March for Life Photos
Today we present the first two pages of a series of additional photos from the Washington March for Life. More pages will follow over the next few days.
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Articles for Month: January 2011
Late Term Abortions in UK Up to 3000 a Year
But MP's attempt to lower age limit will backfire say experienced pro-life advocates
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Second federal judge strikes down ‘Obamacare’ law in 26-state lawsuit
Pro-lifers hailed the ruling as a victory for the right to life in the United States. "Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was the most pro-abortion piece of legislation in American history, and it unconstitutionally mandated that all Americans purchase health care," said Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life.
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Pro-life stealth technology?
How can several hundred thousand people descend upon the capital of the most powerful nation on earth, and somehow go completely unnoticed? Matthew Archbold over at the Creative Minority Report thinks he has the answer – stealth technology. And he think that the U.S. government might just be interested in finding out how pro-lifers do it. After all, if a crowd of as many as 400,000 people can somehow one escape notice on the Mall in front of the U.S. Capitol in the middle of January, couldn’t a tank or an airplane do the same? Interestingly, however, Archbold points out […]
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A troubled globe: the breakdown in Egypt, and China’s one child problem
Every now and then I have to go out to the airport in Rome, usually either picking up or dropping off, and the trip out to Fiumicino is pretty tedious. For me requires a trip into the city, and then back out of it again, in more or less the same direction and almost the same distance (thanks Trenitalia!). So it’s a good idea either to bring someone lively along to talk to, or something to read because the sights in the airport end of the City, particularly those you can see from rail yards, are not exactly inspiring. Today […]
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Top French court upholds gay ‘marriage’ ban
“It's not up to the Constitutional Council to substitute its assessment for that of lawmakers,” wrote the court.
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Unlicensed abortionist operating secret ‘lethal injection’ abortion facility in DC: watchdog group
In his new scheme abortionist James Pendergraft allegedly kills late-term unborn babies through lethal injection, after which the mothers go to a hospital for the removal of the dead baby.
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Confusion as Slovakian hospital bans abortion, then backtracks two days later
The confusion comes amidst continuing international pressure for Slovakia to further loosen its abortion laws.
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Pro-life victory for Baltimore: pregnancy center sign ordinance deemed ‘unconstitutional’
Pro-life advocates expressed optimism that the ruling would have a positive national impact.
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Marriage significantly helps longevity, mental health, study finds
"The take home message is simple," the authors conclude. "Exclusive and supportive relationships confer substantial mental and physical health benefits that grow over time."
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Catholic ‘safe schools’ policy recommends homosexual youth hotline
Gay activists are attempting to launch a gay-straight alliance at a school within the St. Clair Catholic District School Board.
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New Study: Morning-after pill causes rise in teenage STDs
The rates of sexually transmitted diseases increased by 12 percent in those areas in the UK where the pill was made freely available.
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Rep. Michele Bachmann: Life is ‘not a sidebar issue’
"Life comes first, before liberty and the pursuit of happiness," she said at the 2011 March for Life Rose Dinner.
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Parents of dying one-year-old fight hospital, courts to bring son home
"Why must the hospital impose their plan of death upon the family?” asked Alex Schadenberg, director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
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MTV’s ‘No Easy Decision’ gives us insight into why abortions occur
There is a lot in MTV’s abortion episode “No Easy Decision” that gives us insight into why abortions occur and what we can do to stop them. The young couple, James and Markai, who have already done the right thing with their first pregnancy, and are raising their child, become pregnant again. The story of their struggle with the temptation to abort – and their eventual abortion – is one of strong ambivalence. However, if we listen closely, we notice that the ambivalence did not start with the pregnancy. They became pregnant because Markai missed her birth control appointment and […]
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By the Skins of their teeth — is a new MTV series child pornography?
Does “Skins” cross the legal line of criminal child pornography? Just imagine the moral culpability of a network whose executives even have to ask the question.
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Death by medical breakthrough
Seventy-five years ago the Nazis targeted the disabled and the weak for extermination. Most of us now recognize as evil the idea that some people are less worthy of life than others. But, tragically, eugenics never seems to go away completely.
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Lawsuit Seeks Order Forcing Canadian Blood Services to Accept Blood from Homosexuals
Lawsuit Seeks Order Forcing Canadian Blood Services to Accept Blood from Homosexuals by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, June 18 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A court battle brewing between the Canadian agency in charge of collecting blood donations and an active homosexual could result in a ruling that removes the ban on homosexuals giving blood. Canada Blood Services (CBS), which collects, screens and ensures the safety of the blood supply, sued homosexual Kyle Freeman last fall after he admitted to lying in the pre-donation screening process and giving blood despite the lifetime ban on men who have sex with men […]
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Federal Politicians Set To Review Hate-speech Provision of Canadian Human Rights Act
Federal Politicians Set To Review Hate-speech Provision of Canadian Human Rights Act by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, February 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Federal MP’s will be looking today at proceeding with curtailing or scrapping Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act and will consider the misuse of the Section by the Canadian Human Rights Commissions. Section 13 of the Act gives the CHRC and its tribunals the authority to regulate, receive, investigate or adjudicate complaints related so-called “hate messages.” It has been the subject of widespread criticism in recent years, with critics charging that the Commission has […]
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Mark Steyn Human Rights Tribunal “Show Trial” Opens in Vancouver
Ezra Levant says, this isn't a real court. This is a kangaroo court, with three leftist activists as panelists"
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Terri Schiavo Mocked on FOX’s Family Guy
Terri Schiavo Mocked on FOX’s Family Guy by LifeSiteNews.com ST. PETERSBURG, FL, March 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—On March 21, 2010, Fox aired a prime time episode of The Family Guy, which featured a satire about Terri Schiavo, the disabled Florida woman who was starved to death by court order in 2005 after a lengthy court battle. The sketch was titled “Terri Schiavo: The Musical.” In the sketch, Schiavo was mocked and portrayed as being on a number of mechanical life support systems. She is also referred to as a vegetable. The sketch ends with characters calling for pulling the plug. But, […]
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The horror of abortion
Two recent news stories shocked pro-lifers and pro-choicers alike. In a sad way, that’s good news.
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Pregnancy centers defeat onerous regulations in Baltimore
In 2009, abortion advocates succeeded in getting regulations passed that would require pregnancy centers to post notices in English and Spanish stating that they do not “provide or make referrals for abortion or birth-control services.” The law singled out the centers and by requiring this government notice be posted sent a message to the vulnerable women who visited that the centers sought to deceive. However, today the courts stepped in and ruled that to be unconstitutional. In a 29 page opinion, US District Judge Marvin Garbis ruled that the law violated the First Amendment of the Constitution. In the opinion […]
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San Diego firefighters victorious in suit against forced participation in gay pride parade
“As a supervisor I felt disgusted and embarrassed, that I had to subject my crew to this type of behavior," said Fire Capt. John Ghiotto.
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Catholic Health Association now supports bill to stop abortion funding in health law
While supporting the Protect Life Act, CHA President and CEO Sr. Carol Keehan has continued to insist that the health law in its current form would not fund abortion.
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Fighting Planned Parenthood: the author of the TooManyAborted campaign, in his own words
Ryan Bomberger is a black pro-life leader, who, with his wife Bethany, has set his sights on exposing an organization he would probably call “Enemy Number One” of the Black community: Planned Parenthood.
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Bill to legalize gay ‘marriage’ introduced in Maryland legislature
The bill seeks to repeal a section of Maryland law that says that “only a marriage between a man and a woman” is valid.
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Kansas City archbishop promotes fight against porn
“We fail our people if we’re not courageous in preaching about chastity, as well as offering opportunities to help those seeking to live chastely,” Archbishop Naumann said.
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Health worker threatened with sack for sharing abortion views reinstated
Forrester was suspended just before Christmas after she told colleagues privately that she was worried women were not being given full information on the impact of abortion.
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CCHD director says he didn’t know political candidate he worked for was pro-abortion
Patrick Archibold of Creative Minority Report, who originally uncovered McCloud's relationship with the pro-abortion candidate, says he is dissatisfied with the explanation.
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Two more gay men sue owner of another UK Christian Bed & Breakfast
Michael Black, 63, and John Morgan, 58, are claiming sexual discrimination after they were turned away from the Swiss B&B in Cookham, Berkshire, last March.
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Woman tries to trick husband’s mistress into aborting child
Jones was also accused of attempted murder for trying to kill the premature newborn (which survived her first attempt) with poisoned milk.
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Some March for Life fun facts and a few thoughts on media blackouts
Hands up everyone who went to the March for Life this year. (All those still waiting to get out of DC-area airports can just whimper weakly.)
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$600,000 awarded to pro-life heroes at ‘perfect’ Life Prizes ceremony
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. That was the message of the 2nd Life Prizes Awards ceremony, which presented six pro-life heroes awards totaling $600,000 dollars.
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Arkansas Senate votes to exclude abortion coverage from Obamacare exchanges
The Arkansas Senate approved a bill yesterday in a 27-8 vote that will ensure no taxpayer dollars go to funding abortions in the state.
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California abortionist who killed woman will surrender his license
30-year-old Ying Chen died from a reaction to anesthesia while undergoing an abortion by Rutland at a dirty San Gabriel acupuncture clinic in August, 2009.
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Maryland abortionist formally charged for involvement in illegal abortion ring
Last September Riley committed a botched abortion in which she perforated a client's uterus, leaving her severely injured.
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Back from Washington
The reports published should provide you with a good impression of the large scope and impressiveness of this constantly growing national pro-life event. It was amazing and inspiring.
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French Senate votes down assisted suicide bill
The defeat came following a very public intervention by Prime Minister François Fillon and several members of his cabinet..
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Knoxville diocese teams up with mom to fight Planned Parenthood ‘abstinence’ class
Kym McCormick learned of Planned Parenthood's teaching material after her daughter Alaynna came home last October in tears over the material presented in the class.
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Democrats block consideration of true marriage amendment in Iowa Senate
“By all measures, the people of Iowa strongly support one man one woman marriage,” Chuck Hurley, President of the Iowa Family Policy Center, told LifeSiteNews.
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Groups with affiliates that advocate abortion shouldn’t receive Catholic funding: Bishop Vasa
The bishop also defended his belief that pro-abort Catholic politicians should be denied communion, saying, “It has to do with communion with the Lord.”
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American Idol contestant: I was told to abort my baby, but she’s ‘the best thing that ever happened’
An ultrasound revealed that Tassin's baby had hydrocephalus, a condition characterized by fluid build-up inside the skull.
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Study finds that women who have abortions are more likely to seek psychiatric help
Women who underwent abortions were almost three times more likely to seek psychiatric help for the first time in their lives during the nine months before and twelve months after the procedure, than women who gave birth.
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Canadian Blood Services seeks end to gay donor ban
“A lifetime ban extending by one year every year is just not sustainable,” said Lorna Tessier, director of public relations at Canadian Blood Services.
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Bell ExpressVu will no longer carry EWTN in Canada
The change is set to take place February 27th, LifeSiteNews has confirmed.
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Canadian bishops call youth to chastity
A letter from the bishops calls youth to embrace prayer, supportive friends, modest dress, and wise entertainment choices.
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Health bill repeal introduced in Senate
U.S. Senator Jim DeMint introduced the repeal bill on Wednesday, joined by 35 co-sponsors. A Rasmussen Reports survey released Monday found 55 percent of eligible voters favoring repeal.
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There are major problems with study showing no link between abortion, mental health problems
There are at least four major problems with the Danish study that significantly undermine its findings.
