Rolling Stone recently published a list of The Seven Most Common Lies About Abortion. The list is mostly a collection of straw man parodies of pro-life talking points rebutted with cherry-picked pro-choice statistics. And it wouldn’t be worth a second of anyone’s time if it wasn’t being passed around social media like wildfire and garnering thousands of comments on Rolling Stone’s site. But it is, so let’s debunk the debunking point by point! 1. “Abortion Causes Breast Cancer.” This lie about abortion is one of the most widely circulated. It’s commonly cited by abortion opponents and CPC employees as a means of scaring patients out of […]
'There is a long history of local councils working with Planned Parenthood. Documented examples go back as far as 1972 and through 2013,' say the moms.
Physicians who refuse to prescribe contraceptives face a difficult challenge, since aggressive contraceptive promotion has left most people unaware of alternatives.
Why is any Catholic parish involved in discussions that are focused on a question that is clearly out of sync with Catholic teaching on the subject of man and his sexual identity?
One of our supporters — a family practice doctor currently working in the Chicago area — recently sent us a cold-call mailing he had received from notorious abortionists Vinod and Vijay Goyal, a husband-and-wife team who own and operate more surgical abortion clinics than anyone else in Illinois. The letter [PDF] begins: Dear Dr. ________, We realize that it can be difficult to find a truly professional medical facility to refer your patients to for pregnancy termination services. Please allow me to introduce these State Licensed, outpatient surgery centers of www.IllinoisAbortion.com. Clearly, then, the purpose of this mailing is to […]
The Associated Press has reported that an Arizona bill designed to make it easier to prosecute cases of assisted suicide passed on the Arizona House on Tuesday. The article stated: Republican Rep. Justin Pierce of Mesa says his bill will make it easier for attorneys to prosecute people for manslaughter for assisting in suicide by more clearly defining what it means to “assist.” House Bill 2565 defines assisting in suicide as offering and providing the physical means used to commit suicide, such as a gun. Current state statute does not clearly define what it means to “assist.” The proposal was prompted […]
Leader of Portuguese Ruling Party Seeks to Create Homosexual “Marriage” in Portugal by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman PORTUGAL, January 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leader of Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party, Jose Socrates, has announced his support for homosexual “marriage,” sparking controversy and protest throughout the country and within the Socialist Party (PS) itself. “This is the moment for the PS, in its national congress, to affirm its desire to propose to Portuguese society the right to civil marriage for people of the same sex,” he said in a political speech in the Belem Cultural Center. “As far as I […]
On April 10 at noon, taxpayers across Quebec will gather at the local constituency offices of their MNAs calling for an end to public funding of abortion.
Pro-lifers were surprised that Spanish President Mariano Rajoy failed to mention the high profile abortion bill this week in his state of the union address.
It never ceases to amaze me how much the pro-abortion industry will twist the truth, leave out facts and just plain lie to protect their blood money empire. They have created campaigns to smear the pro-life movement like “the war on women” which actually better describe themselves. They know they can only win with rhetoric and lies because truth and science just don’t support the idea that killing innocent children is copacetic. In Rolling Stone’s recent article, “The Seven Most Common Lies About Abortion: Debunking anti-choice misinformation about women’s health”, the writer is really just trying to de-stigmatize abortion, clean up […]
Christians are quick to say they believe in the sanctity of life from conception to natural death, but most do little, practically, to incarnate that belief and help change ours from a culture of death to a culture of life.
“Safe, legal and RARE everywhere” is the new and improved abortion mantra – or so suggests The Daily Beast’s latest “Women in the World” blog. Daily Beast Contributor Gabby Bess recently explored “The Architecture of Abortion Clinics” by interviewing architect Lori Brown for “Women in the World.” To introduce Brown’s “new book” (published June 2013), Bess noted that, “abortion clinics are often pushed to the fringes of communities where access is the most crucial” to ask, “But what if they were integrated into the mainstream of our everyday space: clinics in malls, clinics on military bases, clinics on high school campuses, and open […]
The powerful, media-fed “Gay Hysteria” machine is exploding over Arizona Senate Bill 1062, which seeks to protect citizens’ First Amendment liberty NOT to violate their conscience with regard to homosexual “marriages.” But few Americans realize how decades of court-imposed favored legal status for homosexuality have already stolen away our “freedom to be moral.” Tragically, America is far down the road of “Criminalizing Christianity”—or, more accurately, Judeo-Christian morality—thanks to Big Gay Inc and its powerful allies in the courts, media and academia. But what is most amazing about this Culture War battle is how homosexual activists still manage to play the […]
February 26, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One prostitute forcefully slammed my response to the government survey on prostitution as a “disturbingly unthoughtful, disrespectful story.” “I would hope that canadians could actually understand that the statements made above are not based in reality. I can tell you that my clients are not as you describe in fact I find hard to understand why anyone would make such broad statements about men,” wrote a prostitute who goes by the name Susan Naomi Davis. In my response to the survey, I stated that purchasing sexual services should be a “criminal offense” because it is […]
I have five kids. I thought I was sane, but apparently, I’m living a crazy alternative lifestyle. Freestyle halfpipe skier David Wise won gold at Sochi. NBC, rather than being impressed with his world-class athleticism, focused on his “alternative lifestyle.” You see, Wise is married to Alexandra, and they have a young son. Wise is also considering becoming a pastor. San Diego Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers has had his critics in terms of his play, but there are also critics of his “alternative lifestyle”: he and his wife, Tiffany, have six kids (they recently had a seventh child.) ESPN noted […]
When I write about campus activism and the Genocide Awareness Project, I usually end up writing about powerful encounters we’ve had—babies saved from abortion, hearts and minds changed, moving encounter, and new insights. It’s for these reasons, after all, that we go on the road for weeks at a time to debate university students. There is, however, another side of on-the-road pro-life trips that all activists will recognize, from showing up at host homes as dark and silent as an abortionist’s conscience to suddenly realizing that you’re in a van with seven people, an empty gas tank, and the last […]
Jodi Jacobson is editor-in-chief of RH Reality Check, a pro-abortion website dedicated “to safeguard… sexual and reproductive health and rights against false attacks and misinformation.” Jacobson has stated it is “profoundly disrespectful” to oppose late-term abortions, which she defines as “at or after 24 weeks or in the third trimester.” Jacobson has described those who kill babies in the third trimester as “committed, ethical, moral medical professional[s].” She said pro-lifers were “lunatics” to call late-term abortionist George Tiller a “mass murderer” – himself a subsequent victim of murder. Rather, Jacobson maintained, Tiller was a “heroic, kind, compassionate, professional.” Jacobson opposes fetal pain bans […]
The Gender Recognition Bill would have the state recognize a person’s “acquired gender” for all purposes, including birth certificates, marriage and civil partnership registries.
The purpose of Pride is "to celebrate gay rights and gay sex — and to protest those who hate us gays and the ways we seek pleasure," writes Xtra's managing editor.
Campaign Life president Jim Hughes says the group's major achievement in its first 25 years has been to "keep the flame of pro-life work alive" in the strongly pro-abortion province.
Earlier this week, US Attorney General Eric Holder compared same-sex "marriage" bans to Jim Crow laws and told state attorneys general they don't need to uphold them.
Breakthrough: Pro-life Lobby Soundly Defeats EU Attack on Conscience in Dramatic Reversal by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, October 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An attempt to erase the conscience rights of EU health care workers has been soundly defeated at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) this evening. In a vote of 56 to 51, the PACE rejected the proposal of Christine McCafferty, a British politician and abortion activist, to “regulate” conscientious objectors to abortion across Europe. The McCafferty Report, titled “Women’s access to lawful medical care: the problem of unregulated use of conscientious objection,” had been […]
“We cannot ignore the fact that women, men and children are being objectified. ... Any decision not to enforce laws that protect these victims is indefensible," says Archbishop Miller.
On “The Simpsons,” Helen Lovejoy frequently cries out, “Won't somebody please think of the children?” In Michigan and Oklahoma, that's exactly what pro-family lawsuits are trying to force judges to do.
The organizers are pushing for a careful review after the petition missed by just 17,000 signatures when state officials threw out over 130,000 signatures.
Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight survived a decade-long ordeal of rape, torture, and beatings that led to miscarriages from Ariel Castro.
My family is constantly growing. And I don't mean just in numbers, though fourteen kids in fourteen years is impressive; I mean spiritually. We are constantly growing closer and closer to God, especially the older ones, like my brother Ben (age 13) and me. I am at the age where I am starting to want to understand more, to know more. I am just as questioning as my five-year-old sister Becca, with her constant “Why? Why? Why?” It's all part of the growing process. My mind is continuously developing. So is the rest of the world. Everything from fashion to […]
While mainstream media blames Charlotte Dawson’s suicide on social media bullying, the woman admitted her abortion 15 years ago was the first cause of her depression.
