Chinese anti-one child policy activist arrested, sent to labor camps
Over many years, Hengfeng has suffered brutal conditions and torture during imprisonment.
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Articles for Month: February 2011
Development & Peace silent on groups it funds as ‘Share Lent’ campaign begins
Development & Peace is continuing to use the courts to stonewall LifeSiteNews.com efforts to obtain information about the groups it funds.
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Planned Parenthood, Susan B. Anthony List ads go head-to-head
The pro-life group has launched an advertisement campaign in the wake of an ad buy of similar magnitude by Planned Parenthood.
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Anti-life media manufactures hysteria
In the last two weeks, the prospect of significant pro-life gains in state legislatures this year has seemed to throw those in the hard-left wing of the media into a tizzy. A number of stories have come out with blatant inaccuracies and overwrought hyperbole. Their current target? AUL’s model bill entitled The Pregnant Woman’s Protection Act. This groundbreaking model legislation seeks to ensure that a pregnant woman and her unborn child are protected from criminal violence and that her decision to carry her child to term is respected. Specifically, the model legislation was drafted in direct response to the well-documented […]
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Irish pro-lifers pleased with election outcome
Niamh Uí Bhriain, head of the Life Institute, told LifeSiteNews.com election was a sign that the people of Ireland continue firmly to reject legalized abortion.
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Pontifical Academy for Life back on track: tackles umbilical blood research, post-abortion syndrome
The mood was decidedly chipper on Friday at the most recent gathering of the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAV), with many present saying that after more than a year of scandals and difficulties, the Academy is back on track.
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Day 6 trial: Kline protected sexual assault victim privacy, Tiller compromised patient privacy
Other evidence shows that Tiller had violated patient privacy for the sake of fundraising for his ProKanDo PAC.
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Government can require foster parents to affirm homosexuality rules UK High Court
Laws protecting people from discrimination based on sexual orientation "should take precedence" over the right not to be discriminated against on religious grounds, ruled the justices.
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Baby Joseph can go home to die, but without tracheotomy: hospital
While the hospital aims to remove Joseph's ventilator, one neonatologist says he's never removed a child's ventilator in his fifty years in the field.
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Video: Kline says ‘those in power’ blocked Planned Parenthood, Tiller investigation
Kline blamed the obstruction of state officials during the Kathleen Sebelius administration for stonewalling his criminal investigation into child rape.
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Nova Scotia man who admitted euthanizing his wife now blames wife’s doctor
"The Nova Scotia medical system euthanized my wife. Without my consent they gave her drugs that would kill her," Stephan Bolton is reported to have said.
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Prosecutor tells investigator: we don’t have to accept report clearing Phill Kline
Mary Beth Mudrick testified Friday that her 55-hour investigation found “no probable cause” that Kline ever committed ethics violations.
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Witness: Phill Kline didn’t need/want adult patient names
Kline faces charges of unethical conduct for allegedly obtaining hotel records and matching them to state medical reports in an effort to identify George Tiller’s adult patients.
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Pedophilia a ‘sexual orientation’ experts tell Parliament
Parliamentary discussion on February 14 centered on mandatory minimum imprisonment and how pedophiles respond to treatment.
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Buoyant pro-life ‘flash mob’ catches pro-abortion rally by surprise
Pro-abortion protesters in Chicago met with a surprising sight this Saturday when a pro-life "flash mob" burst onto the scene and presented a jubilant, life-affirming message.
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Pope: ‘Abortion resolves nothing, rather it kills the child, destroys the woman’
The pope made the remarks in an address to the Pontifical Academy for Life Saturday.
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‘Bunnies in a blender’ anti-Planned Parenthood ad will have pro-aborts seeing red
WASHINGTON, DC, February 28, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 30-second TV ad spot put out by American Life League features a cute bunny being plopped into a blender with the provocative tagline: “Imagine the government giving hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars every year to a company that does this… “ See the video here.
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Planned Parenthood hawks “free love” and encourage promiscuous sex for Teens
Tells how to go around parents to get contraceptives
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New UK Abortion and STD Statistics: 1 in 5 Babies Killed; Teen STD Rates Doubled
New UK Abortion and STD Statistics: 1 in 5 Babies Killed; Teen STD Rates Doubled by LifeSiteNews.com LONDON, March 31, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK’s newly released abortion figures reveal that more than one in five children there dies from abortion. The Office for National Statistics report also revealed that the number of childless women over 40 has risen dramatically, while the UK birth rate is the lowest ever. Patrick Cusworth, spokesman for UK’s pro-life group Life, told the UK Mirror, “It’s ironic that while 600 babies a day are aborted – only 300-a-year are placed for adoption.” The report […]
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Canadian PM Backpedals on Proposal to Change National Anthem over Gender
Canadian PM Backpedals on Proposal to Change National Anthem over Gender by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, March 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The short-lived proposal to bow to political correctness and exclude the word “sons” from Canada’s national anthem has come to an abrupt end. Three days after announcing his government’s intent, during the Speech from the Throne last week, to alter ‘O Canada’ to make it more “gender neutral,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said his Conservative government will no longer be pursuing the idea. According to National Post columnist Don Martin, Harper is said to have initiated […]
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Researchers Admit IVF Carries Higher Birth Defect Risk
Researchers Admit IVF Carries Higher Birth Defect Risk by LifeSiteNews.com SAN FRANCISCO, September 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the face of mounting evidence, researchers are increasingly admitting that in vitro fertilization carries greater risks of birth defects,. According to media reports, IVF “treatments” are “now coming under closer scrutiny. At least a dozen scientific papers published in the past year suggest a possible link between IVF and increased health risks”. “What’s missing now is the data to reassure patients and providers that these procedures are safe,” says Mary Croughan, professor at the University of California in San Francisco. In response, […]
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Planned Parenthood Reports Record $882 Million Income, $63 Million Profit
Abortion provider has received nearly $4 billion in taxpayers' money to date
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Sex-Selective Abortion Comes to America
The U.S.-born children of Chinese, Korean, and Asian Indian parents tended to be male
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The Phill Kline saga: Planned Parenthood protected, children forgotten, the prosecutor prosecuted
There is one thing that makes Phill Kline choke back tears when reporters talk to him: the hundreds of child rape victims he could not save as AG because his investigation was stonewalled over abortion.
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Stopping taxpayer-subsidized abortions on college campuses
Abortion coverage in health-insurance plans is more prevalent than many people realize.
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New York City Council determined to pass “police state” pregnancy center gag law next week
Bill designed to gag pro-life crisis pregnancy centers (CPC) is slated to be put to a full Council vote next Wednesday.
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Fourteen women rescued from ‘eugenics surrogate’ baby trafficking ring in Thailand
"We could create the finest procreation condition for your baby, mainly through the efficient embryo refining, only the superior left for implanting," boasts the company.
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Holy See Combats Radical Agenda During Commission on Social Development
It its statement to the General Assembly, the Holy See chastised the attempted imposition of "agendas" that “[do] not advance the well being of peoples.”
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In Virginia: A surprise amendment, sudden victory for abortion clinic regulation
It’s has been a wild week in Virginia. Earlier this month, every single pro-life bill died in in the Virginia Senate. The pro-abortion led caucus blocked many good pieces of legislation in committee on a party line vote. Bills like the opt-out of the abortion mandate in the federal health care bill, an expanded informed consent bill, and even a bill that would ban coercing a woman into getting an abortion against her will died in the Senate Education and Health Committee. And then there was this week. For years, the pro-life movement has tried to get basic abortion clinic […]
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Pro-life ad yanked from SoHo, NY site after complaints
Dr. Alveda King responded saying, "The message of this billboard is totally accurate. The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb! It's a travesty of justice that it is being taken down."
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Exclusive: Peter Smith interviews Phil Kline re: combed CD’s sensitive records
Former George Tiller legal counsel Dan Monnat may have violated state ethics in obtaining sensitive information that they later used against Phill Kline.
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Gay protesters swarm Chicago cathedral, police do nothing
The city of Chicago ordered its police force not to enforce the law against a mob of homosexualist activists who disrupted Mass at the Holy Name Cathedral.
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Bishops from Texas and Illinois discuss Obama’s ‘Catholic’ appointments
LifeSiteNews spoke with Dallas Texas Auxillary Bishop Mark Sites and Illinois Bishop Joseph Siegel from the Joliette Diocese about Obama's appointment of Catholics who oppose the Church's teaching on life.
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Fr. Pavone, the ‘Terri Schiavo Priest’, will pay to bring Baby Joseph to U.S.
“If I have to fly from Rome to Canada to get Baby Joseph out of the hospital and back home where he belongs, I am ready to do that right now,” said Father Pavone,
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Pro-abortion domestic terrorist jailed by FBI for threatening pro-lifers
A pro-abortion terrorist's rampage of threats against Operation Rescue and other pro-lifers has come to an end after being arrested by the FBI.
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Planned Parenthood Sets Record for Number of Babies Killed
"The records show that Planned Parenthood has committed 5,320,095 surgical and medical abortions from 1970 through the end of 2009," says Jim Sedlak of ALL.
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Planned Parenthood gambit: beat Phill Kline charges, defeat Live Action?
The easiest way for abortion giant Planned Parenthood to deflate the power of the Live Action stings may be the current trial against Phill Kline.
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Commentary on February 25 News
For the past week, LifeSiteNews has been following two on-going dramas in a series of reports that are well worth reading.
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Grisez Interview: New documents give the real story behind Paul VI Birth Control Commission
Documents recently opened to the public reveal a new story about the fascinating inner workings of the pontifical commission behind the critical papal encyclical Humanae Vitae.