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Harper Would Have to Personally Kill an Unborn Baby to Avoid the Hidden Agenda Charge
Harper Would Have to Personally Kill an Unborn Baby to Avoid the Hidden Agenda Charge by LifeSiteNews.com Editorial by John-Henry Westen Editor-in-Chief LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, October 8, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper went on a verbal rampage against the right to life of unborn children last week, promising not only that a Conservative government would not open the abortion issue, but that it would prevent anyone else from raising it. Asked by a reporter if Harper could give assurances to pro-abortion groups, who are accusing the Conservatives of engineering a stealth pro-life campaign, Harper said that he could. […]
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Toronto Star: PM Harper Mulled Forcing Support for Pro-Abort Motion
Toronto Star: PM Harper Mulled Forcing Support for Pro-Abort Motion by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, May 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prime Minister Stephen Harper planned to force members of the Conservative party to back a pro-abortion motion put forward by Liberals in March, before being convinced by his advisers not to, according to the Toronto Star. Sources in the Conservative caucus reportedly informed Susan Delacourt of the Star’s Ottawa bureau that at a special caucus meeting on the day of the vote, Harper wanted to “avoid the ideological trap,” in Delacourt’s words, and quietly back the motion. […]
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National Post Confirms Tories Sank Benoit Bill Over Abortion Issue Fears
Freedom of Information enquiry reveals real reasons unborn victims of violence type bill stopped
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Ontario party: Human rights commission moving to ‘take over’ education, could threaten homeschooling
The pro-homosexual OHRC played a dominant role at a major government conference on the mandatory equity strategy this week.
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Left-wing bias ‘written into the BBC’s DNA’ – veteran BBC broadcaster
In the BBC’s “pervading culture” of anti-Christianity, “Islam must not be offended at any price, although Christians are fair game," says Peter Sissons.
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European Parliament attacks Lithuanian law curbing homosexualist propaganda
Resolution followed “worrying events,” including attempted banning of “gay pride” marches.
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Christianity the last bastion against European secularist ‘totalitarianism’: Austrian think tank
The Observatory has produced a report chronicling incidents of anti-Christian discrimination in Europe’s institutions between 2005 and 2010.
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Mafia-Run ‘Baby Factories’ Produce Made-to-Order Infants for Sale: Eastern Europe
Mafia-Run ‘Baby Factories’ Produce Made-to-Order Infants for Sale: Eastern Europe by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz ATHENS, Greece, January 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Reports of a growing racket in the illegal sale of babies have begun to emerge from Athens, according to a Daily Mail investigation, with trafficked women from eastern Europe forced to produce infants on demand for sale to Western women. Run by the Albanian and Russian mafias, one such ‘baby factory’ is reportedly operating in Athens, according to the Mail. Young women, primarily Bulgarians and Romanian gypsies, are selected by racketeers on the basis of beauty and health […]
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400,000 March for Life in DC with great joy
The massive crowd, notably larger than last year's record crowd and composed of a clear majority of youth under age 25, seemed more jubilant than ever in their celebration of life.
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‘Now it is the other way around’ — the moral revolution in full view
The breathtaking pace of the moral revolution now transforming Western cultures staggers belief.
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Imagine if we had the courage of this bishop who opposed the Third Reich
Whether facing a vicious dictatorship or merely a hostile culture, defending life takes courage.
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Democrat Rep. Lipinksi: there was ‘never any question’ of supporting pro-abort health bill
"It was very difficult for me, what I went through with the health care bill. But there was never any question for me what I was going to do," Lipinski said.
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Belgian doctors harvesting organs from disabled euthanasia donors
“I can think of few more dangerous activities then to convince people with disabilities ... that their deaths have greater value than their lives," responded bioethicist Wesley Smith.
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Rescuing women trapped into abortion is ‘real social justice’ say pro-life youth leaders
"Being pro-life should be at the very top of the social justice list," said Students for Life Executive Director Kristan Hawkins.
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Texas Governor Rick Perry’s speech to the Texas Rally for Life, Austin Capitol, January 22, 2011
After thanking those present, Governor Perry spoke the following words on the steps of the Austin Capitol building: “Nearly 40 years have passed since the tragedy of Roe vs Wade was decided by the United States Supreme Court, and since then, fifty million, fifty million children, have lost their chances. “That is a catastrophic number. That’s twice the population of this entire state. It’s pretty hard to imagine people of good conscience sitting idly by through this, and in Texas we haven’t. We have actively worked against that Roe vs Wade decision. We have taken great strides in protecting the […]
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Texas Governor Rick Perry’s speech to the Texas Rally for Life, Austin Capitol, January 22, 2011
After thanking those present, Governor Perry spoke the following words on the steps of the Austin Capitol building: “Nearly 40 years have passed since the tragedy of Roe vs Wade was decided by the United States Supreme Court, and since then, fifty million, fifty million children, have lost their chances. “That is a catastrophic number. That’s twice the population of this entire state. It’s pretty hard to imagine people of good conscience sitting idly by through this, and in Texas we haven’t. We have actively worked against that Roe vs Wade decision. We have taken great strides in protecting the […]
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Texas governor Rick Perry gives stirring speech at Texas Rally for Life
"We can't afford to give up the good fight, until the day that Roe vs Wade is nothing more than a shameful booknote and footnote in our nation's history," he said.
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Outspoken pro-life Bishop Vasa named new bishop for Santa Rosa
The bishop is well known not only for his strong pro-life stance, but also for demanding that Catholics uphold moral standards in all areas of public life.
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‘Scores’ of victims of ‘House of Horrors’ abortionist tell of forced abortions, lifelong injuries
"When I said no, the doctor got upset and he ended up taking my clothes off, hitting me, my legs were tied to the stirrups," said one victim.
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Pro-life texting campaign launched at Life Marches
Mobile billboards and crowd ambassadors encouraged the pro-life march participants in California and Washington D.C. to text opinions about abortion as part of the nationwide poll.
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Irish opposition leader promises to legalize abortion on demand
One pro-life leader said that Gilmore's pro-abortion statements may be a good thing, as they have brought the issue of abortion to the forefront in the leadup to the expect election.
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Texas gov. declares sonogram-before-abortions bill a legislative ‘emergency’
Gov. Perry's decision to fast track the legislation was announced at a speech before the Texas Rally for Life, held on Saturday in Austin, the state capital.
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Post-abortive mothers share stories of grief, redemption on Supreme Court steps
"All that remained was the guilt and shame, shreds of the person I had been before the abortions. Abortion is not a choice. For me it was a prison," said one mother.
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French Senate defeats euthanasia bill by 170 to 142
Last night the Senate in France defeated a bill to legalize euthanasia by a vote of 170 to 142. The euthanasia bill was sponsored in the French Senate by Jean-Pierre Godefroy (Parti Socialiste), Alain Fouché (UMP) and François Autain and Guy Fischer (Parti communiste-Parti de gauche). The bill would have allowed euthanasia for people with disabilities, those with chronic conditions and people who are defined as terminal. Prime Minister François Fillon spoke out against the euthanasia bill a few days earlier. Mr Fillion said that: although he had never had to face the nightmare of living with someone as they […]
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All Statements from Pro Life Groups Condemning Tiller Murder
All Statements from Pro Life Groups Condemning Tiller Murder by LifeSiteNews.com 40 Days for Life: “As a nationwide organization dedicated to peaceful and prayerful solutions to the crisis of abortion, 40 Days for Life is shocked and dismayed by the shooting death of Kansas abortion provider George Tiller. Such violence against a fellow human being is never justified, and 40 Days for Life condemns this senseless act. We encourage people of faith to join in prayer for all those affected by this unconscionable action.” American Life League, Shaun Kenny, executive director: “Leaders within the pro-life movement often discuss justice in […]
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Evangelicals disappointed at lack of Catholic leadership on homosexuality push in Ontario schools
"It seems to me that [the Roman Catholic Church] is being co-opted before our very eyes," said Royal Hamel, an Evangelical minister.
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Full Text of Cherie Blair Speech at Angelicum: Sticks to Support for Contraception, Dodges Abortion
Full Text of Cherie Blair Speech at Angelicum: Sticks to Support for Contraception, Dodges Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent, and John Jalsevac ROME, December 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the lead-up to Cherie Blair’s lecture at the Angelicum last week, pro-life Catholics from around the world contacted the university asking that Mrs. Blair’s appearance be cancelled, due to her public admissions of dissent from key areas of Catholic teaching. In what some pro-life leaders have called a “carefully stage-managed” piece of damage control, however, Mrs. Blair in her lecture made a series of statements presented as assurance […]
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Planned Parenthood seeks FBI investigation of possible pro-life sting operation
Planned Parenthood says that a man who has visited several of their facilities is associated with the pro-life group Live Action Films.
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Growing majority of Americans say they are pro-life: poll
Of the 900 registered voters who were surveyed, 50% identified themselves as pro-life, and 42% as pro-choice.
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Philippine government backs down on ‘reproductive health’ bill
Catholic leaders in the Philippines are cautiously optimistic.
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First $25,000 abortion ‘whistle blower’ reward goes to former abortion worker
The recipient, Kim Nichols had stepped forward to expose abortionist Rapin Osathanodh’s role in the death of one of his clients, Laura Hope Smith.
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Gov. Christie says pro-lifers have an ‘ally’ in the governor’s office at New Jersey March for Life
Marie Tasy, executive director of New Jersey Right to Life, said that Gov. Christie's support of the New Jersey March for Life was "historic."
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Corrected: Christian doctor appointed to drug panel under attack for views on homosexuality
Correction: This article originally included a quotation erroneously attributed to drugs minister James Brokenshire, who never said the words in question. The quotation has been removed.
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‘World’s largest’ student pro-life conference equips, energizes young pro-life vanguard
Before hitting the streets for the national March for Life in Washington, D.C., nearly 2,000 youths had an opportunity to meet and learn from some of the biggest names in the pro-life movement.
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800 joined Netherlands March For Life in December
It was the largest crowd in the event’s 18-year history, according to march organizers Cry for Life and Christians for Truth.
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700 anti-euthanasia protestors ‘die’ in front of French Senate
The choreographed protest involved 700 demonstrators who were “killed” and placed in white body bags on the ground by one by several dozen “doctors.”
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Major advertisers pull ads from MTV’s ‘Skins’ after child porn accusations
Schick, Taco Bell, GM, Wrigley, Subway and H&R Block have objected to content of the show or otherwise said it violates company policies.
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In his own words: a radical pro-abortion president
The President’s statement included not one word that indicated any recognition that abortion is in any case or in any sense a tragedy.
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New plan will insert gay themes throughout British curriculum
Critics have blasted the plan for distracting from the task of teaching of the core subjects at a time when British students are increasingly falling behind in areas such as reading, writing and math.
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Coming and going: filling the U.S. national basilica and Metro with pro-life youth
LifeSiteNews interviewed several groups at the Washington Vigil for Life who traveled from around the Eastern US to participate in the March for Life events.
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French government opposes bill to legalize assisted suicide
Debate on the measures in Senate is scheduled to begin today.
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Pro-life conference to bring together Illinois activists, national speakers
Led by the Pro-Life Action League, together with nearly 40 pro-life organizations, the SpeakOut conference is in its twentieth year.
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Peru presidential candidates propose gay civil unions, top cardinal denounces plans
The Cardinal Archbishop Primate of Peru has denounced the intentions of Peruvian presidential candidates to give legal recognition to unions between homosexuals.
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U.S. bishops throw support behind three key pro-life bills
In three letters, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities of the USCCB, urged House members to support the bills.
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Three relatives of Martin Luther King Jr. release statement opposing abortion
In the midst of our nation’s commemorations last week of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and on the eve of the anniversary of the tragic Roe vs. Wade decision legalizing child-killing, three members of the family of Dr. Martin Luther King issued a statement (below) declaring that the Beloved Community includes unborn children. Mrs. Naomi Barber King, who married Martin’s younger brother, Rev. A.D. Williams King, was joined by Dr. Alveda King (niece of Martin) and Rev. Derek King (nephew of Martin) in articulating the position that a philosophy of non-violence must oppose violence in all its forms. Therefore, it […]
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Suicide a ‘human right,’ but not state assisted suicide: European Court of Human Rights
The court concluded that states have no direct responsibility to help their citizens commit suicide by providing lethal drugs.