But Patrick J. Reilly, president of The Cardinal Newman Society, is asking why it was covered in the first place. “How many babies died? Who’s taking responsibility?”
The bill would give post-abortive women grounds to seek legal remuneration for their grief and regret for up to ten years after the abortion is performed.
In a column for the Vatican’s newspaper, Cardinal Burke has defended the pope, saying he has "affirmed" the Church's "perennial teaching" on abortion and marriage.
The bill has been sharply condemned as discriminatory by both Republicans and Democrats, but its defenders say it’s a necessary protection for religious freedom.
I’m suddenly hearing and reading about the television series, House of Cards, everywhere. The show’s backdrop, quoting Wikipedia: Set in present-day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a Democrat from South Carolina… and House Majority Whip who, after getting passed over for appointment as Secretary of State, decides to exact his revenge on those who betrayed him. The series also stars Robin Wright…. House of Cards is produced by Netflix, which releases an entire season all at once for viewing via its livestream service. Netflix dumped all 13 episodes of season two on February 14. This season Underwood […]
Accused of comparing homosexuality to incest, the actor replied via Twitter: “Who said anything about ‘sex,’ H8rs?! This is a Liberty & ca deal! Love ≠ Sex.”
"If government is allowed to entangle a religious institution of higher education like Notre Dame in one area contrary to conscience, it's given license to do so in others," Notre Dame says.
A new documentary co-produced by Christian singer Natalie Grant shows how sex trafficking isn't just taking place in far-off lands, but "in plain sight."
It is possible that Quebec's euthanasia Bill 52 will not go to a vote before the Parti Québécois (PQ) government calls an election. If an election is called, Bill 52 will be dead. On Thursday, February 20, the Quebec National Assembly left for a break until March 11, without completing the debate or voting on euthanasia Bill 52. Currently, the PQ government has minority standing with 54 of 125 seats in the Quebec National Assembly. Recent polls indicate that the PQ government, under premier Pauline Marois, would do well if an election is called. Many reports indicate that Marois will call an […]
The problem of how to deal with babies born alive after abortion has been highlighted by a question asked at the Council of Europe. The Committee of Ministers has been asked to act ‘in order to guarantee that foetuses who survive abortions are not deprived of the medical treatment that they are entitled to – as human persons born alive – according to the European Convention on Human Rights’. The question is highly relevant in view of a story in the Daily Mail which claimed that 66 babies survived NHS termination attempts in one year alone. The figure came from […]
I’m reading the new book, Noah: The Real Story, my interest piqued on the topic in large part due to all the chatter about the upcoming movie, Noah, opening March 28. The movie has a blockbuster budget of $130 million and features a stellar cast: Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins, and Emma Watson. Very few people have read the script or seen the movie, but the book I’m reading includes a summary by movie critic Brian Godawa of a script he read in the fall of 2013. Potential spoiler alert… So in that version of the script there was […]
“Brain Death” Test Causes Brain Necrosis and Kills Patients: Neurologist to Rome Conference by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White – Rome correspondent ROME, February 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One of the medical world’s key diagnostic tools for determining “brain death” preliminary to organ retrieval, actually causes severe brain damage it purports to determine, neurologist Dr. Cicero Coimbra told attendees at a conference held in Rome last week. With the so-called “apnoea test,” Coimbra said, brain damaged patients who might be recoverable are deprived of oxygen for up to ten minutes, rendering the injuries to the brain irreversible. “Diagnostic protocols for brain […]
“Brain Death” as Criteria for Organ Donation is a “Deception”: Bereaved Mother by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, February 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bernice Jones came to Rome last week to tell the world that doctors killed her son by removing his organs. “Brain death is not death” and “organ donation is very deceptive,” the bereaved mother told LifeSiteNews.com in an interview on Thursday. Mrs. Jones was attending an international conference on the dangers of so-called “brain death” criteria and related her experience of losing her son, Brandon, who was declared “brain dead” and used as an organ […]
Vatican Newspaper: Brain Death and thus Organ Donation Must be Reconsidered by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen VATICAN, September 3, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Only a few weeks after a prominent article appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine noting that ‘brain death’ does not constitute true death, the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has carried a front-page article noting that a declaration of ‘brain death’ cannot be considered the end of life in light of new scientific research. Such a determination would prohibit single vital organ donation, such as heart transplants, for Catholics or Catholic institutions, since Catholic teaching requires such […]
Melbourne Doctor: Most Donors Still Alive when Organs are Removed by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert MELBOURNE, Australia, October 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prominent Melbourne doctor has written that, contrary to popular belief, most organ donations take place before the donor is actually dead. He argues that the vague criterion of “brain death” has blinded potential donors to the fact that their organs are often harvested while they are still alive. Pediatric intensive care specialist Dr. James Tibballs published his controversial views in the Journal of Law and Medicine earlier this month, calling upon medical institutions to review their organ […]
Spanish Bishops: Politicians Who Vote for Anti-Life Law are not to Receive Communion by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman MADRID, November 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Today the Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Episcopal Conference issued a statement saying that politicians who vote for a proposed law liberalizing abortion in Spain place themselves in an “objective state of sin and, while the situation lasts, may not be admitted to Holy Communion.” The announcement from the Spanish bishops comes as the Spanish parliament is considering a law that would make it easier to get an abortion in Spain by allowing 16-year olds to get an […]
The Demise of “Brain Death” by LifeSiteNews.com Commentary by Dr. Paul A. Byrne, M.D.www.thelifeguardian.org We are bombarded with propaganda that encourages organ donation. For an organ to be suitable for transplantation it must be taken from a living person. Recent reports in the literature include: Dr. KG Karakatsanis of Greece evaluated current clinical criteria and confirmatory tests for the diagnosis of “brain death” to determine if they satisfied the requirements for the irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain including the brain stem. He reviewed medical, philosophical and legal literature on the subject of “brain death.” He presented […]
Exclusive: Sources Reveal Internal Uproar over Vatican Conference Promoting Organ Donation by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen ROME, August 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Organ donation is becoming ever more controversial as stories of patients declared “brain dead” who live to tell about it are reported more and more frequently. Inside the Catholic Church the issue has been very divisive as well. An upcoming Vatican conference promoting organ donation has brought to the fore an internal struggle, a struggle which is gradually becoming more public. The stakes of the debate run as high as life and death itself. The Pontifical Academy for […]
Bishop Richard Malone had strong words this week for a Catholic state senator who announced he had "evolved" to supporting an expansion of legal abortion.
February 21, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The government wanted input on how to frame prostitution laws, so I gave it to them. That’s what I love about democracy. Question two – whether we should criminalize the selling of sex – was the hardest one for me to answer. First I said yes, but then changed my mind after discussing it with my wife. I hope you complete the survey and let us know in the comments how you answered the questions. Find the government’s survey online here. 1. Do you think that purchasing sexual services from an adult should be a […]
In a development billed as a “mini-victory” by a pro-life leader, Quebec’s bill allowing doctors to kill their patients as “medical aid in dying” missed its vote at the National Assembly on Thursday.
The Coalition for Family Values is urging Western countries to cease “[imposing] their inverted morality on everyone through the manipulation of international law.”
Wow! I hate that phrase. “Rapist’s child”, “rapist’s baby”, “rape baby”, or “product of rape”—all equally despicable, yet intentional, pejoratives used by abortion activists to debase those conceived in such horrid violence. As if these revilers had any control over the circumstances of their own conception, they stand as judge and executioner of human beings with the exact same cellular makeup. Do we refer to children as the “drug dealer’s child” or the “adulterer’s child?” President Obama’s alcoholic father was married multiple times. In fact, his father was married to two different women concurrently. Do we call Obama the “bigamist’s […]
An eye-opening article highlights the staggering amount of money that many third party commercial fundraisers make off telemarketing campaigns they run for nonprofits.
