Argentina Passes Same-Sex ‘Marriage’

Argentina Passes Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, July 15, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Argentina is set to become the first Latin American country to create gay “marriage” nationwide after their upper house passed the controversial legislation Thursday morning. The lower house had already approved same-sex “marriage” in May, and yesterday the Senate passed the bill in a vote of 33-27, with three abstentions. President Cristina Fernandez, who has been supportive of same-sex “marriage,” is expected to sign the legislation on her return from a state visit to China. The bill purports to give “wedded” same-sex […]
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Happy Easter! LifeSiteNews returns Tuesday. Campaign goal reached!

We wish a very Happy Easter to all LSN readers who celebrate the greatest of all Christian feasts this weekend. LSN staff are also taking the weekend off from Good Friday through to Monday and will return to normal reporting on Tuesday, although a few reports will be posted on crucial developments. The Spring fundraising campaign is over and we are thrilled to report that readers have exceeded the goal with their donations. The final total is not yet in, but we are delighted that your most generous response will allow us to continue to provide our usual high level […]
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U.S. Birth Rate Drops Below Replacement Level

U.S. Birth Rate Drops Below Replacement Level by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine WASHINGTON, D.C., April 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. births dropped 2% in 2008, bringing the country’s birth rate below replacement level, new government statistics released Tuesday reveal. The U.S. National Vital Statistics Report showed that the U.S. birth rate dropped in 2008 to 2.08 births per woman, below the 2.1 level needed to replace the population. The report indicates that the birth rate had surpassed replacement level for 2006 and 2007, after having been below replacement since 1972. The drop in 2008 follows a period of growth, […]
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Second International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide – May 29 – 30, 2009

Second International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide – May 29 – 30, 2009 by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, DC, February 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Second International Symposium on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, centered on the theme “Never Again,” will take place May 29 – 30, 2009 at the National Conference Center located at 18980 Upper Belmont Pl., Landsdowne Virginia, 20176, near the Washington DC, Dulles Airport. The Second International Symposium’s stated purpose is to build an effective, unified and focused group of organizations and individuals working to stop the pro-euthanasia lobby, and to create an effective […]
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Canada Preparing to Legalize Prostitution?

Canada Preparing to Legalize Prostitution? by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, February 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At the Federal Liberals’ national convention in March, party members will be asked to support the introduction of legislation to legalize prostitution legal in Canada. If passed by the 2,000 delegates meeting from across Canada, the party would ask Parliament to remove section 213 of the Criminal Code, which currently prohibits the activity. National director of Young Liberals Denise Brunsdon said the issue is a priority on the convention agenda. “This is one of the few resolutions brought forward by the national executive themselves,” Brunsdon told the […]
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HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS TRUMP RELIGIOUS RIGHTS PROVINCIAL RIGHTS COURT RULES

HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS TRUMP RELIGIOUS RIGHTS PROVINCIAL RIGHTS COURT RULES by LifeSiteNews.com Bible Verses Regarding Homosexuality Ruled Unpublishable SASKATOON, June 19, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (HRC) has ordered both the Saskatoon StarPhoenix newspaper and Hugh Owens of Regina to pay $1,500 to three homosexual activists for publishing an ad in the Saskatoon newspaper quoting bible verses regarding homosexuality. The ruling issued Friday by the sole adjudicator, feminist lawyer Valerie Watson, also prohibits Hugh Owens, who purchased the ad, from “further publishing or displaying the bumper stickers submitted in evidence in a newspaper or any other medium,” and […]
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Anti-Prop. 8 Activists Aim Racial Slurs at California African-Americans – Both Homosexual and Straig

Anti-Prop. 8 Activists Aim Racial Slurs at California African-Americans – Both Homosexual and Straig by LifeSiteNews.com SACRAMENTO, California, November 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amid the rampant homosexualist protests in California, following the victory of Proposition 8, reports are pouring into homosexual blogs of same-sex “marriage” supporters directing their bile against the African-American community, aiming racist and threatening remarks even against blacks who are themselves homosexual. Exit polls showed that African-Americans supported Proposition 8, the true marriage ballot measure, 70% to 30%. One reader of Rod 2.0, a leading gay blog by an African-American, reported that when he joined the large […]
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Gay Activist Student Marc Hall Drops Court Case, Leaving Catholic School Board Without Chance For V

Gay Activist Student Marc Hall Drops Court Case, Leaving Catholic School Board Without Chance For V by LifeSiteNews.com OSHAWA, ON, June 29, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In 2002 Marc Hall was, using the words of Durham school board chair Mary Ann Martin, “the centre of the gay universe”. The 17-year-old high school student burst onto the international scene when he demanded that his Catholic high school allow him to bring his 21-year-old boyfriend to the prom. When the school board refused to acquiesce, standing firmly behind the moral convictions of the Catholic faith to which the board adheres, he pursued legal […]
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Pro-life March Madness: ‘Sweeping… hurtling… astonishing display’

March 28, 2013 (JillStanek.com) – If abortion proponents condemned 2011 as “the year of abortion restrictions… mark[ing] a sea change for abortion rights,” and 2012 as “an unmitigated disaster for abortion rights,” I can’t imagine what they will say about 2013. In 2011 there were a record 92 pro-life laws enacted in the states, followed by the second highest number, 43, in in 2012. This year has already seen at least 14 pro-life bills become law, according to Mailee Smith, Staff Counsel for Americans United for Life, so we are on track for another banner year. But in 2013 we are not only seeing a high […]
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Last Call!

From all of us here at LifeSiteNews, we want to thank all of our readers who have made the decision to support our mission as we strive to bring you the best pro-life and pro-family news reporting on the Internet.
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Flash from the past: Video from 2009 showcased D&P’s utter disregard for unborn

On March 4th, LifeSiteNews launched a petition campaign calling for a reform of Development and Peace through the new Charity in Truth Project. So far we have over 1,100 signatures. The petition will remain until Good Friday, after which we will send it to Archbishop Richard Smith, president of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. As we wrap up the campaign we’ve decided to re-release a video that we produced back in 2009 shortly after we began reporting on D&P’s pro-abortion partnerships. This video is still as relevant as ever because it highlights D&P’s utter disregard for the right to […]
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Are gays the salvation of the GOP?

