Controversy at Vatican PAV meeting was surprising
Kathleen Gilbert and I attended our first ever Pontifical Academy for Life Assembly in Rome last weekend. We did not expect all the controversy that occurred
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Articles for Month: February 2012
Cardinal Raymond Burke receives prestigious pro-life award with Dan Zeidler, others
Burke used the opportunity to comment on the failure of Catholics to uphold the Church's teachings in public life.
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Mitt Romney sweeps Arizona, Michigan primaries
Michigan's Catholic voters preferred Mitt Romney over Rick Santorum by seven percentage points.
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Archdiocese of Washington reprimands priest for denying communion to a lesbian
“He should be thanked for taking his role seriously and for wanting to uphold the Church’s teaching,” Fr. John Zuhlsdorf wrote.
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What’s at stake in the ‘same-sex marriage’ debate?
Isn’t it best just to let people do what they want with their lives and leave well enough alone, as long as we are left in peace to do what we want with our lives?
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Pledges to help unborn children not counted by organizers of Atlantic Canada leadership contest
Votes of Pro-lifers not counted for Tara Brinston in the ACTIVE-8 Atlantic Canada leadership competition that closes tonight at midnight
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British court rules Catholic midwives can be forced to participate in abortions
The midwives have been told that they must accept the decision of their hospital management that they must oversee other midwives performing abortions on the labour ward.
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Trouble in Vatican: Pontifical Academy members upset with ethics deficit at infertility conference
At least three of the four morning speakers, according to witnesses, referred to IVF as an appropriate option for some female sufferers of infertility.
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‘Freedom from hatred’ is not in my Charter of Rights
We shall never have – and in a temporal world, we should never desire – a marketplace of ideas bereft of controversy and objection. Any law that seeks to create such a sea of homogeneity has no place in a democracy and needs to be repealed.
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B.C. school children pulled into gay agenda with school-sponsored Lady Gaga YouTube video
Despite the concerns raised by the parents, Premier Clark was filmed yesterday on the steps of the legislature dancing along to Gaga’s song 'Born This Way' with a number of students wearing pink shirts.
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Why abortion is the opposite of love
Lent teaches us the meaning of love. Jesus endured His passion and crucifixion for each of us, giving Himself away that we might have life. Abortion, on the other hand, is the opposite of love, because it takes life. Love says, “I sacrifice myself for the good of the other person.” Abortion says, “I sacrifice the other person for the good of myself.” Strangely, the same words are used in both cases. Supporters of abortion say, “This is my body, I can do what I want.” Jesus says, “This is My Body, given up for you.” The same words are […]
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Verdict to be rendered on March 21 in Mary Wagner case
Pro-life heroine Mary Wagner will have to wait until March 21 to find out whether she will be found guilty or not guilty on a charge of mischief and two counts of failing to comply with probation orders
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Controversy over the obvious? New Cardinal says it’s best for women to stay home with their children
"A country depends much, much, on mothers, because it is they who educate the children. There is no better educator than the mother," he said.
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Obama cares more about Planned Parenthood than women’s health
The Obama Administration is showing its loyalties. And it is not to women. It is to Planned Parenthood.
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Planned Parenthood asks college students to ‘check in’ where they had sex with free ‘GPS condoms’
A new Planned Parenthood website "targets college students and millennials to promote healthy sexuality and to be 'proud to wear protection.'"
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Catholic group launches video, web campaign to protect religious liberty from HHS mandate
"When those in power try to rip through the fabric of what America stands for, the voices of the people unite," said Matt Smith, president of Catholic Advocate.
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Activists to bring pro-life message to American Atheists convention featuring Richard Dawkins
“The pro-choice view has become a default for atheists, because nobody is reaching out to them,” Secular Pro-life's president, Kelsey Hazzard, told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Journal editor defends pro-infanticide piece: Killing newborns is already legal in Holland
In his response editor Julian Savulescu argues that promoting killing newborns is nothing new and decries the "hate speech" directed at the authors of the pro-infanticide piece.
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Young woman poised to win leadership award with pledge to bring abortion to Prince Edward Island
A local pro-life group is urging pro-life supporters to vote for another candidate who supports disability rights.
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Syphilis infections rising dramatically among New Brunswick homosexuals
"Since late 2009, 92 per cent of cases have been male. Most male cases have reported only male sex partners (MSM)," the Disease Watch Bulletin states.
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Lesbian judge refuses to marry heterosexual couples
Dallas County Judge Tonya Parker will only perform marriages when the state permits homosexual 'marriage'
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New shocking Planned Parenthood video exposé released
On February 13 I wrote about a shocking video exposé produced by American Life League that used Planned Parenthood’s own graphics, websites, photos, and video to show its massive and perverted campaign to hook our kids – beginning in Kindergarten – on sex. As ALL narrator Michael Hichborn said about one of PP’s materials, “If a dirty old man showed this book to kids in a park, he’d be arrested.” But you and I unwillingly pay Planned Parenthood with our taxes to show them the same soft porn. No surprise, ALL’s video went viral. After only four days on YouTube […]
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Big Abortion follows Big Tobacco’s business model: target kids
Planned Parenthood vociferously opposes all efforts to ensure parents are told when their children seek abortions. Why?
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Jacksonville sees decrease in abortions every year since 40 Days for Life began
Similar results have been witnessed in other cities where 40 Days for Life has run.
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Dear physician: The $30 I spent on getting sterilized was the worst money I ever spent
Before I knew it, the procedure was done. Bit I realized the next day that I did not want this procedure to be permanent. I always wanted more children.
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Brazilian Presidential Frontrunner Signs Pledge Not to Decriminalize Abortion
Brazilian Presidential Frontrunner Signs Pledge Not to Decriminalize Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent BRASILIA, October 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Besieged over the her past support for abortion and homosexuality, and slipping in the polls, Brazilian presidential frontrunner Dilma Rousseff has signed a public statement claiming to be “personally against abortion,” and pledging not to “take the initiative to propose alterations of points that have to do with abortion legislation and other topics concerning the family and the free expression of any religion in the country.” The statement comes after Rousseff unexpectedly lost the first round […]
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Russia defunds late-term ‘social abortions’ as country moves to curtail high abortion rate
The current government, led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, strongly favors tighter restrictions on abortion to counteract Russia's demographic crisis.
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Ethicists justify infanticide in major medical journal
What the scientists call “after-birth abortion,” they suggest, should be permissible in all the cases where abortion is, including cases where the newborn is perfectly healthy.
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Major U.S. Study Shows Oral Contraceptives Increase Breast Cancer Risk 44 %
Major U.S. Study Shows Oral Contraceptives Increase Breast Cancer Risk 44 % by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, October 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Oral contraceptives increase the risk of breast cancer by an average of 44 percent, a comprehensive analysis of world studies on the link between breast cancer and contraceptives has found. Published in the journal of the Mayo Clinic this month, the key article examines findings from a careful analysis of international studies conducted between 1980-2002. Entitled “Oral Contraceptive Use as a Risk Factor for Pre-menopausal Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis, the article finds an increased risk for […]
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Evidence shows notorious late-term abortionist George Tiller did iIlegal abortions for years
Tiller was performing the lucrative late-term abortionist based upon bogus "mental health" diagnoses rubber-stamped by his associate abortionist.
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Indiana senator refuses to honor Girl Scouts because of Planned Parenthood connection
State Sen. Bob Morris circulated a letter to colleagues earlier this month explaining why he would not sign a resolution honoring the Girl Scout’s 100th anniversary.
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Catholic hospitals in seven states conducted 20,073 sterilizations in three years: study
Dr. Sandra Hapenney warns this could undermine Catholic health institutions' ability to invoke conscience clause protections to opt out of performing sterilizations.
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Pro-abort group blasts poll showing Canadians want abortion restrictions: pollster shoots back
“Canadians have consistently told us that they are not satisfied with the fact that there are no laws on abortion in this country," said Mario Canseco, vice president of Angus Reid Public Opinion.
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Confessions of a pro-life atheist – what gives me the passion to actively oppose abortion
My pro-life beliefs belong to the discoveries in science. While I am sympathetic to women’s rights, the right to life outweighs our personal discomforts.
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New Study Rips Into Quebec Relativism Course
New Study Rips Into Quebec Relativism Course by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, December 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Sovereigntist Parti Quebecois, the opposition party for the province, is calling for a major revision of Quebec’s new Ethics and Religious Culture program (ERC), following the release of a new study lambasting the highly-controverted state-mandated curriculum. Minister of Education Michelle Courchesne has indicated she has no intention of reopening the debate, however. The new curriculum, mandated by the Quebec Ministry of Education as of September 2008, has sparked a loud outcry from numerous sectors of the province, including […]
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Pope rejects ‘arrogant’ IVF: Marital love the only ‘worthy’ way to conceive
"The union of a man and a woman ... represents the only worthy 'place' for a new human being to be called into existence,” the pope said.
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Stop Catholic schools from distributing ‘homophobic’ literature: leader of UK’s largest union
“Schools now have a legal duty to challenge all forms of prejudice," said Brendan Barber, head of the powerful Trades Union Congress.
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‘Choosing Joy’: Baby Abby was only given a ‘slim chance’ of survival, but abortion wasn’t an option
Julie Leach could not shake off that uneasy feeling. After the ultrasound, she felt that something must surely be wrong.
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California govt. mailing condoms to teenagers at home in unmarked envelopes
Teenagers can have a free package of ten condoms along with lubricant and sex-ed literature mailed to their home addresses in a plain yellow envelope.
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Cardinal George: All Catholic hospitals will close in two years under HHS mandate
The Catholic Church is being “despoiled of her institutions” through Obama's health care mandate, which represents “a form of theft” similar to that of the Soviet era.
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‘She left with tears of joy, rather than sorrow’: 65 babies saved during 40 Days campaign
In just these first few days, there have already been … 65 babies saved — that we know of. Praise God!
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Hi, my name is Kristen, and I’m abstinent
In case you hadn’t noticed, this is going to be an intensely personal blog post...
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Rush: Obama’s infanticide vote ‘most shocking, underreported, significant story I can ever remember’
“We talked about it during the 2008 campaign," Limbaugh told his audience of millions. "Nobody wanted to hear it.
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After record-breaking pro-life year, pro-life group releases model legislation for 2012
“Many of these initiatives simultaneously lay the groundwork for the ultimate reversal of Roe v. Wade,” AUL states.
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Virginia shelves bill saying life begins at conception until 2013
The legislation states that unborn children “at every stage of development” are considered persons.
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Dark angels dancing: The warning of Lech Dokowicz
As the ravers screamed and cheered, Lech watched in awe as his mentor masterfully manipulated lasers and lights to produce what he remembers as scenes of desolation, destruction, and terror.
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Leading pro-abort defends illegal UK sex-selective abortions after undercover sting
Meanwhile, one UK pro-life leader said that the Telegraph’s revelations are just the “tip of the iceberg” when it comes to illegal abortions.
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Evangelical group releases compilation of Canadian abortion polling statistics since 2007
The EFC says it hopes that the document will assist writers with drafting of articles, columns and blogs as well as preparation for interviews and debates.
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EDITORIAL: Canada’s new tyranny: the state’s takeover of the family
Without the right to educate our children as we choose according to the values we choose, what do we have left? State-imposed orthodoxy. Totalitarianism.
