Death on demand coming to Canada?

No more justifications that assisted suicide is about the “terminally ill for whom nothing can be done to alleviate suffering.” That patently isn’t true. Legislative proposals/laws that limit doctor-prescribed death to the terminally ill never have the “nothing can be done to alleviate suffering” part.  Thus, these restrictions are best seen for what they are–mere political expediencies deemed necessary by death ideologues to get the ball rolling. For that matter, so are requirements mandating that the patient actually take their own lives. Active euthanasia is the actual destination and always has been.  Here’s another example of the broad death license that the euthanasia/assisted suicide […]
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321 babies saved from abortion since March 5 … so far!

I was in Charlotte, North Carolina last week and have amazing news from that city. But first, there is even better news. Already in this 40 Days for Life campaign, we’ve had reports of 321 babies that have been saved from abortion! Praise God for His mercy and love! There are two reports today. One shows the power of a strong, consistent pro-life witness. The other shows the agony a woman goes through when it’s clear the “choice” to have an abortion is not her own. ——————————————————- CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA ——————————————————- John in Charlotte sent a quick note as a […]
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600 Priests and Deacons Denounce Notre Dame Scandal

600 Priests and Deacons Denounce Notre Dame Scandal by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Confraternity of Catholic Clergy, a national association of 600 priests and deacons, has issued a statement urging the University of Notre Dame to rescind the invitation to President Obama to be the commencement speaker for this year’s graduation and receive an honorary law degree May 17. The invitation has drawn criticism from Catholics across America, including 31 bishops and over a quarter million Americans who have signed a petition launched by the Cardinal Newman Society against the scandal […]
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50 MILLION GIRLS MISSING IN CHINA

50 MILLION GIRLS MISSING IN CHINA by LifeSiteNews.com CHINA, Sept 26 (LSN) – The Associated Press reported today the results of a World Health Organization discussion paper on China. The paper noted that more than 50 million women were estimated to be “missing” on the mainland because of parents killing or seriously neglecting girls. The report admitted that many were killed while still in the womb. The paper was listed for discussion at a meeting of the organisation’s Regional Committee for the Western Pacific.
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Editorial: Infanticide Goes Mainstream and Why Prolife Arguments Need an Update

Editorial: Infanticide Goes Mainstream and Why Prolife Arguments Need an Update by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac February 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There was a time, not so long ago, when pro-lifers, in an effort to galvanize the apathetic, would recount to them the disturbing opinions of a certain Princeton professor, Peter Singer, who, amongst other things, has long held that it is ethical to kill disabled newborn children. For instance, in a 2006 interview Singer was asked point-blank: “Would you kill a disabled baby?” His response? “Yes, if that was in the best interests of the baby and of the […]
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Homosexual Group Challenges Tax-Exempt Status of Catholic Church in Maine for Opposing Same-Sex “Mar

Homosexual Group Challenges Tax-Exempt Status of Catholic Church in Maine for Opposing Same-Sex “Mar by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert AUGUSTA, Maine, May 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A homosexualist group is seeking to strip the Catholic Diocese of Portland of its tax-exempt status, after the diocese announced it would gather support for a voter’s referendum on the new same-sex “marriage” law. The California-based Empowering Spirits Foundation filed the challenge Wednesday claiming that the Church’s signature-gathering violates IRS rules forbidding partisan political activity by non-profit organizations. “By their individuals going on television, stating what they were doing, they’re engaging in lobbying activities […]
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SHOCK: Newborns Who Suffer are “Better off Dead” – “World’s Most Prestigious” Bioethics Journal

SHOCK: Newborns Who Suffer are “Better off Dead” – “World’s Most Prestigious” Bioethics Journal by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac GARRISON, NY, February 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In 2005 the world was horrified when it was revealed that in the Netherlands doctors were not only openly admitting that they had killed disabled newborn infants, but that the medical institution was actively promoting child euthanasia through the so-called Groningen Protocol. The protocol – the full name of which is The Groningen Protocol for Euthanasia in Newborns – lays out a set of guidelines that must be followed in making and executing the […]
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Lisa Miller’s Daughter Appeared Traumatized by Visits with Lesbian ‘Mother,’ Court Documents Reveal

Lisa Miller’s Daughter Appeared Traumatized by Visits with Lesbian ‘Mother,’ Court Documents Reveal by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman RUTLAND, VERMONT, March 3, 2010 (LifeSiteNews) – The daughter of ex-lesbian Lisa Miller appeared to have suffered emotional trauma following forced visits with Miller’s ex-partner, according to sworn testimony submitted to a Vermont court. The affidavits, recently obtained by LifeSiteNews, give credence to claims by Miller that her daughter was being emotionally harmed by the visitations with her ex-partner Janet Jenkins, which were ordered by Vermont judge Richard Cohen following the breakup of the couple in 2003. Despite expert testimony and […]
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Charges Dropped against UK Preacher who Called Homosexual Acts a Sin