That standing-room only crowd at the CPAC gay panel? Well, there was free booze. And the room was tiny. And a significant portion of attendees were journalists. Not what they'd have you believe.
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Malpractice lawsuits against abortionist dismissed: no insurance, bankrupt

As many abortionists are found to be over the course of time, abortionist Reginald Sharpe is a menace to society. The rap sheet against Sharpe is long. Sharpe’s medical license was placed on probation in 1998 for illegally administrating drugs and was suspended in 2005 after he botched an illegal 27-week abortion. Sharpe was busted in 2008 for illegally dumping patient records, aborted babies, medical waste, and syringes. In 2010Medicaid revoked Sharpe’s certification for unspecified “fraud and abuse, false billing, or kickbacks.” In addition, Sharpe has been sued at least five times: March 2006: Sharpe/Northland Family Planning abortion clinic paid a $50,000 settlement for failure to diagnose an ectopic pregnancy, which led to the loss […]
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Former NARAL head: pro-lifers to blame for ‘House of Horrors’ clinic

As we approached the trial of Kermit Gosnell, NRL News Today not only offered loads of background explaining why the West Philadelphia abortionist would be on trial on eight counts of murder, we also talked about how (hard as it would be to believe) the Abortion Establishment would somehow turn a man accused by prosecutors of slitting the necks of viable unborn babies aborted alive into a kind of martyr. Or, put a different way, they would argue that Kermit Gosnell exists and did what he allegedly did not because he cared only for money and was indifferent to the […]
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Pope Francis’ message to pro-lifers on Palm Sunday

Pope Francis preaches on pro-life in a very integral way. He gives strong and clear messages that derive from the very substance of the Faith and a very broad vision of the demands that Faith places upon us. The conclusions and applications for the pro-life movement are undeniable, even if he does not use the specific words “pro-life movement” and “unborn.” This was very clear in his homily at his installation on March 19, when he spoke of the need to protect every person, especially children, from the “Herods” of our day who plot death. And it was clear again […]
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April 8: First ever ‘Leave the Abortion Industry’ Day!

Former Planned Parenthood manager Abby Johnson’s amazing conversion story is well-known in the pro-life world: After visualizing an abortion on ultrasound, Abby walked out of her Bryan, Texas, PP clinic in October 2009 and walked into the Coalition for Life office headed by Shawn Carney, who now coleads the 40 Days for Life ministry. Since then Abby has never looked back, releasing the best-selling exposé, UnPLANNED, in 2011 and launching the And Then There Were None ministry last year. ATTWN reaches out to abortion workers to encourage them to leave the trade. To date ATTWN has helped 47 souls escape that bloody industry. ATTWN helps former clinic workers in four important ways, providing: Up to three months […]
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Controversy Erupts as Catholic Bishop Asks Pro-Gay Bishop Not to Enter His Diocese

Controversy Erupts as Catholic Bishop Asks Pro-Gay Bishop Not to Enter His Diocese by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith MARQUETTE, Michigan, October 13, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A public controversy has erupted between two bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States, with one of the youngest bishops in the country publicly taking on one of his own colleagues in an effort to defend the Church’s teachings on homosexuality and other issues. Marquette Bishop Alexander K. Sample, 49-years-old and one of the youngest US Catholic bishops, recently banned Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, 79, a retired auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of […]
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Canadian Government in 1967: ‘Abortion more about financial gain than best interest of patients’

I happened across a pro-abortion blog this morning mocking a vintage issue of “Canadian Mother and Child,” a 1940s maternal health and wellness manual promoted by the government until the late 1960s. In its 30 year history, a whopping 30 million copies were distributed to Canadian expectant mothers. From what I can gather, owning this book back in its heyday was one of the things that separated the women from the girls.  While the pro-abortion blogger selected only the juiciest passages for mockery, one passage on abortion jumped off the page at me. Bear in mind that this book was […]
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Stephen Harper is in no way a friend of the pro-life movement

In January of 2006, shortly after Stephen Harper’s election as the first Conservative prime minister since Brian Mulroney, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation aired a biography of Stephen Harper. With accusations of a hidden so-con agenda regularly airing on most Canadian networks, CBC reporter Gillian Gindlay asked Harper biographer William Johnson how the new prime minister would deal with the fact that a substantial portion of his base held socially conservative views. Harper was aware of that, replied Johnson. But the new prime minister wasn’t worried. Why? “They knew all they had to do,” revealed Johnson, “was control these people.” Since […]
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God spares 554 lives from abortion during 40 Days for Life

Before I take a break from email, I do want to thank you for all you’ve done the past 40 days … and to let you know that we are aware of 554 babies spared from abortion through God’s mercy these past 40 days! Those are 554 stories of children — made in God’s image and likeness — who were so close to becoming another statistic. But because of your prayers, and your courage to be there for their moms, they have life. It is in this spirit of thanksgiving — for their lives and our lives — that we enter into […]
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“100% Pro-Life” Rand Paul Wins Kentucky Senate Race: Claims “Tea Party Tidal Wave”

“100% Pro-Life” Rand Paul Wins Kentucky Senate Race: Claims “Tea Party Tidal Wave” by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac November 2, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republicans are one step closer to a possible takeover of the U.S. Senate with the election of Rand Paul in the state of Kentucky, part of what Paul tonight labeled a “Tea Party tidal wave.” The victory for Paul, who has declared himself to be unequivocally, 100% pro-life, also bodes well for pro-life activists, who are hoping that Tuesday’s election will put an end to any hopes of President Obama to further a radical pro-abortion agenda. As […]
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Pro-Abortion Joe Biden is Receiving Communion and His Bishop Won’t Tell Him to Stop

Pro-Abortion Joe Biden is Receiving Communion and His Bishop Won’t Tell Him to Stop by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WILMINGTON, Delaware, November 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As Sen. Joe Biden stumped across Florida the Sunday before Election Day, parishioners at the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Tallahassee were dismayed to find that the pro-abortion senator was in their midst and receiving Holy Communion – and his bishop offered no reproof. Bishop W. Francis Malooly, the newly-appointed bishop of Sen. Biden’s Wilmington diocese, said according to an AP report that he had agreed to discuss Catholic teaching with Biden, but […]
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Highest Authorities in Vatican Back Denial of Communion to Pro-Abortion Politicians

