CDC Abortion Data Reveals Small Uptick in 2006, but Overall Decline over Past Decade

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Center for Disease Control (CDC) has released its latest available figures on abortion submitted to the federal agency, which shows an overall decrease in the number of abortions for the ten years between 1997 and 2006, but with a small uptick in abortion rates and ratios between 2005 and 2006, which CDC analysts believe may be attributable to an accompanying rise in fertility rates. While the CDC report provides an analysis of trends in abortion patterns, it qualifies that its data reflects approximately 65 to 69 percent […]
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Send Jailed Pro-Life Heroine Linda Gibbons a Christmas Card

November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Supporters of Linda Gibbons are disseminating the following information to encourage support for the Canadian pro-life sidewalk counsellor: Linda Gibbons has been a “common criminal” for many years now.  For fifteen years, since 1994, this grandmother has been in and out of Ontario prisons. Her totally accumulated jail time is seven years.  What is her crime?  Linda prayerfully and quietly witnesses in front of Ontario abortion clinics, in violation of an unjust “bubble zone” law.  This past session has been particularly onerous – she has been behind bars since last January, and this will be […]
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Sixth Bishop Didn’t Take Up CCHD Collection

By Patrick B. Craine TULSA, Oklahoma, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Edward J. Slattery of Tulsa, Oklahoma also chose not to contribute to the national collection for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) has confirmed, making him the sixth bishop confirmed to have done so. In a letter to the pastors of his diocese, read at Masses on the weekend of the November 21-22 collection, Bishop Slattery informed the faithful that the funds contributed to the CCHD collection would be reserved for use within the diocese. Msgr. Patrick Brankin told LSN that Bishop Slattery made his […]
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Parents Lose Malpractice Suit Against Toronto Sick Children’s Hospital Over Baby Daughter’s Death

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski TORONTO, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Barbara and Timothy Farlow, parents of a baby girl born with the non-fatal genetic disorder Trisomy 13 and who died in 2005 at 80 days old, have lost a malpractice suit against Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. The parents claimed that the hospital failed to give their daughter Annie proper medical care because she was disabled and alleged that the hospital placed a “do not resuscitate” order on the child without their consent. The couple brought the suit to Small Claims Court following unsuccessful attempts at having their case heard […]
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New Jersey Bishops Urge Prayer against State’s Same-Sex “Marriage” Push

By Kathleen Gilbert TRENTON, New Jersey, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Jersey's six Catholic bishops have called on Catholics to combat the state's legislative push for same-sex “marriage” with a day of prayer aimed at protecting marriage in the state legislature.  “This day of prayer is timely because marriage faces serious challenges from a society more focused on individual satisfaction than on the Gospel,” state the bishops. ”One of the most serious challenges is the current effort to pass Bills in the New Jersey legislature that would change the very definition of marriage as a union of one man and one […]
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UK Christian Relationship Counselor Sacked for Opposing Same-sex Partnerings

By Hilary White LONDON, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Christian marriage counselor has joined the burgeoning ranks of those in the UK who have been sacked for their Christian religious beliefs. Gary McFarlane, a 48-year-old solicitor and part-time counselor with a relationship counseling charity, was sacked when he refused to endorse same-sex relationships as equivalent to those of heterosexual couples. McFarlane has lost his chance at appeal with the Employment Appeal Tribunal in which he claimed unfair dismissal and discrimination contrary to the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003. McFarlane said that he believes the Bible teaches that […]
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Pro-Life Victory as Northern Ireland Abortion Guidelines Rejected by High Court

By Hilary White BELFAST, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life advocates in Northern Ireland are celebrating a major court victory today as the Belfast High Court has ordered the recall of health guidelines that they said would have undermined and effectively overturned the province's pro-life laws. Lord Justice Girvan found that the guidelines failed to deal properly with conscientious objection to abortion and counseling on abortion. The judge said the guidelines were open to misinterpretation, saying the language was “ambiguous” and left doctors and staff unclear as to what was expected of them. The judge said the guidelines needed to […]
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Pope Encourages Demonstrators against Anti-Crucifix Ruling

By Hilary White ROME, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI told demonstrators at St. Peter's square this Sunday that the crucifix has a “religious, historical and cultural value.” In a rare move, the pope directly addressed the demonstrators, saying, “I greet with affection the Italian-speaking pilgrims, especially those who took part in the march organized by the Movement of Family Love to express my deep love for the Crucified, recognizing the value of religious, historical and cultural heritage.” The papal boost for the protesters came at the end of the Sunday Angelus, a weekly address by Pope Benedict […]
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Detroit Archbishop Leads Prayer Walk outside Abortion Facilities

By James Tillman DETROIT, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Detroit Archbishop Allen Vigneron led parishioners of the archdiocese in a pro-life prayer march in front of two abortion facilities on Saturday, November 21st. The prayer march was preceded by an early morning mass and concluded with Eucharistic benediction. We “must be a witness patterned after God Himself: generous, kind, patient, but undaunting and constant,” said the archbishop at the 7:30 Mass opening the event. The archbishop explained: “It is God's plan that the whole world would somehow reflect His greatness, and that we, men and women, the human beings of His who […]
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Minority Report: Study Supporting Comprehensive Sexual Education over Abstinence Programs Flawed

By James Tillman SALT LAKE CITY, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—A recent study by a task force of the federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) led researchers to recommend comprehensive risk reduction programs (CRRs), which include instruction in contraceptive use, over abstinence education programs (AE).  But two members of the study's external review team have released a minority report arguing that this conclusion is unjustified. “According to this minority report, the study recommendations may mislead policymakers by presenting conclusions that don't match key study findings,” said Paul Birch, Director of the Institute for Research and Evaluation (IRE), a Utah-based organization […]
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Flyover Tells Notre Dame President Jenkins: Free the ND 88

By Kathleen Gilbert SOUTH BEND, Indiana, November 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An anonymous advocate for the 88 Obama protesters who were arrested on the University of Notre Dame's campus in May sent an aerial message this month to remind University President Fr. John Jenkins of the arrestees' plight for witnessing to life. The 88 individuals arrested on the university's campus while protesting President Obama's commencement address and honorary law degree May 17 are still facing charges of trespassing in St. Joseph County court.  While witnesses say pro-Obama protesters were allowed to roam free, the arrested individuals were singled out for […]
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Int’l Pressure on Uganda to Accept Homosexuality Caused Over-the-Top Sanctions: Christian Activist

By John-Henry Westen KAMPALA, Uganda, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While a proposed and much-criticized anti-homosexuality law in Uganda is definitely too harsh, the law comes as a direct response to the heavy-handed pressure from international gay-activist politicians on Uganda to accept homosexuality as normal, according to one Christian expert who was recently in the African country to testify against the current wording of the bill. In fact, as Dr. Scott Lively, the President of Defend the Family pointed out, the preamble to the bill, and the bill itself contain numerous references to stopping international pressure on Uganda to accept […]
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Spanish Bishops: Politicians Who Vote for Anti-Life Law are not to Receive Communion

By James Tillman MADRID, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Today the Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Episcopal Conference issued a statement saying that politicians who vote for a proposed law liberalizing abortion in Spain place themselves in an “objective state of sin and, while the situation lasts, may not be admitted to Holy Communion.” The announcement from the Spanish bishops comes as the Spanish parliament is considering a law that would make it easier to get an abortion in Spain by allowing 16-year olds to get an abortion without parental consent, among other measures. In their statement, the bishops endorse the June 17th declaration […]
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Breakaway Traditional Anglicans Can’t Keep Churches: B.C. Judge

By Hilary White VANCOUVER, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of parishioners in British Columbia who were seeking independence from the mainstream Anglican Church over its anti-Christian trends, have been told by the courts that their church buildings belong to the Anglican diocese of New Westminster. Mr. Justice Stephen Kelleher of the British Columbia Supreme Court issued a mixed decision saying that four parishes in the Vancouver area may not keep their buildings if they remove themselves from the jurisdiction of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC). Nevertheless, the court ruled, the bishop of New Westminster also does not […]
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Federal Court Rejects Application to Review Morgentaler Order of Canada

By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Federal Court ruling this week has said that the Governor General's highly controversial induction of Canada's “father of abortion,” Henry Morgentaler, into the Order of Canada last summer cannot be legally contested. In a decision released this week, Order-inductee Frank Chauvin's application for a federal court review of the award was rejected on the grounds that it is “plain and obvious that [it] cannot succeed.” The appointment of Morgentaler, Canada's leading abortionist, has been acknowledged as the most factious by far in the history of the Order, sparking […]
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Outspoken MP Slams Canada’s “Abortion Regime”

By John Jalsevac OTTAWA, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite the fact that Canada has one of the most liberal abortion laws in the world and that recent polls show that most Canadians would prefer to have some restrictions on abortion, the political pressure to keep the status quo on the issue is so firm that it is rare for a Canadian politician to even mention the issue, let alone critically. But one Conservative MP has bucked the trend of silence and recently issued a salvo against Canada's “abortion regime” that he argued is directly and seriously harmful to mothers, as well […]
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French National Assembly Rejects Euthanasia Bill by Wide Margin

By Hilary White PARIS, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The French National Assembly has rejected an attempt to legalize euthanasia in a 326 to 202 vote. “Euthanasia is not a medical act. The right to die is not a medical act,” said Union for a Popular Movement party deputy Jean Leonetti, author of a 2005 law on dying that promotes the use of palliative care. The Alliance for Human Life welcomed the vote, saying that the bill “played on the ambiguity of the word 'dignity'” and “contributed to the confusion on a difficult topic.” Xavier Mirabel, president of the Alliance […]
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Obama Makes History: Thanksgiving Proclamation First Ever to Omit Direct Mention of God

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – President Obama's brief proclamation of Thanksgiving Day on November 26 was unique among all recorded Thanksgiving proclamations by his predecessors: it is the first one that fails to directly acknowledge the existence of God.   The beneficence shown by God to America is a theme that traditionally defines the Thanksgiving holiday, and this theme is strongly emphasized in the original Thanksgiving Day proclamations and consistently acknowledged even by modern presidents. Obama's unprecedented proclamation, however, only makes indirect mention of God by quoting George Washington, stating: “Today, we recall President George Washington, who proclaimed […]
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Over 150,000 Sign Manhattan Declaration in Less than a Week

By John Jalsevac November 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The unprecedented pro-life, pro-marriage and pro-religious freedom Manhattan Declaration, unveiled in a press conference last Friday, has already been signed by over 150,000 individuals in less than a week, and the numbers are continuing to rise by the second. The 4,700-word “Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience”was drafted by Dr. Robert George, Dr. Timothy George and Chuck Colson. At the time of its release last week it was signed by more than 125 prominent religious figures, including figures from Orthodox, Catholic and evangelical Christian denominations. That number has now risen to over […]
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Sault Ste. Marie Catholic School Board Using Gender-Confused H1N1 Vaccine Consent Form

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario, November 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board (HSCDSB) has allowed students to take home the Algoma Public Health student H1N1 vaccination consent form which includes, in the line asking for the gender of the student, “other; unknown; transgender,” as well as male and female. Algoma Public Health indicated that the collection of information on other genders besides male and female in the Health Unit's jurisdiction was a requirement of the Ontario Ministry of Health. LifeSiteNews (LSN) was unable to discover any other Health Unit in Ontario that has […]
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New Report Says Radical Women’s U.N. Committee Simply Ignored by Many Countries

By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. NEW YORK, NY, November 26, 2009 (C-FAM) – The committee responsible for monitoring state compliance with the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) says it increased its activism in the last two years by working more closely with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to develop its agenda, and with select parliamentarians and jurists to enforce it across the globe. On the other hand, according to the report, many nations are simply ignoring the committee and refusing to send in their reports.  In its “Report to the Secretary General” the […]
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Interview with Young Pro-Life Counselor Threatened with Knife to Throat

By John-Henry Westen DULUTH, MN, November 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Less than two months after the gunning down of pro-life activist Jim Pouillon in September, a young pro-life activist has had a knife put to her throat by a woman entering an abortion facility in Duluth, Minnesota.  21-year-old pro-life activist Leah Winandy, her mother Sarah and the director of a local pro-life group, spoke with LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) about the harrowing incident which took place early Tuesday morning. Leah's mother, Sarah Winandy, was present with her daughter at the time of the attack, but each were standing at opposite sides of a large […]
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New U.K. Bill Requires Homeschooled Children be Registered with Authorities

By Hilary White LONDON, November 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British government announced last week their acceptance of the Badman Review of home education and introduced the new Children, Schools and Families Bill that will require home educated children to be registered with the local authorities. Undertaken by Graham Badman, the former Director of Children's Services at Kent County Council, the review of home education has been denounced by homeschoolers as a “stitch-up” and a “statist” piece of government propaganda. Annette Taberner of the homeschool support organisation Education Otherwise, who met twice with Graham Badman during the course of the […]
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Uruguay Facing “Crucial Turning Point” on Abortion with Sunday’s General Election

By Hilary White MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, November 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The South American country of Uruguay faces what pro-life advocates have identified as a “crucial turning point” with their national elections on Sunday November 29th. Uruguayan affiliates of Human Life International (HLI) have asked for prayers in the lead-up to the country's elections, saying that a win for the conservative National Party will block the push from the left and from international population control groups to legalize abortion.  Despite a strong political left in Uruguay, abortion has remained illegal in the country and is punishable by up to 9 months […]
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LifeSite Special Report – Federal Election 2000 Analysis

Wednesday November 29, 2000 Federal Election 2000 Analysis Why Ontarians Voted for Tyranny and Corruption Instead of the Alliance * Eastern Canadians Frightened of Alliance * Political Advisors Gave Usual Deadly Advice * Referendum Policy a Disaster in the East * Many CA Candidates Withheld Views From Voters * Referendum Policy Must be Re-examined * Long Knives Out for Day? * Most Pro-Life MPs Re-elected * A Nasty Liberal Campaign * Now What? It became obvious just before the 2000 federal election that the Liberals were headed for another majority. What was not expected was the huge size of the […]
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Three More Bishops Look for CCHD Reform

By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At least three U.S. bishops have called for reform of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), in addition to the five bishops (at last count) who chose not to take up the collection for the national organization this year. This episcopal response follows the controversy that erupted after it was discovered earlier this year that the CCHD was funding numerous organizations that have promoted or are promoting activities contrary to Church teaching, including abortion, contraception, and same-sex “marriage.” The Reform CCHD Now Coalition, which formed in response to […]
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Bishop Tobin on O’Reilly: Catholic Politicians Must “Quit Your Job and Save Your Soul” Rather than S