Charges Dropped against UK Preacher who Called Homosexual Acts a Sin by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White WORKINGTON, UK, May 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Charges have been dropped against Dale Mcalpine, an evangelical street preacher from Workington in Cumbria, who was arrested April 20 after he was denounced to police by a homosexualist police community support officer (PCSO). Mcalpine had, in a private conversation with a passer-by during his day of preaching, said that homosexual activity is a sin, in accordance with Biblical teaching. The Christian Institute reports that after reviewing the evidence, crown prosecutors decided to drop charges of “hooliganism.” […]
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Cameroon Tells Pro-Abortion UN Committee “Abortion is Murder”

Cameroon Tells Pro-Abortion UN Committee “Abortion is Murder” by LifeSiteNews.com By Samantha Singson NEW YORK, January 15, 2009 (C-FAM) – The committee that monitors state compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) will begin a new session in Geneva next week, but even prior to the meeting six of the eight states who will be reviewed have already been questioned on abortion. In a stinging written response to the CEDAW committee’s advance questions, Cameroon fired back that “abortion is murder.” CEDAW does not mention abortion, but the committee has courted controversy for […]
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FDA Records Indicate 28 Deaths in 2008 Related to HPV Vaccine

FDA Records Indicate 28 Deaths in 2008 Related to HPV Vaccine by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, DC, June 24, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Judicial Watch, a public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced this week that it has obtained records from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) documenting 28 deaths in 2008 that may be associated with Gardasil, the vaccination for human papillomavirus (HPV), up from the 19 deaths in 2007. The total number of Gardasil-related deaths is 47 since the vaccine was approved in 2006. Overall, the FDA documented 6,723 “adverse events” related to Gardasil in 2008, of which […]
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More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims

More Than 650 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims by LifeSiteNews.com POZNAN, Poland, December 18, 2008 – The UN global warming conference which concluded Friday in Poland faced a serious challenge from over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe who criticized the climate claims made by the UN IPCC and former Vice President Al Gore. A newly updated U.S. Senate Minority Report was released last week featuring the dissenting voices of over 650 international scientists, many current and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned against the UN. The report has added about 250 scientists (and […]
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Good News for Proposition 8: New Study Shows Polls Significantly Understate Support for True Marriag

Good News for Proposition 8: New Study Shows Polls Significantly Understate Support for True Marriag by LifeSiteNews.com SACRAMENTO, CA, September 19, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study has found that polls conducted prior to elections tend to greatly underestimate voter support for true marriage amendments that are set to appear on the election ballots. The study suggests that California’s Proposition 8, which will appear on November’s ballot, is likely more widely supported than pollsters claim. The study, which compared polling in 26 states, found that polls conducted prior to elections underestimated support for true marriage measures by an average of […]
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Supreme dishonesty on HHS mandate by Solicitor General Verrilli on Tuesday

NOTE: The original version of this post incorrectly said that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg claimed the Affordable Care Act “passed overwhelmingly,” with bipartisan support. Ginsburg was actually addressing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which passed with bipartisan support and was signed by President Bill Clinton. I regret the error. The Justice's statement can be seen on Page 11 of this transcript of the Court arguments last Tuesday on the HHS Mandate. Context to her statement can be seen in a long discussion leading up to her comment. Since the HHS Mandate requiring insurance coverage of abortifacients, sterilization, and contraception was […]
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Living in a dream world: NARAL prez says ‘we really do live in a pro-choice country’

Sometimes, all you can say is, “Keep telling yourself that.”  Elle’s Rachael Combe recently honored NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue as one of the “10 Most Powerful Women in D.C.” For Combe’s piece, Hogue told Elle that, “Even though states adopted 53 antichoice measures last year,” Americans “really do live in a pro-choice country.” Fortunately, the polls disagree. Hogue went on to explain, “I’m witnessing a resurgence of…it’s not even outrage—it’s just reaffirming basic values.” Basic values? Now that’s a new definition of pro-abortion absolutism.   Looks like Hogue missed the most recent polls – like CNN’s finding that 58% of Americans want all […]
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NAACP and Hollywood celebs receive Big Abortion’s highest honor

Someone just received a nice shiny award from the nation’s largest abortion chain. It’s not every day that one can simultaneously celebrate racism and heap accolades on an organization (the NAACP) founded to eradicate it. Planned Parenthood commemorates never severing from its racist and elitist past by centering a gala on the eugenist founder of the billion-dollar abortion empire—Margaret Sanger. And lest anyone think her original 1939 Negro Project slipped into oblivion, Planned Parenthood reminds us they’ve never stopped using prominent black figures to push their agenda of population control. Last night, Big Abortion had a big night honoring the NAACP, Nancy Pelosi, BET’s “Being Mary Jane”, and […]
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Pro-life witnesses save twins from abortion

It’s always a huge blessing when God answers your prayers … and a mother chooses life … and spares her baby. But how about when the Lord hears those prayers … softens one woman’s heart … and saves two babies! Well, that’s exactly what happened … warming up the volunteers in one of the coldest vigil locations. Here’s the story! ——————————————————- ANCHORAGE, ALASKA ——————————————————- It’s always great to get an email like the one I got from Jerad in Anchorage. “I have some really exciting news!” he said. “I am so joyful right now I can hardly stand it til I tell […]
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German Government Publication Promotes Incestuous Pedophilia as Healthy Sex Ed