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Dear England, I’m very confused. Is abortion a ‘woman’s choice’ or is it ‘morally repugnant’?
Yesterday, everyone flew into a tizzy because abortion facilities are allowing women to abort their children if the child is the “wrong” sex. But isn't abortion a 'woman's choice'?
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French socialist presidential candidate retreats under fire from pro-euthanasia position
Jean Leonetti, the author of France's current end-of-life law, blasted Francois Hollande's "vague" new language on the subject.
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After I was raped I aborted my child, but that only increased the pain
My story is not an easy one to tell. However, I think it’s important to try, because I know what it’s like to feel alone.
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The SCIENTIFIC basis for defending all human life
Pro-lifers need to be more knowledgeable about what we are for and why we believe what we believe.
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Pro-lifer files assault charges against abortionist
Pro-life activist Lynn Mills was sidewalk counseling February 9 at WomanCare of Livonia, in Livonia, Michigan, when late-term abortionist Theodore Roumell backed his car out of the parking lot, pulled up next to Lynn on the wrong side of the road, opened his door in an attempt to hit her – adding, “Excuse me,” with a laugh – then peeled off. When Lynn followed Roumell, he attempted to sideswipe her as he pulled out on to the highway. The incident was caught on video… Yesterday Lynn filed assault charges against Roumell. On August 31, 2010, a mother sued Roumell and […]
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Texas defies Obama: Defunds Planned Parenthood despite threats of Medicaid cut-off
(Click “like” if you want to end abortion! ) Love Texas! Will President Obama choose Planned Parenthood over poor women in the Lone Star State? An old fashioned Western showdown looms. From The Texas Tribune, February 23: If there was any hope that the state was seeking a compromise with the federal government over Texas’ Women’s Health Program, it’s fading fast. At the direction of lawmakers and Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Texas Health and Human Services commissioner signed a rule on Thursday that formally bans Planned Parenthood clinics and other “affiliates of abortion providers” from participating in the […]
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How I ended up inside a ‘pro-choice’ rally and what I learned
I will never forget being on the “other side” of that rally and walking past the pro-lifers. The guilt I feel when I think about that day is grueling.
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Gingrich rips Obama for ‘infanticide’ vote
"If we're going to have a debate about who the extremist is on these issues, it is President Obama who, as a state senator, voted to protect doctors who killed babies who survived the abortion," Gingrich said.
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Black pro-life leader: ‘We don’t have to kill our children to be successful’
Gardner was responding to a Planned Parenthood employee's claim that pro-lifers "could care less" about black babies "once they arrive."
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Seven states sue Obama administration over ObamaCare mandate
The HHS mandate "penalizes [Christians] for failing to kneel at the altar of government” Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Homeschooling families can’t teach homosexual acts sinful in class says Alberta gvmt
"We do not tolerate disrespect for differences,” whether in regular or home schools, a spokesperson for Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Obama’s support of infanticide takes center stage in Republican presidential debate
When I wrote yesterday of the unforeseen consequences for the Left of making an issue of contraception, I didn’t see this one coming. But it’s rich. Last night during CNN’s Republican presidential debate, Newt Gingrich deftly turned a question about birth control into an indictment against the media for suppressing President Barack Obama’s opposition to the Born Alive Infants Protection Act when he was state senator… Gingrich said: You did not once during the 2008 campaign ask why Barack Obama voted in favor of legalizing infanticide. If we’re going to debate about who is the extremist on this issues, it […]
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Planned Parenthood compares an ultrasound to rape…and as a rape victim I’m ANGRY
Planned Parenthood has now said that the new proposed Virginia Ultrasound Law is akin to rape. I’m sorry, WHAT? I am so upset by this. I just want to cry. A medical procedure that is done by a nurse in a clinic is the same thing as what that man did to me in a hotel room so many years ago? Most likely no one is forcing you to have an abortion. However, 13 years ago I didn’t have a say in whether or not I wanted to have sex. I was forced. If this law passes, Virginian women will […]
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In Alaska 40 Days volunteers brave 8 foot snowdrifts to stand outside Planned Parenthood
Yes, it’s cold. And yes, there’s a WHOLE LOT of snow. But many are answering the call to take a public stand against the evil of abortion.
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Vatican gives ultimatum to wayward Catholic university: conform to Church law by April 8
The ultimatum follows months of talks between Vatican officials and the wayward institution.
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Honduran Supreme Court upholds ban on abortifacient ‘emergency contraception’
The Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) has ruled that legislation passed in 2009 forbidding the sale of "emergency contraception" is constitutional.
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Undercover sting: UK abortion clinics performing illegal abortions, ‘no questions asked’
Abortionists were taped by undercover cameras agreeing to do illegal abortions based simply on the sex of the baby.
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Pharmacists: No, birth control will not pay for itself under Obama mandate
A plurality of pharmacy directors who responded to a survey said they believed insurance prices would increase because of Obama's mandate.
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14-year-old homeschooled girl receives death threats for defending marriage
"If I ever see this girl, I will kill her. That’s a promise," wrote one commenter.
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BREAKING: Federal court: forcing pharmacists to distribute abortifacient drugs ‘unconstitutional’
The court's decision highlights how "radical" the Obama administration's birth control mandate is, Dr. Charmaine Yoest of Americans United for Life told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Alberta readies to impose ‘diversity’ education on homeschoolers
Despite the criticism, Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk has so far defended the inclusion of homeschoolers in the definition of ‘school’.
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Pro-aborts ‘completely made up’ vaginal ultrasound requirement in Virginia bill
But perhaps most damning to the pro-abortion campaign against the bill was the revelation that the vast majority of abortion facilities already perform the “invasive” transvaginal ultrasound as a matter of course.
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Ultrasounds before abortions are standard care, so why are pro-aborts getting so worked up?
Without merit, abortion proponents are claiming that a Virginia ultrasound law requires a transvaginal ultrasound in the first trimester, comparing the technique to rape.
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‘98% of Catholics contracept?’: Not true for hardcore Catholics
A group of faithful Catholic ladies who grew sick and tired of hearing ad nauseam the White House’s Cecilia Munoz’s tidbit that “98 percent of Catholic women have used contraception” decided to take the matter into their own hands and run their own poll. Catholic Sistas knew that the study quoted by the White House was conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, a research organization founded by Planned Parenthood. They knew that this meant that the final figures would probably be skewed (which in fact they were). So they decided to poll the women who read their blog and ask them […]
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Urgent prayer request: Devoted pro-life student dying of Leukemia
This is one of the most important prayer requests I have ever sent out. A young, dedicated and fearless pro-life student from Franciscan University is dying of Leukemia.
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The UN’s made-up up figures: now claims 200,000 die from illegal abortions in Brazil
Where did CEDAW get the extravagant figure of 200,000 deaths? From Brazilian feminist NGOs funded largely by U.S. pro-abortion institutions.
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Catholic priest gives Obama mandate “The Finger (?)”!
Click “like” if you want to end abortion! A priest named Fr. Leo Patalinghug has issued a somewhat unconventional and certainly attention-grabbing response to the Obama administration’s abortifacient birth control mandate. No, he doesn’t actually give the President the finger, although it might look like it at first. But what he does give as a cogent and impassioned defense of freedom of religion from a Catholic perspective, and points out some critical ways in which Obama has broken his promises to people of faith. Check it out.
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No case where abortion was ‘necessary to save mom’: Eminent Irish oncologist
Irish pro-life groups welcomed the comment, saying that Dr. Crown had simply bolstered other medical opinion that abortion can never be called a “life-saving treatment.”
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Mysterious budget cuts end investigations into program that supplied Planned Parenthood volunteers
The Americorps program illegally placed three volunteers at Planned Parenthood last year; this year, its inspectors general will all but end its oversight.
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Judge defends forced abortion, sterilization ruling against mentally ill woman
Judge Christina Harms said the decision to sterilize the 32-year-old flowed from her “substituted judgment” in favor of the abortion.
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Obama admin ‘stonewalling’ freedom of information request on Planned Parenthood funding
A request for information about the Obama admin's decision to fund the New Hampshire Planned Parenthood over the state's head has dragged on for 130 days, even though it is only supposed to take 20 working days.
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‘Professionally incompetent’: Abortionist stripped of license over late-term abortion referrals
There was reportedly no evidence that Neuhaus ever saw many of the patients she referred for post-viability abortions at George Tiller's infamous clinic.
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Largest ever 40 Days for Life campaign kicks off Ash Wednesday
The massively successful international pro-life effort is set to launch in a record-breaking 258 locations across the globe.
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Farewell, Frappuccinos
I dislike boycotts for a number of reasons, but am undertaking a personal one at present, since Starbuck's announced its support for gay "marriage."
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I am angry. Very angry.
My government has demanded (not “requested”) that I violate my conscience. But I will not violate my conscience. Ever.
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New study warns parents about ‘discriminating’ against their ‘gender-nonconforming’ kids
The authors wear their Kinseyian bias thickly on their sleeve, namely that children are sexual beings capable of sexual self-determination.
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Brazilian government demands apology from televangelist for ‘homophobia’
Federal prosecutor Jefferson Apareceido Dias says the comments contain "clear homophobic content."
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A question for the administration and supporters of the mandate…
If the Catholic Church and Catholic-run entities like hospitals, schools, charities and for that matter, private businesses, have been “discriminating against women” and “denying essential care” all these years, how is it that “99%” (the administration’s figure) of women have been able to use contraception – without the mandate being in effect? Mr. President? Mr. Carney? Anyone?
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Boy born with heart outside his body astonishes doctors: parents rejected abortion
"We wanted to let nature take its course, so we refused to have the termination,” says Ryan Marquiss' mother.
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Botched legal abortions are society’s fault?
Dr. Jenn Gunter completed her OB/GYN training in 1995 and practices in the San Francisco area. So the botched abortion she described on her blog on February 11 was legal, although she was murky on that detail (clarified in a follow-up, wherein she also clarified this poor mother lived). Yet this near death was only partially the fault of the quack abortionist. In Dr. Gunter’s opinion it was also the fault of stigma of illegal immigration, society for making abortion shameful, and inadequate access to contraception and sex ed. The only point upon which Dr. Gunter and I agree is […]
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Brazil government scrambles to repair damage with Evangelicals after pro-abort appointment
The new women's minister has a history not only of supporting the legalization of abortion and has even boasted of being trained to do abortions in Colombia.
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What if arguments for abortion were applied to infants?
You would get something that sounds like this…
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Pro-choice and not pro-abortion? Then why oppose the sonogram laws?
Supporters of legal abortion constantly insist they are pro-choice, not pro-abortion. But their abhorrence of ultrasound laws proves this is simply not true.
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The Abortioneers call killing babies a ‘motherly sacrifice,’ support abortion for successful living
The abortioneers are a group of abortion practitioners who blog about what life is like when your job is killing babies.
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A scary and simple fact: Pro-aborts don’t like people
Maybe abortion advocates see every accidental pregnancy as a welfare check or an unfulfilled woman, whereas you and I see a baby as a beautiful joyous gift of possibility and hope and love and adorable magicness.
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2,500 religious leaders, every U.S. bishop oppose Obama mandate
“This is not a Catholic issue,” said FRC President Tony Perkins. “We will not tolerate any denomination having their religious freedom infringed upon by the government.”