By Kathleen Gilbert PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Thomas Tobin of Rhode Island clarified his reasons for denying pro-abortion politicians Communion on Tuesday, noting that such politicians are not forced to be Catholic – but if they choose to, they must then “understand what the Church teaches, accept those teachings, and live that faith.” “The most important commitment we can make is our faith, because that defines our relationship with God. Nothing is more important than that. And if your job, your profession, your vocation gets in the way of that, you have to quit your […]
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Study: Ontario Can’t Afford All-Day Kindergarten – Better to Let Parents Keep the Money

OTTAWA, November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study released today by the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada reveals that full-day kindergarten in Ontario will cost $1.8 billion annually, about double initial estimates. If the proposed vision for early learning in Ontario is fully implemented, encompassing “the prenatal period through to adolescence,” the costs would easily rise to $6.1 billion annually. This is nearly half the current Ministry of Education budget.  Were the money given to parents instead of being spent on institutional care, parents could receive a minimum of $9,199 dollars per child, annually.  The study conservatively estimates […]
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Third Circuit Approves School’s Ban on “Silent Night”- But Allows “Frosty the Snowman”

ANN ARBOR, MI, November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the Maple-South Orange school district's ban on all religious Christmas music including instrumentals, which had been part of the school district Christmas program for years – until one parent complained.  In yesterday's ruling the Third Circuit approved the school policy that prohibits Christmas selections such as “Silent Night,” “Joy to the World,” “Oh, Come All Ye Faithful,” and “Hark the Herald Angels Sing.”  However, the Third Circuit approved concert selections of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Frosty the Snowman.” The Thomas More Law […]
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Britain’s Chief Rabbi Warns of Fall of Europe due to Demographic Collapse

By John-Henry Westen LONDON, November 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking at the Annual Theos Lecture in London on November 4, Britain's Chief Rabbi Johnathan Sacks, warned that Europe was bound to meet the same fate as ancient Greece due to its abysmal failure to inspire larger families. “Parenthood involves massive sacrifice: of money, attention, time and emotional energy,” he said.  “Where today, in European culture with its consumerism and its instant gratification 'because you're worth it,' in that culture, where will you find space for the concept of sacrifice for the sake of generations not yet born?” He observed that […]
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Fifth Bishop Didn’t Take Up National CCHD Collection

By Patrick B. Craine ST. AUGUSTINE, Florida, November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Victor Galeone of St. Augustine, Florida also decided to discontinue the CCHD collection, LifeSiteNews.com has confirmed, bringing the list of bishops who decided against holding this year's collection to five. In a November article for his diocesan magazine, Bishop Galeone explains that he had made this decision in May – many months prior to the controversy that erupted this fall over reports that the CCHD is funding groups that support abortion, contraception, and same-sex “marriage.” The bishop lists three reasons for his decision. First, he says, “over the […]
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Stall Tactics: Vote on Canadian Euthanasia Bill Delayed…Again

Commentary by Alex Schadenberg, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) has just learned that Francine Lalonde has once again traded-back to delay the second hour of debate on Bill C-384, the bill that would legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. The new scheduled date for the debate on C-384 is Tuesday, February 2, 2010 with the vote taking place on February 3. This is the third time Lalonde has traded-back the date for the second hour of debate. Originally C-384 was scheduled for its second hour of debate on November 16, 2009 with […]
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Christians Have Been “Disenfranchised” in British Political Life: Bishop O’Donoghue

By Hilary White BIRMINGHAM, November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholics and other “traditional” Christians in Britain have effectively “been disenfranchised” by a government and political class that is determined to hold on to its anti-life and anti-family dogmas, a retired UK Catholic bishop has said. Bishop Patrick O'Donoghue issued what he called a “personal manifesto” for Catholics in the UK at a lecture to students at the Catholic chaplaincy of Birmingham University on Sunday. “Until recently,” he said, he would have encouraged young Catholics to become involved in the political process, “but realistically how welcome is the Catholic voice in […]
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Breakthrough Video Showing Development of Unborn Now Distributed by Priests for Life

By James Tillman November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—”It's light years beyond ultrasound and will make you practically fall off your chair when you see it.” So says Father Frank Pavone about the breakthrough video Priests for Life is now distributing and promoting, called The Biology of Prenatal Development. By using embryoscopy, a rare technique involving a tiny camera the size of a pen tip, scientists were able to get breathtaking, real footage of the unborn, which shows how preborn babies have a heartbeat at three weeks, make spontaneous movements at six weeks, and have 90% of the anatomical structures found in adults at […]
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NH Supreme Court Accepts Case of Home-schooled Girl Forced to Attend Public School

By Peter J. Smith CONCORD, New Hampshire, November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New Hampshire Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case of a ten-year-old home-schooled girl who was ordered into a public school by a family court judge, who decided that the girl, who is Christian, had not been exposed to enough alternative viewpoints. The daughter of parents who divorced in her infancy, Amanda Kurowski had been ordered into public school by family court Judge Lucinda V. Sadler on the recommendation of Marital Master Michael Garner and the testimony of the girl's court-appointed counselor, the Guardian ad Litem […]
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Cardinal Pell: Christians Must Fight “Anti-Discrimination” Laws that Inhibit Freedom of Religion

By James Tillman CANBERRA, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) —In a speech delivered to the Australian Christian Lobby on Friday, November 20th, Cardinal George Pell spelled out how the modern scramble to prohibit discrimination against people based on “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” leads to “anti-discrimination laws which do not respect fundamental human rights such as freedom of religion and conscience.” Cardinal Pell opened by discussing one instance of the problem: the current attitude of the Australian Human Rights Commission (HRC).  A recent paper delivered by senior members of the HRC, he said, begins with the words: “The compatibility of religious freedom with human […]
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UK “Fully Entitled” to Ignore EU Request to Quash Religious Protections: Legal Expert

By Hilary White LONDON, November 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – British courts and the British government cannot be forced to change their regulations on discrimination in employment, “unless and until” ordered to do so by the European Union's Court of Justice, says Neil Addison, a barrister and author of a textbook on anti-discrimination law.  This means, said Addison, that the UK is “fully entitled” to ignore the order issued last week by the European Commission demanding that the British government eliminate all protections for religious groups with regards to ”sexual orientation” regulations. Vladimir Spidla, the EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and […]
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Cardinal Pell’s Address on Human Rights and Freedom of Religion

CANBERRA, Australia, Nob. 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following is the text of a keynote address given Friday by Cardinal George Pell, archbishop of Sydney: As many of you are aware, the Human Rights Commission has been conducting an inquiry into freedom of religion in Australia for over a year. The only question about its outcome is how bad it will be. The tone was set when the inquiry was announced in September 2008. The ABC reported the Commission’s Race Discrimination Commissioner, Tom Calma, expressing concern (in the ABC’s words) “at evidence of a growing fundamentalist religious lobby, in areas such […]
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Editorial: Poland, the Pope, and the Death Penalty

Tuesday January 8, 2008 Editorial: Poland, the Pope, and the Death Penalty In the West life is a right, and life is sacred, just as long as the life we’re talking about is guilty of a capital crime By John Jalsevac Featured prominently on the homepage of the not-so-subtly titled prodeathpenalty.com is a quotation by a Mr. John McAdams, a professor at Marquette University. He quips, “If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other […]
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LSN NewsBytes – Life Issues, Health Care Reform, Patrick Kennedy, Religion, Obama, Palin, Homosexual

* 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 Biological Colonialism: China Organ Trade Thriving by Wesley J. Smith I never believed the Chinese Government’s assurances that they were going to dismantle the organ trade in their country. Organ trafficking in China is more active than ever despite efforts to crack down on the trade, with kidneys being openly bought and sold online in a dozen cities across the country. https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2009/11/21/biological-colonialism-china-organ-trade-thriving/ Important Changes Coming […]
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Commentary on November 24 LSN NewsBytes

Dear Readers, There has been an earthquake over climate change as a result of the publicly released emails discrediting the honesty of some leading global warming advocates. This only confirms what we have known for years. Climate change/global warming is far more of a religion, an anti-population ideology and a massive power grab than credible science. It exploits genuine concern for the environment and conservation that is naturally shared by most people – to advance something far beyond that. The Patrick Kennedy controversy is very revealing. The chickens have come home to roost, as the saying goes, over the lack […]
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LSN NewsBytes – Climate Change/ Environmental Extremism

* 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 LA Times Changes Its Mind: Science Doesn't Matter On Climate Bill (Newsbusters) On November 22, while responding to the growing scandal about alleged proof that global warming is a hoax, the Times brushed it off with a puzzling claim that science should have no bearing on climate legislation. https://newsbusters.org/blogs/candance-moore/2009/11/22/la-times-changes-its-mind-science-doesnt-matter-climate-bill Global Warming Promoter 'Dismayed and Deeply Shaken' by ClimateGate (Newsbusters) One of the world's leading promoters of the […]
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Commentary on Nov. 24 News

Dear Readers, Lots of interesting news again today. Chris Matthews is one very messed up, angry liberal Catholic on the subject of abortion and his faith. Bishop Tobin showed considerable courage by placing himself on that program likely knowing full well the reputation Matthews has for belligerency. The case of the man trapped in a coma for 23 years once again emphasizes great caution should be exercised in removing life support and especially nutrition and hydration from apparently comatose or “brain dead” patients. As well, we have to wonder how many very alive persons wrongly categorized as PVS have been […]
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Alleged Forced Abortion Victim Says Abortionist “Ripped the Life” Out of Her

By Kathleen Gilbert FLINT, Michigan, November 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an interview with a local Michigan ABC news station aired Monday, Caitlin Bruce, the woman who is suing abortionist Abraham Alberto Hodari for allegedly performing an abortion on her against her will, said that Hodari and his assistant “ripped the life out of me that day.” Bruce told interviewer Gabe Gutierrez that, during her appointment at Hodari's Feminine Health Care Clinic in April 2008, she changed her mind and withdrew her consent to the procedure after viewing an ultrasound image of her baby at six months' gestation. Bruce claims […]
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Catholic League Rebukes MSNBC’s Matthews for ‘Insulting Lecture’ in Bp. Tobin Interview

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a heated exchange Monday night, MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews accused Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island of hijacking public policy debate by telling a pro-abortion Catholic politician not to receive Communion.  The president of the Catholic League, Bill Donohue, has shot back against Matthews' treatment of the Church prelate in that interview, which he called “quite insulting.” Bishop Tobin appeared on the program to discuss his exchange with U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), who recently accused the Catholic Church of fanning the “flames of dissent and discord” […]
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California Science Museum Faces Lawsuit for Refusing IMAX Theatre for Intelligent Design Documentary

LOS ANGELES,  Nov. 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Freedom Alliance (AFA), a non-profit group, has filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles against a popular science museum for cancelling an event exploring the topic of Intelligent Design. The group says its free speech rights were violated when the California Science Center (CSC) abruptly reversed a decision to allow the showing of a pro-Intelligent Design documentary at the museum's IMAX Theater. The program was also scheduled to screen a pro-evolution film, but, the lawsuit alleges, museum officials were fearful of having Intelligent Design discussed in any context. The lawsuit is believed to […]
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New Canadian Child Pornography Bill Good But Lacks Teeth: Anti-Child Sex Crimes Activists

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, November 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new bill was introduced by the Conservative federal government today with the intention of requiring Internet service providers (ISPs) to inform police if they discover links to child pornography on their customers' websites. The legislation is entitled “An Act respecting the mandatory reporting of Internet child pornography by persons who provide an Internet service.” Under the legislation ISPs would also be required to safeguard and disclose to police evidence if they believe a child-pornography offence has been committed using a server they provide, and to report any tips they […]
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Baby Gabriel’s Life Saved after Ethics Panel Changes Mind about Withdrawing Treatment

By John Jalsevac November 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed an emergency motion in court Monday to save the life of a nine-month-old baby, Gabriel Palmer.  East Tennessee Children's Hospital had said that it might abandon his medical care against his mother's wishes, even though the child is stable and a doctor says he could live for a long time. However, after the lawsuit was filed, doctors with the East Tennessee Children's Hospital (ETCH) changed their opposition to ongoing care for the baby and the ethics panel agreed. In response to the latest development, ADF Legal Counsel […]
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EU Commission Demands UK Abolish Religious Freedom Rights

By Hilary White LONDON, November 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what may be the first test of the new legal situation created by the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, the European Commission has said that absolutely no exemptions can be allowed in anti-discrimination laws, even for religious conscience. In a letter to the British government, the EU has demanded that Britain abolish laws protecting religious freedom rights with regards to “sexual orientation.” In a “reasoned opinion,” the EU's equal opportunities commissioner, Vladimir Spidla, told the government on Friday that it has failed correctly to implement an EU Council Directive on discrimination. […]
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Support for Obama, Democrat Health Care Plan Sink to New Low: Rasmussen

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Rasmussen poll released Monday revealed support for President Obama's health care overhaul at an all-time low, with only 38% of respondents favoring the Democrats' plan, and 56% opposed.  The health care numbers were the lowest of the nearly two dozen Rasmussen tracking polls conducted since June, which had not dipped below 41% support.  Rasmussen also reports that the survey, which was ongoing during Saturday's procedural vote on the measure in the Senate, showed a slight decrease in support following the vote. As in previous polls, stronger feelings reside with […]
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Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Harassed for Attempting to Meet with President Obama

By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, November 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—On November 18th, shortly after testifying before a U.S. congressional panel on human rights abuses in China, including the issue of forced abortions and sterilizations, lawyer Jing Tianyong was held and interrogated by Chinese police for attempting to meet with President Obama. In an emergency press conference yesterday, Rep. Chris Smith called on President Obama to break his silence on China's human rights issues and “to personally intervene with your close friend and strategic partner, [Chinese President] Hu Jintao and ask him to cease persecuting Jiang Tianyong.” Jiang and four other lawyers had […]
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LifeSite Special Report – Ontario Tories Tell Alliance to Purge Its Social Conservatism

Tuesday December 5, 2000 Ontario Tories Tell Alliance to Purge Its Social Conservatism OTTAWA, Dec 5, 2000 (LSN.ca) – The sore losers in the campaign to have Tom Long head the Canadian Alliance party have come out swinging after the federal election, falsely claiming that the Alliance must abandon its social conservatism to win in Ontario. This confirms what was suspected about Tom Long’s key strategists during the leadership campaign. The Harris Tories were suspected of promoting their own agenda to re-make the Alliance. This would have taken the form of another socially liberal, inner circle controlled central power machine, […]
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LifeSite Special Report – Are Africans Promiscuous Unto Death?