German Government Publication Promotes Incestuous Pedophilia as Healthy Sex Ed by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen BERLIN, July 30, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Booklets from a subsidiary of the German government’s Ministry for Family Affairs encourage parents to sexually massage their children as young as 1 to 3 years of age. Two 40-page booklets entitled “Love, Body and Playing Doctor” by the German Federal Health Education Center (Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung – BZgA) are aimed at parents – the first addressing children from 1-3 and the other children from 4-6 years of age. “Fathers do not devote enough attention to the clitoris […]
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Miller Brewery Withdraws Support for Homosexual Festival; Catholic League Ends Boycott

Miller Brewery Withdraws Support for Homosexual Festival; Catholic League Ends Boycott by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White WASHINGTON, DC November 1, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The US Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights has announced that its boycott of Miller breweries has succeeded and that the company will no longer be supporting a sadomasochistic, anti-Christian homosexual parade in San Francisco which regularly includes full nudity and public sex acts. The League quoted Miller Brewing Company saying that “following a reviewâEUR¦we are aware of other disrespectful activities, objects and groups associated with or present at the fair which, like the promotional poster, […]
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Stop Foreign Aid to Nigeria for Banning Gay “Marriage”: European Union’s Homosexual Rights Group

Stop Foreign Aid to Nigeria for Banning Gay “Marriage”: European Union’s Homosexual Rights Group by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White BRUSSELS, January 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The European Union’s Intergroup on “gay rights” has demanded that all foreign aid to Nigeria be suspended after that country’s House of Representatives voted to prohibit attempts to create legal “gay marriage.” The Nigerian vote was unanimous this week in favour of a bill that “prohibits marriage between persons of same gender, solemnisation of same and other matters related therewith.” “The only result this law is going to achieve is a raising hatred against gay, […]
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The Atlantic’s abortion doula: ‘Grief is celebratory’

Normally, a “doula” is a woman who assists other women with birth. But Roc Morin, writing for The Atlantic, found a “full-spectrum doula.” “On Being an Abortion Doula” was about Annie Robinson, and explored the “range of emotions involved in helping women terminate pregnancies.” Robinson wrote to Morin that “the grief is celebratory” and that “some of the connections [with women aborting] are really joyful, and funny, and loving.”  To explain her attraction to her work, Robinson detailed how “I’m really interested in loss and grief.” She acknowledged that, “Even if the grief is celebratory, it still is grief and […]
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African Bishops at Synod Again Forcefully Warn of Destructive Ideologies Imposed by West

African Bishops at Synod Again Forcefully Warn of Destructive Ideologies Imposed by West by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White, LSN Rome correspondent ROME, October 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Warnings against the incursions of Western anti-family and population control ideologies continue to be sounded at the end of the first week of the Vatican’s ongoing Synod of African bishops in Rome. Yesterday morning, Buti Joseph Tlhagale, Archbishop of Johannesburg and president of the bishops’ conference of South Africa, warned that the “moral values embedded in the diverse African cultures”, are “threatened by the new global ethic which aggressively seeks to persuade African […]
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“Cry of Anguish”: African Synod Unveils Final Document Blasting Western Anti-Life Ideologies, Resour

“Cry of Anguish”: African Synod Unveils Final Document Blasting Western Anti-Life Ideologies, Resour by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White VATICAN CITY, October 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In their final document, the participants of the second Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa have denounced the imposition of foreign anti-life and family ideologies, issued a stern call for holiness and repentance by political leaders, blasted resource exploitation by multinational corporations and called for a rethinking of Africa by the rest of the world. At the penultimate press conference today at the Vatican’s press office, John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, archbishop of Abuja, […]
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The pope, the president, and the right to life

Pope Francis and President Obama met in Rome today, and the meeting has naturally generated commentary, both before and after the fact, including by the President himself at the National Prayer Breakfast last month. I am confident that the meeting itself will bear good fruit. I am not so confident that the commentary about it will bear as much fruit. What I mean is that I believe we are heading for a media and blogosphere circus in which commentary after commentary will reinforce the error that we can promote “human rights” and “social justice” while ignoring the most fundamental right of the most […]
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We welcome an open debate: the more facts Canadians have on euthanasia, the more they oppose it

Steven Fletcher MP intends to introduce two private members bills to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. Based on the order of precedence, Mr. Fletcher's euthanasia bills will not have time to be voted-on in parliament. Mr Fletcher has introduced these bills to create a debate on the issues in Canada. Sign the Declaration of Hope to oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) welcomes an open and forthright debate that provides all information and facts concerning euthanasia and assisted suicide. We are not interested in a one-sided debate. The more facts and information that Canadians have about […]
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DAY 23: The biggest change is in us

The next time you’re at an airport, look for Steve Karlen! And if you see him, why not buy him a cup of coffee? It seems like Steve, our North American outreach director, has been traveling a lot during this 40 Days for Life campaign. And he still has a bunch more stops to make before Day 40. Here’s Steve’s account of his visits to campaigns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. ——————————————————- MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY ——————————————————-               We had a great turnout in Morristown – despite the rain! This is the first 40 Days […]
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Jimmy Carter Using Abortion to Split Support for Republicans?

