Articles for Month: January 2009

Exclusive Interview: Leading Vatican Prelate Says Document of US Bishops Partly to Blame for Election of “Most Pro-Abortion President”https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jan/09012805.html Dear editor, I just read yet another outstanding LifeSiteNews article, on Archbishop Burke and his entirely well-founded criticism of “Faithful Citizenship.” Words cannot adequately express how continually edified I am by your outstanding work. Thank you. Frank HannonMelrose, MA ____________________________________ Dear Sir: After hearing the comments of Madam Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, concerning the economic stimulus package, I think she needs to be ex-communicated from the Roman Catholic Church. She said, “We need to spend hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to […]

Irondale, AL, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-life ad NBC refused to air during the Super Bowl can instead be seen on EWTN Global Catholic Network this Sunday Feb. 1, beginning at 5:30 p.m. ET and continuing through midnight ET. The ad, sponsored by Fidelis and catholicvote.com, centers around the theme: “Life: Imagine the Potential.” It shows an ultrasound of an unborn child, and then the words: “This child’s future is a broken home. He will be abandoned by his father, his single mother will struggle to raise him. Despite the hardships he will endure. This child will become the […]

By John-Henry Westen TAMPA, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Super Bowl XLIII has a tie in to the pro-life movement as one of the members of the Rooney family, which owns the Pittsburgh Steelers, is heavily involved in pro-life activism through the Thomas More Law Center in Ann Arbor Michigan.  Brian Rooney, the Law Center’s Director of Communications and Development, is also a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers Board of Directors. Brian Rooney commented on Art Rooney Sr., the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers saying: “My grandfather, Art Rooney, went to church service everyday – no matter where he was or how […]

By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent statement from the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) supporting the inclusion of open homosexuals in the military admits that the medical group’s position on homosexuality is guided by an impetus for social action, rather than medical or scientific data. “Though it’s not widely known, psychoanalysts as a professional group are proactive on a number of social issues including homosexuality,” began a press release from the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), detailing their new “position statement” regarding homosexuals serving in the military. The statement goes on to affirm that the APsaA […]

Says the movement must never stop trying to overturn Roe v Wade

Editorial by John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To me, one of the most startling things about this year’s March for Life in Washington was the number of pro-life leaders who expressed a real hope that President Barack Obama would convert and become pro-life.  I don’t mean that regular hope that we all retain (especially us converts or reverts) that no one is ever lost completely until death.  I mean a hope with a sprinkle of real optimism. Speaking with EWTN personality Father Benedict Groeschel after the Vigil Mass for the March for Life on January 21, […]

(02/06/09 – Breaking – Abortionist Stripped of Medical License in the Hialeah Baby Murder Casehttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/feb/09020607.html) MIAMI, Fla., January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Tuesday, January 27, 2009, suit was filed by the Thomas More Society in Miami on behalf of Shanice Denise Osbourne, an infant girl who was allegedly murdered in July, 2006. The case claims that Shanice was born alive and then murdered by abortion clinic owner, Belkis Gonzalez. Thirteen defendants (including Gonzalez, abortionist Dr. Pierre Jean-Jacques Renelique and their conglomerate of four South Florida abortion clinics) have been sued for unlicensed and unauthorized medical practice, botched abortions, evasive […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Mexican Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case brought against a pro-life constitutional amendment recently passed by the state of Baja California. The amendment, created in response to attempts by Mexican socialists to legalize abortion on demand nationwide, states that “from the moment in which an individual is conceived, he enters under the protection of the law, and is treated as a born person for all corresponding legal effects, until his natural or non-induced death.” The suit against the amendment is being brought by the president of […]

 By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent Politico column has revealed a potentially scandalous influence of the White House on the media, in the form of a series of informal conversations between White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and ABC’s Chief Washington Correspondent George Stephanopoulos. Politico writer John F. Harris described “what may count as Washington’s longest-running conversation” among four old friends in the Washington political establishment: Emanuel, “This Week” host Stephanopoulos, and popular left-wing pundits James Carville and CNN’s Paul Begala. “In any given news cycle, it is quite likely that Washington’s prevailing […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SPRINGFIELD, NB, January 30, 2009 (LifeSIteNews.com) – Susan Boyd was dismayed when her daughter Julia, a grade 5 student at Belleisle Elementary School, told her she needed help with the lyrics to ‘O Canada’, in preparation for a Canada Day celebration, because “we don’t sing it at school anymore.” Mrs. Boyd said, “I was completely shocked. This is a personal thing for me and my family,” in a Telegraph-Journal report, referring to the importance of the national anthem to the Boyd family, who lost a family member in the service of Canada. Boyd’s nephew, Pte. David […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SPRINGFIELD, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rod Blagojevich, a longtime opponent of the pro-life movement and now anathema to the Illinois political establishment, was tossed from the governorship and barred from holding public office in the state by two 59-0 state Senate votes yesterday. Thus ended the political drama of the 52-year-old former governor, who continued to insist on his innocence in the face of damning evidence that he attempted to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat  Former Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn was sworn in as the new governor moments after Blagojevich was ousted. Upon hearing the Senate’s […]

DETROIT, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The following are excerpts from the homily at the January 28 Installation Mass of Archbishop Allen Vigneron. “There are many ways in which this conflict between the true wisdom of the gift of self and the pseudo-wisdom of self-sovereignty are exemplified in our society. I will mention three of those that seem to me among the most lamentable. First, there is the conflict between those who base their decision about a state in life or their selection of a profession on discerning the will of God and those who make these choices on the basis […]

MADISON, WI, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Members of a pro-life coalition announced at a press conference in Madison earlier this week that over 20,000 signatures have been collected from citizens around the state who are opposed to a plan that would result in late second-trimester abortions at the UW-affiliated Madison Surgery Center. “Wisconsin citizens aren’t interested in a UW-affiliated abortion facility, and they are speaking loudly and quickly on this issue,” said Julaine Appling, CEO of Wisconsin Family Council (WFC). The Center is a joint venture of UW Hospital and Clinics, Meriter Hospital and the UW Medical Foundation. Lisa […]

 By Susan Yoshihara NEW YORK, NY, January 30, 2009 (C-FAM) – The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, launched its annual report this week claiming that, “Having a child remains one of the biggest health risks for women worldwide,” and dedicated the 168-page flagship publication to the issue of maternal mortality, virtually ignoring the agency’s mandate of child survival. The report recommends increased global financing of UN initiatives aimed at “family planning” and “reproductive health services” as the primary way to reduce maternal deaths, but also provides extensive evidence that there is no reliable data to substantiate its claims.  Entitled, “The State […]

Column by John Jalsevac January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A few days ago a good friend of mine reminded me of a mildly amusing incident of some middling illustrative power. It happened late one night in Rome. The two of us (for he was my roommate at the time) were drinking cheap brandy in our room at the Christian Brothers monastery on the outskirts of the city, and writing. During our three month stay in the Eternal City we had agreed to each write a biweekly column for our college newspaper about our experiences. Usually we procrastinated until the last […]

 By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman ASUNCION, PARAGUAY, January 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which cooperates with China’s system of forced abortions as a means of population control, is celebrating the pending renewal of funding by the Obama Administration. Under the administration of George Bush, the UNFPA was denied funds under the Mexico City Policy, which excluded overseas abortion providers and referrers from receiving US taxpayer dollars. However, at the same time as he rescinded the Mexico City Policy last week, Obama said that he looked forward to working with Congress to restore […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SANTO DOMINGO, January 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, called President Obama’s decision to fund international abortion providers and lobbyists by repealing the Mexico City Policy a “disgrace for the United States.” Cardinal Rodriguez said it was a “political contradiction” for Mr. Obama “to decide to leave Iraq, where so many people have died, and now give an incentive to death in the United States and the world,” as reported by the Dominican news service Listin Diario. “Mr. Barack Obama is radically mistaken, so hopefully he will have […]

By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, January 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Abortion Federation has launched an appeal to its supporters to take action and call the White House to demand that President Barack Obama restore hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for contraception and abortion.  The funding was cut when Obama responded to severe criticism over the discovery of the handouts to support the abortion industry within the $850 billion economy stimulus package. “We urge you to take action now by calling the White House at 202-456-1111 to express your support for the Medicaid Family Planning State Option,” said […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski TORONTO, January 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The atheist bus ad campaign, started earlier this month in Britain, which promotes the slogan, “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life,” has been approved by the TTC for display in Toronto’s transit system. The Free-Thought Association of Canada won approval yesterday from the Toronto Transit Commission to place its ads on the sides of buses and trolley cars and inside subway cars. A TTC spokesman said that though the ads do not violate any of the TTC’s advertising rules, the decision to approve them could […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WINNIPEG, Manitoba, January 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two lesbians, who are legally “married” in Canada, have filed a complaint against Dr. Kamelia Elias with the Manitoba Human Rights Commission and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba, alleging she discriminated against them for suggesting they find a physician who has experience with homosexuals. Dr. Elias, who practiced medicine in Egypt before coming to Canada, was approached last week by the two women who were looking for a doctor after having moved to Winnipeg from Yellowknife. After discovering that the two were homosexuals, Dr. Elias told […]

By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., January 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced that it would not review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia invalidating the Child Online Protection Act. COPA would have required websites that commercially distribute pornography to take reasonable steps to ensure that minors (defined as children under 17) are unable to access pornographic materials online. The law was passed in 1998, but has been struck down as unconstitutional and never enforced. Morality in Media president Robert Peters criticized the decision. “Today, if a child were to walk into an […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Representatives Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Heath Shuler (D-NC) have drafted a letter to House leaders urging them to retain traditional pro-life provisions in the House’s annual appropriations bill that President Obama has promised to remove. Despite its history of bipartisan support, Obama has made clear his intention to repeal the Hyde amendment as part of his radical pro-abortion agenda. The Hyde amendment is a provision that has been in effect since 1976 that bans taxpayer funding of abortions.  “Members of both parties have expressed strong support for these measures, […]

By John Jalsevac January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Deal Hudson is the director of InsideCatholic.com, director of the Morley Institute for Church & Culture, the former publisher and editor of CRISIS Magazine, a Catholic monthly published in Washington, DC, and the author of seven books. His articles and comments have been published in many newspapers and magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, and the National Review. He served as director of Catholic outreach for George Bush’s 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. He also assisted with presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign. In […]

By Hilary White LONDON, January 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A quarter of UK secondary school teachers have been asked for advice by students on how to obtain an abortion, a recent study has found. 24 percent of secondary school teachers said they had been asked for advice on abortion. 67 percent of those polled said they think information about abortion should be included in the national curriculum on sex education.  The Teachers TV poll of more than 800 teachers and others working in education found that although there was general support for providing students with abortion information, 82 percent believe that […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, South American Correspondent COLIMA, MEXICO, January 29 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Mexican State of Colima has become the latest to reject an initiative by Mexican socialists to legalize abortion, in a 19-1 vote in the state Congress. The representative who formulated the law, Adolfo Nunez Gonzales of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), attributed his loss to the influence of the Catholic faith in the state, which led the liberal Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to vote with the more pro-life National Action Party against the bill. “It’s not a secret for anyone that the Catholic Church […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MADRID, January 29, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After three days of debate, the Spanish Supreme Court has declared that parents do not have the right to opt out of a national civics program that includes indoctrination in homosexualist ideology and other offensive elements. The program, “Education for Citizenship,” teaches children to make a “critical evaluation of the social and sexual division of labor and racist, xenophobic, sexist, and homophobic social prejudices” and instructs teachers to “revise the student’s attitude towards homosexuality.” It was formulated by Spain’s Socialist Worker’s Party, which has held power since 2004. Following the […]

Tuesday January 8, 2008 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Marriage Amendments Getting Ready to Go on Ballot in Four States By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Constitutional amendments protecting traditional marriage as the union of one man, and one woman may soon be poised to go on the ballot in at least four states in this year’s election. Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink reports that voters in Florida, California, Indiana, and Arizona may have the chance to vote on marriage amendments for their state constitutions. For Arizona, it will mean round two in […]

January 28, 2009 (LifeSitenews.com) – On January 23rd, U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order overturning the policy that prohibited US government funding of foreign organizations which promote abortion in less-developed countries. As that news began to reach them, Latin American leaders began to speak out against the decision. Disturbed with President Obama’s undoing of the “Mexico City Policy,” which prohibited US funding for groups trying to promote abortion and change pro-life laws in foreign countries, the president of the Caracas-based Latin American Alliance for the Family (ALAFA), Christine Vollmer, commented, “This is a horrible way for President Obama […]

PARIS, France, January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Between 15 and 20,000 peaceful demonstrators, among which were many young people under the age of 25 and delegations from across Europe, took part in the fifth annual March for Life in Paris on Sunday. The participants began the March at Place de la République at 3p.m. and marched to the Place de la Bastille, behind a banner that read “Europe, defend life!” The sign was held by the leaders of French pro-life organizations and the heads of foreign delegations. The demonstrators chanted slogans such as: “Europe, yes – but the Europe of […]

By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Senate today defeated an amendment, introduced by Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL), that would have restored the Mexico City Policy to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) bill. President Obama rescinded the Mexico City Policy last Friday, January 23, 2009, allowing U.S. international aid dollars to flow to nongovernmental organizations that perform or promote abortions abroad.  “This policy is not about reducing aid,” Martinez said. “It is instead about ensuring that family planning funds are given to organizations dedicated to reducing abortions instead of promoting them.” The Martinez […]

By Kathleen Gilbert ABUJA, January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After Nigeria’s House of Representatives approved a bill banning same-sex “marriage” earlier this month, Amnesty International has joined the chorus of international homosexualist groups putting pressure on the Nigerian government to discard the legislation. The human rights advocacy group issued a joint statement with the Nigerian Bar Association Human Rights Institute, the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch, and unspecified Nigerian nongovernmental organizations, urging Nigeria’s National Assembly to strike down the Same Gender Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2008.  “It is simply unacceptable to single out one group of people to be deprived of the […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just one day after millions of dollars in contraception and abortion handouts in Obama’s nearly $1 trillion economic stimulus package were made public and immediately discarded, news has come to light of another $335 million set aside for condoms and sexually explicit “STD prevention” programs. The Drudge Report headlined the discovery of another chunk of stimulus money headed primarily for promoting sexually-transmitted disease (STD) prevention programs, via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In addition to funding graphic sex-education programs and birth-control methods such as condoms, the CDC […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski GOZO, Malta, January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Whoever does not accept Christ’s teachings should be honest with themselves and excommunicate themselves from the Church,” said Bishop Mario Grech of the diocese of Gozo at a recent meeting of parish priests in this small island off the Maltese coast. Bishop Grech was alluding to a recent decision by openly homosexual political candidate Dr. Ing Patrick Attard, who excommunicated himself from the Catholic Church to protest the Pope’s end of year sermon to senior Church leaders, in which the Holy Father pointed to the fact that the two […]