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‘Stop telling women abortion is dangerous’ – abortion lobby to Macedonian gov’t
European abortion activists are annoyed with the tiny Balkan state of Macedonia for telling women that abortion is something that carries risks, and that they can do without.
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‘Bullet-ridden’ Pope Benedict, President Bush, Hitler included in art show of ‘evil-doers’
The Toronto-based exhibition also includes a depiction of the “crucifixion of Obama,” casting the president as “a victim, crucified in the wake of special and distorted interests.”
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Sask. Premier defends decision to force marriage commissioners perform gay ‘marriages’
"We appreciate and respect the rule of law and the role of courts in our society, especially in regards to the Charter, and so we've made our decision," he said.
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Twilight: Pro-chastity? Pro-life?
Does the simple fact that Bella and Edward abstain from sex before marriage warrant labeling the books pro-chastity?
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GOP House Leader at March for Life: permanent ban on taxpayer funding of abortion top priority
"Now the tide has turned. There's a new majority in town," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor told the assembled crowd.
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Nearly 50% of top colleges’ health plans cover abortion: Students for Life
SFLA said that through federal grants the school's collaboration with abortion amounts to illegal taxpayer funding of the procedure.
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40,000-strong Paris March for Life an ‘unprecedented’ success
French journalist Jeanne Smits, who attended this year's March in Paris, says that the increasing support from the Church in France augurs a new, and more hopeful era for the French pro-life movement.
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The man who risked everything to oppose the culture of death
You have probably never heard of Lothar Kreyssig—I hadn’t until recently. Yet, after hearing his story, I realized Kreyssig was a hero for our times: a man whom, at almost unbelievable risk, stood up for the sanctity of human life.
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Obama voted to protect abortionists like “house of horrors” Gosnell
In a Philadelphia jail today sits an abortion doctor who is facing murder charges for doing something President Obama thinks should be legal in order to protect the "abortion right."
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Record-breaking 50,000 attend Walk for Life West Coast
"We are here to break the bondage of the culture of death," Walk for Life co-chair Dolores Meehan told the crowd that stretched as far as the eye could see.
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Obama pledges abortion support on 38th Roe v. Wade anniversary
"I am committed to protecting this constitutional right," said Obama about abortion.
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5 Cardinals, 39 Bishops, 10,000 faithful pack basilica for Vigil for Life Mass
In his homily, Cardinal DiNardo spoke of today's "cultural shadows", noting that they are "cast by the terrible reality of legal abortion on demand."
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Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Wife: I’m “a Catholic in Good Standing” But Also Pro-abortion and Pro-Homose
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Wife: I’m “a Catholic in Good Standing” But Also Pro-abortion and Pro-Homose by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert LONG BEACH, California, November 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – California’s first lady, Maria Shriver, recently told Sally Quinn of the Washington Post that she considers herself “a Catholic in good standing” despite the fact that she openly advocates abortion. “I find I don’t spend a lot of time trying to square my own daily life with the institutional Church,” said Shriver. “I pick and choose.” Shriver called herself a “cafeteria Catholic,” a term that is most often used in a derogatory manner, […]
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Experts Rebuke Pro-Abort Prof. Claim that “a Fetus is Not a Person”
Experts Rebuke Pro-Abort Prof. Claim that “a Fetus is Not a Person” by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, May 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A philosophy professor at Saint Mary’s University (SMU) in Halifax is drawing rebuke from experts in bioethics, medicine, and philosophy for a Monday column in which he advocates abortion based on the notion that “a fetus is not a person.” If pro-abortion advocates can show that the unborn child is not a person, argues Dr. Mark Mercer in an op-ed for the Ottawa Citizen, then a woman’s reason for aborting him or her “cannot […]
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EU sparks outrage by financing homosexualist groups in Cameroon
Government officials and citizen organizations in Cameroon are denouncing a decision by the European Union to send over 300,000 euros to three local organizations that work against the nation's anti-sodomy laws.
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Abortionist Gosnell denied bail in case of grisly infant murders
Gosnell, 69, faces 39 criminal counts including murder, abuse of corpse, tampering with evidence, corruption, conspiracy, obstruction, racketeering, and solicitation for murder.
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Chinese president: forced abortion policy doesn’t exist
PRI founder Steven Mosher said that he was "not surprised" by Hu's words, which he called a "bald-faced lie."
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As Roe anniversary approaches, dozens of pro-life rallies take place across U.S.
The return of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade has awakened the sleeping giant of American pro-life conviction, with tens of thousands joining dozens of local rallies across the country.
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Scientist appointed to Vatican academy admits he is ‘pro-legalization of abortion’
Nicolelis claims that his personal political opinions and beliefs are irrelevant to his appointment.
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Put a crisis pregnancy center in every hospital says Head of Russian Orthodox Church
Patriarch Kirill has offered Russian authorities suggestions on how to reduce the nation’s staggeringly high abortion rate.
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Irish voters must not forget unborn during economic crisis: pro-life leaders
"We need to press hard to ensure that voters ... know just how important it is to uphold our pro-life ethics at this critical time,” said Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute.
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Calgary bishop: Court wrong to force marriage commissioners into same-sex ‘weddings’
"Freedom of conscience and of religion is a primary and inalienable right of the human person," the bishop wrote.
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UN Commission to decide whether to insert abortion into $40 billion program
Will a new $40 billion maternal and child health fund include abortion? A just-announced UN commission will decide.
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Must-watch abortion speech by Ronald Reagan
Personhood USA has put together a powerful video featuring a speech by former President Ronald Reagan on abortion. It is a must-watch. “I know what I’m about to say is controversial,” Reagan begins. “But I have to say it.” And say it he does: This nation cannot continue turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the taking of some 4,000 unborn children’s lives every day. One every 21 seconds. We cannot pretend that America is preserving her first and highest ideals, the belief that each life is sacred, when we’ve permitted the deaths of fifteen million helpless innocents. […]
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Philly’s ‘House of Horrors’ shows lapse in enforcement of pro-life laws
As a full-time pro-life advocate, few things about the abortion industry surprise me anymore. It is routine for the abortion industry to trample on women in their quest to abort the next generation and profit in the process. However, Kermit Gosnell’s ‘house of horrors’ clinic in Philadelphia has left even the most hardened observers aghast. After he was charged this week with the murder of seven newborn infants and third degree murder of a female patient, news broke about how his clinic contained flea-ridden cats, dismembered remains of late-term unborn children, and medical equipment suitable only for the closest […]
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Letters to the Editor
How we defend the personhood of the unborn, Halton Catholic District School Board, We must embrace conflict.
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Join us praying to end abortion on January 22
The Catholic bishops of the United States have designated January 22 as a special day of prayer and penance in reparation for the massive killing that has resulted from the Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision (handed down January 22, 1973) which permitted abortion throughout pregnancy. Prayer is the foundation of all we do in the pro-life movement, and Priests for Life invites you to join tens of thousands of others who are offering, each day, a prayer of commitment to build a culture of life. We urge you to pray, throughout the year, the daily prayer to end abortion. […]
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Head of U.S. Bishops’ anti-poverty arm was team member for pro-abort state senator campaign
The pro-abortion PAC Annie's List raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for the candidate while McCloud worked as treasurer.
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Newsbytes January 21
Life Issues, Homosexuality, More Tuscon shooting responses, Miscellaneous
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Second graders perform oral sex in class, and somewhere, Planned Parenthood rejoices
Here is a story on Drudge today that, while truly shocking, is a little less so for coming out of San Francisco: A teacher at Oakland’s Markham Elementary School has been suspended indefinitely after school officials said a pair of second-graders performed sex acts on each other in class…. In one case, several students apparently took off their clothes and were naked in the classroom. In the second incident, a boy and girl reportedly engaged in oral sex in front of their classmates. [District spokesman Troy] Flint indicated that the suspended teacher, whose name was not released by the school […]
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Rhode Island bishop: Obama’s Tuscon compassion ‘meaningless’ in light of abortion support
"President Obama’s shameful record on abortion leaves his touching tribute and appeal to goodness in Tucson ... sterile and meaningless," write Bishop Tobin.
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The TV shows and movies that promoted homosexuality the most in 2010
Every year GLAAD acclaims the most “outstanding images of the LGBT community” in their Media Awards.
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Religious girls in long skirts luckier in love?
That’s what Pravda says: Religious women in strict clothes would be laughed at and used as a subject for countless jokes during the beginning of the 1990s. Their secular friends and colleagues did not even want to believe that young women wearing long skirts and handkerchiefs could arrange their private lives successfully. However, as experience shows, girls in handkerchiefs enjoy special demand. The TV series and two motion pictures Sex and the City has earned global popularity for one simple reason. The lives of its main characters are very similar to the fates of millions of lonely woman all over […]
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Pro-lifers don’t help people after birth? Nonsense.
One of the most frequently repeated canards of the abortion debate is that pro-lifers really don’t care about life.
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The art of marriage
Is strengthening Christian marriages worth a few hours of your time? Here’s a hint: The answer is yes. I’ll tell you more about a great video conference coming up next month.
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What about the twins? The deadly logic of abortion
Once we buy into the logic of abortion, there is no end to the trail of tears.
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Reality Says Cohabitation a Disaster for Marriage but Poll Shows Public Believes Otherwise
Reality Says Cohabitation a Disaster for Marriage but Poll Shows Public Believes Otherwise by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith UNITED STATES, August 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite increasingly high divorce rates, nearly half of the US public now clings to the belief that pre-marital cohabitation will make divorce less likely according to a recent national poll. A USA TODAY/Gallup Poll of 1,007 adults released for the weekend shows 49 percent believe living together reduces the chances of divorce. 13 percent said cohabitation makes no difference at all on marriage’s success. Only 31 percent held the view that shacking up before […]
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Two pro-life House bills seek to ban abortion in fed programs, health care law
Planned Parenthood responds, "Based on what we're seeing, just few days after the start of Congress, we're absolutely ready for a very serious fight."
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It’s official: 26 States join Florida’s lawsuit against ObamaCare
The lawsuit “sends a strong message that more than half of the States consider the health care law unconstitutional,” said Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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Commentary: The insanity of Canada’s political non-debate on abortion
The extremism and stupidity of Canada's top political leadership on the matter of abortion was on display again today with Liberal and NDP leaders reacting to Conservative Prime Minister Harper's comments on the issue yesterday.
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Top pro-abort group knew about violations in ‘house of horrors’ clinic, but did nothing
The jurors expressed shock that the NAF, "whose stated mission is to ensure safe, legal, and acceptable abortion care,” did not report Gosnell to authorities.
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Bill attacking Crisis Pregnancy Centers in Washington State expected to pass
A similar law that was proposed last year was defeated largely due to the unexpected number of pro-lifers who turned out in opposition, said one pro-life leader.
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‘Bella’ star Eduardo announces plans to build largest U.S. crisis pregnancy center
Verastegui, Mexican producer, actor, and star of the pro-life film “Bella”, made the announcement at a January 15 gala.
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Thousands preparing to descend on Washington for 38th March for Life
Reports are surfacing from across the country of local pro-life groups and individuals doing their part, whether large or small, to ensure that the crowd sizes are as massive as ever.
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Title X ‘family planning’, ObamaCare funds on chopping block in GOP plan to slash $2.5 trillion
Title X disburses annually at least $318 million in taxpayer dollars to family planning clinics, including abortion-providers such as Planned Parenthood.
