Articles for Month: January 2013

Planned Parenthood Sued for Violating Abortion Parental Notification Laws by LifeSiteNews.com CINCINNATI, OH, April 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On March 29, 2005, Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF) -associated attorney Thomas Condit filed suit against Planned Parenthood of the Southwest Ohio Region on behalf of a Hamilton County couple who claim their daughter was coerced into an abortion by an adult boyfriend with the connivance of Planned Parenthood employees. Based on the allegations in the complaint, LLDF believes that this case, Roe v. Planned Parenthood, indicates a common practice of covering up for statutory rape at Planned Parenthood. The case, filed […]

1 Year of Legal Abortion in Mexico: 6400 Legal Abortions, 22 Injuries, 8 Dead Mothers by LifeSiteNews.com By John Connolly MEXICO CITY, Mexico, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jorge Serrano Limón, president of the Mexican National Pro-Life (Provida) Committee, told the local press on April 4 that he had information proving the recent deaths of eight women due to legal abortions, according to a report by Spero News. “We have the information, dates, and hospitals where they died; the authorities will only recognize the underage girl who died in Balbuena Hospital,” said Limón. The girl Limón referred to was 15-year-old […]

Catholic Church in Mexico Demands Physicians Resist Mexico City Abortion Law by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith MEXICO CITY, April 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Church in Mexico called upon doctors at city-run hospitals in Mexico City to resist the new abortion law and conscientiously refuse to perform abortions. In a letter read at all Sunday Masses, the Catholic Primate of Mexico, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, declared that the law was unjust and demanded that medical professionals refuse to perform abortions out of conscience, disregarding the law’s prohibition of conscientious objection. “We call on all of those of good […]

Bishop Says D&P Funds to ‘Pro-Choice’ Groups Okay if Restricted to Good Projects by LifeSiteNews.com Editorial by John-Henry Westen August 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One question in the Development and Peace (CCODP or D&P) story which has not yet been addressed is that of the disagreement over the issue of whether it is acceptable to fund beneficial projects in the developing world which are undertaken by groups which also advocate for abortion. Even though this consideration is central to the D&P controversy, it has never been addressed since the D&P tactic of deceptive denial has stifled debate. At least one […]

Abortion Proponents “Exploit” Tiller Killing, Label Pro-Life Advocates “Domestic Terrorists” by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman USA, June 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Defenders of legalized abortion in the Obama administration are exploiting the assassination of George Tiller, Kansas’ infamous late-term abortionist, to attack the pro-life movement, according to prominent pro-life activist Jill Stanek. “Already we’ve seen the pro-abortion movement try to exploit this, which is not a surprise,” Stanek told U.S. News and World Report. “[President Obama’s chief of staff] Rahm Emanuel is famous for saying, ‘Never let a crisis go wasted’ and already we’re seeing talk of the Justice […]

Poll called 157,115 Canadian households, yielding over 13,000 respondents - Results weighted in regional proportions

Pro-Abortion Republicans Endorse McCain by LifeSiteNews.com By John Connolly ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, February 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – John McCain has received another endorsement in the wake of his victories on February 5, “Super Tuesday.” The Republicans for Choice Political Action Committee decided that McCain was the best candidate to make the Republican Party pro-choice following Rudy Giuliani’s withdrawal from the race, reported CNS News today. McCain, a long favorite with the “moderate” Republicans, won significant numbers of delegates in Tuesday’s primaries. Republicans for Choice PAC wants to see the Republican Party transformed from a party of religious values and social conservatism […]

Former Fox News Anchor’s Mother Considered Abortion after Being Raped by LifeSiteNews.com By Matt Anderson January 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past Saturday, former Fox & Friends Weekend co-anchor Kelly Wright talked with Mike Huckabee on his Fox News show about his mother’s decision to give birth to him despite having conceived him in rape. Kelly made the appearance to promote his new book, “America’s Hope in Troubled Times.” In his new book, Wright describes how his mother was raped when she was 16 years old, and how he was the result of that rape. Calling the way he came […]

Mother Arrested in Attempt to Save 14 Year-old Pregnant Daughter from Unwanted Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com GRANITE CITY, March 24 2005, (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Illinois woman was arrested today after trying to remove her 14 year-old daughter from an abortion clinic where she had been brought by the mother of the man who impregnated her. The girl and her parents had been involved in a dispute with the baby’s father, a sixteen-year old boy and his parents. The boy and his parents wanted to abort the baby but the girl, who had undergone an ultrasound, decided to keep the baby whom […]

Body parts must be "harvested" from live unborn children in order to be useable

How George Tiller Drove his Own Employee to Join Operation Rescue by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert ENID, Oklahoma, June 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A former employee of Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller has shared how her gruesome experiences at Tiller’s abortion facility drove her away from her pro-choice views and into a life of activism for the rights of the unborn. Luhra Tivis, who was hired as a temp worker for Tiller and eventually became a full employee for one year, discussed her story Tuesday with the Enid News & Eagle in the wake of Tiller’s death May 31. Tiller […]

