Interview with World’s Leading Proponent of Natural Family Planning on the Dangers of Contraception
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Articles for Month: March 2012
Cardinal DiNardo Presents ‘People of Life’ Awards to Three Honorees
Cardinal DiNardo Presents ‘People of Life’ Awards to Three Honorees by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, D.C., August 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston and as chair of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, presented the People of Life award to three individuals for their lifetime commitment to the pro-life movement at a ceremony in Houston August 9. Those honored were Professor William E. May, Msgr. Philip J. Reilly and Patricia Bainbridge. Over 85 diocesan pro-life directors from across the country attended the private awards dinner during the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities’ annual […]
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American Life League President Judie Brown Says, “ is my favorite pro-life news serv
American Life League President Judie Brown Says, “LifeSiteNews.com is my favorite pro-life news serv by LifeSiteNews.com “LifeSiteNews.com is my favorite pro-life news service and I think everybody needs to get involved and tell their friends about this campaign.” – Judy Brown, President of American Life League Dear Readers, Two major pro-life leaders have emphatically told us they believe our Lenten postcard campaign is a positive way of changing hearts and minds. They are urging pro-lifers across North America to join in the campaign, to send a life-affirming message to Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood or Canadian abortionist Henry Morgentaler and […]
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Priest Editor Says Canada’s Catholics Should Stop Funding KAIROS
Priest Editor Says Canada’s Catholics Should Stop Funding KAIROS by LifeSiteNews.com By Fr. Alphonse de Valk Editor Catholic Insight Magazine TORONTO, December 22, 2009 (catholicinsight.com) – Throughout much of 2009 Canada’s Catholic bishops have been struggling how to handle the controversy with the Canadian Catholic Organization of Development and Peace (CCODP). Readers will recall that the controversy began in March of 2009 when the pro-life news agency LifeSiteNews.com, which issues daily bulletins on the internet of what is happening in The Americas and the rest of the world with respect to the “life” issues (abortion, contraception, bio-ethics, sexual orientation, etc.) […]
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Terri’s death
Today Fr. Frank Pavone remembers Terri Schiavo’s death on March 30, 2005. I remember it very well. It is agonizing to recall and impossible to forget. It was possibly the darkest time of my over 30 years involvement in pro-life issues. The entire pro-life movement was unable to save the life (they really tried) of a helpless woman who was being slowly murdered by starvation and dehydration with the cooperation to varying degrees of the legal and medical establishments, the police (they even had snipers on the rooftop of her residence to stop those who might try to rescue her), […]
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7 years ago today, Terri Schiavo had her last full day of life on this earth
On March 30, 2005, Terri Schiavo had her last full day of life on this earth. I spent her last night by her side, praying with her, reading Scripture to her, and assuring her of the love of so many of you. Terri had not received a drop of water in nearly two weeks. As I reached out my hand to touch hers, I could also reach it out to touch the vase of flowers that was next to her, and that vase was filled with water. The flowers were nourished; Terri was deprived of nourishment. Court orders saw to […]
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Spirited, diverse crowd at Ontario Legislature demands Bill 13 defeat
Nearly 2000 concerned parents from a wide range of ethnic and faith communities demonstrated outside Ontario's legislature demanding the defeat of the Liberal government's anti-bullying Bill 13.
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‘Victory in Alberta!’: Controversial Education Act ‘dies on the books’ over election call
Parents across the province had expressed grave concern over section 16 of the proposed Education Act for what they saw as an infringement on their parental rights.
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Catholic college rescinds invitation to Ted Kennedy’s second wife at bishop’s insistence
"A multitude of Catholics" support Bp. McManus' decision, said Adam Wilson of the Cardinal Newman Society.
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‘Gasp! A Catholic bishop publicly opposes abortion!’ UK pro-aborts in hysterics
Why it’s as if these people actually think that children are being murdered! And one of them’s a bishop! The cheek!
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Europe and UK life and family round-up
European court bans patents on embryo-destructive research. “Bizarre” attempt to redefine marriage will spark Tory backlash: MEP. Others...
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Subcontractor quits when he learns he’s building huge Planned Parenthood abortion clinic
New Fort Worth Planned Parenthood site is being built on land purchased from an adoption agency through a third party, to disguise the end buyer.
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After ‘vicious’ pro-abort campaign, Idaho ultrasound bill meets abrupt end
The fever pitch campaigning by pro-abortion lobbyists likely played a role in its demise, with activists accusing legislators of "rape" and rowdy pro-abort protesters disrupting proceedings.
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Local pro-lifers come together to save Virginia maternity home
Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley is home to numerous Crisis Pregnancy Centers, but for pregnant women who need a place to live, the area has long had only one maternity home to offer.
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Pro-family groups decry lack of tax relief for families in 2012 Canadian federal budget
Pro-family commentators say the budget attempts to address Canada's long-term demographic crisis without making life easier for those raising the next generation of Canadians today.
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Student union at Ottawa’s Catholic university still handing out condoms
Saint Paul University had caused controversy earlier this year when they told the student association that "the distribution of condoms must cease.”
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UN considers recognizing sexual rights for ten-year-old children
Such language could be defined as including access to abortion and contraception.
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Moral degradation at the heart of economic crisis: Joint Vatican-Jewish statement
Primary among the solutions to the crisis, the delegates said, must be the encouragement of an economics of “enough” rather than insatiable consumption.
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Michelle Duggar: ‘We’re not anywhere near being overpopulated’
“I think we're so deceived when we believe” in overpopulation, Duggar stated.
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Quebec bishops oppose government committee’s call for euthanasia
The bishops are threatening to pressure the government to ensure the respect for life if they opt to take up the committee's recommendation.
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Three more abortion workers quit their jobs
I have huge news today, but I must keep some details confidential.
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Let’s do it: fast today (Friday) for religious liberty!
For all you Catholics out there, Holy Week is around the corner, and Lent is about to start getting real. But before you think you can get away with just not eating meat today… Today is the day Pennsylvania bishops have asked their flock to fast for religious liberty – ie against the onslaughts of the Obama administration against the Catholic Church. Throughout history, Catholics in times of need have turned to God through prayer and fasting, as these practices allow us to grow closer to the Lord, inspire us to do His will and invoke His protection in answer […]
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Russian Parliament considers national law against gay propaganda aimed at minors
The bill, which was submitted to the parliament yesterday, is similar to one passed recently by the government of St. Petersburg.
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Canadian teen launches campaign to send 100,000 pro-life letters to Prime Minister Harper
“Maybe we're crazy. But we're determined," said 17-year-old Alexandra about her 100,000 letter campaign.
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Current happenings
Disqus comment problems, mobile site coming at any time, Obama and lies, etc
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EU illegally gave abortion providers $30 million, report says
"Two of the major beneficiaries" are "International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) and Marie Stopes International (MSI)," the report says.
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Confronting population control in ‘the Kingdom in the Sky’
When I visited Lesotho in February, it was hard not to notice the ceaseless work of the huge “family planning” and population control groups operating there.
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Obama endorses Planned Parenthood: ‘you’ll never stop fighting for choice and neither will I’
In an unusually candid video addressed to Planned Parenthood President Obama assured the billion-dollar abortion organization of his continued support.
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House committee approves bill strengthening parental involvement in minor abortions
The bill would make it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines in order to circumvent parental involvement laws in the minor’s home state.
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‘Licensing the government to pimp’: ex-prostitutes condemn Ontario’s brothel ruling
“In my opinion, this just gives the government a license to be a pimp, because now they can charge taxes to these women,” said Tania Fiolleau, a former prostitute.
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911 call shows late-term abortionist Haskell laughing as patient suffers continuous seizure
"Haskell is a danger to the public, plain and simple," said Troy Newman of Operation Rescue.
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Obama’s National Preparedness order creates a ‘martial law matrix,’ author says
"They created this institutional architecture of executive dictatorship," Will Grigg told LifeSiteNews.com.
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The myth of ‘harm reduction’ strikes again
Let us be clear: prostitution is a social ill that is unsafe at any time or place.
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Pro-life atheists invade the American Atheist Convention
"I don't understand how women could be so hateful to other women,” said one participant who approached our table.
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Ontario’s NDP hope to force Catholic schools into naming clubs ‘gay-straight alliance’
The party says they plan to introduce an amendment to McGuinty's Bill 13 that would force schools to let students name the clubs.
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Why opposing the gay lobby is not anti-gay
Equating all disagreement with evidence of bias lowers the intellectual level of the discussion.
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Video: The final countdown to the Canadian March for Life
As I was staring at my Justin Bieber calendar this morning (*cough, *cough) I realized one very important detail: there’s less than 50 days left until the 2012 National March for Life in Ottawa. Woot. That’s right. The largest pro-life event in Canada is just around the corner, with one of the best line-up of speakers we’ve ever had just waiting to fill your brain with pro-life knowledge. If you’ve never gotten a chance to attend our Youth Banquet or our Youth Conference, you do NOT want to miss out this year. Reverend Patrick Mahoney from the Christian Defense Coalition […]
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The HHS mandate will be defeated
Of this much I am confident: the unjust and unconstitutional mandate imposed on Americans by President Obama and his HHS will not stand!
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Powerful video highlights 60,000 strong religious freedom rallies against Obama mandate
Check out this awesome video put out by BlackStoneFilms. It highlights the importance of the battle against Obama’s abortifacient birth control mandate, and draws attention to the amazing rallies that took place in 143 cities across the country last Friday. After you watch it, make sure to share it!
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Obama plugs Planned Parenthood in new video
Barack Obama and Planned Parenthood are Siamese twins that share one heart, cold and dark as it is. One cannot survive without the other.
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Spain’s main conservative and socialist parties join in rejecting euthanasia bill
A proposal to legalize euthanasia was roundly rejected by Spain's two biggest parties, which are normally at loggerheads over human life and family issues.
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D&P must be ‘less political and more Catholic’: Catholic Register
As D&P seeks more support from the pews, Canada’s largest Catholic newspaper says the beleaguered development arm is going to need to improve its Catholic identity.
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Like traditional marriage? Then dump Starbucks, says National Organization for Marriage
"People don't want their coffee company taking sides in a culture war," NOM Cultural Director Thomas Peters told LifeSiteNews.com.
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The Perils of the Quebec Euthanasia Report
The commission's recommendations, says anti-euthanasia expert, are similar to Belgian-style euthanasia, which is not limited to exceptional cases.
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Parents to rally against McGuinty bullying bill today from 2-3 pm
Parents will protest outside Queen's Park Thursday against the McGuinty government's anti-bullying bill, which they say threatens to undermine religious and parental freedom.
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We reached our goal – Thank You!
Thank you to all of our generous supporters for helping us reach our Spring Campaign goal!
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Young Australian LifeSiteNews correspondent: I was a pro-choice agnostic
Throughout the course of my journalism degree, which I completed last November, I battled a nagging cynicism about the very place of journalism in modern society.
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French presidential candidates in bidding war on homosexual ‘marriage’
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is beginning to compromise his opposition to homosexual "marriage" in an attempt to catch up with his socialist rival in this year's elections.
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Top priest-commentator hopes D&P financial crisis will spark needed reforms
Fr. Raymond de Souza says, “I wish I shared [the bishops'] view [on D&P], but honesty — and the written record — requires me to say that I do not."
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Judge: gov’t grants to Catholic anti-trafficking programs ‘unconstitutional’ due to pro-life beliefs
The opinion comes months after the Obama administration decided not to renew its $19 million anti-trafficking grant to the USCCB based on its opposition to abortion.
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California mayor: I will fight new Planned Parenthood clinic ‘even if it costs me personally’
Planned Parenthood wants to open a new clinic in a renovated Chuck E. Cheese.