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Supreme Court says Quebec ethics course is ‘neutral’ on religion, but Vatican disagrees
Can a course in religion ever be neutral? While the Canadian Supreme Court says 'yes,' the Vatican has said no.
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Canadian Government tables bill to close divorce loophole in same-sex ‘marriages’ of foreigners
The Harper government moved swiftly to soothe gay "marriage" advocates and accommodate foreign homosexual couples, with Bill C-32 as the result.
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HHS mandate means ‘ongoing, comprehensive government surveillance’: two new colleges sue
“The Obama administration has purposely transformed a non-existent problem – access to contraception – into a constitutional crisis,” said Mike Johnson, dean of Louisiana College’s Pressler School of Law.
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‘Somewhere there is a lady in her 30s who is alive because I became pro-life’
It wasn’t until the day that Kristin Port (name changed), 22, witnessed her boyfriend get drunk that she realized her feelings for him had changed.
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New Jersey Gov. Christie vetoes gay ‘marriage’ bill, emphasizes civil union benefits
Gregory Quinlan, director of government affairs for New Jersey Family First, thanked the governor for keeping his promise to veto the new marriage definition.
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April 28th: An event you don’t want to miss
30% of the seats are already filled - Register today!
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Canadian suicide prevention bill passes by overwhelming majority
The bill’s passage comes at the same time as a British Columbia judge weighs a case seeking to legalize assisted suicide.
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No charges against Sebelius admin in destruction of Planned Parenthood documents
Shawnee County District Attorney Chad Taylor issued a statement Friday saying that there would be no criminal charges filed against Sebelius-era appointees.
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Top UK gay lobby presents legislation to abolish ‘husband’ ‘wife’; coalition launched to oppose
In response to the legalization effort, a campaign to stop the redefinition of marriage was launched today by Christian leaders, led by George Lord Carey.
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Blind Chinese forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng seriously ill: report
Eyewitnesses said that Chen Guangcheng "looked pale and moved unsteadily. Only a few steps out of the door he fainted and fell to the ground."
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The Church should ‘stay out of the bedroom,’ but pick up the tab for what happens there?
It is time to do some fact checking about President Obama’s “compromise” on attacking religious liberty.
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Birth control mandate a Catholic issue? Hardly. Pastors, Christian leaders launch letter campaign
Today the Family Research Council will hold a press conference at 12p in the heart of the Bible Belt – the Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee – to announce the launch of a letter writing campaign by Protestant pastors and Christian leaders opposing Obama’s contraception mandate. This is not a Catholic issue. This is a religious freedom issue. As a matter of fact, as Catholic Philly reported on February 14, and another recent poll indicated, Evangelicals oppose the contraception mandate more than any other religious group… At the press conference FRC will announce the letter has already been signed […]
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Of Soviets, Cardinals, conscience protections and turkey-cheese sandwiches
In my youth, the differences between the Soviet Union and the United States were made abundantly clear to us. We had the freedoms enumerated in the Bill of Rights, and they didn’t. Teens at drive-thru fast food restaurants were iconic of American freedom. The freedom to recreate our culture through music, food, mobility. Our fathers fought despotism in World War II and Korea and told us of the communist menace, always juxtaposed with the freedoms for which they fought. We could only imagine the deprivations endured by our peers who were trapped behind the iron curtain. We’d heard of the […]
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Good news! – Surrogate mother resists abortion pressure, will keep baby
Last week I told you that there are two surrogate mothers right now who are being pressured to abort the babies they are carrying by the biological parents because of abnormalities. Well, I just found out that one of the mothers has decided definitively to keep the baby – come hell or high water. “I will not have her blood on my hands,” the mother writes. However, while this is great news, keep in mind that this is only the beginning of the road for this courageous woman. She is facing enormous uncertainties and potentially high legal and medical costs, […]
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USCCB President: CHA’s Keehan is ‘to Blame’ for ObamaCare Passage
USCCB President: CHA’s Keehan is ‘to Blame’ for ObamaCare Passage by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, June 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic Health Association (CHA) President Sr. Carol Keehan and other Catholic groups that broke with the bishops to support the federal health care reform legislation are to blame for the passage of the pro-abortion legislation, said Cardinal Francis George, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as reported by the Catholic News Agency on Thursday. George reiterated his strong condemnation of the Catholic groups during a Tuesday morning meeting of the U.S. bishops in St. Petersburg. […]
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Jesuit University to Honor Obamacare Champion Sr. Keehan
Jesuit University to Honor Obamacare Champion Sr. Keehan by LifeSiteNews.com SAN FRANCISCO, November 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The University of San Francisco (USF) has announced that on November 23 it plans to honor Sr. Carol Keehan, the president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association, whose support for the abortion-expanding healthcare overhaul was applauded by President Obama and decried by U.S. bishops as “a wound to Catholic unity.” Keehan’s support for the Obama administration’s top domestic priority, which CHA endorsed even before a first draft was published, was acknowledged by the president and onlookers alike as a key element in […]
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Sioux City Bishop Calls for “Exorcism” of “Spirit of Vatican II”
Says emphasis on "engagement with the world" has "wreaked havoc on the Church"
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Euthanasia Doctor Commits Suicide after Finding Patient He Killed Was Not Terminally Ill
Euthanasia Doctor Commits Suicide after Finding Patient He Killed Was Not Terminally Ill by LifeSiteNews.com By Terry Vanderheyden ZURICH, November 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A doctor acting for the Swiss euthanasia group, Dignitas, has committed suicide after learning that a German woman he euthanized was not terminally ill. Dignitas is under investigation after news of the woman’s death. The 69-year-old woman contacted Dignitas with a medical report stating she had terminal liver cirrhosis; an autopsy conducted later in Germany revealed the woman was in good health other than depression, and that the medical report was falsified. The woman, whose name […]
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Court ruling wrests education authority from parents, hands to state: lawyer in case
Lawyers and commentators involved in the crucial Canadian case are calling the ruling a devastating blow for parental rights.
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Alabama Supreme Court in landmark ruling: ‘each person has a God-given right to life’
A concurring opinion specifically stated that Roe v. Wade's viability standard “should be rejected by other states until the day it is overruled by the United States Supreme Court.”
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Ontario school hosts school-wide GSA assembly, gay speaker re-interprets Bible, Catholicism
The speaker identified herself as a lesbian “youth worship leader” from a synagogue and held herself out to be an authority on Old Testament Scripture.
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Obama admin responds to lawsuit: don’t rule yet because we might change mandate later
“Apparently, the administration has decided that the mandate, as written and finalized, is constitutionally indefensible,” said Hannah Smith, senior counsel at The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
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A new challenge: Santorum remarks on birth control raises media ire, debate
As news of presidential candidate Rick Santorum's opposition to birth control spreads alongside outrage over Obama's insurance mandate, the spark of a nearly extinct debate in the media is being steadily fanned.
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EU abortion roundup: Albania gender imbalance due to sex-selection; Spanish abortion bankrupt
The Council of Europe has revealed that sex-selective abortion is widely practiced in Albania.
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EU family roundup: Criticize homosexuality in Sweden and go to jail?: No problem for European court
Meanwhile, an English Catholic bishop has urged MPs to resist Tory “gay marriage” proposals, while a pro-homosexual NGO is under fire for not really being an NGO.
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Government can’t force us to be ‘executioners’: Spanish medical association on abortion
The society dictates laws, but doctors don't have to be executioners," Carmen Rodriguez, president of the Asturias Medical College, said.
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Facebook censors pro-life image, but allows do-it-yourself abortion instructions
"Facebook will allow girls to learn how to do an abortion themselves at home with no doctor's supervision ... but they will not allow them to see what an abortion looks like," said pro-life acativist Bryan Kemper.
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Darwinism the root of the culture of death: expert
What do Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger, "father of the sexual revolution" Alfred Kinsey, Lenin, and Hitler have in common?
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Trudeau’s last stand: unrestricted abortion or he’s gone
Pundits are predicting Justin Trudeau's prospects for the Liberal Party leadership are over, but my question is: in light of the growing evidence of his extreme pro-abortion views, how long will Catholic leaders continue to prop up those leadership prospects?
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UPDATE: It appears TWO different surrogate mothers are being pressured to abort
Yesterday I wrote about a surrogate mother who is being pressured into aborting the child she is carrying by the child’s biological parents, because the child suffers from some abnormalities. I explained that I first learned of her case when I was directed to a blog authored by a woman named Ashley in which she lamented her plight, and that I also found a recent post on BabyCenter by the friend of a woman whose circumstance sounded nearly identical to Ashley’s. I assumed that a surrogate mother being pressured to abort a baby against her will because of abnormalities was […]
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The Single Issue That Dares Not Speak its Name
Events are moving to overwhelm the suffocating political censorship on abortion, despite the monotonous efforts of both Bob Rae and Stephen Harper to force the debate to the back of the bus.
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Democrats repeatedly invoke Sr. Keehan endorsement during hearings on HHS mandate
“Catholic Health Association does not speak for the church as a whole," Bp. William Lori told Congress. "Catholic bishops speak for the Church as a whole.”
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Pro-life women don’t count? Cecile Richards misleads that no women testified about HHS mandate
“How can Congress hold a hearing about birth control and not let any women speak?” she asked of a panel that included two pro-life women.
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As Romney’s polls drop, ‘the last conservative standing is Rick Santorum’
Former presidential candidate Gary Bauer, conservative activist Richard Viguerie, Deal Hudson, and a Romney campaign spokesperson forecast the Republican primary race in Michigan – and beyond.
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Dem. congressman lectures bishop, rabbi, Christian leaders on HHS mandate
Rep. Connolly accused the leaders of being “complicit in the trampling of freedom" and of "being used for a political agenda" for opposing the Obama admin's birth control mandate.
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Prayer need: Surrogate mother being pressured by parents to abort baby with cleft lip/palate
Earlier today I was sent a link to a blog of a woman named “Ashley” who is acting as a surrogate mother. She says she is around 20 weeks pregnant with the child of another couple, and recently found out that the child suffers from some abnormalities. What those abnormalities are Ashley herself did not say, but the person who forwarded the link to me said it was cleft lip and palate – a minor condition that can be surgically remedied after birth. But now the parents of the child have demanded that Ashley abort the child. In a heartrending […]
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Breaking: Canada’s Supreme Court denies exemption from Quebec relativism course
In what's sure to come down as a devastating blow to parental freedom, the Supreme Court of Canada unanimously rejected this morning the pleas of a Christian family to have their child exempted from the Quebec government's mandatory ethics and religious culture course.
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White House claim that 98% of Catholic women use contraception a ‘damned lie’: Lutheran author
The statistic has been repeated au nauseam by pro-abortion organizations and mainstream media who support Obama's birth control mandate.
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Pro-life nuns: We’re not exempt – Obama mandate would force us ‘to pay for abortion-inducing drugs’
The sisters say the mandate is "comparable to a law requiring a spouse to violate their marriage vows — an unthinkable intrusion upon a sacred promise."
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Performing abortions is ‘extremely gratifying’ – leading UK abortionist
Patricia Lohr said that abortion is “self-evidently” moral and that she began to conduct 2nd trimester surgical abortions during her training as a physician.
