Articles for Month: July 2013

‘Abortion impedes fetuses!’: Your hilariously biased mainstream media laugh of the day

So I was grimacing my way through ABC’s totally unbiased investigation piece about Mississippi’s last abortion clinic, which has been on the verge of being shut down for months because it is in violation of the state’s new law that requires abortionists to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. You know the stuff. The show quotes the abortionist at length talking about his “deep Evangelical faith” and how it was a Martin Luther King speech about the Good Samaritan that convinced him to do abortions in Mississippi. It explains how he has been “overwhelmed by the compassion” he feels […]
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Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast actually settled fraud case for $4.3 mil, not $1.3 mil

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced on July 24that his office had obtained a $1.4 million settlement against Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast for Medicaid fraud, with the settlement to be split between the state of Texas, the federal government, and the whistleblower (former PPGC employee Karen Reynolds). It turns out the AG was apparently only announcing his state’s cut. The total settlement is actually $4.3 million – almost $3 million more than previously known. From the Houston Chronicle today: Planned Parenthood’s Houston-based affiliate clarified Tuesday that it settled for $4.3 million, three times the $1.4 million that Abbott reported a week ago. His spokesman tried to explain the discrepancy, indicating […]
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Woman claims friend heard baby cry after born alive during late-term abortion: video

A woman named Julia Gallardo has posted video from 2011 with a shocking claim – that her friend had a late-term abortion, but was not properly anesthetized during the procedure and heard her baby girl, who had been born alive, cry. She also tearfully states that her friend’s family later found out that the baby girl had survived and was placed for adoption: Click “like” if you are PRO-LIFE! [HT: Saynsumthn] Reprinted with permission from JillStanek.com.
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Study Shows Christianity Makes Men Better Husbands and Fathers

Study Shows Christianity Makes Men Better Husbands and Fathers by LifeSiteNews.com By Tim Waggoner VIRGINIA, June 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a research brief this month, Bradford Wilcox, a sociology professor at the University of Virginia, analyzed three national studies in order to discover if “there is any evidence that religion is playing a role in encouraging a strong family orientation among contemporary American men?” His research led him to conclude that men who regularly attend Christian services are engaged in happier and stronger marriages and are more involved in the lives of their children than men who do not. […]
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Man charged with assisted suicide in Hamilton Ontario

Several days ago, a man was charged with the crime of assisted suicide in Hamilton Ontario. The Hamilton Spectator reported that Herbert Dilts was charged by Hamilton police for the alleged crime of assisted suicide in the death of Brian Nelson (71) of Stoney Creek Ontario who died in February 2012. Nelson, who was a friend of Dilts, had unsuccessful back surgery for a degenerative disk several years before. Nelson asked Dilts to assist him to commit suicide. Dilts acknowledges that he discussed the suicide plan with Nelson, but claims that he had nothing to do with the death. The […]
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No, society should not allow ‘3-Parent’ IVF

The UK rubber stamp Embryo Authority–which for example allowed human cloning experiments with animal eggs–is on the verge of permitting the manufacture of three-parent embryos. The process is done by taking the nucleus out of the egg of one woman, putting it into the enucleated egg of another woman, and then fertilizing with sperm. Voila, three biological parents. The purported reason for this approach is to enable women with mitochondrial disease–who would be the nuclear donors–to bear biologically related children. But you know it won’t stop there. At some point, the process will be used to help, say, polyamorous threesomes or lesbian couples […]
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Occupy Unmasked: ideology as a street fight

Being on the Canadian side of the border, my first notice of “Occupy Wall Street” was, of course, through the media—and not even they knew what they were describing as they attempted to define for their audiences a collection of age-diverse, tent-dwelling anarchists vaguely furious about capitalism et al and positive that someone should do something, and that that something was sleeping outdoors on someone else’s property. Left-wing media outlets (which is to say, most of them) were giddy in their praise, hoping to have finally found a Tea Party foil. Most conservative outlets registered (naturally) suspicion—it was “astro-turf,” they […]
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Euthanasia Activist Gives up Starvation Death Effort as Too Painful and “Undignified”

Euthanasia Activist Gives up Starvation Death Effort as Too Painful and “Undignified” by LifeSiteNews.com BRISTOL, August 16, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kelly Taylor, a 28-year-old woman who is not terminally ill, has ended her attempt to starve herself to death after 19 days because of the pain of the effects of starvation. Mrs. Taylor claimed that she had chosen self-starvation as the only method of suicide that would not leave her husband Richard liable for prosecution. Nevertheless, after 19 days, she said, “It has become too uncomfortable and I would not wish what I have been going through on my worst […]
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Mom repeatedly rejected abortion, spent 3 days cradling body of baby who survived just 19 minutes

While Potter’s syndrome is gaining awareness in the U.S. through the life of Abigail, the first baby to ever survive the condition, a mom in the United Kingdom is working to raise awareness of the condition as well, in memory of her son Charlie. The condition affects the development of amniotic fluid, which is essential for lung and kidney development.  It often causes stillbirths.  U.S. Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, 34, and U.K. resident Carrie Curtis, 20, were both told their children’s lives were “incompatible with life,” and, despite pressures to abort, both insisted on not giving up on their children […]
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Yet Another Study Confirms Gay Life Expectancy 20 Years Shorter

Yet Another Study Confirms Gay Life Expectancy 20 Years Shorter by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, DC, June 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study which analyzed tens of thousands of gay obituaries and compared them with AIDS deaths data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has shown that the life expectancy for homosexuals is about twenty years shorter than that of the general public. The study, entitled “Gay obituaries closely track officially reported deaths from AIDS”, has been published in Psychological Reports (2005;96:693-697). In an interview with lifesitenews.com, Dr. Paul Cameron, the President of the Family Research Institute and the scientist […]
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Pro-life TV program wins Emmy award

The winning episode gives an inside look at a program called Healthy Visions that focuses on helping teenagers make better life decisions when it comes to dating, sex and self-image.
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World Medical Association opposes Euthanasia

The world’s professional medical associations overwhelmingly oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide. The World Medical Association reiterated its strong such commitment to the ethical practice medicine this year. From the WMO Resolution on Euthanasia: Euthanasia, that is the act of deliberately ending the life of a patient, even at the patient’s own request or at the request of close relatives, is unethical. This does not prevent the physician from respecting the desire of a patient to allow the natural process of death to follow its course in the terminal phase of sickness. The WMO similarly opposes assisted suicide. Physicians-assisted suicide, like euthanasia, is […]
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Congresswoman who rejected abortion announces birth of ‘miracle’ baby in moving Facebook post

My goodness, what an amazing post today on pro-life Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler’s Facebook account. The baby (her first) whom she told us in June had been diagnosed with a condition “incompatible with life,” has survived two weeks. Here is her post after which we’ll add a few additional details: With great joy, gratitude and hope, we are pleased to share with you the news of the birth of our daughter, Abigail Rose Beutler, on Monday, July 15 at 3:13 AM at Emanuel Legacy hospital in Portland. She weighed two pounds, twelve ounces and was only 28 weeks along. She […]
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Banning Internet porn is essential, but how?

The recent proposal in the UK by David Cameron’s Government to filter pornography on the Internet sparked an interesting discussion among LifeSiteNews writers and editors. That Cameron should have suddenly rediscovered his passion for social conservatism seems much too convenient.
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Hey David Suzuki, Canada is not full and your policies would kill Medicare

David Suzuki, the Canadian environmentalist often touted as having all the answers to halt (alleged) global warming and even to push back (allegedly) rising sea levels, has been caught telling a whopper of a fish story. On Canada Day, during an interview with a Quebec reporter, he claimed that “Canada is full”, explaining that we have no room for immigrants in this vast country.  “Although it’s the second largest country in the world, our useful area has been reduced”,  said Suzuki.   He then slammed Canadian immigration policy as “disgusting” for trying to maintain our population (and therefore our economy) by bringing immigrants […]
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Pro-abortionists’ post-HB2 imaginings grow wilder by the day

Although it’s only been a week since the Texas Senate passed HB 2, like an avalanche picking up momentum, the tale that pro-abortionists spin of a dystopian future grows darker and darker, more and more ominous, and less and less connected to reality. They are not reacting well to a succession of pro-life laws (like HB 2) that say such awful things as you can’t separate the head from the torso of a pain-capable unborn child and it will no longer be okay for hellholes like Kermit Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society abortion clinic to go unregulated and uninspected for decades […]
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“Outreach to Gay Activists” among Top Five Priorities for UK Conservative Party

“Outreach to Gay Activists” among Top Five Priorities for UK Conservative Party by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, May 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Conservative party insider has revealed that among party leader David Cameron’s strategic priorities over the coming months will be more “outreach” to homosexualist activists. Tim Montgomerie, a political secretary to the former party leader Iain Duncan Smith and the founder and editor of Conservativehome.com, reported late last week that among David Cameron’s top five priorities will be “more outreach to gay rights groups”. An unnamed member of the shadow cabinet told Montgomerie that the list also […]
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Ex-Abortion Clinic Owner Tells Pro-life Group Truth about Abortion Business

Ex-Abortion Clinic Owner Tells Pro-life Group Truth about Abortion Business by LifeSiteNews.com By Michael Baggot FORT WORTH, Texas, April 30, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The United Methodist pro-life ministry Lifewatch recently hosted a free luncheon featuring former abortion clinic owner Carol Everett. Everett spent six years working in the abortion industry in the early 80s, before experiencing a profound conversion. In 1995 she founded the Heidi Group – a group of inner-city crisis pregnancy centers named after one of Everett’s own children that she aborted in 1973. “We are an injured nation, for many of us are unwilling to admit or […]
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Judge Demands FDA Allow Abortifacient Morning After Pill for Minors

Judge Demands FDA Allow Abortifacient Morning After Pill for Minors by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NEW YORK, March 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A New York district court judge ruled yesterday that the FDA must allow 17-year-old girls access to the abortifacient morning-after pill without a doctor’s prescription, and ordered the federal agency to reconsider allowing young girls access to the pill regardless of age. Judge Edward R. Korman said the FDA’s decision to withhold the Plan B pill was “arbitrary and capricious” and too influenced by the “political and ideological” considerations of the Bush administration. The ruling comes in response […]
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#AskWendy? Wendy Davis dodges abortion during her Twitter townhall

Yesterday, Texas state senator Wendy Davis, famous for her 13-hour filibuster of a ban on abortions after 20 weeks gestation, participated in an online townhall meeting via Twitter. People could use the Twitter hashtag #AskWendy to submit questions. This townhall was sponsored by the Lone Star Project, a politically liberal advocacy group based in Texas. Many people took part, and the hashtag #AskWendy was trending for much of the afternoon. Pro-lifers effectively used the AskWendy hashtag to both pose tough questions about abortion and disseminate information about the pro-life position. What was interesting is that during the course of the […]
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Why you shouldn’t blame the clergy that a majority of Catholics support abortion

LifeSiteNews recently reported the unsurprising findings of a poll commissioned by The Washington Post and ABC stating that a majority of American Catholics are in favor of abortion in “all or most cases.” Coincidentally or providentially, LifeSiteNews published this article on the same day as the Catholic Church celebrated the 45th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s momentous encyclical Humanae Vitae. I suppose it was the latter, and I thank them for doing so. The findings of the poll were disheartening. As a sinful, aspiring Catholic, this article provided me with a great lesson in humility and self-examination, and this is […]
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Underpopulation woes put Canada’s social security in jeopardy

David Suzuki, the Canadian environmentalist often touted as having all the answers to halt (alleged) global warming and even to push back (allegedly) rising sea levels, has been caught telling a whopper of a fish story. On Canada Day, during an interview with a Quebec reporter, he claimed that “Canada is full”, explaining that we have no room for immigrants in this vast country.  “Although it’s the second largest country in the world, our useful area has been reduced”,  said Suzuki.   He then slammed Canadian immigration policy as “disgusting” for trying to maintain our population (and therefore our economy) by bringing immigrants […]
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Cardinal Dolan: Watch for curia changes in October

“If something doesn't happen by October I'd be surprised.” In a conversation with John Allen of the National Catholic Reporter, New York Cardinal Dolan has predicted a curial shakeup in October. In surprisingly frank language, Cardinal Dolan expressed some disappointment in Pope Francis' apparent lack of managerial skill. “We also wanted someone with good managerial skills and leadership skills, and so far that hasn't been as obvious,” said Cardinal Dolan regarding the selection of the new pope. “It's a little bit of a surprise that he hasn't played his hand on that front yet.” He added, “I would expect that […]
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Soros-funded Right Wing Watch didn’t like my Tuesday Blog on Obama

