers ignored the massive outcry by Canadians with regard to this legislation. The number of petitions, phone calls, emails, letters and faxes received by the House against the legislation was unprecedented. Media coverage on Bill C-23, […]

Thursday September 30, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips U.S GOV’T ADVERTISES ABORTED BABY PARTS FOR RESEARCH WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (LSN) – The web site for the US government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) advertises the availability of aborted baby body parts for research. “Human embryonic and fetal tissues are available from the Central Laboratory for Human Embryology at the University of Washington,” says the “availability of human fetal tissue” guide from the NIH. “The laboratory, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health, can supply tissue from normal or abnormal embryos and fetuses of desired gestational […]

Friday July 9, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION USED TO HARVEST BABY PARTS DENTON, Texas, July 9 (LSN) – The pro-life group Life Decisions International (LDI) is producing a provoking set of videos on the most controversial topics related to the abortion issue. In the first of the “LifeTalk” series, LDI president Mark Crutcher asserts that partial-birth abortion is so ardently protected as the late-term abortion method of choice because (with the exception of the brain) it preserves the body parts intact so that they can be sold. The first tape contains an interview with […]

Monday May 15, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips HELMS SLAMS ANTI-MOTHER UN ‘WOMEN’S’ CONVENTION WASHINGTON, May 15 (LSN.ca) – Last Thursday, in honour of Mother’s Day Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jesse Helms introduced a resolution opposing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) whose governing body has opposed Mother’s Day. Helms said, “earlier this year, one such committee solemnly warned the nation Belarus that there was great ‘concern [over] the continuing prevalence of such [stereotypical] symbols as a Mother’s Day.’ The nation Armenia was lectured about the need to ‘combat […]

Monday March 14, 2005 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Terri Schiavo May Die Because of Country’s “Short Attention Span” Virginia Students Discover Florida locals “sick and tired of hearing about the whole thing” by John Jalsevac for LifeSiteNews.com On a chilly Friday March 11 at 9:30pm, I, along with twenty of my school-mates from Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia, boarded a chartered bus to join twenty members of the Baltimore-based organization Defend Life. Our general destination was Tampa Florida; but this particular journey to the sunny state was no vacation. Our specific destination was Woodside Hospice, where […]

Friday August 4, 2006 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Irish Lesbians Using Canadian “Marriage” to Impose Same-Sex “Marriage” on Ireland By Peter J. Smith DUBLIN, August 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A court hearing has been set for two Irish women who are attempting to force the Irish government to recognize their Canadian same-sex “marriage”. The Irish case comes on the heels of a UK High Court decision that denied a similar petition to a British couple. Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan, both homosexual activists, used Canada’s same-sex “marriage” laws in order to “marry” on September 13, 2003. […]

Friday October 31, 2003 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Statement by Canadian Catholic Conference Head Takes Neutral Stand on Stem Cell Bill CCCB Statement Selectively Quotes Vatican Instructions – Pro-Life Leaders Respond OTTAWA, October 31, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jacques Berthelet, Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil and out-going President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, has issued a statement on the passage by the House of Commons of Bill C-13, An Act Respecting Assisted Human Reproduction. The statement, takes a neutral stand on the legislation saying “we have recognized that there is much in the proposals that could be supported” […]

Monday August 30, 2004 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Maurice Strong’s Yellow Brick Road to Global Governance His emotion-laden, fact-deprived statements are patently false Elizabeth Nickson Originally published Saturday, August 28, 2004 in The National Post Re-published on LifeSiteNews.com with permission of the author Canada’s very own Wizard of Oz made what was billed as “a rare public appearance” on Tuesday night at the University of Victoria. Dr. Maurice Strong, the recipient of more honours than this page has room to list, very much resembles the man who ruled Oz with thunder and lightning machines. He is a […]

Monday January 26, 2004 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Rabbi Yehuda Levin Speech to National March for Life 28 Teveth 5764 / 22 Jan. 2004 “I Have a Dream” Rabbi Yehuda Levin Speech to National March for Life, Washington, D.C., Thursday, January 22, 2004 Three decades ago, in 1973, a decadent Supreme Court, in this city of Washington, D.C., issued a shameful decree—the ROE vs. WADE ruling that empowered the abortion establishment to murder and mutilate tens of millions of G-D’s children in cold blood. Today, 31 years later, ROE vs. WADE is still the law of this […]