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Bill mandating abortion coverage in maternity insurance passes Wash. State House
A pro-life leader in the state said the move is not unlike the Obama administration's recent mandate forcing religious employers pay for birth control.
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UPDATED: Catholic priest, pro-life activists arrested outside White House protesting Obama mandate
"The response to the unjust Obama mandate cannot be limited to the Courts, the Congress, and the press," said Fr. Frank Pavone. "It must bring us to the streets of America."
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Oklahoma Senate overwhelmingly approves bill saying life begins at conception
In an interview with LifeSiteNews Keith Mason at Personhood USA urged pro-life activists in the state to “flood” House legislators with calls in support of the bill.
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Renegade nun presents ‘A Catholic case for same-sex marriage’
“Many Catholics...understand that lesbian and gay love is as natural as heterosexual love,” they write in The Washington Post.
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The fight over Obama’s mandate is the fight of a lifetime for religious freedom
The Administration is hoping you will think this is all about contraception, which not many people, even the majority of Catholics, care that much about. But this is not about contraception.
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Repeal of ‘hate speech’ clause passes second vote in Commons
Freedom defender Ezra Levant praised Canada's Parliament for the vote, saying the Canadian Human Rights Act is an "Orwellian law" that undermines freedom of expression and religion.
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Planned Parenthood guilty of tens of millions of dollars in fraud charge whistleblowers, report
One former Planned Parenthood employee, P. Victor Gonzalez, said that the organization's illegal activities amounted to $100 million in financial impropriety.
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Baptist Gov. Mike Huckabee on Obama mandate: ‘We are all Catholics now’
Radio host Glenn Beck, a Mormon, has turned Huckabee’s phrase into a movement, urging his fans to lobby their senators to support Sen. Roy Blunt’s conscience protection measure.
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“Flesh-Eating” Bacteria Striking Gay Men
Disease spread primarily through anal intercourse
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Vatican orders book ‘contrary to doctrine’ of the Church on sexuality pulled from publication
The priest-author of the book had previously been censured in 2001 when he called into question a variety of the Church's teachings on sexuality.
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Repeal of Section 13 of Canada’s ‘hate speech’ law scheduled for second vote
In the past Section 13 has been used to silence Christians and conservatives who express politically incorrect opinions.
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First Barry Manilow, Now Whoopi Goldberg Hassle The View’s Hasselbeck over Conservative/Pro-Life Views
First Barry Manilow, Now Whoopi Goldberg Hassle The View’s Hasselbeck over Conservative/Pro-Life Views by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith NEW YORK, October 4, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Once again the pro-life views of Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the only conservative woman on ABC’s “The View,” have landed her in trouble after a heated exchange with Whoopi Goldberg, Rosie O’Donnell’s replacement, on Wednesday’s program edition. Hasselbeck noted her opinion that presidential Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s proposal to give $5,000 for a new birth could help reduce abortions in the United States. “I feel like this could maybe cause less abortions in the world. You […]
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Mary Wagner freed on bail, Linda Gibbons trial date set
The two pro-life activists were arrested while seeking to counsel women within 'bubble zones' outside abortion facilities that prohibit pro-life activity.
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Sex-selection abortions shock us, but aborting disabled babies is A-ok?
Why isn’t society standing up for disabled babies the way they are starting to for female babies? Why aren’t doctors fighting to stop this practice of eugenics?
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Pope: Large families a witness to faith, source of ‘wealth and hope’ to nation
Italy, which traditionally is known for its large, boisterous families, has joined other Western countries in sliding into a precipitous demographic decline.
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Canada’s Supreme Court to rule Friday on who has final say in education: parents or the state?
The historic ruling is sure to have far-reaching, and potentially frightening, consequences for parental freedom in this country.
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From aborting her own baby to starting a network of pro-life medical clinics: Kathleen Eaton’s story
After Kathleen Eaton aborted her unborn baby in 1980, she resolved to do whatever necessary to make sure other women didn't make the same mistake. Her clinics have now saved thousands of lives.
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Head of U.S. bishops: Obama compromise on mandate ‘a hill of beans’; opposition intensifies
Just as the mainstream media initially failed to report the erupting controversy over President Obama’s contraceptive mandate, they are again ignoring the sustained uproar against it. MSM thinks Obama’s faux concession on February 10 settled the matter. According to The Hill on February 13: The furor over President Obama’s birth-control insurance mandate appears to have vaporized as quickly as it blew up. The White House faced just two questions on the issue at a briefing with reporters Monday, just days after the intense controversy threatened to swamp the president’s reelection campaign. To be fair, liberal journalists may simply have difficulty […]
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Now Planned Parenthood bullies Catholic food bank for saying no to them
The Komen controversy proved it may be easier to say no to the mob than Planned Parenthood. One Catholic food bank just learned this the hard way.
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Breaking: 50 Members of Congress to hold press conference on legislation to stop Obama mandate
The press thinks, and Democrats hope, the controversy surrounding President Obama’s contraception mandate issue has dissipated. It hasn’t. I wrote yesterday a vote is anticipated any time now in the Senate on Senator Roy Blunt’s measure, the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act. Meanwhile, Congressman Jeff Fortenberry has introduced similar legislation in the House. Both bills have the bipartisan support of 220 Members of Congress and Senators. Today Congressman Fortenberry and 49 House and Senate colleagues will hold a news conference at 1p EST to promote the legislation, “which would protect the religious liberty and conscience rights of every American […]
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‘The View’ takes on the sonogram law: as told by an unborn baby
People keep talking about how hard sonograms are on women. How about how hard an abortion is on us?
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Buffy the Unborn Slayer?
In an upcoming story in the comic book series protagonist Buffy Summers finds herself single, jobless, and pregnant after a drunken party she barely remembers - and plans to have an abortion.
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Physicians win victories for conscientious objection to abortion in Spain
Yesterday, a Superior Court overruled a lower court that had denied conscientious objector protection to Dr. Manuel Resa.
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Mexico’s top bishop warns against pro-abort/homosexualist candidates in upcoming elections
"Catholics must be attentive to the commitment of the candidates and their parties to respect the first of all rights, which is the right to LIFE," said the cardinal.
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Voris: Obama able to neutralize Catholic resistance thanks to bishops’ past complicity
Catholic video commentator Michael Voris is known for not wasting any time or words in getting right to the point. This is especially notable in his Feb. 14 video report: Obama’s Gamble, in which, from my own experiences of the past four decades, Voris appears to be right on the mark. Voris starts by noting that Obama’s current health care contraceptive mandate is part of his “long term gamble that is well calculated.” Using this latest strategy, Voris says, the President, “is going all out in on finally, once and for all, neutralizing Catholic resistance to him” and “initially his […]
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Important Tuesday Notes
Story correction; John-Henry Westen back from India; Kathleen Gilbert in Rome; Steve and John-Henry to Rome; Impressive written defense to Gravel lawsuit almost ready; exciting gala; new LifeSiteNews services nearing completion
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Wisc. Catholic Diocese Will Fire Employees Using State-Mandated Birth Control Services
Wisc. Catholic Diocese Will Fire Employees Using State-Mandated Birth Control Services by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith MADISON, Wisconsin, August 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Diocese of Madison says they will abide by Wisconsin law requiring them to offer insurance coverage for artificial birth control – but they are making absolutely clear that they will fire any employee who willfully uses it in defiance of Catholic teaching against contraception. According to the Wisconsin State Journal, the diocese, which is headed by Bishop Robert Morlino, made the decision after discovering that the financial costs to become self-insured were too high. […]
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Brazil’s new women’s minister was trained to do abortions, had two of her own children aborted
At the time when Eleonora Menicucci was being trained to do abortions in Colombia, the procedure was illegal in that country.
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Judge dismisses charges against peaceful pro-life activist allegedly beaten by police
Pro-lifers who defend their First Amendment rights will become "the floodwall standing between tyranny and liberty.”
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We’re fighting pro-life legislation in Congress, Brazilian government assures UN
"It is crucial that the [pro-life bill] be rejected in the Committee on the Constitution, Justice, and Citizenship," the Rousseff administration writes.
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‘Intolerant militant secularism’ has Europe in its grip: British Muslim Baroness
“For me one of the most worrying aspects about this militant secularization is that at its core and in its instincts it is deeply intolerant," said Baroness Sayeeda Warsiin a speech to future Vatican diplomats.
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Philadelphia archbishop: Obama mandate is ‘insulting,’ Catholics should be ‘angry’
"Many Catholics are confused and angry. They should be," said Chaput in a column for the Philadelphia Enquirer on Sunday.
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Virginia House approves bill recognizing life begins at conception
The bill states that unborn children "at every stage of development," that is, from the moment of conception, are considered persons - although it will not immediately affect abortion access in the state.
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Justin Trudeau will back Quebec separatists if Harper restricts abortion?
The son of the famed federalist Pierre Trudeau says he would consider Quebec sovereignty if Prime Minister Stephen Harper moves to restrict abortion or same-sex "marriage."
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Homosexual protesters call cardinal ‘arch bigot’ for opposing same-sex ‘marriage’
The Gay Liberation Network tells Catholics to "give up hate for Lent" in an annual ad hominem protest.
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Top nun who supported Obama mandate thanks pro-choice group in private e-mail
Sr. Keehan confirmed the validity of the private e-mail exchange, in which a fake pro-choice group thanked her for not being "intimidated" by the U.S. bishops, and insisted that she is "pro-life, not pro-choice."
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‘We try to respect religious beliefs’ — Top New York Times columnist rewrites the Constitution
Nicholas Kristof writes movingly and urgently of human rights violations all over the world, but this recent column reveals his apparent willingness to deny human rights here at home.
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Sex in the City actress: ‘my homosexuality is a choice’
Are all homosexuals “born that way”? Not if you believe the testimony of a prominent “gay” actress.
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Sports anchor fired over pro-marriage tweet to put Rogers on the hot seat in May
A devout Catholic and father of two, Damian Goddard says he hopes his human rights case against Rogers Sportsnet will help spark a renewed battle against same-sex “marriage” in Canada after the unions were legalized in 2005.
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The Ernie Eves Budget: Promises Broken, Proof of Party Coup D’Etat
The Ernie Eves Budget: Promises Broken, Proof of Party Coup D’Etat by LifeSiteNews.com Independent Schools tax Credit is “probably dead.” LIFESITE SPECIAL REPORT 2 – June 18, 2002 TORONTO, June 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A month ago LifeSite predicted that, with the election of Ernie Eves, social conservatives would be frozen out of Ontario PC Party leadership circles, and at the same time, the unravelling of the once-powerful Harris Tories would be all but complete. Yesterday’s Ontario budget, penned by Eves’ choice for finance mininster, Janet Ecker, confirms that when Eves refused to make any overtures to the pro-life element […]
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Obama’s attacks on pro-lifers ‘awakened a sleeping giant’: HLI president
“This is our chance, this is our moment, and I really think they may have awakened a sleeping giant,” said Fr. Shenan Boquet.
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Fr. Frank Pavone: No compromise – the mandate has to go, period
The mandate is unjust. You don’t adapt to injustice; you oppose it.
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12 state attorneys general: we will file lawsuit against Obama mandate ‘in weeks, not months’
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning told LifeSiteNews.com that 12 states had signed onto a scathing critique of the mandate and were preparing to take more serious action.