Jimmy Carter Using Abortion to Split Support for Republicans? by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, November 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former US President Jimmy Carter knows how to play his audiences. Last week Carter appeared on MSNBC’s Hardball slamming President George W. Bush in a fashion perhaps never before seenÂfrom an ex-President, but also last week Carter spoke toÂthe conservative Washington Times newspaper, revealing his apparently new-found strong pro-life views. Stephen F. Hayward, PhD., who last year wrote a book on Carter noted Carter’s political exploitationÂof abortion in the past. In an interview with National Review, Hayward recalled of Carter’s […]
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Tom Fletcher’s wedding speech video has been viewed 12 million times. I can see why.

So my blog post from last week highlighting the couple who took photos of the wife every day during her pregnancy and stitched them together into a beautiful video was viewed by…well…a LOT of people: 2,680,800 of them to be exact. That doubled the past record number of times any one item has been viewed on LifeSiteNews. The blogpost was also shared 384,000 times.  Not bad. It turns out that the husband in that video happens to be Tom Fletcher of the English pop band McFly. I didn't know that at the time (not that it would have meant much […]
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UK bishop responds to pro-abort Catholic MPs: If you don’t believe the faith, don’t go to Communion

PORTSMOUTH, England, March 26, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UK bishop is not backing down after incensing some Catholic MPs in Britain when he said political proponents of abortion and same-sex “marriage” should not present themselves to receive Communion. “My basic point was a simple one: that those who do not believe in and/or do not practice the main doctrines of our Catholic faith should not go forward to receive Holy Communion in a Catholic Church. They are not in communion with the Catholic Church,” said Bishop of Portsmouth Philip Egan to LifeSiteNews. “Politicians have many complex decisions to take, but […]
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6 lies about the HHS mandate and the Supreme Court cases

Over at The Federalist, Gabriel Malor runs down some interesting “illusions” (okay, he calls them lies) regarding the HHS mandate and the Supreme Court. Here’s a quick run-down: The HHS mandate is all about women’s rights. Nope: women don’t lose a thing if Hobby Lobby et al. win. What will happen if Hobby Lobby and others like them win their case is that women who do not wish to pay for others’ birth control and/or abortions will not be forced to do so. The HHS mandate is about gay rights. Admittedly, this one was new to me. However, there are some who are saying that […]
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Catholic Priest Has Only Glowing Praise for Pro-Abortion, Pro-Homosexual Marriage Candidate Barack O

Catholic Priest Has Only Glowing Praise for Pro-Abortion, Pro-Homosexual Marriage Candidate Barack O by LifeSiteNews.com By Cassidy Bugos CHICAGO, January 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Catholic priest Father Michael Pfleger of the Archdiocese of Chicago wants people to know that pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage Senator Barack Obama “is the best thing to come across the political scene since Bobby Kennedy.” Father Pfleger says he has known Obama for 20 years. “I think Barack Obama is in a class of his own,” he said. As an Illinois Senator Obama had the unstinting approval of the Illinois Planned Parenthood Council for his dependable support […]
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‘Kid President’ gets it right in letter to new-born baby (VIDEO)

If every person had the attitude of this kid towards new life, then believe me there would never be another abortion. Ever. Again. “And you, you’re awesome. You’re made that way!” “You’re made from love, to be loved, to spread love!” Click “like” if you are PRO-LIFE! This kid has it spot on. Well done.
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The abortion industry: it pays to be a big fat zero

What do you get when you fail to meet stated annual goals, reduce unhealthy outcomes, yet increase the number of deaths of human beings? Rewarded. Yes, Planned Parenthood gets rewarded with taxpayer-funded welfare each year for failing. Despite their Healthy People goals set in states across the country and federally with the CDC (e.g. Healthy People 2010, Healthy People 2020) and grossly missing the mark every single time, they get rewarded. They don’t have to show progress or success in addressing any so-called “healthcare disparity”. They’re accountable to no one and to nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Sometimes it pays to be a […]
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We will not give Obama his pinch of incense

W. A. Criswell, in The Offense of the Cross, points out, The Roman Empire was the most tolerant, the most liberal, the most wise, and the most accurate in its handling of the many provinces and religions of its empire of any kingdom that ever existed. Men could worship, have temples, and do as they pleased. And yet the Roman Empire and the Caesars persecuted the Christians. Why? For one simple reason: the Christian refused to compromise his faith with any other religion whatsoever. That refusal to compromise is seen in the response of the apostles themselves to the command […]
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DAY 21: Praying in the snow at the mud den