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Media criticized for suggesting double murder is possible ‘mercy killing’
Earlier this month Sylvain Guidi allegedly shot his elderly father and mother in the family home in St-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec.
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Top homosexualist group leads mandatory ‘hate-crime’ training for Windsor Police
Chief Gary Smith said, "we want to encourage members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-identified population to feel more comfortable in coming forward."
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Pope personally endorses French March for Life
"His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI cordially greets the participants and encourages everyone engaged in the fight for life to contribute with constancy and courage to the establishment of a new culture of life," said the letter.
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Pro-gay Baum, dissident De Roo to speak Friday at Ontario Catholic college
Gregory Baum has long opposed Catholic teachings on issues such as contraception, homosexuality and priestly celibacy.
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Population growth challenges can be met with human ingenuity, say engineers
While overpopulation doomsayers continue to call for reductions of the human population, a report by the UK’s Institution of Mechanical Engineers has presented a more hopeful view.
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China Aid Director: U.S., Western countries ‘accomplices’ in China’s brutal One Child Policy
By funneling millions of dollars to organizations that support China’s brutal One Child Policy, Western countries are “accomplices” to “murder on a massive scale,” said Fu.
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Catholic group hosting abortion advocate Stephen Lewis knew about his views
"Even though he holds those views, the Foundation doesn't agree with them," said the group's leader.
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Abortionist brutally murdered ‘hundreds’ of living newborns: clinic worker
A massive, photograph-laden Grand Jury Report released Wednesday has detailed the bone-chilling practices of a Philadelphia abortionist who was arrested this week.
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Witness in Christian therapist case threatened
Pilkington, who was to appear before a professional conduct panel toda,y has asked that the hearing be postponed while police investigate threats against a primary witness.
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New Pope’s Name, Benedict XVI, Signals Modernists in the Church and Radical Secularists in Europe
New Pope’s Name, Benedict XVI, Signals Modernists in the Church and Radical Secularists in Europe by LifeSiteNews.com ROME, April 20, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the early days of any papacy, much attention is given to signals that give hints to the direction and priorities of the newly elected Pope. One of the most significant, but difficult to verify of these signals is the papal name. Since the early centuries of the Church the newly elected Pope has followed the custom of adopting a name, usually one of some predecessor. The name Benedict has ancient roots in the Church and derives […]
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Why the female left hates Palin: WSJ editor says ‘abortion’
"Palinoia" is a fascinating, even-handed treatment of the feminist left's hatred of Sarah Palin. It's an excellent article worth reading even if one doesn't consider Palin a good choice for US president.
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Minors can get secret abortions in Kentucky without parental consent, court rules
The appeals court overturned the decision by Jefferson District Court Judge David Bowles, who ruled that non-residents could not use Kentucky's parental bypass law to obtain abortions in the state.
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Sargent Shriver, last pro-life Democrat on presidential ticket, dies at 95
Unlike the vast majority of the rest of his party, Shriver, a strong Roman Catholic who attended daily Mass, never abandoned his original dedication to the unborn, opposing legalized abortion for the rest of his life.
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Record-breaking crowd participates in March for Life in Washington State
I was privileged to join an estimated 7,000 people who showed up in the freezing drizzle Tuesday at the capitol in Olympia, Washington to make our stand for the defense of human life in the state. According to organizers, it was the crowd largest yet for this annual event. More than 20 state legislators stood in the rain to talk to the attendees about their commitment to human life and pending legislation for this year. According to the Americans United for Life annual ranking of states, Washington is 50th in protecting human life through the law. For more information about […]
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Canadian Catholic school board ‘bullied’ into scrapping pro-family policy
Dozens of homosexual activists flooded the Halton board's offices as the trustees voted 6-2 to scrap the policy.
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Doctors depressed over Obama’s health care reform, survey says
More work, less pay, worse care. That seems to be doctors' diagnosis of US president Barack Obama's health care reform law.
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Pro-family groups urge appeals to overturn ruling that struck down DOMA
They have also criticized the Obama Justice Department's defense of DOMA as inadequate and a deliberate recipe for failure.
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UK councilor objects to Ian McKellan in-school gay talks, gets suspended
Chris Windows, the representative for Henbury, told a public meeting of the Bristol City Council on Tuesday night that he objected to McKellen speaking to school children about being homosexual.
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Obama Appoints Sebelius Supporter Miguel Diaz as United States Ambassador to Holy See
Obama Appoints Sebelius Supporter Miguel Diaz as United States Ambassador to Holy See by LifeSiteNews.com By Alex Bush WASHINGTON, D.C., May 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Miguel Diaz, a self-proclaimed “faithful Catholic” and a professor of theology at St. John’s School of Theology, was appointed as ambassador of the United States to the Holy See by President Obama yesterday. Pro-life groups have expressed their significant concerns about the appointment. Diaz most recently made headlines after he threw his support, as a fellow “Catholic,” behind the nomination of Kathleen Sebelius as the new Health Secretary. Sebelius is considered by pro-life advocates to […]
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US House votes to repeal abortion-expanding health care law
"The American people, the House of Representatives and 26 states have sent a message that President Obama and the U.S. Senate would be unwise to ignore: 'Repeal'" in the Senate "is the only response," stated FRC's Perkins.
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Rahm Emanuel: Pro-abort-praised Exec. order broke pro-life resistance
Emanuel said he then came up with Executive Order idea in order "to allow the Stupak Amendment not to exist by law but by executive order."
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25% of Canadian Catholic college to attend USA March for Life in Washington
March for Life Canada leader hopes it will challenge American Catholic and Christian colleges to attend the Canadian March for Life in May 2011
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Prime Minister Harper: No abortion law even if Conservatives win majority
“We have been telling people since the beginning that Harper is pro-abortion and has no intention of changing his mind even if he ever does achieve a majority,” said Jim Hughes of CLC.
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Abortionist arrested for stabbing newborns to death in clinic
Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell has been arrested for the murder of seven newborn children whom he allegedly stabbed to death with scissors following their births in his clinic.
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35,000 forced abortions per day in China as Chinese president visits U.S.
Yesterday, those imprisonment and harassment by Chinese government over vicious one-child policy, spoke out on the arrival of Chinese President Hu Jintao in the United States.
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More Down syndrome babies will die with new 98% accurate test: disability rights campaigners
In some parts of the Western world the abortion rate for babies diagnosed with Down syndrome is already as high as 90%.
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Saskatchewan gvmt: Marriage commissioners must perform gay ‘marriages’
"[Commissioners will] have to make a decision: either they comply with the ruling or alternatively they surrender their licence," said Justice Minister Don Morgan.
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BBC marks anniversary of King James Bible by claiming King David was gay
The BBC is now routinely subject to criticisms of anti-Christian bias in its coverage of Christianity and related issues.
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Some media reports have been irresponsible in their reporting of Quebec double murder case
I am often surprised how the media is willing to report a double murder as a possible “mercy killing” even before the facts of the case have been properly established. The prime example is the incredibly sad and disturbing case of Sylvain Guidi (47), who has been charged with first-degree murder in the homicide deaths of his father, Claude Guidi (75) and his mother Denise Cloutier-Guidi (71). Claude Guidi was a retired Longueuil Quebec police officer. On Saturday, January 15, 2011, Sylvain Guidi allegedly shot his father and mother in the family home in St-Jean-de-Matha Quebec. Sylvain allegedly used a […]
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ACLU Founder a Communist Ideologue Bent on Uprooting Judeo-Christian Foundation of America
ACLU Founder a Communist Ideologue Bent on Uprooting Judeo-Christian Foundation of America by LifeSiteNews.com GRANTS PASS, OR, September 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The founder of the American Civil Liberties Union was a card-carrying communist whose goal was to undermine the Judeo-Christian foundations of America, according to author David Kupelian. The ACLU is “engaged in trying to eliminate every vestige of Judeo-Christian expression in public places in America,” Kupelian explained in his landmark book, The Marketing of Evil: How Radicals, Elitists, and Pseudo-Experts Sell Us Corruption Disguised as Freedom, according to a review by Agape press. “It’s frightening—and they are using […]
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Spurred by health care reform, Planned Parenthood to mandate affiliates perform abortions by 2013
Planned Parenthood's abortion expansion has been linked to an anticipated increase in business due to the new federal health care law.
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Draft Pence for president in 2012?
I admire U.S. Rep. Mike Pence (R-Indiana). He’s a strong, unabashed conservative with a strong pro-life record in Congress. But apparently, a group called “America’s President Committee” really loves Pence and is getting a petition together to convince him to throw his hat for the presidency. CNN’s Political Ticker blog has the scoop here. Here is where I think enthusiasm for Pence has outpaced political reality, and lacks some long-term “strategery.” Drafting Pence for U.S. president in 2012 may not really be a good idea for pro-life conservatives in the long run. For one, Pence lacks the national name recognition […]
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Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Faith and the ‘gestational carrier’
Actress Nicole Kidman and country music star Keith Urban announced yesterday the December 28th birth of their biological child born by a paid surrogate mother.
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Former ‘Top Model’ contestant: I stopped modelling to save my soul
Despite a successful career as a model in New York, Leah Darrow felt something was missing.
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France’s Constitutional Council examining gay ‘marriage’ case
Two lesbians, who have conceived children by artificial insemination, want to call their relationship a "marriage," and are asking for the legal right to do so.
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Supreme Court rejects appeal to allow DC residents right to vote on marriage
The high court on Tuesday rejected without comment the appeal that was filed by Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church and others.
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Ohio late-term abortion ban a GOP priority
The ban is the only piece of Democrat-sponsored legislation to make it on the state House GOP leadership’s priority list.
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Pro-abort prof. says ban on pro-life signs at St. Mary’s U. was wrong
On November 30, 2010, pro-life students manning an authorized display on campus were ordered to remove a sign that said "Women Regret Abortion."
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Christian therapist faces being barred after ‘sting’ by homosexualist journalist
Lesley Pilkington may barred from practicing her profession for attempting to help the journalist, who claimed he wanted to leave the homosexual lifestyle.
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Bill protecting marriage passes first test in Wyoming House
The House Education Committee approved HB 74 in a 7-2 vote.
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Bill Gates proposes universal ‘birth registry’ to help control population
Gates told the mHealth audience that there is no such thing as a healthy, high-population growth country.
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Bed and Breakfast owners fined for turning away gay couple
It is illegal in Britain for guesthouse keepers to refuse to allow two homosexual men to share a bed in their homes, according to a ruling by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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Do most women really want the right to abortion?
One of the reasons that many men support liberal abortion laws is because they have been persuaded that this is something that women really want.
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Abortion – black genocide?
Is abortion akin to genocide? That's certainly the opinion of one African-American pastor.
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Oprah: My baby’s death was ‘my second chance’
Virginia Cline of Heartbeat International said that Oprah's words "reflect the brokenness many women feel when faced with an untimely pregnancy."
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Condom company advertises London’s diocesan-approved ‘gay Masses’
Durex, which manufactures about a quarter of the world’s condoms, invited customers to attend the “annual World AIDS Mass.”
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Despite massive contraceptive use, 24% of unborn Californians die by abortion
New figures indicate that 214,190 women obtained abortions in California in 2008.
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In sex-saturated San Francisco, West Coast Walk for Life a beacon of hope
Note: Steve Macias the Students for Life of America West Coast Field Agent Growing up in Sacramento, California I am well accustomed to the wild west coast and its liberal slant. Especially when it came to matters on the sanctity of human life. I can remember being introduced to sexuality and matters of birth control in sixth grade, and just months later Planned Parenthood entered our classroom, violating the appropriate nature of a banana with a colorful condom. At the time, this didn’t seem strange but ordinary. I remember even a sense of anticipation from my classmates who were excessively […]
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Expert: Abortion has led to 300,000 extra breast cancer deaths in U.S.