Thursday April 24, 2003 Are Africans Promiscuous Unto Death? AIDS Programs based on “false” and “deadly premise” of African promiscuity PRI Weekly Briefing 24 April 2003 Vol. 5/ No. 12 ARE AFRICANS PROMISCUOUS UNTO DEATH? By Steve Mosher A newly published meta-analysis of African AIDS studies should be read by all concerned about the future of the African peoples. In the first part, Brewer and his colleagues propose that “existing data can no longer be reconciled with the received wisdom about the exceptional role of sex in the African AIDS epidemic.”(2) In the second, Gisselquist et al discuss “how health […]
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Commentary on Nov. 23 News

Dear Readers, We have seen over the weekend that the Obama administration is determined to do whatever it must, including promising hundreds of millions of tax dollars to certain senators, to get its health care reform through – with abortion coverage. No one should underestimate that determination. Bishop Tobin's holy frankness is inspiring. It is encouraging to read the strong support he is receiving in mainstream news comments sections. It is also disturbing to read the lesser, but still significant number of irrational and bigoted comments from those who deny his right to act as a religious shepherd in these situations. But then, […]
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Right of Hospitals to Opt out of Abortion Must Be Removed: Council of Europe Resolution

By John Jalsevac STRASBOURG, France, November 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new draft resolution from the Council of Europe aimed at legally limiting the freedom of medical doctors and health care providers who object to abortion has life and family defenders in Europe deeply concerned.  The new draft Resolution is the latest initiative undertaken by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to promote abortion and restrict freedom of religion and conscience. The resolution, sponsored by Sweden's Carina Hägg, is entitled “Women's access to lawful medical care: the problem of unregulated use of conscientious objection.” The resolution has two […]
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Deputy Supreme Knight to Quebec Knights: Don’t be Afraid to Defend the Unborn

By Georges Buscemi November 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The world's number two Knight of Columbus, Deputy Supreme Knight Dennis Savoie, was the keynote speaker at Knight's dinner in North Hatley, just outside of Sherbrooke, Quebec on November 14. The goal of the dinner, which was organized by a local Knight and co-sponsored by Quebec Life Coalition, was to reaffirm the Quebec Knights' core mandate: to defend the Catholic Faith, and to promote a culture of life. Judging by the warm reception given Mr. Savoie's rousing speech, the event – attended by about 50 guests, including Quebec Supreme Director Yves Duceppe […]
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Abortion-Expanding Senate Health Care Bill Passes Procedural Vote

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thanks to last-minute deals cut by Senate leadership to win over a handful of conservative Democrat holdouts, the Senate health care overhaul squeezed through a procedural vote Saturday evening – a crucial step that allowed the chamber to begin discussion on the abortion-expanding health care overhaul. 60 Democrats voted the bill through, overcoming a filibuster effort by 39 Republicans.  Ohio Republican George Voinovich was absent and thus did not vote. Although a small handful of Democrats indicated late in the game that they would vote against the motion to proceed, […]
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Pro-Life “Silent Siege” a Huge Success in Kelowna, British Columbia

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski KELOWNA, BC, November 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Well over 100 people, the vast majority youth, “stood in the gap” and prayed for an end to abortion in front of Kelowna General Hospital on Saturday morning. The BC Interior Health Authority has run a weekly abortion clinic inside Kelowna General Hospital since 2001. Organizer Dusty Reid reported that 132 people came out to line the sidewalk across from Kelowna's abortion facility wearing red duct tape bearing the word LIFE over their mouths and praying for an end to abortion and a spiritual revival for Canada. Reid, founder […]
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Bishop Tobin Asked Rep. Kennedy Not to Receive Communion

By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, November 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Representative Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) said in an interview Sunday that Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin has instructed him to refrain from Communion because of his pro-abortion political position.  In response to Kennedy's statement, Bishop Tobin has clarified that his request was issued in 2007 and was not the result of the recent highly public exchange between Kennedy and himself. “The bishop instructed me not to take Communion and said that he has instructed the diocesan priests not to give me Communion,” Kennedy told the Providence Journal. The admission comes after […]
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Commentary on Nov 20 NewsBytes

Dear Readers, There are far more stories related to life, family and culture happening today than I can ever remember in my almost 30 years of involvement in these issues. Of course it is impossible for LifeSiteNews to write reports on most of them. And then there are numerous important peripheral issues that we would not be writing reports on but which are of interest to many of you. Through these newsbytes we try to give you a large overview of all the developments through linked headlines and some excerpts from other reports on the Internet. Todays newsbytes are the […]
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LSN NewsBytes – Life Issues, Religion, Swine Flu, US Politics, Sarah Palin, Miscellaneous

* 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 New Site for Adult Stem Cell Resources A new Web site is detailing success stories in adult stem cell research. https://www.stemcellresearchfacts.org/ is part of a campaign to educate and spread awareness about the potentials and successes of adult stem cell therapies. It was created by the Family Research Council and SaintMax Worldwide. The site is just the first phase of the project, a statement from […]
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LSN NewsBytes – Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)

* 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 Richard Viguerie Writes to Catholic Laymen Regarding CCHDYou probably think you've never given money to ACORN and its allies. But if you've contributed to the annual November Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) appeal of the Catholic bishops, you've done just that. https://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0904838.htm Arlington Bishop Decides to Continue CCHD Collection Bishop Paul Loverde of Arlington, Virginia, has acknowledged a lively debate about the direction of the Catholic […]
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LSN NewsBytes – US Health Care Reform

* 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 Obamacare: Senate Version is Assisted Suicide Friendly! – Wesley J. Smithhttps://www.firstthings.com/blogs/secondhandsmoke/2009/11/19/obamacare-senate-version-is-assisted-suicide-friendly/Expert Explains Upcoming Battle Over Pro-Abortion Senate Health Care Bill Catholic political analyst, Deal Hudson, said yesterday that pro-life forces will face an uphill battle over the health care bill expected to reach its peak of discussion in the Senate over the weekend. Hudson explained to CNA that the bill can be prevented from going to the […]
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LSN NewsBytes – Climate Change/Global Warming

* 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 * HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIDEO: Lord Christopher Monckton Speaking in St. Paul   - Also see next article, “Is World Uniting in Copenhagen” which provides more details about the talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zOXmJ4jd-8&feature=player_embedded# Is World Uniting in Copenhagen? International climate treaty feared for impact on liberties Lord Monckton told the audience of some 700 attendees. “I read that treaty and what it says is this: that a world government is going to be created. […]
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Austrian Catholic Bishops Issue Bland Response to Govt’s Homosexual Partnership Bill

By Hilary White VIENNA, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Austrian Catholic bishops have reacted mildly to a move by the government to bring forward a bill that will allow same-sex partners to register their domestic arrangements in the country's municipal or magistrate's offices. The chairman of the Austrian Bishop's Conference, Vienna's archbishop, Christoph Schönborn, praised the bill for not creating a direct equivalence between registered partnerships and marriage. He added, however, that this new law will have “unforeseeable consequences for all of society.” “The present draft provides the basis for a development that will ultimately lead to the complete […]
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Germany Faces Economic Downturn with Plummeting Birth Rate and Aging Population

By Hilary White ROME, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Germany, the juggernaut of the European economic scene, could be facing a critical downturn over the next five decades because of its dramatically shrinking birth rate and dropping population, a new government report has said. The falling and aging population will result in the eventual disintegration of Germany's generous social welfare programmes, including old-age pensions, the report warns. The Federal Statistics Office projected a drop in population from 82 million in 2008, the largest in the European Union, to between 65 million and 70 million. By 2060, 34 percent of the […]
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Interim Report on Catholic Sex-Abuse Says “Homosexual Identity” Not a Predictor of Sex Abuse

By Peter J. Smith BALTIMORE, Maryland, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Authors of an interim report delivered to the US Catholic bishops on Tuesday told the bishops that their findings did not establish a causal connection between homosexual identity and the sexual abuse of minors. Margaret Smith, one of the leading researchers of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at their general assembly in Baltimore that their data so far does not prove homosexuality is a predictor of sexual abuse. The USCCB commissioned the John Jay researchers in 2002 to report on […]
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Obama-Supporting Homosexual Activist to Out Sexually Involved Priests Unless they Support Gay ‘Marri

Commentary by Catholic League president Bill Donohue WASHINGTON, DC, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new homosexual website, ChurchOuting.org, is intent on publicly disclosing who the gay priests are in the Archdiocese of Washington. The goal of this outing is to intimidate gay priests, as well as heterosexual priests who may be “romantically involved,” into voicing objections to the Catholic Church's opposition to gay marriage.  This initiative is the work of Phil Attey, self-described as “Liberal-Gay-Ardent Obama Supporter”; he was active in the Obama Pride Metro-DC campaign. According to one news report, “Attey is going to approach priests he thinks […]
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CCHD in Archdiocese of Chicago Says it is Working to Fix Problems

By Patrick B. Craine and Steve Jalsevac CHICAGO, Illinois, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archdiocese of Chicago's Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) office, caught up in controversy following the publication last Friday of a strongly-worded letter against some of their critics, insists that they are taking the evidence against their grantees seriously, and are making concrete improvements to their organization, with the support of Chicago Archbishop and USCCB president Cardinal Francis George. Last Friday, Catholic columnist Matt C. Abbott published a letter signed by officials of the Archdiocese's Office for Peace and Justice, including CCHD program director Rey […]
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Abortion Activist Judge Hamilton Confirmed with Help of Ten Republican Senators

by James Tillman and John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Senate voted 59-39 yesterday to confirm President Obama's first circuit court appointee, the pro-abortion Judge David Hamilton.  Although hailed as moderate by various news sources and dubbed “thoughtful and distinguished” by President Obama, many conservatives have condemned him as a judicial activist who places his own preferences above the law. “As a judge, Hamilton has shown himself to be soft on crime, radically pro-abortion, and hostile towards religion,” wrote a group of prominent conservatives upon Hamilton's nomination.  “With such a liberal activist record unmarked by significant experience, Judge […]
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McGill University Students’ Society Suspends Status of Pro-Life Club

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MONTREAL, November 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The McGill student pro-life club Choose Life has had its campus rights suspended, but not revoked, by the Student Society of McGill University (SSMU). SSMU Council voted 16 to 7 by secret ballot in favor of suspending Choose Life's club status. Two separate motions were put forth to change the club's status. The first resolution called for the club's status to be revoked. After being defeated 11 to 12, a motion to suspend followed, according to the McGill Daily. Suspending the pro-life group's club status means it can no longer […]
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Canadian Private Member’s Motion To Make Internet Counseling for Suicide a Criminal Offense Passes S

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, November 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A motion, tabled in the House of Commons on May 26th by Kitchener MP Harold Albrecht, which proposes that the government should make it a criminal offense to use the Internet to counsel a person to commit suicide, was unanimously passed at second reading on Wednesday, November 18. The Motion was introduced following the well-publicized case of Nadia Kajouji, the 18 year-old Carleton University student who committed suicide in 2008 after allegedly being coaxed to do so in an Internet chat room. Kajouji, a seriously depressed young woman from Brampton, […]
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Obama Evades Questioning on Stupak Amendment in FOX Interview

By Kathleen Gilbert BEIJING, November 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a rare interview with FOX news last night, President Obama dodged point-blank questioning concerning his position on the Stupak amendment in the health care bill. The Stupak amendment, which was unexpectedly included in the final version of the House bill, restores the Hyde amendment ban on federal funds for elective abortion. Fox News Channel correspondent Major Garrett asked Obama: “Will you sign legislation on health care that includes the Stupak language?” OBAMA: You know, I think that there is a balance to be achieved that is consistent with the Hyde […]
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NJ School Board Halts Student’s Pro-Life Ministry as Too “Religious”

By Kathleen Gilbert CAMDEN, New Jersey, November 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New Jersey student is suing the Bridgeton Board of Education after officials at Bridgeton High School prohibited her from expressing a religious viewpoint on the 6th annual Pro-life Day of Silent Solidarity.  The lawsuit was filed in New Jersey's U.S. District Court Friday on the student's behalf by attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund, who had distributed a legal memo last month offering to legally defend students across the nation kept from participating in the event by school officials. “Pro-life students shouldn't be discriminated against for expressing their […]
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More Condoms, Fewer Poor People in Developing Nations will Solve Climate Change: UNFPA

By Hilary White LONDON, November 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The fight against “climate change” can be won with the distribution of more free condoms and decreases in population, especially in the developing areas of the world, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has said in a report. “Women with access to reproductive health services … have lower fertility rates that contribute to slower growth in greenhouse gas emissions.” While the UNFPA acknowledged it had no actual evidence of a connection between population increase and climate change, the report insists there is no doubt that “people cause climate change” through CO2 […]
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Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Shower Praise on Senate Bill’s Phony Abortion Compromise

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The phony compromise language unveiled in the Senate health care bill Wednseday night has already won high praise from pro-abortion lawmakers on Capitol Hill; yet, it has not fared as well under the scrutiny of the National Right to Life Committee, who slammed the bill's abortion funding as “completely unacceptable.” The Senate language closely reflects the “Capps amendment” from an earlier version of the House bill,  which had been advanced by the pro-abortion Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA) as a false compromise measure on abortion instead of the pro-life Stupak/Pitts amendment. […]
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Commentary on Nov. 18 News – Senate Health Care Bill, USCCB, CCHD

Dear Readers, Here we go into Round 2 of the US health care reform process. The Senate bill was released Wednesday evening, but at the time of writing we do not yet have any confirmable details. Hold on to your seats. All pro-life, pro-family groups are of course calling for massive communications from the grassroots to the senators. The US bishops' document on marriage is exceptionally strong. This is very good news. It seems that most of the bishops are now beginning to accept the seriousness of the collapse of marriage, family life and general morality and its connection to a lack of strong, clear […]
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CCHD Head Calls Critics “Outrageous,” but Makes Vague Admission of Need for Reform

By Peter J. Smith BALTIMORE, Maryland, November 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A US Catholic bishop who has oversight of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), on Tuesday blasted what he said were “outrageous” allegations that the bishops' charitable-arm funds pro-abortion and anti-family organizations. He charged that some such claims were motivated by “ideological or political agendas.” Nevertheless, Bishop Roger Morin of Biloxi, Mississippi admitted that the CCHD needs reform and that developments are underway for the charity's overall renewal. Bishop Morin gave his report on CCHD to the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Fall 2009 General Assembly in […]
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Senate Health Bill to Be Unveiled Wednesday Night: Abortion Fight Continues