There is no limit to the death culture any more. An elderly Italian woman paid Dignitas 10,000 Euros to be made dead because she had lost her looks and was lonely. From the Daily Mail story: A healthy Italian woman paid a Swiss right-to-die clinic to take her life because she was ‘unhappy about losing her looks.’ Oriella Cazzanello, 85, travelled to a clinic in Basel, Switzerland, where she paid €10,000 for an assisted suicide. The elderly woman, who was in good mental and physical health, disappeared from her home in Arzignano, near Vicenza in northern Italy, without telling her relatives […]
Quebec Family’s Appeal Rejected for Exemption from Mandatory Relativism Course by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine MONTREAL, Quebec, February 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal of the Drummondville family who sought exemptions for their children from the province’s compulsory course in relativism, ‘Ethics and Religious Culture’ (ERC). According to Justice Yves-Marie Morissette, their appeal is “doomed to failure.” The parents were appealing the August 31st, 2009 decision of Justice Jean-Guy Dubois, who determined that the program did not violate the family’s freedom of conscience or religion because the curriculum does not require the […]
For reasons unbeknownst to me, the other day I received at our home address my official Planned Parenthood Membership Card, along with a letter [PDF] from Cecile Richards saying she can’t thank me enough for what I have done for Planned Parenthood this past year. What I have done is picket their high-dollar fundraising events, protested their conferring of various leadership awards on turncoat politicians, and exposed a pattern of abhorrent practices at their facilities nationwide. But I’m glad they appreciate these contributions enough to confer membership on me. The letter from Cecile Richards says nothing is going to stop them from […]
Faculty members were concerned because they found pro-life fliers on their desks even though the doors were locked, but they had been moved by janitors.
Two leading pro-life and pro-family voices in the federal Conservative caucus are calling on the government to keep its promise to allow income splitting for families once the budget is balanced.
The RegenCenter began offering alternative treatments using adult stem cells in 2009 and has now treated patients with autism, multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and numerous other ailments, often with incredible success.
‘Those same sex couples who choose to marry should be welcomed into the life of the worshipping community and not be subjected to questioning about their lifestyle.’ Neither should they 'be denied access to the sacraments'. This extraordinary statement is embedded deep within paragraph 18 in the ‘statement of Pastoral Guidance on Same Sex Marriage’ issued by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York on behalf of the House of Bishops of the Church of England this week. The document, however, also concludes (in bold) that the House of Bishops is not ‘willing for those who are in a same sex marriage to be ordained to […]
Discredited abortionist Robert Alexander has lost a taxpayer-funded job as director of a state-operated STD clinic in Detroit where he fled last year after his squalid Muskegon abortion mill was shut by the Fire Marshall for posing extreme health hazards.
On the heels of a public university censoring a pro-life club comes word of a public high school attempting the same. Intervention by pro-life attorneys helped the University of Alabama quickly see the error of its ways. I expect the same will prompt Wilson High School in Tacoma, Washington, to come to its senses as well. Wilson Students for Life has been having trouble with censorship ever since its founding last year. But when school administrators rejected two Students for Life of America posters (above and below) WSFL chose to promote its club last fall, the group turned to the Thomas […]
While pro-lifers are hailing the Monday ruling, it has also been welcomed by the nation’s pro-abortion lobby as a “great step forward” in their campaign.
The Mississauga resident wants $25,000, a written apology, and seven “public interest remedies,” including changes to the curriculum, and sensitivity training for all teachers and students.
“It's sad that the media thinks this so controversial that a woman’s personal trials need to be on public display," says Patrick Reilly, president of the Cardinal Newman Society.
An Italian judge and columnist says the UN's report may be a case of the population control lobby “striking first” in its “war against the Catholic Church” because it is seeing its influence start to wane.
Pity The Daily Beast’s Keli Goff. Anyone who would try to explain “How Wendy Davis Became America’s Conscience on Abortion” must have a tragically ill-formed concept of conscience. Or maybe Goff just lost a bet. But “The Texas gubernatorial candidate didn’t flip-flop,” Goff assured readers on Feb. 18, “she just voiced what a large percentage of Americans already think of this hot button issue.” That issue is a ban on abortion after 20 weeks, and Davis’ recently expressed support for such a ban (provided certain changes) is indeed in line with what a large percentage of Americans think. But most Americans didn’t […]
Three months after making an open records request for a 911 call originating from LeRoy Carhart’s abortion clinic on November 26, 2013, Operation Rescue has finally received a 911 recording from the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service.
Recently, CNBC used 51 factors to rank the 50 states in terms of business-friendly atmospheres. Quality of life, infrastructure, “business friendliness,” and other factors were considered as part of 10 broad categories used in the final analysis. However, it fell to The Christian Post to notice another trend: All of the top 10 states have legislative or constitutional measures that ban same-sex “marriage.” Those states are: South Dakota, Texas, North Dakota, Nebraska, Utah, Virginia, Colorado, Georgia, Wyoming and Idaho. Supporters of same-sex relationships have long argued that legalizing “marriage” for homosexual couples will be an economic boon to the states […]
Why is it that left-wingers suddenly develop an ironclad belief in government non-intervention—only when we’re talking about endorsing and funding the practice of suctioning, chemically poisoning, dismembering, and otherwise dispensing with the youngest human beings in our society? It would be amusing, I think, if it wasn’t so murderously morbid. I’ve been on the road with my colleagues this month, setting up the Genocide Awareness Project on American university campuses with teams of volunteers and engaging university students and professors on the issue of abortion. One of the most common arguments I got in front of the GAP display was […]
After reading Robin Marty’s piece in Think Progress the other day about abortion doctor Cheryl Chastine (pictured right), I thought I’d peruse some of Chastine’s tweets to see what she has been up to. Chastine is on the cusp of sacrificing a promising career as a legitimate ob/gyn to to take abortionist George Tiller’s place at his retooled abortion clinic in Wichita. I’ve loosely followed Chastine’s whereabouts since I took part in Pro-Life Action League’s first protest and “outing” of her at her former Oak Park, Illinois, practice last April. I say “former” because the doctors at her day job let her go due to the public […]
In 2012 there were 499,331 deaths registered in England and Wales, 54,937 in Scotland and 14,756 in Northern Ireland – a total of 569,024 human deaths. In the same year there were 185,122 abortions carried out on women resident in England and Wales, 1,330 on women from other parts of the UK (including 905 from Northern Ireland) and 12,447 in Scotland – a total of 198,899 human deaths. According to the answer given to a parliamentary question asked by Lord Alton yesterday, there were 166,631 human embryos that were allowed to perish in the UK in 2012 – a total […]
The ecclesial says same-sex couples should be "welcomed," however, and "neither they nor any children they care for should be denied access to the sacraments."
Pro-life watchdogs caught Planned Parenthood's Flagstaff facility covering up the rape of a 13-year-old girl in a sting operation more than a decade ago.
When she was only 14 years of age, God put Birgit Jones in a unique position to defend life. Her innocence was taken from her by a violent 16-year-old neighborhood boy and Birgit soon discovered she was pregnant.
"The suspicious way all of the clinic’s out-of-state abortionists suddenly obtained hospital privileges ... raises suspicions that there are backroom dealings," warns Operation Rescue's Troy Newman.
The government has launched an online survey seeking the public's input on how the government should frame a new law on prostitution in response after December's Supreme Court decision.
Last week, Kent State wrestler Sam Wheeler was suspended for mean-spirited comments about Michael Sam, the football player who recently publicly admitted he is a homosexual, and homosexuals in general. Wheeler, who used the words “queer” and “fag” on his Twitter account, was suspended “indefinitely” from the wrestling team. His Twitter account has also been deleted, though the comments he made can be seen here. While Wheeler's comments are needlessly derogatory, the suspension is over-the-top, especially coming from a taxpayer-funded organization. According to the Kent State Student Athlete Handbook, “student athletes will be held to a higher standard than non-athletes […]
On Thursday, February 13th, the Mississippi House passed HB 1400 — a 20-week abortion ban known as the Preborn Pain Act, with an overwhelming vote of 89-22. A rape-incest exception amendment was introduced by Rep. Toby Barker, R-Hattiesburg but was defeated by a vote of 73-40. So that's 73 state reps in Mississippi who value the lives of people like me who were conceived in rape — something to celebrate, and 16 otherwise pro-life members who apparently still need an encounter with someone who was conceived in rape. At first glance, I cheered because many of these fetal pain bills exclude children conceived in rape […]
Yesterday I reported that the University of Alabama had removed Bama Students for Life’s pro-life display only two days before its reserved one-month run was scheduled to end. A school administrator told the group their display was taken down on February 6 due to complaints about photos it included of two mothers who died during abortions and two images of tiny abortion victims. The group immediately retained Alliance Defending Freedom as legal counsel, sent the university a formal letter of complaint requesting an apology and another display opportunity, and scheduled two days of public events for February 19 and 20 to spotlight the school’s denial of their First […]
Austin Ruse, president of Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), suggests the reason for the hostility directed at the Church is because the Church has obstructed the goals of population control zealots at the UN.
“As #TDSB participation raises questions of age-appropriateness, do you enforce Canada's public nudity laws at Pride?” the trustee tweeted at Toronto Police.
In response to a petition urging the country to defund abortion, the government has said there is an "intractable moral conflict" between the child's right to life and the mother's right to abort.