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Abortion groups annoyed by increased participation of Catholic bishops in 40 Days for Life
Pro-aborts have announced that they are organizing a "noisy" counter-demonstration against one 40 Days event featuring a Catholic bishop.
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B.C. Attorney General gives prosecutor mandate to go after polygamists
B.C.’s supreme court upheld Canada’s 121-year-old ban on polygamy in November, calling the practice “harm[ful] to women, to children, to society."
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It’s not just about finances: Vatican cancels controversial stem cell conference
Members of the Vatican academy revolted after organizers scheduled several leading proponents of embryo-destructive research to speak.
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UK Parliament ‘welcomes’ guidelines effectively decriminalizing assisted suicide
Paul Tully, the general secretary of SPUC Pro-Life, said that the motion “undermines society’s protection of the most vulnerable.”
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‘Damn courageous’: 39 women march across Texas on a pro-life mission of mercy
Over the course of 19 days, the 39 young women will travel the highways and byways of Texas in the 250 mile walk.
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Washington Post caught fronting Chinese propaganda as news articles, says watchdog group
"This is paid propaganda, and they're use using the Post," says Accuracy in Media's Cliff Kincaid.
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Father Guarnizo and the nitty gritty of Canon Law and refusing Holy Communion
In light of the recent news about the Archdiocese of Washington apologizing to an open lesbian for Communion being denied her at a funeral, a priest canonist has submitted to LifeSiteNews this unsolicited analysis of Canon Law on the matter.
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Day of Unborn Child officially celebrated by Latin American governments on March 25
The celebration of the unborn child, which is officially recognized by the governments of several Latin American countries, included a 36,000-strong march in Peru.
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The “Geopolitical Epicentre of the Culture of Death”
The “Geopolitical Epicentre of the Culture of Death” by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, September 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the last 50 years, Britain has become a “selfish, hedonistic wasteland” and the “geopolitical epicenter of the culture of death,” a member of the staff of the Westminster Catholic Archdiocese told Zenit news this weekend. Edmund Adamus, director of Pastoral Affairs for the Archdiocese of Westminster, said, “whether we like it or not as British citizens and residents of this country – and whether we are even prepared as Catholics to accept this reality and all it implies – the […]
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20 cities join largest ever March for Life in Romania: media pays attention
In Romania the average woman gets four abortions, and there are records of women having as many as thirty-five.
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Vatican Newspaper Gushes over Pro-Abortion Tony Blair
Vatican Newspaper Gushes over Pro-Abortion Tony Blair by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, September 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With its publication today of a glowing centre-spread interview with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, pro-life leaders are asking whether L’Osservatore Romano, the quasi-official newspaper of the Vatican, is engaging in a deliberate campaign to “appease” some of the world’s most extreme anti-life and anti-family politicians. John Smeaton, head of Britain’s Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) by telephone he is “appalled” that the Vatican paper had failed even to mention Blair’s decade-long political program that has […]
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Opinion: Canadian gov’t cleaning up Catholic bishops’ Development and Peace mess
Canadian blogger John Pacheco reviews years of research indicating to him valid reasons for the Canadian government to slash Development and Peace funding by 65%.
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Health care law under fire from skeptical Supreme Court justices
The law is being challenged by the attorneys general of 26 U.S. states and the National Federation of Independent Business.
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Pepsi named one of “world’s most ethical companies” despite exploitation of aborted babies
Awarded in the midst of a pro-life boycott over PepsiCo’s use of aborted fetal cells in flavor research
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Outrage as activist Ontario court strikes law banning brothels, prostitution
Activist court gives legislators 30 days to amend the law passed by Parliament.
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Gay ‘marriage’ push aims to ‘recreate society’ and marginalise Christianity: Archbishop of Glasgow
The bishop's strong comments as the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that there is no such thing as a “right” to “gay marriage.”
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Cardinal Martini and the false theology promoting homosexuality
Cardinal Carlo Martini, who at the conclave of 2005 was a favorite of ‘social justice’ Catholics to be elected Pope, has penned a book wherein he supports homosexual relationships.
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Canada’s NDP elect new pro-abortion party leader
Montreal MP Thomas Mulcair, 57, was elected as party leader at convention in Toronto on Saturday. He is now leader of the official Opposition in the Canadian Parliament.
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Abortionist accused of cannibalism caught illegally dumping abortion records
Rajanna tried to defend his dumping the records as an attempt to be environmentally friendly.
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Pro-abortion Emily’s List candidates decimated in Queensland Election
The number of Emily’s List members in the Queensland parliament has been reduced from as many as 13 to as few as one.
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In Florida this Friday? LifeSiteNews Editor to speak at Ave Maria Law
LifeSiteNews co-founder and Editor-in-Chief John-Henry Westen will be speaking at Ave Maria Law School this Friday 9:30am – 11am RSVP at [email protected]
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Pro-life women lawmakers just ‘men with breasts?’: Pennsylvania Rep.
"What is wrong with these women? What are they thinking about? Are they women, or are they men with breasts?" said Rep. Babette Josephs.
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7 years after Terri Schiavo’s death, brother to speak at Ave Maria ‘Law of Life’ Summit
Pro-life leaders will converge in Naples, Florida this Friday for a summit on the intersection of law and the respect for life.
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Slovenians reject gay adoption law
Slovenian President Danilo Turk complained that such decisions should not be left up to the public.
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Study finds oral contraceptives spike blood pressure
Doctors and patients need to be aware of risks, researcher cautions
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‘A Heart on Fire’ is a blueprint for a nation redeemed
With Archbishop Chaput's book A Heart on Fire: Catholic Witness and the Next America, the revolution of love now has a fitting Declaration of Independence.
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An encouraging letter
I want to share with you today a little bit of sunshine. We must not despair, for there are many who still do stand in this fight and, because of them, the truth ultimately will prevail.
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Last Call!
Here is a shocking statistic – if only 3% of our readers found our service to be worth $5 per month, we would never have to send out another Campaign appeal again!
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Paris flash mob ahead of curve; Wagner story gets huge attention; several great women interviewed
We especially note Jeanne Smits’ report on the astonishing Paris anti-euthanasia flash mob. Alliance Vita is way ahead of the curve in realizing the gravity of this next great threat against vulnerable humans. There has been strong international interest in last week’s astonishing story on the diatribes of the ‘Your God’s wrong’ judge who sentenced Canadian pro-life witness Mary Wagner to more jail time. Mary Wagner is about as meek and gentle a person as one would ever encounter. It seems the judge feels the current social climate now gives him leeway to violate normal standards of judicial impartiality. Ominous. […]
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Vatican approves new rite of blessing for unborn children
"I'm impressed with the beauty of this blessing for human life in the womb," said Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston.
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‘I tried to kill her’: Florida dad thanks his ‘lucky stars’ abortion wasn’t legal in 1964
The proud dad says his daughter "has positively impacted the lives of hundreds, if not thousands, of young people."
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Sebelius and paying for Obamacare through death and nonexistence
Recently, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius dropped her guard and gave the American people a good insight into how it is that Obamacare will ultimately stay solvent: The nonexistence of patients who, not being alive, cannot make claims upon the system. From CNSNews.com During the subcommittee hearing, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-Pa.) said that contraception provided by insurance companies to people employed by religious organizations under the future form of the rule Sebelius described would not be was not free. “Who pays for it? There’s no such thing as a free service,” Murphy asked. Sebelius responded that that is not the case […]
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Obama ‘further escalating’ confusion about marriage, North Carolina’s bishops say
Obama's opposition to the state marriage protection amendment is "a grave disappointment," said the bishops.
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Pembroke diocese once again withholds Lenten alms from D&P
The Bishop changed his [funding] policy last year and he [is] just maintain[ing] the same policy this year.
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Woman who became the UK’s oldest mom by IVF now admits it was a mistake
Tollefsen, a retired teacher, became pregnant using sperm from her one-time partner Nick Mayer, who is 11 years her junior, and a donor egg.
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The two towers: McGuinty & Obama’s war against the Catholic Church
The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic Lord of the Rings novel, depicted a dire struggle for mankind in which both superpowers, Mordor to the south and Isengard to the north, combined forces to wage war against the free peoples and subjugate them to their despotic will. It is well-known that Tolkien drew upon his devout Catholic faith to weave Christian themes throughout his works about the mythical land called Middle Earth. If Tolkien were alive today, I wonder if he would see in the extraordinary events taking place now on both sides of the US-Canada border, an analogous situation to […]
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What do women think of women?
This month of March, Pope Benedict XVI issued a prayer request which was intriguing – it was about women. It was all the more intriguing for me since my eldest child – Hannah-Marie – is fast approaching her 16th birthday and has often complained about not being able to serve Mass as do her many younger brothers. The Pope’s prayer intention for March was: “That the whole world may recognize the contribution of women to the development of society.” I thought it may be of benefit to ask some of the many prayerful and inspirational Catholic women I have been […]
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Parisian pro-lifers don clown garb and unite in massive ‘flashmob’ against euthanasia
Seven hundred people, young and old, holding red hearts with the slogan “Caring, not killing,” filled the esplanade facing the Eiffel Tower.
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20,000 Ontarians demand end to abortion funding
Campaign Life Coalition, which ran the petition, estimates that the province spends $30-50 million every year on abortion.
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‘My wife, she had an abortion here last Friday’
“I just don’t understand. Why did she do it?” the man told 40 Days for Life volunteers in Glendale, California.
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1/5 of UK abortion facilities breaking the law, investigation finds: pro-lifers unsurprised
“Access to abortion on demand is supported by private abortion providers and by the abortion lobby," said local pro-life leader Anthony Ozimic.
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End the Down syndrome holocaust today
How many people know that to this very day we’re still practicing eugenics against the disabled?
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Planned Parenthood supporters mock abortion survivor
Nothing seems to infuriate abortion supporters more than having a face put on that “choice.”
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She went in for an abortion…then the ultrasound showed quadruplets
The woman took one look at the ultrasound and headed for the door.
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TRUDEAU IN HIS OWN WORDS – ANTI-LIFE/FAMILY
TRUDEAU IN HIS OWN WORDS – ANTI-LIFE/FAMILY by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, Oct 2 (LSN.ca) – The liberal media continues today in its canonization of former Prime Minister Trudeau. Central Canada’s electronic and print media have imposed massive, mostly unbalanced laudatory coverage of Trudeau on the Canadian public every day since his death. The three largest Canadian newspapers, the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail and the National Post have devoted enormous space to the story. The Post, reflecting its new ownership by ardent Liberal Izzy Asper has far exceeded the others with 57 pages of almost totally Trudeau-praising stories printed since […]
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Planned Parenthood Pushes for Universal Birth Control as Coalition Fights Abortifacient Ella ‘Contra
Planned Parenthood Pushes for Universal Birth Control as Coalition Fights Abortifacient Ella ‘Contra by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert October 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As abortion giant Planned Parenthood pushes to force health insurers to cover all birth control, a coalition of pro-life leaders is sounding the alarm about ella, a drug the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved as an emergency contraceptive despite its ability to kill newly-conceived children. EllaOne, approved unanimously by an FDA advisory panel June 17, is advertised as effective “contraception” up to five days, or 120 hours after intercourse. However, pro-life leaders and experts have […]
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Anti-tyrant rallies, LA Archbishop Gomez, Yehuda Levin
Important notes on the news
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Sacred Heart University names building after “pro-choice” politician
A new campus fixture will be named after World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon.
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“You are the wind beneath our wings” – LSN supporters write
Here are snippets of just a few of the many touching comments we regularly receive from our supporters. We are always bowled over by them and deeply appreciative of such affirmation. It really helps.
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Nun to Religious Freedom Rally: ‘It is our responsibility to stand brave and to shout to the world’
"We beg God that we will all be prepared to pay the price...to stand with the countless soldiers, heroes, saints, and martyrs through the ages," Sister Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz said.