BREAKING: Abortion clinic security guard pepper-sprays pro-lifers (VIDEO) – Jill Stanek ‘After Tiller’: ‘heartfelt’ film about late-term abortion providers is a deluge of propaganda – Stephen Phelan Accomplishment #6: Pro-life laws have been enacted at the federal, state and local level. – Eric Scheidler Will Ireland save western civilisation again? – Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com Rome Correspondent

Full Text: Brazilian Diocese Responds to Archbishop Fisichella Article in L’Osservatore Romano by LifeSiteNews.com RECIFE, Brazil, March 18, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several officials of the Archdiocese of Recife, Brazil, have responded to statements made by a Vatican official attacking the conduct of Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho, who excommunicated the physicians and all others involved in a medically unnecessary abortion given to a nine year old girl in his diocese. The girl, whose name has not been revealed by the Brazilian media, was given the abortion in Recife after she was found to be pregnant with twins. Her stepfather has reportedly […]

IKEA’s Polish Catalogue Introduces “Ian and Steve” as a Model of the New Family by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White December 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An ad campaign in the latest catalogue by the Swedish furniture giant, IKEA, purporting to depict “modern” life, includes twelve portraits of “families” that promote a “new model of living together.” Among these is the domestic arrangement of “Ian” and “Steve,” under the slogan, “the family is … two sister souls.” “Ian and Steve,” the ad says, have no intention of having children, but enjoy their “command centre” IKEA kitchen and herb garden. The catalogue, says […]

Editorial – Catholic “Women Priests”, Media and the Spanish Inquisition by LifeSiteNews.com The headlines crowding around a group women on a boat in the middle of the St. Lawrence River proclaiming themselves Roman Catholic priests, bishops and deacons, are more reminiscent of juvenile rebellion than objective reporting. Even the pretense of objectivity has been abandoned in many cases. Hundreds of news stories appeared within hours of the event, typically sporting headlines such as “Women Defy Church Leadership; Become Ordained Priests and Deacons.” Many appeared without even the token nod to the facts of placing the words, “ordained,””priests” or “deacons” in […]

CANADA’S NEW ANTI-PORN LAW OPEN TO CHARTER CHALLENGE by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, June 13, 2002 (LSN.ca) – Canada’s new anti-pornography law, Bill C-15A, received royal assent last week, with media pointing out that it is now “18 months after Ottawa committed to addressing the problem of predators who use the Internet to lure children.” The government contends that its “tough new legislation” will protect children “from sexual exploitation, Internet luring and child pornography,” making it illegal to use the web to lure kids into sex or pornographic exploitation and empowering courts to order Internet providers to remove child porn or links […]

Today's blog post: Accomplishment #8: Most doctors now refuse to do abortions – Eric Scheidler  

STUDY PROVES “PORNOGRAPHY IS HARMFUL” by LifeSiteNews.com “Findings are Alarming”; 12,000 Participants in Study CALGARY, March 12, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A new study has found that viewing pornography is harmful to the viewer and society. In a meta-analysis (a statistical integration of all existing scientific data), researchers have found that using pornographic materials leads to several behavioral, psychological and social problems. One of the most common psychological problems is a deviant attitude towards intimate relationships such as perceptions of sexual dominance, submissiveness, sex role stereotyping or viewing persons as sexual objects. Behavioral problems include fetishes and excessive or ritualistic masturbation. […]

Spanish Medical Expert: Damage to Women Caused by Abortion is Scientifically Proven by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman GUATEMALA, February 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An eminent Spanish biologist and bioethicist recently gave an interview in Guatemala stating that science has proven the damaging effects of abortion on the victim’s mother. Dr. Natalia Lopez Moratalla has a master’s degree in bioethics and a doctorate in biology, and is the former director of the Interfaculty Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Navarra Medical School in Spain. She currently acts as an advisor to Spain’s parliamentary subcommittee studying the […]

Law would grant federal government sweeping, entirely subjective authority to regulate thoughts, words and actions of American citizens

Catholic Priest to Withhold Communion from Pro Gay “Marriage” Politician by LifeSiteNews.com COBALT, Ontario, March 3, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic priest said he would deny Communion to his parishioner – Catholic NDP Member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay, Charles Angus – because of his support for same-sex “marriage” legislation. Pastor of Angus’s St. Patrick’s parish in Cobalt, Fr. John Lemire, told LifeSiteNews.com Thursday that Angus’s position became public on January 19, after the Northern News published a story stating the MPs position. Fr. Lemire sent a private letter the following day to Angus, expressing his “shock and disappointment,” and […]

Pro-Life “Live Action” Investigator behind ACORN Sex-Racketeering Exposé by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., September 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Exposing pro-abortion university health clinics and Planned Parenthood’s criminal cover-up of child rape were the first major sting operations of undercover investigator James O’Keefe, who is now famous for exposing the systemic corruption within ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. ACORN is one of the “community organizer” groups closely affiliated with President Barack Obama, which helped him capture the presidency; but the group now has been exposed for having officials willing to abet fraud and child […]