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Virginia victory as bill passes forcing abortion mills to adopt hospital standards
Abortion lobbyists in the state have fought the regulations, saying that as many as 17 of the Virginia's 21 abortion clinics may be forced to close due to the cost of improvements.
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Kline did not violate judge’s order in secret Planned Parenthood case: judge’s legal counsel
Day 5 reports from the courtroom
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Same-sex ‘marriage’ bill passes Maryland Senate, opponents react
The Maryland Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill legalizing same-sex "marriage" in a 25-22 vote late Wednesday.
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EU Foreign Ministers issue belated, weak statement against anti-Christian violence
As its response to brutal attacks against Christians in the Middle East, the EU’s Foreign Affairs Council has issued a statement that mentions Christians only once in a nearly 500-word text and includes Muslim pilgrims and other religious communities in the same sentence.
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Code red: nationwide protest needed to protect beleaguered amendment gutting Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood is furious, and is mobilizing abortion advocates across the country while running attack ads in the home districts of courageous House members who voted their conscience
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UN promotes prostitution as harm reduction
A United Nations agency is actively funding the full legalization of prostitution with the support of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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Euthanasia debate to launch in Canada as man admits to euthanizing his ill wife
Man "racked by guilt" confesses killing his 59-year-old ailing wife without her consent
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Irish Labour Party suffers political downturn for abortion support
The Labour Party was at 27% in the polls, then when the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the ABC case - and it said that Ireland would have to legalise abortion. Labour rushed out to support the ruling. Three months later Labour ratings have sunk to just 17%.
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As U.S. groups rush to aid baby Joseph, lawyers seek to broker deal
"We were fighting for the same thing, really," says Bobby Schindler, the brother of Terri Schiavo and head of the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network.
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Beautiful success story: 4 babies saved in 1 week at crisis pregnancy center
“I couldn’t do it,” one woman who found out she was pregnant with twins told the volunteers with Aid to Women.
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Vatican legal consultant says adulterous, pro-abortion New York governor should be denied communion
Canon law expert Edward Peters has made international headlines for his remarks.
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Pence: budget bill frees funds for health clinics that don’t promote abortion
"There are literally thousands of clinics across the country - other than Planned Parenthood - that receive federal funding and offer access to health care," wrote Pence.
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Kansas judge testifies ‘probable cause’ existed to investigate criminal PP activity: Kline Hearings
Judge Richard Anderson testified that Williams had presented to him a serious problem: the abortion records on underage girls did not match up with child rape reports.
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Kansas Travesty: 249 child-age abortions over 3 years, just four sex abuse reports: Kline Hearings
Tom Williams said they did not find an "isolated case" of non-reporting, but a whole pattern of non-compliance by abortion providers like Planned Parenthood and George Tiller.
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EXCLUSIVE: Videos show ‘vegetable’ Baby Joseph reacting to parents
The video also shows Joseph's hands tied down - a measure the hospital took after he removed his tube on at least two separate occasions.
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Detroit hospital refuses Baby Joseph, but family still optimistic
"We're optimistic that there's some good opportunities, but we hadn't pursued them because they had told us yes at Detroit," said a spokesperson for the family.
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Planned Parenthood seeking to lower age of sexual consent to 14 in Peru
The bill is provoking outrage from pro-family groups and warnings that the country could be converted into a "sexual paradise" for child predators.
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Top OBGYN group’s draft guidelines on abortion cover up abortion/breast cancer link
A top professional association of obstetrician-gynecologists after drafting new guidelines for abortion counseling, again dismissed the abortion/breast cancer link.
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Angry students shout down pro-life display at Florida State U
However, one male student thanked CBR for their presence. “If me and my ex had seen this two years ago,” he told them, “we would not have done what we did.”
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Irish drug regulator OKs morning after pill over the counter
Pro-life advocates warned that the decision could have serious medical consequences, especially for young people.
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Bill gutting Planned Parenthood also slashes UNFPA funding, restores Mexico City
"Most likely the Senate will not take up H.R. 1," a source on Capitol Hill told LifeSiteNews.com this afternoon.
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Harry Reid tells Nevada: ‘the time has come’ to end prostitution
Although not exactly known for his conservative beliefs, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has sided with social conservatives on an important issue.
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San Fran Catholic Charities ‘honorary committee’ stacked with pro-abort politicians
California Catholic Daily reports that the politicians are "completely and without exception actively opposed to the Church’s teaching on issues of life or the family."
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Hawaii passes measure granting all marriage benefits to gay unions
The governor is scheduled to sign into law Wednesday.
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Obama says he will no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act
The president still claims that he opposes same-sex “marriage,” although White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today said that he is "grappling with the issue."
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Catholic woman renounces affiliation with feminist women’s ordination movement
The Roman Catholic Women Priests organization is tied to pro-abortion and anti-family groups.
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Archdiocese quashes Lesbian and Gay Ministries dinner at Minneapolis Catholic parish
The archdiocese confirmed with LSN that the vicar general of the archdiocese contacted St. Frances Cabrini parish and canceled the event.
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Britain goes head to head with European Court of Human Rights over prisoner voting rights
The ECHR has a history of issuing rulings that effectively overturn laws of sovereign states, including one that ordered Italy to remove crucifixes from all public schools and offices.
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Gay-straight alliances: Promoting “safe schools” or homosexual activism?
Many question whether the "safe school" claim is merely a cover for using the schools to promote widespread acceptance of homosexuality. There is substantial evidence to indicate that the charge is probably valid.
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Mother of twelve jailed in Germany for refusing to enroll children in sex ed classes
The woman is reportedly a Baptist who is opposed to the program based upon her religious convictions.
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Phill Kline held to double standard in ethics trial – Day 3 live update
It was revealed that Kline’s successor was guilty of one of the same offenses for which Kline is being charged, but no charges have been filed against him.
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Banned pro-life club sues Ontario university
"We have suffered discrimination and intimidation, we have been arrested and threatened and we are seeking restitution," said club president Ruth Lobo.
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DA’s diary snatching brings new twist to Phill Kline ethics trial, potential crime
Steven Howe, who replaced Kline as DA of Johnson County, had intercepted and opened mail that contained personal effects belonging to Kline - an act which may have put the DA in serious violation of federal law.
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Phill Kline attorney makes witness sweat in Planned Parenthood ethics complaint case
Peter Smith continues to report on the drama in the courtroom during this crucial trial related to alleged criminal activities of Planned Parenthood.
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New York City billboard names the ‘Most Dangerous Place for an African American’
The billboard is about half a mile from one of three New York City Planned Parenthood abortion facilities which jointly reported nearly 17,000 abortions in 2010
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Commentary on February 22 News
Baby Joseph dilemma. Fox News now covering the issue.
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Gibbons case going to Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada has decided that it will hear an appeal filed by her lawyer seeking to overturn an Ontario Court of Appeal decision reinstating her criminal conviction on a charge of disobeying a court order.
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Vatican fires leader of international aid organization Caritas, to strengthen ‘Catholic identity’
Change appears to be connected to the general reform project of international aid programs outlined in Pope Benedict's encyclical insisting that human development and foreign aid cannot be separated from the demands of truth.
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U.S. Rep. Speier: ‘intolerant people’ use the word abortion ‘to cast shame’
"For me there was no guilt, only the pain of a pregnancy that did not work," said Speier.
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Kansas abortionists failed to report 166 potential cases of child rape: Phill Kline trial day 2
During testimony, Kline revealed that out of 168 abortions his investigation uncovered on children under the age of 15, only two were reported.
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Abuse of assisted suicide laws ‘inevitable,’ expert warns Quebec government
"Believing that restrictions will contain these abuses is at best naive, and at worst is magical thinking," said Dr. François Primeau.
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Archbishop Dolan will say funeral mass for abortionist turned pro-lifer Dr. Nathanson
The funeral mass will be held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City and said by Archbishop Timothy Dolan at 10 a.m. Monday February 28.
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New archbishop of Quebec named – currently serves on bishops’ committee on life
Quebec pro-lifers say they expect an openness to life issues from the new archbishop.
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Montana parents sue over sex ed; House passes supportive bill
House Bill 456 requires parental notification at least two days prior to the date of the sex education classes.
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IRS Drops Objections to Planned Parenthood Protests, Grants Tax-Exempt Status for Iowa Pro-Life Grou
IRS Drops Objections to Planned Parenthood Protests, Grants Tax-Exempt Status for Iowa Pro-Life Grou by LifeSiteNews.com CHICAGO, August 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) last month threatened to withhold tax-exempt status from an Iowa pro-life group unless they stopped protesting Planned Parenthood, the group’s attorneys say they received a letter this week acknowledging that the IRS had backed down and granted the status. Lawyers with the Thomas More Society announced that they received an official “Determination Letter” from the IRS granting tax exempt status to the Coalition for Life of Iowa, a newly formed grass roots […]
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Hospital threatens to remove baby Joseph’s life support anyway – parents denied private visitations
Hospital officials now say that they may go ahead with removing Joseph's life support even if another hospital agrees to a transfer.
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Top pro-abort: ‘We’re not going to regain the ground we have lost’
"We can no longer pretend the fetus is invisible," said Frances Kissling, the former president of Catholics for Choice and a leading figure in the pro-abortion community.