I feel rather honored. The multi-billionaire George Soros funded Right Wing Watch felt compelled to give attention to my Tuesday blog post The Abortion President’s Zimmerman race-baiting social suicide cult. The Soros groups are intensely committed to world de-population and support abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriage and just about everything on the opposite side of all that LSN readers stand for. So this attention confirmed for me that the blog post hit an important nerve. However, the Right Wing Watch (RWW) article summary of my post was of course somewhat slanted. Ah, and I see that they have added articles on C-Fam, the […]
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‘The mood’ isn’t the only thing abortion contracts kill

I wasn’t going to write anything about the recent revelations that NBA star J.J. Redick had his then-girlfriend, model Vanessa Lopez, sign a contract agreeing to abort a baby they had created together (and, one assumes, any ill-fated siblings that might come along later.) I wasn’t going to comment because in spite of the jokes I could make about Redick’s name (especially considering the context), I don’t care about professional sports and I assumed that pretty much everyone would recognize that Redick was a self-centred and horrible human being, albeit all too typical these days. And then everybody starting saying that abortion […]
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Anti-Catholic Aid for Pres. Candidate Edwards Resigns Over Offensive Blog Comments

Anti-Catholic Aid for Pres. Candidate Edwards Resigns Over Offensive Blog Comments by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz RALEIGH, North Carolina, February 13, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A top campaign blogger for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards acknowledged defeat Monday after a storm of protest followed her gratuitously offensive commentary against Christianity and the Catholic Church. Amanda Marcotte announced her resignation from the campaign yesterday in a posting on her personal blog Pandagon, saying the efforts of Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights (CLRCR), were responsible for her decision to leave the campaign. Donohue began campaigning for […]
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Swiss assisted suicide leader says: Almost no difference between euthanasia and assisted suicide

An article published today in Australia's Canberra Times concerns a three week fact finding mission conducted by Federal Labor MLA, Mary Porter, who visited the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland concerning the practice of euthanasia and assisted suicide in those countries. The article is written by Megan Doherty and titled: Euthanasia: Time to talk. Paul Russell, the leader of HOPE Australia, has been very effective at explaining to Australians why euthanasia and assisted suicide are not safe. The article explains that Porter visited countries where euthanasia and/or assisted suicide are legal in order to speak with the groups and individuals who […]
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How the Culture of Death metastasizes

The culture of death is like a cancer sapping the moral health of western society. And, like a cancer, it never stops spreading. Here’s how:  I wrote earlier today about Oxford bioethicist Julian Savulescu supporting palliated self starvation as a manner of dying. To get to that conclusion, he uses the right of people to refuse tube feeding–legal because it is deemed a medical treatment–as the multiplyer to grow the death agenda.  From, “A Simple Solution to the Puzzles of End of Life? Voluntary Palliated Starvation:” The process of withholding or removing artificial feeding from patients as young as newborns to elderly people has been commonplace in […]
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If you read only one story on LifeSiteNews…

Make it this one. It is far and away the most important of the many important stories we published on Thursday. Contrary to the law and common sense, the Obama administration has successfully pressured California's Arcadia Unified School District into allowing a teenage girl who is just entering high school to use the boys' restroom, locker room, and to sleep in the same hotel room as boys without adult supervision during field trips. The young teenager is “transgender” and considers herself a male but is still biologically female. Her parents, incredibly, sued the AUSD because its administrators would not allow […]
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J. J. Redick takes the low road

There was no easy road for J. J. Redick to take following revelations this week of an abortion contract he and his handlers concocted in 2007 for pregnant girlfriend Vanessa Lopez. But there was a high road. Alas, Redick chose the low road.  From his Twitter account last night… To be sure, unless Lopez had the DNA of her aborted baby tested, there is now no way to ever prove or refute Redick’s claims. The evidence has been destroyed. But the fact remains Redick and his handlers devised a contract stipulating Lopez had to kill her 16/17-wk-old baby to fulfill it […]
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Brother attorneys file lawsuit against HHS Mandate

July 25, 2013 (Acton Institute) – Michael and Shaun Willis, brothers and attorneys at Willis & Willis, PLC in Kalamazoo, Mich., have filed suit against the federal government’s mandate regarding the inclusion of artificial birth control, abortificients and abortion as part of employee health care. The brothers are both committed Christians and staunchly pro-life; one is Catholic, one Protestant. In addition to their law practice, they have a legal aid organization, doing pro bono work for the homeless in southeast Michigan. They also fund scholarships for children of military parents who’ve been killed or disabled in combat. This fund, the Corporal Christopher […]
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Cyber-sex slavery in the 21st Century

The combination of poverty, sexual trafficking, and technology has given rise to a new form of slavery: cyber-sex trafficking. As CNN explains, anyone who has a computer, internet, a Web cam, and an exploited woman or child can be in business:     Andrea was 14 years old the first time a voice over the Internet told her to take off her clothes.     “I was so embarrassed because I don’t want others to see my private parts,” she said. “The customer told me to remove my blouse and to show him my breasts.”     She was in a home in […]
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Humanae Vitae at 45: Still right after all these years

On this day in 1968, Pope Paul VI, of happy memory, issued his landmark encyclical, Humanae Vitae, which reiterated the Catholic Church’s 2,000 year old teaching that artificial contraception is sinful. At the time, and perhaps even more so 45 years later, many people — Catholic and otherwise — are gobsmacked that at precisely a time when the winds of change were gale force, the Church vowed that she would cling to such an allegedly “outmoded” view of sexual morality. Yet, the fact that Paul VI would reiterate the Christian condemnation against contraception is hardly a surprise, considering that no […]
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United Nations Population Fund Leader Says Family Breakdown is a Triumph for Human Rights

United Nations Population Fund Leader Says Family Breakdown is a Triumph for Human Rights by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, February 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A leader in the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has declared that the breakdown of traditional families, far from being a “crisis,” is actually a triumph for human rights. Speaking at a colloquium held last month at Colegio Mexico in Mexico City, UNFPA representative Arie Hoekman denounced the idea that high rates of divorce and out-of-wedlock births represent a social crisis, claiming that they represent instead the triumph of “human rights” against “patriarchy.” […]
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More documents show model girlfriend felt ‘forced into’ abortion by NBA star, suffered PTSD

Yesterday, MediaTakeOut.com released an abortion contract dating back to 2007 between NBA player J. J. Redick and then-girlfriend Vanessa Lopez. I’ve had this and other documents related to that abortion for the better part of two weeks, but out of concern for Vanessa wanted to make contact with her before going public. This morning I spoke to a knowledgeable source close to Vanessa, to whom she gave permission to speak to me. Neither Redick’s attorney, agent, or wealth manager have immediately responded to my request for comment. The contract between Redick and Vanessa is bizarre, outlining an agreement for Lopez to receive $25,000 in return for aborting […]
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Despite media spin, 20-week abortion bans enjoy broad support

Last Thursday, Rasmussen released a poll showing that 44 percent of likely U.S. voters support banning abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. Only 41 percent were opposed to such a ban.  During the debate in Texas over HB2, many mainstream-media outlets tried to spin such laws as unpopular and extreme. However, there is a growing body of survey data indicating that these measures are fairly popular. This is the second poll in less than a month that finds 20-week abortion bans enjoy plurality support. A June poll commissioned by National Journal finds that Americans favor such a ban by a 48–44 percent margin. The Rasmussen poll was particularly […]
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No legal immunity for death-deciding docs!

This is an important issue that has generally been ignored in the popular media about assisted suicide and the practice of doctors refusing wanted life-sustaining treatment. Physicians who legally cooperate in patient suicides or who refuse wanted care have almost absolute protection from lawsuits and criminal culpability, while their colleagues who provide medical end-of-life treatment face can be held liable if they violate the usual legal “standard of care.” Thus, S.B. 303 in Texas this year–which I helped defeat–would have granted virtually absolute immunity for doctors who imposed a “do not attempt resuscitation” (DNAR) order on the patient’s chart without consent. Laws allowing doctors to assisted […]
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31.4% of women who’d had second-trimester abortion had at least one prior second-trimester abortion

Two posts that I read today shed additional—and very important—light on what are called “late” abortions. The first, written by Sarah Terzo for Life Action News, appeared yesterday under the provocative—and completely accurate—headline, “Nearly one third of late-term abortion patients had a late-term abortion before.” To state the obvious, if this number came from a pro-life source it would be instantly dismissed. In fact the figure—31.4%–originated in a January 2006 study in “Obstetrics and Gynecology” titled, “Risk Factors Associated with Presenting for Abortion in the Second Trimester.” Most of the study’s authors were affiliated in some way with the University […]
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The four best things about being a pro-life activist

Those who follow so-con news sources are probably familiar with a fairly stereotypical pro-life experience: Pro-lifers engage in outreach, one or more of those reached get angry at the subject matter, and censorship, verbal abuse or (occasionally) physical violence follow. Pro-lifers constantly have tales of the absurdities emerging from the pro-abortion rabbit hole, from pub owners becoming enraged over sidewalk chalk to feminists dressed up in giant female genitalia costumes. However, to ensure that these bizarre outliers do not dominate the narrative of the culture wars (as much and mysteriously as our opponents seem to desire it), I have decided […]
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Midwest Catholic Bishops Exhort Flocks to Fight for Marriage

Midwest Catholic Bishops Exhort Flocks to Fight for Marriage by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith DES MOINES, Iowa, September 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic bishops of Iowa and Minnesota are sending Catholics a strong message this year: get out of the pews and into the political arena to protect marriage in their state constitutions. “This is our time to stand up and defend marriage as a unique institution that, from the beginning of human history and in every culture, is the union of one man and one woman for the propagation of the human family and the upbringing of […]
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Catholic University of San Diego Stands By Rejection of Pro-Choice Feminist for Theology Chair

Catholic University of San Diego Stands By Rejection of Pro-Choice Feminist for Theology Chair by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert SAN DIEGO, August 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although the Catholic University of San Diego (USD) came under fire for reversing their decision to appoint a radical feminist to an honorary chair in Theology, it has stood firm, and now two opposing petitions either supporting or attacking the decision are gathering support. Thomas Peters of American Papist, with fellow blogger Brian McDaniel of the Ora et Labora blog, has organized a petition to support the University in its decision. To sign it […]
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Dramatic Turnaround: Ontario Premier Backs Down – Explicit Sex Ed Needs ‘Serious Rethink’

Dramatic Turnaround: Ontario Premier Backs Down – Explicit Sex Ed Needs ‘Serious Rethink’ by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine TORONTO, Ontario, April 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After intense criticism in recent days, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced this afternoon that he has decided to delay implementing the government’s controversial and explicit new elementary sex ed curriculum. “It’s become pretty obvious to us that we need to give this a serious rethink,” he told reporters. He admitted that the changes in the new curriculum had been communicated poorly, and noted that parents were clearly distressed over it. The government must “find […]
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The Abortion President’s Zimmerman race-baiting social suicide cult

The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin controversy gets stranger every day. The evidence of George Zimmerman's innocence against the murder charges laid against him and the subsequent acquittal have proven so straightforward that it is a wonder the president and very many others have still been going on about this failed attempted lynching of the young Latino. One thing I fear might be generating from this is not a black vs white race war, but rather a very unfortunate, lib-leftist generated Latino vs African-American race confrontation. The idea that Zimmerman was racially biased against Black Americans is now totally ridiculous in light […]
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The dream fifty years on: an interview with Dr. Alveda King

Next month, it will be fifty years since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his magnificent “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 250,000 people who had joined the 1963 March on Washington. Fifty years—but his niece, Dr. Alveda King, says that the struggle for human rights continues. “For me,” Dr. King tells me by phone, “fifty years of ‘I Have a Dream’ and the March on Washington should include the sanctity of life.” Alveda King’s father, the Rev. A.D. King, was Martin Luther King Jr.’s older brother and a […]
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Study: Rise in Autism and introduction of Aborted Fetal DNA in Vaccines Correlate

Study: Rise in Autism and introduction of Aborted Fetal DNA in Vaccines Correlate by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Dr. Theresa Deisher, founder of the pro-life Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute, presented a study revealing the link between autism and aborted fetal DNA in vaccinations at the International Meeting for Autism Research in May. “The temporal connection between the introduction of aborted fetal DNA and autism rises is found over decades and across continents,” Dr. Deisher told LifeSiteNews. “This temporal connection is more compelling than any mercury connection,” which, she said, had no temporal connection to rising […]
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CLC Youth presents: Dance4Life in Toronto – Aug. 9

