Articles for Month: August 2013

Los Angeles Archdiocese Pays Out $660 Million For Clergy Sex Abuse Settlement

Los Angeles Archdiocese Pays Out $660 Million For Clergy Sex Abuse Settlement by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith LOS ANGELES, July 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Los Angeles Archdiocese has agreed to pay out $660 million to over 500 victims of sexual abuse by priests and religious – a colossal price to pay for a long history of infidelity to Catholic teachings within the archdiocese. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Haley Fromholz finalized today’s deal, which ends more than five years of negotiations and amounts to the largest payout by any diocese since the sex scandals gained national attention […]
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Huge Los Angeles Religious Ed. Congress Again Features Gay-Promoting Priests, Dissenters

Huge Los Angeles Religious Ed. Congress Again Features Gay-Promoting Priests, Dissenters by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LOS ANGELES, February 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – March 1-4, the Los Angeles Catholic archdiocese is hosting its annual Religious Education Congress, the largest such event in the US and one that has for years drawn criticism from Catholics around the world. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the weekend Congress is regularly picketed by Catholics concerned that the Congress draws heavily for speakers from the ranks of well-known dissenters from Catholic teaching, especially on matters of sexual morality. As many as 10,000 young […]
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Cardinal Mahony’s Cathedral Guards Remove and Threaten Pro-life Youth During Honours for Pro-abort M

Cardinal Mahony’s Cathedral Guards Remove and Threaten Pro-life Youth During Honours for Pro-abort M by LifeSiteNews.com LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Faithful Catholics were outraged last week, when a group of young pro-life Catholics were removed and threatened with arrest at the Los Angeles Cathedral where notoriously liberal Roger Cardinal Mahony was “celebrating” a pro-abortion politician. On July 1, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was holding inauguration ceremonies for Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor-elect of Los Angeles, who is pro-abortion and yet claims to be Catholic. A group of about a dozen young adult Catholics attempted to gain entry to […]
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Los Angeles Diocese Release on Priest Abusers Only Fraction of Story

Los Angeles Diocese Release on Priest Abusers Only Fraction of Story by LifeSiteNews.com LOS ANGELES, October 13, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Yesterday, LifeSiteNews.com reported that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles released a document as an addition to its 2004 Report to the People of God. That “Addendum” included point-form information selectively gleaned from personnel files of 126 priests and according to the archdiocese’ website, an update of the list of priests against whom allegations of abuse have come to light since the original publication of the Report in February 2004. The case of Fr. Michael Baker is being highlighted by most […]
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Court: No Opt-out of Homosexual Indoctrination in Class for Massachusetts Parents

Court: No Opt-out of Homosexual Indoctrination in Class for Massachusetts Parents by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BOSTON, MA, February 4, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal appeals court panel has upheld a Massachusetts policy of indoctrinating elementary school students with pro-homosexual attitudes without their parents consent. The three judge panel ruled that a lower court decision was correct when it denied parents the right to remove their children from such classes, while admitting that the purpose of the literature to which their children were being exposed was to influence children to “tolerate” gay marriage. “It is a fair inference that […]
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UK Catholic Aid Agency Promotes Condoms for AIDS

UK Catholic Aid Agency Promotes Condoms for AIDS by LifeSiteNews.com September 28, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Now that the homosexual crisis in the Catholic Church has become public, it is becoming apparent that it has affected not only parishes and dioceses but organizations that control Catholic charitable efforts as well. In the UK, the official aid agency associated with the Catholic bishops’ conference, the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), has come under scrutiny for its endorsement of the use of condoms, in contravention of Catholic moral teaching, for the prevention of AIDS. In a long editorial article, an abridged version […]
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Belgian doctors looking for disabled patients to be euthanized, donate organs

It’s sackcloth and ashes time.  Belgium is really gearing up its euthanasia followed by organ harvesting regime–and apparently the transplant medical community has no moral qualms. In fact, it has become so morally ho-hum, that it was the subject of discussion at the 21st European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery held in the UK in May. It’s all just peachy keen. From the Abstract (0-099) of “Lung Transplantation with Grafts Recovered From Euthanasia Donors: January 2007 and December 2012, 47/350 (13.4%) patients received pulmonary grafts from controlled DCDs [donation after cardiac death], including 6 (1.7%) after euthanasia in accordance with state legislation and […]
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Saving the 1%: Pro-life bills lose the rape/incest exception

Set aside the spin and snarkiness, and the August 27 New Republic article, “Pro-lifers aren’t even trying to make abortion restrictions sound nice anymore,” contains exciting news:     The year 2011 was “The Year of Abortion Restrictions,” when states enacted more new laws narrowing abortion rights than in any other year since Roe v. Wade….     The era of warm and fuzzy-sounding abortion laws, though, may be behind us. The success they saw in 2011, and 2012 – another unprecedented year for abortion restrictions – have galvanized pro-lifers to undo a set of rights that they had previously left well […]
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Slate writer: You are a bad person for keeping your child out of public schools

August 30, 2013 (Acton Institute) – However misguided their aims, there was one a time when progressives worked to protect the welfare and improve the lot of the individual. Today, the goal of many progressives is to protect the welfare and improve the lot of public bureaucracies. A prime — and stunningly inane — example of this tendency is found Allison Benedikt’s “manifesto” in Slate titled, “If You Send Your Kid to Private School, You Are a Bad Person“: You are a bad person if you send your children to private school. Not bad like murderer bad—but bad like ruining-one-of-our-nation’s-most-essential-institutions-in-order-to-get-what’s-best-for-your-kid bad. So, pretty bad. I […]
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WASHINGTON, D.C., August 30, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Are congressmen who vote against a bill because they believe it is not pro-life enough actually pro-abortion? The National Right to Life Committee warned that that is exactly how NRLC will portray their vote. When the House of Representatives voted on the “Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” (H.R. 1797) June, two congressmen voted against it because of a last-minute decision not to protect babies conceived through rape or incest. LifeSiteNews.com has confirmed that the National Right to Life Committee told the NRLC “will regard a vote against this legislation, no matter what justification […]
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Pro-abortion county commissioners condemn me to death by abortion

This morning, I testified before the Oakland County Commissioners in Pontiac, MI on a resolution to make October 2013 “Respect Life” month. Two weeks ago, after I testified at a committee hearing, a female Democrat from Pontiac, MI asked to be added as a sponsor! It was unexpected and we were all pleased. However, the rest of the Democrats in the County Commission were very upset by this resolution and so, she was a no-show today so that she wouldn’t be in a position of having to vote against her caucus. Upon my arrival, I was immediately told by the […]
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Fetal Tissue in Vaccine Production May be Linked to Autism in Children Claims Campaign Group

Fetal Tissue in Vaccine Production May be Linked to Autism in Children Claims Campaign Group by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White July 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Increased rates of regressive autism in children in the US and UK can be historically associated with the switch by pharmaceutical companies from the use of animal cells to produce vaccines to the use of aborted human fetal cells, a campaign group is claiming. “Now when we vaccinate our children, some vaccines also deliver contaminating aborted human fetal DNA. The safety of this has never been tested,” says Dr. Theresa Deisher, President of the Sound […]
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‘How to convince a girl to get an abortion’: the article you wish was satire, but isn’t

When a colleague sent me an article titled How To Convince A Girl To Get An Abortion, I was pretty sure it was satire. I mean, abortion activists have been increasingly less apologetic about their penchant for feticide, academics have been kowtowing to the idea of “forced fatherhood,” and “abortion contracts” may become “a thing,” but seriously? Surely no guy is willing to brazenly confess what I routinely accuse them of: That they are quite simply willing to satiate their sexual appetites regardless of who gets killed in the process. Well, no longer. A writer for the ironically titled website Return of Kings is willing to come out waving his […]
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Fetuses remember! Proof of fetal ‘personhood?’