Highest Authorities in Vatican Back Denial of Communion to Pro-Abortion Politicians by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, July 5, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In April, the Vatican’s leading prelate on the Sacraments, Cardinal Francis Arinze, declared unequivocally that unambiguously pro-abortion politicians should be denied Holy Communion. Over the weekend it was revealed that Cardinal Ratzinger, who heads the most important congregation in the Vatican, told U.S. bishops in a letter that pro-abortion politicians, who will not alter their stand or abstain from communion after being instructed by church leaders, “must” be refused communion. In April Cardinal Arinze said such a politician […]
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LifeSiteNews is up against the wall

What if I had to say to you today that LifeSiteNews.com will have to suddenly, drastically cut back on its new reporting? That we are unexpectedly not able to pay even small current bills, which is the real situation this very moment.
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A tale of two donors

I received a note this morning with a donation in the amount of $13. The note read: "$14 in my bank account, just enough to contribute a whopping .0001% of your goal!" Later, another donor offered to match recurring gift donations received in the remaining few days of this campaign up to $5,000.
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Planned Parenthood sponsors ‘40 Days of Prayer to Keep Abortion Safe and Legal’

Lots of people love the peaceful approach of 40 Days for Life and see how God has used this effort. BUT … it comes as no surprise to find out that not everybody is a fan. There are people in the abortion industry who call this campaign “40 Days of Harassment.” No one is being harassed, of course (except maybe the prayer volunteers). The truth is that peaceful prayer on the sidewalk is bad for business. So the pro-abortion side is doing whatever it can to minimize the impact … by twisting the truth. —————————————————– 40 DAYS OF MOCKERY —————————————————– […]
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Puppies aborted, pro-choicer laments

March 22, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Recently, I was having a conversation with a new friend of mine, Stacy, who works as a veterinarian's assistant. I love animals, especially baby ones, so I was asking her all kinds of questions about her job, and what she loves doing most. She gushed about the creatures' cuteness and how much she loves being part of life-saving procedures, but then she got serious. She knows what I do. She knows I work for a pro-life organization. So, she leaned in and whispered, “Did you know that vets perform abortions on animals?” I didn't know that, so I'm guessing […]
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National Catholic Reporter columnist calls unborn child 'a bundle of cells'

The National Catholic Reporter has once again proved that its nickname, the National Catholic “Fishwrap,” is well deserved.  On Wednesday, NCR printed a column in which columnist Bill Tammeus (who, oddly enough, isn’t Catholic, but a Presbyterian elder) referred to the unborn child as a “bundle of cells” and questioned why the Roman Catholic Church has exerted so much energy trying to stop abortion, as opposed to the death penalty.  After all, says, Bill Tammeus, “in the matter of abortion, we have a bundle of cells that one day may be born.” On the other hand, in the case of […]
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How individual Canadian MPs voted on the ‘gender identity’ bill

OTTAWA, March 21, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As LifeSiteNews reported yesterday, Canada’s Parliament voted 149-137 to add “gender identity” as a ground for non-discrimination to Canada’s Human Rights Act. It now heads to the Senate, where many expect, unfortunately, that it will pass easily.  It’s important to note where your MP stood, so to help we’ve got the breakdown here. As noted yesterday, the Conservative Party, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper and most of cabinet, voted against the bill except for 18 Conservative MPs. And it was supported by all NDP, Liberal, Bloc, and Green MPs who voted, but some in […]
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How to change the world

The following are snippets of conversations from the Genocide Awareness Project’s international mission trip in Florida last month.  These give glimpses of how ordinary people can reach out to wounded people in a twisted culture: A man was looking in shock at the pictures of aborted babies and Nicole, a volunteer, asked if he had questions. He said, “No, no this enough; my eyes are opened now.” A student walked past and exclaimed, “Those pictures! They’re so shocking!” He was overcome by the powerful impact of seeing shattered abortion victims. Renee, a volunteer, asked a girl how she was doing today; […]
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AP: ‘Abortions are typically performed in utero’

As Kelli spotlighted in today’s Quote of the Day by Mark Steyn (also noted by Matthew Balan at Newsbusters), the mainstream media has for the most part gone missing in reporting the murder trial of late-term Pennsylvania abortionist Kermit Gosnell. Gosnell, his wife Pearl, and eight employees stand accused of murdering seven newborn abortion survivors and one mother. Not only has MSM gone missing, when it does report on this horrendous story, it often gets important details wrong or makes inexplicable gaffes. For instance, journalist MaryClaire Dale reported in a March 20 Associated Press story: [Employee Adrienne Moton] once had to kill a baby delivered in a toilet, cutting its neck with scissors, she said. Asked if she knew that was […]
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NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey Resigns as Sexual Misconduct Suit by Male Aide Filed

NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey Resigns as Sexual Misconduct Suit by Male Aide Filed by LifeSiteNews.com TRENTON, New Jersey, August 13, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Jersey Governor James McGreevey held a news conference Thursday to announce his resignation from office. In his speech, McGreevey attempted to blame an affair with another man as his reason for stepping down. However, the lawsuit by his so-called “consensual” partner, was filed on the same day as the resignation. “I engaged in adult consensual affair with another man,” said McGreevey. “Given the circumstances surrounding the affair and its likely impact upon my family and my […]
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California Supreme Court Rules Doctors Must Provide Treatment That Violates Their Religious Beliefs

California Supreme Court Rules Doctors Must Provide Treatment That Violates Their Religious Beliefs by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski SAN FRANCISCO, August 19, 2008 (LifeSIteNews.com) – A lesbian woman in California has won a law suit in which she claims doctors at a fertility clinic discriminated against her based on her sexual orientation. In a 7-0 decision yesterday, the California Supreme Court ruled that religious beliefs do not excuse doctors from the state’s anti-discrimination law, which “imposes on business establishments certain anti-discrimination obligations.” “The 1st Amendment’s right to the free exercise of religion does not exempt defendant physicians here from […]
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Hope in the Midst of a Culture of Fear: Parents of Family of Fourteen Reveal Their Secret