Are you having a good summer, but are still looking for that one event to make it the most memorable one yet? We've got just the event for you! CLC Youth is throwing an end-of-summer Dance4Life on Friday, August 9th at the University of Toronto Newman Centre from 7:30pm- midnight.  Join us for an evening of dance, socialization, raffle prizes, free food and drinks and cash bar! Proceeds go to CLC Youth and Aid to Women Crisis Pregnancy Centre.  Tickets are only $10 in advance, or $12 at the door. To reserve tickets, please call us at 416-204-9749 or e-mail […]
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Catholic Georgetown U. caves to HHS mandate

Georgetown says it is satisfied with an “accommodation” offered by the Obama administration which requires the insurance companies of religious-affiliated employers who oppose contraception or abortion to provide the coverage for “free.”
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The bigotry of abortion: babies being aborted in UK for cleft lip

Pro-choicers who advocate for the right to kill viable fetuses based on disability, often claim it is only done in cases of severe abnormality. Baloney. Down syndrome isn’t a “severe” abnormality. Nor is dwarfism, conditions that often lead to late term abortions. Alas, 90% of our brothers and sisters with such conditions aren’t allowed to ever see the light of day.  But cleft palate?  Apparently so. From the Telegraph story: Abortion laws should be urgently reviewed amid evidence that pregnancies are being terminated up until full term simply because of cosmetic flaws, according to a committee of MPs and peers. A parliamentary commission has […]
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The NYT gets it mostly right on abortion polling, for once

Last Wednesday on the New York Times’ FiveThirtyEight blog, David Leonhardt conducted an analysis of public-opinion data on the issue of abortion. Unlike many pundits who simply analyze one poll and spin the results to support their position, Leonhardt analyzes a range of recent surveys in an attempt to gauge public opinion accurately. Not surprisingly, he paints a mixed picture. In part that’s because, as political professionals and academics are well aware, survey results on life issues can be very sensitive to the specific way that questions are worded. Leonhardt correctly states that many polls indicate that the Roe v. Wade decision enjoys broad public support, but he also […]
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Why I don’t work on the front lines

Some people have the ability to stand in front of an abortion facility and pray and talk to people in a regular, normal tone of voice.  I don't. Years ago, when I was working in the Toronto office of CLC, I got a call from a guy from Honduras who was asking for legal help to rescue his girlfriend and unborn child. They had come up to Canada together and he had lost his illegal job and couldn't find another. She was offered a bed in a womyn's shelter, supposedly as a temporary thing. He was allowed to visit her until it […]
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Planned Parenthood exaggerates impact of abortion clinic regulations to raise money

NRL News Today has written on a number of occasions about why various Planned Parenthood clinics have closed. In light of slew of dire pro-abortion warnings that recent pro-life legislation will close massive numbers of abortion clinics, we’ll talk more at length today. By way of preface, remember that (a) PPFA is a gigantic money-making “non-profit” machine, happy to close or consolidate smaller clinics that aren’t as profitable and invest the money in megaclinics; (b) while nearly all refer (perhaps to other nearby Planned Parenthood megaclinics) not every Planned Parenthood clinic performs abortions; (c) their clinics can close because—contrary to […]
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My head is spinning: without words to describe

Supporting killing unborn human beings is “heroic,” supporting natural familial bonds for children is “demeaning,” and forcing religious employers to insure (and really to pay for) services for their employees that they cannot in good conscience support is “respecting religious freedom.”
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OLYMPIC ATHLETES GETTING PREGNANT AND ABORTING TO BOOST PERFORMANCE

OLYMPIC ATHLETES GETTING PREGNANT AND ABORTING TO BOOST PERFORMANCE by LifeSiteNews.com SALT LAKE CITY, February 1, 2002 (LSN.ca) – In the Feb.4 issue of Report magazine, “Brave New World”, columnist Celeste McGovern writes of a gruesome method of blood doping used by some female athletes to boost athletic performance. Since enhancing drugs and even regular blood doping can be identified by regulators, the pregnancy-abortion scheme, while officially banned, is virtually impossible to stop. Mona Passignano, director of research at the Texas pro-life group Life Dynamics is quoted by Report quoting from a Finnish sports medicine expert: “Now that drug testing […]
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Must-see video: Real men reject ‘Bro-choice’; ‘As men we should speak out for life’

Click “like” if you are PRO-LIFE! The moral midgets of the “Bro Choice” movement have received a rejoinder that real men respect women and protect life.  The response comes in the form of a new video posted by the group Counter Cultured, a pro-family group founded by Anna Maria Hoffman, a former intern at the Family Research Council and member of Eagle Forum. Her writing has been featured on LifeSiteNews.com. As you may anticipate, Hoffman is not your average Millenial. Neither are the young men who speak out in the video.  The “Bro-Choice” movement is composed of man-children, horndogs, and derelicts who are “pro-choice” […]
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Rep. Smith: New U.S. House Arguably Most Pro-Life Ever

Rep. Smith: New U.S. House Arguably Most Pro-Life Ever by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., November 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tuesday’s historic elections sent the message that more Americans want their lawmakers to consistently defend vulnerable human life and reject the president’s radical pro-abortion agenda, said the chamber’s most prominent pro-life leader. Widespread discontent with the administration’s progressive agenda, particularly on abortion-funding health care, spurred voters to launch a strong pro-life Majority into the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections. “The American people have spoken, and replaced 38 pro-abortion Members with pro-life Members and replaced 14 unreliable […]
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Most Americans still pray, believe in God

Even among those who claim no particular religious affiliation in an earlier Pew Forum survey, roughly 80 percent still believe in God or a universal spirit, and a majority describe themselves as “religious” or “spiritual.”
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The inconsistent philosophy of an assisted suicide campaigner.

For many years, Margaret Battin has been a well known leader of the assisted suicide lobby in America. Over the past few years she has become known for the care of her husband, Brooke Hopkins, who experienced a bicycle accident, in which he broke his neck and has been living with quadriplegia since November 14, 2008. Hopkins had recently retired as an English professor at the University of Utah, when the accident occurred. His accident has challenged some of Battin’s long-held beliefs related to euthanasia and assisted suicide. The following article is a synopsis of an article that was written […]
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FOR A NEW CULTURE OF LIFE: Cardinal Ouellet’s Remarks at the 2009 Ottawa March for Life

FOR A NEW CULTURE OF LIFE: Cardinal Ouellet’s Remarks at the 2009 Ottawa March for Life by LifeSiteNews.com Dear friends of life and the family, We are living a historical moment in the fight for human rights in our country. After forty years of exile from the culture of life, we come on Parliament hill to claim the return of the right to life of the human being in gestation in Canada. If our country is envied throughout the world in many respects, it is at the lowest rung of the ladder when it comes to the protection of the […]
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First Things’ Fr. Neuhaus Criticizes Archbishop Wuerl on Pro-Abortion Politicians Fiasco

First Things’ Fr. Neuhaus Criticizes Archbishop Wuerl on Pro-Abortion Politicians Fiasco by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, January 25, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The fallout from the decision of new Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl to remain silent in the face of Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s flagrant abuse of the Catholic Church continues. On January 22, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picked up on the LifeSiteNews.com story about statements by Human Life International Leader Fr. Tom Euteneuer and American Life League President Judie Brown criticizing Archbishop Wuerl for silence and inaction. (see the original LifeSiteNews.com coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/jan/07011604.html see the story in […]
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Organization Representing Canadian Religious Orders in Open, Major Public Dissent from Rome

Organization Representing Canadian Religious Orders in Open, Major Public Dissent from Rome by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, March 7, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Religious Conference (CRC), the official organization representing the over 200 religious congregations in Canada (groups of monks, nuns and priests organized into religious orders), has publicly voiced dissent to the teachings of the Catholic Church. The controversial statements come in a letter and document written by Alain Ambeault C.S.V., the President of the Canadian Religious Conference, which intends to make suggestions to Canadian bishops as they go for their once-every-five-year visit with the Pope in […]
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In the birthplace of revolution, a French Spring

In recent months, between 400,000 and a million demonstrators of all ages have crowded the streets of Paris and other large cities in France, loudly objecting to a gay marriage law that, the demonstrators insist, enshrines the notion that mothers and fathers are “optional” for children.
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Canadian Catholic “Development and Peace” Funding Two Abortion Advocacy Groups in Brazil

Canadian Catholic “Development and Peace” Funding Two Abortion Advocacy Groups in Brazil by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman and Steve Jalsevac BRAZIL, March 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P), which is the Canadian bishops’ international aid organization, is funding two pro-abortion groups in Brazil, LifeSiteNews has learned. However, despite the mounting evidence, D&P is continuing to deny that there is any problem with its funding of the various groups noted in the LSN reports on this issue. The first group, the Rural Women’s Movement (Movimento de Mulheres Camponesas), openly opposes efforts to enforce […]
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DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE DONATES THOUSANDS TO PRO-ABORTION CONFERENCE

DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE DONATES THOUSANDS TO PRO-ABORTION CONFERENCE by LifeSiteNews.com VANVOUVER, Apr 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On the heels of the scandal of its $130,000+ donation to the pro-abortion World March of Women, the Canadian Organization for Development and Peace has again been caught donating large sums of money to a pro-abortion event. The BC Catholic reported April 23: “The Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) has budgeted $140,000 for the parallel summit and other anti-globalization efforts.” The article entitled “Churches call for more neighbourly economy” was referring to the CCODP support of the second “People’s Summit of […]
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Cardinal Ouellet at Ottawa March for Life: Canada “is at the Lowest Rung of the Ladder”

Cardinal Ouellet at Ottawa March for Life: Canada “is at the Lowest Rung of the Ladder” by LifeSiteNews.com By Alex Bush May 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Marc Cardinal Ouellet, Primate of the Church of Canada, spoke strongly at the March for Life in Ottawa last week, stating that Canada “is at the lowest rung of the ladder when it comes to the protection of the most fragile human beings.” LifeSiteNews.com has obtained a translated transcript of the Cardinal’s remarks, which is available here: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/may/09052108.html “After forty years of exile from the culture of life, we come on Parliament hill to […]
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Canada’s Largest Catholic Paper Lauds Gay Propaganda Film Brokeback Mountain

Canada’s Largest Catholic Paper Lauds Gay Propaganda Film Brokeback Mountain by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, February 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Register is Canada’s oldest and largest national weekly Catholic newspaper. Owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto, the Register is considered one of the most influential religious publications in the country. Associate Editor Michael Swan writes his review of Brokeback Mountain and other movies in the cover article of the current issue of the Register. While the film has been criticised by Christian reviewers for it’s promotion of homosexual sex relationships, Swan lauds the film as […]
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Ontario Bishop Expels Dissident “Catholic New Times” Paper from Diocese

Ontario Bishop Expels Dissident “Catholic New Times” Paper from Diocese by LifeSiteNews.com PEMBROKE, Ontario, April 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pembroke Bishop Richard Smith, the current President of the Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops, has banned the dissident Catholic New Times newspaper from parishes in his diocese.”I am hereby directing any parish that facilitates distribution of this newspaper to cease doing so immediately,” wrote Bishop Smith in a letter to all pastors dated February 11. The February edition of the ‘Catholic New Times’ “editorial comment contains views which are clearly at odds with the teaching of the church on faith and […]
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Mexican Pro-Life Leader Confirms: Groups Funded by Development and Peace are Pro-Abortion

Mexican Pro-Life Leader Confirms: Groups Funded by Development and Peace are Pro-Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Mathew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, March 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Director of Mexico’s National Pro-Life Committee has confirmed to LifeSiteNews (LSN) that he is personally aware that at least three of the groups funded by the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (CCODP) in Mexico are pro-abortion (see LifeSiteNews coverage at https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/mar/09031210.html). In a telephone interview, Jorge Serrano told LSN that he is aware that “The All Rights for Everyone Network is a abortion advocacy group, CENCOS [National Center for Social Communication] is […]
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Vatican Says No Homosexuals in Priesthood – Approved by Pope Benedict

Vatican Says No Homosexuals in Priesthood – Approved by Pope Benedict by LifeSiteNews.com ROME, September 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Homosexual men may not be admitted to the Catholic priesthood, according to a soon-to-be released document that has been approved by Pope Benedict XVI. The document has been anticipated since before the death of Pope John Paul II and speculation has raged that it would retreat for political reasons from declaring a ban on ordaining declared homosexual men. In a media update today, Catholic World News says that the text was approved by Pope Benedict at the end of August. The […]
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Bishops’ Support for Ontario Same-Sex Bill Disappoints Pro-Marriage Groups