Friday February 27, 2004 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Canadian Bishops Conference Undermines Pro-Life Movement Strategy on Stem Cell Bill Explicitly refuses to give politicians direction on the bill OTTAWA, February 26, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In one of the more bitterly disappointing hits for the pro-life movement in Canada, the representative of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), Bishop Terrence Prendergast, told the Senate Committee during final hearings on the deeply flawed stem cell Bill C-6 that the organization was taking a neutral stand on the bill. With all major pro-life groups in Canada arrayed against the […]

Friday October 17, 2003 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print Florida Bishop’s Statement on Euthanasia-Starvation of Terri Schiavo Deplorably Weak Priest Who Blessed Terri Schiavo with Relic of Mother Teresa Hints at Hope for Miracle Belgian Cardinal Holds Press Conference to Slam Curial Cardinal over Statements Against Condoms LifeSite Posts New Page on Federal MPs Voting Records on Life and Family Issues November Campaign Life Coalition News Now on Line World Leader of Anglicans Acknowledges Massive Split Coming Over ‘Gay’ Bishop Canada Seen as Model for Homosexual Activists Worldwide LifeSite NewsBytes Florida Bishop’s Statement […]

Wednesday March 20, 2002 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print COMMITMENT TO VOTING ON SECOND BALLOT WILL WIN ONTARIO PC LEADERSHIP MEDIA CIRCUS OVER CATHOLIC SCHOOL BANNING STUDENT’S HOMOSEXUAL DANCE PARTNER PAMPHLET PURPORTING TO SUPPORT FLAHERTY LIKELY AN ANTI-FLAHERTY PLANT FOCUS ON THE FAMILY GIVES FACTS ON HOMOSEXUAL ADOPTIONS EVEN SOME PRO-ABORTION GROUPS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HUMAN EMBRYO CLONING OKLAHOMA HOUSE PASSES LEGISLATION ALLOWING ABORTIONISTS TO BE SUED FOR LACK OF INFO LIFESITE NEWSBYTES US NEWS ROUNDUP COMMITMENT TO VOTING ON SECOND BALLOT WILL WIN ONTARIO PC LEADERSHIP Voting Day Details Announced TORONTO, March […]

Wednesday May 21, 2003 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips The Arthritis Society Position on Stem Cell Research Position on Stem Cell Research The Arthritis Society follows the Canadian law and abides by all federal legislation governing the funding of medical research. The federal legislation on stem cell research incorporates the funding guidelines issued by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canada’s major federal funding agency for health research. All federally-funded researchers and medical schools in Canada are monitored by rules set down by medical ethics committees. This includes all research funded by The Arthritis Society. The Arthritis Society […]

Thursday October 23, 2003 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Ontario Premier McGuinty Appoints Homosexual Activist as Health Minister TORONTO, October 23, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and his Liberal cabinet were sworn in today. Among his roster of cabinet members, highly controversial homosexual activist and pro-abortion MPP George Smitherman was appointed Health Minister. Smitherman’s background is so outrageous that his participation in Gay Pride parades and his public advocacy (already in 2000) of homosexual marriage pales in comparison. The Toronto Sun reported in October 1999 that Smitherman protested a Toronto public-health department request for the John’s […]

Dear Sirs, You are to be congratulated on your excellent site. I have only read you for a month and am very pleased by what I see. I only hope you are in every Chancellery Office in North America and beyond and The Vatican. Regards and Prayers  Michael O’Neill  Kanata Ontario ____________________________________ RE: Final Comment on Broken Window Serieshttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112812.html I see the list of Broken Windows and there are many more. But, to fix them the regulations in the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM), and others have to be enforced. Rome, the Bishops, and the Priests talk about […]