I reject personhood theory that requires an organism to have certain conscious capacities to attain moral value. I believe that being human is the primary question. But what are personhood theorists to make of a new study demonstrating that fetuses hear words in the womb–and what’s more, remember them? From the AAAS story: Be careful what you say around a pregnant woman. As a fetus grows inside a mother’s belly, it can hear sounds from the outside world—and can understand them well enough to retain memories of them after birth, according to new research. Prior studies of babies showed that they […]
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Radical pro-abortion professors push for more hospital abortions

In a statement set to be published in the September issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 100 ob-gyns condemn new state restrictions on abortion as a “political regression.” The article… criticizes hospitals for relinquishing abortion to stand-alone clinics that are easily targeted by abortion activists, and calls on the medical community to integrate the procedure into women’s-health services and medical training. “In our view, hospitals have disregarded the responsibility that our academic predecessors expected them to assume,” the professors write. “The savings in lives and money from legalization were soon forgotten and many hospitals now claim they […]
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New Documentary Exposes Link Between Failing Global Economy and Demographic Winter

New Documentary Exposes Link Between Failing Global Economy and Demographic Winter by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A newly released documentary claims that the current global economic crisis is in part symptomatic of a global population crisis that the documentarians call a “demographic winter.” SRB Documentaries has announced the release of “Demographic Bomb: demography is destiny,” the sequel to 2008 documentary “Demographic Winter: the decline of the human family.” (see coverage here) The phrase “demographic winter” refers to the contemporary phenomenon of a worldwide rapid decline in birthrates. The new documentary makes a […]
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Pew poll shows few Americans find abortion morally acceptable

This week, the Pew Research Center released the results of a survey on the morality of abortion. The results indicated that 49 percent of Americans found abortion to be immoral. Only 15 percent found abortion morally acceptable and 23 percent felt it was not a moral issue. Religion was a strong predictor of abortion attitudes. White Evangelicals were the religious group most opposed to abortion — with 75 percent indicating they found abortion immoral. Catholics were also statistically more likely to consider abortion immoral. This is in contrast to past surveys which indicated that Catholic views on abortion are very similar […]
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Requests for euthanasia in Belgium are rarely refused.

A study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management – November 2011 titled: Process and Outcomes of Euthanasia Requests Under the Belgian Act on Euthanasia: A Nationwide Survey found that only 5% of requests for euthanasia in Belgium are refused. The Belgian study on the process and outcomes of euthanasia requests was part of the “Monitoring Quality of End-of-Life Care Study.”  The researchers sent an anonymous self-administered questionnaire to 3006 Belgian physicians by mail in March 2009. Euthanasia was legalized in Belgium in 2002.  The data in the study is based on 914 returned questionnaires. The 34% response rate […]
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The Atlantic publishes two articles normalizing pedophilia

August 27, 2013 (National Review) – I have written about this before. In our growing hedonistic culture, pedophilia is in the process of being normalized, downgraded by some from a severe sexual perversion into a mere ”orientation.”   The Atlantic–mainstream media!–has two articles that push us in that direction. First, “I Pedophile,” by David Goldberg–a Canadian journalist convicted for viewing child pornography–argues that his obsession with children is a “sexual orientation:” The main query that I am convinced will always be without an answer is why I am a pedophile. It is the equivalent of trying to determine why someone is heterosexual or gay. We don’t choose […]
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Refuting the false claim that babies don’t survive abortions

RH Reality Check’s Andrea Grimes wrote a piece last week deeming it a “myth” that babies survive abortions: Gosnell was, in fact, a rogue provider, and that there is no evidence of a pattern of infants being “born alive” after an abortion, much less of doctors killing infants in those circumstances…. [T]his notion – that there are multiple cases of fetuses surviving an abortion, only to be killed by a doctor – is a confection of the anti-choice camp, designed to replace fact-based arguments with the lowest form of fear-mongering…. During a state committee hearing in Florida earlier this year, […]
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This photo will make your day

That's the sign for the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Bryan, Texas, being dismantled.  Yes, that's the same Planned Parenthood clinic where pro-life leader Abby Johnson worked for years, before famously converting to the pro-life position. Planned Parenthood announced last month that the clinic, which was also the location of the first-ever 40 Days for Life campaign, would be closing for good. Abby posted the photo on her public Facebook account today, saying: “The Planned Parenthood sign at my former clinic has come down!! It is really closed. I don't think it has become real for me yet. No more women […]
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San Francisco Catholic Charities Head an Active Homosexual

San Francisco Catholic Charities Head an Active Homosexual by LifeSiteNews.com by Hilary White SAN FRANCISCO, March 21, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The online Catholic news source, Ignatius Insight, has revealed that Glen Motola, Director of Programs and Services of San Francisco Catholic Charities is an active homosexual who four years ago adopted a child with his male partner. The Charities’ Executive director, Brian Cahill, has publicly opposed requests that the agency move to conform itself to Catholic teaching on the issue of homosexuals adopting children. Local homosexual publications have said that Cahill has a son who is also an active homosexual. […]
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‘PVS’ woman was aware, suffered excruciating hunger pains when feeding tube was turned off

Imagine you are in a hospital or nursing home with a brain injury. Doctors say you are “not there,” but you are. And you hear doctors tell your family to stop giving you food and water! Imagine what that would feel like. And imagine the suffering that would cause! Kate Adamson, wrongly diagnosed as PVS after a brain stem stroke, was actually awake and underwent surgery with inadequate anesthesia. That wasn’t as bad as not being given food and water after her surgery to correct an intestinal blockage. She survived and regained consciousness, telling Bill O’Reilly about the agony of dehydration, […]
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Pro-choice man pleads guilty in case of swerving car at Aurora abortion clinic

Last week the trial of Naperville, Illinois resident Michael Fabian (right) concluded with a guilty plea to a charge of “improper lane usage.” Fabian, 25, was accused of swerving his car at a teenaged sidewalk counselor as he exited the parking lot of Planned Parenthood in Aurora, Illinois last February. As we reported at the time here and here, local high school student Hannah M. was sidewalk counseling at Planned Parenthood in Aurora after the monthly protest at the facility, when a car exiting the Planned Parenthood lot swerved at Hannah, nearly hitting her. Aurora police investigated and discovered the […]
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Eight facts most don’t know about physical and psychological consequences of abortion for women