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College president withdraws funding for abortion forum stacked with abortion advocates
Thanks be to God for a major pro-life victory at Sierra College this week!
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Leading Rabbi pleads with Christian leaders to fight abortion and gay agenda in Holy Land
Rabbi Levin said that ultimately, responsibility for the decaying morality of modern society lies with religious leaders.
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She loves abortion, but hates adoption
Pro-abortion writer Jessica DelBalzo says women should "venerate" abortion, but believes adoption is "unethical."
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Picturing the loss of 54 million unborn babies
This number is nearly too large for us to comprehend. How can we picture 54 million? But we must try.
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Defend the right of children to a mother and father: Slovenians urged by religious leaders
The country is having a referendum this Sunday on a bill passed last year that gave recognition to single-parent families and to loosen divorce laws for childless couples. Opponents have said that it would pave the way for legalisation of surrogate motherhood or artificial insemination for lesbian couples.
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Archdiocese of Vienna supports priest who drew the line on homosexual parish council members
Parishioners who voted for the openly homosexual young man say they are ready to fight for their election choice, and are even threatening to provoke an uprising.
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Supporters of Mary Wagner encourage letters of support after pro-life heroine sent back to jail
As she was sent back to jail for another three months this week, the judge called her "cowardly" and "abusive," declaring: “You’re wrong and your God’s wrong!"
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Toronto rally to protest gay-focused anti-bullying bill set for Thursday March 29
Organizers say Premier McGuinty's controversial bill would not only usurp parents' rights but undermine religious freedom.
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Dozens of university students besiege pro-life vigil, destroy signs as 10 police cruisers look on
The students destroyed the pro-life signs as 10 police cruisers looked on.
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PHOTOS: ‘This is tyranny’: tens of thousands decry HHS mandate in 146 nationwide protests
Photos and crowd estimates from today’s “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rallies are beginning to pour in from across the country.
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Quebec’s ‘cultural suicide’
A Quebec government committee released its report yesterday calling on the National Assembly to legalize euthanasia, or in their words, “to recognize medical aid in dying as an appropriate end to life option.” Given the popular support for euthanasia in the province, it seems assured the government will move to put the report into action in short order. This would be a disaster not only for Quebec, but for all Canadians because it sets a dangerous precedent for the other provinces. As Dalhousie University ethicist and euthanasia activist Jocelyn Downie told the Montreal Gazette it will serve as “inspiration” for […]
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Never again!: Canadian TV station airs disturbingly pro-eugenics euthanasia program
Has our society forgotten its history? Have we forgotten the murder of thousands of people with disabilities in Nazi Germany?
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As parents up in arms, complaint filed against gay public school teacher who bashed Christianity
The Hamilton school board has confirmed that the controversial speaker at the November "gay-straight alliance assembly" was Laura Wolfson, a teacher certified in Ontario.
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Obama admin drops charges against pro-lifer
The Obama admin accused Scott of "obstructing" the abortion facility because customers stopping their cars to receive his literature blocked the driveway.
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Stories of Life: October Baby and Doonby hit the theatres
“Show, don’t tell.” That’s the trick good writers use to make their point. And that’s what two new films about abortion are doing.
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‘The thing that frightens our opponents most’ is ‘an evangelical-Catholic alliance’
Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention reminds President Obama that the two groups "are over 50 percent of the population of the country."
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Only 2 days left!
We are still short $40,000+ on our goal and time is running out - but we know we can count on you!
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L.A. Archdiocese Religious Education Congress speakers support gay priests, Obama, masturbation
Tod Tamberg, a spokesman for the Archdiocese, hung up on LifeSiteNews when we asked for comment.
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We just beat Planned Parenthood!
After slowly creeping up on Planned Parenthood last year, LifeSiteNews recently zoomed past them in terms of the number of people visiting our site, according to Alexa.com, the world’s #1 website ranking service.
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Quebec assembly committee calls for assisted suicide
"This is just another step on that road to perdition,” said Georges Buscemi of Quebec Life Coalition.
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Madonna may be fined if she promotes homosexual agenda while performing: Russian official
The singer has announced that she will "come to St. Petersburg to speak up for the gay community."
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McCain decries GOP fight against Obama mandate: ‘we need to get off that issue’
John McCain criticized his party for waging a “war on women” based on their reaction to the Obama administration’s mandate forcing religious institutions to pay for contraception, abortifacient drugs and sterilization.
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Idaho ultrasound bill delayed after pro-abort hecklers disrupt ultrasound demo
Ten to fifteen hecklers had to be forcibly removed while six women underwent ultrasounds in a Senate hearing room.
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Blair support of “gay marriage” the result of decades of bishops winking at public dissent
Told by Vatican official that he would need to "examine his conscience carefully and realise that there is no coherence between the content of faith and the concrete action that must be taken by a politician."
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New study says pregnancy is safe, even beneficial, for women recovering from breast cancer
In the past breast cancer patients were sometimes advised to abort if they became pregnant.
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‘Gay marriage’ push triggering ‘unprecedented’ response: Leading British pro-lifer
Only a "huge mobilisation" of the public, guided and encouraged by strong and united religious leadership, will stop the Cameron government from instituting "gay marriage," John Smeaton told LifeSiteNews.com today.
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Canadian bishops offer opposing views on funding pro-abortion groups
Calgary Bishop Fred Henry has reiterated his stance that the bishops' development arm should be able to fund pro-abortion groups.
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Stoned for ‘life’
An Australian man claims he trafficked marijuana to fund the pro-life movement.
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‘Extremely unfortunate’: Homosexualist, feminist leaders unhappy with new Montreal archbishop
Such opposition is par for the course for any Catholic clergyman who takes a public stand in support of the Church’s moral teachings in Quebec.
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US bullies ‘contraceptive mandate’ on international community
Only after the vote did delegates realize the US had submitted what’s known as a “Chairman’s text,” which was full of the objectionable contraception language.
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Obamacare rationing panels an ‘immediate danger to seniors’: former AMA president
The former head of the American Medical Association said the advisory panels "will essentially mean rationed care" for the elderly.
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Pro-life group offers $25,000 reward to abortion clinic whistleblowers
In the coming days, the group will be sending letters and flyers to every abortion clinic in the nation.
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‘282 corporations have stopped funding Planned Parenthood’
Bob Evans restaurants, GQ & Glamour, Wyndham hotels on new list of Planned Parenthood supporters
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‘Your God’s wrong’: Judge erupts in angry tirade, sends pro-life activist back to jail
The judge sent Mary Wagner to jail for an additional 92 days, added to 88 days already served prior to trial.
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We just beat Planned Parenthood
After slowly creeping up on Planned Parenthood last year, LifeSiteNews recently zoomed past them in terms of the number of people visiting our site, according to Alexa.com, the world’s #1 website ranking service.
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Catholic hospital obeys Church teaching on sterilizations
Queen of the Valley Medical Center of Napa, California, has voluntarily stopped offering tubal ligations.
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Whoville vs. Sparta: the return of infanticide
Two ethicists have argued that killing newborns is a-ok. Folks, this kind of logic isn’t new. It goes back to pre-Christian Greece and Rome.
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Anti-life ‘Reproductive Health’ Bill pushed back again in Philippines
A version of the RH Bill has been filed and re-filed in Congress since 1998, but pro-lifers have rallied the public to defeat the bill every year.
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I don’t usually recommend movies, but go see October Baby
I don’t recommend many movies, but on Friday, March 23, one that you really should see is coming into theaters nationwide. It’s called October Baby, and it deals in a masterful way with a difficult topic, abortion. Abortion is not and should not be an abstract debate. When I’m asked how the pro-life battle has evolved over the decades that I’ve been in leadership in the movement, I often respond that the ‘issue’ of abortion has gotten more and more of a face. This is both desirable and inevitable. The face of abortion is marked by both beauty and pain, […]
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5 abortion workers quit during 40 Days campaign
One abortion worker met prayer volunteers and said with a smile: “This is my last day in this hell hole!”
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Notre Dame criticized for listing pro-abort, gay rights ‘internship opportunities’, school responds
The school claimed the situation was mischaracterized, while another conservative activist has encouraged a wait-and-see attitude until the facts are clearer.
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French mayor-teacher sparks national scandal after reading violent rape scene to 4th graders
Even Prime Minister Nicolas Sarkozy weighed in on the case, siding with the parents who were outraged by the incident.
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From ‘adult’ bookstore to pregnancy resource center: Melbourne welcomes pro-life oasis
Helen Parker is the visionary woman behind the project. In between her hectic schedule, she took some time to speak to LifeSiteNews.com.
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Has Ireland ‘rejected’ UN calls to legalize abortion? That remains to be seen
While the government did reject initial calls to legalize abortion, they have set up an "expert" group that raises serious concerns.
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When Christians are bullied by the government
A lesbian mom with kids in a Catholic school is shocked that a school board pamphlet says homosexuality is "objectively disordered." Can you imagine the temerity of a Catholic school teaching Catholic dogma in the classroom?
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Democratic Party ignores primary vote, denies Randall Terry delegates
Political scientist Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia told LifeSiteNews.com he was not sure if a party had ever refused to award delegates to a candidate after an election.
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Pro-life leaders praise ‘October Baby’: Movie opens in U.S. theatres Friday
October Baby shines a light on a real but little-known topic: survivors of attempted abortions. Those who have seen it have praised its high quality as much as its positive message.
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New Montreal Archbishop is sign of Pope’s reform of Canada’s Bishops: Fr. Raymond de Souza
The leading priest-commentator says the pope is using Quebec as a model for how to “reform an episcopate.”
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My commitment to life – by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera
Originally published in El Mercurio, March 18, 2012 Translated by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman I have followed with much attention the debate over abortion, following the Senate Committee on Health’s approval of three bills tending to depenalize it under certain circumstances. Before expressing my position with regard to the substance, I think it is useful and necessary to make two considerations of form. The first is that this is a legitimate and necessary debate in a democratic and pluralistic society like ours. The second is that at we must not engage in this debate assuming bad faith or discrediting one’s opponent, […]
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Pro-life, no exceptions: Chilean president pens powerful column defending pro-life convictions
Pinera stated his unequivocal opposition to all direct abortions, including those in cases of rape, and his opposition to euthanasia and the death penalty.
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Disturbingly one-sided TV show promotes euthanizing children with disabilities
Taking Mercy, an edition of the Global TV program “16×9” in Canada, concerns a mother, Annette Corriveau, who wants her children with disabilities to be killed by euthanasia. The show also features Robert Latimer, the man who killed his daughter Tracy in 1993. Tracy had Cerebral Palsy. The show speaks to pro-euthanasia ethicist Arthur Schaefer who suggests that Robert Latimer should have been given “mercy.” Schaefer also suggests that Corriveau should simply stop feeding her children, but Corriveau says she does not wish to starve her children to death. This is a dangerously one-sided show. Taking Mercy represents the first […]
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Jimmy Carter supports same-sex ‘marriage’ as he launches his new Bible
"I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies," Carter said while promoting his new NIV study Bible.
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Please help us write the hard stories
The challenging truths that our investigative journalism uncovers aren’t always pretty, and we definitely are not popular in some powerful circles because of this. We rock the boat.
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Planned Parenthood speaker: Good parents let teens have sex at home
"In the Netherlands if a girl is in a relationship, she's not a slut for wanting sex," Dr. Amy Schalet told a Planned Parenthood audience.
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Cameron pushing for gay ‘marriage’ over fear of EU court ruling: Nigel Farage
“Of course, stupid me,” Farage said, “Why didn’t I think of that? There just had to be a European angle.”