By John-Henry Westen and Steve Jalsevac   TORONTO, December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pending massive political shakeup in Canada next Monday, when the three opposition parties – the Liberals, the NDP and the Bloc – will attempt to bring down the just recently re-elected Conservative minority Government and form a coalition government is an alarming proposal, according to Jim Hughes, the National President of Campaign Life Coalition, the political arm of the pro-life movement in Canada.  “In terms of life and family, the coalition of the three stooges, as it is being referred to, is a very, very scary […]

Article says dangerous suction abortions violate international code of research ethics

By Kathleen Gilbert ST. LOUIS, Missouri, December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When protesters took to the streets in a nationwide rally against California’s true marriage amendment, Proposition 8, students from Saint Louis University (SLU), a Jesuit-run school, joined about 1,400 others gathered on the steps of the St. Louis courthouse. Emma Obata, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said she joined the protest “because I support gay marriage, and I don’t think hate should be encoded into law,” reports the school’s online newspaper.  Several dozen SLU students bolstered the crammed crowd of protesters waving signs and cheering […]

By Kathleen Gilbert ARLINGTON, Virginia, December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Paul Loverde of the diocese of Arlington weighed in on the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) last week, saying that if he oversaw a Catholic hospital he would neither close the facility nor allow it to perform abortions if FOCA were to become law. Though there are currently no Catholic hospitals in the Arlington diocese, the bishop spoke defiantly against FOCA, which would force all health care providers to procure abortions at any stage of development, regardless of their moral or religious objection. “I would say, ‘Yeah, I’m not […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski RIVERSIDE, California, December 2, 2008 (LIfeSiteNews.com) – Franklin Graham, the son of evangelical leader Billy Graham, stated that “abortion is murder” while preaching on Sunday evening at the Harvest Christian Fellowship megachurch of Southern California evangelist Greg Laurie. Graham opened his remarks by telling his audience that “we’ve been crippled by sin,” echoing his father’s statement that “the spiritual condition of man is at the root of the abortion issue. … It is sin that produces the problem of most unwanted pregnancies, as well as the misbelief that women have a “right” to take the lives […]

December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At their Friday, November 28, Board of Director’s meeting, Lakehead University Student Union (LUSU) voted to adopt an amendment to the student union constitution adding a broad range of restrictions applying only to religious and political clubs (New Policy 2B).   The new restrictions include but are not limited to:   – “Campaigns must be positive in nature and cannot slander the opposing stance of the campaign.”  – “All material for solicitation must be stamped and approved by LUSU before being distributed.”  – “No club shall have either ‘LUSU’ or ‘Lakehead University Student Union’ within their […]

By Hilary White LONDON, December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Peter Tatchell, the founder of a homosexualist activist group that has specialised in disrupting Catholic Masses, has praised a document produced by the English Catholic Bishops for its “sensitivity” on homosexuality. Speaking on behalf of his organization, OutRage!, Tatchell said the pamphlet by the Marriage and Family Life Project Office of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, “challenges” the “outdated, bigoted attitudes” of the Vatican about homosexuality. Tatchell said the pamphlet’s “sympathetic, understanding message is a big improvement on the stern, uncompromising homophobia of most Vatican pronouncements on homosexuality. “It […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent ROME, December, 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the most important institutions of higher learning in the Catholic world will host Cherie Blair, the adamantly pro-abortion wife of former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, later this month. The Social Sciences faculty of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, known popularly as the Angelicum, is hosting Mrs. Blair at a conference on women’s rights on December 12. Cherie Blair, known professionally as Cherie Booth QC, is a barrister and popular speaker; she is also one of the most prominent of those public figures […]

"I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the President, and I have been affected by people's prayers a lot," he said.