Bishops’ Support for Ontario Same-Sex Bill Disappoints Pro-Marriage Groups by LifeSiteNews.com TORONTO, February 23, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Ontario bill to redefine spouse in line with same-sex ‘marriage’ is being rammed through the provincial legislature and is expected to receive a final vote tomorrow. The legislation also contains limited protection for religious freedom. The Ontario Conference of Catholic Bishops (OCCB) shocked pro-family groups today with a press release titled, “Ontario Catholic Bishops support protective legislation.” In the release the OCCB makes clear that it continues to oppose the Ontario court decision which redefined marriage, however, it also “commends Premier Dalton […]
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Anti-Catholic Paper Allowed in 70% of London, Ontario Parishes Opposes Bishop’s Same-Sex Marriage Fi

Anti-Catholic Paper Allowed in 70% of London, Ontario Parishes Opposes Bishop’s Same-Sex Marriage Fi by LifeSiteNews.com LONDON, February 21, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “The church’s teaching on homosexualityâEUR¦seems to us out of touch with growing scientific evidence on the nature of homosexuality itself.””âEUR¦Same-sex, loving and committed relationships and the sexual expression thereof can be holy and may even be sacramental.” A reader might be forgiven for assuming that the above quotes come from a leader of a homosexual activist group lobbying Parliament to legalize same sex ‘marriage.’ It might be considered unusual however, coming from a Catholic publication, but the authors […]
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Prominent Canadian Priest Claims He’s ‘Gay’, Blasts Vatican on Canadian National Radio

Prominent Canadian Priest Claims He’s ‘Gay’, Blasts Vatican on Canadian National Radio by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, December 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rev. Richard Reshaw, C.S.C., former Assistant Secretary General of the Canadian Religious Conference (1994-2002), exposed himself as a homosexual and supportive of the ‘gay culture’ on CBC radio on Sunday. Renshaw made the revelations on CBC’s The Sunday Edition hosted by anti-Catholic host Michael Enright who is known for his unrepentant ‘joke’ referencing the Catholic Church as “the greatest criminal organization outside of the Mafia.” Canadian Catholics who have wondered at the constant unorthodox stands of the […]
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ONTARIO CATHOLIC TEACHERS UNION TO INTERVENE ON SIDE OF OSHAWA GAY STUDENT

ONTARIO CATHOLIC TEACHERS UNION TO INTERVENE ON SIDE OF OSHAWA GAY STUDENT by LifeSiteNews.com OSHAWA, Ontario, May 6, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Post on Saturday confirmed rumours heard earlier by LifeSiteNews that the Ontario Catholic Teachers Union (OECTA) would intervene in the lawsuit by the 17-year-old Oshawa student who wants to take a male date to his Catholic high school’s prom. The Post reports that OECTA President Cathy McVean says that the union is not supporting either side but will instead address fundamental questions raised by the case. The association’s lawyer, Paul Cavalluzzo, made it plainer that the union […]
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One Quarter of Black Population Missing from Abortion Genocide Says Dr. Alveda King

One Quarter of Black Population Missing from Abortion Genocide Says Dr. Alveda King by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, August 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Dr. Alveda King, the niece of legendary human rights campaigner, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., told a meeting of Priests for Life, that the killing of a quarter of the black population of the US has not been from the lynch mobs of her childhood days, but from abortionists, “who plant their killing centers in minority neighborhoods and prey upon women who think they have no hope. “The great irony,” she said, “is that abortion […]
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Killed by Planned Parenthood, we must demand justice for Tonya

She wasn’t wearing a hoodie, but was killed in the ‘hood…Planned Parenthood. A young black woman was left to bleed to death for 5.5 hours. 911 was never called. Her unborn child, mutilated. Both intentionally killed by the world’s largest abortion chain. Where are those who demand “Justice for Trayvon”? We are a culture that jumps on bandwagons. Trayvon’s tragic death brought out the racialists, the Civil Wrongs activists and other liberals in droves. A black woman is killed by Planned Parenthood, and the President praises the abortion chain, while the “I AM TRAYVON MARTIN” crowd is silent. Tonya Reaves […]
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Treating Down Syndrome Not Eugenics

Scientists have learned how to “turn off” the extra gene that leads to Down syndrome. From the Guardian story: Scientists have corrected the genetic fault that causes Down’s syndrome– albeit in isolated cells – raising the prospect of a radical therapy for the disorder. In an elegant series of experiments, US researchers took cells from people with DS and silenced the extra chromosome that causes the condition. A treatment based on the work remains a distant hope, but scientists in the field said the feat was the first major step towards a “chromosome therapy” for Down’s syndrome. Opponents of human exceptionalism […]
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The NYT admits: There’s nothing radical about opposing late-term abortions

There is so much going on now—both at home and abroad—that not everything gets covered. For example a pretty good piece by David Leonhardt that appeared in the Sunday New York Times went by the boards. But fortunately Leonhardt returns to what he broached in “Why Abortion Is Not Like Other Issues” with today’s “In Public Opinion on Abortion, Few Absolutes.” By New York Times standards, this is a remarkable accurate presentation of what the polling on abortion shows. To be sure—in good journalistic fashion—Leonhardt begins with a false parallel: that BOTH pro-life and pro-abortion forces offer “selective readings of […]
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Towards a blemish-free society

Three young British fellows approached me on Monday in Dundas Square, with looks of disapproval cast at my “Choice” Chain sign. “Is this some kind of religious thing?” they queried.
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Euthanasia Holocaust was not about ‘Nazis,’ but eugenics enthusiasts: and now they’re back

Germany is creating a memorial to the 200,000 + victims of the euthanasia Holocaust, in which doctors enthusiastically killed disabled babies and adults between the years 1939-45. From the BBC story: Work has begun on a memorial in Germany for the 300,000 people murdered by the Nazis for having mental and physical disabilities or chronic illnesses. A 30m (100ft) long glass wall is being built in the centre of Berlin, near the former site of the Nazi-era office that organised the “euthanasia” programme.” In 1939, Adolf Hitler told officials that people “considered incurable” should be “granted a mercy killing”. It […]
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Top 17 most outrageous pro-abortion signs at Texas debate

Buzzfeed, the site we all know and love for convincing us to waste hours of our time reading endless “Top (X)” lists, has done the pro-life movement a favor by publishing a list (with photos) compiled by Students for Life of America of 17 of the most outrageous signs carried by pro-abortion demonstrators in Texas during the debate over the state's late-term abortion ban. Some of these you've already seen, like the lovely one carried by a little girl, reading, “If I wanted the government in my uterus I'd f**K a senator.” Touching isn't it?  Or the equally thoughtful, “No […]
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Ontario Liberal Premier: Catholic Schools Must Teach Explicit Sex Ed – Conservative Disagrees

Ontario Liberal Premier: Catholic Schools Must Teach Explicit Sex Ed – Conservative Disagrees by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine Update: Since this story was published, Premier McGuinty has announced that he is indefinitely suspending plans to implement the new sex-ed curriculum across the board, due to the intense backlash that it has received. Read more here. TORONTO, Ontario, April 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty announced Wednesday that the Ontario government will be requiring Catholic schools to teach the new provincial, explicit sex ed curriculum that been slammed not only by Catholic leaders but the Progressive Conservative party […]
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Study Confirms Abortion Increases Risk of Depression

Study Confirms Abortion Increases Risk of Depression by LifeSiteNews.com By Tim Waggoner OSLO, Norway, August 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 2008 study by the University of Oslo in Norway has found that young adult women who have had abortions are more likely to become depressed. The study, which involved 768 women between the ages of 15 and 27, was carried out in order to “investigate whether induced abortion was a risk factor for subsequent depression.” According to Willy Pedersen from the University’s Department of Sociology and Human Geography, who conducted the study, past studies have suffered in accuracy due to […]
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Official Liberal Party Position on Gay ‘Marriage’ – “the very soul of what it means to be Canadian”

Official Liberal Party Position on Gay ‘Marriage’ – “the very soul of what it means to be Canadian” by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, December 6, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The President of the Liberal Party of Canada has made it abundantly clear that his Party backs homosexual ‘marriage’ without reserve. In a letter signed November 30 and addressed to Bill Gairdner, Chairman of Enshrine Marriage Canada, Liberal Party President Mike Eizenga wrote proudly of his party’s passage of legislation destroying the traditional definition of marriage. “As you are aware, on July 20, 2005, the Liberal government passed Bill C-38, the […]
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Lone Canadian Bishop Responds to Priests’ Dissent: “Forget About it”

Lone Canadian Bishop Responds to Priests’ Dissent: “Forget About it” by LifeSiteNews.com by Hilary White LONGUEUIL March 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) –Â Reactions from the hierarchy of the Canadian Catholic Church to the letter signed by a group of dissident priests have been far from resounding. Only one bishop has made any public statement and that was only to say that the letter, which attacked the Church’s teaching on homosexuality, was inconsequential. Louis Dicaire, bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil, spoke to the press saying the letter was “not an earthquake.” Canadian Catholic priests have frequently spoken out in the press against their Church’s […]
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Canadian National Pro-Life Leader Says “lack of spiritual leadership” Has Been Major Obstacle to Ach

Canadian National Pro-Life Leader Says “lack of spiritual leadership” Has Been Major Obstacle to Ach by LifeSiteNews.com TORONTO, June 28, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – With the battle over Canada’s Same-sex Marriage bill C-38 coming to an end LifeSiteNews.com interviewed Jim Hughes, president of the Canadian national pro-life organization, Campaign Life Coalition (CLC) and vice-president of International Right to Life. Hughes has been extremely active in the life and family struggles for over 25 years. CLC has been heavily involved in the politicalÂbattle against the Liberal government’s marriage redefinitionÂbill. The organization has used its large membership base, network of activists around the […]
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Public School Board Rejects Prime Minister’s Campaign Stop While Catholic Board Permits It

Public School Board Rejects Prime Minister’s Campaign Stop While Catholic Board Permits It by LifeSiteNews.com By Terry Vanderheyden CORNWALL, December 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Eastern Ontario public school board denied “persistent” requests by Prime Minister Paul Martin’s campaign team to make a stop at one of their high schools, while the Catholic board welcomed the pro-abortion, pro-gay “marriage” PM with open arms, as reported by LifeSiteNews.com Friday: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/dec/05120207.html. Upper Canada District School Board said it “politely declined” Martin’s request to visit Cornwall Collegiate and Vocational School Thursday; Martin instead visited Cornwall’s St. Joseph’s Catholic Secondary School, where he also […]
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Pro-Abortion, Pro-Gay “Marriage” Prime Minister Does Campaign Stop at Catholic High School

Pro-Abortion, Pro-Gay “Marriage” Prime Minister Does Campaign Stop at Catholic High School by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen CORNWALL, ON, December 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday, Prime Minister Paul Martin arrived at St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Cornwall with the full campaign bus of national reporters, televising a live nationwide address through CBC Newsworld. The fact that Canada is currently in a federal election does not seem to have fazed school officials when Martin’s staff requested the visit. The campaign stop was a perfect photo op with school children whooping wildly, and waving flags for the Leader of the Liberal Party. […]
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Canadian Tolerance of Gay Agenda Traced to Failure of Canadian Catholic Hierarchy

Canadian Tolerance of Gay Agenda Traced to Failure of Canadian Catholic Hierarchy by LifeSiteNews.com SAN FRANCISCO, April 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Reginald Bibby, Canada’s leading observer of religious trends, has found in a recent study that acceptance of homosexuality in Canada runs parallel to the general abandonment of religious practice. The decline in the number of faithful Catholics has especially contributed to the growing acceptance of homosexuality. Bob Harvey of CanWest News Service reported in the April 17 Calgary Herald that The University of Lethbridge sociologist Bibby was to present a paper today to the Pacific Sociological Association in San […]
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CORRECTION

CORRECTION by LifeSiteNews.com Yesterday’s lead story incorrectly identified Vivant as a publication of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM). It is, in fact, published by the NGO Caucus for Stable Families.
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Corporations and the Culture of Death: Complete interview with Christopher Ferrara

LifeSiteNews (LSN): You talked about modern transnational corporations and how they, as “legal persons” have acquired enormous state-like powers, without the normal restrictions or duties either of flesh-and-blood people or states. You described them as having the characteristics of psychopaths and indicated that they have created an economic imperative for population control. Can you go into more detail about how the priorities of these modern transnational corporations have affected the life issues? Christopher Ferrara: Perhaps it’s best to start by quoting Pope Francis, who, in May this year, spoke of a ‘new and at times virtual tyranny being established in […]
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Elderly couple married for 64 years euthanized together in Belgium