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Pray this prayer to defund Planned Parenthood
Lord of Life and Truth, Your Providence guides the course of history. You have conquered death And have made us the People of Life. You call us to fight the evil of abortion And the forces that promote it. We therefore ask you to grant wisdom and mercy to our nation. Give our government leaders the courage To put an end to the funding Of the largest abortion business in the world. Give all of us the courage to insist That public funding only be used For the protection and promotion of life Rather than for its destruction. Give us […]
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Arizona House passes ban on sex-, gender-selective abortions
"I introduced this bill to take a stand against bigotry and prejudice," said Rep. Steve Montenegro, R-Litchfield Park, who introduced the bill.
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2011: the year the abortion Goliath Planned Parenthood was defeated
2011 will be the year we note in the history books as the year legalized abortion began to end in America, when the abortion Goliath, Planned Parenthood, was defeated.
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Pro-life leaders mourn passing of pro-life great Dr. Bernard Nathanson
“Today our movement mourns the passing of one of its greatest voices for life,” said Live Action President Lila Rose today.
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President Obama deflects when confronted with Planned Parenthood corruption
The past weekend Obama was asked about the controversy surrounding Planned Parenthood, caused by the release of several undercover videos.
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House passes budget with slew of pro-life changes
The bill not only bars all Planned Parenthood from receiving government funds, but also retakes several major pro-life battlegrounds lost during the Obama administration.
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Ireland’s leading opposition party ‘opposed to the legalization of abortion’
However, pro-life campaigners told LifeSiteNews.com that are still “some serious concerns,” about the party's position.
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Pope encourages Philippine bishops to promote sanctity of marriage
The pope delivered the remarks in an address on Friday, during the bishops' "ad limina" visit.
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Former Planned Parenthood director: complicity with sex trafficking happens ‘all the time’
"It happens all the time, it happened at my clinic," said Abby Johnson, the former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, on the O'Reilly Factor.
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Pro-life groups, bishops blast ‘outrageous’ Obama admin move to axe conscience regulation
The regulation had protected the rights of health care providers who are opposed to providing abortifacient contraception.
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Former abortionist, top pro-life advocate Bernard Nathanson dies at 84
Bernard Nathanson, who is perhaps best known for his role in creating the pro-life video The Silent Scream, died this morning.
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Phill Kline ethics trial: Day 1 – Live update
The former Kansas attorney general was attacked with ethics complaints after pursuing lawsuits against both Planned Parenthood and late-term abortionist George Tiller.
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Baby Joseph saved from life support removal – transfer to Michigan hospital likely
A hustle by pro-life and anti-euthanasia groups resulted in a change in legal counsel, which has led to at least a temporary stay of removal of the child’s ventilator.
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Conscience trampled by the regime – the Obama admin’s unbelievable change in policy
The Obama administration has revoked nearly all of the conscience protections put in place by the administration of President George W. Bush.
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Playing chicken with free speech: an intolerant boycott
Is giving away chicken sandwiches an act of homophobic bigotry? According to certain homosexual groups and websites, it is: when you give away sandwiches to people attending a conference on marriage.
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NewsBytes – Life Issues
Pro Choice Activist Counsels Strategic Retreat, Peter Kreeft supports Live Action, Mark Shea criticizes Live Action, deep freeze for Linda Gibbons, Time for Mercy Killing Debate, more....
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Ontario bishop calls Knights of Columbus to show up en masse at March for Life
"Your presence as well as a representation from your council would witness to the importance of standing up for life and family in our country," Archbishop Prendergast wrote.
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Obama Admin Intervenes in Sexual Orientation “Discrimination” Case
Obama Admin Intervenes in Sexual Orientation “Discrimination” Case by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White WASHINGTON, January 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Obama administration’s Justice Department (DoJ) has intervened directly in a civil suit launched by the ACLU on behalf of a homosexual teenager alleging his school discriminated against him based on his “sexual orientation.” Citing the Title IX amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the DoJ is arguing that the protections in the law against sex discrimination apply to “gender identity,” and therefore protect homosexuals. The DoJ said it has “authority to intervene to seek relief from denials of […]
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StatsCan Reveals Canada’s Birth Rate Continues to Drop: at All-Time Low
StatsCan Reveals Canada’s Birth Rate Continues to Drop: at All-Time Low by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, April 19, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Statistics Canada revealed today that the rate at which women are having babies has dropped to an all-time low. The birth rate, as measured in 2002, dropped to 10.5 live births for every 1,000 population, the lowest since vital statistics began to be produced nationally in 1921. The rate represents a drop of 25.4% in the last 10 years alone. In total, 328,802 babies were born in 2002, down 1.5% from the previous year. It was the 11th decline in the […]
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Eminent geophysicist rejects global warming theory, says world on verge of ‘mini ice age’
The world may be on the verge of an eighty-year cold period similar to the "little ice age" experienced by Europe from 1300 to 1800 A.D.
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House Rep. defends abortion with ‘pregnancy-termination’ story: ‘I lost a baby’
While Rep. Speier’s impassioned testimony was lauded by pro-abortion forces, her words led to confusion as it remained unclear whether she in fact had procured an abortion.
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House budget would cut Title X entirely, block funds for health law: Obama vows veto
Title X provides funding for "population research" and "family planning programs."
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Obama White House rolls back Bush-era conscience laws for health providers
Rescinded a federal regulation from 2008 that protected the conscience rights of health care providers opposed to providing abortifacient contraception, such as the Plan-B "morning-after" pill.
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Rolling Stone fudged Justin Bieber’s pro-life statements – twice
Pop superstar Justin Bieber actually made it clear in his recent interview with Rolling Stone that he believes that the unborn child “is a human” – but people who read the first, or even second, version of the magazine’s transcription of his remarks could be excused for not knowing that. A few hours after Rolling Stone offered a sneak peek at its new interview with Bieber, fishy things began to happen with his pro-life statements – which predictably made a splash on the blogosphere. The first version of his statements read as follows: “I really don’t believe in abortion,” Bieber […]
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Irish overwhelmingly support protections for unborn: poll
In the leadup to elections in a week, a large coalition of Irish pro-life groups is asking for assurances from politicians that they will protect the unborn.
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Over 50,000 march against reproductive health bill in Philippines
“We just want to make sure that our presence is felt and for the lawmakers to start reflecting their stance on the RH bill,” said Eric Manalang, chairman of Prolife Philippines.
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Cardinal accuses U.S., George Soros, of imposing abortion ‘agenda’ on Peru
"Sirs," Cipriani said during the interview, "the country is at stake, the family is at stake, young people are at stake."
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Robert Latimer, who killed his disabled daughter, says he’d do it again
"They're just a bunch of arrogant, self-righteous, religious-backed people," said Latimer about his critics.
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Boston College scheduled to honor pro-abortion rights priest, congressman Robert Drinan
The priest was one of the most reliable votes in Congress in favor of unrestricted legal abortion.
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US House’s stand against Planned Parenthood reveals the organization’s true mission
For the first time in American history, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to completely withdraw federal funding from Planned Parenthood – because it is an abortion provider. The amendment to H.R. 1, the continuing resolution to fund the federal government through the rest of the fiscal year, was agreed to on a vote of 240-185 with 10 Democrats voting with all but 7 Republicans. The amendment’s sponsor is Mike Pence of Indiana. He has attempted to defund Planned Parenthood for several years now. As he told POLITICO in an interview on Tuesday, “If Planned Parenthood wants to be involved […]
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Pro-life leaders praise passage of Planned Parenthood funding repeal, urge Senate lobbying
U.S. pro-life organizations have been pouring their resources into gathering popular support for the amendment.
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Historic amendment to defund Planned Parenthood passes overwhelmingly in House
In a historic vote Friday afternoon, the US House voted in favor of the amendment introduced by Rep. Mike Pence.
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‘Que(e)rying Religion’ – Ontario panel tackles ‘LGBT’ opposition in schools
The event comes amidst warnings the Ontario government is working to ensure the province’s schools affirm the homosexual lifestyle.
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Vigil planned in support of family of ‘baby Joseph’ set to lose life support
Over 1,300 people have joined a Facebook page to "Save baby Joseph."
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Quebec Mayor to appeal human rights tribunal decision banning prayer
“I must be the first and only mayor in the world's history to be punished for a 20-second prayer. I just don't get it,” the staunchly Catholic mayor said in a recent interview.
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Pro-life leaders urge support for Justin Bieber after pro-life comments
“The attacks are going to come fast and furious,” said Bryan Kemper of Stand True Ministries. A number of groups have started a Facebook group in support of Bieber and are urging fans to write him.
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Physician-assisted suicide: a recipe for elder abuse and the illusion of personal choice
The following is one of the most important articles ever written concerning assisted suicide in Oregon, Washington State and the other US proposed State bills (click here for the article in PDF format): By: Margaret K. Dore, Esq. “Elders and people with disabilities are, as a group, at high risk for violence, abuse and exploitation.” Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services[1] Introduction In 2009, a legislative proposal to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Vermont was introduced, but not brought to a vote.[2] The proposal was modeled on Oregon’s assisted suicide act.[3] Oregon is one of just two states where […]
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Abortion Included in Marie Stopes Job Perks along with Discount Gym Membership
Abortion Included in Marie Stopes Job Perks along with Discount Gym Membership by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, August 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A week after the Advertising Standards Authority issued a statement refusing to credit complaints about Marie Stopes TV abortion advertisements, the country’s largest abortionist group is at the center of a controversy again. The Daily Mail has revealed that Marie Stopes employees are being offered free abortions as a regular part of the organization’s employee benefits package. Marie Stopes International (MSI) employs 430 people in nine centers around Britain, with the bulk of its funding coming from […]
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Peruvians overwhelmingly reject abortion, gay ‘marriage’ in new poll
More than three quarters of Peruvians, 76.3%, said they were opposed to the legalization of abortion, and only 17.4% said they support it.