Bugarin to be sentenced for illegal abortions in January when she faces up to 10 years in jail

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman PARIS, France, December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The author of France’s “right to die” law, physician and parliamentarian Jean Lonetti, has denounced the clamor to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in a new book, noting that most people seek to end their lives due to untreated pain and isolation. The solution, he suggests, is to properly resolve the causes of the patient’s existential distress, rather than to assist in his death. The book, “At the Light of Dusk: Accounts and Impressions of the End of Life,” argues that recent high-profile cases of individuals seeking assisted suicide […]

 NATICK, MA, December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Gerard Health Foundation earlier in November announced the winners of its inaugural Life Prizes award, granted to six individuals or groups that have made unsurpassed strides in preserving and upholding the sanctity of human life.  The winners demonstrated their leadership and progress in pro-life achievements through public advocacy, scientific research, legal action, outreach and public discourse activities. The first award of its kind, Life Prizes is overseen by Executive Director Cathy Ruse, who worked in conjunction with members of the Selection Advisory Committee to evaluate the more than 100 nominations submitted to […]

Thursday November 23, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips BUBBLE ZONE LAW RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON, Nov 23 (LSN.ca) – On Monday U.S. District Judge Edward F. Harrington ruled that a recent Massachusetts state law creating a “buffer zone” around abortuaries is unconstitutional since it infringes free speech. The law which went into effect Nov. 10 forbade pro-lifers to come within six feet of patients without their consent when they are within 18 feet of an abortion centre’s entrance. Pro-life lawyer Thomas M. Harvey argued that “Within the zone, workers at the clinic were free to persuade […]

Wednesday September 6, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips CONDOM-RESISTANT HPV EPIDEMIC IN ONTARIO TORONTO, Sept 6 (LSN.ca) – The human papillomavirus, responsible for 90% of all cases of cervical cancer in women, has reached epidemic proportions in Ontario with nearly one in four women 15-24 being infected and one in five teens from 15 to 19 years of age. A study, published in yesterday’s issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal notes that of the 995 women tested, the prevalence rate dropped drastically for older women so that only 3.4 percent of women 45 to 49 years […]

Tuesday November 14, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips RU-486 TO HIT U.S. MARKET THIS WEEK Colleges Refusing to Order RU-486 WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (LSN.ca) – Danco Laboratories is expected to begin shipping the abortion drug RU-486 under the name of Mifeprex to abortionists this week. The Wall Street Journal reports today that the Rockefeller-backed Danco has set the price of the three-pill abortion at $270 (US) which does not include the cost of misoprostol (needed to expel the baby killed by mifepristone), nor the cost of abortionists’ fees, counselling fees or other expenses. Not surprisingly, most orders […]

Wednesday January 30, 2008 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print Christian Photographer Hauled before Commission for Refusing Same-Sex Job “One who is unable to live without sex, in the end, becomes a slave”: Italian Soccer Superstar UK Government Education Guidelines: Don’t use terms “Mom” and “Dad” Spain’s “Conservative” Party Offers Weak Resistance to Socialist Anti-Family Policies University Students Protest Morgentaler Decision on Parliament Hill Hay-Bale and Cross Monument to the Unborn Erected in Southern Alberta Catholic University Extols Pro-Abortion Alumnus Nancy Pelosi Canada’s Abortion Community out in Force for 20th Anniversary March for Life […]

Wednesday June 23, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips UN ORDERS CHILE TO PROVIDE ABORTION AND DIVORCE UNITED NATIONS, June 23 (LSN) – Yesterday, the UN’s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women completed its review of Chile’s compliance with the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The UN complained bitterly that Chile did not offer legal abortion or divorce and demanded that laws “must” be changed. The UN used its familiar tactic of arguing abortions must be legalized or else unsafe abortions done in secret will hurt and even kill […]

Wednesday June 2, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips QUEBEC TO PAY FOR ANTI-NATALISM MONTREAL, June 2 (LSN) – With the highest rate of abortion and the lowest birth rate in Canada, the province of Quebec is dwindling quickly in its share of the Canadian population. According to a Radio-Canada documentary yesterday, statistics supported by two Quebec government agencies indicate that Quebec’s share of the Canadian population has gone from 34% at Confederation to 24% today, with a projection that it will drop to 19% by 2050. For more see the National Post at: https://www.nationalpost.com/news.asp?f=990602/2670027 SHARE THIS STORY: […]

Monday November 24, 2003 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Questions to Ask Cord Blood Storage Companies to Ensure First Class Service By Dr. Peter Hollands, PhD in Stem Cell Biology When choosing an umbilical cord blood storage company it is important to ask some critical questions. Many new banks are being established at the moment and many do not have the necessary background or expertise to provide a first class service. The questions which any client should ask a potential cord blood bank are: How long has the company been established? Can you visit the bank on request […]