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Sr. Keehan’s Legacy – Praise from Obama, Disappointment from Bishops
Sr. Keehan’s Legacy – Praise from Obama, Disappointment from Bishops by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman DENVER, Colorado, June 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a video displayed at the Catholic Health Association’s (CHA) annual meeting in Denver on Monday, President Obama thanked the Catholic Health Association (CHA) for their efforts in passing health care reform. The president made particular mention of the “extraordinary leadership” of Sr. Carol Keehan, president of the CHA. Obama called the legislation a major victory “for our nation, for human dignity, and for the most vulnerable among us.” In another part of the video, the CHA’s own […]
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Catholic Health Association collaboration with Obama admin on mandate a ‘scandal’: Catholic leader
“I think it's a scandal that [CHA's] statement mirrored that of Planned Parenthood so closely in tone and timing," a Catholic medical expert told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Dutch Abortion Boat Grounded for Life
Dutch Abortion Boat Grounded for Life by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White July 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Abortionist and activist Rebecca Gomperts told Dutch news media yesterday that her abortion ship is being permanently docked due to changes in the abortion laws in the Netherlands. Women on Waves had been successful in its main purpose, Gomperts said, which had been to promote the use of the abortion pill RU-486 in countries where it is outlawed. However, the Dutch government has now restricted the distribution of the pills to recognised abortion facilities, which do not include her abortion ship. A spokesman for […]
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Extremely Graphic Sex-Education Video Garners Mother’s Wrath
Extremely Graphic Sex-Education Video Garners Mother’s Wrath by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White March 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An extremely graphic cartoon video being used in Britain’s primary schools for sex education has generated the wrath of at least one parent. The Daily Mail reports that the Channel 4 sex education DVD, “Living and Growing”, prompted Lisa Bullivant, from Legbourne, Lincolnshire, to take her seven year-old daughter out of East Wold Primary School and place her in another school. Mrs. Bullivant said, “The cartoon was very graphic. My daughter was frightened and children have unfortunately been copying what they have seen.” […]
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Ad Showing Woman Seducing Santa Promotes Free Morning-After Pills and Condoms for Christmas
Ad Showing Woman Seducing Santa Promotes Free Morning-After Pills and Condoms for Christmas by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WARWICKSHIRE, U.K., November 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new advertisement from the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), sometimes described as the “British Planned Parenthood,” depicting a semi-pornographic Christmas scene is being used to tout free morning-after pills and condoms for the Christmas season. The ad shows the lower half of a man clad in “Santa” get-up grasping the rear of a woman in a mini-skirt whose leg is entwined around the “Santa” figure, set against the backdrop of a typical Christmas living […]
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ABC News: President’s top advisers on contraception mandate included Planned Parenthood CEO
Jake Tapper of ABC News wrote a remarkable story last week revealing the players in the Obama administration’s internal debate on the contraception mandate. According to Tapper, President Obama’s top advisers on the issue included Vice President Joe Biden, former White House Chief-of-Staff Bill Daley, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, former Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes, White House Senior Advisers Valerie Jarrett and Pete Rouse, former White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, two U.S. Senators – and Planned Parenthood Federation for America CEO Cecile Richards: The debate within the White House on this issue was, sources […]
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Six things everyone should know about the revised HHS mandate
Even if the promises of “accommodation” are fulfilled entirely, religious charities, schools, and hospitals will still be forced to violate their beliefs.
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U.S. Bishops vow to fight Obama mandate after ‘accommodation’: White House says it’s final
Though the bishops admit the mandate is still “unclear in its details,” they say it nevertheless raises profound moral concerns.
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Victory: Texas ultrasound law goes into effect after heated court battle
Under the new law, abortion doctors are required to perform an ultrasound and give women the option to see the ultrasound image and hear the child's heartbeat.
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CORRECTED: Washington governor signs gay ‘marriage’ bill
Note: This article has been edited to correct an earlier version that indicated the bill's language against marriage "discrimination" by religious organizations was in the final bill. However, that language was dropped prior to final passage. We regret the error.
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Christian guesthouse owners lose appeal of conviction on ‘gay discrimination’
The judges reiterated that not allowing homosexuals to rent a room amounted to direct discrimination in violation of the Equality Act.
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The ‘other side’ of the Obama healthcare debate: new video plugs NFP
The film tells the story of Suzanne and Pat Padgett who jettisoned the pill from their marriage after coming to treasure the gift of their fertility.
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Radical pro-abort bill being pushed on Tanzania by international organizations
The bill will reportedly create effective abortion on demand, for any reason or none, and place a legal penalty on health care providers who refuse to participate.
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Opponents launch new White House petition rejecting Obama rewrite of birth control mandate
A previous petition, prior to Friday's "accommodation", garnered 29,127 signatures, prompting an official response from the White House.
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UNESCO official calls for national registry of doctors who object to abortion: Spain
Doctors and the pro-life movement in Spain fear that such a measure would lead to black-listing and could ultimately provoke ideological persecution.
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How Planned Parenthood hooks kids on sex (WARNING: graphic material)
“Any parent that sees the video of Planned Parenthood’s material for school children will be horrified,” said Jim Sedlak, vice president of the American Life League.
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2011 Census data reveals bleak demographic future for Canada
“[Canada’s] demographics are troubling if we consider that it’s not sustainable, that we don’t have people to support our parents and grandparents,” says Andrea Mrozek of IMFC.
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Sexual revolution costing Britain billions of dollars annually: study
"The moral hazard that arises from our society’s uncritical endorsement of sexual freedom results in massive public costs," writes Guy Brandon of the Jubilee Centre.
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EU roundup: gay activist says orientation not fixed; Russian city to outlaw promoting homosexuality
Peter Tatchell, one of Britain’s most vocal homosexualist advocates, has admitted that sufferers of same-sex attraction are neither “born with” nor stuck with the condition.
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Whitney Houston’s song ‘Miracle’: pro-life or not?
She also does her latest hit Miracle, which she says is not delivering an anti-abortion or a pro-life message. “I didn’t sing it with that in mind,” she explains. “I think about the air we breathe, the earth we live on. I think about our children. I think about a lot of things, things God put here for us to have, things that we need and we take for granted. I think all of these things are miracles and I think we should try to take better care of them,” she notes. ~ now-deceased singer Whitney Houston in an interview […]
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Will Cameron’s pro-abort, pro-gay, nanny state, pro-EU ‘conservatism’ cost him the government?
“This government is a disaster - and certainly not Conservative. Slowly but surely ... Cameron is losing control of his Party," commentator Gerald Warner told LifeSiteNews.com
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Have we really come a long way, baby? Abortion and feminism don’t mix.
Do women really need abortion to be considered as smart, competent and professional as men?
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Conceived in incestuous rape, but ‘not defined by my DNA’: Kristi Hofferber’s incredible story
At 30 Kristi Hofferber felt driven to find out more about her birth parents. She could not possibly have prepared herself for what she found out.
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Did Mitt Romney force Catholic hospitals to provide Plan B? Mass. Catholic leader says ‘yes’
Even as the fight over the Obama administrations birth control mandate heats up, Rick Santorum and others have argued that Mitt Romney forced Catholic hospitals to provide Plan B in 2005.
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At 30, I learned that my mother was raped by her father…and I was that child
After knowing only that my biological mother was 16 when she gave birth to me, I was told that she was also a victim of incest and rape by her father, and I was likely the result of these actions. I was speechless!
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National Geographic Channel Explores the Hidden World ‘In The Womb’ March 6
National Geographic Channel Explores the Hidden World ‘In The Womb’ March 6 by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, March 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Sunday, March 6, 2005, at 8 p.m. ET/ 9 p.m. PT, the National Geographic Channel (NGC) presents “In the Womb,” a two-hour special that uses the latest advances in technology to take viewers on the incredible adventure of a developing new human embryo. Revolutionary 3-D and 4-D ultrasound imagery sheds light on the delicate, dark world of a fetus. Viewers will also have the chance to witness a rare fetoscope operation performed in the hope of correcting life-threatening complications […]
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New Planned Parenthood CEO claims work is ‘sacred’
Linton is mistaken when she calls her work “sacred.” There is nothing holy about extinguishing the lives of millions of unborn children as a way to line the company pocketbook.
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Komen founder Nancy Brinker: The press conference that never happened
Q: Ms. Brinker, can you explain why you’re ending your longstanding relationship with Planned Parenthood? Brinker: I don’t think that’s an entirely accurate depiction of what has happened. The Komen Foundation has provided funding to Planned Parenthood for the purpose of providing breast screenings. Planned Parenthood performs palpations of the breast, manually feeling for lumps. While these palpations discover lumps and result in mammogram referrals, they do not detect tumors in their most nascent stages. While we’re confident that Planned Parenthood will continue to perform manual exams as a part of their overall physical examination of women, the Komen Foundation […]
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‘Birth control pills don’t fall out of the sky like manna’: economic experts blast revised mandate
Several economists told LifeSiteNews that the mandate defies the basic laws of economics, and that religious groups will still be forced to pay for birth control, but through some other mechanism.
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Southern Baptist leader: Obama gave Christians ‘the dismissive back’ of his hand
“The president’s failure to grasp the seriousness of this issue reveals a dangerous presidential blind spot concerning" the First Amendment, says Dr. Richard Land.
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Obama’s frightening ‘adjustment’: ‘nobody pays for birth control because fewer births cost less’
Obama not only just flipped us the bird, but quietly gave the signal for a new and very ugly battle. We don't have to play nice.
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UK roundup: Britain provides contraceptives to 9-year-olds; Anglicans oppose assisted suicide
7,400 British girls between 13 and 15 were given implants or hormonal injections last year. In some schools, hormonal contraceptives have been given to girls as young as nine.
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National Right to Life: Obama mandate ‘scam’ paves way for national abortion mandate
On Friday Obama suggested that insurers can provide the drugs for free because fewer children means less overall health costs - "twisted logic" that can be used to mandate abortion coverage as well.
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‘Hold bishops accountable for mishandling sex abuse,’ says Vatican’s top prosecutor
Msgr. Charles Scicluna said it is “unacceptable” for bishops to ignore existing policies for disciplining priests.
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Bishops ‘concerned’ over reworded mandate; other Catholic leaders slam as ‘insult to injury’
"If the insurance plan of a Catholic institution must cover services it deems immoral, then such a healthcare plan is offensive, plain and simple," said Catholic League's Bill Donohue in a statement Friday.
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LifeSiteNews tops Drudge Again!
Folks, pro-life and pro-family leaders are literally changing the national discourse regarding the Obama mandate.
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U.S. bishops ‘express concerns’ about Obama mandate ‘accommodation’
“While there may be an openness to respond to some of our concerns, we reserve judgment on the details until we have them,” said Cardinal-designate Timothy Dolan.
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Pro-life groups: Forcing in vitro on Costa Rica could result in a ‘right’ to abortion
A group of over 70 civil organizations in ten different countries have signed a protest against an attempt by the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights to impose in vitro fertilization on Costa Rica.
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Canada’s pro-life movement unites behind motion on humanity of unborn
Pro-life leaders say the discussion is long overdue in Parliament, and urge supporters to contact their MPs.
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Bill Donohue: Obama’s mandate about abortion, not birth control
"Framing the issue as one about birth control ... is not going to set off the alarms: mention abortion and everything changes," says the Catholic League president.