Contrary to popular opinion abortion hurts women. TheUnChoice.com is an evidence-based Elliot Institute campaign to raise awareness about unwanted abortions, post-abortion issues and maternal deaths and to provide help, hope and healing. The US-based Elliot Institute  publishes research and educational materials and works as an advocate for women and men seeking post-abortion healing. The following figures, referenced below from an Elliott Institute publication, are eight evidence-based facts about the consequences of abortion for women’ health.  I have, where possible linked the references to the original sources. 1. 31% of women having abortions report suffering physical health complications (1) 2. 10% of women having […]
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New March for Life organizers lay bold vision for the future: want March to be a ‘year-round’ event

With attendance estimated to range between 200,000 to 500,000, the March for Life is the largest annual civil rights event in the world. For 40 years, founder Nellie Gray, pictured right, dedicated herself to the March for Life. “The last call she made before she died was about the March,” new M4L president Jeanne Monahan told me in an interview. Jeanne was appointed to her position after Nellie passed away in August 2012. Jeanne and her team are now exploring ways to expand on Nellie’s vision and to capitalize on the innate power M4L holds. With advances online, in texting, and social […]
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Former Notre Dame Official Will Now Testify in ND 88 Case

Former Notre Dame Official Will Now Testify in ND 88 Case by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith SOUTH BEND, Indiana, September 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attorneys representing the 88 pro-life demonstrators arrested at the University of Notre Dame for protesting President Barack Obama at the 2009 commencement ceremonies, won the right Monday to require a former ND official to testify under oath about the treatment of the pro-life protestors. In St. Joseph County Circuit Court, Chief Judge Michael Scopelitis ruled that Thomas More Society’s (TMS) special counsel, Tom Dixon, may depose William Kirk, former associate vice president for residential life […]
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Gov. Christie Vetoes Millions to Planned Parenthood

Gov. Christie Vetoes Millions to Planned Parenthood by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith TRENTON, New Jersey, July 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As New Jersey’s Republican Governor Chris Christie continues to fulfill a campaign pledge to restore state government to fiscal sanity, he has vetoed a bill that would have dedicated $7.5 million in state to “family planning” clinics, most of which are run by Planned Parenthood. New Jersey’s Star Ledger reported that Christie in his veto message said that “the state simply cannot fund every worthy program” and would not restore $7.5 million for family planning clinics that he had […]
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Violent Muslim Occupation of Church did not Violate Law Against Offending Religious Sentiments: Span

Violent Muslim Occupation of Church did not Violate Law Against Offending Religious Sentiments: Span by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent CORDOBA, Spain, November 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Spanish judge has ruled that a violent occupation of the Cathedral of Cordoba by a group of Muslims in March of this year did not violate the nation’s law against offending religious sentiments. According to Europa Press, the judge occupying the seat of the Fourth Court of Instruction of Cordoba ruled that the incursion into the cathedral, which culminated in an assault on several guards and a policeman, was […]
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Pope’s Opposition to Euthanasia is Personal: Cousin had Down’s and Was Taken by the Nazis

Pope’s Opposition to Euthanasia is Personal: Cousin had Down’s and Was Taken by the Nazis by LifeSiteNews.com NORTH HAVEN, Connecticut, April 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Many people are expecting Pope Benedict XVI to speak out in defense of human life and against abortion during his visit to the United States next week. What few people realize, however, is that the pope knows first-hand what happens when a society refuses to defend the most defenseless of its citizens. As a boy of fourteen, Joseph Ratzinger had a cousin who had been born with Down’s Syndrome, only a bit younger than himself. […]
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Gay panic over new Russian laws

Now it’s the gays turn to panic, in this case by any public criticism, imaginary or otherwise, or legal restriction on their proselytizing. Threats to homosexuals in Russia hugely exaggerated by Western media and gay activists.
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The darkness gathers

The practical results of the Windsor Case invalidating the federal definition of marriage as natural marriage, are likely to include open-ended, totalitarian suppression of dissidence, which increasingly seems irrational, antisocial, and groundless
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Legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide is not safe. Patient safety must come first.

Official studies in the Netherlands and Belgium indicate euthanasia deaths occur without request and abuses of the law are common.   When researching statistics on euthanasia and assisted suicide it is interesting how the euthanasia lobby has created their own studies to cover up the reality of “assisted death” in countries where it has been legalized.   Recent studies on the Belgian euthanasia law indicate that a significant number of “assisted deaths” are occurring without request. A study published in the CMAJ – June 2010 found that 32% of all assisted deaths in the Flanders region of Belgium were done without […]
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Here come woman fathers and male mothers

Have you noticed that we develop new biotechnologies these days for health issues, but they mostly become used for lifestyle facilitation?  That’s what will happen if research in mice–that turned skin cells into both sperm and eggs and later used to create live mouse births, finds human application. From the Nature story: To prove that these laboratory-grown versions were truly similar to naturally occurring PGCs, he used them to create eggs, then used those eggs to create live mice. He calls the live births a mere ’side effect’ of the research, but that bench experiment became much more, because it raised […]
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Eight facts most people don’t know about women having abortions

Contrary to popular opinion a large proportion of abortions are either unwanted or coerced. TheUnChoice.com is an evidence-based Elliot Institute campaign to raise awareness about unwanted abortions, post-abortion issues and maternal deaths and to provide help, hope and healing.   The US-based Elliot Institute was founded in 1988 to perform original research and education on the impact of abortion on women, men, siblings, and society. It publishes research and educational materials and works as an advocate for women and men seeking post-abortion healing.   The following figures, referenced below from an Elliott Institute publication, are eight evidence-based facts about the pressures women having abortions […]
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Left Wing of the Catholic Church Destroying the Faith Says Orthodox Rabbi

Left Wing of the Catholic Church Destroying the Faith Says Orthodox Rabbi by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, February 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The dissident, leftist movement in the Catholic Church over the last forty years has severely undermined the teaching of the Catholic Church on the moral teachings on life and family, a prominent US Orthodox rabbi told LifeSiteNews.com. Rabbi Yehuda Levin, the head of a group of 800 Orthodox rabbis in the US and Canada, also dismissed the accusations that the Holy See had not sufficiently distanced itself from the comments made by Bishop Richard Williamson […]
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Filipino President Says She’s With the Church against Contraception and For Life

Filipino President Says She’s With the Church against Contraception and For Life by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MANILA, Philippines, July 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – During yesterday’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reaffirmed her support for natural family planning over artificial methods such as condoms and pills, and declared her endorsement of the Catholic Church’s position on reproductive health issues. In her eighth State of the Nation Address, the President denounced the campaign aimed at promoting the use of artificial contraception and said her administration’s adherence to natural methods had actually trimmed the country’s population growth […]
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Shock: Prominent Feminist Admits “Abortion is Murder” but “I Am a Firm Supporter”