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to unveil the Senate's version of the Democrat health care overhaul Wednesday evening following weeks of shaky attempts at securing a clear majority of votes against the GOP's promised procedural filibuster.  The bill is not expected to include a version of the Stupak/Pitts amendment, whose popular acceptance continues to be the subject of a fierce power struggle between pro-life and pro-abortion forces. Reid said he feels “cautiously optimistic” that he will have enough votes to start debate on the bill.  Because Democrats control exactly […]
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Euthanasia Bill Unexpectedly Defeated in South Australia

By Patrick B. Craine ADELAIDE, South Australia, November 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a surprise victory for pro-life advocates, South Australia's Upper House has narrowly voted down an amendment to their palliative care legislation that would have legalized euthanasia. The bill was proposed by Greens member Mark Parnell.  It was expected to pass 11-10, with the support of independent member Ann Bressington, the swing vote.  Bressington opted to abstain, however, after amendments she had sought failed.  This abstention would have resulted in a tie, meaning that Upper House President Bob Sneath would vote to pass the bill. In the end, […]
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Pro-Life Groups Oppose Nevada Personhood Amendment

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CARSON CITY, Nevada, November 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of Nevada's pro-life organizations have come out in opposition to the Personhood Amendment initiative launched in October by Richard Ziser, a former Republican U.S. Senate candidate and campaign manager of Personhood Nevada. The initiative petition, filed October 21 with the Secretary of State's office, would amend the Nevada Constitution to read: “In the great state of Nevada, the term 'person' applies to every human being.  Article I Section 8 of the Nevada constitution states, 'No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property without due […]
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Cardinal Daniel DiNardo to Head USCCB Pro-Life Office

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Galveston-Houston Diocese in Texas will be taking over as the next Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities.  DiNardo, who was elected for the position last year, will replace Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia at the conclusion of the USCCB 2009 Fall General Assembly Thursday.  The transition comes at a critical time, as the U.S. bishops' stance on life issues has come to play a leading role in the national debate surrounding health care reform. Cardinal DiNardo has agreed […]
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“Equality” Bill Will Abolish Christmas in Public English Catholic Bishops Warn

By Hilary White LONDON, November 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christmas could be cancelled by a bill being put forward by the Labour government, the Catholic bishops of England and Wales have said. In a letter to MPs, Monsignor Andrew Summersgill, general secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference, said that Harriet Harmon's Equality Bill will have a “chilling effect” on local councils, town halls and other organizations clamping down on Christmas festivities for fear of offending people of other religions. The Equality Bill combines all previous equality legislation in the U.K., and includes a range of new provisions. “Under existing legislation,” […]
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USCCB Approves Strongly-Worded Document Affirming Value of Natural Marriage

By James Tillman BALTIMORE, MD, November 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Yesterday the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a new document that strongly affirms the Church's traditional teaching on marriage by condemning contraception, divorce, same-sex marriage, and cohabitation as dangers directed “at the very meaning and purpose of marriage,” while affirming marriage both as the foundation of society and as a path to holiness. “The whole culture, I think, is in a kind of confusion right now,” said Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien of Baltimore, the diocese which is hosting the general assembly of the USCCB. “We have to put our face forward, […]
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UK Tries to Stop Publication of Eugenic Abortion Stats

By Hilary White LONDON, November 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The British government has gone to court to prevent the publication of statistics on abortions of children with mild disabilities like cleft palates and club foot. The Department of Health has asked the High Court to overturn a Freedom of Information Act ruling that gave the Information Tribunal permission to publish the information. The Information Tribunal is a government body that hears appeals under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. It ruled last month that the Pro-Life Alliance could review the abortion statistics. The Department of Health refused to release the […]
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LifeSite Special Report – Political Obligations, Moral Conscience, and Human Life

Saturday November 7, 2009 Political Obligations, Moral Conscience, and Human Life XIII General Assembly Pontifical Council for Life Vatican City February 23-24, 2007 Political Obligations, Moral Conscience, and Human Life Robert P. Goerge McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Princeton University See also pdf version The Catholic Church proclaims the principle that every human being-without regard to race, sex, or ethnicity, and equally without regard to age, size, stage of development, or condition of dependency-is entitled to the full protection of the laws. The Church teaches that human beings at every stage of development-including those at the embryonic and fetal stages-and those […]
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LifeSite Special Report – A Further Betrayal of Children

Thursday September 29, 2005 A Further Betrayal of Children by F.B. Henry, Bishop of Calgary In January 2004, The American College of Paediatricians concluded that: “The research literature on child- rearing by homosexual parents is limited. The environment in which children are reared is absolutely critical to their development. Given the current body of research, the American College of Paediatricians believes it is inappropriate, potentially hazardous to children and dangerously irresponsible to change the age-old prohibition on homosexual parenting, neither by adoption, foster care, nor by reproductive manipulation. This position is rooted in the best available science.” ( “Human Parenting: […]
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Commentary on Nov. 17 News – Stupak, EU, Hoffman, CCHD

Dear Readers, Democrat Rep. Bart Stupak seems determined to strongly challenge his party's leadership regarding his pro-life amendment. Keep in mind that there are still many serious problems with the health care bill, even with the amendment being included (see https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/nov/09111310.html). The EU leadership is determined to eliminate the influence of Christianity in Europe. Believe it. Just before the 23rd New York Congressional District election on Nov. 3, every indication was that Doug Hoffman had pulled off a last minute miracle and would win the seat. The returns came in and at the end of the night he somehow lost a […]
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Letters to the Editor

Re: Laura Ingraham and Raymond Arroyo Discuss USCCB's Support For Current Health Care Bill Dear LifeSiteNews.com, Thank you for addressing the problem of subsidiariy.  I feel this is the key point which will  lead to abortions, euthanasia, sterilization, embryonic stem cell research etc. in health care.   I am perplexed why the USCCB bishops are not addressing this issue to Congress and informing the faithful on this issue as well.  I found this article by Fr. David A Bosnich which might be useful to you. Patty Palmquist5033 Arbor Lane Lilburn, GA __________________________________________________________________ Re: Analysis: The Threats to Pro-Life Values Remaining in […]
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CCHD Responds to Reform Movement

By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The national office of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the USCCB's domestic anti-poverty arm, has responded to the movement calling for their reform in a new document posted to their website on Friday.  At the same time, new evidence implicating several more CCHD grantees in activities contrary to Catholic teaching has been reported by the reform movement. The CCHD document, entitled “For the Record – The Truth about CCHD Funding,” seeks to convince Catholics of the organization's commitment to Catholic moral teaching and to assuage any misgivings […]
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Push is on Around the World to Legalise “a Broad Array of Private Killing”: Anti-Euthanasia Expert

By Hilary White LONDON, November 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The push is on around the world to legalise “a broad array of private killing” no matter whether it is being called “assisted suicide” or outright euthanasia, US lawyer and anti-euthanasia campaigner Wesley J. Smith told an audience in London last night. At a lecture to anti-euthanasia activists at the Cadogan Hotel, Smith said that the distinction between assisted suicide and outright euthanasia is becoming academic. The two, he said, “are like one leg following the other when walking.” The push for euthanasia is based on a two-part ideology, he said. […]
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Stupak to White House: Strip Pro-Life Amendment to Health Bill’s Peril

By Kathleen Gilbert and Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., November 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The author of an amendment to the health-care bill that bans the use of federal funds for elective abortion says that the White House would only imperil the bill's passage, if it succeeds in stripping the amendment. “They're not going to take it out. If they do, health care will not move forward,” Michigan Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak told Fox News this week. “We won fair and square.” White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod had told CNN on Sunday that President Obama was working with Congress to […]
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Notre Dame’s New Bishop Was Critical of Obama Scandal

By Kathleen Gilbert SOUTH BEND, Indiana, November 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Harrisburg, Penn. as the new bishop of Indiana's Fort Wayne-South Bend diocese, which contains the University of Notre Dame.  Rhoades, like his retiring predecessor Bishop John D'Arcy, was among the 80 active U.S. bishops who condemned the decision by Notre Dame to honor the pro-abortion President Obama with the commencement speech and an honorary law degree this past May 17. In a March statement on Rhoades' behalf, issued by the Harrisburg Diocese Office of […]
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Police Raid Offices of Assisted Suicide Organization

By James Tillman MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)— Police raided the Melbourne offices of the assisted-suicide advocacy organization Exit International last Thursday, seizing documents related to the alleged assisted suicide of Exit International member Frank Ward.  In response to this and to the raid of another Exit International member's home, Exit International has told its 4,000 members to be wary not to attract police activity. “We haven't had any incidents like this for a long time,” said Dr. Philip Nitschke, head of Exit International. The raid highlights the dubious legal status of Exit International's activities. Because assisting or even encouraging suicide is […]
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US Supreme Court Refuses Suit from Valedictorian Prevented from Sharing Her Faith

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, November 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United States Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a high school valedictorian whose microphone was turned off by school officials after she began speaking about the part her Christian beliefs played in her success in life. Attorneys for The Rutherford Institute asked the Supreme Court to hear the case of Brittany McComb, charging that school officials violated McComb's free speech rights and engaged in viewpoint discrimination when they censored her speech because of its Christian content. The Rutherford Institute, a conservative legal group, had agreed to […]
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Hoffman “Unconcedes” Battle for NY-23: Recount Provides Hope for “Miracle” Victory

By Peter J. Smith LAKE PLACID, New York, November 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Doug Hoffman has “unconceded” defeat in the special election for the 23rd New York Congressional District, and now believes that uncounted absentee ballots hold the possibility for a dramatic come-from-behind victory - nothing short of a miracle for the man from Lake Placid. A re-canvassing effort earlier last week showed that Hoffman, who ran on the Conservative Party ticket, had conceded under erroneous reporting of the vote totals. The Syracuse Post-Standard first broke the news that election officials had discovered over 2,000 misreported or uncounted votes for Hoffman, shrinking […]
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Bishop Tobin’s Public Letter to Rep. Kennedy

Wednesday November 11, 2009 Bishop Tobin’s Public Letter to Rep. Kennedy Dear Congressman Kennedy: “The fact that I disagree with the hierarchy on some issues does not make me any less of a Catholic.” (Congressman Patrick Kennedy) Since our recent correspondence has been rather public, I hope you don’t mind if I share a few reflections about your practice of the faith in this public forum. I usually wouldn’t do that – that is speak about someone’s faith in a public setting – but in our well-documented exchange of letters about health care and abortion, it has emerged as an […]
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France’s National Rosary for Life Sparks Pro-Abortion Counter-Protests

By Patrick B. Craine FRANCE, November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To mark their 23rd anniversary, the French pro-life group SOS Tout-Petits held their annual National Rosary for Life on Saturday, sparking heated protests from the country's pro-abortion activists. Catholics gathered to pray outside cathedrals and churches in at least 28 cities throughout France, as well as in Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Philippines.  In many of these cities, the peaceful event attracted large anti-Catholic counter-demonstrations. For example, at the St. André Cathedral in Bordeaux, police were called to the scene as a large crowd opposed the 150 people gathered to pray.  […]
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Human Rights Panel Urges Obama to Confront China’s Forced Abortion Policy

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A panel of human rights activists at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission last week heard testimony about the Chinese government's atrocities against women and families. One prominent U.S. lawmaker on the panel urged President Obama to confront the issue during his state visit to China this week.  “In effect since 1979, the coercive one-child policy is, in scope and seriousness, the worst human rights abuse in the world today,” said U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Ranking Member of the Commission who chaired the hearing.  “Few people outside China understand […]
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White House Advisor Indicates Obama Will Work to Abolish Pro-Life Health Amendment

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a CNN interview Sunday, White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod indicated that President Obama is working with lawmakers to remove the pro-life Stupak amendment from the health care bill. The Stupak amendment, which was unexpectedly allowed to come up for a vote in the House and then voted into the health bill earlier this month, applies to the bill long-standing federal policy against using government funds for elective abortions. Axelrod expressed President Obama's antipathy towards the amendment, which Axelrod claimed changes the “status quo” on abortion insurance coverage, in an […]
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Largest U.S. Homosexual Publisher Shuts Down, Closing Major Gay Newspapers

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The largest publisher of homosexual newspapers has shut down, leading to the closure of a string of homosexual newspapers, including the influential Washington Blade, which had just celebrated its 40th anniversary. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that the news first broke when employees at the Southern Voice, a homosexual weekly paper in Atlanta, discovered the keys changed and the doors locked on Monday morning, with a sign informing them that their parent company Window Media LLC had closed. Window Media LLC had hoped to establish a chain of thriving gay […]
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Massive Changes Needed in EU Family Policy to Avoid Demographic “Catastrophe”: Report

By Hilary White ROME, November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The news about abortion, marriage, divorce and the birth rate in Europe is bad and only getting worse, a report recently presented to the EU said. According to the report by the Institute for Family Policies abortion rates in Britain have leaped by a third among unmarried teenage girls and abortion is helping to age the population of Europe. Without a massive shift to family-friendly policies, the pattern of increased abortion and increasingly aging population will inevitably lead to the collapse of social welfare benefits, and, ultimately, to the bankruptcy of […]
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Robert Latimer Loses Parole Appeal

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Parole Board (NPB) has denied Robert Latimer's appeal of an August 7th ruling that dismissed his request for greater parole freedom. Latimer, 56, was convicted of second-degree murder and given a life sentence, after he euthanized his 12-year-old daughter in 1993. He has been living in a Victoria, B.C., halfway house since his release on day parole in March 2008. In a Nov. 5 decision the appeal division of the NPB dismissed Latimer's appeal of the board's August denial of his request to sleep away from the halfway house […]
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U.K. “Ethics” Study on Animals with Human DNA Flawed from the Outset: Pro-Life Bioethics Expert

By Hilary White LONDON, November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Britain's Academy of Medical Sciences announced last week it will be launching a study into the ethics of using animals that contain human DNA for medical research. The purpose of the study, the Academy says, is to examine the “use of non-human animals and embryos incorporating human material.” But the announcement is being met with strong scepticism from some experts in bioethics, including Dr. Diane Irving, a well-known pro-life scientist and bioethics expert, who says that such ethical studies are typically flawed from the outset. The Academy of Medical Sciences said […]
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Clock Running Out on Same-Sex “Marriage” in New Jersey