By Kathleen Gilbert January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Three state legislatures have introduced abortion regulation bills this week, including two requiring ultrasound or sonogram for abortion seekers, and another mandating that abortionists make themselves available for counseling if desired by the mother. Kansas’s Rep. Lance Kinzer introduced legislation on Monday that would require a sonogram and a copy of the sonogram’s image to be made available to women 30 minutes before any abortion is performed.  The woman would also be given a right to listen to the child’s heartbeat if fetal heart monitoring is performed. The bill, which would be […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CORNWALL, Ontario, January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After a complaint from an employee about injecting religion into the workplace, Canada Post in Cornwall has banned the use of the phrase “Merci, Seigneur, pour la belle journee” (Thank you, Lord, for the beautiful day) which mail carriers were used to saying  as they departed for their mail delivery rounds. Orvel Murphy Jr., who has been with the Cornwall office of Canada Post for 35 years, was disciplined by management for using the departure blessing after being instructed not to. “It’s my right to express myself. When do […]

More than 1200 VIPs, students and activists gathered to honor greatest pro-life heroes

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Congressman Chris Smith was joined by Congressmen Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Bart Stupak (D-MI) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), in introducing H.R. 708, aimed at restoring the abortion-neutral Mexico City Policy.  This 25-year old guideline establishes a wall of separation between abortion and family planning by ensuring that U.S. international family planning funds directed to foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) could not be used to actively promote or perform abortion as a method of family planning. This bill would reverse one of the first acts of newly sworn-in President Barack Obama, who quietly issued an […]

By John Jalsevac January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Deal Hudson is the director of InsideCatholic.com, director of the Morley Institute for Church & Culture, the former publisher and editor of CRISIS Magazine, a Catholic monthly published in Washington, DC, and the author of seven books. His articles and comments have been published in many newspapers and magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, and the National Review. He served as director of Catholic outreach for George Bush’s 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. He also assisted with presidential candidate John McCain’s campaign.  In […]

RIVERSIDE, Calif., January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The California Court of Appeal yesterday held that the state’s anti-discrimination laws do not forbid California Lutheran High School from using religious criteria in making admission and discipline decisions.  The parents of two students sued the school because it suspended the teenage girls when they violated the school’s code of conduct by engaging in homosexual behavior. “Christian schools should be able to make admission and discipline decisions consistent with their religious beliefs.  The Court of Appeal’s decision preserves that right for Christian schools in California,” said CLS Litigation Counsel Timothy J. Tracey.  “The […]

MORAGA, CA, January 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former domestic terrorist Bill Ayers will lecture on morality and ethics tonight at Saint Mary’s College of California as part of a series intended to advance the college’s Lasallian Catholic values.  Saint Mary’s College is located near San Francisco and is affiliated with the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a Catholic order of priests founded by St. John Baptist de la Salle.  The college claims to embrace core Lasallian values including “faith in the presence of God” and “respect for all persons.” “Bill Ayers’ honored presence at a Catholic college should offend not only […]

Also says Bishops' Catholic News Service needs to be given "some new direction"

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman PORTUGAL, January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leader of Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party, Jose Socrates, has announced his support for homosexual “marriage,” sparking controversy and protest throughout the country and within the Socialist Party (PS) itself. “This is the moment for the PS, in its national congress, to affirm its desire to propose to Portuguese society the right to civil marriage for people of the same sex,” he said in a political speech in the Belem Cultural Center. “As far as I know, after doing this in our country, we won’t be the last to do […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Life League’s (ALL) Judie Brown last week urged pro-lifers to actively oppose the Prevention First Act (PFA), legislation currently under review in Congress. The Act, if passed, would hand over millions to “family planning” methods, strike a blow to health providers’ conscience rights, and financially pave the way for the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). Brown, who called the bill FOCA’s “evil twin,” urged the pro-life community to recognize the more imminent danger presented by PFA. “We have been warning the entire pro-life movement that this would be a […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MADRID, January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Spanish Supreme Court has been deadlocked for two days over whether or not to permit parents to remove their children from a government civics program that indoctrinates students with homosexual ideology. The program, entitled “Education for Citizenship,” instructs teachers to “revise the student’s attitude towards homosexuality” and to teach children to reject “existing discrimination for reason of sex, origin, social differences, affective-sexual, or whatever other type” and to carry out a “critical evaluation of the social and sexual division of labor and racist, xenophobic, sexist, and homophobic social prejudices.” […]

By Bishop Robert J. Hermann, Archdiocesan Administrator January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Editor’s note: The following are excerpts from the column of Bishop Hermann published in the St. Louis Review and republished by LifeSiteNews.com with permission. (To read the whole column, see: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jan/09012707.html) In our Supreme Court and in our Congress, we have a plethora of so-called Catholics who are failing to live their Catholic identity. Over 50 percent of our electorate voted for a president who is one of the most pro-culture-of-death candidates from a major party to run for the highest office of the land. Yes, we can […]

By Bishop Robert J. Hermann, Archdiocesan Administrator January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – I was very edified this past Saturday to see the Cathedral almost filled for the Pro-Life Mass. Then to see such a large contingent, on a very cold day, make a pilgrimage to the abortion clinic, praying the Rosary for Life, was truly heartwarming. At the very moment I am writing this, our new president, Barack Obama, is being sworn into office. We congratulate him, and we pray for him, but we cannot condone his pro-death policies, even while we are happy that so many people feel they […]

Rabbis say: "We stand shoulder to shoulder" with the Vatican in Defending Life and Family

By Kathleen Gilbert COLORADO SPRINGS, January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On the 20th anniversary of his execution, the final interview with notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, in which he warned of the deadly effects of pornography addiction, the primary factor that he says led to his notorious killing spree in the 1970s, was re-aired by Focus on the Family. Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, also appeared on Fox News’ “Glenn Beck” last Friday to discuss his historic final interview with Ted Bundy, one of the most notorious serial killers in American history.  Last Friday marked the […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Those who think that Obama’s economic policies will ultimately reduce abortions are “delusional.” says Professor Robert George, director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University. In remarks delivered at the Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life last week and published in the Witherspoon Institute’s online journal Public Discourse, George, a McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, explored the polarization of America’s political parties over abortion.  The rise of this issue to the forefront of party politics was sparked, he said, by the unified Christian effort to end […]

By Tim Waggoner ROME, January 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Welcoming the new French ambassador to the Holy See yesterday morning, Pope Benedict XVI reminded France of the need to respect the inherent dignity of human life during the country’s upcoming discussions on bioethical reform. Pope Benedict opened the meeting with French ambassador Stanislas Lefebvre de Laboulaye by alluding to the government’s decision to uphold a ban on euthanasia and increase efforts to care for the seriously ill, saying how pleased he was “at the parliament having reached prudent conclusions, replete with humanity, on questions concerning the end of life.” This […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following the revelation that hundreds of millions of dollars of the pending U.S. economic stimulus bill were set aside to fund contraception and the abortion industry, the Obama Administration has quickly called for the removal of the controversial provisions. According to Fox News, Democratic House leaders have already nixed the “family planning” line items in the $825 billion stimulus plan, although final confirmation is still expected today.  Reportedly President Obama himself personally called Democratic leaders to urge them to remove the controversial provisions, in order to ensure the support of […]

Commentary by Deal Hudson January 27, 2009 (InsideCatholic.com) – The centerpiece of Obama’s Catholic outreach in the recent election was the “abortion reduction” trope. This was the cover provided by Catholic supporters for some of the most pro-abortion politicians in U.S. history. Doug Johnson, legislative director of National Right to Life, has detailed its deceptions and misrepresentations. (See: https://insidecatholic.com/Joomla/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=Doug-Johnson-on-the-Obama-Abortion-Reduction-Scam.html&Itemid=127) By ending the Mexico City Policy, President Barack Obama is moving quickly to keep his promise of removing all restrictions to abortion on demand. Millions of taxpayer dollars will now be spent through non-governmental organizations like Planned Parenthood to kill unborn children […]

Dear readers,   As the first 100 days of the Obama Administration unfold, the situation for life and family becomes ever more ominous. What we had previously warned about for many month’s is now proving to have been accurate. Amazingly, most Americans, Canadians and Europeans still have no idea that Obama is extremely pro-abortion and pro-homosexual. In fact, many call us hateful for merely reporting what he said he would do and is in fact now doing. Whose fault is this huge lack of understanding? We and some others tried to get the message out but could not overcome the […]

* 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. US POLITICS AND MORAL ISSUES Against all reason, against all evidence available to the senses, the surveys reveal a bloc of people, evangelicals and Catholics, who actually think Obama is pro-life.https://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/rick_warrens_predicament_obamas_chilling_cleverness/ Barack Obama has been billed as the most extreme pro-abortion president ever. Yet 54 percent of Catholics voted for him. How could that be? https://www.newoxfordreview.org/note.jsp?did=0109-notes-failure Obama’s Million Ghost March – more accurate estimate seems to be that only 800,000 attended […]

Wants to Support More Pro-Life Groups

WASHINGTON, January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – BoycottNYT.com editor Don Feder said today that The New York Times’ total lack of coverage of last Thursday’s March for Life demonstrates how the paper’s ideology determines its reporting. “More than 300,000 people assembled in Washington, D.C. for the 36th Annual March for Life. But as far as The New York Times is concerned, it never happened,” Feder observed. “If 50,000 feminists had gathered on the Mall in D.C., to demand passage of the so-called Freedom of Choice Act,” he observed, “it would have been above-the- page-one-fold coverage in The Times, accompanied by an […]

Dear Creators of LifeSiteNews, I’ve long wanted to write to you and tell you what an amazing job you are all doing! Every day I open my e-mail account, knowing that my LifeSiteNews articles will be there, and it brings me great joy knowing there are many people fighting for the pro-life cause. This is one of, if not the most important cause in the world, and I truly appreciate all the thought and time that goes into the articles and the updates. Theresa has informed me that you currently receive much hate mail by those who firmly support President […]

By John-Henry Westen  WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Celebrated columnist and pro-family leader Don Feder gave a jaw-dropping presentation on the coming ‘Demographic Winter’ at the Rose Dinner which closes the official March for Life festivities every year. Speaking to hundreds of attendees, Feder suggested that the demographic problem of worldwide declining birthrates “could result in the greatest crisis humanity will confront in this century” as “all over the world, children are disappearing.” “In the Western world, birthrates are falling and populations are aging,” said Feder. “The consequences for your children and grandchildren could well be catastrophic.” Feder noted, “In […]

SAN FRANCISCO, January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – More than 30,000 pro-life supporters filled the boulevard along San Francisco’s waterfront for more than a mile in the 5th Annual Walk for Life West Coast on Saturday, walking behind a 10-foot-long “Abortion Hurts Women” banner. The Walk came four days after President Barack Obama’s inauguration and one day after Obama reversed the Bush administration’s ban on federal funding of international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information. “We shall overcome!”  Frank Lee of Asian Americans Against Abortion, said, addressing the crowd in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. Lee joined Walk organizer Eva […]

Group "has an important place in the pro-life movement" says Cardinal Newman Society, but Catholic U must uphold Catholic moral teachings

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LA PAZ, January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bolivians went to the polls yesterday and approved a constitution that critics say contains pro-abortion and homosexualist language, threatens the autonomy of families, and gives excessive powers to the central government. Although the final results will not be verified for a week, exit polls indicate that the constitution passed by a popular vote of 60% to 40%.  However, current vote tallies indicate that the document was rejected in provinces traditionally opposed to socialist president Evo Morales. Although the new document will certainly be approved, Morales may not be able […]

YONKERS, New York, January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After the recent deaths in New York of Fordham University theologian Avery Cardinal Dulles, and prolific pro-life activist and intellectual giant Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, the pro-life and pro-family movements and the Catholic Church are mourning the passing of another brilliant star. Monsignor William B. Smith died on Saturday, January 24, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Yonkers. Monsignor Smith was Professor of Moral Theology at Saint Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers since 1971 and one of the leading Catholic voices in the U.S. on moral and medical ethics. Smith was born and raised […]

By Kathleen Gilbert MENLO PARK, California, January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When research giant Geron Corp. announced that the FDA had approved a trial involving implantation of embryo-derived nerve cells into patients with damaged spinal cords, company stock soared and the mainstream media received the news as a breakthrough in regenerative medicine.  But the event has not impressed some experts, who say that embryonic stem-cells are still far behind safer and significantly more successful adult stem cell treatments. The trial in question will attempt to validate the safety of implanting nerve cells grown from embryonic stem cells (ESCs).  It is […]

Pelosi: "Contraception reduces cost to the state"

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-life movement will now depend more than ever on the entrepreneurship of average pro-lifers who harness the power of the Internet, said pro-life experts and bloggers at the Bloggers for Life Conference last Thursday.  Speakers at the conference included Sen. Sam Brownback and conservative MEP Nirj Deva, head of the pro-life caucus in the European parliament. Most guests stressed the enormous influence pro-life individuals could now have thanks to the untapped gold mine of Internet communication. Popular blogger and pro-life activist Jill Stanek was MC of the conference, hosted […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the sun set upon Capitol Hill, the tone of Thursday’s March for Life changed from buoyantly hopeful to bittersweet as dozens of men and women shared their personal stories of abandonment, despair, and forgiveness after choosing to abort or help abort their unborn child. Forty-five women and six men, some at peace and some still anguished by their decision, came from as far as Alaska and California to join the event sponsored by Silent No More Awareness, and proclaim to the world how deeply abortion had hurt them. “I […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman ROME, January 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Vatican officials have denounced US President Barack Obama’s decision to sign an executive order last week allowing funding for foreign organizations that provide abortions and abortion referrals. Archbishop Rino Fisichella, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, said that “if this is one of President Obama’s first acts, I have to say, in all due respect, that we’re heading quickly toward disappointment.” “It is essential to know how to listen to all of the requests of the country without shutting one’s self up in an ideological vision with the arrogance […]