The estimate is based on a 1996 meta-analysis, which found that women had a 30% greater chance of developing breast cancer after obtaining an abortion.
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Commentary on Jan. 17 News
120 busloads of Pennsylvanians to March for Life, Detailed report on NaProTechnology, Defend Life group receiving justice, Heroic, faithful Ontario Catholic school trustees did not get strong support needed from Catholic bishops.
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Ontario bishops to schools: use anti-bullying programs faithful to Catholic teaching
The Catholic Bishops issued their remarks on the eve of a critical vote by the Halton District Catholic School Board on whether or not to retain their policy on dealing with homosexuality.
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Homosexual man and woman marry for art project
Stephen Green, national director of Christian Voice, said the couple are "denigrating" the marital union.
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Hope for infertility: ‘Infertile’ couple gives birth thanks to cutting edge natural treatment
New fertility treatment is natural, cost effective, morally acceptable, and boasts better outcomes for mother and child.
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GOP Congress readies ObamaCare repeal vote for Wednesday
Republicans say they intend to not only repeal the bill, but also replace it with a far more cost effective pro-life, patient-friendly reform bill that willl also give individuals a far wider range of insurance options to fit their own health needs
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Pro-life organization sends 120 buses to National March for Life
A pro-life organization called "People Concerned for the Unborn Child" based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania organizes the largest coordinated contingent to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., sending 120-130 buses yearly.
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Victory for pro-life protestors strip-searched by Troopers
Maryland police and state troopers have lost their appeal to get immunity from a lawsuit filed against them by pro-life protesters they arrested and strip-searched in Bel Air, Maryland.
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Quebec Human Rights Tribunal fines man $12,000 for ‘homophobic’ remarks
Lusk, a retired lieutenant colonel in the Canadian military, was previously acquitted of the charges by a provincial court.
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Same-sex unions “penalize” natural marriage in law: Pope Benedict
"The approval of forms of union that pervert the essence and end of the family, ends by penalizing all those who, not without effort, are committed to living stable affective bonds," Benedict said.
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Gay groups attack Chick-fil-A for supporting marriage counseling event
The fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A has come under fire from homosexualist groups for what they call evidence of its "homophobic" habits.
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Facebook co-founder engaged, seeks gay ‘marriage’ in New York
Chris Hughes has revealed that he intends to marry Sean Eldridge as soon as same-sex "marriage" is legal in New York.
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Paraguay Rejects Homosexualist ‘Youth Rights’ Agreement
Paraguay Rejects Homosexualist ‘Youth Rights’ Agreement by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent PARAGUAY, November 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite heavy pressure from international organizations and the nation’s media, the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay has refused to ratify the “Iberoamerican Convention on the Rights of Youth,” a document that grants a panoply of controversial “rights” to anyone from the ages of 15 to 24. The Convention imposes sex education “at all educational levels” (article 23), which will teach the “personal full acceptance and identity of youth.” It prohibits “discrimination” against adolescents for any reason whatsoever, including “sexual […]
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Facing the Giants Rated PG for “Mature Themes” Not Christianity: MPAA
Facing the Giants Rated PG for “Mature Themes” Not Christianity: MPAA by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After several weeks of controversy surrounding the PG rating of the film “Facing the Giants”, the MPAA has stated that the furor was caused by nothing more than a misunderstanding. On June 7 Kris Fuhr, vice president for marketing at Provident Films (owned by Sony), was quoted by Scripps Howard saying that she was told by someone at the Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) that “Facing the Giants” was awarded a PG Rating because the film […]
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Irish Rally For Life a Huge Success
Irish Rally For Life a Huge Success by LifeSiteNews.com Dublin, July 9, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “The turnout was far beyond expectations, we were thrilled with the day”, said the chairman of the organising rally committee and leader of the pro-life group Youth Defence. The Irish pro-life rally, called ‘Celebrate Life’, which set off from the General Post Office, on Dublin’s main street, had heads spinning as the colour and the enthusiasm of the crowd grabbed the attention of thousands of Dublin shoppers on a busy Saturday afternoon in Ireland’s Capital. The rally was headed up with a banner, held by […]
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Mexican bishop condemns pro-abortion group listed as ‘partner’ by Development and Peace
CIEPAC reprinted the bishop's letter and his statement condemning abortion commenting, "However, we are clarifying that in no way do we share in his assertions."
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ACLU: US bishops not allowed to protest contraception coverage mandate
The American Civil Liberties Union has criticized the US bishops for opposing free birth control under the new health care law.
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Pro-life Reince Priebus replaces Steele as RNC chair
"I think that social issues are the fabric of our society and for us to not be involved with those issues causes us to turn our back on what I think is the foundation of America," said Priebus.
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Walk for Life West Coast expects more than 35,000
"It is important to show up en masse to show our support for women who have had abortions," said Abby Johnson, a former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic who will speak at the walk.
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Louisiana gets ready for first March for Life in Baton Rouge
“We believe this historic movement can help us move closer to an abortion-free Louisiana," said Benjamin Clapper, Director of Louisiana Right to Life.
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Gay ‘marriage’ battles heat up in Maryland, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
Gay rights activists in Maryland are hoping to legalize same-sex “marriage” in the next legislative session.
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‘The tiniest babies’: survival of babies born weighing less than 400g on the increase
The "Tiniest Babies Registry" has compiled data on 110 babies born between 1936 and 2010 weighing between 260 and 397 grams at birth.
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Boston and Denver Archbishops differ on permitting children of gay couples in Catholic schools
Boston Cardinal O'Malley will permit it based on non-discrimination but Denver Archbishop Chaput says it is not fair as it would deprive Catholic students the full teaching of the faith.
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China’s One Child Policy still in effect as voluntary abortion rates soar
One former law professor is suing the government after he was levied a fine of over 240,000 Yuan (US$36,264) for having had a second child.
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NewsBytes, Jan. 14 – Life Issues
Archbishop Dolan - pro-life premier civil rights issue, Kevorkian, Path to Fame and Fortune, Couple abort twin boys, Eggsploitation Continues
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NewBytes Jan. 14 – Religion
US bishops and don't ask, don't tell, Cardinal George Rebukes Gay Marriage Advocates, Vatican and Discovery Channel’s exorcism series, Boston Globe hit article, The Witches Next Door, Beijing’s revenge, Africans puzzled by West, More...
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Newsytes, Jan. 14 – Miscellaneous
Obama's 2012 cash challenge, more nudity on TV, Wind farms don't work in cold, Freedom in decline worldwide, You Still Can't Trust Wikipedia
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NewsBytes, Jan. 14 – More reactions to Arizona shooting
Is America Growing Politically Unstable?, Blame Righty, More Evidence Liberalism Is Dead
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NewBytes, Jan. 14 – Islam
50,000 Muslims praise blasphemy law, Daughter of assassinated governor threatened, Mainstreaming Muslim Barbarism, Pope calls for repeal of Pakistan's blasphemy laws, Pakistani Muslims with the Pope, Egypt angry over pope's remarks
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Pro-life champion John Paul II to be beatified
The late Pope is perhaps most known for his ardent promotion of the "culture of life," a term he popularized through his 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae.
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Celebrating life with joy in Omaha Nebraska
I’m writing from Omaha after having flown in last night to speak at the Celebration of Life Dinner this evening. At the airport I was met by Steve and Carolyn LaGreca, and we were joined by John and Anne Marie Bowen. The two ladies head up Nebraskans United for Life and are close friends. I was truly struck by their friendship – full of joy, love and support. It reminded me of a thought which has often reoccurred to me as I’ve come across pro-lifers in various places around the globe … among the pro-life community are to be found […]
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The modern town and birth control
Have you ever considered the impact that urbanization and industrialism have had on our culture’s attitudes on life and family? In his book The Church and the Land, Dominican Fr. Vincent McNabb (1868-1943) argues that the Industrial Revolution, with scores of country dwellers fleeing the land and crowding into cities, created the conditions that led to a contraceptive culture. Some quotes from the book: “Scarcely had industrialism run two hundred years than the great towns were reduced to such a state of economic bankruptcy – and here was the call to an apostle – that race suicide could be made […]
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Openly Homosexual Ontario Health Minister Seeking to Become a “Dad”
Openly Homosexual Ontario Health Minister Seeking to Become a “Dad” by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz TORONTO, Ontario, January 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman, a homosexual activist, wants to become a “dad”, according to a recent interview with the Toronto Star. “I’m processing most issues now as someone who has a very strong desire yet to be a dad,” Liberal MPP Smitherman said. He is exploring parenting options with his gay partner. His efforts to become a father have not been well publicized so far. Smitherman, who calls himself “Ontario’s first openly homosexual MPP,” was elected to […]
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Arrested pro-life student undaunted: plans to devote life to pro-life
Lobo says being outspokenly pro-life on a Canadian university campus involves a lot of suffering. "You really need to have a good support group around you."
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Widely hailed stem cell breakthrough could cause genetic problems
Researchers found that the same genetic abnormalities that occur in human embryonic stem cell lines are found in induced pluripotent stem cell (IPSC) lines.
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Planned Parenthood backs down on lawsuit against pro-life group
The lawsuit was an attempt by the abortion giant to block the Iowa Board of Medicine (IBM) from releasing public information about four of their employees.
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Pentagon fails to investigate suspected child porn users among employees
Of the 264 child porn users discovered to be defense employees or contractors, only 70 were actually investigated for possession of child porn.
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Obama admin buys advertising to promote unpopular pro-abort health reform law
The Caller reports that The Department of Health and Human Services won’t disclose how much it's been paying for the ads.
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Attorney claims as many as half of priest abuse accusations are ‘fraudulent or entirely false’
Donald Steier also claimed that many plaintiffs had come forward only after hearing about lucrative settlements from an abuse claim.
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British abortion lobbyists sue for ‘bedroom abortions’
One of Britain’s leading abortionist organizations is seeking to allow women to self-administer the deadly abortion drug RU486 at home.
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EU diary includes Muslim, Hindu, Jewish festivities, but no Christmas or Easter
A commission spokesman said that in future they may remedy the "blunder" by simply excluding all religious references.
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Check out the new “overpopulation is a myth” t-shirt design contest!
The ever-creative folks at Population Research Institute have launched a new t-shirt design contest, in which participants can vote on a favorite design and even submit their own for a chance to win $300. Following the theme of their popular “Overpopulation is a Myth” video campaign, the shirt designs already available will be pretty hard to top. But who knows what sort of creative juices are out there? There’s only a week to vote, so click here to check out all the designs. Budding artists have until January 26 to submit their idea. And, if you haven’t already checked out […]
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Quebec pro-life group announces ‘Christian March’ to promote culture of life
Georges Buscemi, president of CQV, described the June 4 interdenominational event as an "enough is enough parade."
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Study: 98% of parents want to be primary sex educators
At the same time, most parents believed their kids actually get their information from friends and the media.
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Breakthrough in Linda Gibbons case
A Toronto judge has ruled that there is enough merit in the complaint of abuse of process in the prosecution against Gibbons to warrant three days of hearings into the matter.
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University abandons policy forcing nursing residents to sign abortion pledge
Vanderbilt’s nurse residency application had stated that applicants "will be expected to care for women undergoing termination of pregnancy.”
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Problems with LifeSiteNews daily emails all resolved in Dec.
All past problems have been fully resolved as specifically noted. We also include useful information for current or new subscribers to this excellent service.
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France prepares to debate legalization of assisted suicide
The language of the two bills under consideration, were respectively proposed by a communist and a socialist legislator.