By Peter J. Smith TRENTON, New Jersey, November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A bill to legalize same-sex “marriage” in the state of New Jersey will likely never arrive on the desk of Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine, an ardent same-sex “marriage” supporter, as momentum for its passage has stalled in committee, reports the Associated Press. Same-sex “marriage” advocates are desperate for New Jersey's Legislature to act on a bill to legalize the homosexual nuptials before Corzine leaves office mid-January. Governor-elect Chris Christie, a Republican, has pledged to veto such legislation. State Sen. Paul Sarlo, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told […]
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Lawmakers Refuse to Address D.C. Archdiocese’s Concerns Regarding Same-Sex “Marriage” Law

By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, November 16 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Members of the D.C. City Council have continued to refuse to address the Archdiocese of Washington's concerns that a bill to legalize same-sex “marriage” would injure the poor by forcing Catholic Charities either to support a violation of Catholic teaching or drop government social-service contracts. “If the city requires this, we can't do it,” Susan Gibbs, archdiocesan spokeswoman, told the Washington Post. “The city is saying in order to provide social services, you need to be secular. For us, that's really a problem.” As previously reported, the “Religious Freedom and Civil Equality Amendment Act […]
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Court Allows Homosexual “Marriage” in Argentina

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BUENOS AIRES, November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A judge in Argentina's capital city has granted a homosexual couple permission to get “married,” setting a precedent that could undermine natural marriage in the predominantly Catholic country and lead to acceptance of same-sex “marriage” in Latin America. Last week's ruling by Judge Gabriela Seijas said that two articles in the city's civil code, which say only people of different genders can get married, are illegal. The judge then ordered the city's civil registry to officially confirm the “marriage” of Alejandro Freyre and Jose Maria Di Bello. “The law […]
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French Judge Finds Hospital Guilty of “Unreasonable Obstinacy” in Saving Newborn’s Life

By Patrick B. Craine ORANGE, France, November 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A hospital in the south of France has been found guilty of taking excessive measures when they successfully revived a newborn baby that had been declared stillborn.  The case was brought by the parents, who are seeking 500,000 euros in damages. The baby was born in an Orange hospital on December 14, 2002.  The baby's heartbeat had dropped during delivery, and the baby seemed to be dead upon birth.  After twenty-five minutes of attempted resuscitation, the gynecologist informed the parents that the baby was dead, but staff continued their […]
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LSN NewsBytes – Life Issues, Climate Change, Religion, Obama, Swine Flu, Misc.

* 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 Washington Post Notes Move to Regulate 'Anti-Abortion Clinics'; Fails to Note Backers' Ties to NARAL https://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2009/11/11/wapo-notes-move-regulate-anti-abortion-clinics-fails-note-backers-ties Britain the Abortion Capital of Europe: Terminations For Teenagers Leap by a Third More abortions are carried out in Britain than any other country in Europe, research has shown. It has overtaken France – which has a larger population – to become the abortion capital of the continent. Read […]
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LSN Newsbytes – U.S. Health Care Bill

* 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 The Myth of the Moderate Democrat – by Dick Morris Don’t assume that the 38 Democrats who voted against Nancy Pelosi’s extremist version of health care reform wouldn’t have supported it if their votes had been needed. The days before the final passage on Saturday were not filled with stirring appeals to get Democrats to back the bill so much as an auction to decide whom to […]
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Analysis: The Threats to Pro-Life Values Remaining in the U.S. House Health Care Bill

Updated Nov. 17 By Peter J. Smith, Kathleen Gilbert, Steve Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although the passage of the Pitts-Stupak amendment has been hailed as a pro-life gain in the fight over health-care reform, the recently passed House plan still has serious flaws troubling to pro-life advocates. LifeSiteNews.com has provided a preliminary summary of right-to-life concerns that will be updated as the debate over H.R. 3962, the the Affordable Health Care for America Act, continues to move forward. ABORTION: School-based health-clinics: Sec. 2511 (p.1352) prohibits school-based health clinic grants from being used for abortion, and specifies […]
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Going to Extremes: Pro-Aborts Argue Pro-Life Health Amendment “Paves the Way to Religious Discrimina

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The brewing pro-abortion vitriol against the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for their role in adding pro-life Hyde-amendment language to the House health care bill has evolved in the week since the bill's passage, with new claims surfacing that the pro-life amendment amounts to “religious discrimination” against faith systems that might allow abortion. Gordon Newby of the liberal online magazine Religion Dispatches issued a column Friday affirming that the amendment banning federal abortion funding means that “many religious Americans will be unable to live and act according to their own […]
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Spanish Bishop Says Catholic Politicians Who Vote for Abortion Excommunicate Themselves

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MADRID, November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The secretary general of the Spanish bishops' conference, Auxiliary Bishop Juan Antonio Martinez Camino of Madrid, warned that Spanish Catholic legislators who vote in favor of a bill to liberalize abortion which is currently before parliament would publicly place themselves in an “objective state of sin” and therefore may not receive Communion. “Excommunication is provided in the Code of Canon Law for those who cooperate actively in the practice of abortion,” Bishop Martinez Camino stated in an AFP report. He said Catholics cannot support the legalization of abortion and if they do “they will objectively […]
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If the Embryo is Human, It is a Person: Vatican Doctrine Official

By Hilary White ROME, November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – If an embryo is human, it is a person – this is the golden rule for bioethics if it wants to uphold the full dignity of the human person, said the secretary of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) on Tuesday. The “concept of person” and its application to all human beings at every stage of their development is the key to understanding the Catholic teachings on the life issues Archbishop Luis Ladaria told a conference in Rome.  Archbishop Ladaria was speaking to an audience of students […]
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Abortionist Hodari Puts Third Abortion Facility Up for Sale, Files for Divorce

By Kathleen Gilbert LIVONIA, Michigan, November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Local Michigan pro-lifers have reported that late-term abortionist Dr. Alberto Hodari has placed his Livonia abortion facility up for sale, following reports of for-sale signs at his Southgate and Flint clinics. In addition, Oakland County records show that Hodari filed for divorce from wife Nancy Hodari on November 12.  Mrs. Hodari had filed a lawsuit against her husband in 2006, but that case was dismissed. Some sources speculate that all of Hodari's commercial properties are now on the market: Flint Right to Life president Judy Climer, who frequents Hodari's Flint […]
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Christian Groups Call for Boycott of Retailers Censoring Christmas

By Patrick B. Craine November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the Christmas season fast approaching, and the commercial machine gearing up as usual, the annual 'war on Christmas' has started, with numerous stores refusing to recognize the very celebration by which they profit.  In response, Christian groups are again calling for a boycott of such stores who censor references to Christmas in their Christmas promotions. “It's not just a 'winter holiday,'” said Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association (AFA).  “For millions of Americans the giving and receiving of gifts is in honor of the One who gave Himself.” […]
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French Court Grants Lesbian Couple Right to Adopt

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BESANüON, France, November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A court in the eastern French city of Besançon has ordered local authorities to grant a lesbian school teacher and her partner adoption rights, the latest event in an 11-year legal battle that has triggered a national debate in France and involved the European Court of Human Rights. The Besançon court overturned a previous ruling by a local assembly in the Jura Department, saying the arguments advanced by the assembly could not “legally justify the decision to reject the request” put forward by the homosexual women. “The parental, educational and psychological conditions […]
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Chairman Steele Nixes Abortion Coverage for RNC Employees

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the Republican Party leads the fight against federal funding of abortion in health care legislation, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC) has ordered the immediate discontinuation of abortion coverage for his own employees after the coverage was publicized in a news report Thursday. “Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose,” Steele said in a statement following a Politico report that revealed the existence of elective abortion coverage in the RNC plan. “I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but […]
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American Medical Association: Government Policies Bad for Health of Homosexuals

By James Tillman HOUSTON, TX, November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—The American Medical Association (AMA), finishing its four-day biannual meeting in Houston, adopted a resolution saying that bans on same-sex “marriage” contribute to health care inequalities. They also adopted another resolution calling for a repeal of the military's “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” (DADT) policy, saying that it is detrimental to the health of homosexuals in the military. Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, lauded the measures as “making it clear that these discriminatory policies pose significant, real-life threats to the health and well-being of thousands and thousands […]
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Planned Parenthood and ACLU Sue to Block Nevada Personhood Initiative

CARSON CITY, Nevada, November 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Local Chapters of Planned Parenthood (PP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have filed a lawsuit against the sponsors of a Nevada ballot initiative that would explicitly define “person” as pertaining to all human beings, including the unborn. The ACLU and PP filed the challenge this week in Carson City District Court on behalf of feminist blogger Emmily Bristol, physician Dr. William Ramos, and pharmacist Mindy Hsu.  The lawsuit claims the initiative violates state law by not explicitly stating the possible effects of the amendment on the legal status of abortion, […]
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Letters to the Editor – CCHD, Ban on Crucifixes

 Re:Evidence Contradicts CCHD's Findings on Accused Pro-Abortion Partner Dear Lifesitenews, I just have to say that many people in the pews are aware of these issues with CCHD, because the problems have been obvious for years.  My form of protest is just this – I do not contribute to the CCHD collections.  I am happy to give to secular organizations to help the poor, and to the regular collections which support the Church, as is my duty.  There are, fortunately, many ways to spread God's mercy in the world without contributing to the forces propelling our nation towards socialism. Mrs. […]
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Amnesty International Pushes “Gay Marriage” Down Under

By Piero A. Tozzi WASHINGTON, D.C., November 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Activist organization Amnesty International is putting its weight behind an Australian bill seeking to legalize “same-sex marriage” in that country, claiming that “internationally recognized” non-discrimination norms dictate such a result.    In a submission to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee of Australia's Senate, Amnesty's Australian affiliate contends that laws limiting the right to marry to opposite-sex couples amounts to “arbitrary discrimination” in contravention of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The group further interprets a provision of the ICCPR guaranteeing adults the right to enter into […]
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New Hampshire Committee Votes against Assisted Suicide Bill

By James Tillman CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, November 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—The New Hampshire House Judiciary Committee earlier this week recommended against a bill that would legalize assisted suicide. The bill was rejected in a 14-3 vote. As introduced by Representative Charles Weed, HB 304 would allow a “mentally competent person who is 18 years of age or older” with a terminal condition to request fatal medication through a document signed by two witnesses.  “It's not the function of government to encourage suicide in the young or the old,” said Republican Rep. Nancy Eliot. “It's a prescription for elder abuse.” The House […]
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D.C. Archdiocese Threatens to Axe Social Service Programs over Same-Sex “Marriage” Law

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., November 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. has said it will be forced to end its government contracts for social services in the nation's capital, if the D.C. Council does not broaden a religious exemption in a bill to legalize same-sex “marriage.” Without the exemption, says the archdiocese, the Church would be required to do such things as extend marriage benefits to same-sex couples, in violation of its core teachings. The bill under consideration by the district council would legalize same-sex “marriage,” but it has a narrow provision that states […]
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Interview: Former Gay Youth Leader Re-Emerges to Tell His Dramatic Conversion Story

By Patrick B. Craine November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two years ago Michael Glatze sent shockwaves through the homosexualist establishment when he declared publicly that he had left his life as a prominent homosexual activist, become Christian, and embraced “normal human sexuality.” However, after being subjected to intense criticism and ridicule following his conversion, Glatze decided to “go inside,” “be silent,” and “process” for a time, but now says he feels compelled to share his story anew. In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com (LSN), Glatze said that, far from reverting back to his old lifestyle (as many of his critics in the homosexual […]
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Ohio Legislator Introduces Motion to Repeal State Defense of Marriage Act

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – State Rep. Tyrone K. Yates, D-Cincinnati, introduced a resolution in the Ohio House this week to repeal part of a 2004 amendment to the state constitution that declared that only marriages between men and women can be recognized in Ohio. Ohio's marriage amendment, Section 11, Article 15 of the Constitution, known as the Defense of Marriage Act, reads: “Only a union between one man and one woman may be a marriage valid in or recognized by this state and its political subdivisions. This state and its political subdivisions shall […]
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Lords Reinsert Free Speech Clause in U.K. Gay Hate Crimes Bill: Gov’t Admits Defeat

By Hilary White WESTMINSTER, November 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An amendment to protect freedom of expression that was voted down earlier this week in the House of Commons, has once again been reinserted by the House of Lords into the UK's homosexual hate crimes bill. The Labour government has indicated that it has finally accepted the free speech clause in the Coroners and Justice Bill after the Lords voted for it 179 to 135 last night. The Christian Institute, the lobby organization that organized opposition to the bill, said that the government's “gay hate crime” law will now include a […]
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Renegade Priest to Enter Same-Sex “Marriage” on Saturday

By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, November 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Openly homosexual Canadian Catholic priest, Karl Clemens, who claimed to be living chastely when he publicly “came out” as a homosexual four years ago, will be entering a same-sex “marriage” on Saturday, reports Sun Media. In fall 2005, Clemens appeared on Vision TV to announce: “I'm a Roman Catholic priest and I'm gay.”  Claiming to be the first priest in Canada to “come out,” he and the show's host used the occasion to express their anger at the Catholic Church's approach to homosexuality. The priest has had his faculties removed by his bishop, […]
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Rep. Barney Frank: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to Be Repealed

By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, November 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank said on Wednesday that “Don't Ask, Don't Tell” (DADT), the current military policy handling homosexuals in the armed forces, is likely to be repealed in the next year's Department of Defense authorization bill, according to The Advocate. DADT, an administrative policy initiated in 1993 by President Clinton, permits homosexuals to serve in the military if they keep their homosexual behavior and attractions secret, and ensures that military recruits will not be asked if they are homosexual.  Nevertheless, the service of homosexuals in the military remains explicitly prohibited by law, […]
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Michigan Bill Introduced to Reverse Ban on Same-Sex “Marriage”

By Patrick B. Craine LANSING, Michigan, November 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Five years after Michigan voters embedded true marriage in the state constitution, a Democrat representative has introduced a bill to overturn the ban on same-sex “marriage.” In proposing the new measure last week, Rep. Pam Byrnes, the House speaker pro tempore from Washtenaw County, followed through on a promise she made at a June homosexual rights rally in Lansing. She made her move only days after voters in the city of Kalamazoo approved a ballot initiative guaranteeing special rights for homosexual and gender-confused individuals.  Byrnes claimed this vote indicated a “significant […]
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LSN NewsBytes – Obama, Other US Politics, Life Issues, Religion, H1N1 Swine Flu, Homosexuality, Cana