Thursday June 26, 2003 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Sodomy Law Gay Activist Anti-Catholic Lawyer Awarded With Top Ontario Judge Position Abortion Boat Continues On Its Destructive Mission Against Pro-Life Poland Unborn Florida Child Will Be Allowed to Live Eves Tories Restore Education Tax Credit Louisiana Legislators Fail to Pass Cloning Ban Convicted Vancouver Pedophile Granted Full Parole Republicans Move to Override Democratic Blocking of Bush Nominations. LifeSite Newsbytes U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Sodomy Law Judges accused of undermining democratic process WASHINGTON, June 26, 2003 […]

Tuesday July 15, 2008 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Bush Administration Seeks to Forbid Federal Aid Discrimination against Pro-Life Health Care Professionals By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., July 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Bush Administration has proposed new rules to guarantee that all recipients of federal aid under federal health programs will not discriminate against hiring doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals who have moral objections to abortion and abortifacient birth control according to a report by the New York Times. The proposed regulations would require that hospitals, clinics, researchers, and medical schools sign “written certifications” […]

Thursday December 21, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips “UN KNOWS THAT IT’S DOING THE DEVIL’S WORK AND IS PROUD OF IT” UN Chief Annan Lauds The Leading Lady Of Population Control UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21, 2000 (LSN.ca) – Yesterday, at a farewell event for Nafis Sadik, the outgoing head of the UN’s population control arm, UNFPA, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, praised Sadik for her promotion of population control around the world. “You have done more than anyone to bring about a radical change in the way the world sees population issues. … You have ensured that they […]

Wednesday September 20, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PROFIT TRIUMPHS OVER PRINCIPLES IN US-CHINA TRADE AGREEMENT WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (LSN.ca) – After 20 years of consideration the US has agreed to permanently normalize trade ties with China without requiring China to cease its substantial human rights abuses and religious persecution. Just days after reports that Chinese family planning officials had drowned a live baby to enforce the country’s one-child policy, and reports that Catholic bishops and priests were arrested, the US Senate voted Tuesday 83-15 to approve the trade measure. The decision was hailed by President Bill […]

Monday March 1, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips CLINTON ADMINISTRATION PANDERS TO CHINA Damning Human Rights Report of no Consequence WASHINGTON, Mar 1 (LSN) U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright assured Chinese leaders today that any criticism coming from the U.S. regarding China’s deplorable human rights record would have no effect on trade negotiations with the country. A new report released by the U.S. State Department is damning to China, and is expected to be a key resource for Americans demanding condemnation of China regardless of its trade implications. Adding to the pressure against the White House […]

Wednesday June 28, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips BISHOP EXPLAINS LIMITS OF CCCB ENDORSEMENT OF MARCH OF WOMEN Ontario CWL spiritual director critical of march and asks that will of grassroots be heeded. TORONTO, June 28 (LSN.ca) – Bishop Nicola De Angelis, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Toronto and Spiritual Advisor for the Catholic Women’s League (CWL) of Ontario, has issued a letter on the March of Women. It clarifies the endorsement of the March by the executive of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) pointing out that “the CCCB Executive and the Conferences of […]

Thursday August 12, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION BLASTED FOR EUTHANASIA LONDON, Aug 12 (LSN) – A group of over 6,000 doctors are set to launch a group called the Medical Ethics Alliance in protest of new guidelines the British Medical Association issued in June which permit the refusal of food and water to patients. The guidelines which have allowed the withdrawal of medical treatments when doctors deem treatment futile have now included nutrition and hydration as treatments subject to withdrawal. According to The Times the new guidelines “effectively dispense with the need forcourt […]

* 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. Bishop takes his place on the national stage with his staunch anti-abortion stance  https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2008/11/30/news/sc_times_trib.20081130.a.pg1.tt30bishop_s1.2128055_top2.txt   YWCA Supports Freedom of Choice Act  https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=40002   Jindal May Prove To be Republicans’ Version of Obama. “The question is not whether he’ll be president, but when he’ll be president, because he will be elected someday.” Rush Limbaugh has described him as “the next Ronald Reagan.”   https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/29/AR2008112901777.html   NOW CNN Warns That we ‘Barely Know’ […]