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Thousands of homeschoolers, Christians rally against Alberta Education Act over freedom concerns
The rally to protect freedom of religion and parental rights in education was among the largest in Alberta history.
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Amidst growing anti-Christian discrimination in Europe, politicians starting to notice: report
“Raising awareness” is the first step in countering anti-Christian religious discrimination, said Dr. Gudrun Kugler, one of the authors of the report..
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129 U.S. cities to join massive nation-wide protest against HHS mandate Friday
Organizers of the nationwide protest against the birth control mandate say it has grown far beyond what they had anticipated.
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‘Professor of love’: Daughter with Down syndrome inspires pro-life author to pen trilogy
Boas’ trilogy is striking a cord with people from all walks of life. Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix, Arizona called Sherry’s novels “made for our times.”
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Texas sues Obama admin for pulling low-income health funds over Planned Parenthood defunding
Gov. Rick Perry decried the decision to axe the program as proof of Obama's "unwavering allegiance to abortion providers."
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Massive, systemic Planned Parenthood fraud on brink of exposure?
The backstory, from LifeNews.com, March 12: Former Planned Parenthood abortion facility director Abby Johnson has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the abortion business claiming its Texas affiliate knowingly sent in about $6 million in false claims to Medicaid and covered up its actions…. The formerly sealed federal “whistleblower” suit… was made public [March 9] and was filed in 2009 by the Alliance Defense Fund on behalf of Johnson…. The suit alleges that Planned Parenthood knowingly committed Medicaid fraud from 2007 to 2009 by improperly seeking reimbursements from the Texas Women’s Health Program for products and services not reimbursable by that […]
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The day I killed
Was it a boy? Was it a girl? I don’t know. But this I do know – today, I love that child. Today, I want my baby.
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Contraception isn’t healthcare, it isn’t even helpful: I would know
Unlike Sandra Fluke, I know all too well about the medical “need” for contraception. But I assert that the medical need is not for contraception, but for real medical treatments.
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‘My wife is going to kill our unborn baby!’: The day a father’s worst nightmare came true
I can’t recall if I first heard about him through an e-mail or a phone call. But I know that when I spoke to him on the phone, he was desperate.
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Strong pro-life bishop appointed to lead Quebec’s largest diocese
Archbishop-elect Christian Lepine is known to pro-life and pro-family advocates for having attended pro-life conferences and shown support for reparative therapy for those experiencing unwanted homosexual attractions.
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If Pope is right, Ontario Catholic schools have opened the door to the ‘promotion of homosexuality’
Catholic pro-family activists have upheld the fact that there is a just discrimination based on sexual orientation. But this wasn't our idea.
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Virginia Attorney General warns Obamacare mandate could lead to gov’t ordering you to do anything
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said “if the government can just order you to buy something” like the individual mandate of Obamacare does, “they can order you to do anything.” Ken will be one of the VIP guests at the LifeSiteNews April 29 gala
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Dianne Feinstein supported Santorum-style ‘war on porn’
Last May, nearly half of the U.S. Senate signed a letter "to urge the Department of Justice vigorously to enforce federal obscenity laws."
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Obama gives the Church green light for partisan organizing
Talk about manna from Heaven! Here is a video of President Obama himself calling on African American churches to support his reelection by selecting “Congregation Captain[s]“. There can be no further objection by the Catholic Bishops to publishing voter guides, or to organizing within our Churches. Obama just tossed the IRS regs. to the wind. This matters, and for a great many reasons touching on biomedical ethics. This President has defunded the embryo adoption program begun by President Bush while simultaneously promoting the use of embryos for research. Then there are his Obamacare death panels, HHS Secretary who will pay […]
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Rick Santorum’s ‘war on porn’ would end Obama’s flouting the law, former prosecutor says
“Why should enforcement of current laws be controversial?” asked Patrick Trueman, CEO of Morality in Media.
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President orders Jewish and Muslim hospitals to serve pork (but not really)
Can you imagine if that was true?
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Chinese study finds link between previous abortion and depression among pregnant women
In an analysis of the study, Dr. Patricia Coleman noted that the findings were consistent with those of previous studies.
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Liberian President remains firm: no legalization of homosexual acts
“We’ve got certain traditional values in our society that we would like to preserve,” President Johnson Sirleaf said.
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Unprecedented number of Romanian cities to hold Marches for Life this weekend
"For the first time this event has a national scope," Larisa Iftime, president of the Pro-vita Media Association, told LifeSiteNews.
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Rush Limbaugh: ‘How the Catholic Church got roped into liberalism’
"The Catholic Church is under attack. It's a huge target. And the Catholic Church finally knows it," Limbaugh said.
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After low financial management rating Canada cuts funding to Development and Peace by 64%
D&P has been embroiled in controversy over the last two years for funding dozens of pro-abortion groups.
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Ocean Spray, Tropicana, Gatorade also on list of products using aborted fetal cell lines
Children of God for Life, has provided a handy one-page full list of products which have used aborted fetal cell lines. The pro-life group recently exposed Pepsi Company and other organizations as having contracted with Semonyx which uses aborted fetal cell lines to test its food and beverage flavour enhancers. Beyond Pepsi soft drinks, the company is responsible for such popular offerings as Mountain Dew, Ocean Spray, Seattle’s Best coffee, Aquafina water, Lipton tea, Gatorade, and Tropicana. Kraft and Cadbury products also fall into the same category. Chiclets, Clorets, Dentyne and Trident are some of the products listed on the […]
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What the media doesn’t want you to know: Americans hate the HHS mandate
As Mark Twain once said, “a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
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Coast Guard Relents, Allows Officer to Refuse Abortion-Tainted Vaccine
Coast Guard Relents, Allows Officer to Refuse Abortion-Tainted Vaccine by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, DC, May 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Coast Guard officials who initially refused to excuse an officer from being injected with a vaccine derived from an aborted child have relented in the wake of a lawsuit filed on behalf of the officer by Alliance Defense Fund attorneys. The U.S. Coast Guard had refused to grant an exemption for Officer Joseph J. Healy, who is Catholic, even though it allows exemptions based on other religious beliefs. “Christians shouldn’t be punished for abiding by their beliefs against abortion. The Coast […]
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I made the list, but I can’t say I’m happy about it
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has accused me of "violent anti-LGBT rhetoric"!
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A tale of two sex hormones
In 1999, at the ripe old baseball age of 35, Barry Bonds, one of the five or six greatest players ever to carry the bat, was finally beginning to wear down.
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352 babies saved from abortion during 40 Days…so far
A young couple had been parked down the street for more than half an hour. But all of a sudden, they got out of the car and made a dash for the abortion center.
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Australian dies tragically after using the abortion drug RU486
It is the first known death in Australia from the controversial pill, which was the centre of a heated debate in Federal Parliament in 2006.
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Defy the Forces of Darkness
In our mass media, next to children in the womb, the most silenced constituency in the country is the pro-life movement itself.
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Ontario Teachers’ union threatens LifeSiteNews for using logo in story
We received a letter from the legal counsel of the Ontario Catholic Teachers Association threatening legal action unless we removed the OECTA logo from our March 10 news story.
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Dr. Phil Promoting Homosexuality and Abortion Groups
Dr. Phil Promoting Homosexuality and Abortion Groups by LifeSiteNews.com LOS ANGELES, October 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Christian groups are calling on the popular television psychologist Phillip C. McGraw, Ph.D, a.k.a. Dr. Phil, to stop promoting Planned Parenthood and the homosexual lifestyle. McGraw touts Planned Parenthood as a trustworthy, independent resource on issues relating to sexuality, as evidenced by a recent broadcast in which he challenges a guest who asserts that abstinence is the true reason for the falling U.S. teenage pregnancy rate. “The fact is that the research does not support what you’re saying,” Dr. Phil claimed. “If you look […]
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New Zealand Study Finds Abortion Increases Risk of Mental Health Problems
New Zealand Study Finds Abortion Increases Risk of Mental Health Problems by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WELLINGTON, NZ, November 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study conducted by Professor David Fergusson and a research team at New Zealand’s University of Otago has found that having an abortion will likely increase a woman’s chance of developing mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. The study appeared in the most recent issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry and examined data from a sampling of 500 women who were interviewed six times between the ages of 15 and 30, each time […]
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BUSH ADMINISTRATION CLAMPS DOWN ON OREGON EUTHANASIA
BUSH ADMINISTRATION CLAMPS DOWN ON OREGON EUTHANASIA by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, November 6, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Today, Attorney General John Ashcroft reversed a 1998 ruling by Clinton Administration Attorney General Janet Reno that authorized the use of federally controlled drugs to assist suicides in Oregon, the only state whose law permits lethal prescriptions in certain cases. The Ashcroft decision effectively reinstates the original determination by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). On November 5, 1997, then-DEA Administrator Thomas Constantine had announced that since assisting suicide is not “a legitimate medical purpose . . . prescribing a controlled substance with the intent of […]
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Obama admin widens abortifacient birth control mandate to college students
The announcement, made on the eve of St. Patrick's day, was greeted with enthusiastic praise by Planned Parenthood and NARAL.
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No abortions at Missouri Planned Parenthood for two weeks during 40 Days campaign
Sometimes … the abortionist just stops showing up!
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Lesbian with kids in Catholic school demands removal of Catechism quote on homosexuality
The Peterborough Catholic school board says they are reviewing an equity pamphlet after complaints over their decision to include the Catechism's teaching that the homosexual inclination is "objectively disordered."
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Star Wars video game to allow characters to have homosexual romances
“The worst part about this is we have children who are 9, 10, 11, 12 years old children playing these games,” David Caton, president of the Florida Family Association told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Gay ‘marriage’ not a right, prohibiting gay adoption not ‘discrimination’: European Court
The ruling effectively upholds French law, which does not recognize gay 'marriage,' and prohibits gay adoption.
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Ohio Catholic priests to pray exorcism prayers at abortion clinic
For many segments of the population, the realm of demonic activity and exorcisms stays in the movie theater.
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Canadian Observer: A new ‘pro-faith, pro-family & pro-life’ magazine
Lovers of traditional values now have a new platform on which to develop and disseminate their ideas.
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White House says it won’t budge on HHS mandate
Meanwhile, the U.S. bishops say that the mandate will directly lead to the closure of hundreds of Catholic hospitals.
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Report: Michigan’s abortion industry guilty of ‘deeply entrenched illegal, unethical practices’
Twice in 10 years, state abortion clinics refused to notify the state about patients who died during an abortion, state senators learned.
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Hollywood piles on Kirk Cameron for gay comments; Roseanne calls ‘accomplice to murder’
A deluge of angry retorts have poured in from others in the entertainment industry, with some calling Cameron "a complete tool," a "douchebag," and "an accomplice to murder."
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FDA permits use of fetal brain tissue in lab experiments
Obama's Food and Drug Administration has approved experiments using brain tissue from aborted unborn babies to treat macular degeneration.
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The numbers Planned Parenthood doesn’t want you to know
What is Planned Parenthood hiding?
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The Abortioneers: Men should be especially pro-abortion, because they don’t like babies
Pro-aborts believe that when it comes to abortion, men should just shut up. Unless of course those men want to give women the money for it.
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Thoughts from watching hilarious babies
I received a forward from a friend at work the other day that contained a link. No description, just a blank email with a link.
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Study: Planned Parenthood shrinks as its reliance on gvmt subsidies grows
"Our 2011 survey shows Planned Parenthood is moving out of communities at an ever-increasing rate," said Jim Sedlak, head of Stop Planned Parenthood International.
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‘At eight months, my doctor said he would ‘absolutely’ abort my disabled son’
As the routine ultrasound was being performed, Nicole could tell that something was definitely up. Then the doctor told her her son had spina bifida.
