UN Reports India and China Are ‘Missing’ 85 Million Women

UN Reports India and China Are ‘Missing’ 85 Million Women by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski NEW DELHI, India, March 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report released March 8, entitled “Power, Voice and Rights: A Turning Point for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific,” and coinciding with International Women’s Day, highlights the fact that sex-selective abortion continues to increase the gender imbalance in developing countries. Under the heading “more women than ever are disappearing,” a press release from the UNDP announcing the new report says, “The problem of ‘missing girls’ in which more […]
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Oklahoma, Texas tighten RU-486 regulations

“For too long, abortion providers have been dispensing abortion-inducing drugs in an unsafe manner that serves only to boost their own profit margins and it must stop,” said Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life.
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Fear of Having Children Based in “Lack of Hope”: Cardinal Pell

Fear of Having Children Based in “Lack of Hope”: Cardinal Pell by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert SYDNEY, Australia, August 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The dwindling number of young adults willing to welcome children into the world can be traced to a “lack of confidence in the goodness of life,” said Cardinal George Pell of the Archdiocese of Sydney this weekend. “Some young adults today are afraid of having children, uncertain of the benefits or uncertain of their capacity to cope as parents,” wrote Cardinal Pell in a column for Sunday’s edition of the Telegraph. “Many reasons are proposed for this, […]
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Canadians Worry about Vulnerable People if Euthanasia is Legalized: Poll

Canadians Worry about Vulnerable People if Euthanasia is Legalized: Poll by LifeSiteNews.com November 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A year of public debate about legal euthanasia has left Canadians with concerns about how vulnerable people – those who are elderly, depressed, disabled or chronically ill – will fare if the law changes. A new poll by Environics Research of 2,025 Canadians has found that although 59% said they support legal euthanasia, the number who “strongly support” it has declined by 3 points since last year. Support is highest in Quebec at 69%, down from 75% a year ago, and lowest in […]
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Pope comments on man in PVS

Pope Benedict, recently had a rare televised interview, where he commented on the difficult case of a man in PVS since April 2009. He reportedly told the mother of an Italian man who has been in PVS since Easter Sunday 2009 that her son’s soul was still in his body and that he could feel the presence of love. “The situation, perhaps, is like that of a guitar whose strings have been broken and therefore can no longer play,” the pope told Maria Teresa. Benedict, who frequently reminds the faithful that according to Catholic teachings euthanasia is wrong, then told […]
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Group Funded by Development and Peace Supports Mexico City’s Abortion on Demand Law

Group Funded by Development and Peace Supports Mexico City’s Abortion on Demand Law by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, March 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – LifeSiteNews has learned that a group funded by the Catholic bishops’ Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) is a supporter and defender of Mexico City’s abortion law, which legalizes and guarantees abortion on demand during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. “The law that permits the legal interruption of pregnancy in the Federal District [Mexico City] represents an advance for the human rights of women,” declares the “All Rights for Everyone Network” […]
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Development and Peace Partner that Denied Supporting Abortion Signed Protest against Pro-Life Amendm

Development and Peace Partner that Denied Supporting Abortion Signed Protest against Pro-Life Amendm by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, April 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An organization funded by the Canadian Catholic bishops, that denied its support for abortion in a letter just last month, signed a protest against a right-to-life amendment to the constitution of the state of Jalisco last year, LifeSiteNews (LSN) has learned. In the statement the “partner” of the Canadian bishops’ development organization, Development and Peace (D&P), explicitly calls on the government of Jalisco to block the pro-life amendment and protect the “right” of women […]
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An Easter prayer for life

The Easter Season is a celebration of life, and a time to renew our confidence in the ultimate victory of the forces of life against the culture of death. Therefore, Priests for Life has composed a special Easter prayer for life that we invite you to say each day of this holy season. Just go to priestsforlife.org and download the Easter Prayer for Life. The prayer reminds us that the victory of Christ, the Author of Life, is the source from which we draw strength to fight evils like abortion. So visit priestsforlife.org, print out the Easter prayer for life, […]
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Catholic Youth Face Dangerous Religious Confusion, Warns Australian Cardinal Pell

