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US Urges China to Release Blind Anti-Forced-Abortion Activist Chen Guangcheng

US Urges China to Release Blind Anti-Forced-Abortion Activist Chen Guangcheng by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac LINYI, China, August 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A high ranking US official has joined in the efforts of the Bush Administration to convince China to release blind anti-forced-abortion, anti-one-child-policyÂactivist Chen Guangcheng. Chen was formally arrested earlier this year for his public advocacy for local victims of the forced-abortion, one-child policy in the eastern China city of Linyi, although he had already been under house arrest since August 2005. “We believe that there has been a certain violation of normal standards and are urging China to […]
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LifeSiteNews returns Wednesday, January 2nd

Our more than ever needed staff Christmas break is almost over and we return to normal reporting Jan. 2nd. It has been an exciting but draining year for us and no doubt for many of you. Let's savour these special two more days with family and friends before we begin again in 2013. Happy New Year!
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Missouri Law Banning “Choose Life” License Plates Ruled Unconstitutional

Missouri Law Banning “Choose Life” License Plates Ruled Unconstitutional by LifeSiteNews.com KANSAS CITY, January 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal court Wednesday ruled in favor of attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund who were defending “Choose Life” as a slogan for specialty plates. ADF attorneys represented pro-life organization Choose Life of Missouri in the lawsuit. “Pro-life organizations shouldn’t be penalized for expressing their beliefs,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Joel Oster. “Unfortunately, that’s how Missouri officials unfairly discriminated when they denied Choose Life the right to exercise their free speech rights, and today the court agreed.” The court ordered the […]
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Only 2 days left!

The end of our campaign is quickly approaching, and 2013 is right around the corner! We have $35,500 to raise, and only 2 days to do it!
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14-Year-Old Lia Mills at Pro-Life Conference: “I have learned to embrace conflict”

14-Year-Old Lia Mills at Pro-Life Conference: “I have learned to embrace conflict” by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, October 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Friday sessions at the International Pro-Life Conference in Ottawa, Canada featured a host of powerful and hard-hitting talks from some of the shining lights and rising stars in the US, Canadian and international pro-life movements. Fourteen-year-old Lia Mills, who became a YouTube sensation after her school speech on abortion got over half a million views, shared how she endured in giving the speech for her school’s speaking contest despite her teacher’s opposition and a […]
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TEACHER REPRIMANDED BY COLLEGE FOR OBJECTING TO HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA

TEACHER REPRIMANDED BY COLLEGE FOR OBJECTING TO HOMOSEXUAL AGENDA by LifeSiteNews.com VANCOUVER, June 7, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In May, Chris Kempling, a 13-year teacher and counsellor in the public school system in BC, was declared guilty of conduct unbecoming a member of the BC College of Teachers by the College (BCCT). Kempling was reprimanded for writing letters to the editor objecting to the promotion of the homosexual agenda in the public school system as well as for writing unpublished research essays, and private letters to her supervisors and elected officials. The College declared that “everything that you have written in […]
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Young Wisconsin Catholics Cheer Bishop Morlino for Welcoming Orthodox Priests

Young Wisconsin Catholics Cheer Bishop Morlino for Welcoming Orthodox Priests by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert MADISON, Wisconsin, June 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholics in the diocese of Madison, WI are hitting back at negative media coverage of their bishop after he welcomed priests with the Society of Jesus Christ the Priest, a group renowned for their traditionalist liturgy and fidelity to orthodox Catholic teaching. Supporters note that, contrary to the picture painted by dissenting voices in the media, Morlino’s focus on orthodoxy is increasingly popular with Catholic youth – even in the liberal stronghold of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison […]
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Bishop: All Priests Must Play Recorded Homily on Life and Family or Suffer “Serious Consequences”

Bishop: All Priests Must Play Recorded Homily on Life and Family or Suffer “Serious Consequences” by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen MADISON, WI, November 2, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Robert C. Morlino is a man of courage. The 59-year-old who has been a bishop for seven years, serving the last three in the diocese of Madison, has taken steps to ensure that his teaching on voting in favour of life and family get transmitted to the faithful. After hearing reports of “isolated cases” of priests refusing to convey, or even publicly contradicting, the bishops’ messages on these important topics, he went […]
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Bishop Morlino Sacks Dissident Feminist Pastoral Associate, Elicits Rage from Liberal Community