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A few more important items about the Gravel lawsuit
Our announcement today about the LifeSiteNews defense against the Fr. Gravel lawsuit is missing some important additional information. It's far from a level playing field for both sides.
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LSN defense against ‘pro-choice’ Catholic priest’s $500,000 lawsuit now public
Our defense has been filed and we are now finally able to reveal information on the case, information which many of you have been asking about for the last year of near-silence.
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Video dramatizes dangers to US from Obama presidency
LifeSiteNews tries to avoid taking a position for or against any political candidate in its news stories. We report news that allows our readers to make their own decisions. With that in mind, I am posting this video produced by a LifeSiteNews supporter simply because it is quite well done and interesting. The producer ends up endorsing Rick Santorum as the answer to the crises that have arisen during the Obama presidency, whereas if you go to the YouTube page for the video, a good number of commenters thought it should have ended up endorsing Ron Paul as the logical […]
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Writer: ‘I love abortion,’ women ‘should venerate it wholeheartedly’
An author who wrote about her "euphoric" abortion doubles-down: “I love abortion. I don't accept it. I don't view it as a necessary evil. I embrace it."
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Chris Smith slams “mass deception” in Obama abortion funding plan
Requiring the segregation of funds into allocation accounts-a mere bookkeeping exercise is a cheap political trick designed to circumvent longstanding prohibitions on taxpayer funding of abortion," said Smith.
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Vatican official condemns UN report urging laws protecting homosexuals from ‘discrimination’
Archbishop Tomasi is concerned that the document's language gives special treatment to homosexuals and threatens the institution of marriage.
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Eric Holder appeals ‘unconstitutional, groundless’ case against Florida pro-life leader
The Obama administration is trying "to intimidate and to silence pro-life Americans who would rather not have to defend themselves against...the most powerful government on earth," her lawyer told LifeSiteNews.
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Christian minister accused of ‘crime against humanity’ for homosexuality stance
Two years ago, Scott Lively, author of “The Pink Swastika”, addressed members of the Ugandan Parliament, which was considering a bill criminalizing homosexuality. Lively urged an emphasis on therapy rather than punishment, and, after the bill was released he opposed the death penalty provision. Now, on March 14th a lawsuit was filed in an American court alleging that Lively committed the “Crime Against Humanity,” by speaking against homosexuality in Uganda. The plaintiffs say that his address in Uganda is a cause of action in international law. The plaintiffs are the homosexualist organization Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), and the law firm […]
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Glenn Beck talks with Vatican officials, warns Catholics to prepare for battle
Glenn Beck was in Rome for the Consistory of Bishops I went to a last month. Sorry to have missed him! However, he’s come back after meeting with Vatican officials (we of course did the same) with a powerful warning for Catholics. He discusses the appointments by Pope Benedict of conservative ‘men to head up the future of the Catholic Church’. The Pope he says, “knows exactly what he’s fighting against, and it’s evil.” “The Pope is going to turn 85 next month and is not exactly the picture of health … He’s packing the court to make sure his […]
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Sudbury Catholic girl school apologizes for oral sex flyer given to 12-year-olds
Carmen James-Poulin, 62, says her granddaughter, who is in grade 7, “could not believe” it was handed out. "It's not educational. It's vulgar. It belongs on a porn site.”
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U.S. aid for contraception created world’s highest abortion, high maternal mortality rate in Romania
USAID claims "wonderful benefits from promoting sex education and contraceptives, a Romanian expert told LifeSiteNews.com "None of these claims is true."
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Residents outraged as massive ‘Porno Palace’ opens next to convent
Thomas More Society Demands Village of Stone Park, IL Close Strip Club
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Rick Santorum signs Oklahoma Personhood Amendment petition
The Oklahoma Personhood Amendment petition is well under way, with over 13,000 volunteers collecting signatures across the state.
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English Catholic congregation shocked as gay activist disrupts Mass with video cam
The priest was preparing to read a letter from the country’s bishops conference opposing government efforts to legalize same-sex “marriage.”
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Bishops promise to continue ‘vigorous efforts’ against HHS mandate
Declare government has no place defining religion, religious ministry,seek protection for conscience rights of institutions, individuals
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Studies showing benefits of contraception fall short
The main effect of the HHS mandate will be the erosion of the conscience rights of Catholics and others who oppose artificial contraception on moral and religious ground.
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Local Planned Parenthood CEO booted after arrest for indecent exposure
Thornton left his position with the abortion giant two days after he was arrested for allegedly exposing his genitals in front of a 43-year-old man.
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Principal threatens home schooling mother with youth protection services
An expert told LifeSiteNews the English Montreal School Board has been “coming down hard on families” who decide to home school their children.
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After being slapped with a lawsuit, university recognizes pro-life Christian student group
The University of North Carolina-Greensboro denied the campus affiliate of a local crisis pregnancy center recognition as a religious organization for nearly a year.
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VA ban on detention of U.S. citizens opens debate: can pro-lifers be indefinitely detained?
“The law is only as good as those who are sworn to uphold it," Dana Cody of the Life Legal Foundation told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Catholic missionary: I’d rather risk my life than comply with HHS mandate
Molai said she knew she would also be in violation of the health care law's mandate that each individual purchase health insurance and could end up in jail.
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Guelph Catholic MP slammed Tory opponent as “anti-choice” in robo-calls
Frank Valeriote, a self-professed Catholic who went to the Vatican last month for Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins' elevation to the College of Cardinals, used the call to attack Tory candidate Marty Burke's "anti-choice" views.
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In face of evidence, Pepsi denies use of aborted fetal cells in product development
Debi Vinnedge the head of the organization which has been at the forefront of promoting the pro-life boycott of Pepsi, says she’s not buying Pepsi's denials.
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Couple wins $3 million in ‘wrongful birth’ suit: would have aborted daughter with Down syndrome
“Despite the verdict of a jury, ‘wrongful birth’ remains a contradiction in terms," said Melinda Delahoyde, president of the pregnancy resource center network Care Net.
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Massive pro-life banner greets Australian legislators for 70 days parliament in session
The banner displays a cross for every unborn baby killed since January 1, 2012, and will require 35 volunteers to support it by day 70.
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Canadian Parliament to debate personhood April 26
Tory MP Stephen Woodworth is calling for a re-examination of section 223 of the Criminal Code, which states that a child only becomes a “human being” once he or she has fully proceeded from the womb.
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Down syndrome postnatal and prenatal punishment – the REAL deficit!
This past week a jury awarded nearly $3 million to a couple whose daughter was born with Down syndrome and who said they would have aborted her had they known.
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Another state (13th) opt-outs of abortion in Obamacare
This week the federal government moved ahead with regulations that will require everyone in the soon-to-be-established state exchanges who are in an insurance plan that includes elective abortion coverage to pay a separate monthly premium from their own pockets to fund abortion. However, at the same time, South Dakota became the thirteenth state to stand up and say no. Governor Dennis Daugaard has signed into law HB 1185, a bill sponsored by state representative Jon Hansen and drafted from an AUL model bill on the subject. So far Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, […]
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Texas Planned Parenthood CEO arrested for indecent exposure
Thornton allegedly exposed his genitals to a 43-year-old male in a baseball field Monday.
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Argentine unborn babies conceived through rape can now be legally killed
The Supreme Court claims their decision will not open the door to abortion-on-demand because it is just an interpretation of the existing law.
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Conservative Harper gvmt picks pro-life women’s group for advisory role
"The homosexual community just gets incensed if anybody who doesn’t support their agenda is given some recognition or some role to play in society,” said Gwen Landolt of REAL Women.
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UK Prime Minister Cameron opens a ‘can of worms’
Why is the Canadian Left so unfailingly consistent in labeling any moral or social issue with which it does not concur, or does not wish to discuss, as “a can of worms"?
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Ben & Jerry’s re-names ice cream flavor to support gay ‘marriage’ in England
The flavor change is only one part of an-all out campaign in support of re-defining marriage in England.
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Abortion advocates unwilling to debate: campus pro-life clubs
Despite contacting over 120 professors, feminist organizations, and abortion advocacy groups, university pro-life clubs in Guelph and Hamilton have been unable to find anyone to debate the pro-abortion side this spring.
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After IVF we became pregnant with triplets, but my wife wanted two of the babies aborted
I pray to G-d every day to take those two innocents to Him, to welcome them, and I ask them every day for forgiveness.
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Brazilian Senate considers bill to depenalize abortion, reduce penalties for infanticide
One Christian deputy tweeted, "we will struggle, we will obstruct, we will protest, and we will do what is necessary and possible" to prevent the bill's passage.
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Santorum’s Southern Sweep
Outspent four-to-one, Santorum wins the Mississippi and Alabama primaries. Will Gingrich step aside?
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UK man seeking to be killed by euthanasia can proceed with case, rules judge
During the hearing, Nicklinson’s wife Jane said, “The only way to relieve Tony’s suffering will be to kill him."
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Abort first, ask questions later: Britain’s problem with sex-selection abortion
Sex-selective abortion is committed almost exclusively against female babies. Doesn't that make it the greatest form of sexism the world has ever known?
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Congresswoman: ObamaCare could lead to limiting women to having two children
“It isn’t far fetched to think" rationing will mean "the federal government will only pay for one baby to be born in the hospital per family. Or two babies to be born per family.”
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Raquel Welch: the ‘era of porn’ has ‘annihilated’ men
"I just imagine [men] sitting in front of their computers, completely annihilated," Welch told Men's Health Magazine.
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New York Times ad calls Catholic Church ‘autocratic, woman-hating, sex-perverting’ Old Boys Club
The ad accuses the Catholic Church of “launching a vengeful modern-day Inquisition” by opposing the HHS birth control mandate.
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The U.S. billionaires funding the push for abortion in Ireland
Enormous global pressure is being brought to bear on Ireland right now to legalize abortion, and much of it is funded by wealthy Americans.
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Israeli court recognizes biological motherhood of two lesbians for one child
The lesbian couple reportedly conceived the child in-vitro with the egg of one partner and the sperm of a male donor in 2006. The embryo was then implanted in the womb of the other lesbian partner.
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Pennsylvania bishops call for Lenten prayer, fasting to defend religious liberty against Obama admin
"Make no mistake about it – this government mandate is a step which will inevitably lead to other mandates that continue to strike at the heart of our Faith and the constitutional liberties we have been guaranteed," write the bishops. "The mandate cannot stand – it must not stand!"
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Christians have no right to wear cross at work: UK government
Critics are saying that for the first time, the British government has openly opposed the freedom of Christians to express their beliefs in public.
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Polish mom saves two of three triplets after 75 days spent in labor…nearly upside-down
Joanna Krzysztonek was pregnant with triplets when she went into labour at 21 weeks. Her first baby was born prematurely and did not survive.
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Obama health care rule final: $1 abortion surcharge from premium payers
Susan Muskett at National Right to Life said that the final rule "reinforces the serious pro-abortion effects that Obamacare will have on America."
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Russian Orthodox Church calls for nationwide ban on homosexualist propaganda aimed at minors
Homosexual propaganda, "should not take place where minors can feel its influence," said Vsevolod Chaplin, a spokesman for Moscow's Orthodox leadership.
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Is fertility the next Down syndrome?
Our federal government has essentially declared that a woman’s fertility is an unnatural condition, and a disease to be eradicated, just as the medical community has said that children with Down syndrome must be eliminated.
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Pro-life conference teaches Kenyan students to combat anti-life agenda
It was only 19 months ago that Kenya was changed forever by a new constitution allowing for the destruction of unborn life.