Catholic Youth Face Dangerous Religious Confusion, Warns Australian Cardinal Pell by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz SYDNEY, Australia, September 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, spoke out in concern over the growing religious confusion and lack of commitment in young Catholics in Australia, in an address to the National Catholic Education Commission’s annual conference yesterday. “Too many young Catholics have been led by the pressures of contemporary propaganda, whatever might be said about the inadequacies of family life and Catholic religious education, so their religious confusion is worse than that of all other young Australian Christians,” Cardinal […]
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Via Dolorosa

Every Good Friday for the past 7 years the youth of the diocese of Peterborough, Ontario have put on an elaborate and heartfelt enactment of Christ's Passion and Way of the Cross. 16-year old Maria DeCiccio performed a chilling rendition of the song, Via Dolorosa.
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NewsBytes April 24 – Radical environmentalism

Media Worship Earth Day, Attack Easter, Philippines postpones Earth Day, “Anti-Humanism” of “Earth Hour”, Media Biased in Easter, Earth Day Coverage, tsunami the revenge of Gaia?, Sterilizing Those Pesky Humans
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KINSEY: CRIME OF THE CENTURY

KINSEY: CRIME OF THE CENTURY by LifeSiteNews.com Internet Resource World Wide Web, Jan 28 (LSN) The New American magazine has published a compelling review of Dr. Judith Reisman’s “Kinsey: Crimes and Consequences.” Learn how Kinsey’s “research” gave rise to the sexual revolution and legitimized divorce, homosexuality, sex-education, adultery, and promiscuity. Kinsey based his “findings” on biased samples (imprisoned sexual deviants and serial pedophiles), and fraud—”almost all AIDS and sex education in elementary, secondary, college, graduate and post-graduate schools base their sex education curricula on the Kinseyan ‘variant’ sex model.” Nevertheless, his findings were welcomed enthusiastically by his generation, which wasn’t […]
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LifeSiteNews returns Tuesday April 26

There is much to comment on regarding several of today's stories, but suffice it to say that truth has a way of eventually surfacing regardless of constant efforts to suppress it.
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The stranger in our home

Every once in a while those anonymous emails we receive is worthy of republishing… As I  grew up, I never questioned his place in my family. In my young mind, he had a special  niche. My parents were complementary instructors: Mum taught me good from evil, and Dad taught me to obey. But the stranger.. he was our storyteller. He would keep us spellbound for hours on end with adventures, mysteries and comedies. Sometimes, Mum would get up quietly while the rest of us were shushing each other to listen to what he had to say, and she would go to […]
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Spotlight: Jenn Giroux – Fighting the Culture of the Pill

Spotlight: Jenn Giroux – Fighting the Culture of the Pill by LifeSiteNews.com For Jenn Giroux, celebrating large families is part of an effort to save parents from the regret they might experience later in life in the absence of children that might have been – had it not been for the pill. By Kathleen Gilbert CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Most people who run into Jenn Giroux probably wouldn’t guess that she is mother to nine children. A warm, youthful registered nurse with an energetic smile, Giroux, 48, is a remarkable intersection of proud mother and dynamic pro-life […]
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NewsBytes – Obama

Don't let Alinsky win, Mendacity of Barack Obama, Ideology of Obama adviser, Intervention In Libya Aids Jihad, Latinos regret voting for Obama, Obamacare: Burying Us in Regulations, Book to Reveal Obama's "true" identity?, more...
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Complete interview with Clint Council

Q: Before we begin, can you tell me just a little bit about your background, where you live, your history with your wife, how your relationship got going, etc.? A: Well, we live in Traveler’s Rest, South Carolina – beautiful place. My wife absolutely loved it. We met in school, at Greenville college school to be exact. She was eating by herself at the dining hall at the university, and I saw her and asked her if I could join, and she said no. And she turned me down for the next four times I asked her out. And that went on […]
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NewsBytes – Islam

Christians and Muslims together against violence, Peter King hearings on Muslim radicalization, Rick Santorum: Sharia 'is evil', Christian churches burned by rampaging Muslims, Iranian Video: Mahdi is 'Near', more...
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NewsBytes – China

Family Planning Official Stabs Man to Death, Cardinal Zen: Vatican officials blocked Pope's plan for Chinese Church, One Party, two Chinas, Chinese hackers, more...
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Newsbytes – Homosexuality