A few months ago, I attended a talk given by a sister about masculinity and femininity. Her name was Sister Maria, and she was a brilliant speaker. Her presentation really opened my eyes on one of the most controversial topics of our time: homosexuality. I thought, this is great. This is definitely going to help me defend my position on the subject. So the next day, I went to school and one of my friends who opposes homosexuality (we'll call her Laura), who also attended, launched right into a debate at lunch. I didn't quite want her to, because I […]
To equip our readers to respond to the finger pointing that is undoubtedly headed their way, LifeSiteNews have compiled a paragraph-by-paragraph report debunking the UN's attack on the Catholic Church.
On February 5, the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a scathing report telling the Catholic Church to leave its outmoded sexual morality behind. To equip our readers to respond to the finger pointing that is undoubtedly headed their way, we have compiled a paragraph-by-paragraph report debunking the claims. An informed reading of the UN’s document (available here) is very revealing, and a useful teaching tool, as it more or less comprehensively summarizes the entire program of the revolutionaries against the traditional Christian worldview. What follows is not nearly a comprehensive analysis, but more like what […]
Mr. Stanton was an Irishman, a hard worker, a family man, a role model to men and youth, a protector of women and children, but most of all, a servant of God.
Still searching for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift? Try porn – or so recommends The Huffington Post. Just in time for February 14, the staff at HuffPo announced, “People Who Watch More Porn Have More Sex, Survey Finds.” The finding left HuffPo “surprised,” although, for the staff, “These results back up what we already believed: that porn isn't just for men or single people, and can be a positive way for couples to connect and communicate.” The survey came from adult webcam site Cam4.com (now that’s an example of impartiality) and French survey institute IFOP. To illustrate porn’s benefits, HuffPo […]
Could a “childfree” life be the secret ingredient to a happy marriage? Many in the media certainly think so – and they’ve been promoting the idea more and more. Journalists were abuzz with the topic last year after Time magazine’s cover story detailed a new British study claiming “childfree” translates to happier relationships. Lefty sites such as Slate, The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast published articles on women romanticizing their childless lives where women and experts reasoned, “I don’t enjoy alien-parasites” (aka “babies”) and “people have children to glorify their own ego,” to then call “the childfree life” “the […]
The Belgians are “surprised” that much–not enough, but still much–of the world is revulsed by the country legalizing child euthanasia. From the Reuters story: Bart Sturtewagen, chief editor of De Standaard, one of the country’s largest daily newspapers, said that after 12 years of legal euthanasia in the country, Belgians had grown used to it as an option for the final stages of their lives. “I’m annoyed at hearing ‘you’ll kill children’ in the foreign media. We don’t use that kind of language anymore. It’s a very different debate on a different level,” he said.. As they say, the truth […]
That right has come into question in recent months, since same-sex marriage was legalized in several states and some teachers and administrators at Catholic schools were fired or asked to resign after their same-sex marriage came to light.
A new study finds that in 2011, the US abortion rate—the number of abortions per 1000 women of reproductive age—reached its lowest point since the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion in 1973.
Backdrop on the above from the Boston Globe, February 5: A realistic-looking statue of a man sleepwalking in his underwear near the center of Wellesley College has created a stir among the women on campus, especially as more than 100 students at the all-women’s college signed a petition asking administrators to remove it. The statue, called Sleepwalker, is part of an art exhibit featuring sculptor Tony Matelli…. “[T]his highly lifelike sculpture has, within just a few hours of its outdoor installation, become a source of apprehension, fear, and triggering thoughts regarding sexual assault for many members of our campus community,” says […]
In the history of manipulative political language, the term “progressive” surely occupies a high place. In its political and religious uses, “progressive” more often refers to regressive and primitive practices and ideas that undermine the development of civilization.
Ann Coulter Rocks HomoCon, Blasts Same-Sex “Marriage” by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith NEW YORK, September 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Conservative commentator Ann Coulter stayed true to her reputation for courting controversy during an address to homosexual conservatives in New York on Saturday, telling them that they did not need special rights and that marriage was the union of a man and a woman. According to reports, Coulter charmed her audience of 150 at the HomoCon fundraiser for GOProud with a number of jokes, admitting that it must have been difficult to come out of the closet and tell their […]
“Homosexuality Is Not Hardwired,” Concludes Head of The Human Genome Project by LifeSiteNews.com By A. Dean Byrd, Ph.D, MBA, MPH Reprinted with permission of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) Francis S. Collins, one of the world’s leading scientists who works at the cutting edge of DNA research, concluded that “there is an inescapable component of heritability to many human behavioral traits.” However, he adds, “for virtually none of them, is heredity ever close to predictive.” In reviewing the heritability (i.e., influence of genetic factors) on personality traits, Dr. Collins referenced the research of Bochard and […]
Infamous Hollywood Screenwriter to Pen Film on Our Lady of Guadalupe – Patroness of the Unborn by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Infamous Hollywood screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, 64, known for such sordid films as Basic Instinct and Showgirls, has undergone a conversion and now will be writing a new film on Our Lady of Guadalupe. Eszterhas has been one of Hollywood’s most influential screenwriters, writing lucrative blockbuster films, such as Flashdance, Jagged Edge, and Basic Instinct, and raking in million-dollar paychecks. Known for living the full ‘Hollywood lifestyle’, Eszterhas gave it up to […]
A health care system like the one Hillary secretly admitted she favored "must entail forcing people to pay, first, for things they may conscientiously object to," an expert told LifeSiteNews.
Local media report a turnout of over 200 people, with around 30 protesters gathered outside with rainbow flags and signs that read: “Love can’t be cured.”
“We must not be swallowed up by the tyrannical imposition of some ... who wish to dictate the moral trend of the world based on their secular values,” the archbishop said.
“Under President Obama, the federal government has tried ... to undermine the constitutional authority of each state to define marriage consistent with the values of its citizens," said Sen. Ted Cruz.
The regulations require doctors committing Medicaid-funded abortions to officially certify that the abortion is “medically necessary” to protect a woman from serious health risks.
The headteacher at a primary school in South Wales says students were “initiating games that involve simulating rape and sexual intercourse” and “having detailed discussion of drug use.”
Well, they went and did it: Belgium has legalized child euthanasia. There is no age limitation. Here is how it is supposed to work from the Washington Post story: The child must have a terminal and incurable illness, with death expected to occur “within a brief period.” The child must also be experiencing “constant and unbearable physical suffering.” Like for adults desiring euthanasia, that diagnosis and prognosis must be agreed upon by the treating physician and an outsider brought in to give a second opinion. The child is to be interviewed by a pediatric psychiatrist or psychologist, who must determine that the […]
The Belgian Chamber of Deputies approved the extension of euthanasia to children by a vote of 86 to 44 today. This bill was approved without first addressing the abuse of the Belgian euthanasia law. Let's be clear, abuse of the euthanasia law results in the death of a person. The concept of approving lethal injections for children with disabilities or terminal conditions, even after studies have proven that many assisted deaths in Belgium are done without explicit request and after it is proven that a massive number of assisted deaths in Belgium are not being reported suggests that the Belgian government […]
I should be forgiving of pro-aborts and their itchy Twitter fingers, but some inane tweets deserve parsing. And, in fairness, the tweet was addressed to National Right to Life.
47% of Gay Couples Have “Sex Agreements”– Only 45% Monogomous: Study by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Forty-seven percent of gay couples in a recently published study said that they had “sex agreements” with their partners, which clarify how often and in what circumstances they are permitted to have sex with others. Only 45% said that their relationships were monogamous, while another 8% disagreed about whether their relationship was “open” or exclusive, according to an ongoing study by the Center for Research on Gender & Sexuality at San Francisco State University. The Gay […]
Doctors Say Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Will Give False Impression Gay Sex is Safe by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA, February 18, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The looming legalization of same-sex marriage has pushed several doctors to begin speaking out on the harmful medical consequences of homosexual sex. In addition to the group of physicians who presented their findings to Parliament in a referenced brief last week (see LifeSiteNews.com coverage https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/feb/05021709.html ), two other doctors have approached LifeSiteNews.com to submit evidence but requested anonymity based on fear of retribution from homosexual activists. The doctors noted that they are concerned for individuals practicing dangerous homosexual sex […]
“How can parents expose little children to such distorted and anti-traditional-family ‘fun’?” asked Dame Colleen Bayer, director of Family Life International NZ.
Users now have dozens of options, including “pangender,” “genderqueer,” “bigender,” "agender,” “gender questioning,” “androgynous,” “cisgender,” and “neutrois.”
“The latest Green attack is part of their ongoing attempt to rewrite our history and deny our heritage," says Sen. Eric Abetz, leader of the government in the Senate.