Thankfully, Steve Karlen, our North American outreach coordinator, packed warm clothing for his five campaign stops across the state of New York! Today, he mentions the cold conditions that these campaigns have endured. But the weather has not deterred them from standing strong for the unborn. In fact, courageously facing the cold can make your witness on the sidewalk even more profound … in the eyes of those driving by — and those entering the abortion facility. Here’s Steve’s report. ——————————————————- GOSHEN and NEWBURGH, NEW YORK ——————————————————-               I spoke at a joint event […]
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EXCLUSIVE emails: NBA player J.J. Redick badgered girlfriend after abortion, used racial slurs

In July 2013 MediaTakeOut.com broke the story that basketball star J.J. Redick had initiated an “abortion contract” with then girlfriend Vanessa Lopez to abort their baby. The contract stated the couple would attempt to ”maintain a social and/or dating relationship” for one year after the abortion, and if Redick reneged he would pay Lopez $25,000. Redick and Lopez signed the abortion contract the morning of her abortion, September 13, 2007. Lopez was never to see Redick again, but she never attempted to collect the $25,000. Paparazzi discovered the abortion contract in court documents. Neither Redick nor Lopez had anything to do with its release. But at the point the […]
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Yes, porn does trivialize rape

As I suspected, my recent article asserting that pornography fuels rape culture has proven to be pretty controversial for both sides of the debate—porn advocates claiming that no it doesn’t, and some even saying that the girls being beaten up in porn movies like it very much, thanks, and the conservative side stating that since there is no such thing as “rape culture,” the main point of my article is a moot one. The pro-porn side is the one that I find most interesting, simply because the critics generally chose to condemn my hyperlinks rather than my conclusions (one hyperlink was to […]
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Unborn had ‘right to live’ and ‘strict’ protections in ancient Persia: journal

Abortion advocates turning to history in an attempt to find justifications for the killing of children in the womb will have to skip over the entire history of ancient Persia it appears. According to a study released last year by the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in Iran, Ancient Persians saw abortion as murder, as “cutting off the roots of life and the most important blessing of God.” “Therefore, in their view, abortion equalled murder, and both doctors and priests condemned it,” the study, titled An investigation into the ancient abortion laws: comparing ancient Persia with ancient Greece and Rome, […]
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211 babies saved so far during 40 Days for Life!

Here we are at the halfway point of our 40 Days for Life campaign … and God has really been generous with His blessings! So far, there have been 211 babies saved from abortion that we know of. And maybe more! Here are a couple of stories about the impact of the peaceful, prayerful vigils. ——————————————————- LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ——————————————————-               Deana and other 40 Days for Life participants in Little Rock watched as three couples arrived at the abortion center – and all left without having abortions. The first couple arrived with a child. “They […]
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Mother of Suicide Victim Exhorts MPs to Criminalize Online Suicide Counseling

Mother of Suicide Victim Exhorts MPs to Criminalize Online Suicide Counseling by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski OTTAWA, June 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The mother of Nadia Kajouji, an 18-year-old student at Carleton University in Ottawa who killed herself after being coaxed to do so in an internet chat room, was on Parliament Hill yesterday calling on MPs to vote for a motion that clarifies that it is a criminal offense to encourage people online to kill themselves. Kajouji, a seriously depressed young woman from Brampton, Ontario, jumped into the freezing Rideau River in early March 2008. It was later […]
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Is “God Hates Fags” Leader Fred Phelps a “Gay Plant”?

Is “God Hates Fags” Leader Fred Phelps a “Gay Plant”? by LifeSiteNews.com GLEN ELLYN, IL, August 17, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Illinois Family Institute Executive Director Peter LaBarbera is condemning Kansas-based Fred Phelps, whose message, “God Hates Fags,” as one that “paint(s) any opposition to ‘gay rights’ as hateful.” LaBarbera adds that he wonders if Phelps’ is a “gay plant.” “Politically and culturally speaking, Phelps and his protesters serve as a crude caricature of pro-family traditionalists who oppose the normalization of homosexuality,” LaBarbera stated in his column Monday. “Fred makes an easy target for the media and secularists who are tempted […]
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Abortion Better than Adoption says European Parliamentary Assembly Proposal

Abortion Better than Adoption says European Parliamentary Assembly Proposal by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White BRUSSELS, June 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The UK’s Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned that an initiative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will bring the EU closer to mandating unrestricted legal abortion for its member states. PACE has proposed a draft resolution on the problem of the abandonment of children, particularly newborns, in Europe. But as with most discussions of the problems facing mothers, the resolution quickly reveals the strong pro-abortion mindset of its drafters, who call […]
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Notre Dame’s 40+ Year History of Unfaithfulness to the Church

Notre Dame’s 40+ Year History of Unfaithfulness to the Church by LifeSiteNews.com by Patrick B. Craine SOUTH BEND, Indiana, May 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) -The University of Notre Dame’s invitation of President Obama to deliver their 2009 graduation commencement address on May 17th has generated great controversy in the North American Church and shocked many Catholics who have looked to Notre Dame as the very model of Catholic higher education in America. This invitation, however, is by no means an isolated incident, and, in fact, is merely a continuation of Notre Dame’s progressive self-detachment from the Catholic Church over the last […]
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Critics Charge U.K. Equality Bill is About “Ideological Coercion” and Will “Reintroduce Discriminati