Hope in the Midst of a Culture of Fear: Parents of Family of Fourteen Reveal Their Secret by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac CHICAGO, Illinois, August 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At one point in the spiritual classic “I Believe in Love,” written by the French priest Fr. Jean d’Elbee, the author observes that, “Evil displays itself; good remains unknown.” The point that d’Elbee is making is that because evil is not the ordinary state of things it tends to stick out, to make itself obvious, whereas because good is simply the way the world was always meant to be, it tends […]
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The ACLU’s defense of gender-selective abortion and the elimination of Down syndrome babies

There is good news in North Dakota this week as the legislature there has passed two bills: one outlawing gender-selective and eugenic abortions rooted in genetic anomalies, and the other outlawing abortion once a heartbeat is detectable. Get the N.Y. Times story here. This news comes hot on the heels of Arizona’s banning abortions at 12 weeks, and adds to the victories in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma, which have banned sex-selective abortions. While this is all good news, we must stop and consider what is happening here, what is being accomplished, and how far we have fallen. There was a time […]
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Gosnell used and reused unsanitary instruments to perform abortions, Grand Jury found

As the murder trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell unfolds over the next 6-8 weeks, on most days we will run an update on what happened at the trial of the man charged with eight counts of murder along with an excerpt from the Grand Jury report that was the basis for the indictment. Today’s installment from the 261-page report details an abortion clinic of almost unimaginable filth and Gosnell’s insistence that unqualified, unlicensed staff to “administer drugs – both to initiate labor and to sedate patients – before he arrived.” Click “like” if you want to end abortion! __________________________ The […]
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God at work in Moscow: baby saved during Russia’s first 40 Days for Life

As a special time of prayer and fasting, 40 Days for Life “is the answer to a great problem in our country.” Those words could be said about each of the 19 countries where 40 Days for Life vigils have taken place. But it’s particularly humbling to know that these thoughts are coming from Russia. The speaker is Arevik Aivazova, the local campaign coordinator in Moscow. Today’s entire report is an update on Russia’s first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign. —————————————————– MOSCOW, RUSSIA —————————————————– “Russia was the first country to legalize abortion, in 1920,” Arevik explained. “As a result, abortion […]
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Pro-life businessman purchases abortion clinic with sordid history

Earlier this month quack late-term abortionist Reginald Sharpe was forced to close his Women’s Advisory Center abortion clinic in Livonia, Michigan, when the building went into foreclosure – this on the heels of Sharpe filing for bankruptcy last October. If the walls of this 32-yr-old building could talk, their tales would certainly horrify most listeners, since the structure has suffered a sordid array of abortionist owners. Up-front thanks to pro-life investigator Lynn Mills for her research on this post. The clinic was opened in 1981 by Eugene Ralph Marra, a convicted felon who, after serving time for committing abortions as a nonphysician, was again discovered during an undercover sting by the Detroit Free Press in […]
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Anglicans to be Brought Back to “Full Visible Unity” with Catholic Church: Surprise Vatican Announce

Anglicans to be Brought Back to “Full Visible Unity” with Catholic Church: Surprise Vatican Announce by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White, Rome Correspondent VATICAN CITY, October 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a surprise announcement this morning, the Vatican opened the door to groups of Anglicans – including potentially whole parishes or even entire Anglican dioceses – who are seeking communion with the Catholic Church while keeping their unique Anglican liturgical and pastoral traditions. The creation of new “canonical structures” to achieve this, Vatican officials said, comes in response to “hundreds” of requests by Anglicans from around the world who maintain the […]
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Don’t Miss Our Last Video!

Well folks, here it is. This is the third and final spring campaign video to showcase in a lighthearted way the distinguishing features of this news service.
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Abortionist Kermit Gosnell ‘routinely cracked jokes about babies whose necks he had just slit’

The long-awaited trial of West Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell began Monday. Gosnell is on trial on seven counts of 1st degree murder for alleging aborting viable unborn babies alive and then killing them by “sticking scissors into the back of the baby’s neck and cutting the spinal cord”; and one count of 3rd degree murder in the death of 41-year-old Karnamaya Mongar. The following is excerpted from the Grand Jury report that led to Gosnell’s indictment. NRL News Today runs these excerpts because no matter what we write about as the trial proceeds, it cannot do justice to the injustice […]
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Planned Parenthood clinics reduce hours after downtick in business during 40 Days for Life

I’m in Baltimore today, speaking to a group of young 40 Days for Life volunteers. I just got back from a visit to Connecticut. —————————————————– BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT —————————————————– When I spoke at the Bridgeport vigil, I noticed that some of the abortion facility workers came out to listen to what I was saying. Since we are in the last week of the campaign, I talked about how the abortion workers who leave their jobs during 40 Days for Life usually do so during the last part of the campaign. I also shared how we are there for these workers … […]
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Would Feinstein oppose abortion if they used guns to kill babies?

Last week Republican U.S. Senator Ted Cruz got Democrat colleague Dianne Feinstein’s “dander up,” as she later described her temper tantrum, when during a Judiciary Committee meeting he questioned the constitutionality of an assault weapons ban she had introduced. Feinstein snapped: I’m not a sixth grader. Senator, I’ve been on this committee for 20 years. I was a mayor for nine years. I walked in, I saw people shot. I’ve looked at bodies that have been shot with these weapons. I’ve seen the bullets that implode. In Sandy Hook, youngsters were dismembered. Look, there are other weapons. I’m not a lawyer, but after 20 years I’ve been up close and personal to the Constitution. I have […]
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Pray for Morgentaler on his 90th birthday