Shock: Prominent Feminist Admits “Abortion is Murder” but “I Am a Firm Supporter” by LifeSiteNews.com By Tim Waggoner WASHINGTON, September 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In an article focusing on newly appointed vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, prominent feminist Camille Paglia admits that, much like Gov. Palin, she also believes abortion involves the murder of an innocent life – but unlike Palin, Paglia says she is a “firm supporter” of abortion. Paglia’s piece, which appears on Salon.com, is the latest indication that “utilitarian” philosophies that no longer recognize the “right to life” as being the most foundational human right are gaining ground […]
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Canadian Federation of Students Votes to Support Initiatives Against Campus Pro-Life Groups

Canadian Federation of Students Votes to Support Initiatives Against Campus Pro-Life Groups by LifeSiteNews.com By Jenna Murphy OTTAWA, May 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This past weekend the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) held its semi-annual Assembly, during which a motion was brought forward by the York Federation of Students (YFS from York University) to support student union groups that deny official recognition to campus pro-life groups. CFS, which purports to represent “over one-half million students from more than 80 university and college students’ unions across Canada”, will use students monies, including those from pro-life students to advocate for abortion and […]
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Scientists Admit IVF Has High Rate of Abnormalities

Scientists Admit IVF Has High Rate of Abnormalities by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski BONN, Germany, October 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scientists announcing their success at achieving a new genetic defect-screening technique have at the same time admitted that many of the two-thirds of IVF embryos that fail to survive do so because of genetic abnormalities. Luca Gianaroli, chairman of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE), and Cristina Magli, an embryologist from Bologna, Italy, announced their success in a study of a genetic testing procedure called “comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) by microarray,” after two women gave birth […]
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Ex-Lesbian Janet Boynes Tells Moving Story of Conversion

Ex-Lesbian Janet Boynes Tells Moving Story of Conversion by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman July 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former lesbian Janet Boynes says that her homosexuality began as it does for many women: as a response to sexual and psychological abuse she suffered as a child. She was raised by one of her mother’s boyfriends, an alcoholic who abused her mother, who in turn showed Boynes little affection. At 12 she was molested by a relative, then an altar boy at her church. She began to suffer an aversion to men, and found that her own sex was more […]
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Welsh proposed system of presumed consent for organ donation are both unnecessary and unethical

I was recently interviewed by Emily Graves of Crossrhythms Radio about Welsh plans to introduce a system of presumed consent for organ donation. The following is an extract from the interview. The full transcript is available on line. Emily: Please could you start by outlining what the previous law was and the changes that have now been made in Wales? Dr Peter Saunders: The current law throughout the whole of the United Kingdom is what we call an opt-in system. If you carry an organ donor card, or if, after your death, your relatives are happy to give permission for your organs to […]
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I’m Catholic — but that’s not why I’m pro-life

If you were to listen exclusively to pro-aborts, you would get the idea that pro-lifers are a bunch of religious extremist nutjobs, out to force their beliefs on the rest of the country because, JESUS! For many people in the pro-life movement, this has somewhat of a basis in reality, though the vast majority are just your regular, run-of-the-mill Christians looking to save lives. Many pro-lifers feel that their faith and their calling to save the unborn go hand-in-hand. I’m just not one of them. I despise hearing abortion advocates screech about the elusive separation of church and state (which […]
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Bradley Manning’s lawyers demand government pay for sex change

Convicted soldier Bradley Manning has announced his real self is as a woman named Chelsea. Ok. More: His lawyer says this isn’t a private issue, but a public one. He has insisted that the U.S. government provide for Manning’s ”transition” as he does his prison time in Leavenworth. Well, that opened my eyes without having to drink my morning coffee. More: His lawyer apparently plans to sue to make sure we pay for it. From the CNN story: Manning’s lawyer, David Coombs, told “Today” that he hopes officials at Fort Leavenworth military prison will provide his client the hormone therapy. “I’m hoping Fort Leavenworth would […]
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Biola U. apologizes for actions against pro-life student, endorses use of graphic abortion images

Biola president Dr. Barry Corey, pictured right, has issued a public letter of apology for retaliatory actions staff members of his Christian university took against pro-life student Diana Jimenez in June for showing graphic images of abortion on campus: For actions on our part that were perceived to be heavy-handed and retaliatory, I have apologized to her and stand by this apology publicly. I acknowledge and regret our errors, and steps have been taken to correct them…. In so many ways, Diana is the kind of student with the deep Christian convictions I hoped to see when I came to Biola six years ago. In her convictions about […]
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Over 800,000 people have signed the petition to protect human embryos in Europe. Have you?

The ‘One of Us’ campaign underlines the moment of conception as the beginning of human life, and aims to prevent any funding of activities which result in the destruction of human embryos, particularly focusing on areas of research, development aid and public health (see previous CMF update by Philippa Taylor  for more detail).  It was launched in January 2013 by leaders in twenty European countries and follows a European Court of Justice ruling in 2011, in a lawsuit brought by Greenpeace, that human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection (See my previous blogs on the ruling here and here). ‘One of Us’ is a European Citizen Initiative, […]
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Awesome must-watch video: ‘15 and pregnant’: I chose adoption

The National Council for Adoption has launched a web campaign called iChooseAdoption.org. The heart of the campaign is a series of short YouTube videos featuring birth mothers telling their stories of placing their children for adoption. To say they are “real” seems too flippant. But they are real: happiness, pain, joy, shame, certitude (or lack thereof), and everything else a birth mother experiences is revealed in the stories of these women. And each one is only a minute long. These young ladies' courage will inspire you, so check them out, starting with Miranda:
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An awesome superhero video about… Obamacare?

Would “an awesome superhero or action-movie style video” change your mind about Obamacare? The Obama Administration has pushed Obamacare through porta-potties and bourbon festivals—and now it’s promoting a $30,000 prize pool for a video contest. Young people may feel they are “invincible” and don’t need Obamacare, so the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has to convince them otherwise. It will award prizes to videos promoting Obamacare to young people. The Huffington Post reports that the prize money comes from “the Affordable Care Act’s education and outreach budget.” As Heritage has explained, the cost of educating the public about […]
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Amy Payne
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Does the Catholic Catechism teach that homosexuality ‘isn’t a sin’?