Homosexual activists enraged; complaint filed with European Court of Human Rights

Nellie Gray says larger number this year a reaction to Obama election

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The most well received speech at the March for Life this year was that of an African American pastor from Frederick Maryland.  Pastor Luke Robinson began noting that the election of the first African American President of the United States was a fulfillment of “part” of the “Dream” of Dr. Marin Luther King Jr. Speaking of the inauguration of the “first black President” of the United States, Pastor Robinson explained: “So many African Americans and other folks cried and shouted because the inauguration was part of the deferred dream come true.” But, he […]

WASHINGTON, DC, January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following joint statement by 22 of the nation’s pre-eminent pro-life organizations was issued today in response to President Obama’s signing of an executive order revoking the Mexico City policy. The Mexico City policy is a Reagan-era policy that forbids taxpayer monies from funding organizations that promote or perform abortions overseas: “We are distressed that in the midst of the country’s greatest economic crisis since the Depression, this Administration is going to allocate millions of taxpayer dollars to abort children in developing countries.   “Reversing the Mexico City Policy is nothing less than a bailout […]

By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One day after the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, President Obama has signed an order to lift the Mexico City policy, a Reagan-era policy that prohibits taxpayer funds from going to organizations that promote or perform abortions overseas. Population Action International, a pro-abortion group, praised Obama’s decision, saying in a statement that it will “save women’s lives around the world.” “Women’s health has been severely impacted by the cutoff of assistance,” said the group. “President Obama’s actions will help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies, abortions and women dying from high-risk pregnancies because they […]

RE: Biden Receives Standing Ovation at Catholic Mass after Receiving Communionhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jan/09012013.html Dear Sir, What a sacrilege. Where was the Pastor? Where was the Bishop?  Do the Parishioners have no shame?  I am once again thoroughly disgusted with people who call themselves Catholic, but do not embrace and practice the pro-life teachings of our beautiful Faith.  Parishioners should be calling for the removal of that Pastor and their Bishop.  The silence of the Pastor, the Bishop and the parishioners speaks volumes.  We should question why these types of actions continue to occur without the swift and appropriate response needed from the hierarchy […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski NEW YORK, January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the latest instance of a court decision imposing recognition of same-sex “marriage” without enacted legislation by an elected government, an appellate court ruled today that the “marriages” of homosexual couples that took place outside of New York must be recognized by the state. The decision was made in the case of Lewis v. Department of Civil Service and involved taxpayers who sued the state Department of Civil Service (DCS) for recognizing same-sex spouses of state employees “married” out of state for purposes of health insurance benefits. The Alliance […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ST. PAUL, Minn., January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands of pro-life Minnesotans gathered on the steps of the Capitol building on Thursday for the annual rally to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. The participants urged lawmakers to retain and to institute new laws to protect the unborn and to offer support for pregnant women in need. Bill Poehler, communications director for Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL), the organizers of the rally, said nearly five thousand attended this year’s march. They were warmly welcomed by pro-life  Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who told the crowd that […]

By Tim Waggoner ST. PAUL, Minn, January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday morning a man suffering from mental illness intentionally drove his family’s SUV into the front doors of a St. Paul’s Planned Parenthood abortuary. Yesterday marked the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized abortion in the U.S. Matthew Derosia of Cottage Grove has been named as the driver of the SUV and has been arrested and placed in Ramsey County jail on suspicion of aggravated assault.  The vehicle hit the only Planned Parenthood abortion center in the state at about 7:30 yesterday morning, reports the […]

IRONDALE, AL, January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – EWTN Global Catholic Network has announced the launch of a new pro-life site, which can be found at www.ewtn.com/prolife. According to its creators the new site will be updated daily and will include the latest pro-life video and audio segments from EWTN’s many pro-life programs, schedules of upcoming television and radio programs, and highlights from archived programs. Among the many features of the site are a Pro-Life Forum and a Natural Family Planning Forum where people can post questions about any of the life issues and receive on-line answers. These forums are searchable […]

WICHITA, KS, January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Operation Rescue led a candlelight prayer vigil outside the nation’s largest late-term abortion mill, Women’s Health Care Services, on the 36th memorial of Roe v. Wade. As about 150 pro-lifers gathered for prayer, double the number from the previous year. Troubled abortionist George Tiller slipped out the gate during the rally and apparently went home. “In previous years, Tiller has posted defiant banners, held rallies, even offered free abortions. There was none of that this year,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “He tried to simply sneak out of his abortion mill without […]

 By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., January 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates convened for the annual March for Life in Washington D.C., to commemorate the Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton cases that legalized abortion in the United States. At the same time, newly-sworn in President Barack Obama defied expectations that he would sign an executive order revoking the Mexico City policy, which prohibits taxpayer monies from going to organizations that promote or perform abortions overseas. Instead Obama postponed doing so for a day, and released a statement defending Roe v. Wade and calling […]

Tuesday March 2, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips “WORLD VISION” SUPPORTS POPULATION CONTROL WASHINGTON, DC, Mar 2 (LSN) – World Vision, a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, calls itself “the largest privately funded, faith-based relief and development organization in the United States.” Despite its popularity and respected image, however, World Vision is generating criticism because of its support for population control. A 1995 World Vision policy document called “Health and Healing,” reported that “World Vision will supplement governmental and other NGO [non-governmental organization] efforts in making modern family planning methods available to the couples. […]

Monday January 19, 2009 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Bishops’ Letter to Barack Obama on Abortion Funding, Embryo Research Dear Mr. President-elect: I recently wrote to assure you of the prayers of the Catholic bishops of the United States for your service to our nation, and to outline issues of special concern to us as we seek to work with your Administration and the new Congress to serve the common good. I am writing today on a matter that could introduce significant negative and divisive factors into our national life, at a time when we need to come […]

RE: ‘Abortion Should Remain Legal’ says Prominent ‘Conservative’ Frank Schaefferhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/jan/09011302.html To the Editor: Schaeffer’s position has become relatively common. Many in the pro-life movement now see the pro-life cause as lost. Those people, however, have a short view of history. It took the Church many centuries to eradicate the evil of slavery in the civilized world. As efforts to eradicate the evil of legalized abortion in the West, which has been around only a few decades, have so far failed, they are willing to throw in the towel. We have to realize that legalized killing of unborn children is an intrinsic evil […]

NEW YORK, January 22, 2009 (C-FAM) – The United Nations (UN) committee responsible for vetting applications of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for official status began its latest session this week. The committee is slated to consider the Mexican affiliate of “Catholics” for a Free Choice – now called Catholics for Choice (CFC) – an abortion advocacy organization which has worked hard to get the Holy See stripped of its UN observer status. Established in 1994, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (CDD) was one of the lead advocates for liberalizing Mexico City’s abortion law. When Mexico City loosened its law to allow […]

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 By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2009 (LifeSIteNews.com) – A letter delivered to President-Elect Obama on January 15 from president of the March for Life, Nellie Grey, and the March for Life Fund Board of Directors, invited the President to speak to the assembled throngs at the 36th annual March for Life Rally today. But with the participants of the March already making their way through the streets of Washington or completing the March route, following the early afternoon speeches, it seems that the president has declined the invitation. Explaining the reason for the invitation, the letter stated: “America […]

WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., will deliver the keynote address at a rally in front of the White House Friday.  The rally will honor the 1,400 African American children aborted every day in the United States. “Over 45 years ago, my Uncle, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote from a Birmingham jail cell that ‘injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,’” said Dr. King.  “Today, there is no greater injustice than that suffered by the 4,000 babies, 1,400 of them black, […]

By Hilary White LONDON, January 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Roman Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have joined with pro-life advocates in warning that a possible pre-natal test for autism in children could be a step towards a “new eugenic” pogrom against the disabled. Scientists at Cambridge University earlier this month announced that research had shown that high levels of testosterone in amniotic fluid could be a factor in autism and suggested that the discovery could be used to create a test. Unborn babies who tested “positive” could be legally killed under British law that allows unrestricted abortion of […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Nicolas Lopez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, described the approach he has used to win the battle against the international abortion industry, which has sought to legalize the practice in the Dominican Republic, in an interview with LifeSiteNews last week. Asked how the leadership of the Catholic Church can defeat the culture of death, Lopez answered that “first, the bishops, priests, all of the leaders of the Church, we have to be clear that life is a value that is not negotiable, that is defended, and proclaimed, before the […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A series of speeches in the US Congress marked the legalisation of abortion in the US by the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision of 1973. A group of pro-life representatives urged President Obama to pursue pro-life policies, such as retaining the Mexico City Policy that restricts funding for international organisations that promote abortion overseas. They also denounced the new president’s stated intention to sign the Freedom of Choice Act that would lift all state restrictions on abortion in the country. (All the speeches can be viewed here: https://ca.youtube.com/prolifeinformation) Virginia Foxx, […]

By Tim Waggoner DETROIT, January 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The newly appointed Archbishop of Detroit, Allen Vigneron, has wasted little time in confronting President Barack Obama’s notorious support of abortion, calling for forceful opposition of the new government’s anti-life agenda. In an interview with The Detroit News, Vigneron addressed several current issues, such as Catholic higher education and the failing economy’s impact on the Church’s social ministries, but indicated that challenging the new US government’s radical anti-life positions is of the highest priority. “I share the concern of all of the bishops of the United States that the administration has, […]

By John-Henry Westen  WASHINGTON, DC, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to some 16,000 in attendance at the Vigil Mass for the March for Life this evening, principal celebrant Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia gave a stirring homily, rousing the massive crowd to applause at several points.   After a quote from the late Rev. John Neuhaus on the vitality of the pro-life movement, Cardinal Rigali expressed on behalf of the US Bishops “deep admiration” for the efforts of pro-life activists.   The Philadelphia Archbishop praised the fact that Barack Obama was the first African-American President, but used Obama’s rhetoric of change […]

Monday December 4, 2000 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips UNICEF, GATES AND KAISER FOUNDATIONS PROMOTING TEEN SEX IN SOUTH AFRICA Urging condoms for “responsibility” PRETORIA, Dec 4, 00 (LSN.ca) – A campaign in South Africa funded by UNICEF, UNAIDS, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Kaiser Foundation is promoting sex among young people in the country while claiming to be fighting AIDS in a non-“preaching” way. ABCNews.com profiled the LoveLife campaign today. LoveLife Media Director Judi Nwokedi explained that “the point is not to admonish kids for being sexually active, but to enlighten them. By acknowledging […]

Monday September 25, 2006 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips The Conspiracy to Abolish Marriage in Canada If everything is marriage, then nothing is By Stanley Kurtz Canada, you don’t know the half of it. In mid-January, Canada was rocked by news that a Justice Department study had called for the decriminalization and regulation of polygamy. Actually, two government studies recommended decriminalizing polygamy. (Only one has been reported on.) And even that is only part of the story. Canadians, let me be brutally frank. You are being played for a bunch of fools by your legal-political elite. Your elites […]

Monday August 20, 2001 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips The UN Quietly Wages War on Religion Does this respected body suppress monotheism in order to regulate global values? (Republished on LifeSite with the permission of the author) The Calgary Herald Sat 11 Aug 2001 Religion Analysis Joe Woodard The Human Rights Committee of the United Nations Secretariat concluded its 72nd session July 27. Among its conclusions was a demand that the nation of Guatemala legalize abortion. Guatemala’s constitution currently guarantees the right to life of the unborn — “human life from the time of conception, as well as […]

January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Obama Administration has posted its plans to implement the most radical homosexualist policy agenda in the nation’s history on the White House’s official website (https://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/civil_rights). Many otherwise conservative American voters have also suggested that Obama’s goal of finding “common ground” and “reaching across the aisle” would ensure that he would not be as anti-family or anti-life as many pro-life and pro-family activists were saying he would be. Now that Obama is elected, however, it has been made abundantly clear that he intends on pursuing a radical social agenda the likes of which the United […]

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)  Members of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign (SNMAC), the world’s largest network of men and women harmed by abortion, will give their personal abortion testimonies at Washington, DC’s March for Life on Thursday and San Francisco’s Walk for Life West Coast on Saturday. “The Silent No More women and men have suffered years of torment because of abortion,” said SNMAC co- founder Janet Morana. “This week they will stand in front of the Supreme Court and on the streets of San Francisco to proclaim that the time for healing has begun. To be pro-life […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski and Tim Waggoner OLYMPIA, Washington, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Washington State March for Life rally took place yesterday on the steps of the state Capitol, while the legislature was in session, to coincide with the presidential inauguration in Washington DC. According to organizers an estimated 6,000 pro-lifers participated in the march, the highest ever number.  In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com, president of Washington State March for Life, Noreen Hobson called yesterday’s march to the Capitol a “huge success.” The March, she said, drew a large youth contingent and featured motivating speeches from legislators and […]

By Hilary White TURIN, Italy, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The governor of Piedmont, one of the 20 regions of Italy, has said that should Eluana Englaro’s family choose to send her to a clinic there, there would be no impediment to their plans to kill her by dehydration in accordance with a decision by the Italian high court. This offer immediately follows the announcement of the withdrawal of a similar offer to help kill Eluana by a clinic in the city of Undine. Piedmont governor Mercedes Bresso said “if it were asked,” the region would make a facility available […]

By Hilary White BRUSSELS, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Union’s Intergroup on “gay rights” has demanded that all foreign aid to Nigeria be suspended after that country’s House of Representatives voted to prohibit attempts to create legal “gay marriage.” The Nigerian vote was unanimous this week in favour of a bill that “prohibits marriage between persons of same gender, solemnisation of same and other matters related therewith.” “The only result this law is going to achieve is a raising hatred against gay, lesbian and transgender citizens of Nigeria,” said Michael Cashman, Labour MEP and President of the Lesbian […]

January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Oregon politician Sam Adams became a symbol of the successful advancement of the homosexual agenda in May of 2008 when he was elected mayor of Portland, Oregon in a landslide victory – making Portland the largest American city to elect an openly homosexual mayor. Now, however, Adam’s status as one of the most prominent and admired homosexual politicians may have come to an abrupt end, as he has admitted to repeatedly lying about his relationship with an 18-year-old intern. Adams made the admission in a statement released Monday and a press conference on Tuesday, after […]