Belgium becomes the first country in the world to approve euthanasia for children of all ages after the country’s parliamentarians approved the bill today 86 to 44.
The Netherlands euthanasia law must be stopped. The NL Times reported that the Dutch Minister of Health, Edith Schippers, stated that there were 45 psychiatric euthanasia deaths in 2013 up from 14 in 2012. The NL Times stated that: Schippers believes that the rise of euthanasia cases with psychiatric patients can be explained in the increased willingness of doctors to offer euthanasia in these cases. She also thinks that doctors know that the testing commissions have ruled that in all 27 cases from 2011 and 2012, there was careful action. Thus, she claims that the conception of doctors concerning the legal […]
U. S. District Judge John G. Heyburn declared that Kentucky’s ban on recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states violates the equal protection clause of the U. S. Constitution
While “marriage held its own last year," says Family Research Council's Dr. Pat Fagan, "more than half the children of the nation have parents” who “did not love each other through thick and thin.”
"Presumably, Kentucky will also be forced to recognize as 'marriage' polygamous and other marriages that were valid in the country in which they were performed.”
The organization of Catholic business leaders presented its prestigious Cardinal John J. O’Connor Pro-Life Award to four stalwart pro-life leaders at its annual summit last weekend.
Boys Who See Porn More Likely to Harass Girls: Study by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White February 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Boys who see pornography regularly are more likely to have sexual relations and harass girls in school, a new study has found. Michael Flood, a researcher with the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, said that exposure of children to pornography results in “a range of notable and often troubling effects.” “Exposure to pornography,” Flood wrote, “helps to sustain young people’s adherence to sexist and unhealthy notions of sex and relationships.” Flood, an Australian sociologist […]
Sometimes, buried within the mire of a romantic comedy is a beautiful truth, a nugget of pure gold. I confess, I'm a sucker for chick-flicks like most women, even though they are, more often than not, morally questionable. “The Backup Plan” starring Jennifer Lopez is no exception. But for all the immorality and ethical issues that appear in this particular film (i.e. premarital sex and IVF), there is some real truth to be found. I thought of this film when I read an article LifeSiteNews just published on a Democratic rep who stated that “babies' persistent cries, habit of interrupting their […]
Fourteen. It's a good number. It's the name of the year. 2014. And though it is a few months old, I haven't completely abandoned all of my New Year's resolutions, because I know that some would actually be beneficial. Here are a few that I have tried to keep: Defend my beliefs better. Adopt a healthier lifestyle (this one is recycled from last year…and the year before…). Be kinder to people around me. Number three is going to be key, because I have a lot of people around me. And not just at school, either. It's pretty busy at home, […]
Virginia delegate Barbara Comstock has the support of numerous influential pro-life Catholics, including Rick Santorum, but has come under fire for pushing birth control and opposing a pro-life amendment.
Lewis was reportedly invited to the Jesuit campus to speak to members of the Georgetown community about his new memoir March: Book One which details his experiences during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with Martin Luther King Jr.
The pro-abortion organization, Education For Choice (EFC) which is a project within the sexual health charity, Brook, who themselves work closely with the Family Planning Association to promote abortion, has produced a new report based on its own mystery shopping of some independent pregnancy counselling centres, mainly linked to LIFE and Care Confidential. Their findings have been reported by the Daily Telegraph, with calls to clamp down on independent counselling clinics and talk of scandalous misinformation being given out. Crisis pregnancy counselling must always be professional and evidence-based. The use of bad science and research is wrong. Counselling clinics must provide women with unbiased information so that they can make fully […]
On top of signing her new book, Goodall will also speak about 'her enthusiasm for botany to give readers a deeper understanding of the world around us.'
The Center for Bioethics and Culture (CBC) is an organization committed to “bioethical issues” such as surrogacy, stem cell research and human cloning, amongst other issues. They have recently produced a documentary entitled “Breeders: a subclass of women?” It is a cautionary tale, and a very sad one. The film focuses on women who chose to be surrogates (one chose surrogacy several times), and the turmoil that arose. The issue of surrogacy comes down to the buying and selling of children, one woman states; contracts and money are involved. Yet, one lawyer interviewed admits surrogacy is a “chaotic” area of […]
Teaching boys to grunt out anti-homo mantras is not the answer. Young men should, rather, learn to be Catholic Gentlemen - Cross-bearers, not knuckle-draggers.
The mayor of Ottawa has defended the city's decision to raise a rainbow flag at city hall during the Olympics to protest Russia’s ban on homosexual propaganda.
“Has life become a living hell since having the Essure procedure done? You are not alone," reads the Facebook "Essure Problems," which has attracted over 5,000 members.
Plaintiffs said the drug's manufacturers had not adequately disclosed the dangers the device posed to women and tried to have warnings about the likelihood the device would cause blood clots removed.
Despite polygamists’ increasing push for public acceptance and legal recognition, all is not well behind closed doors, says a woman who lived in a polygamous union for 18 years.
British Columbia’s new Family Law Act, which came into force last year, allowed a child for the first time in Canada to have three parents listed on the birth certificate.
The lecture, sponsored by the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, focused on how Catholic schools can oppose Church teaching on ordination, homosexuality, and contraception.
My sisters were girl scouts. And they loved it. I remember how they would come home singing songs I’ve never heard, breaking into harmony, and laughing about some song about billboards and flow-through tea bags. Do-Si-Dos (my personal favorite) and other sugary goodness were a reminder of how sweet it was that my sisters were involved in Girl Scouts. They didn’t earn badges advocating for “reproductive rights” or bring home books celebrating pro-abortion activists like Gloria Steinem, Wendy Davis, or NARAL/NOW founder Betty Friedan (who also served as a GSUSA Board member). But time has a way of corrupting good and […]
Remember when you could disagree with liberals and not get smeared as extreme and/or dishonest? Me neither. It’s how the left argues – especially about abortion. During a Google+ hangout on Feb. 10, NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue bashed the pro-life movement and the tea party for “lying and cheating” to pass legislation. She also asserted that the pro-life stance is “outside of the mainstream.” (Not according to the polls). The “#ASKNARAL Pro-Choice Hangout” event featured other NARAL employees in addition to Hogue discussing “choice” and answering questions asked via Twitter. When asked about “all these attacks” on the pro-choice movement, […]
Valeria Jones claims her coworkers repeatedly referred to her as “miss,” “lady,” and “little lady” even after she told them she believes she is “not a female or a male."
Everyone from UN boss Ban Ki Moon to a little old grandmother in Berlin has been wagging the finger at Russia’s terrible homophobic laws, but for all that it gets wrong, Russia is doing the right thing by its children in this instance.
The Guttmacher Institute’s report finding a recent reduction in the abortion rate has generated a considerable amount of media coverage, drawing analysis not only from Guttmacher but by Andrew Sullivan and writers for The New Republic, Slate, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Most of these commentators appear to have a vested interest in giving pro-lifers as little credit as possible for the recent decline in the abortion rate, but the theories they offer are either problematic or incomplete. Below is a quick summary of the explanations put forth by various analysts as to why the abortion rate declined by 13 percent between 2008 and 2011: The slow economy: In their report, Guttmacher theorizes […]
The Girl Scouts have had a disturbing, well-documented relationship with the abortion lobby for a long time. The organization finally overplayed its hand this past December by giving its stamp of approval to two infamous pro-abortion women, Wendy Davis and Kathleen Sebelius. This drew a boycott of Girl Scout cookies, called CookieCott2014. Yesterday the America Heritage Girls, a faith-based alternative to the Girl Scouts, announced a new Respect Life Patch, which ”reinforces the organization’s commitment to honoring life from conception to natural death.” How to earn the patch? From the press release: Troops representing more than 30,000 girls in 48 states can earn the patch by participating in an event […]
American Cancer Society Gives Planned Parenthood Grant Money for Just Saying No – to Smoking by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith DES MOINES, Iowa, March 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American Cancer Society has awarded Planned Parenthood a $5,000 grant to train staff to help their “patients” to quit smoking as part of a campaign to reduce cancer. The ACS grant will expand a smoking-cessation program begun by the American Legacy Foundation to 7 abortion centers of Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa. The ALF started the program in 2005 at Polk County centers with a $23,000 grant to which the […]
Canada to Tighten Laws Against Sex Trafficking with Proposed Bill Blocking Stripper Visas by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz OTTAWA, Canada, May 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Immigration Minister Diane Finley introduced a bill Wednesday that would prevent sex trade workers from entering the country on a stripper’s visa. Bill C-57 is intended to prevent sexual exploitation and trafficking of foreign workers under the guise of exotic dancer visas. “What we’re trying to do here is protect vulnerable foreign workers, ones that could easily be exposed to sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse,” Finley told the House of Commons Wednesday. “The previous Liberal […]
John-Henry Westen, Jon Fidero and I just came back from attending the annual Legatus Summit in Orlando, Florida that took place this past Thursday to Saturday. It was an astonishing event, in that every speaker was rock solid and of the highest quality from the pro-life and pro-family perspective. For those of us from LifeSiteNews and many others who heard John Smeaton's talk titled, “Bishops are the first ones called to be untiring preachers of the Gospel of Life”, his was the highlight of the conference. Smeaton's current-state-of-the-world speech was high calibre, very well prepared and revealed his thorough knowledge […]
Late last week came the news that Planned Parenthood of Illinois, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation have agreed to pay $2 million in a wrongful death settlement to the surviving young son of a woman who died after an abortion at a Chicago Planned Parenthood in 2012. On July 20, 2012, 24-year-old Tonya Reaves, pictured right, died after a late-term abortion at Planned Parenthood’s Loop Health Center from uncontrolled bleeding, according to court documents. Other reports have implicated a 5+ hour delay by the Michigan Avenue PP in getting Reaves to Northwestern and more delays in getting treatment there. At the hospital Reaves was allegedly found to be suffering from […]
I have long ago given up on the media fairly — or even accurately — reporting on the assisted suicide movement. Most stories exhibit some or all of the following bias methods: Adopt the advocacy lexicon of the assisted suicide/euthanasia movement. Center the narrative around a man who “just wants to die,” rather than an event, e.g. actual news. Word engineering by redefining terms and blurring moral distinctions to make reasoned ethical analysis more difficult. Only present the perspective of pro-assisted suicide activists. If an opponent of assisted suicide is quoted, make it a Catholic priest–or better yet, a bishop–to imply […]
An Aussie couple are pregnant with a type of conjoined twins so rare that only 35 cases have ever been recorded, but despite the advice of doctors, they are determined to see the pregnancy through and enjoy the arrival of the twin girls.