Is homosexuality a sin? Devout Christians instinctively say yes. The Bible, the Church Fathers, the Catechism of the Catholic Church – all are very clear on this issue. But recently it’s become fairly common, in Catholic circles at least, to see devoted members of the Church argue that homosexuality is not a sin. And they invoke the Catechism in their defense. They’re not denying the traditional teaching – simply trying to bring some needed nuance to one of our most gripping cultural issues. They emphasize that the Catechism clearly differentiates between the homosexual inclination and the homosexual act. While the […]
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Canada’s Health Minister says no to euthanasia and assisted suicide

The annual meeting of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) in Calgary included an open debate on euthanasia and assisted suicide. Canada's Health Minister, Hon. Rona Ambrose, told reporters at the CMA meeting this week that the federal government isn't planning to re-open the debate on euthanasia. Canada.com reported Ambrose to have said: “All of us think about the issue because we have elderly grandparents and elderly parents, and it’s on the minds of many because Quebec has introduced their legislation,” The Calgary Herald reported Ambrose as saying: “This is an issue that is very emotional for a lot of people — […]
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Over-the-Counter Abortion Pills Lead to Menstrual Complications

Over-the-Counter Abortion Pills Lead to Menstrual Complications by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine August 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Unsupervised, over-the-counter use of ’emergency’ contraceptive and abortive pills is leading to menstrual problems, reports The Times of India. The paper reports that gynaecologists are encountering increased incidents of menstrual problems among young women who are arbitrarily and repeatedly using these pills as regular forms of contraception. “They check dosage on the internet, do their own calculations. Not understanding the consequences, they land up with incomplete abortions. They are scared about the uncontrollable bleeding, or not getting their periods,” said Dr. Shilpi […]
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Abortion Pill not ‘Safe’ Despite Media Spin – Study Suggests Pill as Dangerous As Surgical Abortion

Abortion Pill not ‘Safe’ Despite Media Spin – Study Suggests Pill as Dangerous As Surgical Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, August 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Misleading conclusions are being drawn in news stories based on a study that has indicated that the RU486 abortion drug is no more dangerous than surgical abortions. Misleading major media headlines include: Time magazine’s “Study Finds Abortion Pill Safe,” the Chicago Tribune’s “Study: Abortion Pill Doesn’t Increase Risks” and the New York Post’s “Abortion Pill Gets all Clear.” “Reporters are drawing the erroneous conclusion that this study means RU486 is completely safe. That’s not what the […]
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Activist thrilled aborting mothers can return home to tuck in their other children

Over at “Bill to allow non-physicians to perform certain first-trimester abortions advancing in California,” I talked about the “progress” pro-abortionists are making in “improving abortion access.” In this case they are not talking about so-called “webcam abortions,” but a bill–AB 154–which would hugely increase the range of non-physicians allowed to do a first-trimester “aspiration abortion.” As I took my latest look at the bill, I ran across a post by Renee Bracey Sherman (described as an “Abortion Access Activist”) at rhrealitycheck.org. There’s a lot of preface all to make the point how difficult it supposedly is to access abortion, a […]
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Poor Planned Parenthood against those evil, greedy whistleblowers

Poor Planned Parenthood, with its piddly one billion dollar annual income. It’s just no match for evil, greedy whistleblowers, at least according to pro-abort “reporter” Carolyn Jones at The Guardian: Whistleblowers are the good guys, right? They cry foul on charlatans and overreaching governments. But what if your urge to disclose is lubricated by the promise of a whopping pile of cash? What if powerful lobby groups are standing by to give you first-rate legal representation? And what if your inside knowledge relates to one of America’s most bitter cultural conflicts? Well, if the prospect of a hefty legal settlement helps persuade […]
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Killing the blessings

Every once in a while, I read something that surprises me with its impact. On Tuesday, I stumbled across an article posted on the “Gender Focus” website just a few minutes before—the opening sentence was: “This afternoon I had an abortion.” The word “abortion” doesn’t lose its power when you see what it looks like every day, and when the focus of your week is exposing the public to literature depicting what the Toronto Star called “bloodied, tiny bodies” a few days ago. It’s a word that hides, not reveals. It represents the passing of a human being, forced from […]
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Australia Greens announce plan to legalize euthanasia

The Australian Greens announced today their intention of legalizing euthanasia, if elected, in the upcoming federal election. A one-sided article that was published in the Australian Times stated: Greens Senator Richard Di Natale outlined the plan earlier today at a press conference in Sydney. He said that the Greens would base their euthanasia policy on a bill proposed by federal Greens candidate Cate Faehrmann in New South Wales earlier this year. The article continued: Dr Di Natale said that it was unlikely Ms Faehrmann’s legislation would be implemented as it currently stands, claiming that it would provide a basis for […]
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World Medical Association reaffirms its strong opposition to euthanasia

The World Medical Association has reiterated its strong opposition to euthanasia. 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 unethical and must be condemned by the medical profession. Where the assistance of the physician […]
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Experts Worldwide Find Gay Adoption Harmful for Children

Experts Worldwide Find Gay Adoption Harmful for Children by LifeSiteNews.com MADRID, Spain (LifeSiteNews.com) – In light of a pending vote in the Spanish Senate on same-sex marriage HazteOir, together with the Spanish Forum for the Family and the Institute for Family Policy, has published and distributed an in-depth report on the effects that being raised by same-sex parents has on a child. The report, entitled “Report on Infantile Development in Same-Sex Couples” and available only in Spanish at this time, gathers and compares information from a vast number of studies carried out on the issue. HazteOir, concerned by the apparent […]
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German Homeschooling Family Seeks Asylum in Canada

German Homeschooling Family Seeks Asylum in Canada by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, March 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A German homeschooling family is seeking asylum in Canada after fleeing their native country due to persecution, reports the Globe and Mail. The family will make their plea on Tuesday in a closed hearing before the Alberta Immigration and Refugee board. They say that they would be persecuted in Germany for homeschooling, based on the German law that forbids homeschooling with little exception. Parents who violate the law have faced hefty fines, as well as imprisonment and state seizure of […]
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German Government Levels Crippling Fines, Threatens to Seize Custody of Son from Homeschooling Famil

German Government Levels Crippling Fines, Threatens to Seize Custody of Son from Homeschooling Famil by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith BERLIN, July 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Another legal battle is brewing in Germany as yet another German family faces ruinous fines and the loss of custody of their son, because they have committed the crime of homeschooling. Hans and Petra Schmidt, residents of southern Bavaria, will appear in court for two separate hearings in order to defend their right to act as the primary educators of the children against the German state, which has outlawed homeschooling since 1938, the days […]
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Michigan woman wants to commit assisted suicide, donate organs

I have been warning against coupling assisted suicide with organ harvesting since 1993, when I wrote my first anti-assisted suicide column in Newsweek. From, “The Whispers of Strangers:” Life is action and reaction, the proverbial pebble thrown into the pond. We don’t get to the Brave New World in one giant leap. Rather, the descent to depravity is reached by small steps. First, suicide is promoted as a virtue. Vulnerable people like Frances become early casualties. Then follows mercy killing of the terminally ill. From there, it’s a hop, skip and a jump to killing people who don’t have a good “quality” […]
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Euthanasia and Assisted suicide – more worrying developments in Belgium and the Netherlands

I was recently interviewed by Emily Graves of Crossrhythms Radio about moves to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide around the world. The following is an extract from the interview focussing on recent developments in Belgium and the Netherlands. The full transcript is available on line. Emily: Can you tell us a little bit more about what is going on in Belgium at this time? Peter: Part of the difficulty we have is that it's not been very well reported, or it's been reported in Flemish or French and not been well translated into English media by broadcast or print. What […]
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The Washington Post gets it mostly right on abortion polling

Earlier this month, on the Washington Post’s The Fix blog, Aaron Blake published a thoughtful analysis of recent polling data on 20-week abortion bans. He states that “Democrats are sure to use the new proposed restrictions to feed the narrative of Republicans’ ‘war on women’” However, Blake points out that there is a growing body of evidence showing that women are actually more likely than men to support such a ban. Blake cites four recent national polls which show that women are anywhere from 4 to10 percentage points more likely than men to support banning abortion after 20 weeks. Blake also […]
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Jerry Brown vetoes egg buying bill!