Today is Henry Morgentaler’s 90th birthday. Please stop now and say a prayer for his conversion. Morgentaler has often been called Canada’s “arch-abortionist” because, more than any other, he is responsible for Canada’s current regime of unfettered access to abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. After years of arrests for illegal abortions, he was the defendant behind the 1988 R. v. Morgentaler decision by Canada's Supreme Court that threw out Canada's abortion law. So over the last several decades it has become a tradition in the Canadian pro-life movement to offer a prayer for Morgentaler today. The need has become […]
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Catholic Bishops Fight Back as Gay ‘Marriage’ Advances in Argentina

Catholic Bishops Fight Back as Gay ‘Marriage’ Advances in Argentina by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent PILAR, Argentina, April 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishops of Argentina have issued a clear denunciation of homosexual unions as legislation advances in the national congress to institute gay “marriage.” Meeting in the city of Pilar, Buenos Aires, the Argentinean Episcopal Conference has declared that “the union of people of the same sex lacks the biological and anthropological elements that are proper to marriage and family,” noting that “the conjugal dimension and the openness to the transmission of life” are […]
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423 babies SAVED from abortion during 40 Days for Life campaign…so far

As we roll into the final week of this 40 Days for Life campaign, we now know of 423 babies and mothers spared from abortion these past 33 days! Here are three stories where mothers rejected abortion … and not a word was spoken on the sidewalk to any of the young women who chose life. It was all the power of prayer and God’s grace. —————————————————– SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA —————————————————– A group of people – including a number of children – were praying on the sidewalk outside the abortion center in Santa Maria. A car stopped in the street right in […]
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Belgium becomes world leader in organ removal after euthanasia

According to a recent report Belgium is now the ‘world leader’ in organ removal after euthanasia. The practice of transplanting organs from voluntary euthanasia patients in this small European country has become increasingly common since it was first reported that it had become an established procedure in June 2011. The recent report mentions at least nine cases since 2005 but suggests that there would have been many more had the patients had transplantable organs. Only a small proportion of euthanised patients are able to donate organs, since most of them are terminally ill with cancer and therefore regarded to be ‘unsuitable’ as donors. Two Oxford academics last year argued […]
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Pope Francis: Condemning gay ‘marriage’ while kissing AIDS patients’ feet

I was debating Pope Francis with two feminist nuns on Russia TV’s CrossTalk last week, have a look and give me your feedback.   It may seem totally schizophrenic to some, but Pope Francis has indeed kissed the feet of AIDS patients in an act of love and caring for those afflicted with the dreaded disease and he is also the same man who in no uncertain terms spoke of gay ‘marriage’ as a machination of the devil. But these stances are totally consistent with the Catholic view of ‘love the sinner but hate the sin.’ In fact it is […]
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Defunding Abortion – more popular than any political party in Ontario?

No, the title is not a joke. Eliminating taxpayer funding for abortions that are not medically necessary is a political position that’s more popular amongst Ontarians than is the Liberal Party, the NDP or Tim Hudak’s PCs.   So says a recent AngusReid opinion poll.  AngusReid released its latest abortion opinion poll results on January 28, 2013, timed to coincide with the 25th “anniversary” of the Morgentaler ruling which threw out Canada’s previous abortion law. When the poll results were released, mainstream media headlines focused almost exclusively on the topic of whether Canadians want to “reopen the abortion debate”. That particular question found that 59% […]
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Must See – Video #2

Today, we are launching the second of our three 1-minute videos explaining what makes LifeSiteNews.com different. Five days into our spring fundraising campaign, we are off to a much slower start than usual. So far we have only raised just over 3% of our necessary minimum $120,000 goal.
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7,000 Unborn Girls Die From Sex-Selection Abortion Daily in India

7,000 Unborn Girls Die From Sex-Selection Abortion Daily in India by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz NEW DELHI, India, December 14, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sex-selective abortion continues to kill almost 7,000 of India’s unborn baby girls every day, an annual United Nations report on children said. “Nationwide, 7000 fewer girls than expected are born each day, largely due to sex determination,” said the report State of the World’s Children 2007. “Since 1991, statistics reveal drastic declines in the number of girl children in the most prosperous states and districts—as much as 50-100 fewer girls per 1,000 boys than elsewhere.” The national […]
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Regarding Preston Manning Comparing the Struggle to End Abortion With the Anti-Slavery Movement

Regarding Preston Manning Comparing the Struggle to End Abortion With the Anti-Slavery Movement by LifeSiteNews.com Commentary by Campaign Life Coalition, British Columbia President John Hof VANCOUVER, BC, June 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – For the record: I stood with Mr. Manning as he started the Reform Party. I cheered and worked with him as he changed course and urged us to “Think Big” at the founding convention of the Canadian Alliance Party. I even encouraged others to work and to watch and to wait with me through those lean years. I waited through all of those long years for Preston Manning […]
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New Study Finds Babies Cry in the Womb –“Even the Bottom Lip Quivers”

New Study Finds Babies Cry in the Womb –”Even the Bottom Lip Quivers” by LifeSiteNews.com CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, August 26, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study has revealed that unborn babies cry within the womb. Ultrasound videos taken of infants within the womb revealed 28-week-old babies crying in response to a noise stimulus. Scientists played a 90-decibel noise to the unborn child, roughly the equivalent of a tummy rumbling, and recorded the effect the noise had via ultrasound. “It was strikingly like an infant crying,” said New Zealand pediatrician Ed Mitchell, who contributed to the US study, according to New […]
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The Pope flusters a doorman with a phone call

You have to read this.  Pope Francis is like no other we have had in our lifetime. CNA wrote a report on the pope's call to a doorman at the Jesuit residence in Rome. It will give you a chuckle as it did my family and myself. See Jesuit doorman surprised by Pope's phone call Then there is the report of his insisting on paying his hotel bill and personally picking up has bags on his way back to the Vatican from an event yesterday. Also, watch him here greeting several cardinals today. This in clearly going to be a […]
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Australian abortion worker leaves thanks to 40 Days for Life

In the first days of a 40 Days for Life campaign, when abortion workers watch your peaceful presence outside their building, they do NOT like what they are seeing. They view us as enemies and a nuisance. Over time, however, they witness your prayers, love and compassion … in the rain, snow or heat. Eventually, some begin to question the work they are doing. Of the 76 workers who have had a change of heart and left their jobs, many have done so in the last two weeks of the campaign. This time, it’s a first for an international 40 […]
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Pope Francis understands that fighting for the right to life often involves tremendous sacrifice