Recovered “Vegetative State” Patient Kate Adamson Speaks Before Schiavo Rally by LifeSiteNews.com CLEARWATER, FL., March 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On Saturday a rally of over three-hundred of Terri Schiavo’s most die-hard supporters heard the first-hand account of the sufferings and remarkable recovery of Kate Adamson. Struck down in 1995 at the age of thirty-three by a rare double brainstem stroke, Kate, then a mother of two young girls, was completely paralyzed; she was unable even to blink her eyes. Like Terri Schiavo, the medical staff treating her questioned the merit of continuing granting Kate the most basic human right of […]

Pro-Abortion Group in Nicaragua Caught Aiding Rapist Escape Criminal Investigation by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman Part I of a III part series. Part II Part III MANAGUA, August 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Known to the world only as “Rosita,” a nine year old Nicaraguan child impregnated by a rapist several years ago became the international poster girl for the pro-abortion movement. Since 2003 her “hard case” pregnancy has been used to promote the cause of “therapeutic abortion” in Nicaragua and worldwide, inspiring numerous articles, petition drives, and even a documentary featured on the cable TV channel Cinemax. Now, media […]

New Orleans Doctors Kill Patients Rather Than Leave Them to Looters, Then Flee by LifeSiteNews.com NEW ORLEANS, September 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A doctor from hurricane-ravaged New Orleans has admitted to euthanizing patients, rather than leaving them to potential death at the hands of looters. In an interview with the UK’s The Mail on Sunday, a doctor, whose name was protected by the euthanasia-supportive Daily Mail media, claimed that those who were killed were killed out of “compassion.” “This was not murder, this was compassion,” the doctor emphasized. “They would have been dead within hours, if not days. We did […]

Court Documents: Hospital Gave Lethal Injections to Patients During Hurricane Katrina by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen NEW ORLEANS, February 22, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans rumors circulated that at least one hospital had euthanized patients during the mayhem. LifeSiteNews.com reported in September 2005, that an unnamed doctor admitted to a UK newspaper that such activities had taken place at Memorial Medical Center (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/sep/05091205.html ). In October another doctor at the hospital confirmed in a CNN interview that he suspected such activities and admitted he left the hospital saying he would rather abandon patients than actively […]

New Orleans Hospital Workers Subpoenaed for Euthanasia Investigation by LifeSiteNews.com NEW ORLEANS, October 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Subpoenas for 73 staff workers from New Orleans Memorial Medical Center have been issued by the state’s Attorney General, after allegations that patients there were euthanized following hurricane Katrina. The subpoenas were issued because of the number of nurses refusing to speak to state investigators, Attorney General Charles Foti Jr. told USA TODAY Wednesday. A hospital memo told employees that they were not under any obligation to speak to investigators. “[Hospital staff] should not be trying to hide something or stand behind legalese,” […]

Family of priest claims woman seized temporary guardianship under false pretext, claiming priest's "mental incompetence"

Pastor Rick Warren: Obama’s Plan to Make Abortion “Legal” and “Rare” Contradictory by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith LOS ANGELES, December 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prominent evangelical Pastor Rick Warren and author of the immensely popular book, “Purpose Driven Life,” says that he prays for President Barack Obama as he addresses the nation’s economic crisis and health-care reform. However, he says the president’s position on keeping abortion “rare” actually depends on the contradictory premise that all life begins at conception. Warren made his comments during a Nov. 29 appearance on Meet the Press, saying that 36 years of legal abortion […]

“Terrorists”: What Late Term Abortionists Leroy Carhart and Warren Hern Call the Pro-Life Movement by LifeSiteNews.com By Alex Bush June 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – PBS recently conducted interviews with notorious late-term abortionists Leroy Carhart and Warren Hern, in which both men labeled the pro-life movement a “terrorist movement.” “This is domestic terrorism, this is a terrorist movement,” said Hern. “The anti-abortion people have no decency. They will stop at nothing,” Hern said. “They’ll hurt people that you love in order to hurt you and they do not believe that other people have the right to be left alone.” He continued, […]

Euthanasia Rates Double in Belgium by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz FLANDERS, Belgium, February 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Four hundred people were reported killed by euthanasia in Belgium in 2005, double the rate of four years ago. Belgium legalized euthanasia in 2002, following the Netherlands to become the second European country to do so. In the first year two hundred people were killed. Since then rates have steadily risen. Last year deaths reportedly reached 360. Figures published today indicate one third of “assisted suicides” involve a surgical procedure, reported the Evening Echo News. In some cases, medical treatment is stopped, or […]

Study: Fatherless Childhood May Injure Brain Development by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, October 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Recent animal research backs previous sociological research by indicating that children raised by single mothers may experience reduced brain development, leading to an increase in aggressive behavior, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal. The findings come from research on degus, which are small rodents related to guinea pigs. Degu parents usually raise their pups together. When deprived of their father, however, degu pups exhibited developmental changes in the amygdala, the part of the brain related to emotional responses and to […]