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Only a Return to Christian Values Will Save Secularist Post-Soviet Estonia: Local Pro-Life Leader
Only a Return to Christian Values Will Save Secularist Post-Soviet Estonia: Local Pro-Life Leader by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White TALLINN, Estonia, August 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Like many of the Soviet satellite states that found independence after the collapse of Soviet communism, Estonia is suffering from a deeply “confused” social and moral state, with its shift from a “communist form of open materialism to the capitalist form of subtle materialism.” Estonia is a micro-experiment in Europe’s extreme secularization, and is reaping the demographic consequences, a young Estonian pro-life advocate and teacher told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) in an extensive interview. Estonia’s economic […]
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Despite slight uptick, new abortion stats show pro-life success story
Very few media outlets are taking a longer-term view and asking why the number of abortions has declined by 20 to 25 percent since the early 1990s.
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Jocelyn Downie is planning to spin the truth about euthanasia at McGill University
An article written by Olivia D’Orazio and published in the Canadian Lawyer Magazine on December 29, 2010; explains that Jocelyn Downie will once again be spinning her false arguments concerning the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. Downie, a long-time advocate for the legalization of euthanasia, who published the book: Dying Justice: A Case for Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada and who has been working with a one-sided committee on behalf of the Royal Society of Canada to produce a document that will promote the legalization of euthanasia and assisted suicide, will be speaking on January […]
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The consequences of abortion are permanent
Recently MTV had an abortion episode called “No Easy Decision.” The couple, James and Markai, agonized over what to do about their second pregnancy and ended up having an abortion. They kept asking themselves what would happen if they had a second child. But is that not precisely how we make these decisions less easy? People in these situations often talk as if the child who already exists in the womb did not in fact exist. The question is not what will happen if they have this child. The real question they are wrestling with but not admitting is whether […]
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Americans may not be so divided after all
Americans, we are told, are a hopelessly divided people -- politically and culturally. But is it true?
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Alaska officials reject ‘unconstitutional’ abortion-banning measure
The initiative would have mandated that the state “protect the natural right to life and body of all mankind from the beginning of biological development.”
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Six more states to join fight against ObamaCare
If Maine jumps on board, that means half of the states in the United States have filed legal challenges against the law.
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Catholic school board votes to abandon Catholic teaching on homosexuality
After pressure from homosexual activists, the board voted Tuesday night to recommend the scrapping of a policy that required schools to be faithful to Church teaching.
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Unborn twins interact with each other as early as 14 weeks
"Starting from the 14th week of gestation twin foetuses plan and execute movements specifically aimed at the co-twin," the study authors wrote.
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‘Fire me’ challenges pro-family Saskatchewan marriage commissioner in wake of ruling
Saskatchewan Justice Minister Don Morgan is now considering other options for marriage commissioners who do not want to 'marry' gays.
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Virginia rally to urge governor to enforce new abortion clinic regulations
The first Virginia "Rally for Life" is scheduled for Thursday at 10:30 am in front of the state Capitol.
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Feds tell college it’s not Catholic enough
The NLRB ruled that Manhattan College could not prevent faculty from unionizing on the basis that it is a religious institution.
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University requiring nursing students to help in abortions: ADF
At issue is Vanderbilt’s nurse residency application, which states that applicants "will be expected to care for women undergoing termination of pregnancy.”
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Where NOT to shop and stay during the March for Life
A pro-life group has released a list of D.C.-area hotels and restaurants that financially support Planned Parenthood.
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British legal system discriminates against Christians: top UK judge and Anglican bishop
Scott-Joynt told the BBC that the case shows that “for the first time in our history there is a widespread lack of religious literacy..."
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Mental health worker faces sack after sharing opinions about post-abortion syndrome
Forrester was told that she could continue to work only if she never spoke of her beliefs about abortion again.
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Palin condemns ‘mindless finger-pointing’ in wake of Giffords shooting
“We are better than the mindless finger-pointing we endured in the wake of the tragedy,” Palin says in a new video, responding to critics who have blamed her for Saturday's shooting in Tuscon.
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Environmentalist Campaign’s Horror ‘Comedy’ Promo: Go Green or Get Blown Up
Environmentalist Campaign’s Horror ‘Comedy’ Promo: Go Green or Get Blown Up by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert LONDON, October 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK-based campaign against global warming has apologized after releasing an extremely graphic promotional short film depicting individuals being blown up for failing to adhere to the campaign. The film promotes “10:10,” a campaign involving a pledge to reduce an individual’s carbon emissions by 10% on October 10. Entitled “No Pressure,” the short depicts several short segments, evidently intended to be humorous, in which people, including children in a schoolroom, are detonated in a gory mess after they […]
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Canadian MP Tables Bill to Protect “Transgendered” People in Canadian Human Rights Act
Canadian MP Tables Bill to Protect “Transgendered” People in Canadian Human Rights Act by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine May 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On May 15th, NDP MP Bill Siksay of Burnaby-Douglas, BC tabled a private members’ bill that would add “gender identity” and “gender expression” as categories protected against discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act. The bill also proposes to add these two terms to the Criminal Code to be taken into consideration at sentencing for “hate crimes.” This is the third time Siksay has tabled the bill, after it failed to make it to the House […]
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Current Medical Euthanasia and Eugenic Abortion Practices Echo Nazi Past
Planned Parenthood foundress Margaret Sanger worked with the Nazi's in early 1930s
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Pope decries attacks on conscience rights of health care workers
Using unusually strong language, the pope also attacked mandatory sexual and civics educations courses being implemented by governments.
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USCCB Spokesman: “Definitely Not True” that Bishops Support Bill As it Stands
Contradicts Politico report, "Bishops Endorse the Bill"
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Most Ob/Gyns in Canada Don’t Do Abortions, Survey Finds
Most Ob/Gyns in Canada Don’t Do Abortions, Survey Finds by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, August 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A survey of Canada’s obstetricians and gynaecologists has found that more than half do not perform abortions, and more than half of these doctors do not do them due to their personal beliefs, reports the Medical Post. Though inconclusive, the survey’s results are “encouraging,” said one pro-life leader. Dr. Caroline Laroche of Saint-Luc Hospital in Montreal conducted the survey by e-mail and presented her findings at the 65th annual meeting of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists […]
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Lead diocese of Nicaragua calls on legislators to fight gay ‘marriage’
The family is "a most important value that has to be defended against every threat that endangers its soundness," said the diocese.
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Obama admin add ‘parent 1,’ and ‘parent 2’ to passport application
“These improvements are being made to provide a gender neutral description of a child’s parents," said the State Department.
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Catholic Marquette U welcomes pro-abort, pro-gay former Sen. Feingold as visiting prof
Feingold sustained a 100% pro-choice voting record as analyzed by NARAL Pro-Choice America.
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U.S. abortion decline ended in 2008 with economic recession
The 2008 rate was 19.6 abortions per 1000 women between the ages of 15 – 44. The total number of abortions was 1,212,400.
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Youtube video compiles slew of Palin death threats after Giffords shooting
Dozens of messages were posted to Twitter wishing death on Sarah Palin following Saturday's shooting in Tuscon.
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News Briefs on Arizona Shooting Reaction
Excerpts from alternative commentaries to balance mainstream media commentaries and reports on this issue.
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New cross-Canada porn channel to launch
The CRTC licensed Vanessa TV on April 1, 2010 with the requirement that programming include a minimum of 20 percent "Canadian content."
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Former Planned Parenthood director admits: I had two ‘traumatic’ abortions
"I didn't think I was a person who would choose abortion, but in the end I did," said Johnson, who made a dramatic conversion to the pro-life cause in 2009.
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Complaint against Canadian pro-life ad dismissed
The ad featured a female firefighter expressing thanks for her mother's choice in favor of life. “If an ad this low-key is unacceptable, then any pro-life ad connected to the issue of abortion must be considered unacceptable," said NB Right to Life.
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Should we have a sex tax?
You heard a lot this election season about cutting taxes. Well in one case, I may be for raising them.
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Abortion survivor Claire Culwell speaks ‘in honor’ of her twin who died
Claire Culwell says that when she went to visit her birth mother for the first time, she offered her a card that said "thank you for choosing life for me."
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SHOCK: Ontario Catholic board voting to repeal ban on homosexual clubs tonight
Trustee and homosexual activist Paul Marai says the ban on gay-straight alliances is "unacceptable" and "a waste of time."
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Commentary on Jan. 10 News
The Washington March for Life has been growing ever year. It is a very impressive series of events that inspires and at times awes participants. Over 350,000 were there last year. Many Canadians take part as well, inspiring them to greater vision for Canadian pro-life activism. See this year’s listing of events. LifeSiteNews will be there again in force and LSN reporter Meaghen Hale will be in San Francisco covering the West Coast Walk for Life. Today’s excerpt from former Planned Parenthood director Abbey Johnson’s book is something everyone should read – a very honest accounting of undeniable reality, which […]
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Killing the vulnerable by dehydration
Recently an Italian newspaper, Avvenire, interviewed bioethicist Wesley Smith about the deaths of Terri Schiavo and Eluana Englaro,. Schiavo and Englaro had similar cognitive disabilities and both of them were directly and intentionally dehydrated to death. Last fall, Canada had a similar case when Pastor Joshua Mayandi, who had a cognitive disability, but who was not otherwise dying, was dehydrated to death. The comments by Wesley Smith were particularly insightful and worth reading. The english translation is as follows: What is the importance of cases like Eluana and Terri Schiavo, what is the public’s reaction to them? The country (USA) […]
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We must continue to fight for the overturn of Roe v. Wade
This month, in remembrance of the tragic Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton decisions, that legalized abortion in America throughout all nine months of pregnancy, numerous pro-life events take place in Washington and throughout the nation. I hope you will be participating in some of them. Even some people who support abortion are against Roe v Wade, because it took away from the people in the states the right to vote on abortion policy in their own state. Even the most pro-life states, with legislatures and governors eager to protect the unborn children of that state, are deprived of […]
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Oprah Winfrey Endorses Homosexuality Again With Upcoming Show
Oprah Winfrey Endorses Homosexuality Again With Upcoming Show by LifeSiteNews.com CHICAGO, Illinois, October 17, 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to the web site of well known talk show host Oprah Winfrey, her endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle will continue when she interviews a man who took part in a reality television program entitled “30 days: Straight Man in a Gay World.” “30 Days” is a reality show produced by Morgan Spurlock who gained notoriety for his documentary “Super Size Me” in which he ate only McDonald’s food for 30 days. During this particular segment a farmer, Ryan Hickmott, from Michigan spends […]
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Chilean Constitutional Tribunal accepts lawsuit demanding homosexual ‘marriage’
The suit was brought by three homosexual couples who sought to register themselves as "married" in September, and were refused.
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Cohabiting couples far more likely to suffer from partner abuse, statistics show
While only 11% of Spanish couples cohabit without marriage, such unions account for 58% of the most violent crimes between couples.
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A right to a child?
The argument now is no longer about whether there is such a thing as a right to acquire a child, but whether the state should pay for sex selection in vitro fertilization “treatments” after the couple has already aborted unwanted twin boys.
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Australia Premier berates cardinal for comments on Christian politicians
New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally, who bills herself as a devout Catholic, said she was greatly “saddened” by Pell's recent remarks.
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The ultrasound that changed my life – Abby Johnson’s pro-life conversion in her own words
"I didn’t want to look, but I didn’t want to stop looking either. I couldn’t not watch. I was horrified," writes former Planned Parenthood Director Abby Johnson.
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Political feeding frenzy continues as bizarre portrait emerges of alleged Giffords gunman
The political back-and-forth has escalated after Saturday's massacre at a Tucson grocery store.
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Gay lobby targeting Catholic board over pro-family equity policy
Campaign Life Coalition warned in December that the presence of a homosexual activist on the board could jeopardize the policy.
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Embracing courtesy
When’s the last time you watched or listened to a talk show without hearing someone insult someone else? Funny, I can’t remember either.