The staff of the Pro-Life Action League was watching with great anticipation this week to see who would be chosen by the College of Cardinals to be the new Pope. We knew that, whoever he was, he would be strongly committed to the pro-life cause—but we couldn’t be more delighted with the choice of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis. It has also been gratifying to see Francis’s election greeted with so much joy the League’s many non-Catholic supporters and allies, who recognize the importance of strong Catholic leadership to the pro-life cause in the United States and throughout […]
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NY Catholic Nurse Sues Hospital after Forced to Participate in Late- Term Abortion

NY Catholic Nurse Sues Hospital after Forced to Participate in Late- Term Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, July 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic nurse is suing a New York hospital for forcing her to participate in the abortion of a late-term unborn child under the threat of possible termination and loss of license, and penalizing her after she filed a grievance and continued to refuse performing abortions. Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) attorneys filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Mount Sinai Medical Center on behalf of senior nurse Cathy Cenzon-DeCarlo, who says she was denied an opportunity […]
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New Technology Lets Parents Hold Life-Size Model of Unborn Child

New Technology Lets Parents Hold Life-Size Model of Unborn Child by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert LONDON, June 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A London art student has developed a revolutionary new step in prenatal imagery that allows parents to hold a life-size model of their unborn baby. Jorge Lopez, a Brazilian student at the Royal College of Art in London, pioneered the new use of technology to utilize 4D ultrasound images and MRI scans to construct plaster models that can delineate the unique form of each child. “It’s amazing to see the faces of the mothers. They can see the full […]
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The Power of Live Reporters – Video

Our Spring Campaign is launched today with the first of three unique and delightful video commercials highlighting distinguishing features of LifeSiteNews' reporting. We think you will agree that our youth volunteer actors did an exceptional job
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Second Chimney-Watch Day: black smoke this morning

This morning, I took an early train into the City and met up with some friends to walk around the Piazza, look up at the chimney and chat with the many hundreds of people in the Piazza. The Second Ballot of the conclave was scheduled for 9:30 or so this morning and it was already quite crowded when I got there just before ten and end-to-end umbrellas. The weather is pretty nasty, raining on and off with a perpetual drizzle between, and cold. Not Quebec City-cold, but chilly enough to make it less than fun standing around in the Piazza […]
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Make Good Friday pro-life with a Way of the Cross at your local abortion facility

On a bleak Friday afternoon, our savior Jesus Christ was crucified at Golgotha, “the place of the skull.” Today, we have our own Golgotha: the abortion clinic, where two thousand years after the Crucifixion, His image is violently destroyed, again and again, by abortion. That’s why, for the last five years, the Pro-Life Action League has marked Good Friday with a pro-life “Way of the Cross for Victims of Abortion” at our local Planned Parenthood. We’ve found this activity to be such a blessing, one of our favorite pro-life activities of the year. So this year we’re calling on pro-lifers like you nationwide […]
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First ballot: black smoke

Tonight was my first time. Nearly everyone I know in Rome has been in the Piazza for at least one papal election, so even though we knew there would be no white smoke tonight, it was an exciting moment. As my friend and I were heading down Gregorio VII and past the Paul VI Audience Hall, I was calculating how long it would take me, at a dead run, to get from the office to the Piazza. I plan on being there for every ballot, but on the off chance that the white smoke appears while I’m working on something […]
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Two inspirational families

As I write this in mid-March I look forward to soon being with two special families, who because of the depth of their love for a family member, found themselves in the midst of an international spotlight they did not seek, and a fierce conflict they did not shirk. They are the families of Terri Schiavo and Baby Joseph Maraachli. Terri was killed by court-ordered dehydration in 2005, and Joseph was almost deprived of a standard medical intervention that gave him longer life with his loving family in 2011. Both families asked me and Priests for Life for help, and […]
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Victory for pro-life protesters ordered to put down signs by college police

Today we see a huge victory for the protection of our First Amendment rights as a direct outgrowth of last year’s Stand Up for Religious Freedom rally effort, organized by the Pro-Life Action League and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, as protesters whose rights were violated at the June Rally in Dayton, Ohio are vindicated and free speech is protected. At the June 8 Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally in Dayton, Ohio, Sinclair Community College campus police told participants that they had to put down their “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” and “Stop Obama’s HHS Mandate” signs because of the school’s speech code which […]
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40 Days for Life exploding across the United Kingdom, saving lives

One chapter in the new book, “40 Days for Life: Discover What God Has Done … Imagine What He Can Do,” focuses on the wildly successful growth of 40 Days for Life across the United Kingdom … thanks in large part to the leadership of a young, proper British gentleman named Robert Colquhoun — now our UK 40 Days for Life campaign director, and coordinator of international expansion. (Get the book here.) Since Robert launched the first 40 Days for Life in London in 2010, the campaign has rapidly spread across the United Kingdom, and is currently being held in […]
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Ultrasound image of baby 'Emperor Palpatine' goes viral

The impression a vivid ultrasound image can make is not lost on the pro-life movement, but even those far outside its orbit have taken notice of a picture of an unborn child who bears a striking resemblance to a science fiction villain. When Heather and Toby Large of Illinois went in for a routine check-up of their unborn son, the process revealed a familiar face: Emperor Palpatine of the Star Wars saga. Toby said, “At this point, everyone in the room had a laugh, including our eight-year-old daughter, Hannah, and the ultrasound technician.” By posting the picture online, they and […]
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The conclave-watcher’s lexicon: what do they mean when they say that?

The media and pundits, as well as churchmen, use a lot of jargon that many ordinary readers, unaccustomed to romanità, the carefully encoded diplomatic language used by the Vatican and its cadre of experts, will not be familiar with. A lot of the writing leading up to the conclave is about the “priorities” of the new pope. What should he do? This is where the issues start bumping up against both the jargon and the factions. Since the cancellation last week of a series of press conferences organised by the Pontifical North American College, the cardinals have gone nearly silent. […]
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More than 7,000 babies saved!