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Canadian professors’ union backs off ‘investigating’ Christian schools
The elaborate and months-long 'investigations' were ostensibly intended to find out one piece of information that could have been confirmed in a matter of minutes, or even seconds.
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Pharma company seeks over-the-counter Plan B access for minors
Girls of any age could obtain over the counter access to the Plan B morning after pill, if a request filed by Teva Pharmaceuticals with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is approved.
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Chinese homosexuals crash kissing competition
Gay and lesbian couples seeking publicity to raise support for same-sex "marriage" in the country took the competition by surprise.
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While others try to protect women, Planned Parenthood runs with scissors
Imagine if, when that door at the end of the hallway opens, it is not a hanger you see, but the new symbol of Planned Parenthood: a pair of scissors.
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South Dakota ‘justifiable homicide’ bill protecting unborn shelved
The bill's sponsor said the bill was meant simply to help protect unborn victims of domestic violence.
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Dublin suicide ‘workshop’ a bust with twice as many protesters as attendees
“Dr. Death” Philip Nitschke’s controversial visit to Ireland proved to be anti-climactic after only a handful of people turned out for his Dublin suicide workshop.
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‘Death panels’: Canadian court rules baby’s life support removed against parents’ wishes
"Monday at 10 am they will kill my baby," Moe Maraachli, Joseph's father, told LifeSiteNews.
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Italian high court allows singles to adopt, Vatican criticizes
“Every child,” said Cardinal Ennio Antonelli, “is entitled to a mother and a father, this should be the norm.”
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‘She was worth it’: UK mom delayed leukemia treatment to save life of unborn daughter
"It's the best decision I have ever made. I can't imagine my life without my daughter," said Webster.
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University of Victoria pro-life club broke ‘harassment’ policy: students’ society
The society voted to censure the club because of the way it advertised a talk called "Echoes of the Holocaust."
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No end to ‘V-Monologues’ on Catholic campuses in 2011: watchdog group
Despite the vile and aggressively sexual content of the play, it appears that the show will remain a staple at several Catholic institutions.
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No vote on Illinois homeschooling bill after thousands protest
Senator Ed Maloney, the bill’s sponsor, reportedly announced that he had decided not to pursue the bill immediately.
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Let the youth teach us about pro-life
Often I am asked to speak about the role of youth in the pro-life movement, and to encourage parishes and pro-life organizations to focus more on recruiting youth for this cause. In fact, this is not a difficult task. Youth understand the pro-life message better than many adults, and the most common response they give to the question, “Why are you involved in trying to stop abortion?” is “Because it could have been me.” They are aware that they were not protected in the womb, and could have been killed. They are survivors and they know it. But most important […]
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Bill to clarify that assisted suicide is prohibited in Idaho unanimously passes in the Idaho Senate
The bill to clearly define assisted suicide as prohibited in Idaho has unanimously passed in the Idaho Senate Affairs Committee. The Idaho Spokesman Review stated: Legislation to outlaw physician-assisted suicide in Idaho has cleared the Senate State Affairs Committee, which just voted to send SB 1070 to the full Senate with a recommendation that it pass. The bill was sponsored by pro-life groups who worked with the Idaho Medical Association, in order to protect physicians making appropriate patient-care decisions for dying patients or following those patients’ living wills or advance care directives. Ken McClure, IMA lobbyist, told the […]
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Control freak EU finally driving member states to reconsider membership?
Public anger is increasing among member states in response to the EU’s attempts to regulate nearly all aspects of economic and civic life.
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Pro-life prisoner of conscience faced ‘hypothermia’-inducing conditions
According to Linda Gibbons, some inmates at the prison where she is housed are forced into cells so cold that they suffer hypothermia-like symptoms.
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APA Ignored Evidence that Homosexual Behaviour is Part of Psychiatric Disorder Says Noted Psychiatir
APA Ignored Evidence that Homosexual Behaviour is Part of Psychiatric Disorder Says Noted Psychiatir by LifeSiteNews.com WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, July 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews) – In an interview with the Rome-based Zenit news service, Dr. Rick Fitzgibbons a psychiatrist and member of the Catholic Medical Association, said that the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has ignored evidence that homosexual behaviour is a manifestation of a psychiatric disorder. In their recent call for the legalization of homosexual marriage, the APA has revealed a political bias that is of no service to homosexuals, said Fitzgibbons the primary author of the Catholic Medical Association’s document ‘Homosexuality […]
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Commentary on February 16 News
Thanks for response to appeal. Reason for suspending comments and not being able to provide detailed reporting on the case on LifeSiteNews website.
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Possible exemption for abortionists in South Dakota ‘justifiable homicide’ bill
State Rep. Phil Jensen says the bill "has nothing to do with abortion" and was meant to protect unborn children from domestic violence as well as one's "husband, wife, parent, child, master, mistress, or servant."
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107-count criminal case begins against Planned Parenthood in Kansas
The charges include 23 felony charges related to the manufacture of evidence to cover-up failure to report child sexual abuse.
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French Assembly approves more liberal embryo law
Last Friday the pro-life group Alliance pour les droits de la vie organized a demonstration near the French Assembly in the run-up to Tuesday’s vote.
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NARAL leader funded lavish lifestyle with organization’s funds, says audit
Conlin used NARAL’s credit cards to purchase a $17,000 summer rental in the Hamptons in 2009, $22,000 in meals, and a $100,000 car service for her children.
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Pennsylvania state employees fired for ignoring ‘house of horrors’ abortion clinic
“This doesn’t even rise to the level of government run amok,” said Gov. Tom Corbett said. “It was government not running at all."
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CBC Radio-Canada ‘vilifying’ Canadian evangelicals – Evangelical Fellowship files complaint
The EFC says that a recent CBC radio program depicted evangelical Canadian Christians in a stereotypical and discriminatory fashion.
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Vancouver archbishop: health care workers have ‘grave duty’ not to cooperate in evil practices
“We must never allow ourselves to become marginalized because of our lack of courage," said the archbishop.
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Condemning violence against Middle East Christians too ‘politically incorrect’ for EU ministers
The Council of Europe has done it and so has the EU Parliament, but the EU Foreign Ministers have rejected a document condemning the violence.
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Former Planned Parenthood director joins staff of Live Action
“Abby Johnson has seen the abuses inside Planned Parenthood with her own eyes,” stated Live Action President Lila Rose.
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16-year-old pop superstar Justin Bieber: abortion is ‘like killing a baby’
"I really don't believe in abortion," Bieber told contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis in a soon-to-be published interview with Rolling Stone.
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Bishop Vasa to doctors: Faith trumps supposed medical norms
"For much of our society that god is science or government or technology. For us there is a greater God and a greater good,” said the bishop.
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Catholic Bishops Denounce Attempt to Legalize Eugenic Abortion in Brazil
Catholic Bishops Denounce Attempt to Legalize Eugenic Abortion in Brazil by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRASILIA, August 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leadership of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) has issued a statement condemning the attempt to legalize eugenic abortion in Brazil through the judicial system. The case, which will be heard by the Federal Supreme Tribunal of Brazil beginning August 26, will decide the constitutionality of abortions for anencephalic babies, who develop without a complete cerebrum. Although such babies often die in their mother’s womb or shortly after birth, some have lived for years, and have […]
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Kansas lawman forced to defend license for challenging Planned Parenthood
State officials are seeking to strip the law license of former Attorney General Phill Kline for pursuing his criminal case against Planned Parenthood’s cover-up of child rape.
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Rabbi police chaplain cleared of ‘hateful’ language toward homosexuals
“This was simply, I felt, an attack on those who believe in the Torah," Rabbi Kaplan of the York Regional Police told LifeSiteNews.com
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Expose Planned Parenthood: New coalition leads nationwide showdown against abortion giant
Roses in hand, a large crowd gathered on 16th and L St. in Washington, D.C. on Monday - but although it was Valentine's Day, this observance was very different.
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Planned Parenthood staffer caught advising ‘pimp’ with possible STD to donate blood
The staff member also indicates that this is something she tells “a lot of people.”
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Huge drop in Zimbabwe HIV rate fuelled by rise in abstinence, fidelity: UNAIDS-funded study
In Zimbabwe HIV prevalence has dropped 50% since peaking in the late-1990s.
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Why are black babies being targeted for abortion?
On Friday, February 28 the National Black ProLife Coalition will be hosting a National Day of Mourning to call America’s attention to this tragedy and its consequences.
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Vandals scrawl ‘Death to Fascists’ over pro-life chalk display
"All universities should be places for education and open discussion not hostile and threatening environments for students with a pro-life view," said Kristan Hawkins.
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Assisted suicide is not legal in Montana; clarification needed
The Montanans Against Assisted Suicide and for Living with Dignity put an important update on their website concerning the status of Senator Hinkle’s Bill SB 116, the Elder Abuse Prevention Act. There is confusion in Montana related to the Montana Supreme Court – Baxter decision, which did not legalize assisted suicide but gave physicians, if prosecuted, a potential defense of consent. Please read the update: On February 10, 2010, the Senate Judiciary Committee defeated and tabled SB 167, which would have legalized physician-assisted suicide in Montana. Despite this defeat, some assisted suicide proponents are encouraging doctors and others to engage […]
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‘Worst attack – ever’: Planned Parenthood reeling from attacks on all fronts
As Planned Parenthood faces possible defunding and multiple allegations of illegal activity, CEO Cecile Richards has called it "the worst attack – ever."