The Vatican's spokesman slammed the report, saying the UN has gone "beyond its powers" and "interfere[d] in the very moral and doctrinal positions of the Catholic Church."
For four decades, faithful Catholics have lamented the near-total absence of teaching on moral issues from Catholic pulpits – now a Vatican survey has incontestably shown their concerns were justified.
Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage slammed the move for "undermin[ing] the authority and sovereignty of the states" in regulating marriage.
“Congressman Richard Hanna ignored the will of the people by voting against common sense legislation that would ensure American tax dollars in ObamaCare and other federal programs aren't used to pay for abortions."
“In hastening a person's death, … we are not helping them in dying, we are directly ending their life. It is to give our doctors the authority to kill patients,” says Archbishop Christian Lepine.
The UN's report suggests a new "lay inquisition ... with dogmas established as universal for everyone under the United Nation’s shelter," says a spokesman for Spain's bishops.
The gathering of over 400 influential Catholic business leaders gave UK pro-life leader John Smeaton a standing ovation as he implored bishops to be "untiring preachers of the Gospel of life."
DEPO-PROVERA LEADS TO 100 TIMES GREATER HERPES SUSCEPTABILITY by LifeSiteNews.com HAMILTON, ON, April 25, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers at McMaster University have found that the abortifacient injectable birth-control drug Depo-Provera caused mice to be 100 times more susceptible to infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). The study, published in the current issue of the Journal of Virology (2003;77:4558-4565), also found that the mice injected with the drug had a significantly weaker immune response when exposed to the virus. While spokesman for Pfizer, the pharmaceutical which manufactures Depo-Provera, were quick to condemn the study, the researchers noted that the […]
Gates Foundation Explains Bill Gates Re: Vaccines Reducing Population by LifeSiteNews.com by James Tillman March 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – When Microsoft co-founder and population-control advocate Bill Gates spoke recently of using vaccines to reduce world population, he set off a wave of speculation over his possible allusion to covert sterilization programs. According to the Gates Foundation, however, the multi-billionaire in fact advocates vaccine use to decrease child mortality – something he claims actually decreases population growth. Gates’ comments occurred while he was speaking to a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference on how humans might reduce their CO2 emissions in order […]
“Christ did not die for the sins of the people”: Head of German Catholic Bishops’ Conference on TV by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White FREIBURG, Germany April 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – According to the chairman of the Catholic bishops’ conference of Germany, the death of Jesus Christ was not a redemptive act of God to liberate human beings from the bondage of sin and open the gates of heaven. The Archbishop of Freiburg, Robert Zollitsch, known for his liberal views, publicly denied the fundamental Christian dogma of the sacrificial nature of Christ’s death in a recent interview with a German television […]
Tony Blair’s Memoirs Reveal Dishonesty Was Dark Heart of His Anti-Life/Anti-Family Rule by LifeSiteNews.com Commentary By John Smeaton, LONDON, England, Sept. 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Tony Blair’s memoirs, entitled A Journey, have been published today and we have a copy at SPUC HQ. Here are some key points from it: “Politicians are obliged from time to time to conceal the full truth, to bend it and even distort it.” On Hans Kung, the theologian and notorious dissenter from Catholic teaching on abortion, euthanasia, contraception and much else: “My Oxford friend, Pete Thomson, always sung the praises, rightly, of the inestimable […]
Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life Receives Post-Election Death Threat by LifeSiteNews.com Commentary by Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director, Priests for Life WASHINGTON, November 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – I received the following message on my blog (https://www.priestsforlife.org/blog ) the day after the elections: “IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FATHER FRANK PAVONE “I am predicting that there will be more anti-abortion terror because of this election. I AM ALSO PREDICTING THAT THIS TIME IT WILL BE ANSWERED IN KIND BY PRO-CHOICE COUNTERTERRORISTS, who will mount similar terrorist attacks against well-known right-to-lifers. FATHER FRANK will be a natural target for pro-choice counterterrorists. “I […]
American College of Pediatricians: “It’s Okay for Parents to Spank”; Suggests Guidelines by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, December 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The American College of Pediatricians (ACP), a national medical association of licensed physicians and healthcare professionals who specialize in the care of infants, children, and adolescents, has issued a position statement on the use of spanking by parents, just as the Massachusetts legislature takes up a bill to ban that form of parental discipline. Despite scientific evidence suggesting that reasonable corporal punishment by parents is beneficial to children, the United Nations has pushed nations to ban […]
Head of Pontifical Academy for Life Reconfirms Morning After Pill Cannot be Used Even in Cases of Ra by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen VATICAN CITY, February 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Elio Sgreccia, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, spoke with LifeSiteNews.com Tuesday on the subject of the use of the morning after pill in cases of rape. Catholic hospitals in several dioceses in North America are currently administering the pill (Plan B) to patients who claim to be victims of rape. According to Bishop Sgreccia, however, the morning after pill may not be administered by Catholic physicians. The […]
Canadian bishops funded Mexican “Human Rights” group pressures state to provide abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent MEXICO CITY, October 5, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Mexican “human rights” organization funded by the Canada’s Catholic bishops Development and Peace organizaton is seeking to pressure the state of Guanajuato to conduct abortions, LifeSiteNews has learned. Meanwhile, a CCCB spokeswoman told LifeSiteNews today that there are “on-going” investigations of D&P funded groups by the CCCB beyond the already concluded investigations by the team that went to Mexico this past summer. The Mexican organization, which calls itself the “All Rights […]
Josie Duggar Released from, then Readmitted to Hospital by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Josie Brooklyn Duggar, the preemie baby born at 25 weeks gestation to the Duggar family of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” was released from the Arkansas Children’s Hospital neonatal intensive care unit last Tuesday before being re-admitted on Thursday when her vital signs began to drop. “Dr. Arrington told us to never trust a preemie,” said Jim Bob Duggar, according to People magazine; Dr. Arrington is co-director of the hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. “That is really true.” Fortifiers had been […]
New Study “Follows the Money” of Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith Edited 3:30 pm EST 5.12.2010 SAN FRANCISCO, May 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the thirty-seven years since the US Supreme Court ruled to legalize abortion up to the ninth month of pregnancy, the battle over the right to life has become a deeply entrenched and polarizing issue in American political life. But a new study suggests that feminist ideology no longer is the driving force to keep abortion legal, but that more sinister motives of commerce and profit are dedicated to keeping the billion dollar abortion industry […]
New Documentary “Blood Money” Seeks to Expose the Abortion Business by LifeSiteNews.com By Matt Anderson August 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A group of filmmakers have recently filmed a documentary that aims to expose the terrible reality of abortion, focusing on the financial aspect of the multimillion dollar abortion industry. The film, entitled “Blood Money,” includes numerous interviews with leaders of the pro-life movement, in which they lay out the facts about the abortion industry and the effects that abortions have on women. The film covers a variety of issues, including “Roe V. Wade, Planned Parenthood, the scientific fact that life […]
Duggars: We’re Open to 20th Child by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman TONTITOWN, Arkansas, August 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Now that their delicate youngest daughter has come home from the hospital, Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar of TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting” have said that they’re open to having a 20th child. “Our family is stronger than ever,” Jim Bob, 45, told People magazine. “We made it through the storm.” Josie Duggar was delivered by emergency C-section at 25 weeks gestation, after Michelle developed pre-eclampsia. She spent more than 5 months at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Arkansas Children’s Hospital. She finally […]
The heart association released new stroke prevention guidelines Thursday warning women that birth control pills increase their risk of high blood pressure, blood clots and stroke.