This is the third example of which I am aware of “double” euthanasia deaths in Belgium. The first were of an elderly couple. The second of disabled twins, who were going blind. And now the third, another elderly couple. From the Huffington Post story: A Belgian couple that had spent the past 70 years together decided to end their lives the same way. Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad reports Leopold Dauwe, 90, and Paula Raman, 89, were euthanized Monday, surrounded by their children and grandchildren. The husband and wife, who had known each other for 70 years and were married for 64 years, said […]
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The truth that NARAL, Planned Parenthood, and their media enablers will go to any lengths to hide

We all know that when pro-life Texas Gov. Rick Perry signs HB 2 into law, this pro-unborn child, pro-woman legislation will be challenged in court. But the ongoing battle—which actually has been part and parcel of the fight over how to understand HB 2 from the beginning—is which narrative will carry the day. This can be understood in many ways, some of which we’ll explore below. But the primary test will be not just whether the dominant media narrative—that the bill is “radical,” “extreme,” “sweeping,” etc.—will convince the public but whether the true breadth of the genuine radical opposition to […]
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Assisted suicide deaths increase by 17% in one year in Washington State

The number of Washington state residents who died of physician-assisted suicide rose to 83 in 2012, up from 70 in 2011, 51 in 2010 and 36 in 2009, when the state’s Death With Dignity Act took effect.   This is an overall increase of 130% since 2009 in the most north-west US state outside Alaska. The Washington State Department of Health reported in May that 121 patients requested and received lethal doses of drugs in 2012. The vast majority of the terminally ill patients who received life-ending drugs feared loss of autonomy, dignity and ability to participate in activities that make […]
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Video Shows Gay ‘Marriage’ Backers Terrorizing Cross-Carrying Elderly Woman and Reporter

Video Shows Gay ‘Marriage’ Backers Terrorizing Cross-Carrying Elderly Woman and Reporter by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert PALM SPRINGS, California, November 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Video footage from KPSP CBS 2 Palm Spring News shows Proposition 8 protesters surrounding an elderly woman and the reporter trying to interview her, shouting and blocking the camera’s view of the woman, ultimately forcing the two to flee from the encircling crowd. Phyllis Burgess, a supporter of true marriage, had been assaulted earlier as she displayed a large cross in front of the protesters. Video footage shows the anti-marriage crowd pushing Burgess, slapping the cross […]
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Trayvon’s death and the Blaxploitation of the ‘Right to Life’

Trayvon’s exploited and tragic death is not about race but about bolstering a false ideology and justifying misdirected violent behavior. Late last Saturday the verdict on the Zimmerman trial, made frontpage news by mainstream media, declared: “Not Guilty.” Trayvon Martin’s death and the perversion of justice that now seeks more death (e.g. Facebook and Twitter posts calling for Zimmerman to be murdered) illuminate the potent ability of news media to shape a nation’s perception. Invoking Dr. Martin Luther King, talk show host Tavis Smiley asserted on ABC’s “This Week”: “Zimmerman knew nothing of Trayvon Martin’s character. All he saw was color.” […]
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‘Freedom of choice’?: Radicals push for forced abortion of pregnant 11-yr-old Chilean rape victim

If abortion were legal in the country of Chile, an 11-yr-old girl known as “Belén” would likely still be enduring rape by her mother’s 31-yr-old boyfriend. Belén was recently discovered to be pregnant (now almost 15 weeks) when visiting her grandmother, who alerted authorities. The truth eventually tumbled out that the bf had been raping Belén since she was seven (some reports nine), threatening to kill her and her little brother if she told. Belén’s mother “shocked Chileans… when she defended him saying his relationship was consensual,” quoting the Associated Press. It stands to reason Belén’s mother would have seen to it that she got the abortion were it […]
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What’s wrong with porn? THIS

In the course of researching for my recent story on the growing “nofap” (no masturbation/porn) forum on Reddit, I spent quite a bit of time browsing posts by users on the forum. What I repeatedly found was an eclectic, but generally admirable bunch of men and women who, disgusted by what the culture had taught them about sex, were independently paving a better path towards sexual sanity.  On Friday as I was putting the finishing touches on my story, I ran across this gem of a post, which is indicative of the sort of thing one finds on nofap. It's […]
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A hopeful thought about Pope Francis’ ‘gay lobby’ comments

When the story about Pope Francis’ remarks confirming the existence of a ‘gay lobby’ inside the Vatican were leaked one month ago, LifeSiteNews.com delayed reporting the revelations due to the impossibility (at the time) of confirming the accuracy of the pope's remarks.  We did of course follow closely the developments and would like to propose a hopeful thought that could serve as a possible positive interpretation of what the pope said. After numerous confirmations, it is safe to assume that Pope Francis did acknowledge the existence of a ‘gay lobby’ in the Vatican, which would come as little surprise to […]
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How did liberal cartoonists spin the Texas pro-life victory? Here’s how.

How did liberal political cartoonists spin passage in Texas on July 13 of an omnibus pro-life bill, which includes a ban on abortions after 20 weeks? See the many ways below, but first, a zinger from our side. by Jeff Darcy at Cleveland.com…  Moving on, a pro-death twofer by John Branch at BranchToon.com…  Another twofer, this one by Nick Anderson at GoComics.com…  by John Cole at Cagle.com…  by Ben Sargent at GoComics.com…  by Mike Luckovich at GoComics.com…  by Clay Bennett at GoComics.com…
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Tragedy of the of Liverpool Care Pathway

These are the consequence of centralizing healthcare under bureaucratic control. Deprofessionalization. Medicine practiced by the numbers. The most weak and vulnerable victimized. The tragedy of the Liverpool Care Pathway tells the awful tale. Originally designed to prevent NHS patients from dying in agony, the LCP was applied bluntly rather than in a nuanced and individualized manner. Patients were dehydrated to death. People were rendered unconscious who didn’t need that level of palliation. The well-intended LCP became a door for back door euthanasia. Now, it is being euthanized. From the Telegraph story: Click “like” if you are PRO-LIFE! The controversial Liverpool Care […]
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Texas Senate passes HB 2 after fierce debate: pro-life measure now goes to Texas Gov. Perry

Just after midnight Saturday when the Texas Senate passed HB 2, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst (who presides over the Senate) tweeted that “Love wins tonight as the Texas Senate stood firmly on the right side of history.” The Texas Senate rejected 20 pro-abortion amendments and passed a bil to protect pain-capable unborn children 19-11. The bill passed the House earlier in the week. Pro-life Gov. Rick Perry, who has said he will sign the bill, issued a statement saying, “Today the Texas Legislature took its final step in our historic effort to protect life. This legislation builds on the strong […]
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NJ Hotels Offer Abortion Discounts

NJ Hotels Offer Abortion Discounts by LifeSiteNews.com CHERRY HILL, NJ, October 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An abortion center that performs abortions up to the sixth month of pregnancy has worked out an arrangement with two area hotels to provide substantially discounted room rates for women seeking abortions. Based on reports from local citizens participating in the 40 Days for Life prayer vigil outside the Cherry Hill Women’s Center, New Jersey Right to Life has confirmed that the Clarion Hotel in Cherry Hill offers a reduced rate of $59 for a room originally priced at $109 to those women who provide […]
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The Mother of the Homosexual Movement – Evelyn Hooker PhD

The Mother of the Homosexual Movement – Evelyn Hooker PhD by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White July 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although few have heard of her outside the movement she helped to shape, the psychologist Evelyn Hooker’s contributions to the advance of the homosexual political movement puts her in an historical class with Margaret Sanger, the foundress of Planned Parenthood and institutionalized abortion, and Alfred Kinsey the “father” of the sexual revolution. Hooker, a professor of psychology at the University of California at Los Angeles for 30 years, is credited in the medical and psychological community, and most especially amongst […]
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Use of ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ Too “Homophobic”, Scottish Nurses Told

Use of ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ Too “Homophobic”, Scottish Nurses Told by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz EDINBURGH, Scotland, February 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nurses and other health care professionals should avoid using the terms ‘mom’ and ‘dad’ to refer to family relationships since the terms could be offensive to homosexual couples with children, a new directive published by Scotland’s National Health Service recommends. Issued in conjunction with the country’s leading homosexual activist organization Stonewall Scotland, the publication is entitled Fair For All – The Wider Challenge: Good LGBT Practice in the NHS. Americans for Truth reported Feb.11 on the publication’s release. […]
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American Street Preacher Arrested in Britain for Declaring Homosexual Behavior a Sin

American Street Preacher Arrested in Britain for Declaring Homosexual Behavior a Sin by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White GLASGOW, April 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An American street preacher has been arrested and fined £1000 in Glasgow for telling passersby, in answer to a direct question, that homosexual activity is a sin. Shawn Holes was kept in jail overnight on March 18, and in the morning pled guilty to charges that he had made “homophobic remarksâEUR¦aggravated by religious prejudice.” Holes, a 47 year-old former wedding photographer from Lake Placid, New York, was in Glasgow as part of a preaching tour of Britain […]
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Another UK Street Preacher Arrested, Charged, for Views on Homosexuality

Another UK Street Preacher Arrested, Charged, for Views on Homosexuality by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White WORKINGTON, UK, May 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Another street preacher in the U.K. has been arrested simply for proclaiming Christian teachings about the sinfulness of homosexual behavior. Dale Mcalpine says he was handing out leaflets in the Cumbrian town of Workington on April 20, when he was approached by passers-by and a police community support officer (PCSO) who identified himself as a homosexual. In the course of the conversation Mcalpine, 42, told them that it is his belief that homosexuality is a sin because it […]
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Young girl holds sign in Texas: ‘Jesus isn’t a d***: so keep him out of my vagina’

It pains me even to type what the sign said. But there it is. And sadly, it isn't some grumpy old feminist that's holding it. It's a young girl, judging by the photo, not more than in her mid teens, the grotesque, blasphemous message jarring bizarrely with her fresh young face. If it were a one-time thing, it might not merit mention. I'm not one who delights in finding the absolute worst in even my ideological foes, and pretending it accurately represents the whole movement. Anyone can troll Twitter and find people on both sides of any debate saying awful […]
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Swiss assisted suicide clinic kills Italian man: autopsy discovers he wasn’t dying after all

The Dignitas suicide clinic in Basel Switzerland caused the death of Pietro D’Amico, a 62-year-old magistrate from Calabria in southern Italy, in April, 2013 after D'Amico received a wrong diagnosis. Dignitas is a suicide clinic that is operated by Ludwig Minella, a retired lawyer. Dignitas is known for encouraging the suicide deaths of foreign “suicide tourists” for a fee. An article that was published in Switzerland's english news service, The Local, stated: The father-of-one took the decision after a wrong diagnosis from Italian and Swiss doctors, his family's lawyer Michele Roccisano told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.  An autopsy carried out by the […]
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Planned Parenthood Texas bus tour cancels last stop; orange uprising was staged

So today’s the big day, the culmination of recent pro-life efforts in Texas to ban abortions after 20 weeks and enact stricter abortion industry regulations. From the Associated Press: The Texas Senate was poised to cast a final vote on tough new abortion restrictions after a committee approved the measure Thursday, and top Republicans and Democrats acknowledged there is little to stop it from becoming law this time. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst scheduled the vote for Friday afternoon…. It could be Saturday morning before senators actually cast their votes if debate lingers through the night…. “We do not have the numbers to stop it,” said Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas. “As soon as […]
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Women tells how egg ‘donation’ left her infertile with severe endometriosus

AB 926 in California would permit Big Biotech to buy eggs from poor women to conduct human cloning and other experiments–potentially increasing the frequency of a practice commonly used in IVF that generally targets beautiful and brilliant college women. (New York already permits egg buying by biotech, resulting in the manufacture of the first human clones.) Seller beware: Supplying eggs can be dangerous to health and fecundity. A former egg seller tells her story of such consequences in the San Diego Union Tribune. From, “Paying Women to Take a Big Risk:” Six months later my body began to fail me. I had always been a healthy […]
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Parental notice finally a reality in Illinois

The Illinois Supreme Court never got around to issuing the necessary rules, so the parental notice law lingered in limbo. And in those 18 years, Illinois statistical records show that 67,928 girls under the age of 18 have had abortions in the state.
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Huffington Post: 59% support 20-week abortion ban

When even the Huffington Post turns against you, where is an abortion supporter to go? From HuffPo, today: Most Americans would favor sweeping new national restrictions on abortion after the 20th week of pregnancy, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. But the poll also shows many Americans remain conflicted in their views on abortion. By a margin of 59% to 30%, respondents to the new poll said they would favor a federal law banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. Noted David Freddoso at ConservativeIntel.com: There it is, in black and white – 59% support the ban. This more or less […]
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Medical Student Being Failed at University of Manitoba for Not Providing Abortion Option