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Personhood bills introduced, gain traction across U.S.
Georgia, Montana, Texas, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Iowa have all introduced personhood amendments.
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Venue cancels ‘Dr. Death’ Nitschke suicide workshop in UK: police alerted about Dublin appearance
Irish anti-euthanasia advocates have written to police asking the scheduled workshop to be shut down.
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LifeSiteNews is being sued for $500,000 – this could shut us down!
It is with great concern that we have to inform our readers that LifeSiteNews has been hit with a lawsuit – by a Catholic priest of all things! Regular readers of LSN will need no introduction to Fr. Raymond Gravel.
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Doctor ditches abortion plans after landlord sues; second doctor also drops plans
As long as abortionist-in-training Mila Means remains in her office in Wichita, Kansas she will not be allowed to do abortions.
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Woman rushed to hospital from Planned Parenthood facility
The incident "only underscores the dangers of abortion mills in America, which all too often operate without accountability or oversight,” said Operation Rescue.
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Baby saved from abortion thanks to pro-life students in Florida!
Students for Life of America receives stories everyday from students about their experiences on campus and their pro-life work in their community. The story below came to us from a student in Florida who was able to help a mother in need, and save a preborn baby. Pro-life students are taking a stand for Life across the country on their campuses and in their communities. SFLA is excited to share the following story with you… —— Today was so exciting! After seeing a 40 Days for Life email about abortions being done at a local abortion facility, I stood resolved […]
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Fr. Pavone: Redefining the abortion debate
Now is the time to ask the American public, whether pro-life or pro-choice, a simple question: Should dismemberment of a living child in the womb be permitted?
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Population control advocate says Duggar family ‘would make rabbits blush’
The Duggars, who welcomed their youngest daughter, Josie, last year, are the stars of the TLC reality show "19 Kids and Counting."
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Massive $10 million gay ‘marriage’ campaign launches on Valentine’s Day
The largest-ever national public campaign to sway Americans towards same-sex "marriage" launched Valentine's Day with a media blitz.
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Gay rights leaders rip iPhone confession app for ‘spiritual abuse’
The iPhone app lists homosexual activity as a sin that Catholics should confess when they go to confession.
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Donald Trump tells CPAC he’s pro-life, considering presidential run
Given the mogul’s reputation for flouting sexual mores, his conversion to the pro-life cause has been met with skepticism from pro-life advocates.
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Christians accused of participating in politics, influencing Conservative Party
Bloc MP Pierre Paquette questioned the government over the fact that some of its Christian MPs have met and worked with Christian groups.
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UK doctor suggests pushing more condoms at school children
Concern has been raised repeatedly over the ineffectiveness of sex-ed and contraception campaigns aimed at reducing teen pregnancies in the UK.
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Planned Parenthood held statutory rape victim hostage: police report
The girl, 22 weeks pregnant, was held by a Planned Parenthood staffer at the abortion mill against the express wishes of her father and even police directives.
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Homeschool bills introduced in Illinois and New Hampshire
HSLDA has called the Illinois bill “the greatest threat to Illinois homeschoolers in more than a decade,” but is supporting the New Hampshire bills.
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No ‘bedroom abortions’ rules London High Court
One of the UK's top pro-abortion groups sought to allow the use of the deadly abortion drug regimen RU 486 at home without medical supervision.
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Calling good ‘evil’ and evil ‘good’
In a recent New York Times column, Nicholas Kristof attacked Catholic Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix. Olmsted did something that Kristof considers unconscionable. He made a moral decision that was consistent with the Bible and the teachings of his Church —and he had the audacity to act upon it.
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Adultery Incorporated — the infidelity industry
It seems that many human beings will abandon their moral principles when faced with the opportunity to commit adultery. Ashley Madison exists to create even more of those opportunities.
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New Poll Reveals Obama’s Plan To Scrap Conscience Protection Extremely Unpopular
New Poll Reveals Obama’s Plan To Scrap Conscience Protection Extremely Unpopular by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, DC, April 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A poll commissioned by the Christian Medical Association (CMA) has shown that 87% of American adults surveyed said it is important to “make sure that healthcare professionals in America are not forced to participate in procedures and practices to which they have moral objections” and that 95% of Christian of physicians agreed with the statement, “I would rather stop practicing medicine altogether than be forced to violate my conscience.” The poll was taken in response to […]
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Second Abortion Increases Risk of Premature Babies 93%: Canadian Study
Second Abortion Increases Risk of Premature Babies 93%: Canadian Study by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White September 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new Canadian study has shown that abortion increases the risk of future premature pregnancies and low birth-weight babies; however, the author has refused to say that abortion should be avoided, instead calling for improved abortion techniques. Published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the Canadian researchers found that women who had undergone a first or second trimester of pregnancy, when most are conducted, increased the risk of low birth-weight babies and premature babies 35 and 36 […]
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Hospital’s commitment to reversing abortions gains national media attention
Hospital is making national news with its new commitment to reversing mid-term abortions for women who have changed their minds and wish to have their babies.
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North Dakota House passes bill criminalizing killing unborn from conception
The Defense of Human Life Act, HB 1450, recognizes every human being at any stage of development as a person under state law.
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Who needs marriage?
Is traditional marriage really that important? Only if we want to avoid economic and social collapse.
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Sask physician guidelines outline numerous risks of abortion
Women should be told of the immediate and long-term risks of abortion, say the guidelines, including uterine perforation, infection, hemorrhage, and impact on fertility.
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100,000 expected to march for life in Philippines this weekend
Repackaged "responsible parenthood" bill being fast-tracked through Filipino congress, is "far worse" than original "RH" bill, say pro-life activists.
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Prometheus revisited: Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein a new warning against biogenetic hubris
What would the brilliant and ruthless Victor Frankenstein do in the present day with access to modern bio-genetic research and experimental techniques?
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Pastor Rick Warren tweet laments 3700 Americans killed by abortion daily
Famed US Evangelical Pastor Rick Warren issued twitter messages last night lamenting the thousands of American children in the womb killed by abortion each day. “I’m glad you were born! Sadly every day 3,700 Americans are denied that right to live. They arent even given a choice,” wrote Warren. The megachurch Pastor followed a few minutes later with a second related tweet about having courage to speak up for life despite societal disapproval. “God commands: ‘Speak up for those who cannot speak up for themselves ‘Pr31:8 Fear disobedience more than human disapproval,” he said.
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Catholic Health Association now supports bill to stop abortion funding in health law
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French Study: Assisted Reproductive Technology Doubles Risk of Deformity
French Study: Assisted Reproductive Technology Doubles Risk of Deformity by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski PARIS, June 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to the largest study to date on the subject, children conceived by assisted reproductive technology (ART) are almost twice as likely to suffer birth defects compared to children conceived naturally. Dr. Géraldine Viot, a clinical geneticist at the Maternité Port Royal hospital in Paris, France, found that over 4% of children born through ART had some form of congenital deformity, compared to the rate for children conceived naturally of between 2% and 3%. “We found a major congenital […]
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Liberal MPs promote ‘reasonably coherent’ atheist, gender-neutral national anthem
"By flipping back and forth a different way, you can end up with a reasonably coherent version, but the lines that have irritated a few people disappear," said MP Carolyn Bennet, who spearheaded the effort.
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Study: Rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Increased 61% After Abortion
Study: Rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Increased 61% After Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com PRETORIA, February 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to a study published in the journal BMC Psychiatry, women who have experienced abortion have high levels of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which follow findings from earlier studies linking abortion and PTSD. The study of 155 women in South Africa who had abortions looked at symptoms before abortion and at one month and three months after abortion. Almost one-fifth of the women had symptoms that met the criteria for PTSD, leading the authors to note that “high rates of PTSD characterize […]
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Canadian pro-family leaders urge Senate lobby on ‘transgender’ bill
"It's a Conservative Senate, but it was a Conservative House too. We never thought it would pass the House," said Campaign Life Coalition's Mary Ellen Douglas.
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Why Planned Parenthood must be defunded
By now everyone has seen clips of the Live Action videos where Planned Parenthood staffers aid and abet a purported pimp and prostitute seeking abortion, birth control, and STD testing for their underage sex workers. But this is not the primary reason that Planned Parenthood should cease getting one red cent in taxpayer funding. Planned Parenthood is America’s largest abortion provider. They make tens of millions in profit from abortion every year and have over $1 billion in assets. It is well known that the same teenage and college girls who frequent Planned Parenthood’s doors to get the pill for […]
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Assisted suicide bill defeated in the Montana Judiciary Committee
Congratulations to everyone who worked in coalition to successfully defeat Senator Anders Blewett’s bill SB 167 by a vote of 7 – 5 in the Montana Senate Judiciary Committee. SB 167 would have legalized assisted suicide in Montana. Senator Greg Hinkle’s – Elder Abuse Prevention Act – Bill SB 116, which will reverse the Baxter court decision and prohibit assisted suicide in Montana will go to a vote soon. I was told that the majority of the Montana Senators oppose assisted suicide, but many of them are unsure of where Montana citizens stand on the issue of assisted suicide. A […]
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One third of German-speaking theologians call for recognition of same-sex partnerships
Peter Seewald, a German journalist and author of two books on Pope Benedict XVI, said the letter is a “rebellion from the nursing home.”