OBAMA The Push for Power by Obama Will Not Moderate A conservative activist and former presidential candidate says despite the recent election setbacks, he does not think President Obama will moderate his ways and that he will continue to push his left wing agenda on the American people. Gary Bauer, Chairman of American Values, says, “I really believe the evidence is overwhelming that President Obama is committed to making fundamental, unchangeable alterations in American society. I think he believes [the] government ought to run more of the economy [and] that successful people ought to be paying much higher taxes.” Bauer […]
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LSN NewsBytes – Islam

Cultural Suicide – Lorne Gunter, National Post  Political correctness will be the death of Western civilization because unlike our earlier forms of pluralistic tolerance, PC is wilfully blind to the lack of reciprocal tolerance in other cultures. Indeed, the more others hate us, the more PC denies their hatred. The most disturbing aspect of last week's Fort Hood shootings—aside from the horrendous loss of life, of course—has been the triumph of political correctness in the analysis of Maj. Nadil Hasan's motives. The first instinct of White House and U.S. Army spokesmen, as well as most CNN, CBC, BBC, MSNBC and […]
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LSN NewBytes –  Climate Change (the winter name for Global Warming)

* 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 Climatism is More Than a Belief System By Peter FosterA fired official believes climate change is equivalent to a religious belief. Who could disagree? Horrified commentators on both left and right have suggested that environmentalism will now be established as a religion. Sustainable Development, which sprung fully-armed from the fretful socialist head of the UN’s Brundtland Commission, is indeed a religion, and it has a devil: capitalism. […]
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LSN NewsBytes – U.S. Health Care Bill

* 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 Idealists Vs Pragmatists Among Dems re: Health Care Bill -  Carol Platt Liebau The NY Times today covers the “cost containment” debate raging among Democrats divided into what Sheryl Gay Stolberg describes as “idealists” vs. “pragmatists.” The “pragmatists,” apparently, include people like Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emmanuel.  They don't really care how much the bill costs—or what it does to our economy long-term—so long as a bill […]
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Commentary on Nov. 11 News

Dear Readers, Planned Parenthood is exposed again – this time by one of its own killing center directors. More important, this has shown the power of 40 Days For Life. Patrick Kennedy can't understand why he is not getting the same pass from his bishop on abortion that his father got for years. Bishop Thomas Tobin is publicly taking Kennedy to task over the scandal of his obstinate support for the killing of the unborn. This is really astonishing. The good bishop will hopefully receive much encouragement for what he has done. It is a great example to his brother […]
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Cardinal George Signals Support for Amended Health Bill, Elicits Pro-Life Criticism

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., Novmeber 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) appeared to express satisfaction with the House's amended health care bill, one pro-life group has responded saying that the bishops' response ignores the other dangers the bill still presents to pro-life values. The USCCB has taken center stage in the national health care debate this week after its pro-life position greatly impacted the late stages of the House health care bill's journey.  Over the weekend, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's determination to pass the measure prompted her to seek the bishops' stamp of approval, in […]
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Colombian Council Suspends Court Decree Forcing Catholic Hospitals to Provide Abortions

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BOGOTA, November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Colombia's Council of State has suspended a decree issued late last month by the country's Constitutional Court which ruled that all hospitals, whether secular or religious, must retain doctors who are willing to perform abortions. The court declared that, while individual doctors may refuse to perform abortions on moral grounds, a hospital or other institution, whether public or private, secular or religious, could not invoke moral grounds to refuse to perform abortions. Judges also may not deny requests for abortions based on their own personal values, according to the court. […]
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Northern Ireland Abortion Numbers Questioned By Pro-Life Groups

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BELFAST, November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Both the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) in Northern Ireland and the Belfast-based Precious Life have called for police investigation following the release of official figures which revealed that 92 abortions were carried out in Northern Ireland during 2008. Currently, Northern Ireland allows abortion legally only in cases where it is clear that a pregnancy threatens the life of the mother, but the pro-life groups indicate that no medical reasons for the abortions are included in the records, leaving the possibility that the abortions were illegal. “Any […]
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Australian Territory Approves Same-Sex Civil Ceremonies

By Patrick B. Craine CANBERRA, Australia, November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has legalized civil partnership ceremonies for homosexuals. Same-sex couples in the ACT have been able to register their union since last year, but were not permitted a ceremony. The legislature of the territory, where the nation's parliament is located, passed the bill on Wednesday, following an amendment banning opposite-sex couples from obtaining the civil unions.  The bill was moved by the ACT's Greens party. The ACT's amendment was passed so as to satisfy federal requirements that such unions not mimic marriage. “We understand that […]
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Hodari Abortion Clinic up for Sale as Lawsuit Ongoing

By Kathleen Gilbert FLINT, Michigan, November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At least one abortion clinic owned by abortionist Alberto Hodari in Flint, Michigan is now up for sale. Flint Right to Life president Judy Climer told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) that she spotted the sign advertising the Feminine Health Care Clinic building at 2032 S. Saginaw St. for rent when she arrived to pray at the site today.  Climer says she had earlier noticed strange behavior by Hodari. “I knew something was going on because last Tuesday, I saw Hodari carrying big file boxes out to his trunk before he left, and […]
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Free Speech Clause in U.K. Gay Hate Crimes Bill Defeated in House of Commons

By Hilary White WESTMINSTER, November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – MPs have voted down a proposal that would have ensured that Christians in the UK retained the freedom to criticise homosexual activity in the country under a proposed hate crimes bill. A free speech amendment in the proposed hate crimes legislation was rejected 342 votes to 145 by MPs on Monday night. The defeated amendment, proposed by Lord David Waddington, reads, “For the avoidance of doubt, the discussion or criticism of sexual conduct or practices or the urging of persons to refrain from or modify such conduct or practices shall not […]
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Church of Sweden Ordains First Openly Lesbian Bishop

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski STOCKHOLM, November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sweden's Lutheran church announced it had ordained its first openly homosexual bishop on Sunday, less than a month after it gave its ministers the right to “marry” same-sex couples in church. The Church of Sweden, which was the state church until 2000, had backed the parliament's adoption of the same-sex “marriage” law, which took effect on May 1. Its synod approved homosexual church “weddings” on October 22. Eva Brunne, 55, was consecrated as the Bishop of Stockholm in a ceremony at Uppsala cathedral, just north of the Swedish capital, the […]
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Roeder Confesses to Killing Late Term Abortionist Tiller

By James Tillman WICHITA, KANSAS, November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Scott Roeder told the press on Monday that he killed the late-term abortionist Dr. George Tiller.  He also said that he would defend himself in court by the so-called necessity defense, which would involve showing that he had to break the law in order to prevent greater harm. When specifically asked by the Kansas City Star if he killed Tiller, Roeder replied: “That is correct.” Roeder has been charged with first-degree murder for the May 31st shooting of Tiller in his church, in addition to two counts of aggravated assault for allegedly threatening […]
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Gym Owner Complains of Human Rights Commission Process after Costly Battle with Gender-Confused Man

By Patrick B. Craine ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A gym owner in St. Catharines, Ontario, spoke out against the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) yesterday, complaining that, after he had been dragged through the system for three years and spent tens of thousands of dollars fighting a complaint brought against him by a gender-confused man, the case was ultimately dropped. In recent years the Canadian Human Rights Commission system has come under heavy fire from critics. One of the major criticisms that has been levelled against the system is that people who launch complaints have their […]
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NY Gay “Marriage” Vote Delayed, but Senate Will Vote Before Year’s End

By James Tillman ALBANY, NY, November 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The New York state senate will vote on legalizing homosexual “marriage” before the year's end, according to Democratic Governor David Paterson. Originally Paterson had hoped to have the Senate vote on same-sex “marriage” legislation during a special legislative session earlier this week – but that session got bogged down dealing with the state's deficit problems. Accompanied by Alan Van Capelle, Executive Director of the homosexualist Empire State Pride Agenda, Paterson announced yesterday evening that Senate leaders had agreed to a debate and vote on the marriage issue at “a date […]
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Planned Parenthood Loses Bid to Silence Former Clinic Director Turned Pro-Life

By Kathleen Gilbert BRYAN, Texas, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)  -  A district court judge has denied Planned Parenthood's request for a gag order against Abby Johnson, the former director of a Houston-area Planned Parenthood abortion facility who quit her job following a conversion experience. According to the Bryan-College Station Eagle, District Judge J.D. Langley dissolved a temporary restraining order against Johnson after concluding that Planned Parenthood's stated concerns over Johnson revealing security and business information was not enough to warrant the injunction. The judge also denied a similar request Planned Parenthood directed at the Coalition for Life, the local pro-life […]
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Bishop Tobin’s Public Letter to Rep. Kennedy

Dear Congressman Kennedy: “The fact that I disagree with the hierarchy on some issues does not make me any less of a Catholic.” (Congressman Patrick Kennedy) Since our recent correspondence has been rather public, I hope you don’t mind if I share a few reflections about your practice of the faith in this public forum. I usually wouldn’t do that – that is speak about someone’s faith in a public setting – but in our well-documented exchange of letters about health care and abortion, it has emerged as an issue. I also share these words publicly with the thought that […]
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Commentary on Nov. 10 News

Dear Readers, You are encouraged to read Peter Smith's excellent article on what to expect from the upcoming U.S Senate treatment of the Democrat's attempt at health care reform. Peter reports on the House/Senate legislative process which is important to understand in order to follow the upcoming developments on this crucial issue. President Obama is not happy about the growing and very strong opposition to his health care push. That pleases many people. Contrary to the wishful thinking of Catholic liberals, Archbishop Burke's influence in the Church is growing. The left leaning social engineers, who have been in control of […]
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Massive School Closures in Ontario Imminent Due to Low Birth Rate

By Patrick B. Craine ONTARIO, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new report from the education advocacy organization People for Education reveals that up to 335 Ontario schools face closure in the next three years because of declining enrolment, which stems from the province's low birth rate. According to the organization, 172 elementary and secondary schools will close or are recommended to close by 2012, up from 145, which they reported in May.  Another 163 schools are currently under review. “This represents the largest increase in school closings since the late 1990's,” the report says, “when, between 1999 and 2004, […]
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Strongly Pro-Life Former MP Elsie Wayne Suffers Stroke

By Patrick B. Craine SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former Canadian Member of Parliament Elsie Wayne, 77, is recovering in a Saint John hospital after suffering two strokes over the weekend. Wayne was first elected to the House of Commons in 1993 for Saint John and served in that capacity until she retired in 2004.  She was hailed by pro-life leaders as one of the Commons' strongest defenders of life and family during that time. Wayne regularly participated in the annual Ottawa March for Life events at which she regularly exhibited enthusiastic support for the pro-life […]
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Analysis: Abortion Funding in Senate Health-Care Bill Stuck Between Reid and a Hard Place

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leader of the Senate, Harry Reid (D-Nev.), has now found himself in the most unenviable of positions: having to pass a health-care bill that must satisfy both pro-life and pro-abortion legislators who have the power to stall or kill the Senate's legislation. The successful inclusion of the pro-life Pitts-Stupak amendment to the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), the House version of health-care reform that passed late Saturday, has suddenly proved a game-changer in the current debate over health-care reform. As essential as the bipartisan pro-life […]
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Australia Considers Same-Sex “Marriage”

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CANBERRA, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As part of its inquiry into the Marriage Amendment Bill the Australian government yesterday heard arguments for and against same-sex “marriage.” The Australian Green party is pushing for the redefinition of marriage as part of their platform in anticipation of next year's federal election. Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young asked Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to allow Labor MPs a free parliamentary vote on same-sex “marriage” when it comes before the House. “This is not a gay issue, it's a human rights issue,” she said “I'm calling for the prime minister to … […]
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4th Pro-Life World Congress Calls Abortion “Mega-Genocide”

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SARAGOSSA, Spain, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The representatives of national and international pro-life organizations who gathered in Saragossa, Spain from November 6 to 8, 2009, in the Fourth Pro-Life World Congress, have issued a statement – the so-called Declaration of Saragossa – that has condemned the slaughter of the unborn by abortion as a “mega-genocide.” Comparing the six million “legal” deaths in the Nazi concentration camps, which constitute the international crime of genocide, to the “eight hundred million deaths, provoked, up to the moment, by means of 'legal' abortions, in the countries of the world […]
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Accused Pouillon Killer Admitted to Preparing the Night Before

By Patrick B. Craine OWOSSO, Michigan, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New documents reveal that the man accused of murdering Michigan pro-life activist Jim Pouillon, 63, admitted to preparing for the crime the night before. Harlan Drake, 33, told police that he had put loaded guns in the back of his pickup truck the night before killing Pouillon and local gravel pit owner Mike Fuoss, 61.  The next morning, September 11th, he said he dropped off two nieces and a friend at school and then shot Pouillon outside of the school. The affidavit was released on Friday by police after […]
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Former PP Director Describes Watching Unborn Child Struggle Before Being Aborted

By Kathleen Gilbert BRYAN, Texas, November 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abby Johnson, the former Planned Parenthood director who quit her job during this recent 40 Days for Life Campaign, this past weekend described to FOX Network host Mike Huckabee her conversion experience, which took place after watching a tiny unborn child struggle to escape the vacuum abortion that ultimately took its life. Johnson's story has received wide attention since her dramatic conversion last month at the Bryan, Texas Planned Parenthood clinic – the birthplace of the popular 40 Days for Life prayer campaign five years ago. Johnson says that she was […]
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U.K. Homosexualist Group: Public Sex is an Important Part of Gay Community

By Patrick B. Craine MANCHESTER, England, November 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – OutRage!, a militant U.K. homosexual 'rights' group, is insisting that homosexual sex in public places, a practice known as 'cruising,' should be tolerated by police. According to PinkNews.co.uk, a U.K. homosexual news source, the group has said that cruising is “an important part of the gay community and cannot be ignored,” in the words of the reporter. The canal area in Manchester has long been a popular spot for cruising, but PinkNews reports that the area has been built up, resulting in more complaints from local people.  In response, […]
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Pro-Life Leaders React to Health Bill Outcome: Caution Outweighs Celebration

Updated Nov. 13 By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amid praise for the pro-life Stupak amendment's momentous victory in the health care bill Saturday night, a two-pronged fear clearly emerged in the reaction of U.S. pro-life leaders: 1) the immense threats to pro-life values the health bill presents even without federal abortion funding, and, 2) the likelihood that the pro-life amendment itself will vanish in a later version of the bill. Here is a collection of quotations from key pro-life leaders to give a taste of the pro-life reaction to the Saturday night drama on Capitol […]
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Senior Democrat “Confident” Stupak Amendment Will Perish in Later Bill Version