Medical Student Being Failed at University of Manitoba for Not Providing Abortion Option by LifeSiteNews.com WINNIPEG, March 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A medical student in his last year at the University of Manitoba Medical School will be denied his degree for his unwillingness to partake in any abortion-related activity. The Christian student, who wishes to remain unnamed, received a failing grade in an Obstetrics and Gynecology portion of his program for refusing to perform or refer for any abortive procedure. Three separate appeals to the Medical School have all failed to correct the matter. Carolee Neufeld, a friend of the […]
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Pro-lifers get good news in Illinois

Today the Illinois Supreme Court upheld a state parental-notification law. This law was signed back in 1995, but has been enjoined since that time due to a hydra-headed array of legal challenges. This particular parental-involvement law is not as strong as some others because it allows a minor seeking an abortion to notify a grandmother, a stepparent, or a legal guardian. However, a relatively weak law is better than no law. Every state which borders Illinois is enforcing a parental-involvement law. Hard data is difficult to obtain, but it is likely a significant number of minors in nearby states seek abortions in […]
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Hundreds want to adopt baby with Down syndrome: Jezebel writer furious

July 11, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – How frustrating: Yet another unwanted child will be given a loving family instead of being thrown into the the local abortion clinic's garbage bin! At least, that's the message of an article that appeared in the website Jezebel yesterday.  Katie Baker wrote in the ultra-feminist publication in response to the story of how Virginia priest Fr. Thomas Vander Woude recently found out about a couple that intended to abort their child, who has Down syndrome, and offered to find them an adoptive family instead. The couple took him up on the offer, and the priest […]
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Sam Adams beer drops reference to God from its advertising

July 10, 2013 (Acton Institute) – Jonathan Merritt reports on a decision made by the parent company that produces Samuel Adams beer, Boston Beer Company, to redact “by their Creator” from an Independence Day ad featuring the Declaration of Independence. As Merritt writes, “We have arrived at a time in our history where some people are so offended by even the idea of God that they can’t bear to speak God’s name or quote someone else speaking God’s name. Worse yet, they have to delete God’s name from the Declaration of Independence to make a point.” My friend Will Hinton rightly identifies the company’s defense of its decision […]
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Breaking: Illinois Supreme Court upholds 18-yr-old parental notification law

July 11, 2013 (JillStanek.com) – Today, in a unanimous ruling, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision to uphold a parental notification law enacted way back in 1995. This is fabulous news, since Illinois has become known as the abortion dumping ground of the Midwest – the only state without any parental involvement law in force, while all surrounding states have such measures. Thomas More Society, the pro-life legal team based in Illinois that has been pushing enforcement of this law, has posted a synopsis of this incredibly drawn out court battle. The ACLU was the first to sue to block the law, later joined by the giant Hope Clinic abortion mill […]
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Pro-lifers only care about the unborn?: tell that to the hundreds who offered to adopt Down’s baby

July10, 2013 (National Review) – Two-dimensional advocates for abortion rights often make the stupid claim that “pro lifers care about fetuses, but not people after they are born.” Having hung around pro lifers for nearly twenty years now, I can state categorically that the assertion is a slander. Pro lifers generally put their actions where their mouths are–including adopting special needs children, foster parenting, caring for women thinking about or who regret their abortions, volunteering for hospice, etc. A report in the Washington Times illustrates the point. A priest discovered that a couple, whose gestating baby was diagnosed with Down, were planning […]
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Carhart’s one-man abortion show: Who oversees patients when he’s occupied – like yesterday?

By all accounts – pro-life sidewalk observers and the clinic staff who talk to them – late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart works solo at his Germantown, Maryland, clinic. He has no partners, no back-up. Carhart aborts a lot of late-term mothers. He delivers a lot of dead babies. Late-term abortions are much more complicated and risky. Most recently, Jennifer Morbelli died February 7 following the abortion of her 33-week-old daughter Madison at Carhart’s clinic. Yesterday, another of Carhart’s patients was taken from his clinic by ambulance. This was a late-term patient on the second day of her procedure, according to pro-lifers on the […]
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Congressional Budget Office urges late-term abortions to save money

The Congressional Budget Office, the allegedly non-partisan agency of Congress that assesses the financial impact of legislation, had added its two cents to the abortion debate.  On June 18, 2013, the House successfully passed HR 1797, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. With no real numbers or rationale, the CBO urges these late term abortions to “save” money. It estimates that up to $225 million will be added to Medicaid over a nine-year period (2014-2023) if these human lives are allowed to live. Never mind they don’t take into account that human beings also largely contribute to the government’s bottom […]
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Pope says Quebec’s traditional faith must ‘rise again’ – but how?

In an interview with La Presse last week, Quebec City Archbishop Gerald Lacroix reported on his recent conversation with Pope Francis in which the Pope recalled the great missionaries of Quebec and stressed that the traditional faith in Quebec must ‘rise again’.  Quebec led the way in establishing the Christian faith and morals in North America with the first Christian missionaries to North America known as the Canadian Martyrs. However, Quebec also led the way to loss of faith and traditional morality with the 1960s silent revolution and the legalization of abortion and homosexuality.  Abortion first took place in Quebec […]
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Will Obama’s national daycare get your child duct taped to the wall?

Analysis WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just yesterday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to promote President Barack Obama's $75 million plan to enroll all middle class children in preschool beginning at age four. Although it has little been in the news, a powerful coalition of government officials, unions, nonprofits, and even retired military leaders is vigorously working behind the scenes to build support for universal government daycare. Numerous studies show the negative impact prolonged time in daycare has on young children. The experts at the Heritage Foundation summarize, “More hours in day care during a child’s early years is […]
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Clear Channel aborts Wichita clinic’s ad

The only details I know are coming from South Wind Women’s Center abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas. Clear Channel hasn’t responded to my request for comment. But apparently, on or around July 3, the cable outlet stopped running South Wind’s ads – after a very short run. Hear the ad at the link below. Notice the A-word is never mentioned… Clear Channel pulled our ads after 1 day due to complaints received about the content. Listen to the ad here. https://t.co/4K1MiJIJJK — Trust Women (@TrustWomen) July 10, 2013 South Wind, pictured at the top of the post, opened for business on April 3 in murdered late-term abortionist George Tiller’s old clinic. But […]
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Why the RCGP should stand firm on opposing a change in the law to allow assisted suicide

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is conducting a consultation about the College's collective position on ‘assisted dying’. The College’s current position on the issue is that, with good palliative care, a change in legislation is not required.   However, last year the RCGP Council Chair Clare Gerada (pictured) made it known that she personally favoured a move to a neutral position and proposed to the RCGP Council that they consult RCGP members on the matter.      The consultation comes just after the introduction of an ‘Assisted Dying Bill’ into the House of Lords by Lord Falconer on 15 May and just before a similar bill is […]
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How abortion proponents view current pro-life tactics: interview with a top pro-choice journalist

As I wrote in my post, “How abortion proponents view the current abortion landscape,” I have developed a collegial relationship with Robin Marty, pictured right, senior political reporter for RH Reality Check. This past weekend Robin was in Chicago for a National Organization for Women convention, and we got to meet. She had asked if she could interview me for a piece she’s writing. Through the course of our lunchtime conversation (which she paid for, thanks!) Robin enlightened me on how abortion proponents view current pro-life efforts, particularly since 2010, when pro-lifers began passing laws in unprecedented numbers. Robin agreed to let me share her thoughts. I’m not going […]
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Italy’s Last Catholic Generation? Mass Attendance in “Collapse” among Under-30s

Italy’s Last Catholic Generation? Mass Attendance in “Collapse” among Under-30s by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, August 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite regular polls showing that about 30 percent of Italian Catholics claim to attend Sunday Mass regularly, a closer look at the numbers reveals a more uncertain future for the Italian Church, and consequently for Italy as a moral vanguard in Europe. For many years, Italians responding to surveys have said that between 30 and 50 percent attend Mass more than once a month. But in 2004-5, the Patriarchate of Venice undertook a study that showed the actual attendance […]
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California set to legalize buying/selling human eggs and embryos

Back when Proposition 71 was being pitched–which created the California Institute For Regenerative Medicine–opponents warned that making human cloning a state constitutional right would result in the exploitation of poor women for their eggs–needed in every attempt at SCNT cloning. Responding, supporters promised to prohibit egg buying as an expedient to pass the measure.  Now, it’s promise breaking time! Human cloning has been done and would-be cloners want eggs.  Enter AB 926, which will legalize egg selling for biotech research–as well as purchase and sale of human embryos, e.g., nascent human trafficking. The bill was passed overwhelmingly in the radical left wing California legislature, and now […]
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Leading parliamentary think tank says Lord Falconer’s ‘Assisted Dying’ bill fails public safety test

Living and Dying Well (LDW) is a public policy research organization established in 2010 to promote clear thinking on the end-of-life debate and to explore the complexities surrounding 'assisted dying' and other end-of-life issues. It has just published a comprehensive report on Lord Falconer’s Assisted Dying Bill which was introduced into the House of Lords on 15 May. Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill [HL Bill 24] is the fourth of its kind to come before the House of Lords in the last ten years and seeks to authorize assisted suicide for mentally competent adults with less than six months to […]
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State of Alabama catches unlicensed abortion provider red-handed

AL.com reported today: The state of Alabama has uncovered a business relationship between the doctor of a clinic accused of being an unlicensed abortion provider and the woman who surrendered an abortion provider license for the Southside facility a year ago. In a court filing last week, the state says that Dr. Bruce Norman is contracted with a Georgia company headed by Diane Derzis to provide staffing, supplies, medication, medical malpractice insurance and workman’s compensation — “in short to manage Norman’s practice conducted at 1001 17th St. South.” In previous court filings, Derzis stated there was no relationship between herself and […]
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The Girl Scouts and that Explicit Sex Guide: C-FAM Reaffirms Report, Girl Scouts Deny

The Girl Scouts and that Explicit Sex Guide: C-FAM Reaffirms Report, Girl Scouts Deny by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac Updated March 16, 2009 at 6:56 pm. March 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-Fam) issued a controversial report in its weekly Friday Fax, claiming that Planned Parenthood was permitted to distribute an explicit ‘sex guide’ at a closed-door, “no-adults-welcome” meeting at the UN sponsored by the Girl Scouts. In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) Tuesday, however, a representative of the Girl Scouts denied the story, saying that no such pamphlet was distributed or […]
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Vatican Issues Second Appeal for Life of Disabled Florida Woman Terri Schiavo

Vatican Issues Second Appeal for Life of Disabled Florida Woman Terri Schiavo by LifeSiteNews.com ROME, March 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The head of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace has reiterated a call, first issued last month, to stop the withdrawal of nutrition and hydration from a cognitively disabled Florida woman. In startlingly urgent language, Cardinal Renato Martino today issued an urgent appeal against starving Terri Schiavo. “She will die a horrible and cruel death. She will not simply die; she will have death inflicted upon her over a number of terrible days even weeks . . . […]
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VATICAN TO ENFORCE 1961 DOCUMENT BANNING HOMOSEXUAL PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS

VATICAN TO ENFORCE 1961 DOCUMENT BANNING HOMOSEXUAL PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS by LifeSiteNews.com Implementation Previously Left to Local Bishops ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, March 27, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The March 14 edition of the U.S. Catholic paper, the Wanderer reports on Vatican reaction to the growing revelations of mostly homosexual sex scandals within the U.S. Catholic Church. The Holy See has recognized that a major contributor to these sex abuses has been the reluctance of bishops to apply the 1961 document from the Sacred Congregation for Religious which prohibits the admission of homosexuals to the diocesan priesthood and religious orders. The document […]
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Pope: Communion to be Reserved to Those Who Know they Have Not Committed Mortal Sin

Pope: Communion to be Reserved to Those Who Know they Have Not Committed Mortal Sin by LifeSiteNews.com ROME, March 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Knowingly or unknowingly, Pope John Paul II stepped into a heated debate over the giving of Holy Communion to pro-abortion and same-sex marriage supportive politicians. In a message made public Saturday addressed to US Cardinal James F. Stafford, the Pope noted, “Only people with a sincere awareness of not having committed mortal sin may receive the body of Christ.” The message, dated March 8 from Gemelli Polyclinic (the hospital where the Pope was recovering from surgery) concerned […]
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Vatican Document Forbidding Homosexuals to Priesthood Ready for Release says Vaticanologist

Vatican Document Forbidding Homosexuals to Priesthood Ready for Release says Vaticanologist by LifeSiteNews.com ROME, July 11, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the best known English-speaking Vatican reporters, John Allen, reports that the long-expected Vatican document calling attention to the fact that homosexual persons are not to be admitted to the priesthood is “now in the hands of Pope Benedict XVI”. The document will come as no surprise to Vatican watchers since Rome has previously released two official documents barring homosexuals from the priesthood. As Allen puts it, with the new document, the teaching won’t “change, but the level of authority […]
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Roe v Wade Lawyer: Use Abortion “to eliminate the barely educated, unhealthy and poor”