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Abortion Kills Your Sex Life Says UK Doctor in Times Column
Abortion Kills Your Sex Life Says UK Doctor in Times Column by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, May 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the May 2 installment of his regular health feature in The Times, Dr. Thomas Stuttaford responded to a reader who complained of a loss of interest in sex following an abortion. “Though my boyfriend and I agreed it was the right thing to do, I feel guilty and I’ve gone off sex,” wrote the questioner. Dr. Stuttaford responded by saying that loss of libido after an abortion is “so common that it can almost be said to […]
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Landmark Study Demonstrates Natural IVF Alternative Effective in Helping Infertile Couples Conceive
Landmark Study Demonstrates Natural IVF Alternative Effective in Helping Infertile Couples Conceive by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski LONDON, UK, October 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers from the International Institute of Restorative Reproductive Medicine have published a study in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine which confirms that natural procreative technology, called NaProTechnology or NPT – a non-invasive fertility-care based medical approach to the treatment of infertility – provided live birth rates comparable or superior to more invasive treatments, including assisted reproductive technology (ART) and in vitro fertilization (IVF). NPT was developed from thirty years of scientific […]
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U.S. taxpayer money to fund Rwanda campaign to sterilize 700,000 men
"The unforeseen consequences on the Rwandan family and economy will be far-reaching," said Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute.
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Trial of ‘house of horrors’ abortionist Gosnell to go directly to trial
Gosnell's attorney had requested a preliminary evidentiary hearing, which would have delayed the case.
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NewsBytes – Islam
Iraqi archbishop warns that West cannot understand risk of 'Islamization,' Nicolas Sarkozy declares multiculturalism had failed, The Lights Are Going Out All Over Europe, more...
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NewsBytes – Life Issues
Hawaii Senate shelves assisted suicide bill, Idaho bill to Make Assisted Suicide a Felony, Abortion Greatest Human Genocide in History, Lila Rose, Doing What Law Enforcement Has Failed to Do, Donald Trump, pro-life convert?,More...
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NewsBytes – Religion, global warming, miscellaneous
Cardinal Ouellet Warns Against Bible Crisis, Anne Rice's son's homosexuality and her hatred of Catholic Church , Extreme weather and Warming, Girl Scouts and Global Warming, Oprah wants 'respect' for Obama, more..
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NewsBytes – Homosexuality
Is there anyone left to defend traditional marriage?, What Will GOProud Bring to the Conservative Table?, Does Sarah Palin support a gay GOP group?, more...
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Aging Population, Low Birth Rate Will Place Massive Economic Burden on Younger Canadians: Report
Aging Population, Low Birth Rate Will Place Massive Economic Burden on Younger Canadians: Report by LifeSiteNews.com By Elizabeth O’Brien OTTAWA, June 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A report released on Friday in the Canadian Economic Observer by Statistics Canada states that the increasing number of aging baby boomers will cause a major decline in overall worker participation within Canada. The recent demographic study reveals that the labor force, that is, the number of workers aged 15 and over, will continue to increase over the next few decades. The labor participation, however – that is, the proportion of labor workers to retired […]
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Corrected: Catholic university hosts ‘queer week’ to promote equality of sexual ‘expressions’
The Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher learning located in Cincinatti, Ohio, hosted what it calls "Queer Week" from March 30 to April 3 in 2009.
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Pro-life coalition sponsors ‘vigil for victims’ in front of every Planned Parenthood nationwide
The nationwide effort comes in the wake of revelations that numerous Planned Parenthood facilities are willing to aid and abet sex traffickers.
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Plan B: House GOP leadership now moves to defund health care law
House GOP leaders say that since they were unsuccessful in repealing the national health care law, they will instead seek to defund the program.
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Web campaign targets ‘bullet-ridden’ pope art exhibit
The gallery has received over 8,000 emails from concerned individuals.
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Blind Chinese pro-life activist ‘beaten senseless’ over release of secret video: human rights group
The beating was so severe that Chen and his wife are reportedly unable to get out of bed.
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U.S. Government funds questionable youth ‘sex work’ program
The program is working to normalize the commercial sexual exploitation of young people, under the guise of providing health services, charge critics.
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Canadian Bishops and NATO plead for life of Afghan Christian convert
Musa Sayed, who converted to Christianity about eight years ago, was arrested in May last year on apostasy charges.
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Shocking secret video shows government persecution of blind Chinese pro-life activist
The video, which was smuggled out of China with the help of a disgruntled government employee, is the first news about Chen since Sept. 13, after he was released from his four-year prison sentence for exposing China's one-child policy.
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Pro-life nurses face major obstacles in job applications: head of international nurse association
“It’s a problem, when you want to apply for a job and you will not provide abortions, they will not accept you,” said Marylee Meehan.
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Washington D.C. Planned Parenthood facility the seventh caught aiding sex traffickers
In a new tape a Planned Parenthood staffer is heard counselling a "sex trafficker" on how to get underage "sex workers" tested for STDs and abortions.
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Marie Stopes advocates anal sex for teens in explicit ‘safe sex’ music video
Marie Stopes has defended the video, saying it raises awareness of condoms and contraception in “a fun way.”
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Battle begins over bill to permanently stop federal abortion funding
“Today’s hearing ... puts the focus on important legislation to protect women and children from the horrors of abortion,” Rep. Chris Smith said on Tuesday.
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Permanent abortion funding ban long overdue, bishops tell U.S. House
"The federal government should not use tax dollars to support or promote elective abortion,” said a representative of the USCCB in testimony to a House subcommittee.
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Lead Irish opposition party promises no change on abortion: Pro-life advocates skeptical
With less than three weeks to the country’s February 25th election pro-lifers have gone on the road to keep abortion on the front burner of election issues.
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Canada’s largest Catholic paper slams Stephen Lewis invite
"[Lewis'] anti-Church approach makes him ill-suited for a Catholic pedestal," writes the Catholic Register.
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Canada’s House of Commons passes transgender bill
Bill C-389, which seeks to add "gender identity" and "gender expression" to the Canada Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code's hate crimes section, will now move to the Senate for consideration.
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Liberals, NDP berate Conservatives over Universal Child Care Benefit
Minister Finley told LifeSiteNews that the Conservatives “believe parents should have the choice in how their children are taken care of.”
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Saskatchewan physicians should refer for abortions: revised guidelines
Mary Ellen Douglas, National Coordinator for CLC, said the college is putting pressure on the doctors to make sure that they refer for abortion.
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Post-abortive women to protest NARAL abortion celebration
The protesters will hold signs that say “I Regret My Abortion” outside a luncheon celebrating Roe v. Wade hosted by NARAL.
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National pro-life med students group fights Obama admin attacks on conscience rights
Medical Students for Life will be traveling to 22 medical schools and universities in February and March.
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Gay ‘marriage’ supporters, opponents flood Maryland hearing
Of 47 Maryland state senators, 20 support SB 116, which would legalize same-sex "marriage," and which requires 24 "yes" votes.
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The Planned Parenthood contraception canard
The mainstream media is trying to make the case that Planned Parenthood provides a unique and valuable service by providing contraception to low-income earners.
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Canadian professors’ union ‘bullying’ Christian universities, says petition
The body has 'blacklisted' three schools over their statement of faith, and is now 'investigating' Ontario's Redeemer University-College.
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Christian doctor sacked from drugs advisory panel for concerns over homosexuality
Dr. Hans-Christian Raabe had made comments connecting the homosexual lifestyle with drug abuse and child sex abuse.
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Most U.S. teens want to be virgins when they marry
The poll found a majority of young people in the US - 61 percent - would like to be virgins when they get married.
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Baby possibly saved as Toronto pro-lifer arrested again
"What kind of a country do we live in where saving people from death is a crime?" asked CLC Youth head Alissa Golob.
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Compulsory sex-ed bill in UK House of Commons on Friday
The pro-life group SPUC is asking that concerned UK citizens contact their MPs to defeat the bill.
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Lila Rose: The top six Planned Parenthood deceptions in response to our exposé
"Here is a top six list of some of the deceiving statements that Planned Parenthood has made in just the past few days," writes Lila Rose.
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My experiences as the ‘celebrity spokesperson’ for Silent No More at the March for Life
Note: Kelly Clinger, a performer and former backup singer for the pop star Britney Spears, had two abortions when she was in her early twenties.
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Six countries, six defeats for euthanasia
Dr. Peter Saunders, the former director of the Care Not Killing Alliance in the UK and a speaker at the upcoming Third International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide that will be in Vancouver BC on June 3 – 4, 2010, yesterday published an article about the fact that euthanasia and assisted suicide bills are being defeated everywhere. His article titled: Six countries, Six defeats was published one day before the bill in Hawaii was unanimously defeat in the Health Committee in Hawaii and his article didn’t report the massive defeat of the euthanasia bill in Western Australia by 24 […]
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The Our Father and pro-life
The Lord gave us the Our Father as the model of all prayer. The first two words of that prayer tell us why we are pro-life. There is one Father of us all, the One who gives both divine life and the natural human life which is its prerequisite. The Father is the Creator, and if He is “our” Father, then what does that make us? We are all brothers and sisters in one human family. One Father entrusts us to the care of each other. We are to seek the good of one another. This is why Paul exhorts […]
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Pro-lifers worldwide gear up for largest ever 40 Days for Life campaign – 243 cities
The campaign will stretch from coast to coast in the United States, and extend into Canada, England, Ireland, Australia, Belize, Spain, Georgia and Armenia.
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Portugal’s abortion problem worse than ever after four years of decriminalization, pro-lifers say
National pro-life group calls for a revision of the nation's abortion legislation after a nurse was given a suspended sentence of three years years in prison for running an illegal and clandestine abortion clinic.