Critics Charge U.K. Equality Bill is About “Ideological Coercion” and Will “Reintroduce Discriminati by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, May 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the Labour government’s Equality act works its way through Parliament, critics are becoming increasingly vocal about the bill’s potential to stifle religious expression. A coalition of clergy, including sitting members of the House of Lords, some Labour MPs and leading opposition Conservative MPs have said that the bill is a direct threat to Britain’s ancient heritage of civil liberties and freedoms. The government’s proposed Equality bill is not about protecting the rights of minorities, but […]
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Elle magazine places NARAL president in 10 most powerful women list

Calling your opponents un-American and agitating for the most extreme pro-abortion position doesn’t just get you the attention of Daily Kos or Democratic Underground. It can get you props from a mainstream women’s magazine. Elle revealed its list of the 10 most powerful women in D.C. on Wednesday – and included NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue as one of the top picks. Hogue recently accused pro-lifers and tea partiers of “lying and cheating,” and posited that anti-abortion means “anti-American” (even when 58% of Americans want all or most abortions illegal). Elle's mission statement reads, “Our smart, irreverent take on fashion, beauty, and pop culture is at […]
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An open letter to the biomedical community on Down Syndrome and other undesirable life

This letter is addressed to every physician, scientist, and genetic counselor who believes in a eugenic agenda that targets the unborn specifically because of diagnosed genetic anomalies. It asks a series of penetrating questions that invite thoughtful response, and are not meant to be rhetorical. The first question is: WHO? Who taught you in medical school or graduate school that we doctors of science and medicine are the custodians of the human gene pool? Who was it that told you it was your job to keep that pool “clean?” They are serious questions, as I never encountered this philosophy, let alone […]
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Leading feminists: Abortion is ‘child murder’ and ‘infanticide’

Whoa. Is this true? Well, it depends on which kind of feminists we’re talking about. Founding feminists Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton firmly believed that abortion is “infanticide”. Referring to one specific rural county in Maine, they decried that there were “four hundred murders annually produced by abortion in that county alone.” “There must be a remedy even for such a crying evil as this,” the bold Anthony and Stanton declared in an article entitled, “Child Murder” (The Revolution, March 12, 1868, pg 146). These women, many of them proud mothers like Mrs. Stanton, embraced everything that made them […]
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Five states are down to only one abortion provider. So where are all those coat-hanger abortions?

Back in January 2010 I reported that the DC Abortion Fund had given the “gorgeous and touching” coat hanger pendant as a holiday fundraising gift. And it’s so très chic, constructed of “handmade sterling silver,” no less. Two days ago, National Review Online noticed DCAF is again hawking the coat hanger bauble, and this time Drudge picked up the story, drawing the abortion funder lots of scorn. An editor at U.S. News & World Report called DCAF’s give-away a “misguided parody” that “makes you wonder what goes on in the minds of people who think a trinket like that is a good idea as it lampoons the horrors of back alley abortions and […]
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Vatican Newspaper Issues CDF Clarification on Abortion in Wake of Fisichella Controversy

Vatican Newspaper Issues CDF Clarification on Abortion in Wake of Fisichella Controversy by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen and Hilary White, Rome Correspondent VATICAN CITY, July 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has today published a clarification from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) reiterating the Church’s stand against abortion. The clarification notes that it comes after the CDF received communications from political and church leaders expressing concerns about an article published in the same newspaper by the new head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, Archbishop Salvatore (Rino) Fisichella. The clarification is an impressive […]
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Bishop Vasa Severs Church’s Ties with Hospital over Sterilizations

Bishop Vasa Severs Church’s Ties with Hospital over Sterilizations by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine BEND, Oregon, February 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic Diocese of Baker, Oregon announced yesterday that it has severed ties with St. Charles Medical Center, in Bend, because the hospital has adopted practices that violate Catholic teaching and will not back down on them. “It is my responsibility to ensure the hospital is following Catholic principles both in name and in fact,” said Bishop Robert Vasa. The hospital, founded by the Sisters of St. Joseph 92 years ago, became a community non-profit organization in the […]
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UN EXPLICITLY DEMANDS ABORTION RIGHTS IN NEPAL

UN EXPLICITLY DEMANDS ABORTION RIGHTS IN NEPAL by LifeSiteNews.com GENEVA, September 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – In one of the most explicit demands for abortion legalization ever issued by a United Nations committee, on August 31, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) issued its Concluding Observations of the Committee on Nepal. While the United Nations frequently suggests it does not promote abortions in countries where the practice is illegal, the official UN report of the CESCR concluding observations, fully released only in the past few days, demonstrates the opposite. The UN report states, “The Committee urges the State […]
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Interview With Babette Francis on the UN’s Destruction of the Concept of Gender