Bishop Morlino Sacks Dissident Feminist Pastoral Associate, Elicits Rage from Liberal Community by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert MADISON, Wisconsin, March 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Morlino, who has come under fire in the past for proclaiming Catholic Church teaching on life and family, is again facing the ire of liberal Catholics. This time, the Madison bishop is facing protests for sacking a pastoral associate who advocates dissident liberation and feminist theology. Ruth Kolpack, who has served as pastoral associate at St. Thomas parish since 1995, was dismissed by the bishop on Thursday after she refused to recant a 2003 Master’s […]
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American Apparel Defends “Pornographic” Billboards

American Apparel Defends “Pornographic” Billboards by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert TORONTO, August 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – American Apparel has outraged passersby who object to the public display of images akin to those typically found in porn magazines with their latest billboard campaign, which pushes the limits of sexual advertising. The Globe and Mail reports that one billboard for the clothing company on display in Yonge-Dundas Square, featuring the bare, arched back and naked buttocks of a woman posed with legs spread under thin films of nylon, was too much for Batsheva Capek to ignore. Upon first seeing the image Ms. […]
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‘Twilight’ of the West – Films with Demonic Influence?

‘Twilight’ of the West – Films with Demonic Influence? by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, June 29, 2010, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Wednesday’s release of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” promises to be a blockbuster success, if last week’s premiere in Los Angeles, where hundreds of fans camped out for days in advance to get a glimpse, is any indication. The film’s massive popularity comes as no surprise to Canadian novelist and author Michael O’Brien, who analyzes the Twilight series in his latest book. O’Brien argues convincingly that the vampire novel series dangerously twists evil into good and may even be demonically […]
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Pope Decries Euthanasia as “Evil” as Luxembourg Parliament Advances with Assisted Suicide Legalizati

Pope Decries Euthanasia as “Evil” as Luxembourg Parliament Advances with Assisted Suicide Legalizati by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert ROME, December 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI yesterday expressed his “deepest concern” as Luxembourg draws near to adopting assisted suicide into law, which the Pope roundly condemned as contrary to true compassion. “Political leaders, whose duty is to serve the good of man, as well as doctors and families should remember that ‘the deliberate decision to deprive an innocent human being of his life is always evil from the moral point of view and can never be lawful,'” said the […]
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MORNING AFTER PILLS USED TO EXPLOIT WOMEN AND CREATE SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS

MORNING AFTER PILLS USED TO EXPLOIT WOMEN AND CREATE SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS by LifeSiteNews.com Confirms critics’ predictions that excessive use of the morning after pill would become common BANGKOK, June 10, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A disturbing report in the Bangkok Post reveals that Thai women, unaware of the risks of the abortifacient morning after pill, are taking the pills on a regular basis. Nattaya Boonpakdee, programme assistant at the Population Council – an avid promoter of the pill – admits that “The drug is not 100 percent pregnancy proof, (and) There are also health risks for the woman. Most importantly, […]
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VIDEO: Merry Christmas to LifeSiteNews fans from our friends in Austria

“Sound of Music”-Style Video to “Welcome Baby Jesus“ The fact that Jesus is the reason for the season is no longer self-evident: Politically correct “seasonal greetings” often replace the traditional “Merry Christmas“. Not with us, says Austria-based children singing group “KISI – God’s Singing Kids” who created this heart-warming music video. In “sound of music” settings, children bring to light the meaning of Christmas and the joy of life, friendship and of faith. An outstanding contribution to the culture of life, filmed in the snow of the Austrian mountains and dedicated to the children all over the world. The song […]
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UK Woman Dies of Blood Clots after Ten Years on the Pill

UK Woman Dies of Blood Clots after Ten Years on the Pill by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LIVERPOOL, April 9, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 28 year-old UK woman has died of deep vein thrombosis after taking birth control pills for a decade, the Daily Mail reports. Jenna Morris, a bank worker who was planning to marry her live-in fiancé Luke Hawson, was sent home sick from work by doctors who told her she was suffering from kidney stones. She died suddenly when blood clots that formed in her legs spread to her lungs. Her sister Suzanne confirmed that doctors said […]
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Washington State Reverses: Will Now Protect Conscience Rights of Pharmacists