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Catholic and pro-life leaders slam White House ‘compromise’ on birth control mandate
"Only the most naïve or gullible would accept this as a change in policy," said pro-life Rep. Chris Smith.
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Another Catholic college vows it will ‘not violate conscience’ on Obama mandate
“Voluntary sterilization, abortion, and artificial contraception are all directly contrary to Catholic teaching," said Thomas Aquinas College President Michael McLean.
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Down syndrome association: Spain’s eugenic abortion law violates human rights of disabled
"Any legislation that permits eugenic abortion ... is discriminatory because it treats the life of a person with a disability as less valuable," said Down Spain.
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Former lingerie model abandons Victoria Secret career, vows to honor husband and God
Kylie Bisutti beat 10,000 contenders to become a Victoria Secret model, but now she’s walking away from her dream job.
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Calgary Police apologize to pro-life activist arrested for showing abortion images
The officer had targeted the activist over his graphic abortion signs, but now the police service says the incident should never have happened and they will take steps to prevent similar issues in the future.
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GALLUP POLL SAYS 70% IN FAVOUR OF PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BAN
GALLUP POLL SAYS 70% IN FAVOUR OF PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BAN by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, February 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With a bill to ban partial birth abortion introduced last week, the National Right to Life has released the results of a Gallup poll on the procedure. The January 2003 Gallup poll found that 70% favoured and 25% opposed “a law that would make it illegal to perform a specific abortion procedure conducted in the last six months of pregnancy known as ‘partial birth abortion,’ except in cases necessary to save the life of the mother.” NRLC warns however that some […]
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ALERT: LifeSite Crashes!
We should have seen it coming.
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ALERT: Drudge Crashes LifeSite!
We should have seen it coming.
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What a day. We need your help with story comments
It was stressful today for sure, but also most enjoyable. Story comments by readers have been skyrocketing on LifeSiteNews. However, we need your help with this development.
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Pro-family think tank blasts McGuinty’s pro-homosexual ‘Equity’ plan
The EIE strategy, launched in 2009, requires school boards across the province to adopt equity policies that recognize special rights for homosexuals.
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Dancing with the swine: The HHS mandate and Obama’s real agenda
It started with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fast-tracking Obamacare and urging lawmakers to read it after voting in the affirmative. In Brooklyn, that’s called a clue. Then Donald Berwick was recess appointed to head Medicaid and Medicare, and to function as Obamacare’s Rationing Czar. He was recess appointed because the Senate found rather distressing his lack of straight answers on his fondness for eugenics. It continues with the trend in medicine to continuously expand the definition of “death” for the purpose of organ harvesting to the point that two American bioethicists recently claimed that there is nothing morally wrong with […]
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French president says ‘no’ to homosexual ‘marriage’ and adoption, euthanasia
Although Sarkozy said that he supports strengthening certain legal rights for homosexuals he opposes the creation of "civil unions."
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Lutherans join chorus of voices slamming HHS contraceptive mandate
"We believe this is a violation of our First Amendment rights,” said the President of the Missouri Lutheran Synod.
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Priests for Life sues Obama administration over contraception mandate
“The rule is unjust. You don't adapt to injustice; you oppose it,” said Fr. Frank Pavone.
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Students challenge Yale’s infamously raunchy ‘Sex Week’ with ‘True Love Week’
As Sex Week gets into full steam at Yale University a group of countercultural students have decided to do something about what they call a “degrading and trivializing vision of sexuality.”
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Michigan attorney general joins religious liberty case against Obama administration
“This is a radical attack on the First Amendment that cannot stand,” Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette said.
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Boehner pledges to end Obama mandate as Catholic Dems splinter, Obama digs in heels
Meanwhile, the administration on Wednesday made it clear that it was sticking by the principle of birth control as a civil right, a view shared by the family planning lobby.
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Brazilian president stokes fire of abortion issue with new pro-abortion appointment
President Dilma Rousseff's selection of Menicucci as a women's minister was met with indignation but little surprise on the part of Brazilian conservatives and pro-lifers.
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Komen: embryonic stem cell research ‘has not shown promise’ for breast cancer cure
“To this point, embryonic stem cell research has not shown promise for application in breast cancer," said Komen in a statement released this week.
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Rick Warren tweets: ‘I’d go to jail rather than cave in’ on Obamacare mandate
The megachurch pastor who gave the invocation at Barack Obama's inauguration writes, "I'd go to jail rather than cave in to a government mandate that violates what God commands us to do."
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Stanley Cup winning goaltender: ‘I stand with Catholics’ against birth control mandate
The celebrity's comments come as leaders from numerous Christian denominations and religions have pledged to disobey Obama's order, even pledging to go to jail if needed.
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Catholic Health Association: we might have to sue over Obama mandate
Sr. Carol Keehan was perhaps the health care bill's most symbolically important supporter, but she is now threatening to sue over the mandate.
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EWTN files lawsuit against Obama mandate
“If we are willing to compromise our Catholic faith, we are selling the soul of the network,” said Michael P. Warsaw, EWTN’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “
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Pennsylvania university sells Plan B pill in vending machines
Shippensburg University sells 350-400 pills a year to its 8,300 students.
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So, you want to help end abortion, but don’t know how? Here’s how.
Imagine if every Christian would stand outside of an abortion clinic at least once a month. While I am just one rain drop by myself, imagine the vast ocean we would be together!
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‘If you don’t like abortion, don’t have one.’
Some abortion advocates say, “If you don’t like abortion, don’t have one.” How many would say, “If you don’t like child abuse, don’t abuse your child, but if someone else wants to do it, let them?” This slogan ignores the victim. If we’re going to think this way about abortion, then we ask why the reasoning is not applied to the unborn child. Each time the woman has an abortion, so does her baby – and it seems quite unlikely that the baby likes abortion. So if the mother is given the option of not having an abortion, why not […]
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When Planned Parenthood tried to bully a corporate donor… and lost
Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure would have done well to look back at Planned Parenthood’s history of nasty break-ups to get a better handle on what was ahead. Back in the pre-Internet dinosaur days 22 years ago, Planned Parenthood’s tactics may have been different, but its assault was just as grand when it learned AT&T was planning to disconnect its service. The backdrop, from the Seattle Times, April 13, 1990: AT&T announced April 2 that it would no longer provide money for the teen educational programs of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America because of the organization’s increasingly […]
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Soft fascism and pro-life apathy result in dead humans
Soft fascism may go down better than a jackboot, and taste a bit like Kool-Aid, but it’s still deadly.
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Southern Baptist leader: If Obama mandate isn’t changed, Christians will go to jail
Dr. Richard Land tells LifeSiteNews.com, "We want the law changed, or else we're going to write our letters from the Nashville jail, just like Dr. King wrote his from the Birmingham jail."
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Letter from a 12-week old unborn baby
I am not a “potential” child, but a real child. My mother cannot “choose” to have a child – she already has one! Her only “choice” is whether or not to let me live.
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South African bishops grieve 1 million ‘lost children’ after 15 years of legalized abortion
Those children killed by abortion would now be “playing on the streets of our towns and villages in the evenings and singing and praying with us in our churches on Sunday,” Archbishop Buti observed.
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Catholic college prez on birth control mandate: Obama can’t make me break my oath
"The health care mandate calls me to renounce an oath that I have taken publicly and solemnly before God. I cannot do this," writes Dr. William Fahey.
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Simply abandon the ‘norm against killing’ to solve organ transplant problem: leading US bioethicists
The conundrum faced by the organ transplant industry, that the removal of vital organs kills the “donor,” can be “easily obviated by abandoning the norm against killing,” two leading U.S. bioethicists have said.
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Euthanasia In Europe: from horror to hope
Murder is always wrong — euthanasia is clearly murder. And nations that accept euthanasia (like Holland or Belgium) quickly land on the slippery slope toward a more generalized disrespect for life.
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Deny Communion to Pelosi urge canon lawyer, popular priest-blogger
Fr. Z and Dr. Edward Peters are both calling on Pelosi's bishops to deny her Communion after she claimed last week to stand with her "fellow Catholics" in supporting Obama's contraception mandate.
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Strengthen family to avert social collapse: new report
While new data shows a slight increase in Canada's birth rate, one pro-family commentator told LifeSiteNews that Canadian demographics remain "troubling."
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I’m still here: Santorum snatches all three Tuesday state contests
In a surprising sweep, Santorum took the most votes in the Colorado caucuses, the Minnesota caucuses, and the Missouri primary.
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Video: pro-life protesters run over by pickup truck (Warning: disturbing)
What are you willing to sacrifice to end abortion? A shocking video that has started making the rounds lately shows a group of pro-lifers willing to lay down their lives for the cause. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt – an amazing thing given that the pro-lifers were run over by a pickup truck. The video was forwarded to me this morning. I did some Googling to find out more about the incident. The only thing that turned up was this very brief article in the LA Times. But it’s not clear if it’s about the same incident or another […]
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First private, door-to-door euthanasia service opens in Netherlands
The organization estimates that it's mobile euthanasia teams will receive one thousand euthanasia requests annually.
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‘The single biggest mistake of my entire life’: a letter from a post-abortive woman
As I sat there curled up in a ball crying, I physically and very clearly heard a strong yet soft man’s voice in the darkness of my bedroom. The only words spoken were, “Don’t do it.”
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Military silences Catholic archbishop’s opposition to birth control mandate
The letter from the military archbishop was barred from being read from the pulpit by Catholic priests and edited by military officials that saw the criticism as an incitement to disobey the Commander in Chief.
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Shock: Pro-life activist arrested by Calgary police for showing graphic abortion signs
Pro-lifers holding a Choice Chain at a busy Calgary intersection were approached by an officer who demanded they take the signs down because they were “distracting” and yielding complaints.
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Obama officials send mixed messages on reconsidering birth control mandate
"I think we need to lower our voices and get together," said Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod on MSNBC's Morning Joe Tuesday.
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Pro-life Komen VP who quit blasts Planned Parenthood’s ‘vicious attacks and coercion’
Karen Handel says, “What was unleashed over this past week was a vicious attack against a great organization."
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Georgia’s high court strikes down assisted suicide restriction
Georgia’s high court unanimously decided to strike down the state’s ban on advertising suicide but it did not decide that assisted suicide could not prohibited and it did not decide that the state could not ban suicide counseling or all communication for the purpose of assisting suicide. Georgia’s high court did unanimously decide to strike down a law that the state passed in 1994 to prevent a person like Jack Kevorkian, from going to Georgia to promote assisted suicide. The law had banned advertising suicide, and the court stated that this was an infringement on the “free speech” of the […]
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Round-up: aftershocks of the Komen shakedown
Planned Parenthood's savage treatment of Komen is continuing to resound throughout the media. Here is the latest news about the controversy.
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154 bipartisan Congressmen demand Obama admin reverse birth control mandate
“This radical mandate by the Obama Administration is an attack on the religious freedoms guaranteed to all Americans,” said Rep. Scalise, who led the congressman.
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Memo to Obama: you’ve got a problem.
When “CHURCH VOWS WAR ON OBAMA” is the top headline on Drudge — you’ve got a problem.