Amazing videos of testimony against California Bill SB48, Former (and recovered) "transgender" testifies, Mandated gay history in CA schools, Outstanding Maryland victory against transgender bill, more...
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What the pope told us about post-abortion healing in February

At the end of February I was privileged to be welcomed at the Vatican as a new member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. Established in 1994 by Pope John Paul II, this body has “the specific task to study and provide information and training about the principal problems of law and biomedicine pertaining to the promotion and protection of life, especially in the direct relationship they have with Christian morality.” In our General Assembly meeting this year, we addressed in depth the theme of post-abortion healing. Two other members of our Priests for Life team were also invited: Janet […]
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UK Contraception and Abortion Promoters calling for Sex Ed for Four Year-Olds

UK Contraception and Abortion Promoters calling for Sex Ed for Four Year-Olds by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, July 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com ) – Explicit sex education ought to be compulsory for children as young as four, says a pair of abortion-promoting organisations in the UK. The Family Planning Association, the UK’s answer to Planned Parenthood, and Brook, both registered charities, are calling for children of pre-primary age to be indoctrinated into the new sexual mores. Speaking to BBC Radio’s Newsbeat today, Brook’s Chief Executive, Simon Blake said, “If we get high quality sex and relationships education in every primary […]
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NewsBytes – Life Issues

Parole for French abortion plot music star, PP announces facilities in 12 new communities in Neb., Iowa, What's Behind the Surge of Abortion Bills?, BBC to show assisted suicide on TV, Scientists create part-human animals, Organs from Suicides , Earthquake Demographics - Mark Steyn, more...
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USCCB Officials Urge HHS Not to Require Coverage of Contraception, Sterilization

USCCB Officials Urge HHS Not to Require Coverage of Contraception, Sterilization by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, D.C., September 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should not require coverage of contraception or sterilization in group and individual health plans as part of “preventive” services for women, said representatives of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) this week. The HHS is currently deliberating on a final list of required preventive services under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). “These drugs, devices and procedures prevent not a disease condition, but the healthy condition known as […]
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The face of hate

Progress demands a vigorous, open and honest debate. “Progressives” should quit the empty name calling and stop running-scared from true progress.
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Catholics’ Constitutional Rights No Safeguard Under Ontario Equity Strategy: CLC

Catholics’ Constitutional Rights No Safeguard Under Ontario Equity Strategy: CLC by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, September 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Assurances that Catholics’ constitutionally-guaranteed denominational rights will be respected under Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s equity and inclusive education strategy are a “distraction” and a “clever tactic” to stave off rebuke from Catholic leaders, says Campaign Life Coalition, which is waging a campaign to have the strategy scrapped. (To find out more, click here) “By its very nature, McGuinty’s plan forces Catholic boards to violate Church teaching and accept the homosexual agenda because it forces all school boards […]
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Jesuits Proclaim Loyalty to Pope but Fail to Allay Doubts

Jesuits Proclaim Loyalty to Pope but Fail to Allay Doubts by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, March 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The two-month General Congregation meeting of the Society of Jesus ended in Rome on Thursday with the 225 delegates professing their loyalty to the Pope and their obedience to Catholic teaching. At the start of their meeting, the Jesuit order, one of the most influential in the history of the Catholic Church, received a letter from Pope Benedict XVI implicitly criticising the order for laxity in its commitment to Catholic teaching and its traditional loyalty to the pope. Pope […]
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The Democrats’ ‘strange’ fixation with Planned Parenthood

I wish I could find the exact quote, but on Mike Huckabee’s Fox News show over the weekend Democrat strategist Kirsten Powers used the word “strange” to describe Obama and the Democrats’ willingness to concede billions in budget concessions to Republicans, all just to keep Planned Parenthood funded for the small total (relatively speaking) of $300+ million. Here’s how the New York Times described a key conversation: At one crucial moment in the game of chicken over a looming shutdown of the United States government, President Obama and the House speaker, John Boehner, faced off in the Oval Office. Mr. […]
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Pro-abortion shenanigans at the University at Buffalo

Just this week, the University at Buffalo Students for Life group (UB Students for Life) announced that they were finally recognized as a temporary club on campus after waiting over 9 months for approval from their Student Government. Sara Buttitta, President of the UB Students for Life group, wrote the following piece on their struggle to become a group. Their perseverance and courage are truly inspiring. For more information about the case, visit the SFLA’s website. ——- The Youth of America are the leaders of pro-life movement.  Today’s students are standing up for life more than any generation before them, […]
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DAY 34: 346 babies saved from abortion