Washington State Reverses: Will Now Protect Conscience Rights of Pharmacists by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman OLYMPIA, Washington, July 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Attorneys for the State of Washington have told a federal judge that the state Pharmacy Board will seek to create new rules to protect the consciences of pharmacists who do not wish to stock and dispense the abortifacient Plan B. The about-face comes less than two weeks before the scheduled July 26, 2010 trial for a suit alleging that Washington State had violated the constitutional right to free exercise of religion by requiring pharmacists to dispense Plan B, no matter […]
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Why we’re such beggars

If we just stuck to reporting on abortion and what is normally considered to be “pro-life” there is no doubt LifeSiteNews would have been far easier to grow. But our consciences would not allow us to take that relatively safe or institutionally acceptable road
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10 out of 10 black children prefer Ramen noodles to death

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 20, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com)—Politically motivated arguments are infuriatingly illogical, but none more so than special pleading for abortion providers. Earlier this month, Rush Limbaugh told his that audience Roe v. Wade had “made us insensitive to killing.”  His words took on a new prescience as the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre claimed the lives of nearly two-dozen young children – often referred to in the media simply as “babies.”  But not everyone was convinced. His caller’s statement that abortion deserved an honorable mention in decimating the black community brought howls from the Civil Rights industry, one of the pillars […]
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Mayan Apocalypse? Dec. 21 may be my last day on earth

Will December 21, 2012 be the end of the world? I can say with certainty that it will not.  However, I cannot say the same of my last day on earth.  You see, I honestly don’t know when I will die, and thus when I’ll be called to meet my Maker and answer for the life He’s given me. It may very well be tomorrow, or even later today. That’s why the practice of “living every day as if it’s your last” makes such good sense with a view to eternal judgment. The notion of living out your last days […]
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Here’s the Whole Team …

We will be working with 20+ full and part-time staff plus regular contracted support individuals in the coming year. Every single one of them are exceptional individuals dedicated to this truth in news mission. It takes a lot of people to run this major, international Internet news service.
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Here’s the whole team…

We will be working with 20+ full and part-time staff plus regular contracted support individuals in the coming year. Every single one of them are exceptional individuals dedicated to this truth in news mission. It takes a lot of people to run this major, international Internet news service.
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Newtown is a warning

It seems that most, but not all, commentators have missed the main significance of the Newtown massacre of innocents. It is a warning, the latest in an ongoing series of increasingly terrible incidents warning America and in fact most of the developed West (Norway massacre) to turn back from their self-destructive ways. Our growing cultural depravity, as some commentators have correctly fingered, is the primary and underlying cause of these gut wrenching social catastrophes. It will likely get worse, much worse, given current circumstances. I suggest we have not seen anything yet, unless… It will get worse because so very […]
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In the beginning was the Word…

We ultimately have bigger fish to fry than vocabulary ... But it is precisely words that frame the debate and shape our intellectual landscape. It is with the humble word that we begin, as the Gospel of John reminds us.
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In the Beginning was the Word …

We ultimately have bigger fish to fry than vocabulary ... But it is precisely words that frame the debate and shape our intellectual landscape. It is with the humble word that we begin, as the Gospel of John reminds us.
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Ten ways redefining marriage would damage civil liberty

Freedom to disagree and the right to private conscience are fundamental liberties in any truly open society. Yet, the Government has utterly failed to consider the impact on civil liberty of its plans to redefine marriage. The Coalition for Marriage has just released a new leaflet outlining ten ways redefining marriage would damage civil liberty. If the meaning of marriage changes in law, they argue, based on expert legal opinion that: 1. Teachers in state schools will be forced to endorse the new definition of marriage. Those that refuse could be disciplined or even dismissed. Such action would be legal. […]
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Obama in tears: ‘They had their entire lives ahead of them…’

In his speeches regarding the tragic shooting deaths of 20 school children in Newton Connecticut last week, President Barack Obama has provided an outline for pro-life activism for all Americans.  Yes, the very President who backs abortion more than any other in history, by commenting on the heartbreaking deaths of young children, has provided what can be seen as a blueprint for defenders of life in the womb everywhere. Let’s take a look at what he said: We, as a nation, we are left with some hard questions… … this most precious, vital part of ourselves—our child—is suddenly exposed to […]
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How to forgive a mass murderer? One Sandy Hook victim’s father shows us the way forward