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An American takeover of America: 8 lawsuits filed against Obama mandate
Senator Roy Blunt, who sponsored the amendment in the Senate that, had it received a few more votes, would have protected conscience rights of employers, said, “This is a debate that might be settled at that building across the street,” referring to the Supreme Court. Indeed, as of this writing, eight different lawsuits have been launched against the Obama administration to block the unjust HHS mandate. I am proud to have authorized the fourth of these eight, Priests for Life vs. Sebelius, filed in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York on February 15, 2012. Ours was the first […]
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Doonesbury ultrasound ‘rape’ cartoon series stirs controversy; newspapers spike
Click “like” if you want to end abortion! The last time newspapers spiked leftist Gary Trudeau’s political cartoon series Doonesbury was in 1985 when he parodied the pro-life film documentary, The Silent Scream, which showed an actual abortion. Now that one must have been a hoot. But Trudeau maintains passing up the transvaginal ultrasound = rape meme “would have been comedy malpractice,” as quoted by UPI. Again, more abortion humor. The story, from Gawker: Political comic strip Doonesbury will debut an abortion storyline next week, with a particular focus on the Texas law requiring pregnant women to receive a transvaginal […]
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Two Planned Parenthood clinics close after 40 Days for Life campaigns
We start the second half of this 40 Days for Life campaign with huge news — and amazing proof that God is at work through your efforts!
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Five more Texas abortionists scheduled for hearings on abortion abuses
In all ten abortionists, known as the “Texas Ten”, have been summoned for hearings based on complaints of abortion abuses made by the pro-life organization Operation Rescue.
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Canadian MP decries censorship against pro-life students
"I call on all universities to truly become places where students and society can count on free speech and free expression being allowed," said Mr. Benoit.
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Writer: My abortion ‘was the best decision of my life’; I’d rather have a dog than a baby
Freelance author Amanda Chatel writes, "hell, it was the best decision of my life." Without the abortion, she would "not have my Hubbel," her Jack Russell terrier.
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Confusion as Maine bishop signals opposition to gay ‘marriage,’ but backs away from political fight
A source told LifeSiteNews the extreme political blowback from the Diocese of Portland's 2009 involvement may have contributed to the decision to avoid the fight this year.
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Priest who denied communion to lesbian stripped of priestly faculties
This past weekend’s letter from Bishop Knestout putting Fr. Guarnizo on administrative leave was read at all Sunday Masses at St. John Neumann parish.
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Australian legislators propose sterilizing mentally ill children without parental consent
Professor Jon Jureidini, a child and adolescent health expert, called the bill's language "absurd."
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Researcher: Coverage of abortion-mental illness link ‘an excellent example’ of media bias
“The victims of this irresponsible journalism are the millions of women, who have not easily moved beyond an abortion,” Dr. Priscilla Coleman told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Parents: school board duplicity on anti-gay bullying vs. Christophobia, other bullying
Hamilton's Orthodox Christian community leaders have cried foul after being told their concerns about Christian bullying "require no further attention".
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Virginia bill protects faith-based adoption agencies from placing children with homosexual couples
New legislation allows private adoption agencies to refuse to participate in adoptions that "violate the agency’s written religious or moral convictions or policies."
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Homosexual activists demand removal of Chick-Fil-A from college campuses
“At the heart and soul of our company, we are a family business that serves and values all people regardless of their beliefs or opinions,” responded the president of the restaurant chain.
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Advocacy group launches World Down Syndrome Day video to protect the unborn
Since abortion is the greatest threat to people with Down syndrome, World Down Syndrome Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the tragedy of the rate of abortion of babies who have Down syndrome.
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256 babies saved during 40 Days so far: here are some of the stories how
Vigil participants prayed as they watched a difficult scene unfold. A woman had arrived for an abortion. The child’s father, who was opposed to the abortion, tried his best to stop her...
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Commentary: On Being an ‘Ultra-Catholic’
In the contemporary world, the real enemy of the liberal culture is the "fanatic." He holds something.
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“LifeSiteNews a Wonderful Contribution to the Culture of Life” says President of HLI
Fr. Boquet of Human Life International urges our readers to support the work we are doing in building up a culture of life.
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“LifeSiteNews a Wonderful Contribution to the Culture of Life,” says President of HLI
Fr. Boquet of Human Life International urges our readers to support the work we are doing in building up a culture of life.
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Austin Bishop and Planned Parenthood Battle for Girl Scouts
Austin Bishop and Planned Parenthood Battle for Girl Scouts by LifeSiteNews.com AUSTIN, July 13, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Gregory Aymond has warned Austin Catholics not to sign their children up for Planned Parenthood’s “Nobody’s Fool” program. Planned Parenthood had insinuated the sex-ed program designed for pre-pubescent children, into local Girl Scouts and a battle has ensued between the bishop and the abortionists. Cynthia Baylor of Temple pulled her 7 year-old daughter out of the Girl Scouts and complained to the bishop when the Texas Bluebonnet Girl Scout Council decided to run the program. She was joined by other outraged parents, […]
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Ontario Catholic Teachers Association hosts conference promoting gay agenda
OECTA says the conference is “for classroom teachers and administratyors (sic) on supporting maginalized (sic) and LGBT students in Ontario's Catholic schools.”
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Abby Johnson claims millions in fraud in ‘whistleblower’ lawsuit against Planned Parenthood
Johnson's lawsuit is the third complaint by former Planned Parenthood employees alleging widespread and systematic fraud at the abortion giant.
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California bishop defunds non-profit whose president supports abortion, same-sex ‘marriage’
"Why would we ask someone to contribute money to an organization and ask them to overlook all of those things that undermine the church's teachings?” asked diocesan spokesman Kevin Eckery.
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The other Invisible Children – Kony is alive in America also
People are willing to go the extra mile to make sure everyone knows about the Stop Kony campaign, but not to stop abortion.
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It was just an ordinary Monday…and then all of a sudden we were adopting a baby
I hung up and began praying…and crying. It’s funny how four hours ago I didn’t even know this baby existed. And now I feel like he is ours.
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What happened to our culture, and how will we build it back?
As I gaze out into our world, I don’t see the culture I experienced as a child.
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Pope to US Bishops: Marriage prep programs must tackle the grave problem of cohabitation
"A weakened appreciation of the indissolubility of the marriage covenant, and the widespread rejection of a responsible, mature sexual ethic grounded in the practice of chastity, have led to grave societal problems bearing an immense human and economic cost," says Pope Benedict.
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Majority of Quebecers want ‘more freedom’ in education, reject mandatory ethics course: survey
The survey comes two weeks after the Supreme Court rejected the pleas of a Christian family to have their child exempted from Quebec government’s mandatory religious culture course.
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This Lent, Development & Peace teaches 10% of the world is homosexual
The figure, according to experts, is a gross exaggeration pushed by homosexual activists with a view to normalizing homosexuality. Statistics Canada reports the number to be 1.5% of the population.
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Pro-life film ‘Doonby’ hits ground running with top-tier endorsements
As the producers seek investors for a nationwide release, Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien has called the film a rallying call and pledged his active support when it opens in the U.K.
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Scottish Cardinal calls homosexual marriage ‘grotesque subversion’ of human rights, ‘shameful’
Countries that have legalized gay 'marriage' are "shaming themselves in calling same-sex unions marriages. They're not marriages, and you can't redefine the word," O'Brien said.
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‘Gay-affirming’ churches harming homosexuals, says Christian therapist hit with undercover sting
Pilkington now faces professional discipline for her efforts to offer therapy to people with unwanted same-sex attraction.
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State-funded Canadian broadcaster cancels porn web show after protests
Heritage Minister James Moore said, "This programming cannot be defended."
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Expert critiques claim there’s no link between abortion and mental health issues
An expert tells LifeSiteNews.com the other side is far from disproving the link – and has an agenda of its own.
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From an endangered species comes the cure for cancer
In pro-life circles it is sometimes speculated that we continue to be plagued with cancer since the one who was to discover its cure was aborted. That theory was given new impetus this week with the news that a 17-year-old Chinese girl has come up with what may very well be the cure. The sex-selective abortions of the Chinese girl-child are notorious due to the nation’s gruesome one-child policy. The recently published “Unnatural Selection: Choosing Boys Over Girls, and the Consequences of a World Full of Men,” by journalist Mara Hvistendahl estimates that some 160 million girls are missing in […]
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Full text of BBC interview with Cardinal Archbishop Kieth O’Brien on BBC’s Today show
People may say that as a Church leader you are perfectly entitled to have your views on gay marriage, but this sort of language is simply inflamatory. I don’t think it’s inflammatory at all. I think I’m just handing on the teaching of the Christian Church almost 2,000 years, for over 2,000 years, since Christ was on Earth, handing on his same teaching and doing my best to hand it on in a way that many people can hear it. Grotesque? Shaming the country? Indeed. How shaming the country? I think if the United Kingdom does go for and supports […]
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Letter to Catholic parishioners by Cardinal Archbishop Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Peter Smith
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ, this week the Coalition Government is expected to present its consultation paper on the proposed change in the legal definition of marriage so as to open the institution of marriage to same-sex partnerships. Today we want to put before you the Catholic vision of marriage and the light it casts on the importance of marriage for our society. The roots of the institution of marriage lie in our nature. Male and female we have been created, and written into our nature is this pattern of complementarity and fertility. This pattern is, of course, […]
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You depend on us. We depend on you.
Though we live in an age where a child could conceivably grow up having never been exposed to the truth about the destructive realities of abortion, contraception, homosexuality, or any issue that plagues our culture, when the truth is spoken it has a profound effect.
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You depend on us. We depend on you.
Though we live in an age where a child could conceivably grow up having never been exposed to the truth about the destructive realities of abortion, contraception, homosexuality, or any issue that plagues our culture, when the truth is spoken it has a profound effect.
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‘You don’t go to a country and expect to be given a baby’: missionary returns from India a mom
Four-year-old Kyle Morlock may not be alive today were it not for the courage of a young woman who had come to India prepared to do whatever God asked of her.
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A brief note to our new readers explaining LifeSiteNews fundraising campaigns
Our many new subscribers and other readers may be unfamiliar with the staffing and other logistics involved in publishing this world class daily news service. The expense of this requires that we undertake these quarterly fundraising campaigns which just barely pay our bills. Very briefly for now, we have a staff of 11 journalists in five nations, some of whom also have extensive management duties, plus two full-time support staff, a top grade three person technical team and several other part-time support staff. And then we have substantial equipment, hosting service and other costs. All this adds up to several […]
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Sun TV exposes disturbing goal of Alberta and other gov’t education plans
Last week on a Sun TV Byline segment, host Brian Lilley and analyst John Robson revealed the disturbing overall agenda behind the Alberta and other recent provincial developments on education. “There is an attempt”, starts Lilley, “to take over, intrude too much, trying to mold our children in ways that we’ve never asked the schools to.” Lilley quotes from a recent LifeSiteNews interview with a spokeswoman for the Alberta Minister of Education and notes that the new legislation would require even homeschooling parents to follow the Alberta Human Rights code in giving instruction to their children. He continues, that “we’ve […]
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Pro-life youth arrested outside school and held in jail for 24 hours
The pro-life activists who were protesting outside the school say they were repeatedly told by police that they were detained simply because they were talking about abortion.
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Pro-life activist Randall Terry defeats Barack Obama in Democratic primary – in 14 Oklahoma counties
“Obama's promotion of child-killing, and his attack on the church and religious liberty are his Achilles heel,” Terry's website states.
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Book to teach elementary students 30 ways babies made slammed by pro-family culture critics
The homosexual rights community is getting behind the book for its positive portray of the dozens of alternative methods that can be used to create a new human life.
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Maryland to pay $385,000 to pro-life group for unlawful arrests: will train troopers on Constitution
State troopers “had a hard time figuring out what to charge" pro-life demonstrators "with, because frankly they didn't violate any criminal laws," attorney Tom Brejcha told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Virginia governor signs ultrasound bill originally decried by pro-aborts as ‘rape’ measure
The bill became the center of a media firestorm after Democrat opponents claimed the measure was tantamount to "rape".