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As more Democrats attempt to reassure the pro-abortion constituency not to fret over the health bill's apparent pro-life turn, one senior House Democrat has declared her certainty that the pro-life Stupak amendment, which was passed by the House this past Saturday, is bound to be shot down in a later version of the bill. “I am confident that when it [H.R. 3962] comes back from the conference committee that that language [the Stupak amendment] won't be there,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the House's chief deputy Democratic whip, in an appearance on […]
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Most Californians Don’t Want to Revisit Same-Sex “Marriage”: Poll

By Kathleen Gilbert SACRAMENTO, California, November 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times and the University of Southern California found that most Californians do not want to challenge the state's ban on same-sex “marriage” with another ballot initiative. The poll, released today, shows almost 60% of respondents against any future attempts by homosexual lobbyists to challenge by popular vote the passage of Proposition 8 last November.  Proposition 8 amended the state constitution to explicitly recognize only marriage between a man and a woman. A bare majority of 51% of California voters in the survey said […]
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“Do we live in a theocracy?”: Pro-Abortion Reaction to Stupak Amendment is Fierce

By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, November 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortion supporters are furious over the House's passage of the health care reform bill HR 3962 with the pro-life Stupak-Pitts amendment, which would continue to ban the funding of most abortions by the government. Planned Parenthood said that the bill with the pro-life amendment “would leave women worse off after health care reform than they are today”  and promised further effort so that women “do not become second-class citizens in a newly reformed health care system in the United States.” The amendment passed late on Saturday, November 7th, with 176 Republicans […]
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University Pro-Life Group Has “Same Mentality” as Tiller Murderer: Student Union Leader

By Patrick B. Craine THUNDER BAY, Ontario, November 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Lakehead University Life Support (LULS), the Canadian campus pro-life club that recently lost its hard-won club status, is facing harsh opposition from board members of the Student Union (LUSU) – one of whom has compared the group to the murderer of late-term abortionist George Tiller – as the club seeks to regain its status. The student union voted 7-6 on October 29th in favor of denying the pro-life group club status. The club had only won its status in February after fighting for two years to gain it. […]
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All Public Displays of Christianity Could End with Italian Crucifix Ruling: Legal Expert

By Hilary White ROME, November 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The recent decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemning the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools could result in the removal of all public displays of a Christian origin in all public buildings of Europe under the newly passed Lisbon Treaty, a British legal expert has warned. Given the intimate connections between the ECHR, the Lisbon Treaty and the European Convention on Human Rights, UK barrister and anti-discrimination law expert Neil Addison told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN), “unless the European Court of Human Rights overrules itself on appeal, Italy, […]
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Use of Abortion Victim’s Body Parts For Research Has Become Major Industry

Friday November 30, 2007 Use of Abortion Victim’s Body Parts For Research Has Become Major Industry By Hilary White WASHINGTON, November 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life advocates have known for some time that a major aspect of the abortion industry is providing the tissue from aborted children for profit for scientific and medical research. Cybercast News Service (CNS) revealed this week that this type of research has become extremely common and is being paid for by US taxpayers. CNS reports that experiments using human/animal hybrid mice, bred to have no immune systems, and injected with tissue and cells from aborted […]
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LifeSite Special Report – On procured abortion – Clarification from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Friday July 10, 2009 On procured abortion – Clarification from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Recently a number of letters have been sent to the Holy See, some of them from prominent figures in political and ecclesial life, explaining the confusion that has been created in various countries, especially in Latin America, following the manipulation and exploitation of an article by His Excellency Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, on the sad affair of the “Brazilian girl.” In this article, which appeared in “L’Osservatore Romano” on March 15, 2009, the doctrine of the […]
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US Congress Passes Health Care Reform Bill 220 – 215

By Steve Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., November 7, 2009 11:15 p.m. Eastern Time (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. House passed the historic health care reform bill Saturday evening by a very close 220 to 215 vote. The Democrats needed 218 votes to pass the bill. One Republican voted for the bill. 39 Democrats voted against the bill. The bill includes the Stupak Amendment which basically contains the provisions of the long standing Hyde Amendment prohibiting any coverage of elective abortion by a government program. The bill must still pass through the Senate.  
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Note to LifeSiteNews Subscribers with Rogers email addresses

November 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the past few days Rogers has once again been placing LifeSiteNews daily emails into the online spam folders of its email customers. That would explain why many of you have not been receiving LSN emails over the past few days. Unfortunately every now and then we go through this with Rogers which has an overly aggressive anti-spam filtering system. To download the emails to your computer, if that is what you normally do, you must go to your online Rogers Yahoo account. Go to https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.intl=ca&.partner=rogers-acs&.done=http%3a//rogers.yahoo.com. Then sign in using your email address and password. […]
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TIME Got it Wrong – Prof. George Opposed Grandiose Kennedy Funeral

By Steve Jalsevac November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Noted Princeton Professor Robert P. George says he is “not pleased” with TIME's Amy Sullivan's “selective” use of a quotation from him in her article “A Tale of Two Priests.” As well, contrary to the impression given in Sullivan's article, George opposed the way the Kennedy funeral was done and strongly supports Archbishop Burke's emphasis that Canon 915 requires that pro-abortion politicians be denied communion. LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) received a response Friday evening from George to questions about the Sullivan article and the inclusion of the quotation that seemed to indicate he opposed Archbishop […]
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Political Obligations, Moral Conscience, and Human Life

XIII General Assembly  Pontifical Council for Life Vatican City February 23-24, 2007 Political Obligations, Moral Conscience, and Human Life Robert P. Goerge McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Princeton University See also pdf version The Catholic Church proclaims the principle that every human being-without regard to race, sex, or ethnicity, and equally without regard to age, size, stage of development, or condition of dependency-is entitled to the full protection of the laws.  The Church teaches that human beings at every stage of development-including those at the embryonic and fetal stages-and those in every condition-including those who are mentally retarded or physically disabled, and […]
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Maine Voters Reject Same-Sex “Marriage” Law

Wednesday November 4, 2009 Maine Voters Reject Same-Sex “Marriage” Law By Kathleen Gilbert AUGUSTA, Maine, November 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Maine voters handed traditional marriage supporters a major victory Tuesday night after rejecting a same-sex “marriage” law that the state government approved six months ago. Though signed by Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, the law never went into effect, and remained in limbo after the success of the ballot initiative calling for a people’s vote. Had the law been upheld, Maine would have been the sixth U.S. state to allow homosexual “marriage,” after Iowa, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. As […]
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Commentary on November 6 News

Dear Readers, Pro-life forces are making it very difficult for the Obama/Pelosi Democrats to pass their deadly and duplicitous health care bill. Thankfully the Catholic bishops are finally playing a leading role in the attempt to at least stop the abortion funding aspects of the bill, although there is much more that is seriously wrong with the legislation than that. Read Kathleen Gilbert's excellent commentary on the health care controversy. The pro-abortion, pro-gay, etc. non-Catholic, “Catholic” left is a huge problem for the struggle to defend life and family. Deal Hudson provides some experienced commentary on this week's TIME article […]
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Dirty Fighting on Abortion Funding: Word-Games and Health-Care Theatrics Boggle the Mind

Commentary by Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Deep in the thick of the health care brawl, the debate over abortion funding continues to grow even more bizarre – perhaps the word is “schizophrenic” – as the once-obscure issue inches closer to center stage. One side of the abortion lobby, particularly House leadership, is working at fever pitch to break pro-life Democrats holding out for Hyde-amendment language in the health bill.  At the same time another side of the abortion lobby masterfully (either by flat-out doublespeak or uncannily calm forays into “compromise”) persists in portraying the health […]
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New Evidence Contradicts CCHD’s Findings on Accused Pro-Abortion Partner

By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New evidence has been uncovered by the Bellarmine Veritas Ministry (BVM) which confirms that a partner group of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) that was accused by BVM of pro-abortion activities, but then subsequently defended by the CCHD, is indeed pro-abortion. Following an August report by BVM which revealed that four CCHD-funded groups were promoting abortion and/or contraception, the CCHD defunded two of the groups, but defended the other two. According to Bishop Roger Morin, chairman of the USCCB's CCHD subcommittee, in a memo to the U.S. bishops, these […]
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Texas Late-Term Abortionist and Baptist Minister Admits: “Am I killing? Yes, I am”

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski DALLAS, November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a jarringly candid statement made to WFAA-TV in Dallas, Texas, late term abortionist and Baptist Minister Dr. Curtis Boyd said that when he performs abortions he is “killing,” and he has no issues with it whatsoever. “Am I killing? Yes, I am. I know that,” Boyd said during a video interview with the news station following the opening of the Southwestern Women's Surgery Center abortion facility. By law, Boyd must have a surgery center in order to abort a child more than 16 weeks along. “We see patients from […]
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New Hampshire Same-Sex “Marriage” Law in Crosshairs after Maine’s Law Crumbles

By Peter J. Smith CONCORD, New Hampshire, November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Invigorated by their recent victory in Maine, pro-family advocates have now turned their attention to rolling back same-sex “marriage” in New Hampshire, where a law passed by the state legislature in June is set to take effect in January 2010. Foster's Daily Democrat reports that social conservatives have seized the momentum of victory in Maine, and two options for a referendum will be put forward in the New Hampshire State House come January. The first proposal would repeal the same-sex “marriage” legislation signed by Gov. John Lynch in June. The […]
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Quebec Priest Denies Possibility of Sexual Reorientation Therapy on TV

By Patrick B. Craine QUEBEC, November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On a Quebec news program aired Wednesday, infamous pro-abortion and homosexualist Catholic priest Fr. Raymond Gravel argued that homosexuals cannot overcome their homosexual desires, claiming that homosexuality is natural. “I think we can't come out of homosexuality,” stated the priest and former Bloc Quebecois MP, who stepped down from political life last year following an order from the Vatican.  “And those who have tried to come out of homosexuality, nature has caught up to them.” Fr. Gravel was speaking on Dumont 360, hosted by Mario Dumont, the former leader of […]
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First Group of “Traditionalist” Anglicans in Britain Votes to Enter Catholic Church

By Hilary White ROME, November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a move that is a surprise to no one, the UK branch of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC), the largest of the groups that broke away from the mainstream Anglican Church over the ordination of woman and the latter's support for active homosexuality, has been the first to formally accept the offer of Pope Benedict to enter into communion with the Catholic Church en masse. Although the TAC is not large, being made up of only 20 or so parishes, the vote by the group to accept the invitation is […]
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Elderly U.K. Couple in Good Health Commit Suicide, Complain of Assisted Suicide Law

By Hilary White November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An elderly, but healthy British couple who are thought to have committed suicide together, sent a letter to the BBC just before their deaths complaining about the law prohibiting assisted suicide. Neither Dennis nor Flora Milner of Newbury, Berkshire, aged 83 and 81 respectively, were ill or disabled, the BBC reports. Instead they wrote that they had merely decided that they wanted to die while they were still able to live in their own home without assistance. Their bodies were found on Sunday morning by friends. Local police have said that the […]
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Brooklyn Bishop Criticized for Recorded Message Praising Pro-Abortion Politician

By James Tillman BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn has come under fire for praising New York Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who supports both abortion and same-sex “marriage,” in recorded phone calls sent to voters just days before a highly-contested vote involving a City Council candidate supported by Lopez. Assemblyman Lopez, however, has been endorsed by the NARAL Pro-Choice New York PAC.  In order to be endorsed by NARAL, a candidate has to answer eleven out of eleven questions in a fashion satisfactory to them, regarding topics such as parental notification laws, comprehensive sex education, Medicaid funding of […]
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New York Gov. Declares Nov. 10 Extraordinary Legislative Session for Same-Sex “Marriage”

By Peter J. Smith ALBANY, New York, November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Gov. David Paterson has convoked an extraordinary session of the New York State Legislature to address the state's soaring budget deficit, as well as to pass legislation that would legalize same-sex “marriage.” Paterson issued a special proclamation Thursday announcing the special session would convene on November 10 at noon. He said the legislature would take up consideration of the Governor's $5.2 billion “Deficit Reduction Plan” – a proposal which promises steep cuts in government spending – along with several other items including the same-sex “marriage” bill already passed […]
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Florida Abortion Facility Closes During 40 Days for Life

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski PENSACOLA, November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Friday, the 38th day of the autumn 40 Days for Life Campaign, the abortion facility at 6700 North 9th Avenue in Pensacola, Florida posted a 'Closed' sign on its door as pro-lifers prayed and kept vigil outside. Ernie Cyr, the Pensacola 40 Days for Life coordinator, said the local 40 Days for Life team didn't even realize at the time what they were witnessing – the permanent closure of an abortion facility that had been in operation for more than 25 years. Cyr explained that law enforcement officers went […]
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Vote Pushed Back on Canadian Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide Bill to Dec. 2

By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The House of Commons vote on Bill C-384, which seeks to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, has been pushed back tentatively to December 2nd. The private members bill, proposed by Member of Parliament Francine Lalonde (BQ-La Pointe-de-l'Île), received its first of two hours of debate on October 2nd.  The second hour was originally scheduled for November 16th, with a vote to follow shortly after. Lalonde moved the date of the second debate to November 19th a few days ago by trading with another Bloc MP.  She's now traded again, […]
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Health Care Bill Includes Monthly Abortion Premium: House Minority Leader Boehner

By James Tillman November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to House Republican Leader John Boehner, the government-run health care bill being considered in Congress would include “a monthly abortion premium … [to] be charged of all enrollees in the government-run plan.” On his blog Boehner states that this premium “will be paid into a U.S. Treasury account – and these federal funds will be used to pay for the abortion services.” He continues: “Section 213 [of the bill] describes the process in which the Health Benefits Commissioner is to assess the monthly premiums that will be used to pay for elective […]
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Commentary on Nov. 5 News

Dear Readers, Glenn Beck asks lots of questions. That is how he has exposed many serious problems with the Obama administration. Why is it that people do not ask a lot of obvious questions about Planned Parenthood? It is a downright evil organization that kills babies for maximum profit and yet government forces Americans to fund this with their taxes. See yesterday's letter to the editor regarding Sister Donna Quinn's religious order. . The real problem is the Sinsinawa Dominicans – not just Quinn. It would seem very appropriate for Catholics to appeal to Church authorities to finally, thoroughly straighten […]
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Never Mind: Judge Yanks 15-Year-Delayed Illinois Parental Notice Law Back Into Legal Limbo