I don’t know Robbie Parker. But based upon an interview he gave to the media the day after his daughter Emilie was shot and killed at Sandy Hook school, he is an extraordinary, even a saintly, man. The last thing on the minds of most people following the tragic shooting that left 20 children dead, is minimizing the horror of what Adam Lanza did. Anger is the natural human response to such a monstrous crime, and accordingly many have simply labeled Lanza a “monster,” and moved on. But for Robbie Parker that isn’t good enough. For Robbie Parker, evidently a […]
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Urgent!

Some of the most brilliant people I’ve ever met are my coworkers at LifeSiteNews ... But right now, they are worried ...
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Urgent!

Some of the most brilliant people I’ve ever met are my coworkers at LifeSiteNews ... But right now, they are worried.
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Updated: Nun Abortion Clinic Escort Reprimanded – Dominican Congregation Apologizes for Scandal

Updated: Nun Abortion Clinic Escort Reprimanded – Dominican Congregation Apologizes for Scandal by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith HINSDALE, Illinois, November 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A congregation of US Dominican nuns has publicly apologized for the scandal caused by one of its members acting as a volunteer escort at a Chicago area abortion facility, who now faces severe canonical penalties including excommunication and the possibility of dismissal. LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) first broke the story about Sr. Donna Quinn, O.P., a Dominican nun who is outspokenly in favor of legalized abortion, who had been identified by pro-life witnesses as an escort for […]
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“New, Fresh and Adventurous” Translation of Bible a Blip in History says Catholic Writer

“New, Fresh and Adventurous” Translation of Bible a Blip in History says Catholic Writer by LifeSiteNews.com LONDON, June 24, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has praised a new translation of the bible for its “extraordinary power.” However selections of the text show the translation to be more of a paraphrase with an emphasis on modern vernacular slang. Examples are becoming available online. St. Paul’s warning to the Corinthians against sexual immorality has been ‘updated’ to read, “Some of you think the best way to cope with sex is for men and women to keep right away from […]
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Elderly U.K. Couple in Good Health Commit Suicide, Complain of Assisted Suicide Law

Elderly U.K. Couple in Good Health Commit Suicide, Complain of Assisted Suicide Law by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White November 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An elderly, but healthy British couple who are thought to have committed suicide together, sent a letter to the BBC just before their deaths complaining about the law prohibiting assisted suicide. Neither Dennis nor Flora Milner of Newbury, Berkshire, aged 83 and 81 respectively, were ill or disabled, the BBC reports. Instead they wrote that they had merely decided that they wanted to die while they were still able to live in their own home without assistance. […]
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Christendom President: “With this administration there remains a very clear and present danger”

Recent events bring to mind one of the best responses I saw to the re-election of Barack Obama. The day after that dark day, Dr. Timothy O’Donnell, president of Christendom College in Front Royal, Virginia, made a 5-minute video statement on the election results in response to the dismay he was seeing within his college community. The video was intended for the Christendom College students, alumni and supporters. My wife and myself and four of our children are part of that community. Given current developments, I think his very frank but encouraging message should be seen by many more Americans […]
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Another Counseling Student Harrassed for Christian Beliefs Appeals Court Ruling

Another Counseling Student Harrassed for Christian Beliefs Appeals Court Ruling by LifeSiteNews.com DETROIT, Michigan, July 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Attorneys will appeal a federal court decision issued Monday in a lawsuit filed on behalf of student Julea Ward against Eastern Michigan University (EMU) after it kicked out the Christian student for holding to her beliefs on homosexual conduct. EMU dismissed Ward from its graduate counseling program in March 2009 for not affirming homosexual behavior as morally acceptable. Ward would not agree to change her religious beliefs about homosexual behavior or express a message contrary to them during counseling sessions as […]
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“Let me live!”