California Governor Jerry Brown has vetoed AB 926–against which I warned last May–that would have permitted biotech companies to buy eggs from women and embryos from IVF companies. From his veto message:     Not everything in life is for sale nor should it be.     This bill would legalize the payment of money in exchange for women submitting to invasive procedures to stimulate, extract and harvest her eggs for scientific research…     In medical procedures of this kind, genuinely informed consent is difficult because the long term risks are not adequately known. Putting thousands of dollars on the table only […]
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Bolivia Prepares to Vote on Abortionist, Homsexualist and Secularist Constitution

Bolivia Prepares to Vote on Abortionist, Homsexualist and Secularist Constitution by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bolivia will hold a nationwide referendum this Sunday to approve or reject a new constitution containing pro-abortion language, and providing special rights for homosexuals and “transgender” people. The new document will also nullify Bolivia’s existing recognition of Catholicism, declaring that the government adheres to no religion. Article 66 of the new constitution would “guarantee to women and men the exercise of their sexual and reproductive rights,” a phrase that is customarily used by international pro-abortion organizations […]
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J.R.R Tolkien and the Nazis

Pretty much everyone knows that JRR Tolkien was the pre-eminent fantasy writer of the past century, if not all time. His writing contains uniquely invented languages, epic back stories, and creatures that could only have proceeded from his imagination. Far from the nihilistic and often crude work of the so-called “American Tolkien” George R.R. Martin of “Game of Thrones” fame, Tolkien’s work was full of beauty, whimsy and hidden truth. What most people probably don’t know is that the Nazis were a pretty big fan of Tolkien, too. The Nazis were (as historian Heather Pringle lays out brilliantly in her […]
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Frank Bruni hugs assisted suicide in NYT

I read Frank Bruni every Sunday in the New York Times. I usually don’t agree with him, heck I almost never do. But he is a talented writer and an articulate and passionate advocate for his views. Besides, I believe in reading differing opinions from my own. As I get him, Bruni is mostly a social liberal–and thus it comes as a sadness–but hardly a surprise–that he supports assisted suicide and uses his huge advocacy platform to push the death agenda. (I think liberals should be adamantly opposed to assisted suicide, but then, liberalism has changed since my day when its primary purpose was protecting […]
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New Zealand euthanasia bill is wide-open and open to being wider, says the author of the bill

Stuff media in New Zealand reported today on a talk given in New Plymouth by Maryan Street, the New Zealand MP who has sponsored a bill to legalize euthanasia in New Zealand. The article reports that Street stated: The bill proposes euthanasia be open to people with terminal illness likely to cause death within 12 months, or to people with an irreversible physical or mental condition that renders their life unbearable – by their own assessment. Therefore anyone in New Zealand who has a terminal illness that may cause their death within 12 months or anyone who personally assesses that their […]
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‘Mystery priest’ at near-fatal crash steps forward

The identiy of the “mystery priest” who showed up at a crucial moment to minister to a 19-year-old girl trapped in her car after being hit head-on in Missouri last week has been solved. The Diocese of Jefferson City has identified the priest as Father Patrick Dowling.  In a statement released today (Source: The Blaze), the diocese said: The Diocese of Jefferson City has identified the priest who assisted at the site of the Sunday morning, August 4, 2013 auto accident near Center, Mo. He is Rev. Patrick Dowling, a priest of the Jefferson City Diocese. Fr. Dowling was travelling Hwy 19 between […]
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The first ever National Day of Remembrance for the unborn – this Sept. 14

The National Day of Remembrance (AbortionMemorials.com) is an effort of prayer and education focused on the approximately thirty locations throughout the United States in which the bodies of children killed by abortion are buried. By telling the stories of these burials and having memorial services at each of these sites, the public is brought to a deeper awareness of the humanity of the unborn and the inhumanity of abortion. Moreover, this occasion can lead those who have lost children to abortion to a greater measure of healing. This initiative is sponsored by three national pro-life groups, Priests for Life, Pro-life […]
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Nursing home won’t starve mother to death: family sues

This is how far the culture of death has come.  I reported earlier about the controversy in Canada in which a family wants a nursing home to stop spoon feeding their mother because she would not want to be kept alive with Alzheimer’s. But no one has the right to be starved. They have the right to refuse medical treatment–for example when sustenance has to be provided by tube. But “artificial nutrition and hydration” may be medical treatment under the law–I would prefer it weren’t–but spoon feeding is humane care that should never be denied.  But don’t tell that to the family. They are suing because […]
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Rick Dykstra and dead babies in dumpsters

So: Member of Parliament Rick Dykstra didn’t get a cabinet position in Stephen Harper’s much-anticipated cabinet shuffle, Canada’s “top” abortion activist kindly gave us advice on how to get along with other pro-lifers, and tens of thousands of Canadians—and more by the day—are aware of what abortion is and Canada’s state of lawlessness on the matter. We’re pleased to announce that the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform has now distributed over 175,000 postcards exposing the reality of abortion in Canada in five ridings—two ridings, those of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and cabinet minister Bal Gosal, have been completely covered. We’ve […]
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Vatican Appeals for Life of Disabled Florida Woman Terri Schiavo

Vatican Appeals for Life of Disabled Florida Woman Terri Schiavo by LifeSiteNews.com VATICAN CITY, February 25, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican has stepped in to call on Florida Judge George W. Greer to spare the life of the cognitively disabled Florida woman Terri Schiavo. The emergency stay preventing her husband Michael Schiavo from removing her feeding tube expires at five pm Friday. Judge Greer extended the emergency stay for another 48 hours Wednesday, to consider arguments raised by the Schindler’s attorney – that Michael is unfit to be Terri’s guardian, because of evidence suggesting that he may have been abusive. […]
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STUDY LINKING ABORTION AND LOWER CRIME RATES PUBLISHED

STUDY LINKING ABORTION AND LOWER CRIME RATES PUBLISHED by LifeSiteNews.com CHICAGO, May 17, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A controversial study claiming that legalized abortion appears to account for as much as 50 percent of the recent drop in crime has been published in the May issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics. The claim in “The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime” by John J. Donohue III and Steven D. Levitt, researchers at Stanford Law School and the University of Chicago respectively, follows the logic of abortionist Henry Morgentaler who has long held that “wanted” children are far less likely to […]
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Maclean’s Mag: Kids “hurt your career, your marriage, your social life, your bankbook. Why bother?”