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “As the country marks the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling that imposed abortion on the United States, as well as the inauguration of the most outspokenly pro-abortion president in American history, pro-life advocates in some 118 cities across 41 states – plus four Canadian provinces and even Australia – have great hope,” said Shawn Carney, spring campaign director for 40 Days for Life. “They’re all preparing to participate in simultaneous 40 Days for Life campaigns from February 25 through April 5.” 40 Days for Life consists of 40 days […]

WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thursday morning’s National Service for the Pre-born, previously known as the National Memorial for the Pre-born and their Mothers and Fathers, will take place inside the new US Capitol Visitor Center after being initially turned down for an indoor venue this year. An alternate site at the Heritage Foundation Building was made available to attendees, but the service will now be returned to the US Capitol complex itself. “This is a significant turn of events,” said Rev. Rob Schenck, president of the National Clergy Council and co-founder of the Pre-born Service. “It looked […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bolivia will hold a nationwide referendum this Sunday to approve or reject a new constitution containing pro-abortion language, and providing special rights for homosexuals and “transgender” people. The new document will also nullify Bolivia’s existing recognition of Catholicism, declaring that the government adheres to no religion. Article 66 of the new constitution would “guarantee to women and men the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights,” a phrase that is customarily used by international pro-abortion organizations to refer to the “right” to abortion and contraception. Article 14, paragraph […]

Dear Readers, Well, here we go into the Obama era. It is amazing how many harsh emails we have gotten from supposedly pro-life, pro-family readers who have rebuked LifeSiteNews for being too harsh or biased against the new president. Actually, we have done neither, but any reporting of factual negatives about a favoured personality is often wrongly perceived by some people as a personal attack. LifeSiteNews professionally reports the facts in our well researched articles. Our policy is to let these facts speak for themselves while deliberately avoiding emotional or heavily slanted input from our reporters. Commentaries allow a little […]

By Tony Gosgnach TORONTO, January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Apparently not taking the hint from two judges who successively released Linda Gibbons from custody in her last two sessions in court, Toronto police have charged the diminutive grandmother with obstructing a peace officer and mischief to property after she appeared outside the Scott “Clinic” abortion site in downtown Toronto this morning. On Jan. 12, Judge John C. Moore of the Ontario Court of Justice quashed a charge of disobeying a court order that had been laid against the pro-life demonstrator in connection with her arrest last Oct. 8 outside the […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two days before he became the next American Vice President, Sen. Joe Biden attended John F. Kennedy’s own Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church for Mass, where parishioners gave the pro-abortion politician a standing ovation minutes after he received communion. Biden has reportedly worshipped at Holy Trinity several times while serving as a senator. The event sparked criticism because, according to Church teaching, public figures who support abortion legislation are automatically excommunicated for violating the Church’s pro-life teaching, and therefore should not be given communion. “This episode perfectly illustrates the contrast […]

Pro-life leaders offer their thoughts

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski NEW YORK, January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When Jabrilla English was 24 years old, nine months pregnant, and living with the mother of her half-brother, she was given an ultimatum: have her unborn child killed by an abortion, or leave. She said, however, that abortion was not an option and chose instead to live in a homeless shelter in the Bronx. The NY Times article recounting Jabrilla’s story (https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/nyregion/20neediest.html?_r=2) goes on to describe her difficult but hopeful childhood growing up with her grandmother, her effort to get out of the poverty surrounding her by attending a year […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the hours before Mr. Obama was to take the oath of office, anonymous reports confirmed that the new president intends to immediately open U.S. foreign aid funding to abortion proponents, and begin the process of opening funding to embryonic stem-cell research. Before the week of his inauguration is over, Obama is expected to issue an executive order repealing the Mexico City Policy, a Reagan-era policy that restricts overseas funding to groups that offer or aggressively promote abortion.  Sources have not indicated whether he plans to issue the order on […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bus ad campaign started in Britain earlier this month has caused a furor in several European countries and may be spreading to Canada. In Britain, comedy writer Ariane Sherine came up with the idea to have the slogan “There’s probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life” placed on the sides of buses, and quickly gained support from the British Humanist Association and atheist campaigner Richard Dawkins. Recently a Christian bus driver from Southampton refused to drive a bus that displayed the ad, saying he was shocked and […]

Editorial by John-Henry Westen VATICAN CITY, January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a telegram sent today by Pope Benedict XVI to President-elect Barack Obama, the Pope wrote: “On the occasion of your inauguration as the forty-fourth President of the United States of America I offer cordial good wishes, together with the assurance of my prayers that almighty God will grant you unfailing wisdom and strength in the exercise of your high responsibilities.”  “Under your leadership may the American people continue to find in their religious and political heritage the spiritual values and ethical principles needed to cooperate in the building […]

CHICAGO, January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The national grassroots group CatholicVote.org has released a new ad that aired repeatedly today on Black Entertainment Television in Chicago during coverage of the presidential inauguration. The 30 second spot is the first in a series of ads to be released this year as a part of a new educational campaign titled Life: Imagine the Potential. (To see the ad go to www.catholicvote.org) “Our message is simple: Abortion is the enemy of hope. The purpose of our new ad is to spread a message of hope about the potential of every human life, including the […]

By Hilary White January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Research will be presented this week at the Stem Cell World Congress in Palm Springs, California, that purports to show that AIDS might be treated using stem cells taken from the patient’s own body. The researchers say they hope that a single transplant treatment would be available that would permanently prevent the immunodeficiency that is a result of HIV infection. Dr. David DiGiusto, director of haematopoietic cell therapies at City of Hope Medical Centre in Duarte, California, said that although the possibility of a widespread treatment halting the progression of the disease […]

By Hilary White LONDON, January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The announcement of a possible pre-natal test for autism has sparked a controversy in the UK over whether such tests are a revival of the eugenics policies of the early 20th century. Research was published last week that showed a connection between high levels of testosterone in the amniotic fluid of pregnant women and incidents of the births of children with autistic traits. The study by Cambridge University’s autism research centre followed 235 children from birth to age eight. The research presents the possibility of using amniocentesis testing to “screen” unborn […]

* Disclaimer: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews.com. They are presented only for your information. OBAMA, US POLITICS Video Re: Obama – Life, Imagine the Potentialhttps://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=V2CaBR3z85c Obama Not to Rescind Bush ESCR Funding Policy? https://www.wesleyjsmith.com/blog/2009/01/obama-not-to-rescind-bush-escr-funding.html Obama Cannot Fulfill Vow to Put Homosexuals in Military Unless Congress Changes the Lawhttps://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42078 Jackie Mason: People Are Worshipping Obama More Than Godhttps://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/01/19/jackie-mason-people-are-worshipping-obama-more-god Bush Had Best Pro-Life Record of Any President, Say Pro-Life Groups https://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42072 Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., Opposes Freedom of Choice Act, But Won’t Say If He’d Support Filibusterhttps://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=42080 […]

January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Almighty God, Our Father, everything we see and everything we can’t see exists because of You alone. It all comes from You, it all belongs to You, it all exists for Your glory. History is your story. The Scripture tells us, ‘Hear, oh Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one’ and You are the compassionate and merciful one and You are loving to everyone You have made. Now today we rejoice not only in America’s peaceful transfer of power for the 43rd time, we celebrate a hinge-point of history with the inauguration […]

The following prayer was composed by Dr. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Seminary January 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Our Father, Lord of all creation, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ:  We pray today with a sense of special urgency and responsibility.  We come before you to pray for our new President, Barack Obama, and for all those in this new administration who now assume roles of such high responsibility. We know that you and you alone are sovereign; that you rule over all, and that you alone are able to keep and defend us.  We know that our […]

Women more likely to experience alcohol abuse, violence after abortion

By Tim Waggoner BEIJING, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – China’s “one child” policy has spawned maternal violence that ending with the execution of a woman found guilty of hiring a hit man to murder her own son so that she might have another child with her new husband. Li Yingfang was recently sentenced to death by the Shaanxi Higher People’s Court, reports the Shanghai Daily, after a lower court in 2007 had granted her the opportunity to instead serve a life sentence.  The lower court had found that she suffered from depression caused by two abortions she had in order […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, at the Sixth World Meeting of Families in Mexico City MEXICO CITY, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Sixth World Meeting of Families,  a massive international gathering to celebrate and promote family values, closed yesterday in Mexico City with a mass and then a speech given by Pope Benedict XVI, delivered via satellite to an audience of tens of thousands. Pope Benedict summarized the theme of the conference by noting that the natural family of one man and one woman, open to new life, “is an indispensable element in societies and nations” and denouncing the “false […]

By John-Henry Westen VATICAN CITY, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a video message aired in Mexico City yesterday at the Sixth World Meeting of Families, Pope Benedict XVI called urgently for “public witness and commitment from all the baptised in order to reaffirm the dignity and the unique and irreplaceable value of the family, founded on the marriage of a man and a woman and open to life.” Benedict XVI emphasized how, “with the strength that comes from prayer, the family becomes a community of disciples and missionaries of Christ. … Through the experience of filial obedience to God, […]

SAN FRANCISCO, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite San Francisco’s reputation as a bastion of liberal culture and ideals, organizers for the city’s annual Walk for Life – a sister event to the East coast’s March for Life in the nation’s capital – say the pro-life movement there is “paradoxically energized,” and expect record turnout at the event on Saturday. “Americans voted for our new president because they do care about justice – they wanted to shut the door permanently on the prejudice and injustice that is a blemish on our history,” said Walk for Life co-chair Dolores Meehan. “We […]

By Kathleen Gilbert CINCINNATI, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An online petition is being circulated by the Cincinnati-based Life Issues Institute to stop the U.S. government from ratifying the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). Bradley Mattes, the Executive Director of Life Issues Institute, will send the petition to Congress and the incoming President in a plea to reject FOCA, “which would undermine every existing law designed to protect unborn babies and their parents from abortion.”  (To sign the petition, go to: https://www.lifeissues.org/FOCA/petition.html) “The nation is gearing up for an historic event in Washington, DC next week—the inauguration of the first […]

By Kathleen Gilbert January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A nationwide surge of pro-life advocates gathered to march, rally, speak, and pray in countless events last weekend in celebration of the National Sanctity of Life Day on Sunday. President Bush issued a pronouncement calling for the Sanctity of Life Day last week, as one of his last act acts as president. Many marched in commemoration of the 36th anniversary of legalized abortion through Roe v. Wade in smaller versions of the national March for Life, which is expected to draw several hundred thousand to the nation’s capitol Thursday. Here is just […]

By Hilary White LONDON, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the same time that Britain’s embryo researchers are complaining of budget cuts to their research, experiments with adult stem cells continue to bear fruit, with a possible cure for blindness on the near horizon. The UK Stem Cell Foundation and Scottish Enterprise, in partnership with the Chief Scientist Office, have been given the green light to begin trials this month using adult stem cells that could potentially restore vision to patients with corneal blindness. The planned clinical trial with around 20 patients represents a major step forward for stem cell therapies […]

 By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) –“Individuals exhibiting high levels of religious commitment are much more likely to oppose legalized abortion in all or most cases than those who are less-observant” concludes a recent report by the Pew Research Center. Using data from the US Religious Landscape Survey of October 2008 the Pew study found that Christian Americans who go to church “weekly or more” are twice as likely to say that abortion should be illegal in “all or most cases.” 61 percent of weekly churchgoers, compared with only 31 percent of the general population opposed abortion. 54 […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski January 19, 2009 (LifeSIteNews.com) – During his election campaign Barack Obama said that he does not believe in homosexual “marriage,” but added that he does “believe in civil unions that allow a same-sex couple to visit each other in a hospital or transfer property to each other.” New evidence brought to light by the Family Research Council (FRC), however, has revealed that in 1996, when Obama first ran for the Illinois state senate, Outlines, a Chicago homosexualist newspaper reported that Obama supported same-sex “marriage.” Last week a successor paper, the Windy City Times, published specific documentation […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christians who have been praying and fasting for President-elect Obama are ending their 19-day prayer campaign with a vigil in front of the White House today, the eve of Obama’s inauguration.  The event was sponsored by the Christian Defense Coalition and led by Rev. Patrick Mahoney.  Participants have been encouraged to continually offer prayers for the President-elect in front of the White House as well as in local communities, homes, and churches, petitioning for the grace of “an uncompromising courage to do what is morally right.” Rev. Patrick J. Mahoney, Director of the […]

By Hilary White January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An attempt to create protections for the conscience of physicians who object to abortion or other controversial procedures is being attacked by a lawsuit launched by the Attorney General’s office of Connecticut. Seven states (California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Oregon and Rhode Island) are participating in the suit to block the Bush Administration’s Provider Conscience Rule.  The suit is being supported by the abortion lobby group National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association (NFPRHA), represented by the American Civil Liberties Union. The office of Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Attorney General, said the suit is […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-abortion commentators have unleashed a torrent of attacks following the pro-life community’s criticism of a promotion by Krispy Kreme advertising free “freedom of choice” doughnuts to celebrate Barack Obama’s inauguration. American Life League (ALL) co-founder Judie Brown called upon the popular bakery to back away from the phrase “freedom of choice,” terminology used almost exclusively by the pro-abortion movement to promote their cause. The phrase is particularly sensitive for pro-lifers, as trepidation mounts that President-elect Barack Obama will succeed in passing the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), legislation designed to dismantle […]

Exclusive Commentary by Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer   President, Human Life International January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Our hope is in the Lord and His goodness! Indeed, that hope is needed in a time when very dark clouds of abortion are gathering over the nation’s Capitol. It is evident to all who have eyes to see that those storm clouds will unleash a torrent of attacks upon life, marriage and family all over the world, and Human Life International (HLI) is bracing for the worst. Barack Obama’s dismal record and rhetoric on life issues truly indicates how he feels about […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A member and officer of Canada’s civil service union, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), who brought a human rights complaint against the union to the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) two years ago, has informed LifeSiteNews.com that the CHRC has finally looked at his claim. David MacDonald, President of PSAC Local 70160 in Ottawa, informed LifeSiteNews that he received a demand from the CHRC on December 18 that he respond to their legal arguments against his complaint by Christmas Eve. MacDonald alleged in his original complaint to the […]