Interview With Babette Francis on the UN’s Destruction of the Concept of Gender by LifeSiteNews.com Chicago, March 23, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Babette Francis is the president and National & Overseas Coordinator of the Endeavour Forum, Australia’s leading pro-life, pro-family lobby organization. She and her husband, Charles appeared on March 20 at the Cardinal Mindszenty conference in Chicago. The Mindszenty Foundation conferences have been occurring for 25 years in Chicago and serves as a forum for pro-family and pro-life thinkers to gather and exchange ideas. Francis is a prolific writer and speaker on all areas of life and family and has […]
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INVESTIGATION INTO HOMOSEXUAL PARENTING WARNS OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR CHILDREN

INVESTIGATION INTO HOMOSEXUAL PARENTING WARNS OF SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR CHILDREN by LifeSiteNews.com LONDON, February 5, 2002 (LSN.ca) – The largest investigation into homosexual parenting to be published in Europe finds that children raised by homosexual couples suffer serious problems later in life. The study, by sociologist Patricia Morgan, is released with the launch of her book on the subject, “Children as Trophies?”. The book reviews 144 academic papers on homosexual parenting and concludes that the healthiest way to bring up a child is within traditional marriage. See the coverage in the Herald: https://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,3709157%255E912,00.html
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Pope’s Promo for UN Child Rights Convention Must be Read in Context of Vatican Reservations: Vatican

Pope’s Promo for UN Child Rights Convention Must be Read in Context of Vatican Reservations: Vatican by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen NEW YORK, June 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last week, Pope Benedict XVI issued a telegram, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, saying there was an “urgent need” for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)“to be implemented to the full.” The telegram raised eyebrows among family activists, especially in the United States, since they have battled against the ratification of the document in their country. Reports on the telegram to date have failed […]
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Pro-Life Leaders Worldwide Concerned About Weakening of Vatican’s Pro-Life Stand in Wake of Uncorrec

Pro-Life Leaders Worldwide Concerned About Weakening of Vatican’s Pro-Life Stand in Wake of Uncorrec by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, April 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In recent weeks, pro-life Catholics from around the world have flooded Vatican offices with protests, petitions and letters asking for a retraction or clarification on an article published by L’Osservatore Romano implying that direct abortion could be morally justified or its evil mitigated in some “extreme circumstances”. However, since the March 15th publication of the article, provocatively titled, “On the side of the Brazilian girl,” by Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, the head of the Vatican’s Pontifical […]
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Interim Report on Catholic Sex-Abuse Says “Homosexual Identity” Not a Predictor of Sex Abuse

Interim Report on Catholic Sex-Abuse Says “Homosexual Identity” Not a Predictor of Sex Abuse by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith BALTIMORE, Maryland, November 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Authors of an interim report delivered to the US Catholic bishops on Tuesday told the bishops that their findings did not establish a causal connection between homosexual identity and the sexual abuse of minors. Margaret Smith, one of the leading researchers of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at their general assembly in Baltimore that their data so far does not prove homosexuality is a […]
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Irish Prelate Demands Resignation of Four More Bishops

Irish Prelate Demands Resignation of Four More Bishops by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White DUBLIN, December 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Catholic archbishop of Dublin is claiming the support of the Vatican in his demands for the resignation of four Irish bishops named in a government report on clerical sex abuse. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin issued an ultimatum to Bishops Raymond Field, Eamon Walsh, Martin Drennan and Jim Moriarty, saying he will petition the Vatican’s Congregation of Bishops to remove them if they do not resign. The demands for resignation come in the wake of a report commissioned by the Irish Department […]
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‘Pretty Woman’ and porn: Enslavement as entertainment

The 1990 movie “Pretty Woman” is still wildly popular; it relies on the Hollywood canard of the “hooker with a heart of gold.” In the movie, a prostitute is paid to spend the weekend with a wealthy handsome gentleman. The two fall in love, and she is swept off her feet by the courtly man who initially wished only to utilize her. Cue the hankies, sigh for the romance, and fade to black. Now, the movie is being made into a Broadway musical, which the Huffington Post declares will carry the message from the movie of ” the importance of […]
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Massachusetts assisted suicide bill is likely dead

Assisted Suicide bill H 1998 in Massachusetts appears to be dead. The Associated Press is reporting that: On Tuesday the Public Health Committee recommended the bill be sent to a study committee, a common way of essentially ensuring no action will be taken before the end of the formal session. On November 6, 2012 Massachusetts citizens defeated Ballot Question 2 (assisted suicide) by a vote of 51.1% to 48.9%. A close vote that indicated that the majority of Massachusetts citizens opposed the legalization of assisted suicide.   Yesterday, the media reported that Connecticut assisted suicide bill HB 5326 was likely […]
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Fred Phelps is dead. Here’s how NOT to respond to his death.