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Planned Parenthood’s fraud, waste, and abuse: new report details corruption at abortion giant
One in five Planned Parenthood affiliates has been identified in state and federal audits as perpetrating waste, abuse, and potential fraud. Those details and more emerged today in a press conference held by the Susan B. Anthony List and Alliance Defense Fund as they announced the contents of a report they were submitting to Congressman Cliff Stearns, Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, which is currently conducting an investigation of Planned Parenthood. The report lists what is publicly known about overbilling and potential fraud on the part of Planned Parenthood affiliates, under the oversight […]
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Court rules California amendment defending marriage is ‘unconstitutional’
The federal appeals court rules Proposition 8 "unconstitutional," but pro-family activists promise to fight all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Planned Parenthood facility in Iowa set to close
Sue Thayer, one-time manager of the office but now a staunch pro-lifer, rejoiced at the news. "God hears our prayers and He answers!" she said.
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University of Victoria student society censors pro-life club again
“We must all demand that our society be free of discrimination and censorship of minority or unpopular viewpoints," said club vice-president Cameron Côté.
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Winning the abortion argument without losing your mind
I write for a pretty large audience about what is arguably the most controversial subject ever. Ever. What this means is I basically reside in an opinion pressure cooker.
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20 years after Ireland’s X case, pro-aborts target ‘jewel in the crown’ of the pro-life movement
2012 will be a battle for hearts and minds, and to protect mothers and babies from legalised exploitation and destruction.
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Scotland’s opposition parties back same-sex ‘marriage’
The Scottish government concluded a public consultation on redefining marriage in December.
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Catholics should donate elsewhere until Komen clarifies: Toledo Bishop
Komen's apparent decision on Friday to reverse their initial decision to discontinue funding the abortion giant “came as a great disappointment,” Bishop Leonard Blair said.
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Pro-life exec. resigns from Komen Foundation over Planned Parenthood controversy
Numerous media outlets had suspected the decision to stop funding Planned Parenthood originated with Handel, who describes herself as a “pro-life Christian.”
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1 minute 19 second must-see pro-life video
We urge you to take 1 minute (1 minute, 19 seconds to be exact) to watch this powerful video, and then to share it with your friends and family!
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Super Bowl halftime show ‘slap in face to families’ says Parents Television Council
At one point in the performance Hip-Hop singer "M.I.A." thrust her middle finger at the camera, while she apparently chanted, "I don't give a sh-t".
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India finance minister rejects UK aid: aid focuses heavily on population control
“We do not require the aid,” said Pranab Mukherjee last August in India’s upper house of parliament during question time.
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How I became pro-choice, before I became pro-life
I am a smart, liberated, enlightened young woman. I am a feminist and a believer in human rights. ... I am pro-choice.
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New Planned Parenthood TV ad thanks Obama for the contraception mandate
The organization that makes $64 million on contraception sales tells viewers the president "stood strong" for "basic health care."
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65 Orthodox Church bishops call on Obama to ‘rescind’ the ‘unjust’ contraception mandate
The leaders of the nation's three million Orthodox Christians "call upon HHS Secretary Sebelius and the Obama administration to rescind this unjust ruling."
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German Criminal Court Considers Watershed Assisted Suicide Case
German Criminal Court Considers Watershed Assisted Suicide Case by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White KARLSRUHE, Germany, June 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) is expected to rule this month on whether the removal of artificially administered food and water constitutes murder or is simply the cessation of “medical treatment.” The case surrounds an attempt to euthanise “Erika K,” who had been comatose since a cerebral hemorrhage in 2002. The woman’s daughter claimed her mother had previously expressed a desire not to have her life artificially prolonged and asked nursing home staff to discontinue her mother’s “artificial diet.” […]
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News Commentary
The last week or so has been an exceptional time in the news and for us at LifeSiteNews.
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Who will protect Ontario’s school children?
Former teacher says parents must act quickly before the province and school boards turn children against their parents regarding explicit, immoral sexual education combined with LGBT ideology indoctrination.
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Rick Santorum raises abortion-breast cancer link
The GOP hopeful may have become the first major presidential candidate to address Planned Parenthood's "ties to cancer and abortion."
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Obama’s top Catholic supporter now ‘without a candidate’ after contraception mandate
Doug Kmiec wrote to Obama, “In deciding against a reasonable accommodation of Catholic concerns in the implementation of the health care program, you lost sight of your own beliefs.”
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Ireland marks 20 years since X case: country still abortion-free despite abortion push
Today Ireland is marking 20 years since the infamous X case – a case that some abortion advocates had hoped would be Ireland’s Roe v. Wade.
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Miracle Joey: The boy who refused to die
After Kristen's water broke at 13 weeks, leaving her unborn child without life-giving amniotic fluid, she was told by a specialist, “Your only option is to terminate.”
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Graphic abortion ads air during Superbowl: ads blocked in Chicago
Ads featuring graphic abortion pictures reached thousands of Superbowl viewers on Sunday, even though the ads were blocked from the airwaves in multiple locations.
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Obama: Jesus is motivation behind health care agenda
Several commentators panned the president's use of religious verbiage to defend his politics.
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How Planned Parenthood used social media to crush Komen
Komen’s first mistake was underestimating the enemy. Worse than that, Komen didn’t even realize Planned Parenthood was the enemy.
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Komen and Planned Parenthood: What next?
No one knows now whether Komen will succeed in extricating itself from Planned Parenthood. Until then, Komen should get no donations from pro-lifers.
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BREAKING: Canadian MP files historic motion to debate personhood of unborn in Parliament
“Don’t accept any law that says some human beings are not human beings!” Conservative MP Steve Woodworth told a press conference.
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Planned Parenthood’s savage attack on Komen: why did they do it?
For Planned Parenthood, the loss of Komen funding represented 6/10 of 1/1000 of their massive $1 billion budget. So why the all-out war?
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Pelosi: ‘I am going to stick with fellow Catholics’ in supporting Obama birth control mandate
In reference to the administration's decision to stick by the mandate, Pelosi said, "I think it was a very courageous decision that they made, and I support it.”
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‘I promised God that if he would save my baby, I would leave the homosexual lifestyle’
In a shocking new book, ex-lesbian Lisa Miller, who is currently in hiding, writes of her struggle to protect her daughter from her former lesbian partner.
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Study: In Komen vs. Planned Parenthood war, media in the bag for abortion giant
A media research center study found that 76% of media soundbites favored Planned Parenthood over Komen, while media largely ignored the Catholics vs. Obama controversy.
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Abortionist accused of sexual violations, prescribing himself Viagra, botched abortions
Alexander stands accused of "sexual boundary” violations, botched abortions, shoddy or non-existent record keeping, and the illegal prescribing of large amounts of Viagra and other drugs.
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Politicians Harshly Criticize Komen’s Decision to Restrict Funding to Planned Parenthood
A congresswoman questions Komen's tax-exempt status, a senator calls its new policy a "trumped-up excuse" reminiscent of "the McCarthy era"
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Pro-Abortion Planned Parenthood Video Depicts “Superhero for Choice” Killing Pro-Lifers
Pro-Abortion Planned Parenthood Video Depicts “Superhero for Choice” Killing Pro-Lifers by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, August 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sleazy Dude” and “Senator.” These are two pro-life characters in a new animated video released by Planned Parenthood Golden Gate (San Francisco). Titled “A Superhero for CHOICE,” the video follows a female “superhero,” named “Dianisis,” whose sole mission is to protect “choice.” Dianisis first encounters “Sleezy Dude,” as Sleezy tells a group of teenagers that “the only way to prevent pregnancy is to practice abstinence.” One teen responds, “But Mister, we learned at school that there are other ways to practice safe […]
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Komen board member: new statement doesn’t mean Planned Parenthood funding will resume
As pro-life leaders watch and wait, a Komen board member tells Planned Parenthood, "Tell me you can help carry out our mission, [then] we will sit down at the table.”
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Pro-life leaders call for prayer, vigilance in wake of confusion over Komen statement
As for whether Komen has "caved" to the pro-Planned Parenthood outcry, many say that the real outcome can't be known for some time.
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North Dakota law banning medication abortions challenged in court
The law prohibits abortion doctors from using a drug that was not designed for abortion procedures.
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Breaking: Pro-life heroine Mary Wagner released from jail
In her gentle plea for life, Mary actually enters the abortion facilities where she speaks with women in the waiting rooms and oftentimes gives them a rose.
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‘Making smoky what should be a clear light’: marriage under threat in Maryland
Shouts of “kill this bill” and “one man, one woman” thundered throughout Lawyer’s Mall in Annapolis on Monday night.
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Supporters of Linda Gibbons encourage Valentine’s Day letter-writing campaign
"Not all of us are called to jail for the sake of our pro-life consciences, but everyone of faith is called to be actively pro-life," says Kathie Hogan, who has been writing to Gibbons for over 15 years.
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Plan B, rape, and abortion: Err on the side of life
The use of Plan B for rape victims has become the standard practice in health facilities throughout North America. But it’s a hot-button topic within the pro-life movement, and is more complex than it may seem.
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Deja Vu: Planned Parenthood also demonized At&T when it decided to cut funding
When AT&T decided to stop funding Planned Parenthood, PP purchased full page ads costing an average of $40,000 each in all the major newspapers.
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Facebook acknowledges abortion is ‘sadistic violence against people’
I have a routine as most people do. I wake up, triple yawn my way to the kitchen, make my morning shake, eat half a piece of toast, shower, beautify, and walk to work. At work I turn on my computer, plug in my iPhone, check my voicemail/e-mail and prepare myself for the day’s following duties. Sometimes, I will admit, my routine is slightly “thrown off”. For example, I could be partnering with Mary Wagner and sidewalk counseling until she gets dragged off by police for aiding women in the waiting room of abortuaries, debating random strangers on the sidewalk […]
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Evangelical leader Chuck Colson: Obama birth control mandate must be stopped
The Obama Administration has shown its cards. It is using ideology to trump religious freedom.
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Spanish government reveals plan to restrict abortion, help pregnant mothers
The PP says it wishes to return to the country's old abortion law, using stricter enforcement that would reduce the number of abortions permitted in the country, perhaps dramatically.
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Want to know what is actually happening with Komen vs. Planned Parenthood?
Make no mistake, Susan G. Komen is in a fight for its life.
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Decoding Komen’s supposed cave
This is all breaking news, so bear with me. I’ll tell you what I know. News organizations like the Associated Press are reporting: After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. Read Komen’s full statement here. Key excerpts: Our original desire was to fulfill our fiduciary duty to our donors by not funding grant applications made by organizations under investigation. We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. […]
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Komen releases new statement
"We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives," the statement says.
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Netherlands churches express concern over assisted suicide proposal
An article in the Netherlands paper Reformatorisch Dagblad entitled: Churches express concern about the initiative on Free Will, concerns a joint letter written to the Government house in the Netherlands concerning proposals to allow assisted suicide for people who are “tired of living.” The letter to the government was sent on behalf of seven denominations of various Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. The church leaders point out in their letter to the government that the current initiative by the Dutch Euthanasia Society (NVVE) is much wider than the current euthanasia law that was passed in 2002. This new proposal would […]
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‘Dead babies in jars’ found in basement of old illegal abortion facility
A local funeral home has donated a casket and a burial plot to honor the remains of the babies.