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Archbishop Dolan to join black pro-life leaders in New York rally Monday
The rally has been organized largely in opposition to Bill 371, which targets pro-life crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs).
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Canadian Court: Marriage officials must marry homosexuals
The court argued that the amendments would send “a strong and sinister message” that “gays and lesbians are less worthy of protection as individuals in Canada’s society.”
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How “Happy Holidays” Hurts
"Happy Holidays" is an empty and boring way to live together. It's really not multicultural at all; it's just a flat one-size-fits-all uniculture.
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Volunteer for LifeSiteNews at the Marches for Life!
LifeSiteNews is in need of volunteers to help sign up new subscribers at the March for Life in DC, as well as the regional marches for life around the country!
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Personhood petitions in all 50 states – approaching 1 million signatures
"We are thrilled to have met our goal to be in all 50 states in just two years," stated Keith Mason, cofounder of Personhood USA.
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Abortion support costs Irish Labour Party: poll
“The immediate downward shift in support for Labour following their announcement of support for abortion legislation is significant," said Niamh Uí Bhriain of the Life Institute.
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Updated: Schedule of events for National March for Life
In order to help pro-life pilgrims plan their trip for the national March for Life, LifeSiteNews.com has compiled a list of events in and around D.C. during the March weekend.
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Grave of Nazi Euthanasia Victims Discovered in Germany
Grave of Nazi Euthanasia Victims Discovered in Germany by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White MENDEN-BARGE, Germany, October 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The mass grave of 22 children and 29 adults thought to have been victims of the Nazi government’s Euthanasia program, has been discovered in the cemetery of a Catholic church in the village of Menden-Barge. BBC news reports that state prosecutor Ulrich Maass said the authorities are looking for evidence and witnesses but it would be difficult to prosecute anyone 61 years after the war. The grave site is near a hospital once run by Hitler’s personal physician, Dr. Karl […]
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New Republican House Leader Boehner Vows to Uphold Right to Life
New Republican House Leader Boehner Vows to Uphold Right to Life by LifeSiteNews.com By Terry Vanderheyden WASHINGTON, February 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Republican House Leader, John Boehner, declared his intention to uphold the right to life of the unborn before his election. Boehner, who has been re-elected eight times in his Western Ohio district, defeated Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt and John Shadegg of Arizona Thursday in a secret-ballot election by Republican members of Congress. Blunt, who replaced Tom Delay temporarily as house leader since September, lost on second ballot, by a vote of 122 to 109. Blunt retains his […]
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Saskatchewan Marriage Commissioner Fined For Refusing To “Marry” Homosexuals
He referred them to another commissioner but that was not acceptable to them
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Abortion lobby pillories conservatives for shooting of pro-abort U.S. Rep Giffords
Although the National Organization for Women and others quickly blamed the conservative tea party for the attack, details have emerged that suggest the alleged gunman may have been a radical anti-religion liberal.
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New ‘pro-life’ Brazilian president selects pro-abortion women’s affairs minister
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff won the nation's presidential election in October of last year after assuring skeptical voters that she is pro-life.
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Former porn actress to men: Stop looking at porn or you will destroy your life
'There is a real person on the other side of the images you are seeing, and you are destroying her life and the lives of her children,' the former porn star reminded men.
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House lawmaker introduces bill to strip Planned Parenthood of federal funds
In 2008 Planned Parenthood performed 324,008 abortions, and received $363 million in government grants and contracts.
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20-somethings taking the pro-life reins in Alaska
Tweeting and texting, the Echo Boomers are taking the reins of the decades-long effort to restore legal protection to the unborn in Alaska and across the U.S.
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Lawyers press for answers in ND 88 case
A motion was filed this week to compel answers from a former Notre Dame official who has refused to answer key questions.
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Canadian court to rule on right of marriage commissioners to opt out of same-sex “marriages”
Decision that could impact the religious freedom of all Canada's public employees
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NewsBytes Jan. 7 – Life Issues
Pence Bill Denies Funding to Planned Parenthood, Contraception use up, abortions double, Time to end stem cell institute, China Pop. Control = Eugenics, paradox of infertility and child destruction, more...
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‘Chilling’ statistics show 41% of New York City babies aborted
The finding has spurred local pro-lifers to redouble their efforts to lower the city’s abortion rate. “We have to do more than shiver over these chilling statistics!” declared Archbishop Dolan.
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Apple rejects pro-life, pro-family iPhone app…again
The company has said that the Manhattan Declaration's app is "likely to expose a group to harm.”
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Belgian Marxist priest admits to abusing 8 year-old cousin in swinging 1970s
The ongoing revelations about Belgium’s leading leftist Catholic figures have shaken the confidence of the famously liberal branch of the Church in Europe.
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Catholic teachers union vs. Ontario bishops: who will win on gay clubs?
"OECTA decided to join Egale because both OECTA and Egale are committed to fighting any type of bullying," said OECTA President James Ryan.
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USCCB silence on ‘Don’t ask’ provokes criticism
While several major conservative groups urged against repeal, the USCCB and individual prelates largely did not join the fray.
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NewsBytes Jan. 7 – Homosexuality
1950’s Public Service Announcement, U.S. Gov't Promoting Homosexuality Overseas?, George Washington on Sodomy, Homosexual Agenda Marches Steadily Forward, Sen. Scott Brown, more...
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NewsBytes Jan. 7 – Obama
No more "mother", "father" on passports, construction stopped on 45 physician owned hospitals, GOP assault on obamacare, Obama one term president?, More...
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NewsBytes Jan. 7 – Miscellaneous
Narnia film, ‘Civil Rights’ Gone Wild, Canadian Liberal Sen. wants to ban spanking, Psychology and cultural Marxism, 'Climate Change'
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NewsBytes Jan. 7 – Religion
What is going on? - RealCatholicTV , Nevada: 2 bishops Mass for pro-abortion governor, American nuns need not fear Vatican inquiry, Vast fraud re: claims of sexual abuse, more...
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NewsBytes Jan. 7 – US Politics
Michael Steele out?, Bachmann for President?, Three Gifts from Tea Parties, 5 RNC Chair candidates, Sen. Scott Brown welcomes vicious anti-family homosexual activist, Death of the Pro-Life Democrat, more...
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China cracks down on porn
The government porn watchdog reported that nearly a million copies of porn publications had been seized.
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Pole dancing: the new fitness craze
There are thousands of ways to diet and exercise, and every year it seems as though another fitness fad dominates the market and becomes the latest obsession. Step aerobics, Tae Bo, yoga, pilates, the list goes on and on. When it comes to extraordinary means of maintaining fit and healthy bodies, however, this one takes the cake. Flirty Girl Fitness, an increasingly popular workout program, has brought the world of stripping to your living room. The Flirty Girl Fitness program teaches its audience exotic dance moves once hidden behind the debaucherous doors of the local strip club. In order to […]
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Progressive rule #47: When all else fails, remove clothing
One of these days I would like to sit in on one of those gatherings where this conversation blossoms among progressives disillusioned with the lack of progress on an unpopular initiative, such as animal rights or global warming: “Blimey, Jim, I don’t know what to do. The public just doesn’t seem to care enough about [insert progressive agenda here]. The polls keep slipping … I’ve just been racking my brain and I can’t figure out how to get ‘em revved up again.” “Well Bart, sometimes it takes a little extra push to help people see the TRUTH of the matter. […]
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NewsBytes Jan. 7 – Islamists and Christians, Pope, Obama
Killing Christians, in name of the Prophet, Christians may need to start fighting back, Pope, Vatican and Islam, Vatican: ‘No war may be waged in God’s name’, Obama cannot face growing signs of religious war, More...
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NewsBytes Jan. 7 – Rapid Spread of Islamic Terror Sects
Iran's new front in Iraq, Imploding Pakistan threatens world, ‘Blow up the churches while they are celebrating Christmas’, Most eye-opening book of 2010, Denmark, Sweden 'waking up' to terrorism, More...
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‘The Nativity Story’ Movie Problematic for Catholics, “Unsuitable” for Young Children
‘The Nativity Story’ Movie Problematic for Catholics, “Unsuitable” for Young Children by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, December 4, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A review of New Line Cinema’s The Nativity story by Fr. Angelo Mary Geiger of the Franciscans of the Immaculate in the United States, points out that the film, which opened December 1, misinterprets scripture from a Catholic perspective. While Fr. Geigeradmits that he found the film is “in general, to be a pious and reverential presentation of the Christmas mystery.” He adds however, that “not only does the movie get the Virgin Birth wrong, it thoroughly […]
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Defender of pro-abortion and homosexualist policies appointed to Vatican’s Academy of Sciences
Dr. Miguel Nicolelis statement indicates his views on life and family are in deep conflict with the teachings of the Catholic Church.
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Catholic Health Association sides with former Catholic hospital’s abortion
"This defiance of Bishop Olmsted's authority is setting a dangerous precedent," said Leonard Nelson, a professor at the Cumberland School of Law.
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Parents should give babies sense of sexuality from birth: Planned Parenthood
The organization instructs parents to tell children up to the age of five that "it's normal to touch one’s sex organs for pleasure."
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Women, children and youth dominated UN agenda in 2010
The past 12 months saw intense debates as the international community addressed issues related to women, children and education.
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Obama appoints another pro-abortion Catholic to top position
The appointment of William Daley as Chief of Staff is the latest in a long line of appointments by Obama of pro-abortion Catholics.
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Winnipeg public school board split over in-school religious exercises
The Manitoba Education Department allows parents to petition for religious exercises or instruction to be conducted in the school.
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California cross war memorial unconstitutional rules court
The court found that the memorial erected in honor of war veterans is an unconstitutional establishment of religion.
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Japan records fourth year of plummeting population
Japan's well-below-replacement-level birth rate, combined with an ever-increasing number of deaths has resulted in the country's population falling by 123,000 in 2010.
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Let us renew our commitment
This month many of you will march for life, in Washington D.C. and in your own towns and cities. The day will come when Roe v Wade will be overturned. The Court could say that the people can decide whether abortion should be legal in their own state. But the Court could also rule that the unborn child must be protected as a person under the 14th Amendment, just like the born must be protected. The Roe v Wade decision itself admits that if the unborn child can be shown to be a person, abortion cannot be legal at all. […]
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Possibly the most laughable piece of gay propaganda … ever
Today I came across a video by the homosexualist Human Rights Campaign “exposing” the pro-family organization the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). It has to be one of the most embarrassing and ultimately hilarious pieces of propaganda ever produced. With the breed of creepy music, and foreboding, overstated voice-overs usually reserved for the grittiest crime shows about grisly homicides and serial killers, the Human Rights Campaign explains that while NOM would have you think that its mission is to “protect marriage” (“Ah, such a noble cause isn’t it?” says the creepy voiceover), there’s a much darker (duh-duh-duh!) purpose behind NOM. […]
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Euthanasia lobby using the Catholic card to marginalize those who oppose euthanasia
The Euthanasia lobby appears to be frustrated by the way they are attacking people who oppose euthanasia by once again taking out the Catholic card. The Catholic card is a long standing strategy for the euthanasia lobby. They recognize that if they can’t convince people to support euthanasia then the best thing to do is to manipulate the public by stating that only Catholics oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide. This strategy worked well during the Washington State I-1000 initiative because most people do not want the Catholic Church telling them what to think or do. Yesterday, in The Age newspaper […]
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Few understand how ‘sinister’ European Arrest Warrant really is: Freedom Association
One of the least talked-about of the European Union’s agreements could also be the biggest threat to civil rights, a leading British civil rights watchdog group has said.
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Pro-lifer convinces Toronto pharmacist to drop abortifacient morning-after pill
"By law I have to direct them to another pharmacy," the pharmacist told LifeSiteNews. "But I have made that commitment not to sell it anymore."