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‘Truth about homosexuality’ pamphleteer arrested, threatened with committal to psychiatric ward
Whatcott was arrested after he had begun distributing 5000 pamphlets criticizing homosexuality.
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Lesbian denied Communion at her mother’s funeral is also a Buddhist
Barbara Johnson writes in an online paper, "in my interview with the [Catholic] principal we talked openly about my being a lesbian and a Buddhist.”
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Canadian women protest abortion for International Women’s Day
In the wake of Canada’s sex-selection abortion controversy, a group of young women from across the country are using this year’s International Women’s Day to challenge Canadians to re-think their opinion on abortion.
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Rep. Chris Smith slams justification of infanticide
"rationale for murdering newborns in the nursery is indistinguishable from any other child predator wielding a knife or gun."
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Dolan: White House invoked support of “enlightened” Catholics in refusing to budge on mandate
White House to bishops: "enlightened" Catholics accept the president's terms
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Westminster Archbishop reaffirms ‘intention and purpose’ of gay Masses
The statement, which suggests the masses may be under review, has received a mixed reception among Catholics who have campaigned against the Masses.
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Pro-life activist wins 18% of vote from Obama in Oklahoma Democrat primary: wins delegate
Let’s just say the November presidential election is close, perhaps as close as the 2000 election. In such a case, Barack Obama would need every vote he can get. Now let’s say there is a pro-life Democrat in the race, one with name recognition. You see his name, you think pro-life. And you know there are lots of pro-life Democrats out there, banished as they are to the wilderness – and pretty ticked about it. Might not some of those pro-life Democrats decide to make a statement with their vote? Hey, here’s a voter who opposes infanticide and partial birth […]
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Celebrating 50 years of ‘choice’… and my birthday
When I was in grade six I had thee BEST Arthur-themed birthday party in the entire universe (what a wonderful kind of day, HEY!). We had the hats. We had the cake. We had a blast. Today is International Women’s Day. Planned Parenthood Toronto is celebrating “50 years of choice” with a gala fundraising dinner outside the Ramada Plaza Hotel (link attached to complain). Guest speakers include City Councillor Adam Vaughan, MPP Rosario Marchese and talk-show host of CP24, Cynthia Loyst. What do these two things have to do with each other? Nothing. I just like Arthur. And I’m a […]
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61 abortion workers have quit after 40 Days for Life campaigns: pray for them
These journeys are never smooth. Many of these workers are uncomfortable about the peaceful prayer vigils outside their doors. T
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China attempts to make brutal one child policy more palatable with new slogans
China has undertaken a project to make their “slogans” for the One Child Policy sound better to the ear. Well, at least that’s their goal.
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A voice for life – the story of an abortion survivor
While there are many people speaking out against abortion, there are very few people who have lived through an abortion. Melissa Ohden belongs to that small group of people.
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I am a Human Being: Campaign Life launches new website to support Woodworth motion
Campaign Life Coalition announced Thursday the launch of IamaHumanBeing.ca, an educational tool that presents the scientific basis for why every human life should be protected from the time of conception to natural death.
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European Fascist Movements are Led by Homosexuals According to Gay Journalist
European Fascist Movements are Led by Homosexuals According to Gay Journalist by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BRITAIN, May 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the rise of an increasingly militant and even violent homosexual movement which has threatened and assaulted Christians for their opposition to their political agenda, homosexual activists in the U.S. and Europe have been increasingly accused of “homofascism.” Now, a self-described “gay left-wing” journalist in Britain has admitted that the fascist tendency of homosexuals is far more than a conservative rhetorical trope. Johann Hari, a reporter for the Independent newspaper points out in a recent article for […]
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The True Colors of Abortion Advocates on Display in Virginia
Today, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell signed HB 462, the ultrasound bill, into law. The bill becomes law after a long, hard fight where the abortion industry fought against a life-saving procedure that is often used in Planned Parenthood clinics – even as they argued it was an assault on women. Abortion advocates pulled out all the stops to kill the bill. They used lies and misinformation, vile personal attacks on legislators, and even got the media to assist. Reports repeating the mischaracterizations that the bill forced women to undergo a “trans-vaginal” ultrasound showed up on ABC News, MSNBC, and the […]
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Is persecution around the corner?
Catholic Insight editor shows that, for the time being, the enemies of Christian civilization appear to have won in Canada.
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Totally epic must-see video of priest denouncing HHS mandate
What is it with all these priests coming out with these super-slick and incredibly powerful videos slamming the recent mandate that all employers pay for birth control, including abortifacient drugs like “ella”? Whatever it is, I hope it keeps up. Here’s the latest. I hope you enjoy. Oh, and make sure you click that little Facebook “like” icon at the top of this page, and “share” this awesome video with your friends!
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Pope Benedict’s address to the Pontifical Academy for Life Assembly on Infertility
This February 26 address emphasizes the great importance of ethical considerations regarding any proposed treatments for infertility.
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Gingrich urged to drop out to coalesce conservative vote behind Santorum
Conservative pundit Richard Viguerie joins a number of conservatives who say it is time for the Speaker to step aside and give Santorum a chance.
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Youth song for Rick Santorum sees massive popularity spike
From 300 views yesterday to over 15,000 currently. My fav line: “Faithful to his wife and seven kids, he’ll be loyal to our land.” The amazing band is called First Love, and they’re a family with eight children. LYRICS: VS 1: GAME ON! Join the Fight We’ve finally got a Man who will Stand for what is Right GAME ON! Victory’s in Sight We’ve got a Man who Understands that God Gave the Bill of Rights CH: Oh, there is Hope for our Nation again Maybe the First time Since we Had Ronald Reagan There will be Justice for the […]
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Outspent four-to-one, Santorum scores wins in three states, Romney wins six
Romney's campaign and his super PAC, Restore Our Future, outspent Santroum and his allied groups by a margin of 4-to-1 in Super Tuesday states.
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How some kids with a van are changing the pro-life movement
Save the Storks is an abortion clinic’s worst nightmare. Their new model will absolutely revolutionize the front lines of pro-life activism.
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‘Perfect storm’ is brewing to reopen abortion debate in Canada
"While [Prime Minister Stephen Harper] may be content to say, ‘Let the babies die!,’ Canadian society is not," declared CLC President Jim Hughes.
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Obama brings daughters into flap over Limbaugh’s contraception remarks
President Obama told reporters Tuesday that he gave personal support to Sandra Fluke because the affair caused him to think of his daughters.
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U.S. Out of my uterus! But first: buy me stuff for my uterus!
Your pills are not going anywhere, ladies. You can still engage in all the recreational sex your little hearts desire. What you can’t do is expect me — or anyone else — to pay for it.
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Vatican website taken down by pro-abortion hackers
Hackers claiming ties to Anonymous have taken credit for the crash of the Vatican's website, citing the clergy sex abuse scandal and the Church's stance against abortion.
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Please don’t go in
Today’s guest post is by Cameron Wilson Standing across the street from an abortuary always gives me a gut-wrenching feeling. I am sure that most pro-lifers who have experienced this understand what I am saying. Two by two the unsure, emotionally distressed young girls, with their children inside of them, walk into the clinic. One by one the shattered young ladies walk out, a little part of them having been sucked away in that remorseless vacuum. It is surreal to watch the operations of such a place of destruction, even if is from a distance. I always make a point […]
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Healing after years of pain: post-abortive parents find peace
A volunteer offered a “precious feet” pin to a woman who was leaving Planned Parenthood. Her hands were shaking, but she took it, asking what it was.
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Actor Kirk Cameron won’t back down, calls homosexuality ‘unnatural’ and destructive to civilization
Cameron squarely defended Christian belief on homosexual behavior and abortion on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight.
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GLAAD to be totalitarian
Why do so many gay activist groups seem obsessed with forcing religious people to accept the homosexual lifestyle? Is it a throwback to that ancient coupling of sex and religion in pagan cultures?
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Justice Scalia tells young Catholics not to fear scorn for their beliefs
Have "the courage to have your wisdom regarded as stupidity," Justice Antonin Scalia said.
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Barack Obama had a transgendered nanny in Indonesia
“I never let [Barack] see me wearing women's clothes,” Turdi insisted. “But he did see me trying on his mother's lipstick sometimes. That used to really crack him up.”
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Murder charges dropped against two abortionists
Pro-life leader Troy Newman of Operation Rescue denounced the decision. “The State simply cannot let these abortionists get away with the murder," he said.
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Brazilian Presidential Front Runner Declares Herself ‘Personally Against’ Abortion
Brazilian Presidential Front Runner Declares Herself ‘Personally Against’ Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent BRASILIA, Brazil, September 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an apparent attempt to counteract a massive pro-life internet campaign against her party, Brazilian presidential front runner Dilma Rousseff told the nation’s media today that she is a Catholic and is “personally against abortion.” “In my conception, I am favorable to the valuing of life,” Rousseff said. “And I am personally against abortion, which is violence against a woman.” Rousseff made the statements following a meeting with various religious and political leaders, which was […]
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Andrew Breitbart: ‘The Left is, in Essence, the Media’
Andrew Breitbart: ‘The Left is, in Essence, the Media’ by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert LOS ANGELES, California, May 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The bias of the liberal media is so deeply ingrained that it is an essential part of its structure – one that conservatives must fight hard to challenge effectively, according to conservative new media guru Andrew Brietbart. “The left, to me, in essence, is the media,” said Breitbart an interview with CBN’s Matt Brody. Big liberal names like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, he explained, “possess limited charms.” “Their ability to get what […]
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The lessons of the Bishop Lahey scandal
One of the first lessons to glean from this sad story is the need for effective action by fellow clergy when they have knowledge of grave scandalous actions by their brother priests or even their bishops.
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Environmentalists claim contraception, Agenda 21 will end global warming
“Not a single person in the presidential primaries for the Republican position of president is willing to even get behind contraception, much less get behind the notion of any discussion of population,” Kavita Ramdas said.
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Franklin Graham would ‘break the law’: takes aim at HHS mandate
Graham worries forcing Catholics to pay for contraception is the beginning of a larger effort to suppress religious liberties in the name of fighting “discrimination.”
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Pro-life postcard campaign shows Calgarians graphic reality of abortion
“If something is so horrifying that they can’t stand to look at it then perhaps we shouldn’t be tolerating it,” pro-life activist Stephanie Grey said to LifeSiteNews.
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The sad story of the Atlantic ACTIVE-8 campaign
There once was a contest for youth leadership. One of the persons up for the award was a pro-abortion activist.
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Karen Santorum fights back against critics on deceased newborn, relationship with abortionist
Earlier this year Fox News’ Alan Colmes had ripped Santorum for how he grieved the death of Gabriel, saying it was evidence of the "crazy" things Santorum has said and done.
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‘What is the big deal about Catholics using birth control?’
It is more vital than ever that Catholics who understand the teaching of the Church on birth control be ever so patient with those who do not. After all, the sad reality is that for 50 years now there have only been a few Cardinals, Bishops, and priests who have given the proper time to this subject matter from the pulpit. Those who addressed this issue often suffered for it. Some were reprimanded by their Superiors, others were moved out to the farthest, most undesirable location in the diocese. It was so very painful for orthodox Catholics to endure. When […]
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The most important pro-life event in Canada: Organizers gear up for March for Life 2012
Organizers are looking forward to breaking last year's record attendance of 15,300 pro-life citizens from across Canada.
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Something deadly this way comes: the insatiable appetite of the Culture of Death
A culture that grows accustomed to death in the womb will soon contemplate killing in the nursery. The murderous appetite of the Culture of Death will never be satisfied.