When I was a little girl, I happily joined my mother at the crisis pregnancy center in Toronto where she volunteered. Plopping myself down on a chair in front of a small T.V., I ‘d watch a video of children playing, running, and laughing while in the background played Pat Boone’s song, “Let Me Live!”:
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Human beings are awesome

The Culture of Life is about way more than just ending abortion, or stopping euthanasia, or protecting traditional marriage. The Culture of Life embraces everything that affirms the dignity, the goodness, the awesomeness of human beings and of human life. What a lot of advocates of abortion and euthanasia fail to recognize is just how beautiful human life can be, even when it is lived in less than ideal circumstances – amidst poverty, sickness, and suffering. That’s why I love this video here. Beethoven! In the midst of a garbage dump. On instruments made out of recycled garbage. If that’s […]
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Turner’s Depopulation Plan: “We’re Too Many People; That’s Why we Have Global Warming”

Turner’s Depopulation Plan: “We’re Too Many People; That’s Why we Have Global Warming” by LifeSiteNews.com Editorial by John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, April 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a wide-ranging hour-long interview on PBS, CNN Founder and billionaire environmental extremist Ted Turner let the cat out of the bag on the real goal of climate change extremists – depopulation. Pro-life activists who have attended UN environment meetings where such issues were discussed have often been the subject of ridicule and derision for pointing out that the massive movement behind global warming, retooled to ‘climate change’, works hand in hand with the […]
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Elena Kagan, appointed to the SCOTUS just in time to hear the gay ‘marriage’ case

“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt The U.S. Supreme Court claims they are currently deciding whether to get involved in the issue of homosexual marriage. The specific issue at hand is the Defense of Marriage Act, passed in 1996 to protect marriage as between a man and a woman. Radical homosexuals are attempting to create an unlawful stir because part of the law bars them from receiving federal benefits that heterosexual married couples receive, even in states where same sex marriage is considered “legal.” Thirty-one […]
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Amour – an award winning film with an anti-life sting in the tail

Amour (literally, ‘Love’) is a 2012 French-language film written and directed by Michael Haneke which won the Palme d’Or (top prize) at the 2012 Cannes Flim Festival. It is now screening in Britain. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, retired music teachers with a daughter living abroad. Anne suffers a turn, from which she recovers and is then found to have a blocked carotid artery, but the surgery goes wrong leaving her partially paralysed and confined to a wheelchair. She makes Georges promise not to send her back to the hospital or go into a nursing […]
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Liberal Party of Canada Demands Abortion Push in Maternal Health Initiative

Liberal Party of Canada Demands Abortion Push in Maternal Health Initiative by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, February 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a Liberal Party press release today, the Liberals demand that Canadian Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper include abortion and contraception as part of his proposed maternal health initiative. In addition, the Liberal leadership is demanding funding for the International Planned Parenthood Federation. In a press scrum following a lengthy Liberal caucus meeting Ignatieff expanded on the theme, noting that during “the Bush regime” federal funds were prohibited from groups which performed or advocated for abortion. “We don’t […]
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The empty manger

During Advent, Christians gather around the Manger, as yet empty. “Come, Lord Jesus, do not delay,” the Church’s liturgy prays. Just as the Baby in the Manger represents for us the greatest Gift God brings, so the emptiness of the Manger represents the deep needs of the human heart—needs that not only we experience individually, but that the human family has experienced from the beginning of time. Adam and Eve alienated themselves and their descendants from intimacy with God. They lost paradise, and ever since, humanity has longed to regain it. The Manger has been empty. As much as we […]
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Human Rights Day in Canada: from ‘never again’ to ‘til next time’

Today, as some of you may know, is celebrated worldwide as “Human Rights Day,” where politicians and leaders of all stripes and ideologies climb onto their bully pulpits and loudly endorse the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was first adopted by the United Nations on December 10, 1948. One suspects, however, that the majority of these politicians have not read this Declaration—or at the very least, that this Declaration would undoubtedly fail miserably if voted upon today in the Canadian House of Commons. If you think I’m engaging in hyperbole, let’s take a look at the opening statement of […]
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Researchers Create Artificial Ova from Stem Cells – Pro-lifers Warn Against Embryo Farming

Researchers Create Artificial Ova from Stem Cells – Pro-lifers Warn Against Embryo Farming by LifeSiteNews.com KNOXVILLE, May 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A team of scientists at the University of Tennessee has created artificial human ova using stem cells taken from the surface of the ovaries of five women aged 39 to 52. The cells were treated with a growth-stimulating oestrogen medium called phenol red and developed into human ova. One of the many problems faced by IVF researchers and commercial facilities is the shortage of useable ova. Ova are difficult to obtain and store frozen. Women undergoing IVF treatments have […]
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Population Control Fanatic Advocates “Voluntary Human Extinction” as Means to “Green” the Planet