One week to go! With just 7 days left in the spring campaign, we are now aware of … … 346 babies whose mothers have turned away from abortion – that we know of! Here are just a few of the stories about those babies saved that I have received from local 40 Days for Life teams in 247 locations worldwide. ——————————————————- WILMINGTON, DELAWARE ——————————————————- Several 40 Days for Life volunteers were praying in front of Planned Parenthood, including some children who were kneeling. After a while, a young woman came out of the building and began to speak with […]
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Anglican Acceptance of both Abortion and Sanctity of Life will Allow the Creation of a Gay Church: G

Anglican Acceptance of both Abortion and Sanctity of Life will Allow the Creation of a Gay Church: G by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, May 16, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Anglican Church is the perfect vehicle for creating a new “gay” Christianity by virtue of the fact that it is the only church that accepts the logical contradiction of asserting both the sanctity of human life and the existence of a right to abortion. Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson, whose ordination to the episcopate has precipitated the ongoing schism between traditionally Christian Anglicans and its ultra-liberal, secularized branches, is in London […]
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Belfast Hilton Hotels Running Hard-Core Porn Endangering Staff

Belfast Hilton Hotels Running Hard-Core Porn Endangering Staff by LifeSiteNews.com BELFAST, September 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Belfast Hilton is offering hard-core pornography on a pay-per-view basis, motivating one politician to condemn the action, saying that, despite the immorality of it, it will lead to dangerous working conditions for hotel staff. Northern Ireland Assemblyman, Dr. Esmond Birnie, a leading opponent of the normalization of pornography in the British Isles, said “I am sure many will be disturbed by reports that the Belfast Hilton is providing its guests with access to hardcore porn films.” A similar situation in Norway prompted unionized […]
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DAY 30: Thank you to the clergy who are leading by example

As I’ve traveled to 40 Days for Life vigils this spring I’ve seen more and more priests, pastors and clergy than ever before! It is VERY encouraging to see our clergy leading by example — especially when it can be unpopular. I want to thank all the pastors who’ve taken the time to encourage their congregations to pray for an end to abortion — and even gone out to the abortion centers themselves. ——————————————————- HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA ——————————————————- The Knights of Columbus in Alabama sent along a photo of the 40 Days for Life vigil in Huntsville. The picture shows Bishop […]
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Last Call!

It's the last day of our Spring Fundraising Campaign. Our mission is first and foremost. All funds are put into our work, rather than into unnecessary institutional expenses that can sap an organization of its vitality and distract from its original purpose.
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Catholic Georgetown University Upset with Commencement Speech on Catholic Moral Doctrine by Senior Vatican Cardinal

Catholic Georgetown University Upset with Commencement Speech on Catholic Moral Doctrine by Senior Vatican Cardinal by LifeSiteNews.com Washington, May 22, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Saturday May 17 Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze gave a commencement address at Washington’s prestigious Catholic, but notably liberal, Georgetown University. One of the University’s most illustrious graduates is former president Bill Clinton. Students and faculty received more than they bargained for as Arinze—president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and who is often spoken of as a possible successor to John Paul II, gave a blunt talk on the importance of Catholic moral and […]
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2 days left!

We are now in the home stretch of our Spring Fundraising Campaign - 2 days to go, 83% of the goal raised and at least $13,000, more needed - by Wednesday night - or at least sent in by Wednesday.
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“American Idol” Charity Cash Going to Groups which Support Abortion

“American Idol” Charity Cash Going to Groups which Support Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, D.C., April 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a statement released to the media on March 9, 2007, Douglas R. Scott, Jr., president of Life Decisions International (LDI), expressed his disappointment over the decision by “American Idol” to include two pro-abortion groups among the charities that will benefit from its “Idol Gives Back” project. “American Idol” has pushed for corporate to support its project. Corporate sponsors of the show, such as Coca-Cola and AT&T, were among the first to make a pledge to Charity Projects […]
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D&P parish rep slams Harper Conservatives during appeal at Mass