Maclean’s Mag: Kids “hurt your career, your marriage, your social life, your bankbook. Why bother?” by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski August 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An article in the August 3rd issue of Maclean’s magazine defends the choice of couples to remain intentionally childless, arguing that remaining childless helps the environment and that those who “breed” are guilty of extreme selfishness. After touching on a growing list of writers who promote childlessness and examining the lives of a few upscale couples who decided against parenting, the article focuses on a book by French psychotherapist Corinne Maier. “No Kids: 40 […]
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More than Two Children “Irresponsible” Says Top Advisor to British Government

More than Two Children “Irresponsible” Says Top Advisor to British Government by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, February 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While demographers continue to warn of an onrushing, and virtually irreversible, demographic collapse in Europe because of the aging of the European population, a top British government advisor has called for more abortion and contraception to “save the environment.” The chairman of Britain’s Sustainable Development Commission said this weekend that couples who have more than two children are “irresponsible.” According to Jonathan Porritt abortion and contraception are the preferred solutions to the world’s environmental problems. Porritt, who had […]
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Does legalizing prostitution reduce child sex slavery?

Would legalizing adult prostitution decrease the demand for child sex slaves? That’s the curious argument made by one of my favorite libertarian economist. Donald J. Boudreaux , a professor of economics at George Mason University, recently wrote: If men can legally buy sex from women 18 years of age or older, men will have less demand to patronize children. And sex entrepreneurs will have less incentive to ‘supply’ children. With all prostitution being illegal, those who demand as well as those who supply commercial sex are subject to prosecution regardless of the age of the women they patronize or employ. […]
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Vulnerable Democrats oppose ObamaCare rationing board IPAB

Last week we ran a story analyzing an op-ed piece that one-time Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean wrote for the Wall Street Journal in which the former Governor of Vermont conceded that the Independent Payment Advisory Board was “essentially a health-care rationing body.” ObamaCare has been controversial from long before it passed by the narrowest of margins and probably no facet has drawn more critics that the IPAB. National Right to Life laid out the rationing problems that are part and parcel of the IPAB from the very beginning (www.nrlc.org/HealthCareRationing/ObamaHCRationingBasicDOCUMENTATION.pdf). Thus it was helpful that Dean admitted there really was […]
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From Lesbian Atheist to Stay-at-Home Mother of Six: Quebec Journalist Tells Her Story

From Lesbian Atheist to Stay-at-Home Mother of Six: Quebec Journalist Tells Her Story by LifeSiteNews.com By Georges Buscemi May 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “I was an atheist for as long as I could remember,” recalled Brigitte Bedard, a young-looking 41-year-old journalist and stay at home mother of six with cropped tousled brown hair and stylish thick-framed glasses. She was addressing a crowd of 200 participants at the Quebec Life Coalition pro-life conference on May 15 in Quebec City. While Bedard is less well known than the conference’s keynote speaker – Cardinal Marc Ouellet – whose staunchly pro-life statements made later […]
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On-going Catholic Relief Services cover-up is shocking and similar in many ways to what LSN endured

The on-going Catholic Relief Services cover-up is shocking and similar in many ways to what LifeSiteNews has had to endure for almost four years now from the Canadian bishops' conference and their Development and Peace organization. For us, that experience has been draining beyond anything we could ever have reasonably expected in response to the reams of solid evidence we and others uncovered. Now, our US friends are experiencing the same denials, manipulations and unjust assaults on their reputations. Stephen Mosher of the Population Research Institute probably can't believe how very low the USCCB and CRS have gone to undermine the credibility of ALL, LifeSiteNews and […]
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Parsing the USCCB’s defense of Catholic Relief Services

In the last couple weeks, LifeSiteNews has published a series of reports highlighting grave concerns at Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. Bishops’ billion-dollar foreign relief agency. This week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops came to their defense. Here's our response.
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Rape and Abortion: victims in Chile

The country of Chile is famous for its wine, but abortion advocates would say its infamous for its tough stance on abortion—killing one’s pre-born child is illegal there, no exceptions.  The country’s belief that all humans are equal, regardless of development level, came under fire last month from abortion advocates, putting Chile, and abortion, in the spotlight.  The impetus?  The heartbreaking story of a young child—only 11 years old—pregnant from rape (assaults she’d been enduring for years—some reports say these began as early as age 7 but certainly by age 9).  This news spread quickly, prompting many to think a […]
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My birthfather is a rapist but that doesn’t define me

Aug 7, 2013 (LifeSiteNews) – As a firefighter and medic, I’ve pretty much seen it all. Seeing these emergencies and catastrophes in the field bring emotions also. But the biggest emotional roller coaster of my life came when I heard that I was conceived during a despicable act. I never thought I would hear the words “conceived in rape” when I reconnected with my birthmother a few years ago.  Sitting in her living room and holding my husband’s hand, we heard the horrible details of a dark night back in 1972.  My birthmother was 17 years old. She was leaving […]
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Indian Cardinal Warns Catholics it is Sinful to Refuse God’s Gift of Children Without Grave Reasons

Indian Cardinal Warns Catholics it is Sinful to Refuse God’s Gift of Children Without Grave Reasons by LifeSiteNews.com LifeSiteNews.com News Editor, John-Henry Westen returned a few days ago from speaking engagements in the Indian state of Kerala. This is the first in a series of articles in which he reflects on those experiences. While in Kerala John-Henry spoke to nearly 10,000 people, including state and church dignitaries, about population, life and family issues. By John-Henry Westen KAKKANAD, Kerela, India, August 15, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic faith in Kerala state in India is alive and well for now, however religious […]
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2006 – The Good News from

2006 – The Good News from LifeSiteNews.com by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen You’ll see by this summary of the positive developments on life and family from 2006 that we do publish lots of ‘good news’. During a year-end wrap up call with our writers and editors we found that one of our most significant ventures last year was the Mission India trips and reports. Those reports will start off our list of good news from 2006. Mission India: LifeSiteNews.com’s Journey to India https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/aug/06081803.html LifeSiteNews.com’s Mission India: A New Openness to Life https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/aug/06082304.html LifeSiteNews.com’s Mission India Part III: The Divine and […]
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The most eye-opening document ever on LifeSiteNews related to Disney family planning cartoon

My Friday blog post regarding Disney’s 1968 family planning cartoon motivated me to afterwards review again the most read of all LifeSiteNews documents, “The Inherent Racism of Population Control.” (Spanish El Racismo Inherente al Control de la Poblacion) Some commenters on the Friday post wondered what the problem was about a cartoon that appeared to be a relatively harmless one about birth control. Well, right at the beginning you see that the film was made for the Population Council. Read about the Population council in the document. Also do a LifeSiteNews search on “Population Council”. After this little exercise you will […]
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Pew poll shows widening regional divide on abortion