Population Control Fanatic Advocates “Voluntary Human Extinction” as Means to “Green” the Planet by LifeSiteNews.com By Terry Vanderheyden PORTLAND, November 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A population control fanatic is calling for massive world de-population – and therefore elimination of human reproduction – ostensibly for the purpose of revitalizing the planet’s ecosystem. Describing human population growth as an “inexorable horror,” Voluntary Human Extinction Movement founder Les Knight said “It’s obvious that the intentional creation of another [human being] by anyone anywhere can’t be justified today,” according to a San Francisco Chronicle report. “The hopeful alternative to the extinction of millions of […]
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Cells from unborn child found in mothers’ brains may help prevent Alzheimer’s

One of the most insidious effects of the pro-abortion mindset is how it takes the profound bond that should exist between a mother and her own child and completely perverts it, rendering the child an invader and the mother a mere “carrier” who can expel the baby at will. Some pro-abortion activists even go so far as to argue that the unborn child is a “parasite” that sucks life and nutrients from his mother while giving nothing in return. But even taken on a purely scientific level, this isn’t true. New research is highlighting the fact that not only does […]
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Pro-life summit: What next?

As I wrote yesterday, since the election I’ve been pondering where we are as a nation and a world. I vacillate between thinking 1) the end of the civilization known as the United States of America is near, 2) the apocalypse is near, and 3) I’m overreacting. Most often I think it’s a combination of #1 and #2, although I do try to temper myself. And what if this is so, I’ve asked myself? Where does this leave the pro-life movement? Why is God continuing to allow these millions of abortions – almost half a billion around the world per […]
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No, Planned Parenthood does not show women how to cover up domestic abuse. But….

A video making the rounds in pro-life circles claims that Planned Parenthood shows women how to cover up signs of domestic abuse. A video posted on the group’s Info for Teens Facebook page shows a woman giving make-up tips to cover up bruises, abrasions, and signs of strangulation. At first it might seem that this proves that Planned Parenthood does not just perform 330,000 abortions a year; it is now providing beauty tips to battered women. However, the video is actually a clever, if chilling, parody opposed to covering up domestic abuse. Planned Parenthood, which is nothing if not obsessive […]
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2012 Recap and an Amazing New Video!

We are excited to announce the launch of our 2012 Christmas campaign with a dramatic, full-production short film, with 25+ actors, that visually represents the importance of our mission. It is definitely worth the 4 minutes to watch.
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Pro-life summit: Where are we?

As I indicated yesterday, I attended a summit meeting of pro-life activists and apologists in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday and Tuesday, spearheaded by Mark Harrington of Created Equal. The summit was to assess where the movement is in light of the reelection of Barack Obama, also bearing in mind the fact we’re nearing the 40 year mark of legalized abortion in the U.S. Heads of various groups from around the country and Canada gave their analyses, many via Skype, and also provided a snapshot of their plans for 2013. I was looking forward to this summit, because in my opinion […]
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A letter of encouragement to the weary pro-lifer

With the question of abortion, the attitude active pro-lifers often face in the church is one of apathy. This apathy, as many pro-lifers have found, is often due to the fact that most Christians believe abortion is here to stay. When approached with requests for volunteer hours, or donations, or various other proposals for action, the general attitude is that yes, abortion is wrong, and yes, it’s horrible, but it has been around for decades, the laws are against us, and the numbers of abortion are just too high to make an actual impact. This view is not only pervasive […]
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The Associated Press drops the term ‘homophobia’ from its Stylebook

The Associated Press has nixed the term ‘homophobia’ from its Style Book. The online Style Book now says that ‘-phobia’, ‘an irrational, uncontrollable fear, often a form of mental illness’ should not be used ‘in political or social contexts’, including ‘homophobia’ because ‘a phobia is a psychiatric or medical term for a severe mental disorder’. AP Deputy Standards Editor Dave Minthorn said that ‘Homophobia especially is just off the mark. It’s ascribing a mental disability to someone, and suggests a knowledge that we don’t have. It seems inaccurate. Instead, we would use something more neutral: anti-gay, or some such, if […]
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Thursday we start