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. bishops have urged President-elect Barack Obama not to rescind current policies that protect conscience rights of health care workers, prevent foreign aid to organizations promoting abortion, and ban funding of stem cell research that encourages destruction of human embryos. They made the request in a January 16 letter from Cardinal Francis George, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, shortly before President-elect Obama’s inauguration. The letter followed by less than a week a previous letter outlining the bishops’ broad policy agenda as the new Administration and Congress begin their work. […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On February 21st, Canadians from all across Canada will gather in St. John’s, Newfoundland, for TheCRY St. John’s, a grass roots interdenominational and intergenerational initiative emphasizing prayer, worship and fasting for the spiritual welfare of Canada. A press release from TheCRY organizers said that indications from the attendance of CRY rallies of the past ten months – Edmonton, Ottawa/Gatineau, Iqaluit and Toronto with a total on site turnout of over 10,000 – point to the St. John’s rally possibly being the largest prayer meeting in Canadian history with […]

Virginia court refuses to enforce law denying recognition to homosexual civil unions

January 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New research strengthens the link between water pollution and rising male fertility problems. The study, by Brunel University, the Universities of Exeter and Reading and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, shows for the first time how a group of testosterone-blocking chemicals is finding its way into UK rivers, affecting wildlife and potentially humans. The research was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council and is now published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The study identified a new group of chemicals that act as ‘anti-androgens.’ This means that they inhibit the function of the […]

Compiled by Steve Jalsevac   * 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  Nation’s First Government-Funded Abortion Alternatives Program Serves Over 150,000 Women Since 1995  https://www.christiannewswire.com/news/802899137.html   Genetic tests for all – the new approach to preventive medicine  https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5485233.ece   Canadian MP Rod Bruinooge: Status quo on abortion not good enough  https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/Have_Your_Say01102009.html   Abortion Past: The untold story of how movement shifted focus, changed its image, and saved lives by Marvin Olasky  https://www.worldmag.com/articles/14862   Having babies is… […]

By Steve Jalsevac   WASHINGTON, D.C., January 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A letter authored by US Congressman Doug Lamborn (Colorado) and signed by 77 additional Members of Congress (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009_docs/mexicocitypolicylettertoobama.pdf) is urging President-elect Obama not to overturn the Mexico City Policy. It is widely expected that one of Barack Obama’s first actions as President will be to overturn the Reagan-era policy that prohibits American tax dollars from going to abortion-performing organizations in other countries.   In the letter the Congressmen state, “Based on a document posted on your transition website, proponents of abortion are calling for you to overturn Mexico City […]

Obama Administration reportedly plans to fund Chinese policies through UN population fund

WASHINGTON, January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following are excerpts from the January 13 letter of Cardinal Francis George of Chicago writing in his capacity as President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops to President-elect Barack Obama: “We stand firm in our support for marriage which is a faithful, exclusive, lifelong union of a man and a woman and must remain such in law. In a manner unlike any other relationship, marriage makes a unique and irreplaceable contribution to the common good of society, especially through the procreation and education of children. No other kinds of personal relationships can […]

WASHINGTON, DC, January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands of Catholics will gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to pray for an end to abortion at the National Prayer Vigil for Life Opening Mass at 7 p.m. on January 21. The date marks the eve of the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Over 16,000 worshipers – many of them youth from schools around the nation – are expected to attend the opening Mass and all-night prayer Vigil and then join tens of thousands more the following day […]

 By Kathleen Gilbert CHICAGO, January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Illinois Federal Circuit Court heard arguments from lawyers with the Chicago-based Thomas More Law Society (TMS) this week as they continue to challenge an injunction barring enforcement of the state’s parental notification law for minors seeking an abortion. TMS Chief Counsel Thomas Brejcha argued against the ACLU in Chicago’s Seventh Circuit court Wednesday that Illinois’ long-inactive parental notification law should be allowed to stop cycles of sexual abuse by safeguarding minors from being coerced by sexual predators into having abortions without telling their parents. Though Illinois law currently requires parental […]

By Tim Waggoner BEIJING, January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – China’s government-enforced “one child” policy has spurred a tragic spiral of killing, ending with the sentencing to death of a woman found guilty of hiring a hit man to murder her own son so that she might have another child with her new husband. Li Yingfang was recently sentenced to death by the Shaanxi Higher People’s Court, reports the Shanghai Daily, after a lower court in 2007 had granted her the opportunity to instead serve a life sentence.  The lower court had found that she suffered from depression caused by two […]

By Hilary White ROME, January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Vatican report on the moral and intellectual life of US seminaries, begun in 2005, has said that the main problems lie with professors who overtly or subtly dissent from Catholic moral teaching. Such professors, the report said, are not frequently enough fired from their positions. “Quite often,” the report said, “the Visitation discovered one or more faculty members who, although not speaking openly against Church teaching, let the students understand – through hints, off-the-cuff remarks, etc. – their disapproval of some articles of Magisterial teaching.” The report next says that […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SAN FRANCISCO, January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A San Francisco assessor has called for the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco to hand over $15 million in taxes because of an internal restructuring of the archdiocese, a move that some are describing as “retaliation” for the Church’s opposition to Proposition 8. Assessor Phil Ting concluded that the Catholic Church owed the city taxes after the archdiocese was restructured and its property, which is almost all used by parish facilities, was consolidated seven months ago. “Because we knew the accusations (of unfair treatment) could be out there, we worked to look […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski HONG KONG, January 16, 2009 (LifeSIteNews.com) – A proposed amendment to extend Hong Kong’s Domestic Violence Ordinance to include same-sex couples has elicited an uproar from groups that are concerned that the amendment could undermine the traditional concept of “family” and pave the way for same-sex “marriage.” Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun of Hong Kong said in a January 5 press statement that extending the law to same-sex couples would “definitely lead to a misunderstanding or misinterpretation of the concepts of marriage and family, thereby undermining the foundation of our society.” In his statement, Cardinal Zen said […]

PORTLAND, January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his regular column in the Catholic Sentinel, Baker Oregon Bishop Robert Vasa urges Catholics and even “so-called Catholic pro-choice persons” to write postcards opposing the Freedom of Choice Act.  “I strongly urge all who have a glimmer of concern for the lives of pre-born children to engage themselves in this postcard campaign,” he said. He added, “This is not an action which would limit or alter present permissive abortion laws, which some so-called Catholic pro-choice persons might object to, it would simply preclude a dramatic expansion of that permissiveness. Thus it would be […]

Commentary by Catholic League president Bill Donohue NEW YORK, January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President-elect Barack Obama says he wants to unite Americans, and yet he chooses the most polarizing person in the Episcopal Church, Bishop Gene Robinson, to offer a prayer at one of his inaugural events. Robinson, who dumped his wife and children to live with another man, is not just an embarrassment to rank-and-file Episcopalians, he has a record of offending Catholics, as well. In 2005, Robinson said the following: ‘I find it so vile that they [the Catholic Church] think they are going to end the […]

Praise from Judie Brown, Deal Hudson, Austin Ruse

Seeks to clarify comments made by Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family, at the World Meeting of Families

January 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) –The following is the full text of President Bush’s proclamation of National Sanctity of Life Day: All human life is a gift from our Creator that is sacred, unique, and worthy of protection. On National Sanctity of Human Life Day, our country recognizes that each person, including every person waiting to be born, has a special place and purpose in this world. We also underscore our dedication to heeding this message of conscience by speaking up for the weak and voiceless among us. The most basic duty of government is to protect the life of the […]

Exclusive Commentary by Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer   Human Life International January 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President-elect Barack Obama’s Web site, change.gov, contains a link titled, “Open Government: Your Seat at the Table.” Follow this link and you will find hundreds of papers submitted to the Obama-Biden Transition Project by various interest groups. One other such paper, entitled, “Advancing Reproductive Rights and Health in a New Administration: The First 100 Days,” is endorsed by over 50 pro-choice organizations ranging from the ACLU to one called Women Thrive Worldwide. Most of the demands contained in the paper are disturbing though not […]

By Piero A. Tozzi NEW YORK, January 15, 2009 (C-FAM) – The Philippine Senate is debating legislation passed last month by the lower house that would mandate adoption of “gender mainstreaming” throughout the country. The legislation troubles critics who believe the bill is being advanced by well-meaning legislators who are unaware of the full implications of the language proposed. Dubbed the “Magna Carta of Women,” the bill’s general provisions explicitly reference the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), a document which has been used by its compliance committee to promote a right to abortion. […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President-elect Obama will push ahead with plans to remove the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy on admitting open homosexuals, according to incoming White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. Though Obama’s “civil rights agenda” published on the Internet since at least November (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/nov/08112009.html) has indicated his plans to revamp the military’s approach to homosexual personnel, the news broke afresh when Gibbs unequivocally answered the policy question on a recent YouTube video. In response to whether Obama would get rid of the Clinton-era “don’t ask” policy, Gibbs said, “You don’t […]

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Live Action has released the complete footage shot at an Indianapolis Planned Parenthood showing clinic employees covering up the reported statutory rape of a 13-year-old. The group released the unedited footage to show the story in real time. In the video clinic employees meet the UCLA student investigative journalist, Lila Rose, posing as a 13-year-old, and hear her describe how a 31-year-old man had impregnated her. Once in the counseling room, a Planned Parenthood nurse assures Rose that she will not report the statutory rape and instructs her how to obtain a secret […]

By Hilary White AMSTERDAM, January 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Dutch Minister of Education, Culture, and Science, who had granted subsidies to two Protestant organizations, has announced that the funds for one group will be revoked because they attempt to help clients overcome their homosexual inclinations. The Netherlands government had pledged €50,000 to the evangelical group Onze Weg (Our Way), as well as €85,000 to RefoAnders foundation, a Dutch Reformed group, over three years. Plasterk told the lower house of parliament today that the ministry had changed its mind after questions from MPs about Our Way. Our Way says that believing […]

By Hilary White DUBLIN, Ohio, January 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prominent left-leaning Catholic political activist is facing seven felony prostitution charges, including some involving minors. Robert Eric McFadden, 46, of Dublin, Ohio, former president of the lobby group Catholics for Faithful Citizenship and an employee of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, was arrested Wednesday by Ohio police and charged with two counts of promoting prostitution, two counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor, two counts of pandering obscenity involving a nude minor and one count of compelling prostitution. Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien told the Springfield News-Sun that […]

By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, January 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Due to a struggling economy coupled with losses suffered by a major donor fallen victim to the Madoff swindle, Planned Parenthood Federation of America has reportedly laid off 20% of its workers. “As with many other nonprofit organizations, Planned Parenthood has had to make staff reductions at our headquarters due to the challenging economic times facing our country,” Maryana Iskander, the organization’s chief operating officer, said in a statement. “While taking this action is never easy, we want to ensure the millions of women and men who rely on Planned […]

 LAWRENCEVILLE, GA, Jan. 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com)—In 36 years, 50,000,000 children have died as a result of legalized abortion in the United States. There is no visible monument capable of handling the scope of these deaths. Georgia Right to Life, however, has announced that it wants to correct this injustice by establishing an Abortion Holocaust Memorial Wall in cyberspace. Supportpersonhood.com features a short video which introduces the goal of remembering each individual victim of abortion by granting them an identity and providing an epitaph, thereby personalizing their loss. “Unlike the Jewish Holocaust, there are no pictures of death and destruction to […]

ANN ARBOR, MI, January 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) — The U. S. Supreme Court announced on Monday that it has denied a request to review a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that upheld the constitutional rights of pro-life activists to display graphic photos of aborted babies on the public streets in California.  In July 2008, court observers were stunned when a unanimous 3-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court decision and held that pro-life activists had a constitutional right to display large graphic photos of aborted babies on the public streets adjacent […]

Operation Rescue also assists victim of faked sonogram in filing complaint with the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts

Commentary by Judie Brown Washington, DC, January 15 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The next time you stare down a conveyor belt of slow-moving, hot, sugary glazed donuts at your local Krispy Kreme you just might be supporting President-elect Barack Obama’s radical support for abortion on demand – including his sweeping promise to sign the Freedom of Choice Act as soon as he steps in the Oval Office, Jan. 20. The doughnut giant released the following statement yesterday: “Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD) is honoring American’s sense of pride and freedom of choice on Inauguration Day, by offering a free doughnut of choice to […]

Leader denies that family breakdown contributes to crime and violence

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski FREDERICTON, NB, January 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The hearing held yesterday to determine whether abortionist Henry Morgentaler should be allowed to continue in his lawsuit against the Province of New Brunswick has resulted in Chief Justice J. Ernest Drapeau reserving his decision “until a later date.” Morgentaler is seeking to force government funding for abortions carried out at his private clinic. The Canadian Press reports that the lawyer for the New Brunswick government, Nancy Forbes, said that Morgentaler should be denied the “public-interest standing” granted to him last August because only women who wanted to use […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To mark the 36th Memorial of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that decriminalized abortion, Operation Rescue and Born Alive Truth is sponsoring the world premiere of the new movie “22 Weeks” in the nation’s capitol on the eve of the March for Life.  The movie, which is approximately 30 minutes long, is based on the true story of a woman who had an abortion at an Orlando abortion clinic in her 22nd week of pregnancy. During the abortion, however, something goes wrong, and her tiny son is born […]

By Kathleen Gilbert January 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic bloggers have responded after Doug Kmiec, the Catholic law professor who sent shockwaves through the pro-life community by vocally supporting pro-abortion Barack Obama in his bid for the presidency, issued a scathing indictment of the Catholic blogosphere, which had responded negatively to his position. Kmiec claims the blogs unfairly vilified him and imperiled relations between the Obama administration and the Holy See with outlandish condemnations of the President-elect. In an article entitled “A Tangled Web,” to be published in Commonweal magazine January 16, the Pepperdine University law professor lambasted the Catholic […]

Interview With Spiritual Director of Adolescents WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 13, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Being the parent of an adolescent boy is legendary for its difficulty. But according to one priest who acts as a spiritual director and confessor for high school boys, just keeping in mind seven points can make for a better relationship with adolescent sons. Legionary of Christ Father Michael Sliney suggests the following seven necessities for parents of adolescent boys: 1. Clear guidelines with reasonable consequences from a unified front; cutting slack but also holding boys accountable for their actions.  2. Reasonable explanations for the criteria, guidelines and […]