By Peter J. Smith CHICAGO, November 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just hours after an Illinois law requiring abortionists to notify parents 48 hours before performing an abortion on teenage girls went into full effect, an Illinois judge issued a restraining order delaying the law's implementation until he can hear yet another legal challenge. The Associated Press reports that Cook County Judge Daniel Riley ordered the 1995 Parental Notice of Abortion Act, which has languished in legal limbo since its inception, to be put on hold until he had the opportunity to hear arguments. The court order was requested by the […]
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Ad Depicting Nude Couple Having Sex Not Pornographic: UK Advertising Standards Authority

By Hilary White November 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), a newspaper ad for a film depicting a nude man and woman having sex and bearing the caption, “contains strong real sex, bloody violence and self-mutilation,” is not pornographic and presents no threat to the values or sensibilities of the community.  The ASA's ruling comes in response to seven complaints they received after the ads appeared where children might easily see them. The photo is part of an advertisement for the film “Antichrist,” and appeared in three of Britain's largest circulation newspapers: the Guardian, […]
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Confusion about Euthanasia Must be Dispelled Says Prominent Anti-Euthanasia Activist

By Patrick B. Craine SASKATOON, Saskatchewan, November 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-lifers must be clear about the nature of euthanasia and assisted suicide, insisted Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, during an address at the Canadian National Pro-Life Conference last weekend in Saskatoon.  “If we allow confusion about what euthanasia or assisted suicide is then we lose!” The pro-life conference was held as the Canadian Parliament considers Bill C-384, which seeks to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. Schadenberg stressed the importance of properly defining euthanasia and assisted suicide, which he said are commonly misunderstood.  Contrary to the […]
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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to State’s Homosexual Partnership Law

By James Tillman MADISON, WISCONSIN, November 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to hear a legal challenge regarding the constitutionality of the state's homosexual partnership law. The law was challenged in July by Wisconsin Family Action, which argued that it violates an amendment to the Wisconsin state constitution passed by referendum in 2006.  This amendment states not only that marriage must be between a man and a woman in Wisconsin but also that a “legal status identical or substantially similar to that of marriage for unmarried individuals shall not be valid or recognized in this state.”   The […]
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32 States Saw Personhood Initiatives in 2009 – Movement Celebrates 1 Year Anniversary

DENVER, Nov. 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – November 5, 2009 marks the one-year anniversary of the inception of Personhood USA. Following the Nation's first-ever Personhood effort to reach an election ballot, Personhood USA was launched by the Colorado campaign's full-time coordinators, Cal Zastrow and Keith Mason. For the first time, Personhood USA is releasing the full list of states participating in Personhood efforts, which is available here. In 2009, Personhood USA exploded into thirty-two states, serving as an advocacy organization for pre- born babies through peaceful activism, legislative efforts, and ballot-access petition initiatives, amassing over 40,000 grassroots volunteers. Personhood USA has […]
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Newly Identified Corporate Supporters of Planned Parenthood Named

FRONT ROYAL, VA, November 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Life Decisions International (LDI) has released a revised edition of The Boycott List, which identifies corporations that are boycott targets due to their support of Planned Parenthood, the world's primary abortion-advocacy group. “As a direct result of the commitment, action and prayers of pro-family people, at least 231 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood,” said LDI Chairman Thomas C. Strobhar. It is estimated that the boycott has cost Planned Parenthood more than $40 million since the Corporate Funding Project (CFP) began nearly 17 years ago. “This should serve as a testament to […]
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United Nations Report Pushes for Right to Sex-Change Operations

By Piero A. Tozzi, J.D. NEW YORK, NY, November 5, 2009 (C-FAM) – A week after nations criticized a United Nations (UN) special rapporteur for exceeding his mandate in order to push a redefinition of the term “gender” and a controversial “gay rights” document known as the Yogyakarta Principles, a second special report – this time on health – is sparking similar concern. Presented to the UN General Assembly late last month, “The Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health” by special rapporteur Anand Grover references not only the Yogyakarta Principles, […]
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Letters to the Editor – Nun Abortion Clinic Escort

Re: Updated: Nun Abortion Clinic Escort Reprimanded – Dominican Congregation Apologizes for Scandal If you believe for one second that the Sinsinawa Domincan religious sisters, the community of the pro abort Sr. Donna Quinn, are truly repentent over the years of involvement of one of their own in the blood trade of abortion, you have been deceived. I was the president of the parish advisory council at St. Patrick Cathedral  Parish in Ft. Worth, Texas in 2004. I am very familiar with the Sinsinawa Domincan priory and its deep involvement with abortion and radical feminism. A representative of the Sinsinawa […]
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No British Referendum on Lisbon Treaty: Tory Leader

By Hilary White ROME, November 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) -  While the leader of Britain's Tory opposition party had long promised to stand against Lisbon should he form the next government, David Cameron is now saying that opposition to Lisbon after the fact is pointless. They can “no more hold a referendum on the treaty than … a referendum on the sun rising in the morning,” he said. Cameron, who is expected to be the next Prime Minister, garnered headlines today when he said that despite what he had once called his “cast iron guarantee” of a public referendum on Lisbon, […]
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Not Over Yet: Washington Same-Sex Ballot Measure Still too Close to Call

By Peter J. Smith OLYMPIA, November 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family advocates can celebrate a victory on the East Coast with the defeat of same-sex “marriage” at the ballot box in Maine, but the referendum battle in the state of Washington over an expanded domestic partnerships law may not turn out to be a consolation prize for homosexualist activists smarting from their latest defeat. Referendum 71 is a ballot measure in Washington that gives state voters a chance to approve a state law that confers on homosexual couples in domestic partnerships all the rights, obligations, and benefits of marriage except […]
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Italian Politicians Furious over Anti-Crucifix Decision by European Human Rights Court

By Hilary White ROME, November 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) -  The ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) against crucifixes in Italian schools has garnered outrage from many corners in Italy, including senior officials of the Vatican and the Italian Parliament as well as local political and social groups. The news made the front page of most national Italian papers.  The ruling comes in response to a complaint by an Italian citizen of Finish origin, Soile Lautsi, who now lives near Padua, who had asked her local public school to remove crucifixes that she deemed offensive. Lautsi had campaigned […]
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UPDATED: After Vote to Put Illinois Parental Notice Law Into Immediate Effect, Judge Issues Restrain

By Peter J. Smith (Breaking Update 7:21 p.m.: The Associated Press is reporting that an Illinois judge has put a restraining order on the law at the behest of the ACLU, further delaying the implementation of the law until such a time as the judge can hear arguments from the ACLU over their opposition to the law. More info will follow as this unexpected development unfolds…) SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, November 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After enduring a protracted legal battle spanning fifteen years, the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act has finally gone into full effect today without further delay. The […]
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Pro-Life Pro-Family Candidate Chris Christie Captures New Jersey Governorship

By Peter J. Smith TRENTON, New Jersey, November 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Incumbent Democrat Gov. Jon Corzine conceded defeat last night to pro-life, pro-family Republican Chris Christie in New Jersey's governor's race. Christie fought a hard-won battle against the incumbent Corzine and third-party candidate Chris Daggett, winning 49 percent of the vote. Corzine, whose bid for re-election received huge assistance from President Barack Obama, who personally campaigned for him in New Jersey, came in second with 45 percent of the vote, with Daggett trailing in third with six percent. President Obama had attempted to rally support behind Corzine by tapping […]
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Letters to the Editor

Re: Obamacare To the Editor: Barak Obama has been treated like a Messiah, by the Media, while campaigning and since elected.  Even as he demeaned the U.S. while flitting about internationally, he was given a free-pass.   It must have been some shock to him therefore when the Media backed-up Fox News, as Obama launched his attack on Fox, in an attempt to silence them.   Perhaps the “Honeymoon” is over.  Hopefully, the many false claims, promises and statements he has made, and the questionable and seriously objectionable characters, with whom he surrounds himself, will now be scrutinized by the […]
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Over 200 Christendom College Students Protest Abortion at Planned Parenthood Clinic

FRONT ROYAL, VA, November 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christendom College's pro-life student group, Shield of Roses, held its biggest protest in over 30 years of its existence this past Saturday. On October 31, over 200 students, faculty, staff, and visitors traveled to Washington, D.C., to peacefully protest abortion at the Planned Parenthood clinic, located just north of the White House, on 16th Street. The group protests at this same clinic each Saturday morning during the academic year, but normally only around 20-30 students make the trek into D.C. on a weekly basis. Once a semester, however, the group's leadership organizes […]
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Scottish Gay Rights Activists Found Guilty of Pedophilia Sentenced to Life Imprisonment

By Thaddeus M. Baklinski EDINBURGH, Scotland, November 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An influential gay rights activist and youth group leader, and another homosexualist activist, have been jailed for life for their involvement in the largest pedophile ring ever uncovered in Scotland. James Rennie, one time co-coordinator of the homosexual rights group LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Youth Scotland and a former teacher, and Neil Strachan, the former secretary of a Celtic boys club and campaigner on homosexual issues, were convicted in May on charges including sex attacks on children, conspiring to abuse children, and possessing and distributing child pornography. Rennie and Strachan […]
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Lakehead University Pro-Life Group’s Club Status Revoked Again

By Patrick B. Craine THUNDER BAY, Ontario, November 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-life club at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario has had its club status revoked again by the university's student union (LUSU). After a long battle with the LUSU Board of Governors, dating back to September 2007, Lakehead University Life Support (LULS) won their status in March, but they lost it again last week in a tight vote. “A lot of people from the [student union board] were actually frustrated and disgusted with the fact that we didn't get this status,” explained Francisco Gomez Jimenez, former club […]
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Czech Republic Leader Signs Lisbon – No More Barriers to New European Superstate

By Hilary White PRAGUE, November 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, signed the Lisbon Treaty at 3 p.m. Central European Time today, the last leader of the European Union's 27 members states to do so. This removes the last barrier to the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, the document that is said to be effectively identical to the European Constitution that was defeated by public votes in France and the Netherlands in 2005. Klaus, the eurosceptic leader of the former Soviet bloc country, has warned repeatedly against Lisbon's encroachments on national sovereignty and democracy, […]
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Blair’s Chances as Euro President Recede as Lisbon Treaty Signed

By Hilary White ROME, November 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Now that the last barrier has fallen to implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, reports are increasing that Tony Blair's chances of getting the top spot in the soon-to-be-constituted super-nation of Europe are fading fast. After eight years of battling against it, Czech President Vaclav Klaus has signed the Lisbon Treaty, the last national leader of the EU's 27 member states to do so. Attention now goes towards filling the new leadership jobs of president and foreign minister of Europe. Opposition to the former British PM's bid for the new EU Presidency […]
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Trespassing Charges Stayed against Pro-Life Students at University of Calgary

By Patrick B. Craine CALGARY, Alberta, November 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The trespassing charges brought against six members of the University of Calgary's pro-life club 'Campus Pro-Life' have been stayed by the Crown prosecutor – a decision that likely means that the charges effectively have been dropped. The club's president, Leah Hallman, made the announcement at the National Pro-Life Conference in Saskatoon this past weekend, to a standing ovation. “We are relieved by this decision on the part of the Crown Prosecutor,” she stated in a press release yesterday.  “Campus Pro-Life has consistently maintained that all of our actions were in […]
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11,000 on Abortion Mandate Webcast Warned against Phony Compromises in Healthcare Bill

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Over 11,000 pro-lifers tuned in last night to an emergency webcast by StopTheAbortionMandate.com, where national pro-life leaders briefed listeners on the extent of the threat to human life posed by the House health care bill. According to coordinator David Bereit, although news of the webcast went out only 13 hours before it began, 11,243 people joined in.  Speakers included Rep. Chris Smith, Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life, Kristen Day of Democrats for Life, Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America, Douglas Johnson of the National Right to Life […]
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SO-CALLED “CATHOLIC” CHARITY SUPPORTS ABORTION

Monday November 16, 1998 SO-CALLED “CATHOLIC” CHARITY SUPPORTS ABORTION WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (LSN) A charity calling itself the “Catholic Campaign for Human Development” has been found to support abortion via contributions to pro-abortion organizations such as the National Organization for Women and advocacy groups that sponsored the 1996 “Fight for the Right March” in San Francisco, whose stated goal was to support “abortion rights and reproductive freedom … [and] lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights.” Catholic World News reported Friday on an October release by the Capital Research Center which detailed the anti-Catholic contributions of the “Catholic” charity. The expose on […]
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Alaska Introduces Personhood Initiative

By Kathleen Gilbert ANCHORAGE, Alaska, November 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A statute recognizing the personhood of human beings from the moment of conception has been certified in Alaska. “An Act Recognizing the Legal Personhood of All Human Beings Including Unborn Children” was introduced by 22-year-old local pro-life activist Christopher Kurka on August 24, and Lt. Governor Sean Parnell certified the application on October 22.  The initiative, which must gather over 32,000 signatures, will likely appear on the 2012 primary ballot. The act reads: “Be it enacted by the People of the State of Alaska that all human beings, from the […]
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Canadian MP Launches Petition to Stop Federal Funding of Planned Parenthood

By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, November 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “We, the undersigned residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to stop all funding of International Planned Parenthood Federation,” reads a new petition being circulated by Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brad Trost (Saskatoon-Humboldt). The petition refers specifically to a 2006 pledge from the Canadian federal government to allocate $18 million over four years to International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).  CIDA is overseen by International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda (C-Durham), who took the position in 2007. The goal, says Trost, is to […]
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NY 23 Conservative Hoffman Jumps to Commanding Poll Lead after Liberal GOP Drops out, Backs Democrat

By Kathleen Gilbert WATERTOWN, New York, November 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new poll shows Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman having launched into a comfortable lead for New York 23 District's Nov. 3rd special election. The new numbers come after the socially liberal Republican candidate, Dede Scozzafava, dropped out of the race Saturday and threw her weight behind the Democrat candidate.  Polls had already shown Hoffman either ahead of, or neck-and-neck with Democrat Bill Owens, while Scozzafava's hopes to take the deeply conservative district crumbled under the weight of her hard-left viewpoints.  Now, a survey released by Public Policy Polling Monday […]
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Emergency Webcast Tonight to Combat Imminent Passage of Abortion-Funding Healthcare

By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, October 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Eminent pro-life leaders from across the nation will be speaking tonight during an emergency Stop the Abortion Mandate nationwide webcast, designed to educate people to the dangers of the abortion-funding healthcare bill and show how they can help stop it. The live webcast is being run by the Stop the Abortion Mandate Coalition, an alliance of over 70 pro-life and pro-family organizations across America who have joined together to help stop legislation that pro-life leaders have called the largest expansion of abortion since Roe. v. Wade. The event aims to give the latest […]
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