Just a brief note to advise LifeSiteNews readers that our last quarterly campaign for this year and most important ever begins this Thursday, December 6.
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Probing the stats on those 491 babies born alive after abortion

Accuracy is a news agency’s bread and butter. Readers want facts, laid out clearly and correctly. That’s why we’re always grateful when readers hold our feet to the fire. After the enormous response to last Wednesday’s story on the 491 babies who died after they were born alive following an abortion, we’ve had a couple of readers raise questions about the statistics we reported. Some have suggested that the number includes both live births and stillbirths. That would obviously undermine the story’s significance. Before running it we had the same question. The statistics, admittedly, were somewhat confusing. So we contacted […]
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Gawker: CONFIRMED: THERE IS A HUMAN BEING GROWING INSIDE KATE MIDDLETON #baby #baby #baby

The gossip site Gawker isn’t exactly known for it’s pro-life slant. So when it tweeted this morning about Kate Middleton’s pregnancy, the conservative Tweet-watching site Twitchy sat up and noticed. Gawker’s highly enthusiastic tweet read: “CONFIRMED: THERE IS A HUMAN BEING GROWING INSIDE KATE MIDDLETON #baby #baby #baby” In their headline, Twitchy noted: “Gawker violates pro-choice protocol, refers to embryo inside Kate Middleton as ‘human being’” “For once,” said Twitchy in a post, “Gawker is right. A zygote conceived from human sperm and eggs is a human being, not merely a ‘blob’ or a ‘bunch of cells’ or “potential human […]
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The Two Lists: A Former Pro-Choice Atheist Reflects on Sex, Abortion and Anger

The Two Lists: A Former Pro-Choice Atheist Reflects on Sex, Abortion and Anger by LifeSiteNews.com Commentary by Jennifer Fulwiler January 28, 2010 (InsideCatholic.com) – Of all the things I remember about the Texas March for Life in Austin last January, the memory that stands out the most is the look on the faces of the counter-protesters who followed us along Congress Avenue and down to the capitol that frosty morning. When I glanced over to see the source of the epithets that were being screamed at us, I met the eyes of one young woman wearing a black bandana over […]
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Son Suing Mother and Lesbian Partner for Horrifying Abuse

Son Suing Mother and Lesbian Partner for Horrifying Abuse by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White AKRON, Ohio, August 2, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – 19 year-old Darrell Shaffer is suing his mother Mary Rowles, her lesbian partner Alice Jenkins, the Summit County Children’s Services Board, the agency’s former director, and agency social workers for the horrifying abuse and neglect he and his brothers suffered for years. Jenkins and Rowles pleaded guilty and were convicted in 2003 of 55 counts of abuse and neglect that included savage beatings, starvation, being locked in a closet and forced to eat animal feces. When they were apprehended […]
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First Comes Gay Marriage then Comes Bestiality in Massachusetts

First Comes Gay Marriage then Comes Bestiality in Massachusetts by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White BOSTON, November 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Four legislators in Massachusetts are quickly following up on their success at legalizing homosexual unions by pushing for softening laws against other forms of sexual deviance. They have introduced a bill that proposes to reduce the penalties associated with the state’s criminal prohibition on sex acts with animals. The four Democrat legislators, Cynthia S. Creem, Robert A. O’Leary, Michael E. Festa, David P. Linsky, are all vocal supporters of abortion, homosexual unions, and are all endorsed by all three of […]
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Abortion Activist Hilary Clinton Uses photo of Herself with Mother Teresa in Campaign Video

Abortion Activist Hilary Clinton Uses photo of Herself with Mother Teresa in Campaign Video by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, May 15, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A campaign video released yesterday by the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign includes an image of Mother Teresa with then-First Lady Mrs. Clinton. The national Catholic-based advocacy group Fidelis called on the campaign to remove the image from the video. “It is wholly inappropriate, disrespectful and disturbing that Hillary Clinton is using an image of Blessed Mother Teresa as a political tool, especially given their radically different views on abortion,” said Fidelis President Joseph Cella. “Mother Teresa tirelessly […]
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