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Ontario RC bishops’ curriculum advisor appears to accept gay positive school texts
Sr. Cronin observed to sit by without a word as her co-presenter simply presumed such books were in the Catholic system.
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Planned Parenthood claims videos ‘doctored,’ but will retrain employees in abuse reporting
Live Action criticized the spokesman for Planned Parenthood for calling the tape "doctored" while admitting that he has not seen the whole tape.
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Ohio measure seeks to ban abortion at a heartbeat
The bill would challenge Roe v. Wade by establishing an unborn child’s beating heart as the criterion for legal protection.
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‘House of Horrors’ abortionist made over $1.8 million/year, now claims to be broke
Gosnell and his wife own seventeen properties, a motorboat, a Dodge Durango, a Ford F-150 pickup truck and a Ford Expedition.
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Saskatchewan Justice Minister says ‘no workable options’ – commissioners must ‘marry’ homosexuals
The minister told MP Maurice Vellacott that though he has considered other options for marriage commissioners he has "found no workable options."
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NJ Governor Christie vetoes bill that would fund Planned Parenthood
The funds would have gone to 58 family planning clinics across the state, including 29 run by Planned Parenthood.
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South Korea Catholic Church offers free delivery, shelter and financial support for single mothers
Numerous other recent pro-life initiatives throughout the country are illustrating the widespread dissatisfaction with abortion and an increased desire to make changes.
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Woman afraid for her baby’s life after pharmacy accidentally gives abortion pill
Mareena Silva, six weeks pregnant, began feeling nauseous after taking what she thought was her antibiotic, but which turned out instead to be an abortion pill.
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EU: Omitting Christmas, Easter from agenda was a ‘mistake’
The official EU daily planner included references to Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish and Chinese festivities, but failed to mention Christmas or Easter.
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Virginia attorney general: Planned Parenthood shows ‘open willingness’ to aid sex trafficking
Last week, Cuccinelli told said that he found the undercover videos by Live Action “shocking.”
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Catholic health care facilities ‘battling a culture of death’: Vatican health office
Officials with the Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry made the remarks at a press conference on February 3 announcing a new set of ethical guidelines.
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‘Puzzling’ that UK still pushing morning-after pill despite rise in STDs says study author
“Everyone agrees it (MAP) does not have the effect of reducing teen pregnancy rates. Not a single paper found a reduction," said Paton in an interview with LifeSiteNews.com.
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Telegraph interviewer insults and ridicules believers. Is it a warning?
Did anyone else notice something odd about that article in the Telegraph about the guesthouse owned by the Christian couple who were fined £3,600 for refusing to allow two homosexual men to share a bed in their establishment.
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Now a New York Planned Parenthood caught aiding sex trafficker
A Planned Parenthood staffer offered advice to a man posing as a sex trafficker of underage girls how he can get insurance through taxpayer funded programs to pay for abortions and other services.
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Blow to ‘global warming’ – Study: many Himalayan glaciers are growing or stable
The image of melting glaciers in the Himalayas has been called one of the two principal "icons" of global warming alarmism, along with polar bears, who have been declared a "threatened" species despite the fact that their numbers are growing.
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Dangerous illegal abortionist could see early release thanks to budget cuts
"Bugarin is a ruthless predator that has demonstrated absolutely no respect for the law," said Operation Rescue. "Keeping her in jail is the only way to protect the public."
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Obama admin accused of hiding abortion statistics
A CDC press officer had originally stated that the CDC “will not have stats available any time in the near future,” but the agency has since reversed course.
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Kickback: Obama appoints dissenting nun who helped pass Obamacare to faith-based council
This is the sort of common ground that Obama offers Catholics: give up your principles and follow me.
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Canadian bishops’ organization opposes ‘transgender’ bill
“We cannot let the fans of the gender ideology impose new norms on society,” said Michelle Boulva, director of COLF.
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If Canada’s Bill C-389 passes, transgenderism will be taught in kindergarten: CLC
Already the new Ontario all-day kindergarten program requires teachers to combat “preconceived notions” about the five-year-olds’ genders.
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‘Researchers drew the wrong conclusions,’ says expert about abortion/mental health study
"Overall, this new Danish study adds to the already available evidence linking abortion and mental health problems," said Dr. David Reardon.
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UK bed & breakfast owners deluged with obscene, threatening e-mails, phone calls
The Christian couple was recently fined for refusing to provide a double room to a homosexual couple.
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Catholic Health Association reiterates support for former Catholic hospital’s abortion
The group had appeared to affirm the local bishop's authority in a recent exchange with the U.S. bishops.
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Famous actor presents petition opposing looser embryo research law
Michael Lonsdale (Moonraker, The Day of the Jackal), joined petition organizer Stanislas de Larminat, saying "Life is infinitely precious."
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Pope exhorts health care workers to promote culture of life
"I hope that everyone will work to make the culture of life grow, to put the value of the human being at the center in every circumstance," said the pope.
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The perverse morality that facilitated Gosnell’s ‘house of horror’
If it's wrong to kill children, their age shouldn't matter. But the law is perverse - and has warped morality to the point where the horror inflicted by people like Gosnell becomes inevitable.
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The romance of domesticity – taking joy in the ordinary
If only I had that car . . . If only I could lose that 20 pounds. Then I’d be happy. Well, no, you wouldn’t.
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On Fox News Fearless HLI Priest Takes on Sean Hannity over Contraception, Hannity ‘Loses it’
On Fox News Fearless HLI Priest Takes on Sean Hannity over Contraception, Hannity ‘Loses it’ by LifeSiteNews.com Editorial by John-Henry Westen Editor LifeSiteNews.com NEW YORK, March 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Friday, the President of Human Life International, Fr. Tom Euteneuer used his weekly column to point out the hypocrisy of Catholic celebrity Sean Hannity, one of the stars of Fox News’ Hannity and Colmes show. Hannity had, on a show the week before, made a big deal of apologizing for having inadvertently eaten a couple of bites of a meat sandwich on a Friday during Lent. In his column, […]
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Very survival of Canada as a free and democratic country imperiled
Book Review: By sanctioning abortion on demand, sexual promiscuity, rampant divorce and gay marriage, Canadians have sowed to destruction and will soon reap the catastrophic social and economic consequences.
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No ‘moral certainty’ that brain death is really death: prominent Catholic ethics professor Brugger
"Brain death" is often used as the point at which vital organs may licitly be harvested from patients.
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Homosexuals ‘take over’ Mexico City subway cars to engage in sex acts
"Metroing" has been a problem on the subways since at least 2004.
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Police: Ugandan gay activist was killed by sex partner
Homosexual activists had claimed the murder was the result of anti-homosexual sentiments in Uganda. However, police say there is no evidence to support that charge.
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Singapore archbishop issues message to Catholic schools on sex-ed programs
Last September a new sex-ed program was introduced in Singapore schools that promotes condom use to students.
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Ten Commandments display in courtroom ruled unconstitutional
The poster contained both the Ten Commandments and the judge's own comments arguing the conflict between moral relativism and sound litigation.
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71 congressmen question feds on Planned Parenthood telemed abortion funding
The telemed scheme involves the distribution of the dangerous abortion pill, RU486, by a doctor remotely over the internet, without any physical examination.
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Evangelical leaders survey: ‘let God be God’ in end of life issues
The survey found, "When faced with severe pain in a terminal illness, 94 percent said they would not consent to the termination of their lives."
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Final vote on Canadian ‘trans’ bill set for Wednesday
The bill seeks to add "gender identity" and "gender expression" to the Canada Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code's hate crimes section.
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NewsBytes February 4 – Life Issues
Use of graphic pictures, Reflection on Ronald Reagan, Death by Lethal Injection,
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Newsbytes February 4 – Obama
Video of Generals reaction to Obama plan for homosexuals in military, Obama and Muslim Brotherhood, Darkening skier over Obamacare, more...
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NewsBytes February 4 – Homosexuality, Environmental Extremism, Miscellaneous
MassResistance files six bill to protect families, Georgetown U ignores bishop, Coren on cowardice in Halton, Global warming causing snow, Confessions of Greenpeace dropout, Rot in values causing US decline, China's fragile success, more...
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NewsBytes February 4 – Militant Islam
Militant Islam is winning, Egypt sends apostates to death, Muslim Brotherhood, 14-year-old rape victim whipped to death, Radical Imam's frightening prediction, World Muslim Population doubling, more...
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Three more Virginia Planned Parenthood facilities caught aiding sex traffickers: Live Action
The videos appear to show Planned Parenthood staff willing to aid and abet the sexual trafficking and exploitation of minors and young women.
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CANADIANS EXPORTING SUICIDE “EXIT BAG”
CANADIANS EXPORTING SUICIDE “EXIT BAG” by LifeSiteNews.com SYDNEY, Australia, Aug 21, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Australian media are reporting that the Canadian Right to Die Network is exporting a how-to guide to suicide along with a specially designed plastic bag for self-suffocation. Made in Ottawa, the bags are marketed for $30 (US) and offered along with a book on suicide drugs for $16 (US). An advertisement for the suicide kit notes that the “exit bag”, to be used for “self-deliverance”, is made of “clear strong industrial plastic” with “an adjustable collar (with elastic sewn into the back and a six-inch Velcro […]
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Commentary on February 3 News
LifeSiteNews reports often depend on credible tips from readers. South Dakota bill is astonishing. Filipino bishops a wonderful example to the world. Confronting and acting on the truths about homosexuality - We pay now, or we pay later - at a much higher price.
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South Dakota bill mandates pregnancy help center counselling before abortion decision
To qualify as a pregnancy help centre, the organization must routinely meet with women "for the purpose of helping them keep their relationship with their unborn children."