FRONT ROYAL, VA, January 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The entire student body of Christendom College, including many of the faculty and staff, will lead hundreds of thousands in protesting abortion at the 36th annual March for Life, to be held in Washington, D.C., on January 22. An honor normally reserved for individual states, Christendom College will carry the lead banner in this year’s March for Life for the third time in the March’s history. The College led the March in 1984 and 1998. Christendom routinely cancels classes on the anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion on […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, at the Sixth World Encounter of Families in Mexico City MEXICO CITY, January 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a surprise move today, Mexican President Felipe Calderon appeared in person at the opening of the Sixth World Encounter of Families and gave the keynote speech formally inaugurating the conference. Calderon’s decision to associate himself formally with the Encounter sends a clear message of opposition to anti-family forces in Mexico, who are pushing to legalize abortion, euthanasia, homosexual “marriage,” “express divorce,” and other similar policies. According to conference official Msgr Lozano Barragan, “the family is the source of […]

By Hilary White BRUSSELS, January 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A resolution has been passed today at the European Union that proposes to standardise among all member states the legal status of same-sex relationships. Pro-life and pro-family leaders have called for a strong Christian response to the move that that will force EU member states to adopt same-sex “marriage” or civil unions and bring legalised abortion, even in countries who uphold legal protections for the unborn and in which only natural marriage is legally recognised. The resolution, authored by Giusto Catania, an Italian Communist MEP, calls upon EU member-states to guarantee […]

Commentary by Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary January 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President-elect Barack Obama promised to make his inaugural events the most inclusive ever—and he is making good on his promise.  Just over two weeks after gay rights activists condemned his choice of Saddleback pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the ceremony itself, the President-elect and his inaugural committee announced the choice of Bishop Gene Robinson, the openly-homosexual Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, to open the mass event at the Lincoln Memorial with prayer. Predictably, the committee insisted that the invitation has nothing […]

MEXICO CITY, January 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leadership of Mexico’s socialist Social Democratic Party (PSD) has issued a demand to Mexico City’s Cardinal Archbishop Norberto Rivera that he and the Church stop opposing its initiatives to legalize abortion, homosexual “marriage” and euthanasia, or face legal action. The PSD is angered by the Cardinal’s consistent reiteration of the Catholic Church’s teachings on the sanctity of human life, sexual morality, and family values. “It’s an attack against our ideology, because they describe us as enemies of the family, deprecate legislation that depenalizes abortion, ignore the existence of same-sex couples, the practice […]

HARRISBURG, PA, January 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Real Alternatives, the statewide program administrator for the award winning Pennsylvania Alternative to Abortion Services Program, has reported that in fiscal year 2007 -2008 a record 19,742 women were provided comprehensive counseling, mentoring, and support. In 2007-2008 the program received its highest funding of $6.5 million per year by the Commonwealth’s Department of Public Welfare. “We have seen a steady decrease in annual abortions since the start of the program 13 years ago,” said Kevin Bagatta, Real Alternatives President & CEO. “To date, the citizens of Pennsylvania have placed $59 million of tax […]

By Kathleen Gilbert BOSTON, January 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sued the U.S. government for funding the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) initiative against human trafficking, because their services do not extend to contraception and abortion. The lawsuit, filed in a Boston court, claims that the USCCB is imposing its beliefs on taxpayers and victims of human trafficking by not using federal grant money to fund subcontractors providing condoms, the abortifacient morning-after pill, or abortions, all of which are gravely immoral according to Church teaching. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The parents and families of children with Down syndrome are preparing to gather at the March for Life in the U.S. Capitol on January 22 to spread awareness of the massive number of disabled children targeted for eugenic cleansing in the womb. Eileen Haupt of Vermont and Leticia Velasquez of Connecticut have already gathered dozens of families of disabled children wishing to form a presence at the march.  The initiative, known as KIDS (Keeping Infants with Down Syndrome) will commemorate the 9 out of 10 Downs children in the U.S. […]

 By Thaddeus M. Baklinski AUGUSTA, Maine, January 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Supporters of homosexual “marriage” and groups committed to defending the true meaning of marriage, are set to square off for a fight in Maine this year. Senator Dennis S. Damon, D-Trenton, announced at a press conference this afternoon that he is submitting legislation that would redefine marriage in the state. The senator said that his bill would codify civil marriage as the legally recognized union of two people, regardless of sex, and ensure that the state recognizes same-sex “marriages” from other states. He also said that the bill would […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SCOTLAND, U.K., January 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scottish Parliament members have called for an investigation into sexually-themed merchandise marketed to young children. The Equal Opportunities Committee said more research should be undertaken in response to complaints about the sexually themed children’s T-shirts, animal-print high-heel slippers for babies, and pink pencil-cases emblazoned with the Playboy logo. “We do need more research. I think there is some evidence to show that the goods we’re talking about do sexualise children,” said Nationalist MSP Sandra White.  Other members were less enthusiastic.  Former minister Malcolm Chisholm, a Labour MSP, expressed uncertainty as to […]

Part 1: Where are we now, what's the best response, and where are we headed

SAN FRANCISCO, January 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—A former “card-carrying member of NARAL” will be among the more than 25,000 people expected to peacefully walk along San Francisco’s waterfront on Saturday, January 24, in the 5th Annual Walk for Life West Coast.   The Walk began in 2005 when a handful of San Franciscans decided they wanted a San Francisco-style walk with an outreach to women, particularly women who have experienced abortion or who are struggling with an unwanted pregnancy.  “That’s what it is about,” said Walk co-chair Dolores Meehan, a fourth-generation San Franciscan. “My grandmother was left on a doorstep as an […]

Commentary by Deal Hudson January 13, 2009 (InsideCatholic.com) – Five-hundred people were turned away from the “Pro-Life Summit to End Abortion” held by Dr. Monica M. Miller this past weekend in Ann Arbor, MI. Most of the 500 who did have tickets made it to Christ the King Church in spite of the ten inches of snow that started falling Saturday morning.   It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen any group of Catholics as energized as those gathered by Miller’s apostolate, Citizens for a Pro-Life Society. Anyone who had predicted the withdrawal of pro-life Catholics from political engagement after […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski FREDERICTON, NB, January 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After having been granted “public-interest standing” to proceed in his lawsuit against the Province of New Brunswick in August, 2008, abortionist Henry Morgentaler is before the court today pursuing his goal of making New Brunswick taxpayers pay for abortions in his abortion center. New Brunswick is the only province in Canada that has a private abortion facility that is not publicly funded. The court is hearing an appeal from the New Brunswick provincial government on the ruling which granted Morgentaler the status to pursue a lawsuit. “Public-interest standing” refers […]

Time to Work with Obama to "Reduce Abortions"

Killing helpless disabled persons violates Helsinki Agreement

By Tony Gosgnach   TORONTO, January 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life demonstrator Linda Gibbons walked out of court a free woman to the hugs of supporters after a criminal court judge quashed a charge of disobeying a court order against her this afternoon. She had been held in prison since her arrest last Oct. 8 outside the Scott “Clinic” abortion site in downtown Toronto, which is shielded by a legal bubble zone established as part of a “temporary” court injunction implemented in 1994.   The development is the second in a row for Gibbons, who similarly was immediately released from […]

Quintuplets Born in UK in Defiance of Medical Pressure to Aborthttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08010406.html Top U.S. Evangelical Leader: All Involved with IVF Responsible for “Vast Human Tragedy”https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08011104.html “One who is unable to live without sex, in the end, becomes a slave”: Italian Soccer Superstarhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08013007.html Mother Refused Cancer Treatment So Baby Could livehttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08012505.html Portuguese Medical Association Defies Government Order to Accept Abortionhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08012202.html President Declares Sunday January 20, 2008 “National Sanctity of Human Life Day”https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08012101.html Unborn Twins Save Mother by Dislodging Tumor With Their Kickshttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08020407.html 20 Years On – The Man Who Congratulated Canada’s First Gay Politician Reconsidershttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/mar/08031308.html Canada Finally Moves Age of Consent for […]

January 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following are a series of links to a selection of stories from the previous year that detail Pope Benedict XVI’s various statements on the life, cultural, family and faith issues. As the stories reveal, the current pontiff has clearly emerged as a fierce and outspoken defender of the right to life of all human beings, including the most vulnerable. Pope Says the “Future of Society” is “Clearly at Stake” from Attacks Against the Family Based on Marriagehttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08011011.html Pope Highlights “Educational Emergency” of Passing on Values and Correct Behavior to Youthhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08010202.html Benedict XVI Calls Catholic Faithful to […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following the row that erupted after pro-marriage and pro-life Saddleback pastor Rick Warren was picked to preside over the main inauguration event, Obama has selected the Episcopal Church’s only openly homosexual bishop to give the main invocation at a Sunday event celebrating Obama’s inauguration, to be held two days later. New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, a central figure in the homosexual clergy controversy that has rocked the worldwide Anglican communion, will deliver his invocation on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. “I’m just overwhelmed and so humbled by this […]

January 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Angus Reid poll has found that a vast majority of Canadians do not know that under the country’s current legal situation the killing of an unborn child is permitted at any time from conception up to the moment of birth. The poll results have been made public on the heels of a late-December declaration by Dimitri Soudas, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, that the Conservative government has no intention of reopening the abortion debate in Canada. The Angus Reid poll found that 92 percent of the respondents did not know abortion was available […]

Catholic Herald editor and Daily Telegraph blogger, Damian Thompson, said that the ads will likely have the opposite of the intended effect.

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski January 2, 2009 (LifeSIteNews.com) – Soft drink giant PepsiCo, which also owns Frito Lay chips, Tropicana orange juice, Gatorade and Quaker oatmeal, has given a million dollars in the past two years to organizations which promote homosexuality, and forces its employees to attend sexual orientation and gender identity/expression classes. $500,000 went to the Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays’ (PFLAG) “Straight for Equality” program which, according to PFLAG’s website (https://community.pflag.org/Document.Doc?id=160), “will be used to expand workplace training.” Jacqueline Millan, director of PepsiCo Corporate Contributions, said in a PepsiCo bulletin, “We are delighted to continue […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski PORTSMOUTH, UK, January 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lisa Chamberlain, 25, pregnant with dicephalus twins who have separate heads but share a single body, is determined to allow her conjoined daughters a chance at life, despite doctors advice to kill the children in utero. If the babies survive after birth, they will become the first ever living British dicephalus twins. “Some people might look at me and say ‘You’re going to give birth to a freak’ but I don’t care because I feel blessed,” Chamberlain told the UK Sun. “To me, my twins are a gift from God […]

By Kathleen Gilbert LONDON, January 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When 43-year-old Martin Ryan suffered a stroke that left him unable to swallow, a “communication breakdown” meant that the staff at Kingston hospital never inserted a feeding tube.  Doctors say they did not realize that nurses had not provided for Ryan – who died in agony after 26 days without food – until it was too late. The advocacy group Mencap says that Ryan, a Down syndrome sufferer, fell victim to the widespread mistreatment of disabled patients by the U.K.‘s National Health Service (NHS).  Ryan’s case is one of a number of horror […]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – From February 25 until April 5, people across North America will join together for 40 days of prayer and fasting for an end to abortion. The upcoming campaign is merely the latest effort of the growing and startlingly effective 40 Days for Life movement. “As America approaches the 36th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court ruling that imposed abortion on our nation, pro- life advocates are launching the next wave of a unique pro-life campaign,” said David Bereit, national director of 40 Days for Life. Cities interested in hosting campaigns are invited […]

NASHVILLE, Jan. 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Larry Flynt, the publisher of Hustler magazine, and Joe Francis, the producer of “Girls Gone Wild” videos, recently said they were asking Congress for $5 billion in federal assistance, asserting the adult entertainment industry was among those hit “like a cold shower” by the recession. However, Steve Siler, director of Music for the Soul (MFS), a Nashville-based Christian ministry, said that while Flynt’s and Francis’ remarks may seem like simply a twisted joke to most Americans, the pornography industry in the United States and its devastating effect on individuals, marriages, families and workplaces is […]

By Hilary White ROME, January 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Parliament is set to vote this week on a resolution that will promote abortion and same-sex unions throughout the European Union. The resolution, authored by Giusto Catania, an Italian Communist MEP, calls upon EU member-states to guarantee access to “sexual and reproductive health and rights” and represents the next step in the work of European homosexualist activists. In article 75, the resolution, which bases its arguments on the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, calls for Member States that have already recognized same-sex civil unions in law to also recognize […]

Undercover investigation reveals that viability and fetal age are underestimated to avoid compliance with Kansas law

 FRONT ROYAL, VA (JANUARY 9 2009) – The entire student body of Christendom College, including many of the faculty and staff, will join hundreds of thousands in protesting abortion at the 36th annual March for Life, to be held in Washington, D.C., on January 22. The College routinely cancels classes on the anniversary of the Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion on demand in the United States, and its Student Activities Council charters buses to provide transportation for the hundreds of students eager to attend. “Since the College is closed for the March For Life, Christendom’s commitment to life […]

Tuesday August 26, 2008 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips SHARE THIS PAGE: E-mail Print Comments on Aug. 26 News Biden’s Bishop Will not Permit Him, Even if Elected VP, to Speak at Catholic Schools Cardinals, Bishops and Congressmen Slam Pelosi on Abortion Latin America in the Balance: Mexican Supreme Court Deliberates on Abortion Constitutionality Talk a Woman out of Abortion in the UK? Two Years Jail New York Cardinal – Pelosi Not Worthy of “Providing Leadership in a Civilized Democracy” Pro-Abortion Case Falls Apart Days Before Mexican Supreme Court Ruling Large Prayer Rally at Denver Planned Parenthood During […]

* 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   What FOCA Really Does  https://www.ncregister.com/site/article/16948/   Hyde’s 4 Rules for Pro-Lifers  1. Don’t compromise on the right to life. Ever.  2. Respect, and work with, your opposition.  3. Support other pro-lifers.  4. Never give up  https://www.ncregister.com/site/article/16952/ Pro-lifers anxious over Obama inauguration  https://www.osv.com/OSVNav/OSVNewsweeklyJanuary182009/ProlifersanxiousoverObamainauguration/tabid/7396/Default.aspx   Spain: Bishops willing to ‘take to the streets’ in support of human life  https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=14703   Afghan held for forced abortion of his sister  https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090109/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_backyard_abortion   […]