“Ms. Reaves’ tragic death demonstrates the dire need for increased inspection and regulation of Illinois abortion clinics,” Peter Breen of the Thomas More Society told LifeSiteNews.
“The time to act is upon us if we mean to preserve the basic foundations of marriage and family upon which our Country rests,” writes Chief Justice Roy Moore.
After a homosexual lobby group launched a complaint, the prosecutor say he has begun a preliminary inquiry "to clarify whether the allegations constitute a criminal offence."
"How can [Democrats] be against a so-called war on women when they take cues from a notorious womanizer? It's indefensible," says Washington Examiner commentary writer Ashe Schow.
Tory MP Royal Galipeau, who holds a perfect voting record on life and family issues, was recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma, but still plans to run in 2015.
An image making its way around the web shows teenage girls demonstrating their support for abortion with a French sign which, when translated, reads: “Pregnancy is a disease like any other: And I will get treated.” Pregnancy a disease? No way! Don’t these poor ignorant girls have access to something like Wikipedia? “Pregnancy is the fertilization and development of one or more offspring, known as an embryo or fetus, in a woman's uterus. It is the common name for gestation in humans.” Does that sound like a disease to anyone? Disease is a “disorder of structure or function in a […]
What can I do to stop Quebec's euthanasia Bill 52? You can sign the online petition: Quebec's euthanasia Bill 52 is lethal. You can email Quebec politicians to urge them to stop Bill 52: Bertrand St-Arnaud, Quebec's Minister of Justice and Attorney General: [email protected]. Dr Réjean Hébert, Quebec’s Minister of Health and Social Services: [email protected]. You can contact the Hon. Peter MacKay, Justice Minister of Canada, and urge him, that if Bill 52 passes: to equally protect every Canadian from euthanasia by challenging Bill 52 in the court as unconstitutional and to bring an injunction against Bill 52. Bill 52 is unconstitutional because it […]
WEST CHESTER, PA, February 7, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A woman considering abortion says that God used a broken-down transmission and the fervent prayers of sidewalk counselors to keep her and her husband from aborting their 18 week old son. Cartier, 21, and her husband live in a government housing project in Pennsylvania. They already had four children when Cartier discovered she was pregnant again and feared they’d be kicked out of their apartment because of an occupancy limit of six people. They decided to go to a Planned Parenthood facility in West Chester, near Philadelphia, for an abortion. This was […]
Organizers and local politicians have faced a loud backlash from the public, including a letter condemning the show by Catholic Archbishop Philip Wilson.
Barbara Kay of the National Post is a rare kind of columnist—a pro-choice writer who is willing to discuss abortion rationally. Kay, who is the author of several books and has been a weekly columnist for the National Post since 2003, has drawn the ire of Canada’s abortion extremists numerous times for writing columns examining the medical risks of abortion as well as suggesting that abortion, currently legal in Canada throughout all nine months of pregnancy, be better regulated. Several weeks ago, I had the opportunity to discuss the issue with her for about a half hour for my radio program, The Bridgehead. […]
Girl Scouts USA was a founding member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and is its largest member. In 2008 and 2009 over 60% of WAGGGS’ membership fees ($2.45 million and $2.3 million respectively) came from GSUSA. Prominently displayed on every Daisy, Brownie, and Girl Scout uniform is the World Trefoil Pin, to “represent their connection to the worldwide sisterhood of Girl Scouting and Girl Guiding.” (Source for graphic here.) The two groups are joined at the hip. In March 2010 WAGGGS bragged that one of its delegates, Nefeli Themeli, was among a group of young people advocating for “[a]ccessible, affordable and safe abortions” at the 54th session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations headquarters in New […]
Scientists and Experts Declare Amendment 2 Creates Constitutional Right for Human Cloning by LifeSiteNews.com JEFFERSON CITY, November 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This week over two dozen experts in science, medicine, law and ethics released an open letter to news media and the people of Missouri on the state’s proposed ballot initiative known as Amendment 2. They conclude that “the people of Missouri should know what they are actually voting on. Amendment 2 creates a constitutional right for researchers to engage in human cloning. Efforts to deny this are misleading and deceptive.” The signers include experts in embryology, microbiology and maternal/fetal […]
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The UN's Wednesday report on the Holy See “is evidence of how the tragedy of pedophile priests is used as an excuse and a cudgel to attack the Catholic Church," writes religion expert and sociologist Massimo Introvigne.
If Miley Cyrus really believes the biggest issue men have is that they watch too much porn, she should use her platform to encourage them to stay away from it.
Catholic League President Bill Donahue said he was "delighted" by Mayor de Blasio's decision because "I do not want to march with a public official who does not want to be associated with Irish Catholics."
Editor’s note: Sign a petition to stop the Belgian child euthanasia bill here. The Belgian media is reporting that the bill to extend euthanasia to children in Belgium will likely be voted on Thursday, February 13. The Belgian government announced today that the debate on the child euthanasia bill, in the Chamber of Deputies, will occur on February 12 and the vote will likely happen the next day, but possibly on the same day of the debate. Earlier reports suggested that the child euthanasia bill would be voted on in May. Why is the Belgium government fast tracking the child euthanasia bill? Similar […]
Oops! Looks like not all journalists agree Pope Francis is the people’s superstar pope. But all is not lost. If the pontiff wants to make inroads with liberal feminists, all he has to do is stop being Catholic! Huffington Post Religion Blogger Angela Bonavoglia gave some pointers to Pope Francis on women in her latest piece, “For Pope Francis: A To-Do List on Women.” As an introduction, she wrote, “Dear Pope Francis: As this new year unfolds, I've decided that, with all due respect, it is time for me to share with you my suggested ‘To-Do list on Women’” – which, among […]
In 1871, the Times condemned abortion in the strongest terms. Public revulsion, translated into policy, put that century’s abortion mills out of business. It could happen again.
In a wide-ranging speech Wednesday night, probable 2016 GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul highlighted the importance of marriage, life, and family to America's future.
The deputy mayor of a Norwegian city posted the photo to provoke reflection as the country debates allowing doctors the right to refuse to refer for abortions.
Today we celebrate Ronald Reagan’s 103rd birthday. A little-known fact is that Reagan is the only President to have ever published a book in office—and it was a book promoting the culture of life.
This week the Guttmacher Institute released a report based on their census of U.S. abortion providers. It contains abortion statistics up to the year 2011 — meaning this report contains the most recent data on the incidence of abortion in the United States. Overall, the news is good for pro-lifers. The abortion rate declined by 13 percent between 2008 and 2011, and it fell in 2011 to its lowest point since the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. The decline was fairly consistent across states. In only six of the 50 states did the number of abortions increase between 2008 and 2011, and […]
Quebec authorities have charged that the children suffered from poor hygiene, improper healthcare, and a lack of education, but the community has denied it.
The UN agency says education should not only to foster literacy and social advancement, but also to teach where and how to have an abortion and increase children's tolerance for same-sex behavior.
Alberta’s response to December's Supreme Court ruling is in sharp contrast to that of New Brunswick, where they have stopped prosecuting prostitution cases until a new federal law is in place.
Should thirteen-year-old children be learning about sexual intercourse and masturbation? According to one school, with the blessing of the Department of Health & Human Services, the answer is “yes.”
“Ultimately women cannot control their fertility through contraception alone, and need accessible abortion services as a back-up,” says the British Pregnancy Advisory Service.
The Church “cannot certainly give up certain teachings that are part of their deep convictions and also an expression of freedom of religion," says the Vatican.