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Pro-aborts plaster Christian buildings with offensive posters during Christmas
The posters, which state that "God raped Mary," appear to depict Mary on a donkey being led by Joseph to “Women's Health Care Services.”
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Flourishing Belarus pro-life movement a ray of light
Good news is hard to come by in Belarus since the country declared independence from the Soviet Union in 1990.
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Irish politicians using European Court ruling to push for abortion legalization
Meanwhile, the Irish Medical Council (IMC) has reiterated that abortion is not a legal medical practice in Ireland.
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Obama admin abruptly pulls ‘death panels’ from health law
"The sudden change shows that pro-life opposition can and will make a difference," said National Right to Life President Wanda Franz.
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‘Most pro-life’ Congress sworn in
Americans United for Life President stated "I predict that we will see changes in President Obama's pro-abortion health care plan and in other pro-life measures as a result of pro-life leadership taking their places in Washington, D.C. today."
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Reel Love video contest for youth 18-30 – lifelong marriage
"This contest is for everyone in the next generation to give their ideas about what sustains love over the course of a lifetime," says Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, founder and president of The Ruth Institute.
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On abortion, same-sex ‘marriage’ the Church cannot compromise
Government today is attempting to force the church to bow to the prevailing political winds—like, for example, so-called same-sex “marriage” and sanctity of life issues.
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Obama admin approves third embryo stem cell trial
The approval marks the second time that ACT has obtained permission to perform a clinical trial with embryo-derived cells.
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High school girls and the duct-tape suspension
A bunch of Catholic high school girls in Windsor Ontario have garnered national media attention for wearing duct-tape shirts to a hockey game to cheer on their team. What’s of interest is that the school banned the duct tape outfits out of concern for “immodesty.” However, rather than institute a modesty policy to deal with immodesty the school made a rather ridiculous ban simply on duct-tape shirts. The girls who spent their one-day suspension giving numerous media interviews pointed out that they wore shirts under their duct-tape shirts and even cardigans over top to address the modesty concerns. So they […]
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No punishment for ABC for airing nude scene with 8-year-old boy
The offending episode of NYPD Blue depicted a woman disrobing in a bathroom, while an 8-year-old boy watches.
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20% of all young British women used morning after pill last year
The poll also found that up to 250,000 women had used the drug two or more times during the year.
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500 Muslim scholars endorse murder of Pakistani Governor who opposed blasphemy law
During initial court hearings 26-year old killer was kissed and showered with flower petals by numerous supporters
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Abortion drug used in up to 80 percent of Finnish early-term abortions
RU-486 abortions are allowing more and more women in Finland to abort their children at home, Finnish authorities said this week.
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Great minds think alike
Yesterday I wrote an article describing how our family is continuing to celebrate Christmas throughout this Christmas season – and not just on December 25, which is only the beginning of Christmastide. Many people in our secular world forget that traditionally the Christmas season only begins on December 25, and carries on through the feast of the epiphany on January 6, and even, according to some traditions, until February 2, known as Candlemas, or the feast of the presentation of Jesus in the temple. Apparently the pope has been thinking about some of the same things. In his Wednesday audience […]
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Contraception linked to massive rise in abortion rate
"The whole idea is just to get people on contraception so they can sell them abortion," claimed Dr. Brian Clowes of Human Life International.
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The knock at the door
British people have always prided themselves on their political morals. For centuries they have seen themselves holding the political moral high ground over the Continentals. We have never “feared the knock at the door” as the saying goes. The great British adherence to civil liberties has always been the cornerstone of our self-concept as the “cradle of democracy”. The yoke of tyranny never sat easily on British shoulders. During the War years, that cross-Channel contrast was highlighted. The British looked over the water and saw German citizens rounded up and carted off to who knows where, never to return. They […]
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California law repeals requirement to seek cure for homosexuality
Bill AB 2199 quashed the section of the California Welfare and Institutions code that instructs the state Department of Mental Health to conduct research into the "causes and cures of homosexuality."
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Religious belief dramatically lowers probability of adolescent sexual activity: study
For every unit increase on its scale of religiosity, the odds of a male remaining a virgin increased by a factor of 3.86.
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The month when pro-life, civil rights and ecumenism converge
Each January, three observances converge that reinforce each other and summon the Christian world to work together against injustice.
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President of Chile calls for the ‘defense of life’ as abortion legislation advances
The nation congress is currently confronting two new legislative proposals to decriminalize the killing of unborn children.
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Brownback targets marriage-destroying welfare policies
Brownback said that welfare policies are discouraging low-income individuals from marrying and forming strong intact families
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Entire student body of Virginian college to attend March for Life
Every year, Christendom cancels classes on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision.
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Over two million children homeschooled in U.S.
"The growth of the modern homeschool movement has been remarkable," said Michael Smith, president of the Home School Legal Defence Association.
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Study finds that a fraction of elder abuse cases are reported
The Sacramento Bee newspaper published a short article on December 31, 2010 written by Anita Creamer on a Cornell University study that proves that only a fraction of elder abuse cases are ever reported. The article stated: New research from Cornell University’s medical college suggests that the incidence of elder abuse and exploitation is far greater than experts had expected. The study, which is not available online, compared the number of cases reported to law enforcement, agencies that serve the aging and other authorities with those mentioned in 4,000 random phone surveys of people 60 and older. For every elder […]
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Alberta removes homosexuality from list of disorders
“It’s just a political decision based on avoidance of political pressure and has nothing to do with common sense,” said Gwen Landolt.
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Scalia: Abortion not in the Constitution
“You want a right to abortion? There's nothing in the Constitution about that,” he said.
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Long live Christmas!
On Sunday after church my wife Cassidy had suggested, in what I had mistakenly taken to be a joking manner, that we scour the neighborhood and find a Christmas tree that someone had discarded, and set it up at home.
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Critics say EU-wide arrest warrants violate human rights
The idea that a citizen could be arrested and automatically extradited to face charges in another country would strike the average North American as a Kafkaesque nightmare.
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They’re back! – The return of death panels
On December 3rd, apparently under cover of darkness, the Obama administration issued a new Medicare regulation that implemented what Congress and the American people explicitly rejected.
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Priest-pioneer for pastoral care of homosexuals dies at 92
"He understood very well the human condition in both its vulnerabilities and in its nobility"
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Gay activist Catholic trustee vows not to push gay agenda on board
Marai told local media that the Halton Equity and Inclusive Education policy was passed by the previous board and was no longer an issue.
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Mass grave of Nazi euthanasia victims uncovered
The corpses are believed to be those of mentally and physically disabled individuals whom the Nazis deemed "unworthy of life."
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Schiavo judge retires with dozens of awards for ordering Terri’s death
In March 2005 Greer ordered Terri's feeding tube removed and forbade a final plea by the Department of Children & Families to take care of her.
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Pro-life counselor arrested in Milwaukee pleads not guilty
James Marcou was arrested for disorderly conduct as he took video outside a local abortion facility.
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Repeal of pro-abort health care law is Republicans’ first order of business
A vote to repeal the law could happen within a matter of weeks in the House.
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Filipino Bishop slams depopulation agenda
The bishop said that the de-population agenda is unsuccessful and goes against "the very conscience of many Christian Filipinos."
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No Easy Decision, indeed
Watching MTV's "No Easy Decision" was very much like watching a typical day in my life.
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Fierce reaction to controversial MTV abortion special
Despite the program's clear "pro-choice" bent, it presented a raw display of the young woman's agony as she felt increasingly trapped into accepting the abortion.
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We are called to be the light in the darkness
The March for Life in Washington, as well as the Walk for Life in San Francisco, are always great events each year. People show up to express their support of the unborn and to encourage one another. They also bear witness to the wider society, that in order to have justice at all, we must have justice for everyone. Often the media does not give adequate coverage to these events. We need to continue to challenge them and build relationships with them. But at the same time, we must be the media. We must be the ones to carry the […]
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But, it’s my body!
Although the embryo is not just a part of the woman’s body, but a separate and distinct human individual, the two are bound together in a very intimate relationship which can best be understood as a kind of natural solidarity.
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Where did I come from? – it’s no longer a simple question
It is as if we are now living on a new planet — one in which all the natural boundaries of sex and reproduction have been left behind.
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Australia’s Cardinal Pell blasts Christian politicians who defy Church teaching
Pell criticized MPs who "fly under the Christian or Captain Catholic flag" but "blithely disregard Christian perspectives."
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Catholic school board found guilty of religious discrimination against UFO cult
The Ontario board chose to end the contract for the three members of the Raelian cult in January 2007.
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Bush, Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, etc. React to Partial Birth Abortion Ban Ruling
Bush, Clinton, Obama, Giuliani, etc. React to Partial Birth Abortion Ban Ruling by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, D.C., April 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The following are the reactions of the United States President and Presidential contenders to yesterday’s 5-4 ruling by the United States Supreme Court to uphold the 2003 federal ban on partial-birth abortion. President George W. Bush I am pleased that the Supreme Court upheld a law that prohibits the abhorrent procedure of partial-birth abortion. Today’s decision affirms that the Constitution does not stand in the way of the people’s representatives enacting laws reflecting the compassion and […]
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NewsBytes Jan. 1 – OBAMA
Obama 2012 bid complication, Obama and Economy, Obamacare, Berwick Sets Up Death Panels By Fiat, Feds take control of insurance prices, 40% of Doctors May Quit, More...
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NewsBytes Jan. 1 – US Politics
Sarah Palin, Jindal, Leading, Is the Republican Party Finished?, US Conservatives need a purge, A Scott Brown primary challenge?, Spread of Socialism in the U.S.
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NewsBytes Jan. 1 – Life Issues
Population control not solution to poverty, Planned Parenthood "social change initiative", Laces for Life, Operation Rescue's 2010 Person of Year, MTV's Abortion Special, Home Abortions, US birthrates decline, More...
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Newsbytes Jan. 1 – Religion – Catholic, Christmas
Fr. John Harvey Dead, Obama, embraces `Christian’ label, Palin, Superbowl Ad, ACLU’s War on Catholic Hospitals, Catholic Hospitals Vs. The Bishops, War Against Christmas, More...
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Supporters Say Truly Comprehensive Sex-Ed Gets Results
An innovative abstinence-based education program is seeing results. Dr. Hanna Klaus, a medical missionary nun and veteran OB/GYN, developed the Teen STAR program.
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Countries Reject “Sexual Orientation” Language in Treaty with Europe
Seventy-nine countries sent a letter to the European Parliament that is notable for its strong demand that the EU stop pushing its homosexual agenda on developing countries.
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NewsBytes, January 1 – DADT, Homosexuality, Elton John
Repeal Of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Catholic Church and DADT - silent at wrong time, Elton John named as father, Apple Nixes Manhattan Declaration Again
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NewsBytes Jan. 1 – Islam
"Christmas is Evil", Spain Mosque-Building Spree, Islamic Takeover of Internet, Drug gangs funding al-Qaeda terrorists, Islamization of Europe, More...
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NewsBytes, Jan. 1 – China: Oppression of Church and Others
Chinese control of Catholic church, China lashes out at Pope, pope's agenda is civilized world's agenda, Chinese Internet, More..
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Newsbytes Jan 1 – Global Warming, Economic Crisis, TSA Abuse
Looming 'Solar Max. EPA moving unilaterally, euro fighting for life, U.S. fiscal health, TSA Terrorizing Our Own, Britain's Left Panicking, Progressives Running Universities, More...
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NewsBytes Jan. 1 – Internet News
FCC's Internet takeover, Islamists takeover of Internet, UN could threaten cyberspace, Artificial intelligence to transform web, Goodbye Internet
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Commentary on Jan. 1 News
There are a lot of NewsBytes for January 1 as our way of catching up on the news over the past week while LSN staff have taken their Christmas break. LifeSiteNews will return to its normal reporting schedule on Monday.
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