Roe v Wade Lawyer: Use Abortion “to eliminate the barely educated, unhealthy and poor” by LifeSiteNews.com by Hilary White WASHINGTON, May 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The legal watchdog group Judicial Watch has released four-page letter written in January 1993 by Ron Weddington to then president-elect Bill Clinton asking him to use abortion as a tool for “eliminating” the “barely educated, unhealthy, and poor.” Using terms reminiscent of early 20th century eugenicists, Weddington’s letter has revealed the stark anti-human principles that have always supported the US abortion movement. One quote directly echoes the utilitarian polemicists who called for the elimination of […]
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Planned Parenthood Distributes Graphic Sex Guide at Girl Scouts UN Meeting

Planned Parenthood Distributes Graphic Sex Guide at Girl Scouts UN Meeting by LifeSiteNews.com By Terrence McKeegan, J.D. NEW YORK, NY, March 12, 2010 (C-FAM) – The World Association of Girl Scouts and Girl Guides hosted a no-adults-welcome panel at the United Nations this week where Planned Parenthood was allowed to distribute a brochure entitled “Healthy, Happy and Hot.” The event was part of the annual United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which concludes this week. The brochure, aimed at young people living with HIV, contains explicit and graphic details on sex, as well as the promotion of […]
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‘My mother’s abortion’: woman celebrates her sibling’s demise in New York Times piece

Last week we published a powerful email sent to National Right to Life that generated a tremendous response. “Abortion and future children: a letter to my aborted half-sibling” touched on a dimension of the abortion debate that almost always gets glossed over: the impact on the baby’s death on his or her siblings. Never let it be said that the anti-life set does not have a response, no matter how feeble, for everything. Enter “My Mother’s Abortion,” written by Beth Matusoff Merfish, that appeared in Saturday’s New York Times. The setting is the debate over Texas’ omnibus abortion bill which […]
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Memorial to the victims of euthanasia being built in Germany

The Associated Press is reporting that Germany is building a memorial to all the victims of the T4 Nazi euthanasia program in Berlin. The Associated Press article states: BERLIN – Germany is building a memorial to about 300,000 people murdered by the Nazis because of mental and physical disabilities or chronic illness.  Work on the memorial — a 100-foot (30 metre) long light-blue glass wall — began Monday. The memorial will be located in the centre of Berlin near the current home of the Berlin Philharmonic, on the site of the Nazi office that co-ordinated the so-called euthanasia program.  Germany's state minister for culture, […]
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Chicago Tribune runs alternate ad showing fetal image after deeming first ad too controversial

Caleb Parke at Live Action News reported last week that three major newspapers rejected an ad submitted by Heroic Media, which showed a life size image of a preborn baby between the ages of 20-24 weeks. The Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today all rejected the 1/2-page ad because the image made it “too controversial.” This morning Heroic Media’s executive director Joe Young informed me that the Chicago Tribune agreed to run an alternative ad today, displayed above, which shows an ultrasound image of a 20-wk-old baby, obviously en utero. Meanwhile, the LA Times andUSA Today rejected the second ad as well. “The second image takes up a lot more of the ad space […]
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For Democrats, abortion is their religion

The rhetoric is getting weird out there. As the House of Representatives considered passing a ban on abortions beyond the 20th week of pregnancy, Congresswoman Gwen Moore of Wisconsin filled the chamber with the rhetoric of a fundamentalist preacher. Reacting with righteous fury, the representative from the Milwaukee shouted, “This bill is an abomination!” The Biblical language to defend late-term abortion – as much an affront against science as against Scripture – calls to mind the true definition of abomination: “There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the […]
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Wales OKs ‘presumed consent’ organ harvest

The NHS is melting down. Patient care is in an abysmal state. And what does the Senedd of Wales do in this distrustful and dangerous atmosphere? Sow more distrust by passing a “presumed consent” to organ harvesting law. From the BBC story: Wales has become the first country in the UK to introduce a system of presumed consent for organ donation. After five hours of debate in the Senedd on Tuesday, assembly members voted in favour of the change. Some 43 voted in favour, with eight against and two abstentions. It will give doctors the right to remove people’s organs when they die unless […]
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Threats to religious freedom in Europe

Over the years, the council’s Parliamentary Assembly has betrayed an endemic suspicion of religion, and following a tradition of French secularism, has tended to see religion as a threat to human freedom, instead of its possible basis.
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INDONESIA GETS MORNING-AFTER-PILLS AFTER ISLAMIC GROUP CONCEDES TO UN

INDONESIA GETS MORNING-AFTER-PILLS AFTER ISLAMIC GROUP CONCEDES TO UN by LifeSiteNews.com JAKARTA, Dec 7, 2000 (LSN.ca) – The Inter Press Service reported Monday that a major Islamic religious group in Indonesia has conceded to the United Nations, the World Health Organization and others involved in an international promotion of the abortifacient morning-after-pill. The Muhammadiyah has agreed to stock its clinics with Postinor-2, the version of the abortifacient drugs the international consortium has been pushing in Asia. The religious group cited sections from the Koran, claiming the drugs did not offend the teachings of Islam. They have accepted the false argument […]
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Last Words of Pope John Paul II Made Public

Last Words of Pope John Paul II Made Public by LifeSiteNews.com VATICAN, April 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At 11:30 this morning (Rome time), Holy See Press Office Director Joaquín Navarro-Valls, held a briefing for accredited journalists in the press office to give them an update on the condition of the Holy Father John Paul II in which the Pope’s last publicly revealed words were issued. Following is the text read by Dr. Navarro-Valls: “The following information is an update as of 9 this morning: The general, cardio-respiratory and metabolic conditions of the Holy Father are substantially unchanged and therefore are […]
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Mainstream Media Ignoring Violence, Vandalism and Intimidation of Homosexualist Protestors

Mainstream Media Ignoring Violence, Vandalism and Intimidation of Homosexualist Protestors by LifeSiteNews.com Commentary by Brian Fitzpatrick, Senior Editor, Culture and Media Institute November 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A wave of quasi-fascism has descended upon California and touched several other states. But instead of exposing the abuse, the media are ignoring it. On November 4, California voters approved Proposition 8, the state constitutional amendment declaring that only marriages between a man and a woman are valid in the Golden State. Since then, militants have vandalized property, threatened individuals and mailed white powder to Mormon churches. Most Americans probably are not aware […]
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John-Paul II – Legacy of a Pro-Life Pope

John-Paul II – Legacy of a Pro-Life Pope by LifeSiteNews.com VATICAN CITY, April 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the world mourns the death of John Paul the Great, LifeSiteNews.com commemorates him as a champion of life. LifeSiteNews.com has written over 5000 articles concerning the Holy Father since 1997. Conservative commentator John O’Sullivan, writing in the Washington Times, reflected the sentiments of pro-lifers: “His teaching uppermost in most minds when he died was his commitment to a culture of life. There is an almost eerie symbolism in his entering the next world so shortly after Terri Schiavo, whose right to life […]
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Coalition Says Illegal Porn at ‘Epidemic Proportions,’ Demands Feds Take Action

Coalition Says Illegal Porn at ‘Epidemic Proportions,’ Demands Feds Take Action by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., June 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Firing what was called “the first salvo” in a new battle against the porn industry, a broad-based coalition called upon Congress and the Obama Administration to take immediate action against the producers and peddlers of obscene materials who are fueling the sexual exploitation of women and reshaping society into their own pornified image. At a congressional briefing in the Capitol Visitor’s Center on Tuesday, a standing-room-only crowd listened for 90 minutes to a panoply of speakers […]
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Former Abortion Clinic Worker Testifies that Live-Born Baby was Stabbed to Death

Former Abortion Clinic Worker Testifies that Live-Born Baby was Stabbed to Death by LifeSiteNews.com Wichita, KS, June 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A murder investigation has been opened involving Shelley Sella, a California abortionist employed by George Tiller, who according to a former employee is reported to have intentionally stabbed to death an infant born alive during an abortion at Tiller’s Women’s Health Care Services abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas. On the advice of an attorney, Operation Rescue reported the incident to the Wichita Police Department after a former Tiller employee, Tina Davis, told Troy Newman and Cheryl Sullenger of the […]
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Pepsi Cola Forms Gay Pride Organization – Boycott Pepsi Drinks, Frito-Lay, Quaker

Pepsi Cola Forms Gay Pride Organization – Boycott Pepsi Drinks, Frito-Lay, Quaker by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski August 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Soft drink giant PepsiCo is continuing its support and sponsorship of the homosexual agenda despite growing protest and a continuing boycott of Pepsi products that include Frito Lay chips, Tropicana orange juice, Gatorade and Quaker products. The American Family Association (AFA) has revealed that according to a PepsiCo representative, Philene Frazar, PepsiCo is a founding member in establishing a homosexual activist group in Chicago called “Citywide Pride.” “Frazar, in a presentation during a 2009 homosexual advocacy conference, […]
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California Court Rules Homeschooling Illegal

California Court Rules Homeschooling Illegal by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LOS ANGELES, March 5, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thousands of homeschoolers in California are left in legal limbo by an appeals court ruling that homeschooling is not a legal option in the state and that a family who has homeschooled all their children for years must enrol their two youngest in state or private schools. Justice H. Walter Croskey in a written opinion said, “California courts have held that under provisions in the Education Code, parents do not have a constitutional right to homeschool their children.” The sweeping February 29th ruling […]
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Serial Killer Ted Bundy’s Warnings about Pornography Re-Aired on 20th Anniversary of Execution

Serial Killer Ted Bundy’s Warnings about Pornography Re-Aired on 20th Anniversary of Execution by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert COLORADO SPRINGS, January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On the 20th anniversary of his execution, the final interview with notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, in which he warned of the deadly effects of pornography addiction, the primary factor that he says led to his notorious killing spree in the 1970s, was re-aired by Focus on the Family. Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, also appeared on Fox News’ “Glenn Beck” last Friday to discuss his historic final interview with Ted […]
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Teachers Dissatisfied with Pro-Abortion, Homosexualist NEA Turn to Ethical Alternatives

Teachers Dissatisfied with Pro-Abortion, Homosexualist NEA Turn to Ethical Alternatives by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, August 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After the National Education Association (NEA) last month confirmed its support for abortion and same-sex “marriage,” one teacher’s association is reporting an influx of new members seeking an ethical alternative source of liability insurance and other benefits. The American Association of Educators (AAE) says that more teachers are discovering their legal options, after the NEA in its July convention voted down an attempt to end the group’s abortion advocacy, and strengthened their support for same-sex “marriage.” In addition, […]
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Spain’s Gay “Marriage” Law Comes into Effect

Spain’s Gay “Marriage” Law Comes into Effect by LifeSiteNews.com MADRID, July 4, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Spain’s new same-sex “marriage” law came into effect Saturday as supporters in Madrid revelled – some media sources exaggerated that 1 million or more took to the streets. One homosexual news site suggested the “estimated 100,000” who took to the streets dwarfed “last month’s protest from the Catholic Church.” Another news source reported that some homosexual activists had dressed up as cardinals, to mock the Church for its opposition to same-sex “marriage.” After passage of the legislation Thursday, the Spanish Bishop’s Conference issued a statement. […]
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Pro-abort mom on IUD shocked to find out she’s 6-months pregnant: what happens next is amazing…

July 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The wildly feminist publication xoJane has published a remarkable story that, for all the pro-abortion views of its author, ultimately functions as an amazingly powerful argument in favor of the pro-life cause (though I'm sure the author would be appalled at the suggestion). Caitlyn Beckner writes about how several months after her wedding she took a pregnancy test, fully expecting a negative result, since she was on the nearly (or so the manufacturer claims) “fail proof” method of birth control – the Mirena IUD. Instead, the test came back positive. At this point, Beckner writes, […]
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All Ireland Rally for Life in Dublin on July 6 – BE THERE!