Bishop Martino credited for fact Pennsylvania Catholics did not vote for Obama as they did nationally

Fr.Louis DiRocco was pro-life lobbyist at United Nations for number of years

Many thanks to you for your unbiased and truth based news reporting.   Reading your articles has been such an educational and eye-opening experience.  May God bless all of you working for this pro-life news service.  You are the Drudge Report of the pro-life network.   Mary Twomey – Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA  ____________________________________ RE: The Broken Windows in the US Catholic Churchhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/081128a.html I believe that part of the reason for the Catholic Church’s failure to lead is a direct result of the bad publicity the church has received in recent years by the revelation of all the charges of molestation […]

Lawyer says Attorney General and Dept of Justice taking an "aggressive "position" and "unusual step"

By Kathleen Gilbert MODESTO, California, December 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A California priest has garnered international attention and strong praise for pointing out the moral peril of Catholics who voted for President-elect Barack Obama despite being aware of his agenda to aggressively promote abortion. “If you are one of the 54 percent of Catholics who voted for a pro-abortion candidate, you were clear on his position, and you knew the gravity of the question, I urge you to go to confession before receiving communion,” wrote Fr. Joseph Illo, pastor of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in the Stockton diocese, in a […]

By Kathleen Gilbert COPENHAGEN, December 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thanks to more aggressive guidelines for prenatal Down syndrome screening, the number of Down’s infants who survive the womb in Denmark has been reduced by almost half, according to a population-based cohort study published in the online British Medical Journal. While 55 Down’s children were born in the country in 2000, the study found that number fell to 31 in 2005 and 32 in 2006.   The number of Danish children prenatally diagnosed with the condition rose by 30% in the year after the new guidelines for prenatal screening and diagnosis were […]

"Today someone who dares to speak the truth about homosexuality will lose his job. Tomorrow he will likely see prison, fines and other draconian penalties imposed."

Commentary by Judie Brown December 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – I couldn’t believe the e-mail that I recently received from a pro-life friend living in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She told me about a letter written by a nun to the archdiocese. My friend told me she was “disturbed” to read this letter. She said, “I cannot fathom how a religious sister could not only advocate abortion, but also place her pathetic, misguided ideas into print! What a disgrace! And why would our archdiocesan newspaper even print such garbage?” The Milwaukee archdiocese published this letter in its newspaper, The Catholic […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SEOUL, South Korea, December 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A ruling by the Seoul Western District Court ordering doctors to remove life support, including feeding tubes, from a comatose woman has ignited controversy in Korea over whether the ruling will lead to assisted suicide and euthanasia. This ruling is reportedly the first of its kind in Korea, where current law bans any form of assisted suicide. According to The Korea Times, in a similar 1997 case a family was convicted of murder for having assisted in the removal of a ventilator from a patient. The case involves a […]

 By Hilary White December 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The EU’s patent office has ruled that under the provisions of the European Patent Convention (EPC), it cannot offer a patent for the so-called “WARF/Thomson stem cell application” on the grounds that it would involve the destruction of human embryos. The application is for a method for obtaining embryonic stem cell cultures from primates, including humans, and was filed by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) in 1995. The patent office board of appeal ruled that it is not possible to grant a patent for an invention which necessarily involves the use […]

DUNEDIN, New Zealand, December 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Women who have an abortion face a 30% increase in the risk of developing common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, according to a new study from the University of Otago, Christchurch. The study, led by Dr. David Fergusson and funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand, was published in the December issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.  The conditions most associated with abortion included anxiety disorders and substance use. In contrast, none of the other pregnancy outcomes was consistently related to significantly increased risks of mental […]