The recent passage of pro-life legislation in both Texas and North Carolina has generated plenty of media coverage on state-level pro-life efforts. In the past month, a number of news outlets have commissioned polls on abortion attitudes. Many of these polls confirm what pro-lifers have known for a long time. Specifically, incremental pro-life measures — including banning abortion after 20 weeks of gestation — enjoy the support of at least a plurality of Americans. However, this week Pew Research Center released an informative poll that breaks down abortion attitudes by geographic region. Unsurprisingly, it finds that areas in the South and Midwest are […]
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Only 16% of Canadian doctors would assist in euthanasia

What do we know about the willingness of Canadian physicians to participate in euthanasia? Here are two authoritative polls. An article published earlier this year by Postmedia News reported on a survey by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) that found very few Canadian doctors are willing to kill a patient by euthanasia, if requested. The survey was done in response to the Carter case in BC that seeks to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada, and Quebec Bill 52 that would legalize euthanasia in Quebec. The CMA defines euthanasia as: “knowingly and intentionally performing an act that is explicitly intended to […]
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Foremost UK Gay Activist Admits there is No Gay Gene

Foremost UK Gay Activist Admits there is No Gay Gene by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White August 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the untouchable dogmas of the homosexualist movement is the assertion of the existence of a “gay gene”, or a genetic marker that causes same-sex attraction. The assertion of a genetic factor in homosexual preference has never been demonstrated by scientists and now at least one prominent campaigner in the British homosexualist movement has admitted this fact. Peter Tatchell, an Australian-born British homosexual activist who founded the “direct action” group OutRage! that specialises in media stunts such as disrupting […]
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1968 Disney family planning cartoon reveals cooperation with population control zealots

Thanks to a Facebook post by Rey Flores I became aware of this video created by Walt Disney in 1968. Incredible. That was the same year that Stanford University Professor Paul Ehrlich published his hysterical population scare book The Population Bomb. The book was written at the suggestion of the executive director of the Sierra Club, an environmentalist, anti-people organization of considerable influence. Despite subsequent years proving Ehrlich to have been spectacularly wrong he is still flogging the same nonsense.  The Disney film was part of the Sierra Club/Ehrlich campaign that had a lot of support from Western power elites. How the Disney company allowed itself to be co-opted […]
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‘Another Gosnell in Delaware?’ Democratic feminist Kirsten Powers asks

The symmetry is both nearly perfect and breathtaking. Now if the outcomes are only the same! The headline on Kirsten Powers’ op-ed in The Washington Post today is “Another Gosnell in Delaware?” Who is Kirsten Powers? It was Powers who almost single-handedly dragged a reluctant and unwilling Establishment Media into giving token coverage to the trial of abortionist Kermit Gosnell who was convicted of three counts of murder and one count of involuntary manslaughter. Gosnell never received 1/100th of the coverage his bizarre behavior warranted. After all, this was a man whom the grand jury said murdered hundreds of viable […]
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Wales gives final approval to dangerous ‘deemed consent’ organ donation

Ethical campaigners have expressed their sadness following final approval of a bill in Wales to create an opt-out system for organ transplantation. Members of SPUC's Wales region are saddened that the Secretary of State for Wales has decided not to use his powers to block the Human Transplantation (Wales) Bill from being sent to Her Majesty the Queen for Royal Assent (see note below).   Michael Wendell Thomas, vice-chairman of SPUC's Wales region, told the media earlier today: “A collective weight of opinion has demonstrated that implementation of the Bill will be fraught with risk. This opinion has been presented by medical […]
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Counterfeit Catholics

Catholics for Choice (CFC) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) share a cruel tactic in common: Both organizations thrive on distorting what the Catholic Church teaches in order to pursue less than laudable goals.
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Aborting justice

Until the courts recognize the personhood of the baby, even weak laws like 20-week abortion bans that really do not ban all abortions after 20 weeks will cease to be the magic bullet that “chips away” at the abortion-on-demand culture of today.
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Obama’s Justice Department accuses Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast of Medicaid fraud

The good people at Alliance Defending Freedom have forwarded me the settlement agreement between Planned Parenthood Gulf Coastand the United States of America, the Texas Attorney General, and whistleblower Karen Reynolds, for charges that PPGC committed Medicaid fraud between 2003-2009. The settlement was signed by all parties on July 24 and 25. As I wrote yesterday, PPGC has agreed to pay $4.3 million. According to the settlement, the money will be divied three ways: $2,552,169 – United States $1,247,000 – Karen Reynolds (bounty) $500,831 – State of Texas In addition, PPGC must pay Reynolds’ attorney fees. Reynolds was represented by the American Center for Law and Justice. ADF attorney Casey Mattox was kind enough to walk me […]
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Richard Mourdock’s ‘gaffe’ and the 13-year-old rape victim who chose life

Everyone who knows anything about politics knows that Richard Mourdock misspoke during a debate against Joe Donnelly in the 2012 United States Senate election. These words may have cost Mourdock the election and the comment and subsequent firestorm have been debated for months. During the debate, Mourdock was answering a question about abortion in the cases of rape and incest when he stated: “I struggled with it myself for a long time, but I came to realize life is that gift from God. And I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something […]
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There is no defense, euthanasia is murder: British court

On July 31, 2013, the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) in Britain decided in the Nicklinson case that no exception would be created to the homicide (euthanasia) or assisted suicide Acts, that no defense of “necessity” exists within the homicide or assisted suicide Acts, and that only parliament can decide to change the law in relation to euthanasia and/or assisted suicide. The court did decide in a limited manner in favour of 'Martin' by deciding that the Director of Public Prosecutions is to provide further clarification concerning the assisted suicide prosecution guidelines. The first two plaintiffs in the case involve […]
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Abortion activists: Abortion is not just for women anymore!

The Abortion Lobby has smeared anyone who supports the unborn as “sexist” for decades, but a new movement is branding people as misogynists if they want to restrict abortion to women. Lauren Rankin made the case in an article posted yesterday at Truth-Out.org entitled, “Not Everyone Who Has an Abortion Is a Woman – How to Frame the Abortion Rights Issue.” While Rankin, an avowed feminist, likes the sloganeering that pro-life activists hate women, equal rights, and the color pink, she doesn't believe it goes far enough. “Abortion rights activists have overlooked and dismissed a very important reality,” she writes. […]
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New U.S. Bill Would Overturn Restrictions on International Abortion Funding

New U.S. Bill Would Overturn Restrictions on International Abortion Funding by LifeSiteNews.com By Terrence McKeegan, J.D. April 29, 2010 (C-FAM) – Last Friday, a Congresswoman from Brooklyn, New York introduced a bill in the United States House of Representatives that would greatly expand international funding for abortion, contraception, and sex education, and would effectively eliminate the long-standing Helms Amendment prohibiting the use of U.S. foreign assistance funds for abortion. The Global Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2010, sponsored by Representative Yvette Clarke and co-sponsored by at least 17 other House members, appears to be linked to the U.S. statement […]
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