Ireland is on the brink of legalising abortion. Show your support for mothers and babies at the 7th All Ireland Rally for Life on Saturday, 6th July 2013 @ 2pm, in Parnell Square, Dublin 1. See more at: https://www.rallyforlife.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Allirelandra… Twitter: https://twitter.com/therallyforlife The All Ireland Rally for Life is organised by the Rally for Life committee which consists of pro-life organisations and individuals. It takes place alternatively in Dublin and Belfast. Belfast hosted the Rally in 2008, 2010 and 2012. Dublin hosted it in 2007, 2009 and 2011. It returns to Dublin this year. Hope to see you there, on Saturday, 6 […]
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Encyclical shows seamless transition from Benedict to Francis

July 5, 2013 (Acton Institute) – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was not able to complete his encyclical on faith during his pontificate, and Pope Francis chose to complete the work, Lumen Fidei (“The Light of Faith”.) Acton’s Director of Research, Samuel Gregg writes about  the connection between these two men, made possible by their faith, at National Review: …if there’s anything demonstrated by Pope Francis’s first encyclical letter Lumen Fidei (“The Light of Faith”), it’s a profound continuity between the two men: i.e., their love for and belief in the one, holy, Catholic and apostolic faith. Right at this encyclical’s beginning, Francis states the text’s […]
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What Joyce Arthur wants to hide

Joyce Arthur of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada must be very, very annoyed—media outlets have been calling her quite frequently of late to ask her opinion on our new projects, especially our “Face the Children” Project, which involves the mass distribution of postcards featuring abortion-supporting politicians next to abortion victims. In response to our postcard distribution in St. Catharines', she posted on Facebook that, “Families and children in St. Catharines' are being cruelly harassed in their homes by the extremist group Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform.” I could point out that our postcards depict the reality of what she is […]
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Abortionist Reflects on Dismembering One Baby While Feeling Her Own Flutter in Her Womb

Abortionist Reflects on Dismembering One Baby While Feeling Her Own Flutter in Her Womb by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert ANN ARBOR, Michigan, October 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “There was a leg and foot in my forceps, and a ‘thump, thump’ in my abdomen. Instantly, tears were streaming from my eyes.” So writes abortionist Lisa Harris in a disturbing article relating her experiences as an abortionist, particularly her anguished and “brutally visceral” experience of dismembering an 18 week gestation unborn child, while 18 weeks pregnant herself. In the article, entitled “Second Trimester Abortion Provision: Breaking the Silence and Changing the Discourse,” […]
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France government ethics committee rejects the legalization of assisted suicide

France's official Ethics Advisory Committee (CCNE) has rejected the legalization of assisted suicide after a majority vote. The committee which had been asked to investigate the issue of euthanasia and come up with recommendations voted against Swiss style assisted suicide, where lethal medication is deliberately given to a patient. The vote was made public on Monday, July 1. Last December, France's official Ethics Advisory Committee  rejected the legalization of euthanasia. The report from the Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique that examined the issues of euthanasia and assisted suicide concluded that assisted suicide may be legalized but opposed euthanasia. The Committee stated that euthanasia is: […]
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North Carolina Senate passes strong pro-life bill

North Carolina may become the latest state to pass protective legislation in the wake of the murder convictions of abortionist Kermit Gosnell. On a 27-14 vote, the state Senate yesterday passed a measure with a number of ingredients similar to legislation passed in states like Ohio and, hopefully, soon in Texas. Some of the proposals have been passed in the House, but another vote is required to square the two bills before it is sent to Gov. Pat McCrory. The bill requires that abortion clinics meet the same licensing standards as surgical centers. If you go to the grand report […]
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The meaning of Independence Day for pro-lifers

The 4th of July probably means more to pro-lifers and all true patriots than any date in modern history. On this day in 1776, our Founding Fathers declared “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Our guarantee to every person’s right to life was violently taken from our unborn children in the vicious Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. Our own right to religious liberty is under real threat by the HHS Mandate contained in the Affordable Care Act, […]
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Earth has a ‘right to life’: eco leader

I keep warning that the environmental movement is growing increasingly radical and anti-human. The proposed international law of “ecocide,” would punish large scale development of resources as a crime akin to genocide. Example: A mock trial held in the chambers of the English Supreme Court found fictional CEOs of Alberta Tar Sands companies guilty of ecocide and subject to imprisonment. Polly Higgins, the leader of the ecocide movement, now claims earth has a “right to life.” From an interview in Earth Island Journal: We do have a duty of care for humanity. And if we look at our duty of care for humans at the very […]
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New York Times features pro-life commentary

This Monday, in their online “Room for Debate” section, the New York Times asked the following question: “Would support for abortion rights grow if more women talked publicly about their abortions?” Of the seven responses solicited by the Times, four responses came from individuals who support legal abortion. On balance, they felt the decision to reveal an abortion is an intensely personal one. However, they seemed to think that more stories would reduce the stigma involved with abortion and would increase support for abortion rights. The Times also solicited responses from three pro-life individuals. My Lozier Institute colleague Chuck Donovan said that more stories […]
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Face the Truth 2013 kicks off Friday, July 12

Next Friday, July 12, the Pro-Life Action League kicks off our 14th annual “Face the Truth” Tour across northeastern Illinois. Since 2000, the League has conducted a week-long tour covering a huge swath of territory across the Chicagoland area. At each stop, League staff and volunteers line a busy intersection with graphic pictures of abortion to show the public the truth about this deadly procedure. Get the full Tour itinerary here. “That’s What an Aborted Baby Looks Like?” Though controversial, this pro-life tactic has proven itself indispensable in the fight against abortion. The lies and equivocations of the pro-choice movement […]
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Those pro-abortion bullies are actually on the defensive

Back in the day abortion proponents had all the mojo and pro-lifers were on the defensive. The photo above, via PBS, is of pro-abortion rally demanding a repeal of pro-life laws in Washington, D.C.,  circa 1971. At the same time, feminists were pushing the Equal Rights Amendment in all 50 states. The photo below, via illinois.gov, is of feminists writing the names of ERA opponents in pigs’ blood on the floor of the Illinois State Capitol on June 24, 1982… I take this little trip down memory lane to juxtapose the pro-abortion protests of yesteryear with those we see today. And while […]
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‘Presumed consent’ for organ donation is both unnecessary and unethical

Wales could become the only UK country with an opt-out organ donation system if politicians vote to change the law today. Currently an ‘opt-in’ consent system operates across the UK. Individuals can authorize organ removal from their bodies after death by joining the Organ Donor Register (ODR), or making their wishes known to their family. However the Welsh government wants to introduce new legislation which would authorize doctors to remove organs and tissue from any patient declared dead, unless the deceased had formally registered their objection. I strongly support organ donation but so-called 'presumed consent' involves neither consent nor donation […]
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Child Porn Now Mainstream in Germany

Child Porn Now Mainstream in Germany by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith BERLIN, August 25, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Germany has accepted child-pornography in its mainstream culture, and even celebrates it as Deutsche-Welle, a German media source, reveals today in its culture and lifestyle section. In a column entitled “Germany’s Teen Sex Doctor”, Deutsche-Welle unabashedly reports, “Generations of confused German teenagers have turned to Dr. Sommer for honesty—and explicit photos.” The column continues, “Sandra, 16, looks up coyly from the pages of Bravo, wearing a black choker and nothing else. Boyfriend Elias, 18, grins from the opposite page, also in his […]
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Women and young adults more likely to support 20 week abortion ban: poll

During last week’s controversy over Texas Senate Bill 5, National Journal released a poll which found that by a 48-44 margin, Americans favor banning abortion after 20 weeks of gestation. The survey results were not particularly surprising. A substantial body of polling data indicates that Americans are more likely to support, rather than oppose, incremental pro-life legislation. However, what is more interesting is the demographic breakdown. The results of the National Journal poll indicate that 50 percent of women support the 20-week abortion ban. Similarly, individuals under 30 supported the ban by a 52-39 margin. Unfortunately, the media typically gives little attention to the demographic breakdown of abortion surveys. After all, they do not […]
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‘Hoes before embryos’: Texas pro-abort protester sums up the pro-abortion mentality

Pro-life activists like to believe that if we could only convince our opposition of the humanity of the unborn child, they would mend their ways and become pro-life. Unfortunately this is often merely wishful thinking motivated by a laudable tendency to believe the best of our ideological foes. But it's a hard belief to maintain when you ponder the fact that there are late-term abortionists out there who routinely pull fully formed babies out of their mothers' wombs and stare them in the face, and yet who continue blithely performing abortions and defending late-term abortion as a “right.” If they […]
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Pro-abortion media darling Wendy Davis chose life

Texas Senator Wendy Davis chose Life. She was a 19 year old single mom (briefly married then divorced) in financial dire straits. But she overcame her circumstances to prove that hard work, persistence, and embracing the life of her daughter didn’t keep her from achieving her dreams. Her life didn’t end. It flourished. She graduated top of her class from both Texas Christian University and from Harvard Law School. Planned Parenthood didn’t have anything to do with her success. They neither prevented her pregnancy nor ended the life of her child. Although, it seems she’s spun a pro-Planned Parenthood narrative […]
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How to win a culture war: a review of hating Breitbart

When Andrew Breitbart collapsed and died near his Los Angeles home on March 1, 2012, his abrupt passing rocked the conservative world like little else could. Fox News host Greg Gutfeld said Breitbart’s death was “like a fiery planet going dark.” Film producer Jason Jones called him “a white plume over the battle.” Commentators of every stripe offered memories of Breitbart’s passion and personality. And then came the hatred—vitriol boiled thoroughly in white-hot rage stirred up by Andrew Breitbart’s devastating success in attacking the Left, from the journalistic sting operations on the left-wing organization ACORN to the infamous “Wienergate.” They […]
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Is it un-Christian to show graphic abortion pictures?

On our website is a page that addresses the most common objections we hear during our “Face the Truth” Tours, when we show graphic abortion pictures out on the streets—as we’re preparing to do for a week starting next Friday, July 12. But in this post I’d like to focus on another objection that I must admit I find it hard to get my head around. Namely, the charge that showing graphic abortion pictures in public is uncharitable—and yea, even un-Christian—especially because of the supposedly damaging effects it has on children. Personally, I find it understandable that the average secular […]
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Women must be informed of the overwhelming evidence linking abortion and later preterm birth

The link between abortion and premature birth is already well established but largely underplayed or denied by British authorities including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG).   Most doctors and women are therefore not aware of it.   I have previously summarised the medical evidence on this blog and have recently highlighted major Finnish, Danish and Scottish studies confirming the link.   Now a new paper from North Carolina has reviewed all the available data on the association between abortion and subsequent increased risk for preterm and very preterm birth.    The author, Martin McCaffrey, is a clinical professor […]
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“Pro-Choice”, Pro-Gay Priest Given Permission from Bishop but not Vatican to Run for Politics

“Pro-Choice”, Pro-Gay Priest Given Permission from Bishop but not Vatican to Run for Politics by LifeSiteNews.com by Hilary White and John-Henry Westen MONTREAL, October 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Fr. Raymond Gravel, the pro-abortion, and pro-gay ‘marriage’ parish priest of the Catholic diocese of Joliette announced last week that he would be running for the separatist Bloc Quebecois party in the federal by-election for the north Montreal riding of Repentigny. Today his diocese confirmed with LifeSiteNews.com that he has the permission of his bishop to run for public office, despite aÂprohibition of such activity in the Church’s Code of Canon Law. […]
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In sign language, ‘abortion’ and ‘abandon’ are nearly identical

July 1, 2013 (National Right to Life News) – Well, if a picture is worth a thousand words, a two-second video can be worth thousands of hits and tweets and re-tweets. I don’t know who first saw this and spread the word, but if you go to www.handspeak.com/word/index.php?dict=aa&signID=4374 you will see an illustration of how you sign “abortion” in American Sign Language.  If you look up ASL, it’s defined as “the primary language of many North Americans who are deaf and is one of several communication options used by people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.” So it’s a big deal. It […]
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Academic Says Canadian Prenatal-Screening Practice a Reflection of “Nazi-Style Eugenics”

Academic Says Canadian Prenatal-Screening Practice a Reflection of “Nazi-Style Eugenics” by LifeSiteNews.com EDMONTON, March 18, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Screening babies within the womb in order to abort those with disabilities hearkens back to “Nazi-style eugenics”. Tanis Doe, professor of social work at Victoria University, made the remarks to a group assembled at the University of Alberta. Doe said that pre-screening of pregnant women for genetic defects in their unborn children is a wide-spread practice in western nations. It is a widely-accepted idea that those children with defects should not be allowed to live—a reality borne out by statistics—89 percent of […]
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Final HHS mandate statute: ‘Same old, same old’

July 1, 2013 (Acton Institute) – On Friday, June 28, the Department of Health and Human Services offered up its final ruling on the mandate for all employers to offer insurance plans covering abortion services and abortificients. The ruling itself is over 100 pages, and will  take some time to dissect. However, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty made this statement: ‘Unfortunately the final rule announced today is the same old, same old. As we said when the proposed rule was issued, this doesn’t solve the religious conscience problem because it still makes our non-profit clients the gatekeepers to abortion and provides no […]
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