I just returned from California and am ready to start the new week by sharing great news. So far during this campaign alone, there have been 319 babies saved from abortion – that we know of. This means that since 40 Days for Life began as a coordinated campaign in 2007, we are now aware of … … MORE THAN 7 THOUSAND BABIES that God has spared in answer to all of your many hours of prayer. And this is undeniably God’s work … because sometimes, hearts and minds can be changed without anyone saying a word. —————————————————– ATLANTA, GEORGIA —————————————————– Two prayer volunteers […]
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Pope Makes Bishop of Priest Who Said He’d Deny Communion to Pro-Abortion Politicians

Pope Makes Bishop of Priest Who Said He’d Deny Communion to Pro-Abortion Politicians by LifeSiteNews.com SPRINGFIELD, May 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Chicago-area priest, Monsignor Kevin Vann, who made headlines during the US federal election by saying he would deny John Kerry and other pro-abortion Catholic politicians Holy Communion, has been appointed the coadjutor bishop of Fort Worth Texas. Msgr. Vann was also among those priests quoted in the Chicago papers praising the election of the former Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI. As coadjutor, Msgr. Vann will replace the current bishop, Joseph Patrick Delaney who has been bishop […]
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Human Rights Commission: “Kill the Christian” Lyrics OK, but Criticize Homosexuality? No Way

Human Rights Commission: “Kill the Christian” Lyrics OK, but Criticize Homosexuality? No Way by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White RED DEER, Alberta, November 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Alberta Human Rights Commission (HRC) has come under scrutiny again for what critics are calling a brazen double standard in its treatment of “hate” and discrimination. Blogger, lawyer and democratic activist Ezra Levant has revealed that Alberta Human Rights Commissioner Lori Andreachuk, who in a ruling earlier this year ordered a Christian pastor to publish a renunciation of his Christian views in the local newspaper, in 2003 dismissed a complaint against a rock […]
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Third And Fourth Canadian Bishops Say Development & Peace Funds to be Held Pending Investigation

Third And Fourth Canadian Bishops Say Development & Peace Funds to be Held Pending Investigation by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert VANCOUVER, B.C., March 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two more bishops have acknowledged that Lenten collection money slated for the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P) will be withheld until the organization proves it has not been funding pro-abortion groups. The statements come after a LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) investigative report, as well as several follow-up reports, provided evidence that D&P has been sending money to pro-abortion and pro-contraception groups in at least two Latin American countries, and in several countries […]
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Today's blog posts: On Facebook, full-frontal female nudity is ok (if it’s pro-choice) – John Jalsevac ‘Are you just going to let her die?’ – Jonathon van Maren UNFPA & YWCA at the United Nations: ‘reproductive health’ top priority – Cassie Farrell
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UNFPA & YWCA at the United Nations: ‘reproductive health’ top priorities

Guest post by Cassie Farrell. Cassie is one of several young men and women from Campaign Life Coalition Youth who are taking part in the 57th Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations this week in New York City.  At the 57th UN Commission on the Status of Women, there are various side events addressing different issues pertaining to women, particularly those in developing and war-torn countries. The theme, “elimination and prevention of all forms of vioence against women and girls” have highlighted the stark contrast in the approach of organizations from these areas, and organizations from the […]
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‘Are you just going to let her die?’

Occasionally, something rudely awakens our culture to the fact that we have grown accustomed to the callous treatment of human life. Recently, FOX News reported one such story. According to FOX: “An 87-year-old woman died at a Bakersfield, Calif., retirement home after a nurse at the facility shockingly refused to give her CPR. The nurse called 9-11 when the woman collapsed and was barely breathing. The dispatcher, Tracey Halvorson, asked the nurse to start CPR until paramedics arrived, but the nurse told her there was some sort of rule at the nursing home that prevented her from doing so.” The interactions […]
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On Facebook, full-frontal female nudity is ok (if it’s pro-choice)

Yesterday, we reported on the protest happening Thursday featuring billboard-sized photos of women’s genitalia on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Interestingly, the pro-abortion groups behind the display have set up a Facebook “event” page to coordinate the effort. The page prominently features a photo of the lower half of a woman’s body, completely nude, the private parts prominently on display. Yesterday I reported this page to Facebook, reasoning that full-frontal female nudity was clearly a violation of their “community standards” policy. After all, an event page is a completely public page that anybody can access.  But as of […]
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When free speech died in Canada

When future historians attempt to narrow down the exact point at which the concept of free speech died in Canada, they’ll likely point to Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott.
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The Brazen Clericalism of Cardinal Mahony

Obviously, Archbishop Gomez can’t prevent Cardinal Mahony from attending the conclave. But he shouldn’t weaken his original rebuke under bullying and factionalism. If anything, he should call on Cardinal Mahony to cease his self-justifying blogging.
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Curing the GOP’s infection

More than 100 GOP establishment figures have joined a Supreme Court brief against California's voter-approved constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
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Adultery: When law and morality (used to) agree

The Colorado legislature is considering the repeal of laws in the state that criminalize adultery or any act that would “promote sexual immorality.” According to Lynn Bartels ofThe Denver Post, the process of repeal is now well underway, with the House Judiciary Committee voting 8-3 to take adultery and sexual immorality out of the criminal code in Colorado. Missing from the legislative debate, at least as reported in the media, is any acknowledgment of how such statutes entered the law books in the first place. Throughout most of human history, morality and law were united and in agreement when it […]
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Little change in abortion attitudes

Much of the mainstream media coverage of Roe v. Wade’s recent forty-year anniversary indicated that grassroots abortion rights activists are pessimistic about the future. However, in the days before the March for Life many pro-choice commentators expressed optimism. They claimed that recent polling data indicates that public opinion is shifting in a direction more sympathetic to legal abortion. For example, a recent Think Progress article cites a Fox News exit poll indicating that 59 percent of Americans think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Similarly, a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll covered in the Washington Post and elsewhere suggested that 70 percent of Americans […]
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Medicine and morality