By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman   SPAIN, January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-abortion vice president of Spain’s ruling Socialist Worker’s Party was surprised recently when he was unexpectedly shown a video showing the gruesome details of late term abortions during a national television interview, and asked to comment on them.   Jose Blanco was being interviewed on the “Cat to the Water” show produced by Intereconomia TV, which early last year did an expose on the abortion industry using a hidden camera.  The network filmed and broadcast abortions of babies well beyond 24 weeks gestation, showing them being injected with […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. , January 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday leaders of the Susan B. Anthony List responded to the recent discovery of a plot by liberal internet activists to attack www.teamsarah.org, a community dedicated to advancing the values that Sarah Palin represents in the political process: “Team Sarah recently uncovered a plot by liberal activists to frame our community for harboring hate speech and bigotry,” said Emily Buchanan, Executive Director of the Susan B. Anthony List and Team Sarah Site Administrator.  “Liberal extremists at www.somethingawful.com concocted a plot to join Team Sarah under false pretenses and intentionally provoke our members by […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Governor Ted Strickland recently signed Sub. H.B. 280, the Protecting Pregnant Women from Coercion & Violence Act. In addition to protecting pregnant women from violence and coerced abortions, the new law will allow proof of a pattern of failing to report known or suspected child sexual abuse in a lawsuit for damages against abortion facilities or others who are required to report child abuse.   Sub. H.B. 280, which was sponsored by Rep. Michelle Schneider, will:    1) Require abortion facilities to post a “No One Can Force You to Have an Abortion” poster; […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASILLA, Alaska, January 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Though Sarah Palin has reportedly declined hordes of journalists requesting interviews, the Alaskan governor opened the door of her home to freelance documentarian John Ziegler when he asked for her opinion on media bias in the 2008 elections. Ziegler has released some footage of the Wasilla interview, which will appear in an extended version in his upcoming documentary, “Media Malpractice: How Obama Got Elected.”  In the video, Palin reveals her attempts to rectify falsehoods perpetuated by a recalcitrant media, and her particular dismay at slurs aimed at her family. “Quite […]

 By Kathleen Gilbert CHICAGO, January 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a move unprecedented in Illinois history, the state House of Representatives voted 114-1 to impeach disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich, one of the leading champions for abortion in U.S. politics, on account of widely disseminated corruption charges that erupted last month. The Illinois governor fell into ignominy after federal authorities acquired wiretapped conversations between Blagojevich and various individuals in which the governor sought to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama. As governor of Illinoi Blagojevich retained the right to name Obama’s successor. “We need him out and […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski TORONTO, January 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This Lent, from Ash Wednesday, February 25 to April 5, 2009, a number of Canadian cities, including Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, will participate with more than 170 cities across North America, joining together for the largest and longest coordinated pro-life mobilization in history – the 40 Days for Life campaign. 40 Days for Life is a focused pro-life campaign that has generated measurable lifesaving results in the more than 200 cities where it has been implemented. It has lead to a significant drop in abortions in almost all locations, and, […]

By Kathleen Gilbert FORCH, Switzerland, January 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dignitas, the famous Swiss assisted suicide “clinic” responsible for the deaths of about 900 people, is being forced to lay open its records in an investigation of alleged profiteering. Dignitas founder Ludwig Minelli is said to have become a millionaire thanks to exorbitant fees paid by some of his clients, including one patient alleged to have been charged $130,000.  Normally Dignitas, which is billed as a not-for-profit organization, charges its patients €4,000 ($5,403) for preparation and suicide assistance, and €7,000 ($9,455) if the patient requests the clinic to manage the […]

By Hilary White   AMSTERDAM, January 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican envoy to the Netherlands has been called to a meeting to defend the Catholic teaching on sexuality and marriage by the Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister. At the request of homosexualist activist groups, Maxime Verhagen, a Christian Democrat, has demanded that the Papal Nuncio to the Netherlands, Monsignor François Bacqué, respond to accusations that the Church opposes “gay rights.”   Verhagen said, “The Netherlands is unpleasantly surprised by the opposition of Pope Benedict XVI to a UN declaration on human rights and homosexuality.”   Verhagen noted that although there were points of […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WICHITA, January 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A motion to suppress evidence against notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller suffered a severe blow Wednesday thanks to testimony that unexpectedly supported Phill Kline, the former Kansas attorney general who had procured key evidence against Tiller. The words of Linda Carter, a former staffer with the Johnson County district attorney’s office who had been subpoenaed by Tiller’s own defense, wound up working against the motion to suppress the medical records Kline had obtained.  In her testimony Carter vehemently denied that Kline had pressured her to influence former Attorney General Paul Morrison (with […]

NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Terri’s Foundation and Priests for Life are inviting individuals, families, Churches and organizations to observe the “International Day of Prayer and Remembrance for Terri Schindler Schiavo, and All of Our Vulnerable Brothers and Sisters” (“Terri’s Day”) on March 31, the fourth anniversary of Terri’s death. The two organizations established the day last year. Its purpose is to foster education, prayer, and activism regarding discrimination against the disabled, and advocacy for people in situations similar to what Terri and her family faced. Suzanne Vitadamo, Terri’s sister, and Bobby Schindler, her brother, stated on behalf […]

By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tributes to the late Fr. Richard John Neuhaus continue to come forward from the highest levels. President George W. Bush has issued a statement in which he praises Neuhaus as “an inspirational leader, admired theologian, and accomplished author who devoted his life to the service of the Almighty and to the betterment of our world.” Called “one of the nation’s most influential Catholic conservatives,” Neuhaus, who died peacefully yesterday, was an advisor to the Bush administration on a variety of subjects including embryonic stem cell research. President Bush said, “He was […]

Tuesday February 6, 2007 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips ‘We Shall Overcome … Abortion’ Says National Black Pro-Life Union President Special to LifeSiteNews.com by Day Gardner, President, National Black Pro-Life Union WASHINGTON, February 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following statement was released today by Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union: Throughout the month of February, we take the time … one month out of the year to remember the tragedies and celebrate the triumphs of African Americans in history. We celebrate the fact that we are a strong race that survived the many horrors and […]

Former DNC chairman says he has been invited to be a Knight despite pro-abortion views

Tuesday August 7, 2007 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Notorious Abortionist Tiller Charged and Arraigned on 19 Criminal Counts Operation Rescue says Wichita clinic closed for unprecedented two weeks By Peter J. Smith WICHITA, Kansas, August 7, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Notorious abortionist George R. Tiller turned himself over to Sedwick County Sheriffs for his arraignment last Friday on 19 criminal misdemeanor counts for illegal late-term abortions. Tiller was processed and released by authorities, but did not appear in court himself. His attorney, Lee Thompson, entered “not guilty” to all counts on his behalf. Tiller was originally to be […]

Thursday July 5, 2007 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips UK Minister Pledges Government Collaboration with Gay Activists in Stopping “Homophobic Bullying” in Schools New government guidelines will “compel” faith schools to comply with gay agenda normalization of homosexuality By Hilary White LONDON, July 5, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Britain’s minister for Children, Schools and Families told gay activists yesterday that the Labour government is committed to working closely with the homosexual activist organization Stonewall in eradicating “homophobic bullying” in schools. He told activists that new government guidelines are planned that will “compel” faith schools to comply with the homosexual […]

By Steve Jalsevac   NEW YORK, January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Richard Neuhaus could always be relied upon to honour his priestly vocation by stating the truth about difficult subjects for the benefit of both the spiritual and moral development of society. LifeSiteNews was privileged to interview this great man on several occasions. He never let us down in quickly getting right to the core with especially insightful comments on the difficult matters raised.   Neuhaus’s empathy with the struggles of the ordinary person was very real and unforgettable. He was a great orator, a true, high level Catholic […]

By Kathleen Gilbert MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Milwaukee’s Alliance School, one of the few officially “gay-friendly”  high schools in the country, has been given clearance to extend their pro-homosexual curriculum to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. The proposal went through easily last month, with the city’s board of education unanimously approving it by default, as it was not pulled for further discussion or a vote.  Tina Owen, Lead Teacher of Alliance, said they would be accepting applications from middle-school-age children for the 2009-10 school year immediately. Marty Lexmond, the director of school innovation for Milwaukee Public Schools, […]

Benedict XVI says the poorest human beings are unborn children

Top pro-life leaders pay tribute to memory of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus who died today

By Kathleen Gilbert January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two leaders in the pornography industry have written to Congress asking for 5 billion dollars to help ease the damage done to the 13-billion dollar business by a struggling economy. Larry Flint, the founder of Hustler magazine, and “Girls Gone Wild” creator Joe Francis told Washington that the pornography business should be treated with the same care given to auto manufacturers, who expect a portion of the government money to help avoid collapse. “Congress seems willing to help shore up our nation’s most important businesses, (and) we feel we deserve the same […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CAMDEN, New Jersey, January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews) – The Campbell’s Soup Company has placed double-page ads, promoting their Swanson line of broth, in the December 2008 and January 2009 issues of The Advocate, the US’s largest homosexual magazine. One of the ads features two female restaurateurs and a young boy, identifying the women as “partners,” with the boy presumably being the son of one of the women. The American Family Association (AFA), a pro-family advocacy group, condemned the ads, saying they “send a message that homosexual parents constitute a family and are worthy of support,” and […]

By Kathleen Gilbert VIENNA, January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Austrian chemist who helped spearhead the creation of the earliest contraceptive pill has expressed dismay at the severance of sexuality and reproduction made possible by widespread use of the pill, and has warned against the impending demographic disaster from plummeting birth rates. Carl Djerassi wrote of his concern in a commentary appearing in the December issue of Austria’s Der Standard, where he described couples who regularly contracept as “wanting to enjoy their schnitzels while leaving the rest of the world to get on with it.” Djerassi, who is a chemist, […]

By Hilary White VANCOUVER, January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s anti-polygamy law will likely be facing a legal challenge now that the leaders of the controversial polygamous sect in Bountiful, near Cranbrook, British Columbia, have been arrested. Winston Blackmore, the “bishop” of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and James Oler are facing criminal charges for practicing polygamy. Wally Oppal, BC’s Attorney General, announced at a press conference that Blackmore and Oler were arrested yesterday by eight plainclothes RCMP officers. The two men were later released on their own cognizance after being charged. The two cooperated with […]

By Hilary White BRIGHTON, UK, January 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A home for retired British Christian missionaries faces a massive funding cut after residents refused to answer questions about their “sexual orientation” on a government form. Elderly residents at the Pilgrim Home in Egremont Place, Brighton, were accused of being “closed to the gay community” for their refusal to answer the questions. As a result, the Brighton & Hove city council revoked a £13,000 grant to the facility. After months of attempts to resolve the situation with the council, the Christian charity that runs the facility, Pilgrim Houses, is launching […]

By Hilary White LONDON, January 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A baby girl born at 23 weeks gestation who was brought home recently by her mother, has re-opened the debate in the UK over the legal gestational age limit for abortion. Sarah Slater, the child’s mother, told media, “We’re so glad to have Lexie home with us at last and it just shows how outmoded our laws on abortion are.” In an interview with the Daily Mail, Slater said, “Some mothers-to-be would be able to legally terminate their pregnancy at 23 weeks – yet my Lexie is living proof babies can […]

Fr. Richard John Neuhaus slipped away today, January 8, shortly before 10 o’clock, at the age of seventy-two. He never recovered from the weakness that sent him to the hospital the day after Christmas, caused by a series of side effects from the cancer he was suffering. He lost consciousness Tuesday evening after a collapse in his heart rate, and the next day, in the company of friends, he died. My tears are not for him—for he knew, all his life, that his Redeemer lives, and he has now been gathered by the Lord in whom he trusted. I weep, […]

Barred from bench for over two years; supporters raise thousands of Euros to help his family

Thursday January 27, 2005 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips The Broken Windows Theory of Marriage by Barbara Kay Originally published in the National Post January 27, 2005 Eighteen months ago I wanted to write a column about the creeping respectability of polygamy, but my then-editor considered the topic too far-out. And lo, look what is making headlines today. Andrew Coyne, George Jonas and the Post editorial board dismiss “slippery slope” worries about polygamy gaining recognition. Jonas says polygamy may not be unnatural or even un-Christian but “it’s certainly un-Canadian.” In 1999 when a Reform Party bill designating marriage […]

* 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 Leading US Pro-Life Advocate, Father Richard Neuhaus, Said to be Dying  National Review on line reports today that Fr. George Rutler, who gave Fr. Neuhaus the Catholic Sacrament of the sick, says that “he is not expected to live long” and suggests “that it is appropriate that prayers be offered for a holy death.”  https://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OTg2NGUyYzdhNTU4MDJmZjk0MTY1OGM5Zjg0ODdiMDc Abortion and the Obama Presidency – Four national pro-life […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com today, Bobby Schindler, the brother of Terri Shiavo, expressed his disappointment that Barack Obama had appointed the same lawyer who spearheaded the effort to have Terri killed via dehydration to a top position in his administration. “Sadly, the appointment of Attorney Thomas Perrelli as an associate attorney general is what many of us have feared in regards to a Barack Obama presidency,” said Schindler.  “Not only does it appear that Pres-elect Obama has no regard for the value and dignity of human life, but it […]

 By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ANCASTER, Ontario, January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Students at Redeemer University College in Ancaster, near Hamilton, Ontario, have re-established the school’s pro-life club, which had become inactive last year, according to an article written by student Mary Sawchuk for The Catholic Register. Students Allie Klassen and Jessica Dunn approached the school’s student life representatives in September to resurrect the pro-life club under the new name Humanae Heartbeat, which now boasts over 50 members, many of whom attend meetings on a bi-weekly basis. “We want to show that Redeemer is passionate about this issue (of abortion),” said […]

January 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – From the bizarre to the beautiful, in 2009 LifeSiteNews published thousands of original stories on many of the most important developments having to do with the issues of life, culture, faith and the family. But after crunching the numbers we found that the following ten stories came out on top as the most read LifeSiteNews.com stories of the past year. Many of these stories are just as important now as they were when they were first published. We hope you enjoy this retrospective. The Top 10 Most Popular Stories of 2008: 1) Book Reveals Fetal Soup Served in Chinese Restaurantshttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/feb/08020109.html   2) The […]