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Prosecutors seek 309 years in prison for Spain’s ‘abortion mogul’ Carlos Morin
Morin is accused of performing illegal late-term abortions based upon fabricated proofs for risks to the "psychological health" of patients.
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The deceitful and shameful misrepresentation of Obama’s HHS mandate
They say this is all about protecting women’s access to contraception. This is, folks, the biggest red herring I’ve seen in politics. It’s garbage, and they know it. Shame on them.
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After-Birth abortion: A Modest Proposal?
Kill newborn babies? It sounds like something out of a satire, like Jonathon Swift's "A Modest Proposal." Sadly, it is not.
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HHS mandate could close 13 percent of the nation’s hospitals
“Freedom of religion (or freedom of anything) enrages the collectivist, intellectual, political, and journalist elites if it stands in the way of their control over every detail of our daily lives,” Richard Ralston told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Obama’s Fluke: Seizing moral authority in the attack on religious freedom
Rush Limbaugh is under attack for calling Georgetown University law student and pro-abortion activist Sandra Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” after she called on Congress to force her nominally Catholic university to pay for her contraception and abortion-inducing drugs. Obama and his backers, including the mainstream media, have jumped on the incident in an effort to seize some sort of moral authority and popular support in a debate over Obama’s contraceptive mandate that up until now has been successfully framed in many quarters as an attack on religious freedom. Limbaugh’s comments were indeed indefensible, as he has acknowledged himself […]
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ObamaCare fines religious institutions $100 a day per employee for failing to provide contraception
Dr. Matthew Harrison, president of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), testified before Congress that his denomination could face “tens of millions of dollars” in fines.
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Three big stories
The Obama admin's ruling in favor of Pepsi's use of cells from aborted children, the Alberta government's backpedaling and today's D&P report are three noteworthy Monday reports.
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The Power of the New Media
The culture is where the…mind is won or lost.”
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The Power of the New Media
“The culture is where the…mind is won or lost.”
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Leadership contest announces results: pro-abort candidate behind by a hair, but both to be awarded
“What a joke,” said Ann Marie Tomlin, a spokesperson for P.E.I. Right to Life Association, to LifeSiteNews.
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Heart-broken grandmother refuses to think of five-year-old ‘transgender’ grandson as a girl
Jill Recknell is mourning the loss of her grandson, despite the fact that he is alive and well. It’s just that Zach and his parents insist that he's a girl.
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Alberta backtracks: Parents can teach beliefs on homosexuality, but homeschoolers still concerned
After getting flooded with complaints, the government is now hastening to assure parents that they can indeed teach their beliefs on controversial issues.
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It’s not just Pepsi: drug, food, cosmetic companies use aborted baby cells, says scientist
Rebecca Taylor, a Technologist in Molecular Biology, has compiled a list of companies that use cells and tissues derived from aborted babies to develop their products, which range from childhood vaccines to cosmetics.
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Population expert: China must end brutal one-child policy or face collapse
"The Chinese people have paid in blood for this mistake," said Stephen Mosher of the Population Research Institute.
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Catholic school suspends student for distributing letter supporting modesty
“[R]eal attractiveness doesn’t come from wearing the latest fashion," the grade 12 student told his female classmates.
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Nigerian man arraigned for performing forced abortion on girlfriend
The prosecutor said the accused, Idris Oke, and a pharmacist deceitfully administered drugs to Ms. Onah causing her miscarriage on February 18.
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‘Reprehensible and disgusting’: Censoring the ex-homosexual message
Should those people who have left the homosexual lifestyle have the right to have their message heard? One school board isn't sure.
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Caught on tape: Canadian bishops-backed group doles out free contraception
While the U.S. bishops valiantly fight a mandate by the Obama administration forcing people of faith to cover contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs, a LifeSiteNews investigation reveals that the Canadian bishops’ international development arm is supporting a Haitian group that hands out free contraceptives.
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40 Days for Life has spared 148 babies from abortion so far
The young man driving stopped and rolled down his window. He told the volunteer, “She saw your sign — and didn’t want to do it.”
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Obama agency rules Pepsi use of cells derived from aborted fetus ‘ordinary business’
Pepsi has succeeded, with help from the Obama Administration, in keeping its controversial operations from consideration by its shareholders.
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Teenagers launch campaign to send one million pro-life letters to the White House
It’s an ambitious project for a small, newly-formed group of teenage girls, whose involvement in pro-life work has so far been confined to the local level.
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Leading infertility expert rips ineffective, costly IVF: ‘built on foundation of destroying life’
Dr. Thomas Hilgers dismissed IVF as ineffective, costly and unethical compared to the more natural and more successful Napro Technology method.
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St. Petersburg legislators pass law prohibiting promotion of homosexuality among minors
Twenty-nine out of the assembly's 50 members voted in favor of the measure, which will now be sent to the city's governor for his signature.
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Taxpayers fund abortions, transgender treatments for illegal aliens under new Obama admin rules
“It's almost like it's from The Onion,” one immigration expert told LifeSiteNews. “It's clearly not the best use of our taxpayer dollars.”
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Ontario education official says teachers are ‘co-parents’
The official was responding to the case where a father was arrested after his daughter drew a picture of him with a gun.
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Big Bird’s Catholic doctrine game: one of these things is not like the other
As a mother, I can recall playing the Sesame Street game, “One of These Things Is Not Like the Other,” with our children when they were very young.
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What burning Korans, birth control, and blind lawyers have in common
The point isn’t religion. It’s freedom. Whether you are a Christian or not, whether you are pro-life or not, you need to be very concerned about this Obamacare mandate.
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Chinese mothers forced to flee to U.S. to give birth
China’s One Child Policy is among the worst human rights violations in the world. All civilized nations—especially the U.S.—need to take a stronger stand against this policy.
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Swedish homeschooling leader flees country following alleged persecution
“The safety of my family could no longer be guaranteed," said Jonas Himmelstrand.
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Exclusive: Inside sources provide new info on priest censured for denying lesbian Communion
Two sources close to the incident have provided information contradicting information provided by self-professed lesbian Barbara Johnson.
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Planned Parenthood uses new technology to take advantage of College students
Planned Parenthood is the best deceiver of young people since the evil queen tempted Snow White with that poisoned apple.
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A pro-life reading list
As pro-lifers, it’s important to be well informed. The more we know about the issue, the better we can explain it to the rest of our nation and our world.
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Christian model crusades to protect young girls against hyper-sexed Cosmo Magazine
"The sexual tips in there are just so pornographic and it's so harmful to girls," Nicole Weider told LifeSiteNews about Cosmopolitan magazine.
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Sebelius reiterates Obama: birth control mandate pays for itself because fewer babies are born
“The reduction in the number of pregnancies compensates for the cost of contraception,” Sebelius replied in answer to a question about who pays for birth control under the mandate.
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Priest warns Obama: Better knock the Catholic Church out now – you’ve awakened the giant
Click “like” if you want to end abortion! Fr. John Hollowell’s truly amazing monologue needs to be spread far and wide. It’s a wake up call, and one of the most encouraging statements I’ve heard in a long time. It’s a Divine battle cry! The talk heats up after minute 2 where he notes in this talk addressed to Planned Parenthood Pres. Cecile Richards that “we have not doubt” that in the future Planned Parenthood will be seen as the “slave traders, the Nazis, the Communists and all those groups that seek to oppress people.” He then warns PP and […]
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Irony: Bar boots Denver bishop giving private talk on threats to religious liberty
Bishop James Conley was speaking to a Theology on Tap group on Jan. 26 about how America is turning into an "atheocracy" when trouble began brewing.
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The Passion of Sandra Fluke
Who's more sympathetic: a college woman called a 'slut'' or a 14-year-old girl threatened with rape and murder?
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Romney’s Blunt problem with the pro-life movement
Mitt Romney's confusing answer about the Blunt Amendment is symptomatic of his candidacy's wide, broad, deep, and well-cultivated estrangement from the pro-life movement.
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Shock: Oxford Neonatologist Says Time Has Come to Consider “Mandatory Organ Donation”
Shock: Oxford Neonatologist Says Time Has Come to Consider “Mandatory Organ Donation” by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert OXFORD, UK, October 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to Dr. Julian Savulescu, the Uehiro Chair of Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, and neonatologist and Oxford graduate student Dominic Wilkinson, bold steps may have to be taken to increase the supply of organs for transplant. This, they say in a co-authored article published today, could be accomplished by removing one simple impediment – the requirement of donor “death.” In a separate article, published last week, Wilkinson suggested an even more radical plan […]
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Two Texas abortionists ordered to pay thousands in fines for violating standards of care
“The Board actions prove that these two abortionists were providing substandard services and cutting corners on women's health," Troy Newman said.
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Leading pro-life Virginia Delegate concerned about amended ultrasound bill
“What I'm gonna, do, I can't say at this point,” Delegate Marshall told LifeSiteNews about how he will vote on the bill.
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Widespread media focus on abortion opens door for pro-life gains in UK
At the same time pro-lifers should beware rejoicing in government calls for a “public consultation” on abortion practices, according to UK pro-life leader Anthony Ozimic.
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Vatican prelate blasts UN demand to abolish all laws against homosexual activity
“It’s not possible to impose on the poor this kind of European mentality,” Cardinal Robert Sarah told the National Catholic Register.
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Maryland governor signs same-sex ‘marriage’ bill as referendum clears first hurdle
Supporters of traditional marriage in the state say the fight over the issue is just beginning, and say they believe voters will overturn the new law.
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Slate writer: I would have aborted my son if I had known of his disability
"I'm so grateful that Ronan is my child,” Emily Rapp wrote in her column. “I also wish he'd never been born."
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‘Cookies for Life’: 10-year-old ex-Girl Scout raises thousands for pro-life with home-baked cookies
When Grace Swanke, 10, found out that Girl Scouts is entangled with Planned Parenthood she decided to make and sell her own brand of cookie, but with a pro-life twist.
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Alberta Pro-Life rolls out Defund Abortion campaign
“Our goal is to inform voters about the injustice they are funding," stated Stephanie Fennelly, Executive Director of Alberta Pro-Life.
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UN security guards confiscate pro-life literature from students
The young people insist they were not leafleting, which is forbidden on UN property, though it is routinely ignored.
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The 13 Catholic Senators who voted against allowing Catholic organizations conscience rights
"It is disappointing to witness a group of senators misled on this issue at the expense of one of our key founding principles," said Matt Smith, president of Catholic Advocate.
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UN sponsors first World Down Syndrome Day: greatest threat is abortion
Pro-life activists are thrilled the UN is supporting the international event, and hope it will draw attention to the high abortion rate for children with Down's.
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Amendment to protect religious liberty under Obama mandate fails in U.S. Senate 51-48
The Blunt Amendment, which would have amended the Obama administration's abortifacient birth control mandate to protect religious liberty, has just failed in the U.S. Senate in a 51-48 vote.
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California man rides 10 miles to attend 40 Days vigil…every day
He rides his bicycle to the vigil — every day — and remains in silent prayer for 4 to 5 hours.
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CNN covers for Obama on infanticide support, cuts key information
On February 28 CNN’s Wolf Blitzer tried to play gotcha with Newt Gingrich regarding Gingrich’s statement during a recent Republican debate that the mainstream media had failed to scrutinize presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 regarding his opposition as state senator to the Illinois Born Alive Infant Protection Act. Blitzer, attempting to prove that at least CNN had covered the story, played a clip of “special contributor” David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network interviewing Obama on the topic. No surprise, the particular clip by which CNN chose to vindicate itself also appears to vindicate Obama, or at the very […]
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Media mogul Andrew Breitbart dies at 43, called pro-life cause ‘most important issue’
In the speech at a Students for Life briefing last month, the father of four revealed that he was adopted and that this was a crucial factor in his conversion to the pro-life cause.
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