I recently had the privilege of giving a talk at a medical school. I was invited because the sponsor wanted to give the medical students something other than medicine. In an age of increased specialization, there is a danger of real narrowness. This is especially true in medicine. Apparently young doctors have to be reminded that patients, after all, are human beings, and not just a series of symptoms. While modern medicine is not quite ready to admit that it needs religion to be complete, it has realized a need for something beyond itself. The matters of life and death […]
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245 babies – and mothers – spared from abortion!: here are some of their stories

Here we are – Day 20. I can’t believe we’re at the halfway point already! There’s still a lot of praying to be done, but it’s OK to pause briefly today and count the blessings God has already provided. As of today, we have reports of … … 245 babies (and their mothers, of course) spared from abortion– that we know of! Here are some of their stories. —————————————————– MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN —————————————————– “I finally met my match,” said Dan in Milwaukee. “I had completely dressed for the worst – but this snow came down fast and hard – and then kept […]
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Class Action Suit Says Depo-Provera Birth Control Drug Causes Osteoporosis

Class Action Suit Says Depo-Provera Birth Control Drug Causes Osteoporosis by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz December 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Women are suing the makers of Depo-Provera birth control, saying it has caused them severe bone loss leading to osteoporosis. A $700-million class-action lawsuit has been filed against the drug company Pfizer, an international pharmaceutical conglomerate that also produces the prescription drugs Viagra, Zoloft and Celebrex. Pfizer has come under fire in the past for alleged lethal side effects stemming from the use of the anti-depressant Zoloft, and the company currently faces a number of lawsuits in the U.S. over […]
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Greek Churches to be Taxed in Govt’s Response to Economic Crisis

Greek Churches to be Taxed in Govt’s Response to Economic Crisis by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ATHENS, March 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Greek government has announced it will start taxing churches as part of its efforts to get out of its financial crisis. A new draft bill to be tabled in parliament next week imposes a 20 per cent tax on the Orthodox church’s real estate income, reportedly worth over 10 million Euros (US $14.8 million) a year, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Orthodox Archbishop of Athens Ieronymos said on Sunday that taxing the churches is unconstitutional and […]
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Former Rep. Driehaus withdraws complaint against pro-life group over billboards

Former Rep. Driehaus withdraws complaint against pro-life group over billboards by LifeSiteNews.com By Matt Anderson COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former Representative Steve Driehaus (OH-1) has requested to withdraw a legal complaint against the Susan B. Anthony List. The former politician filed the complaint on October 6 with the Ohio Elections Commission (OEC) alleging that SBA List was falsely accusing him of voting for federal abortion funding when he voted for the national health care law passed earlier this year. Early in October, SBA List intended to run a series of billboards criticizing Driehaus for his vote in […]
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Bella Star Eduardo Saves Five Unborn Babies’ Lives

Bella Star Eduardo Saves Five Unborn Babies’ Lives by LifeSiteNews.com By Tim Waggoner LOS ANGELES, September 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Participants in a 40 Days for Life vigil held on Saturday outside the Family Planning Associates abortuary in Los Angeles were given a massive boost of inspiration when Bella star Eduardo Verastegui arrived unannounced to take action in spreading the pro-life message. With the vigil being held outside the busiest abortion facility in Los Angeles, leader John Anthony says he was aware of the trials he and his team faced, but said his prayers were answered with the arrival of […]
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Don’t Miss History Channel’s ‘The Bible’ beginning Sunday

Every once in a while a gem comes out of hollywood, and it seems there may just be another gem coming from the creator of Survivor and the star of 'Touched by an Angel.' I bumped into Mark Burnett and his wife Downey at the Legatus summit where they showed an extensive preview of the 10 hour epic which will play out on the History channel beginning the Sunday at 8pm. The ambitious project covering the main stories from Genesis to Revelation was remarkable at least in the preview for its realism and faithfulness to the Scriptures. And don't worry […]
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Three candidates for Pope who are on few people's lists

I realize this is a dangerous article:  recommending three cardinals who might be the best selections to replace Pope Benedict XVI. It's called throwing the dice in some circles. Really, how can anyone know who the cardinals will elect? And even then, do any of us know enough about all of them to make a good judgment on who the Holy Spirit might choose for that heavy cross — err, role? But still, I’d like to have a go at it just to know I tried, and if one of these are indeed picked, it would be rather exciting. These […]
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New Study Shows Natural Family Planning Technique More “Effective” Than Contraception

New Study Shows Natural Family Planning Technique More “Effective” Than Contraception by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith HEIDELBERG, Germany, February 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study by German researchers shows that a method of natural family planning is statistically as effective as the contraceptive pill in delaying pregnancy. Researchers from the University of Heidelberg studied the statistical effectiveness of the symptothermal method (STM) to avoid achieving pregnancy. Unlike contraceptives that either suppress a woman’s natural fertility cycle or act as a barrier to conception, STM helps a woman to understand the natural signs of her fertility in order to […]
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Euthanasia deaths increase by 25 percent in Belgium

Recent studies concerning the Belgian euthanasia law found that: 32% of the assisted deaths are done without request and 47% of the assisted deaths go unreported in the Flanders region of Belgium. Another recent study found that even though nurses are prohibited from doing euthanasia, that in fact nurses are euthanizing their patients in Belgium. There has never been an attempted prosecution for abuses of the Belgian euthanasia law. Confirming that euthanasia is out-of-control in Belgium the 2012 euthanasia statistics indicate that there was a 25% increase in the number of assisted deaths in Belgium.  Recent government statistics indicate that the number of reported assisted deaths increased from 1133 in 2011 […]
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Abortion supporters now both anti-'choice' and uber-'choice'

March 1, 2013, (JillStanek.com) – Planned Parenthood triggered a massive identity crisis in the pro-abortion world when it announced on February 9 it was abandoning the term “pro-choice.” I mentioned at the time Planned Parenthood must certainly not have conferred with such groups as NARAL Pro-Choice America before dropping its bombshell. I don’t think abortion advocacy groups appreciate the fact that Planned Parenthood is a billion dollar business. So its decisions will be primarily market-driven, which may or may not coincide with the best interest of ideological groups – one of the hard truths about the 1%. Thus, Planned Parenthood basically hung NARAL, et al, out to dry, forcing them to […]
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