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Irish Bishop investigated for ‘hate crime’ for upsetting humanist in homily
Despite the police investigation the diocese remains undaunted and the sermon, titled “To Trust in God,” remains prominently posted on the website.
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Komen officials quit as charity buried under tens of thousands of e-mails
Huffington Post gleefully reported today that three Komen officials have now resigned and one more is threatening to, as the “backlash gains steam” over its decision to sever financial ties with Planned Parenthood. The fools don’t realize what is happening. Every Komen exec who quits over the Planned Parenthood flak is good news for our side, one less pro-abort with clout in the United States’ most influential breast cancer foundation. Komen is undergoing a cleansing of its liberal bastion. Perhaps now Komen will acknowledge the link between abortion and breast cancer, which, thanks to the Planned Parenthood flak, is getting […]
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Sen. Rubio introduces bill to reverse Obama birth control mandate
“This is a common sense bill that simply says the government can’t force religious organizations to abandon the fundamental tenets of their faith because the government says so," said Rubio.
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California School District Forced to do Mandatory Gay Sensitivity Training
California School District Forced to do Mandatory Gay Sensitivity Training by LifeSiteNews.com MORGAN HILL, California, January 7, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Striking a deal to end a five year lawsuit by six former students backed by homosexual activists, a California school district has agreed to mandatory programs for students and staff on “eliminating anti-gay harassment”. In addition to the programs, which are notorious for pushing acceptance of homosexuality rather than mere tolerance, the Morgan Hill Unified School District has agreed to $1.1 million in payments. The school districts lawyer Mark Davis cut the deal Tuesday saying the prospects of a lengthy […]
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Rev. Stephen Boissoin In Court Today Challenging “Hate Speech” Conviction
Rev. Stephen Boissoin In Court Today Challenging “Hate Speech” Conviction by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski CALGARY, September 16, 2009 (LifeSIteNews.com) – Last year Alberta pastor Stephen Boissoin was ordered by the Alberta Human Rights Commission to desist from expressing his views on homosexuality in any sort of public forum, and to pay complainant and homosexual activist Dr. Darren Lund $7,000 in damages. Today, however, he is in Alberta Court of the Queen’s Bench, appealing the conviction of hate speech that resulted in the above penalties. That conviction was based upon a letter to the editor in the Red Deer […]
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Man Drowns Saving Son with Down Syndrome
Man Drowns Saving Son with Down Syndrome by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NOKESVILLE, VA, September 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a moving example of paternal love and sacrifice, a man drowned earlier this week after attempting to save his disabled son, who had fallen into a septic tank on the family’s Virginia property. 66-year-old Thomas VanderWoude and his 20-year-old son Joseph, who has Down syndrome and who is the youngest of seven sons, were working in their yard in Nokesville, VA when Joseph fell through a septic tank cover that had suddenly collapsed. VanderWoude immediately jumped in after his son […]
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Mother of Tim Tebow Endorses Colorado Personhood Amendment
Mother of Tim Tebow Endorses Colorado Personhood Amendment by LifeSiteNews.com DENVER, October 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pam Tebow, whose story about her refusal to abort her football star son reached millions last year, has endorsed Colorado’s Personhood Amendment – the only pro-life issue on the ballot anywhere in the U.S. in 2010. “A child’s right to life begins at conception, not at birth. From conception, all children are people, made in the image and likeness of God. Thus, I support the Personhood amendment and appeal to Colorado voters to vote ‘yes’ on amendment 62,” stated Pam Tebow, mother of Tim […]
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Catholic Parish Cancels Series About Homosexuality in Face of Homosexualist Pressure
Catholic Parish Cancels Series About Homosexuality in Face of Homosexualist Pressure by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine MONTREAL, Quebec, November 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Montreal Catholic parish hosting a series for parents on instilling a normal and integrated sexual identity in their children has been intimidated into cancelling the remainder of the sessions following threats of protest from homosexualists. Moreover, the session’s organizer has been ridiculed in the press, and says that his “credibility is destroyed.” Three evening sessions, organized by journalist and author Michel Lizotte, were scheduled to be held at Notre-Dame-des-Champs parish in Repentigny, by the invitation […]
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Parents Outraged at Planned Parenthood Class Teaching Sexual Positions
The group's teen page, meanwhile, teaches visitors "all about the anus" and lauds the health benefits of masturbation.
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My Trisomy 18 son is not alive because of a miracle. He is alive because we chose life for him.
Many within the medical community would say that boys with this condition never survive. Many would say that Lane’s life is a miracle.
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Planned Parenthood’s scorched earth campaign against Komen
Bearing in mind my previous post, “Inside story on Komen split from Planned Parenthood,” read these excerpts from the February 1 New York Times piece, “Uproar as breast cancer group ends partnership with Planned Parenthood”: When the nation’s largest breast cancer advocacy organization considered in October cutting off most of its financial support to the nation’s largest abortion provider, the breast cancer group was hoping for a quiet end to an increasingly controversial partnership. Instead, the organization, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, is now engulfed in a controversy that threatens to undermine one of the most successful […]
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The inside story on Komen’s split from Planned Parenthood
I have a source who reaches into the SGK board of directors. My source said Planned Parenthood broke the story to the Associated Press, and that Komen will not start funding Planned Parenthood again.
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State drops request to force mentally ill Catholic woman to have an abortion
A lower judge had ordered that the woman could be “coaxed, bribed, or even enticed…by ruse” until she was sedated for an abortion against her wishes.
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Pelosi: Girl Scouts ties with Planned Parenthood, other organizations, ‘very valuable’
“The Girl Scouts have relationships with many organizations, and, yes, I think they are all very valuable," Pelosi replied in response to a question about Planned Parenthood.
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Parents sue after Quebec teen dies following Gardasil vaccination
"This image will stay in my head for the rest of my life. It's a nightmare," said the mother of the girl who died after receiving two doses of Gardasil.
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Washington state Senate passes gay ‘marriage’ bill
The measure is expected to pass the House, and has already won the support of Democrat governor Christine Gregoire.
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Pro-aborts hack Komen website over cutting Planned Parenthood
A fake site to which hackers re-directed visitors the Komen.org URL, replaced Komen's original text with, “Help us run over poor women on our way to the bank.”
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‘Abortion will end in America’ Eduardo Verastegui tells pro-lifers
The culture of death is “not afraid to do big things, why are we afraid to do big things?” Verastegui asked.
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Komen head: Planned Parenthood lost funding because they don’t do cancer screenings
The Daily Caller reported Thursday that Komen for the Cure's donations have doubled in the past two days.
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Komen Foundation to continue funding some Planned Parenthood affiliates – for now
The foundation will extend grants to three Planned Parenthood affiliates into the 2012-2013 year -- but pro-life advocates hope, "At this time next year, it will all be over.”
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Komen donations soar after cutting ties with Planned Parenthood
Founder Nancy Brinker told reporters fundraising increased 100 percent over the last two days. Pro-life leaders debate how enthusiastically to respond to its new policy.
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Miss Delaware: ‘Life is beautiful, and life begins at conception’
Maria Cahill is not your typical Miss Delaware.
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Merck-funded scientist pushes HPV vaccine for boys despite absence of proof of efficacy
The LA Times, Time Magazine, and other mainstream media outlets are reporting the results without mentioning the source of the study's funding.
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Southern Baptist leader: Obama Contraception mandate ‘is not only a Catholic issue’
“[E]vangelicals need to stand back and ... understand that our religious liberty is being similarly subverted and attacked,” said Dr. Mohler.
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Interview: Mom says no to Plan B after her disabled daughter is raped
Elise Hilton says that while she was sorely tempted to give her daughter the abortifacient drug, she knew God was calling her to put her pro-life convictions into action.
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Why I rejected Plan B after my disabled daughter was raped
If the being that had done this to my daughter had been in front of me at that moment, I likely would have killed him. But Plan B is a whole other thing, isn’t it? It’s about taking the life of an innocent child.
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Spain’s new government to eliminate homosexualist indoctrination course
The course said that teachers should strive to "revise the student’s attitude towards homosexuality."
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Be Not Afraid: hope for parents whose babies will likely die
Many parents with a child with a poor diagnosis are presented with a dreadful choice: either get an abortion, or carry to term a diseased child who will die soon after birth anyway.
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White House: ‘no constitutional rights issues’ with birth control mandate
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney also claimed that “this approach does not signal any change at all in the administration’s policy on conscience protections.”
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Komen wants out of the Planned Parenthood leper colony
The first paper I ever wrote in graduate school was a review of the literature on Leprosy. It is a disease transmitted by contact that we now know to be caused by a close first cousin of the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, and can be cured using the same antibiotics that we use against TB. This miracle of 20th Century medicine has emptied the leper colonies, arresting and eliminating the disease in its earliest stages before it maims and disfigures its victims. Sunlight seems to be having the same salutary effect on the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and they have […]
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Illinois Catholic Social Services branch drops Catholic affiliation to provide homosexual adoptions
“State law came into conflict with God’s law, so the leaders of this group decided that God’s law would have to go,” wrote Phil Lawler, director of CatholicCulture.org.
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Mitt Romney skips third pro-life personhood event
Romney's rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum attended the event, which was simulcast on the organization's website.
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Komen deluged with pro-abortion complaints: pro-lifers urged to rally in support
“Can pro-lifers support Komen? I say not only can they, but they should," says Austin Ruse of C-Fam.
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Pro-life MP releases his own expose on CTV pregnancy centre ‘investigation’
“Relying almost exclusively on views espoused by ... abortion advocacy organizations for a story about pregnancy options is like relying solely on the views espoused by ... smokers‘ rights groups for a story about whether to take up smoking or not,” says MP Maurice Vellacott.
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Pro-life MP rebukes Harper’s “ironclad” party discipline
The Prime Minister’s control over debate in the House of Commons has been a growing concern in recent decades, and a particular frustration for the pro-life movement.
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Newt Gingrich: ‘We should look seriously at’ regulating in vitro fertilization clinics
IVF often involves the creation of far more embryos than will be carried to term. The remaining embryos are frozen and could be discarded or used in stem cell research.
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The disturbing video Planned Parenthood wishes everybody would just forget about
Click “like” if you want to end abortion! Drowning an abstinence advocate in a garbage can full of water, blowing up zombie pro-life protesters with giant condoms shot from a gun, cooking a pro-life senator in a boiling cauldron – these are all things Planned Parenthood thought were so funny and so clever that they included them in a promotional video put out by its former Planned Parenthood Golden Gate affiliate in 2005. After pro-lifers raised an outcry that spilled over into the media, Planned Parenthood pulled the “Superhero for Choice” video from their website without comment or apology. At […]
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Court docs: Previous abortion triggered mental illness of mother almost forced to abort again
News services were quick to pick up the story last week of a Massachusetts Appellate Court overturning a ghastly decision by Probate Judge Christina Harms (pictured right) that would have forced a 32-yr-old mentally ill pregnant mother to get a late-term abortion (at 21 weeks) against her will and also be sterilized. Women’s groups and pro-abortion politicians, eager for the unusual opportunity to demonstrate they were pro-”choice” and not just pro-abortion, piled on. Pro-abortion website Jezebel called Harms a “horrible judge.” Robin Marty at RH Reality Check lectured, “Just as we will condemn those who force women to continue pregnancies […]
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