2014 marks my 15th year of doing public speaking and serious activism for the pro-life cause. And over this time, I believe the most important development this experience has taught me can be captured in the observation of a priest friend of mine who heard me speak in 2005 and not again until 2013: “There’s something different about your presentations now,” he said. “They’re softer. There’s a softness there that wasn’t there before.” He’s right. The past few years I have learned to balance the head with the heart. Historically, when I would make an airtight (and I mean airtight) case against […]
They have nine children, but they're not Catholic or Mormon. And none of the children are twins. In a humorous spoof of the famous “Twelve Days of Christmas,” the 11-person Johnston family lays out 11 questions and statements commonly heard about their large family, and on the 12th Day of Christmas answer all of the questions. (“No, we're not a daycare.”) Based on a video done in 2007 by a family with six children, the Johnstons put their own version together and presented it this weekend at the “Operation Save America” leadership meeting in Concord, North Carolina. The video has […]
A report by a UN human rights committee is a thinly disguised ideological attack on the Catholic Church’s teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexuality under the guise of a critique of the sex abuse scandals, says a leading pro-life NGO.
The activist, who became famous after her mock testimony to Congress on the HHS mandate, has announced a run for Democratic State Senator Ted Lieu's seat as he's running for the U.S. House of Representatives.
If Morgentaler could break the law to challenge Canada's abortion restrictions, then so can Mary Wagner to defend the unborn, argued her lawyer at trial Tuesday.
“Every person and organization involved in the acquisition, preparation and construction of this or any abortion facility… are cooperating with the evil that will take place there," says Archbishop Gregory Aymond.
The semantics of brain death don’t lend themselves very well to deliberation without constant clarifications and re-definition of terms. ‘Life support’ is a good example. Think about it: If a person is dead then what purpose does ‘life support’ serve?
“Americans are being conditioned to accept sexual perversion as normal and good, and there is some big corporate money behind it,” Peter LaBarbera told LifeSiteNews.
Speakers include former MEP Dana Rosemary Scallon, LifeSiteNews editor-in-chief John-Henry Westen, and Centre for NaProEthics director Sr. Renee Mirkes, PhD.
The “Roadmap for LGBTI Rights,” called the Lunacek Report, passed this afternoon in the EU Parliament with 394 in favor, 176 against and 72 abstentions.
Trinity Western University’s application to create a law school has indeed fostered an environment of discrimination and intolerance - but it is TWU that is the victim.
The feminists threw bloodstained underwear at the cardinal while pushing their bare breasts onto him and shouting vulgarities. The activists blamed the cardinal for the Spanish government’s bill seeking to restrict abortion.
"The Guiding Star Project ... has finally given me the opportunity to do what I have wanted all along – to help and serve women, while respecting their dignity and the dignity of the unborn as well,” says Johnson.
Euthanasia and the Culture of Death are like the man-eating plant in Little Shop of Horrors: No matter how much you feed it, the beast always wants more! The Netherlands has been expanding the categories of the killable caste for decades. Back in 1991, a psychiatrist named Boudewijn Chabot assisted the suicide of a woman whose two children had died to fulfill her obsession to be buried between them. The Dutch Supreme Court ruled logically that was just fine because suffering is suffering, and it doesn’t matter whether it is physical or emotional. Now clinics are assisting the suicides of depressed patients whose own doctors […]
Men and women struggling with infertility know real heartache, but Americans have a civic and moral duty to confront laws that marginalize the already marginalized.
The man claims he was offered a job at Fontbonne Academy in the Boston area, but the offer was rescinded when he listed his ‘husband’ as an emergency contact.
Devastated after learning that hormonal contraceptives can end the lives of already-conceived babies, pharmacist Michael Kelly had an agonizing, life-changing decision to make.
“We have always maintained at the heart of this issue there is one simple fact: a marriage is about love," says the Scottish government's health secretary.
“Abortion rates are directly connected to the number of abortion providers,” Cheryl Sullenger, senior policy analyst at Operation Rescue, told LifeSiteNews.com.
“Lawfare—that is, costly nuisance suits—is an increasingly common tactic of the political left in Canada. Our video-recorded interview with Bernadette Smyth emphasizes a growing realization among many in the pro-life, pro-family movements.
Pro-Life Groups Horrified by Morgentaler’s Appointment to the Order of Canada by LifeSiteNews.com By Tim Waggoner OTTAWA, July 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s most prominent pro-life groups say that they are horrified that a man who is not only personally responsible for the elimination of Canada’s abortion law, but also for the death of over 100,000 unborn babies, has been presented with Canada’s highest civic award. In particular, fingers are being pointed at Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin’s rumoured decision to award the Order of Canada to the abortionist despite there being a divided advisory board. “If Morgentaler had any integrity […]
One of the few voices publicly supporting the new anti-gay "marriage" law that of the Nigerian Catholic bishops, who have issued a statement congratulating the government.
A new study [PDF] from the Guttmacher Institute reports that the abortion rate in the US has continued to decline and is now at the lowest level it's been seen since the 1970s. The study found a rate of 16.9 abortions per thousand women of childbearing age in 2011, though it did not probe the possible causes for the decline. But even as the abortion rate continues its slow decline, Planned Parenthood—the nation’s largest abortion chain—continues to perform more and more abortions and dominate the abortion market. According to their annual report [PDF], Planned Parenthood performed 333,964 abortions in 2012—almost 80,000 more than they […]
An opinion piece in The Guardian on Saturday by the Editor of the Daily Mail in Scotland, Kevin McKenna, provides a powerful critique of Margo MacDonald MSP’s Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill. Mr McKenna highlights that, although Ms MacDonald’s Bill contains safeguards and claims to ensure that only terminally ill people or those suffering from deteriorating progressive conditions can seek assistance with dying, it may encourage those suffering from depression to take their life. Mr McKenna reinforces this point by noting that Ms MacDonald’s proposed Bill mirrors the Oregon model which, when passed into legislation, led to a 450% increase in assisted suicides, 20% of which involved […]
The show is billed as "perfect" for "anyone who enjoys yelling at Jesus whilst watching a dramatic re-enactment of everyone's favourite fairy-tale: the crucifixion of Jesus the Christ.”
Another infamous Canadian abortionist has died. The Vancouver Province reported that Dr. Garson Romalis died from illness on January 30, incidentally almost a full pregnancy gestation since abortionist Henry Morgentaler died last May 29. When I learned of Dr. Romalis’ death, I couldn’t help but recall our encounter sitting in his medical office more than a decade ago when I was an 18-year-old UBC student. My classmate and I wanted to organize a debate on abortion; having heard of Dr. Romalis as a local abortionist, we went to his office and asked his secretary if we could speak with him about participating […]
“The whole battle against abortion is a spiritual battle,” Bernadette Smyth of Ireland's Precious Life told LifeSiteNews in Washington on January 21. “And unless we pray, we will never stop abortion, whether that be in Ireland or throughout the world.”
In an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly on Sunday, President Obama claimed there was "not even a smidgen of corruption" in the IRS' targeting of conservative groups.
Fr. Benjamin Kneib informed the women in advance that they could not receive Communion at a family funeral after learning of their relationship in the obituary.
Over a week later, and the networks have long forgotten about their scant coverage of the March for Life – after all, they have a whole year before they have to ignore it again. The pro-life movement, however, has forgotten neither the March nor the unserious and insulting way the broadcast networks reported on it – or didn’t. As CMI reported last week, ABC and NBC gave just 46 seconds of air time to the many thousands who braved freezing temperatures to join the 2014 March for Life in Washington, D.C. CBS didn’t even mention it. By contrast, the networks […]
Pro-life groups have reacted with outrage after the Irish Times newspaper claimed this weekend that high school pupils are being mislead on women’s medical issues by pro-life speakers.
Contrary to the judgment of the Supreme Court, abortion is not a private issue. It snuffs out the existence of a member of the human community—a person like us with a radical capacity for reason and freedom.
On August 31st, 2013, more than 50 women and their children were told by Sri Lankan population controllers that unless they accepted a hormonal contraceptive insert, they would not be allowed any future treatments at the hospital.
Operation Rescue has filed complaint against David Burkons’ abortion facility for advertising surgical abortions without being licensed to do them. RU-486 abortion pills already being dispensed.
Actor Sylvester Stallone Returns to Christian Faith, Includes Conversion in New Movie by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz LOS ANGELES, California, January 12, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sylvester Stallone, of “Rocky” and “Rambo” fame, has come back to his Christian roots, in a conversion experience that he says has released him from the pressures of the world. “The more I go to church,” Stallone said, reported Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink, “and the more I turn myself over to the process of believing in Jesus and listening to His Word and having Him guide my hand, I feel as though the pressure […]
Canada's pro-abortion movement rarely has anything compelling or intelligent to say, but every once in awhile they out-do themselves. Here's a few of those examples from the past couple weeks: 1. From the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada’s (ARCC) Facebook page, posting an article on sex selection abortion: Lessons from India: Here's an excellent article that explains in detail how the war against sex selection abortion in India contributes to the further oppression of women in many ways. Quotes: “The right of women to do what they feel is best for them in the circumstances they find themselves is sacrificed at the […]