A Burlington, Ontario parish representative for Development & Peace slammed Canada’s Conservative government while soliciting donations from the ambo at her parish on Sunday. “It’s time we take a good look at the kind of government we want,” said the St. Gabriel’s parishioner, in a video released by Canada Free Press.  “The Harper Conservatives are planning our country’s entrance into the European Union.  Did you know this?” “Funding for many citizens groups has been cut under the guise of waste, yet we are asked to support the purchase of new fighter jets at a cost of $27 billion,” she added. […]
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The economy and abortion: it’s worth paying attention

Let’s get rid of the “need” for abortion. Pro-life advocates have made enormous ground on in the legal battle to restrict and abolish abortion, and those praying on the spiritual front (such as 40 Days for Life, to name just one effort in this prayerful pro-life movement), have helped change hearts and minds by their loving example. But pro-life advocates also need to pay more attention to the problem of “want” that drives this “need” among so many women for abortion. Perhaps the middle of the most serious world recession since the Great Depression is an excellent time for pro-life […]
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Let the youth teach us about being pro-life

I often point out that our youth are not simply the “future leaders” of the pro-life movement. They are leaders here and now, in more ways than one. 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 […]
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DAY 27: 253 saved — that we know of

It’s Monday! Mondays are the BEST days during the campaign. Monday means that it’s time to report the number of saves. So here’s some good news to start your week! Thus far in the current 40 Days for Life campaign, there have been … … 253 babies saved from abortion — that we know of! It’s the “that we know of” part that gives me the greatest hope. Who knows but the Lord Himself how many lives have been saved because Planned Parenthood can’t find an abortionist in Columbia, Missouri, where a 40 Days for Life vigil is going on? […]
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Colombian Catholic Cardinal Condemns “International Plot against Life” and Family

Colombian Catholic Cardinal Condemns “International Plot against Life” and Family by LifeSiteNews.com BOGOTA/ DUSHANBE, July 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Colombian prelate, Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, addressing the Colombian Bishops’ Conference this week, said he and his fellow Colombian bishops are concerned about two proposals currently before the Colombian Supreme Court – one to legalize abortion, and the other to adopt a convention eliminating so-called discrimination against women –”discrimination” here being a code word for a prohibition on abortion. We “denounce an international plot against life and against the integrity of the family expressed in our country with two requests made […]
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Caught on Video: How UNICEF, WHO Manipulate Latin American Catholics to Cooperate on Abortion

Caught on Video: How UNICEF, WHO Manipulate Latin American Catholics to Cooperate on Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White and Steve Jalsevac June 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When is abortion not really “abortion”? When it is promoted as “therapeutic” by UN-supported international health organisations trying to make a “strategic alliance” with the Catholic Church in Latin America. The Population Research Institute (PRI) has just posted a 6-minute video of highlights from interviews conducted by its Latin American Director that reveal the slick language tactics used by UN agents to manipulate Catholics to cooperate with its anti-life, anti-family agendas. Dr. Oscar […]
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U.S. Bill Offers Tax Relief For Stay-at-Home Moms

U.S. Bill Offers Tax Relief For Stay-at-Home Moms by LifeSiteNews.com By Meg Jalsevac WASHINGTON, DC., March 8, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family legislation sponsored by Congressman Lee Terry (R-NE) and Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) is expected to be introduced in both the House and the Senate today. The new act, entitled the Parents Tax Relief Act (PTRA), would grant tax relief and monetary incentive in various forms to families who chose to have one parent remain home as a care-giver to any children under the age of 6. The new act is similar to a previous act, also introduced by Terry […]
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Undercover Part II: Don’t be fooled by the abortion industry

The Feminist Majority Foundation has been strangely quiet this week, as it is usually (and advertised at their Conference as) “Don’t be Fooled by ‘Fake Clinics’” week, leading up to April Fool’s Day. Even though they have been silent, I’d like to post Part II of my undercover blog from the FMF Young Leaders Conference in Washington, DC, on FMF’s workshop entitled: “Exposing Fake Clinics: City by City.” To be honest, most of the workshop was full of propaganda about: – How dangerous Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs) are since they “prey” on young low income women. – How PRCs lie […]
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You don’t have the right

Well, we must all be doing something right to get the anti-life movement this angry. It's no secret that they wish to silence us. They've been trying for years. With six days remaining in our 3-week Spring Campaign, we've reached 62% of our goal.
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