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Congressmen, activists call for Planned Parenthood defunding in wake of undercover video
Meanwhile, Youtube has threatened to remove the video, and death threats have been made against its producers, Live Action.
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Moral collapse at Ms. Magazine — sex-selection abortion as a ‘problem’
How can Ms. muster any genuine outrage about sex-selection abortions in India when it has demanded unfettered abortion access in our own country? It cannot, and it does not.
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Spain’s front runner for prime minister promises to repeal abortion law
The recent law permits the abortion on demand during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
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Pro-lifers pack hearings on bill targeting crisis pregnancy centers
A similar bill was struck down by a district judge in Baltimore last week, providing a hopeful precedent to Washington pro-life advocates.
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Vatican will host AIDS conference to clarify condom stand
The conference comes in response to the confusion created by the press coverage of Pope Benedict’s comments on condoms for AIDS prevention
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More Bishops speak out against Saskatchewan marriage commissioner ruling
Archbishop Daniel Bohan of Regina, Saskatchewan challenged the government to work protect freedom of conscience rights.
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Arkansas store ‘shields’ young shoppers from pic of Elton John, gay partner
Gay rights activists slammed the store management for “homophobia.”
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Artificially produced stem cells may ‘hold on’ to genetic past
This latest discovery related to induced pluripotent stem cells could prove a set-back in the efforts to use them in regenerative medicine.
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Canada Post quickly removes sexually explicit items from web shopping links
Liberal MP Bonnie Crombie had protested that Canada Post’s website promotes stores that sell "sex toys, racy accessories and other erotica."
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Pro-family group puts pressure on European Court over notorious homeschooling case
Friends and supporters of the family say Domenic’s parents are at a breaking point in their struggle to regain their child from child services.
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Niece of Martin Luther King named 2011 winner of Cardinal O’Connor Pro-Life Award
"The award comes with marching orders: Go forward with the message of life, liberty and justice for all, born and unborn!" said Dr. Alveda King.
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Filipino bishops ‘willing to be imprisoned’ to protest anti-life bill
"We bishops, are willing to be imprisoned, together with our priests, and protest the immoral things [in the bill]," said Bishop Arturo Bastes of Sorsogon.
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Wichita landlord suing to block abortion plans in his building
Wichita has been free from abortions since the closure of slain George Tiller's facility in June 2009.
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Second video appears to show Virginia Planned Parenthood aiding pimp
The new footage again shows an abortion worker agreeing to help the pimp get secret abortions and cheap birth control for his trafficked girls.
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Senate narrowly votes to retain pro-abort Obamacare law
The repeal measure, known as the "McConnell Amendment", received all 47 Republican votes, while 51 Democrats voted against it.
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Commentary on Feb. 2 News
Senate defeats repeal, More on Euteneuer controversy, last March for Life photos now on line, audio of Bachmann Rose Dinner talk, Improvements to Last Ten Days, View all Stories on One Page.
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Pastor booted from Christian TV station after homosexuality remarks
McVety alleged in a press release this week that CTS has “bowed to the censors” at the CBSC, a charge that CTS TV disputed.
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Planned Parenthood fires employee caught enabling underage sex trafficking
Live Action president Lila Rose called the firing evidence that Planned Parenthood is "coming to the realization that they have a serious problem brewing."
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George W. Bush’s daughter promotes gay ‘marriage’ in New York
“I'm Barbara Bush and I'm a New Yorker for marriage equality," says the daughter of George Bush in the video.
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Catholic Health Association affirms bishop’s authority following Phoenix abortion flap
CHA had sided with a Phoenix hospital after Bishop Olmsted revoked the hospital’s Catholic standing because it had performed a direct abortion.
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Iowa House approves marriage amendment
Iowa has allowed same-sex “marriage” ever since a 7-0 Supreme Court ruling on April 3, 2009.
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Ontario Superior Court strikes down, lambastes ‘fatally flawed’ Human Rights Tribunal ruling
The decision was so unfair that it was “simply not possible to logically follow the pathway taken by the adjudicator,” ruled the Ontario Superior Court last month.
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Ohio legislators plan three major pro-life legislative battles
The bills would ban late-term abortions, exclude Ohio from abortion coverage in the new federal health care law, and strengthen the state’s parental consent law.
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Death threats against UK columnist for opposing homosexualist agenda
The reaction to her column, said Phillips, reveals a basic “totalitarian mindset” that is behind the homosexualist agenda.
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Portugal re-elects pro-abortion and pro-gay ‘marriage’ president
Last year, Silva garnered criticism from the country’s powerful Catholic bishops when he approved a law that created same-sex “marriage.”
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More abortion clinics with ties to ‘house of horrors’ Gosnell under scrutiny
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is conducting a “wide ranging” investigation of Gosnell’s activities in Delaware.
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Abortion, pre-requisite for higher education?
Over the past four months, I have been eagerly reading 200 health care policies to investigate how many colleges and universities across the country cover elective abortions and how many require that their students enroll in these abortion health care plans. The results are astounding…not only in what we have reported but also the fact that colleges and universities have now taken it upon themselves to promote and institutionalize elective abortions. Colleges and Universities should be places where students can go to learn and prepare themselves to enter into the workforce as enlightened individuals. Instead, they are being required to […]
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U.S. Catholic hospital chain funding network that includes Planned Parenthood
Catholic Healthcare West is funding the Capitol Community Health Network (CCHN), which includes two abortion clinics, including one run by Planned Parenthood.
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Ontario Bishop: Stephen Lewis talk for Catholic group ‘imprudent’
Lewis, lauded as a "celebrated humanitarian," is infamous for his support for abortion, contraception and population control.
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28 years later, former pregnant Alaska teen expresses thanks for crisis pregnancy aid
On the eve of this past Thanksgiving, 44-year-old Brenda Kolerok-Schott of Anchorage walked unannounced into the offices of Catholic Social Services to write a $10,000 check.
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Human Life International responds to Fr. Euteneuer’s release about his resignation
The HLI Board of Directors, in response to the public statement by Rev. Thomas Euteneuer, has issued a further statement and clarification.
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Commentary on February 1 News
Statement by Father Euteneuer to LifeSiteNews, Page 3 of March for Life photos now online, formatting problem with viewing photos in Internet Explorer corrected, impressive photos on Life Prizes Awards.
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British Lords question legality of European Arrest Warrant
The EAW, which forces national police to arrest and deport their own citizens or those of other countries on demand, has come under fire from both politicians and civil rights groups.
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New Jersey Planned Parenthood condemns employee’s sex trafficking cooperation
The Planned Parenthood employee's conduct "violates PPCNJ policies, as well as our core values of protecting the welfare of minors and complying with the law," said the abortion giant.
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Updated: Jesuit Georgetown U gives platform to gay political advocacy group
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese was scheduled to give a lecture in Copley Hall Tuesday at 4 pm.
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Philippine legislators reintroduce population control measure as bishops cry foul
"This proposed bill in all its versions calls us to make a moral choice: to choose life or to choose death," write the bishops.
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Senate Republicans to force vote on ObamaCare repeal
The U.S. House of Representatives voted nearly two weeks ago to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) by a 245-189 margin.
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National Porn Sunday October 9
National Porn Sunday October 9 by LifeSiteNews.com LOS ANGELES, October 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hundreds of churches across the US plan to participate in National Porn Sunday, a one-day event designed to start the conversation about the issues surrounding pornography, “America’s ‘dirty little secret,'” according to Porn Sunday creators, xxxchurch.com. The focus of Porn Sunday is to get churches and pastors talking about the issue of pornography and sexual addictions, according to its founders, California pastors Mike Foster and Craig Gross. The two founded xxxchurch.com in 2002, which they dub “the No. 1 Christian porn site.” “Churches in the past […]
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Idaho health board upholds Walgreens pharmacist’s conscience rights
Idaho state law explicitly allows health care workers to refuse to provide care related to abortion.
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Bishop of Palm Beach reacts to Fr. Euteneuer release in internal memo to priests
Bishop Barbarito writes: "Father Euteneuer has been undergoing intensive evaluation and counseling" following inappropriate contact with a woman under his care.
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Indian Hospital defends disabled woman against author’s call for euthanasia
An author who wrote a book about Shaunberg has filed a petition seeking to have the hospital discontinue feeding her. However, Dr. Sanjay Oak, dean of hospital, says that Shanbaug "is very much alive."
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Gay civil union bill signed in Illinois, another passes Senate in Hawaii
Hawaii’s Senate Bill 232 passed a Senate vote 19-6 on Friday.
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Life Prizes Awards 2009-2010 photo journal
Here is a brief photo journal of last week's award ceremony and some of the people there.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court to review parental consent law after challenge
The review follows the case of a young girl who requested a judicial bypass of an Allegheny County judge, seeking to conceal the abortion from her parents.
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Majority of Brazilian legislators reject pro-abort agenda of ruling party
Asked, "Are you favorable to the decriminalization of abortion?" 267 deputies answered "no" and only 78 answered "yes."
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Statement of Fr. Thomas Euteneuer: ‘Setting the record straight’
Statement from Fr. Euteneuer to LifeSiteNews in which he expresses contrition for "violating the boundaries of chastity with an adult female who was under my spiritual care" and that this situation precipitated his abrupt departure from HLI.
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Planned Parenthood caught on tape aiding underage sex ring
“This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Planned Parenthood intentionally breaks state and federal laws and covers up the abuse of the young girls it claims to serve,” said Lila Rose.
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