By John-Henry Westen   LONDON, Ontario, January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro, the Rome Director of Human Life International and a Doctor of Dogmatic Theology, has reviewed and denounced the ethical guidelines which have permitted a Catholic hospital in London Ontario to terminate the pregnancies of babies who are severely disabled.   Last month, LifeSiteNews.com broke the news of a Catholic hospital in London Ontario which has been performing eugenic abortions on babies with lethal fetal anomalies for 20 years (see coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08121111.html).   While the chief ethicist at the hospital, Fr. Michael Prieur, assured LifeSiteNews.com in an interview that […]

By Hilary White OTTAWA, January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Students who have undergone abortions will be encouraged to share their experiences at an event sponsored by Carleton University’s pro-life group this week. The event, which will take place tomorrow (Jan. 8) at 11:30 am, will feature speakers from the Silent No More Awareness Campaign (SNMAC), the project that encourages women who have been hurt by abortion to speak out about their experiences. The group says that the purpose of the event is “to provide women with an opportunity to share the difficulties that they faced after having an abortion, to reach […]

By Hilary White LONDON, January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to a group in Belfast last night, Mary Baroness Warnock, a leading voice in British bioethics, said that doctors who refuse to cooperate in assisted suicide are “genuinely wicked.” Following a theme of previous comments in which she said that the elderly and people with dementia have a “duty to die,” Warnock said, “There are doctors, we know, who don’t pay any attention [to a patient’s desire for suicide]. “But that seems to me a genuinely wicked thing to do – to disregard what somebody had quite explicitly said, that […]

By Hilary White   ATHENS, January 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Greek Orthodox bishop has launched a defamation lawsuit against a group of homosexualist activists, reports the homosexual news source Pink News. The bishop is reportedly asking for 1 million Euros in defamation after the group issued a press statement denouncing him. The suit is launched against the Greek homosexualist organization, Synthesis, and activist Leo Kalovyrnas, who denounced the bishop after the latter made comments on the sinfulness of the homosexual lifestyle in a Greek newspaper.    His Eminence Seraphim, Metropolitan of Peiraeus, a diocese of the Orthodox Church of Greece, […]

 By John-Henry Westen   WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a interview with CNBC Monday, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said that President-Elect Barack Obama’s most important, or defining task would be the creation of “a new world order.”   “The president-elect is coming into office at a moment when there is upheaval in many parts of the world simultaneously,” said Kissinger. “You have India, Pakistan; you have the jihadist movement. So he can’t really say there is one problem, that it’s the most important one. But he can give new impetus to American foreign policy partly because […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with Cal Thomas of Townhall.com, President Bush weighed in on the culture of life as an essential part of both the Republican Party platform and American society. During the interview, which covered such topics as the Gaza conflict, the economy, and Bush’s relationship with the upcoming Obama administration, Thomas broached the topic of cultural issues when he noted: “Colin Powell has blamed conservatives for the party’s bad performance, urges the party to abandon some of these social issues. Would they be wise to do so?” President Bush responded: […]

By John Jalsevac January 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life advocates in Humboldt County California and across the United States are mourning the loss of prolific pro-life author and activist Jacqueline Kasun. Kasun, known especially for her book “The War Against Population,” passed away at the age of 84 on January 1. Kasun was born in 1924 in Watts California. She did her undergraduate studies at UCLA and U.C. Berkeley, going on to earn a PhD in economics from Columbia University in 1956. According to a tribute written in 2007 by Jacqueline’s son, Walter, Kasun entered the male-dominated field of economics at […]

Writing for the Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano, doctor cites growing medical evidence

Friday June 3, 2005 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips President George Bush Explains His Position on Stem Cell Research and Culture of Life Washington, D.C., June 3, 2005., (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a May 31 press conference, U.S. President George W. Bush made reference to several life issues in response to questions fielded by journalists. Mr. Bush reiterated his stand against the creation of embryos to be used to harvest embryonic stem cells for research and also confirmed his desire to build a culture of life in all its aspects. During the press conference a journalist asked in reference […]

Monday November 26, 2007 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Before Tony Blair Becomes Catholic He Must Renounce Anti-Life and Anti-Family Stands Editorial By John-Henry Westen The Sunday Telegraph reports today that former UK Prime Minister “Tony Blair was on the brink of announcing his conversion to Catholicism on a visit to the Pope until a last-ditch intervention by Britain’s Roman Catholic leader.” The Telegraph notes that “Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster, advised Mr. Blair that it would be unwise and inappropriate to use such a high-profile occasion for such an important private event, particularly coming just […]

Thursday December 14, 2006 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips College Women at Risk for Psychiatric Illness at Politically Correct Campuses By Hilary White WASHINGTON, The solution to the extreme psychic distress suffered by so many college women, is not the commonly prescribed anti-depressants Zoloft or Paxil, but sexual continence and religious faith, says a college psychiatrist in her recently published anonymous memoir. In “Unprotected: A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student,” “Dr. Anonymous” wrote that the endemic problems mystifying educators and health professionals, are caused by the politically correct approval of rampant […]

Monday July 11, 2005 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ and the Culture War By Richard Bastien Originally published in Catholic Insight February 1, 2005 Same-sex “marriage” is but the latest episode in the culture war. This becomes obvious if one analyzes the arguments supporting that concept and links them to those aspects of our modern culture that give it an aura of legitimacy. Most of the literature supporting same-sex marriage boils down to two basic arguments: the inequity of traditional marriage and the bigotry of those upholding it. I will depict both arguments as honestly as […]

Wednesday November 24, 1999 See today’s LifeSiteNews stories Send news tips PRO-HOMOSEXUALITY BOOKLET SENT TO ALL US PUBLIC SCHOOLS WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (LSN.ca) – Booklet’s advocating homosexual sex as a viable alternative to normal heterosexual relations have been sent to the 14,700 US public school districts. The 12-page booklet claims to present “Just the Facts” about homosexuality. The Conservative News Service reported that it was put sent by the Just the Facts Coalition made up of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, and the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the National Association of […]

* 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   Democrats Eye Overturning Bush Medical Rule  https://washingtonindependent.com/23480/congress-plans-overturning-bush-medical-rule   Mother has healthy baby boy despite abortion warning by doctor   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/4045097/Mother-has-healthy-baby-boy-despite-abortion-warning-by-doctor.html   Fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken – when her first child died in utero just days before he was due to be born, realized that she needed to write about it  https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98610156   Victoria Lambert: ‘I aborted my baby because he was disabled but it still feels like murder […]

By John Jalsevac OAKLAND, CA, January 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a formal announcement posted yesterday on the Vatican web site and announced at a press conference in Detroit, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Allen H. Vigneron, the Third Bishop of Oakland, California, as the new Archbishop of Detroit. Vigneron is a native of Michigan, and said he was “absolutely flabbergasted” when he received the call only a few days before Christmas, informing him of his appointment to the Detroit See. In his remarks at the press conference at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit, held in the same room in which he […]

By Kathleen Gilbert January 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amid a flurry of outrage, NBC quickly countered rumors that the media outlet had intended to “ban” conservative commentator Anne Coulter from the station when cancelling her appearance on Tuesday’s Today Show. The network has now re-booked her for Wednesday’s show. Coulter, who was to promote her book “Guilty,” set for release today, was replaced by celebrity reporter Perez Hilton, who recently offered $1,000 to anyone who would throw a pie at Ann Coulter, and is also launching a new book this week. The Drudge Report caused a stir Tuesday when it […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski VANCOUVER, January 6, 2008 (LifeSIteNews.com) – The Archdiocese of Vancouver has announced that Coadjutor Archbishop J. Michael Miller will assume pastoral responsibility for the archdiocese following the retirement of Archbishop Raymond Roussin. Archbishop Miller is well-known for his orthodoxy, including on the life and family issues, and is a specialist on the Papacy and on Catholic higher education, having served as the Secretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education, which oversees norms for seminaries, Catholic universities and colleges, and Catholic schools. He served in this position from 2003 until being appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver in […]

By Kathleen Gilbert MOUNT LAUREL, New Jersey, January 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New Jersey Christian group has lost a case against a lesbian couple who brought the group to court for refusing to rent out their oceanfront grounds to the pair for a civil union ceremony. The New Jersey Division on Civil Rights on Monday ruled that the Methodist Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association had violated the public accommodation provisions of state anti-discrimination laws.  A remedy has not yet been settled. “What this case has always been about from my clients’ perspective has been equality,” said Larry Lustberg, the […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent MILAN, January 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A petition has been presented to the Appeals Court of Milan to re-open the case of Eluana Englaro, the disabled young woman that the court agreed could be killed by dehydration. Epidemiologist and writer Paul Gilusano and Dr. Piero Pirovano, a journalist and president of the group Solidarity, Freedom, Justice and Peace, have asked the court to revoke its decree. They are arguing that Eluana’s case was decided without any medical determination of her condition, but on the word of her father, Beppino Englaro, alone. The Englaro case has […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., January 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the appointment of Leon Panetta as the new head of the CIA, president-elect Barack Obama has continued a trend of appointing pro-abortion “Catholics” to high-profile positions in his government. Some pro-life leaders fear that these highly public Catholic dissidents could deal a serious blow to the pro-life Catholic image in America. Panetta, a practicing Catholic who teaches a course each year at the Jesuit-run Santa Clara University, accumulated a strong pro-abortion record as a California congressman, including co-sponsoring the Freedom of Choice Act in 1990.  During his run as […]

By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent ROME, January 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When the former head of the Vatican’s pro-life office retired, he moved directly into the work of “educating consciences” to help re-build a Culture of Life in the Catholic Church in Italy. Bishop Elio Sgreccia, in an interview with LifeSiteNews.com, explained that his work with the newly founded Ut Vitam Habeant (“That They May Have Life”) Foundation is the next natural step in a lifetime of work in the field of Catholic medicine and bioethics. Bishop Sgreccia’s name will be familiar to long-time LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) readers, as the former president […]

MADISON, Wis., January 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) sent a letter to University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Tuesday, asking that the institution refrain from implementing what the group called its “secret and potentially illegal” plans to perform second-trimester abortions in a jointly-operated clinic.  The ADF claimed that the plan would likely compel unwilling employees to aid or participate in dismembering preborn babies, which would violate their religious conscience rights. The ADF also said that the plan may constitute an unlawful state funding of abortion. “Christians and other pro-life medical students and staff should be allowed to abide […]

Dear Readers,    We are back! We hope you had a peaceful Christmas. LifeSiteNews will be doing some news catch-up over the next few days.   Bravo to L’Osservatore Romano for its blunt emphasis on the dangerous scientific realities of hormonal contraceptives. This is NOT about religion. However, it has taken a religious organization, motivated by its commitment to truth and the dignity of women and of every human life, to promote this politically incorrect information.   Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister has felt compelled once again, in response to a pro-life statement from one of his own MPs, to repeat […]

By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, January 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholics lamenting the likely appointment of yet another pro-abortion Catholic Kennedy to the senate may be dismayed by a report that the presidential family's alliance to abortion “rights” was actively nurtured by dissident Catholic priests and theologians. In a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed piece, Anne Hendershott explored the roots of New York Senate hopeful Caroline Kennedy's support for abortion, despite the fact that she identifies herself as a Catholic, much like her parents John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.  LifeSiteNews.com reported last month that one of the first […]

Lisa Miller may face loss of custody to lesbian Janet Jenkins, as well as jail time

RE: We are Fighting a Battle That Has Already Been Wonhttps://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08122408.html I just wanted to make a comment about the article written by Tim Waggoner. All I’ve got to say is…Wow! Give that guy a raise! Honestly, that article was one of the best I’ve read in a long time.  I am planning to attend the March for Life event for the first time this year in Washington DC and I really found Tim’s article to be especially encouraging during these troubled times. I am brand new to Life Site news and Tim’s article was the first thing I’ve ever […]

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski GROVE CITY, Pennsylvania, January 5, 2009 (LIfeSiteNews.com) – A group of professors at Grove City College have found that there is a clear relationship between religious participation and the development of positive character traits, particularly self-control. A interesting aspect of the research, conducted by professors of psychology Drs. Joseph J. Horton, Kevin S. Seybold, and Gary L. Welton, was the discovery that personal faith combined with belonging to a religious community (that is, an organized church) was vastly more beneficial in the development of attributes which help in dealing with stressful life events than either isolated […]

By John Jalsevac OTTAWA, ON, January 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canadian Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has again restated his intention not to re-open the debate on abortion in Canada. Harper’s denial – the latest in a recent series of emphatic statements on the issue – came in response to controversy surrounding remarks by Conservative Winnipeg MP Rod Bruinooge, the newly elected chairman of the Canadian parliamentary pro-life caucus, a position formerly held by Liberal MP Tom Wappel. In an opinion piece published in the National Post on December, 29, entitled “Why I Am Pro-Life,” Bruinooge explained that Canada has […]

By Hilary White ROME, January 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican’s official newspaper has caused a media storm in the European press with an article asserting the abortifacient and carcinogenic effects of hormonal contraceptives. The Italian edition of L’Osservatore Romano carries an article this week on a report by the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations (FIAMC) that was created to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the encyclical Humanae Vitae, the document by Pope John Paul VI that reiterated the Catholic Church’s teaching on artificial birth control. Pedro José María Simón Castelví, the president of FIAMC, wrote that “the means […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A nationwide survey commissioned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has found that four out of five U.S. adults (82 percent) think abortion should either be illegal under all circumstances (11 percent) or would limit its legality. Thirty-eight (38) percent would limit abortion to the narrow circumstances of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother; and an additional 33 percent would limit abortion to either the first three or first six months. Only 9 percent said abortion should be legal for any reason at any time during […]

By Piero A. Tozzi NEW YORK, NY, January 5, 2009 (C-FAM) – A statement promoted by the government of France and issued jointly in December by 66 United Nations (UN) member states on “sexual orientation and gender identity” advances an agenda set forth in a highly controversial 2006 document called the “Yogyakarta Principles.” The Yogyakarta Principles claim to govern “application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity.” Proponents assert the Yogyakarta Principles bind States to new legal standards even though the Yogyakarta document is the creature not of governmental agreement but of homosexual pressure […]