By Hilary White December 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An ad campaign in the latest catalogue by the Swedish furniture giant, IKEA, purporting to depict “modern” life, includes twelve portraits of “families” that promote a “new model of living together.” Among these is the domestic arrangement of “Ian” and “Steve,” under the slogan, “the family is … two sister souls.” “Ian and Steve,” the ad says, have no intention of having children, but enjoy their “command centre” IKEA kitchen and herb garden. The catalogue, says a pro-family Christian group, “promotes the extreme ideology of homosexual activists.” Fronda, a Catholic magazine, is […]

Friday December 15, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SUPREME COURT UNDERMINES CANADIAN OBSCENITY LAW OTTAWA, Dec 15, 2000 (LSN.ca) – The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of a bookstore catering to homosexuals whose owners complained of being discriminated against by customs officials. The store’s imported obscene material was confiscated at the border. In the Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada ruling, issued this morning, the court sidestepped the issue of the obscenity law, but did say that the enforcement of the law by custom officials was problematic. They ruled that the onus […]

Friday July 29, 2005 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Czech Abortions at Lowest Rate Ever PRAGUE, July 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Czech Republic’s statistical office has released a report indicating that the country’s abortion rate has fallen to the lowest level ever documented – even less than in 1958, when the practice was first legalized under Soviet communism. The 27,574 abortions committed in the Czech Republic last year represent the lowest number for any former Soviet block country. In the early 1990s, as many as one in three unborn children were killed through abortion. The abortion rate […]

Friday April 23, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips GOV’T MAY PRESSURE CANADIANS TO DONATE THEIR ORGANS OTTAWA, Apr 23 (LSN) – Yesterday in the House of Commons, the Standing Committee on Health tabled a report entitled Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation: A Canadian Approach. The report contained startling recommendations implying that pressure may be exerted on Canadians to donate their organs. Eric Sorenson reported on CBC’s The National yesterday that the “parliamentary committee proposed a three million dollar federal secretariat to work with the provinces.” The aims of the proposals are: i) To better educate the […]

Thursday May 31, 2007 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips British Catholic Schools Targetted For Refusing to Implement School “anti-homophobic” Bullying Policies Prominent gay activist group says “Catholic Church should be stripped of its educational establishments” By Hilary White Catholic schools in Britain are under attack by the government at the urging of homosexual lobbyists for refusing to bow to pressure to implement “anti-homophobic” bullying policies in schools. A report by a Commons Select Committee to the Department for Education and Skills singles out Catholic schools for refusing to implement regulations. Education Secretary Alan Johnson told gay activists that […]

Wednesday November 19, 1997 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips COMMONS VOTES TO END RELIGIOUS SCHOOLING IN QUEBEC OTTAWA, Nov 19 (LSN) – As expected, the House of Commons voted yesterday 204-59 in favour of stripping Quebec Pentecostals and Catholics of their constitutionally guaranteed minority rights to religious education. The bill will now head to the Senate where it will hopefully be delayed indefinitely. It is sad to note that one of the only issues on which the Federal government and that of Quebec could agree was to deny the minority rights of Christians in Quebec. To check out […]

Thursday December 18, 1997 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SENATE APPROVES STOPPING RELIGIOUS SCHOOLING IN QUEBEC OTTAWA, Dec 18 (LSN) – On Monday, the Senate voted 51-17 to approve a constitutional amendment requested by the Quebec-separatist government to deprive Christian parents of the constitutionally guaranteed right to religious schooling. With its approval, linguistic boards will replace religiously-based school boards. Senator Anne Cools described the action as “the extinction of constitutional rights to denominational education.” Speaking in the Senate chambers Senator Cools told her colleagues that she objected to “this collaboration with a separatist provincial government to extinguish minority […]

Thursday December 11, 1997 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips CANADIAN DOCTOR DEFENDS LIFE IN MEDICAL POST TORONTO, Dec 11 (LSN) – Dr. W. André Lafrance of Ottawa, wrote a splendid defence of life in the Medical Post, a publication for physicians based in Toronto. Starting off powerfully, Dr. Lanfrance said, “while many in the pro-abortion camp find it convenient to leave considerations about the fetus out of any discussion on abortion, it is most disappointing to see a member of the medical profession doing likewise. What excuse can a physician offer for not taking into account this passage […]