Fred Phelps is dead. I see that the reactions to his death are starting to flow through my Facebook news feed. One status update that I just ran across disturbed me for appearing to gloat that Phelps is in hell. Many others, I suppose, are having this same kind of reaction. After all, if Fred Phelps isn’t a candidate for hell, who is? He caused enormous suffering while he lived, often to those who were already suffering unimaginable grief, such as the widows of military members whose funerals he and his followers protested. During his life Phelps taught vile doctrines, […]
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112 nations at UN form ‘Friends of the Family’ coalition to fight back on pro-abortion, pro-gay push

Here's some encouraging news I'm hearing from the SPUC team at the Human Rights Council in Geneva: Many UN member countries, sick and tired of the constant bombardment from European and other first world member states about same-sex marriage, contraception and abortion, have established an informal group known as Friends of the Family, consisting of 112 member states. This cross-regional group is being formed in the context of this, the 20th anniversary of the International year of the Family, and immediately prior to the 25th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Pat Buckley, one of SPUC's veteran lobbyists […]
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DAY 16: If it saves one baby, it’s worth it!

Orlando is known for Walt Disney World and other entertainment attractions. But the city has its poor neighborhoods as well … and one of them is home to a large Planned Parenthood abortion facility. I visited the Orlando campaign this week, where 150 people attended their mid-point event — including one woman who came to angrily protest the event … but ended up thanking us for being there. That is just one of the moving stories from my visit to Orlando … and my stop in Springfield, Illinois. ——————————————————- ORLANDO, FLORIDA ——————————————————- Travel issues prevented me from arriving for the […]
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Austrian Bishop Laun Says Mall Owner Excommunicated for Providing Space for Abortion Clinic

Austrian Bishop Laun Says Mall Owner Excommunicated for Providing Space for Abortion Clinic by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen VIENNA, Austria, February 6, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Salzburg Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Laun has caused a stir in the German press by saying publicly that a Catholic businessman who rented space in his shopping mall to an abortion clinic has excommunicated himself. The businessman, Richard Lugner, at first threatened to sue Bishop Laun but has since thought better of the lawsuit but has not reconsidered his aiding and abetting the killing of unborn children. In an interview with the Catholic News Agency Austria […]
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Russia to ban child adoption for Belgians

Cheryl Eckstein, the leader of the Compassionate Healthcare Network sent out an important news story from Russia concerning Belgium extending euthanasia to children. The Voice of Russia reported on March 9, 2014 stated that: Russian officials have come up with a proposal to ban child adoption by citizens of countries where child euthanasia is permissible. The report states: Russian MPs have proposed to put a ban on child adoption by citizens of countries where the euthanasia of underage children is allowed. A lawyer, Larisa Pavlova, the Chairwoman of the board of Directors of the Parents Committee (a public organization) shares […]
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Surviving sex trafficking

“It’s not OK to buy and sell us. We are not for sale.” Vednita Carter wants this to be perfectly clear: human beings are not for sale. It’s a battle, she says, one where she is on the front lines. Carter used to be a prostitute. But don’t think of a woman wearing outrageous outfits, standing on a street corner. No, think sex trafficking. At 18, she was hoping to make money for college when she responded to an advertisement for “dancers.” At first, she danced fully clothed, but her bosses and then-boyfriend soon pressured her into stripping and, eventually, […]
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Connecticut assisted suicide House Bill 5326 is likely dead

The Record Journal news in Connecticut is reporting that the assisted suicide bill HB 5326 is unlikely to go to a vote this year. Yesterday the Connecticut General Assembly Public Health Committee held a public hearing on HB 5326. On March 6, 2014, less than two weeks earlier, the New Hampshire legislature defeated assisted suicide bill HB 1325 by a vote of 219 to 66. Connecticut and New Hampshire are both in the northeastern US.   The Record Journal reported Rep. David Zoni, D-Southington, a health committee member stating: “I don’t see a lot of strong support for it.”  While […]
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Massive Brazilian Vaccination Raises Suspicions of Covert Sterilization Program

Massive Brazilian Vaccination Raises Suspicions of Covert Sterilization Program by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman August 14, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The commencement of a massive, mandatory vaccination program in Brazil has raised suspicions among international pro-life activists, who note that the program is similar to others in recent years that have included a hidden sterilizing agent in the vaccines. The campaign, which was begun last week by Brazil’s pro-abortion Health Minister, Jose Gomes Temporao, claims that its goal is to annihilate rubella in the South American nation. Temporao, who has expended considerable energy to legalize abortion, claims he is concerned […]
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Love your enemy: Pray for Fred Phelps, dying founder of Westboro Baptist Church

Recently the Internet has been abuzz with news about the eminent death of Westboro Baptist Church founder, Fred Phelps. Most known for the “God hates fags” website and signs, Phelps is perhaps one of the most hated men in America. This is why it is no surprise to see comments wishing him a safe trip to Hell. However, I cannot understand this kind of behavior from those who claim to be Christians. I have stood face to face with members of the Westboro Baptist Church and tried to have a civil conversation with them. I have been screamed at and […]
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Is the Pro-Life Action League “targeting” abortion advocates?

This past Friday, the website Religion Dispatches published a story criticizing the Pro-Life Action League’s Lenten prayer and fasting campaign for abortion advocates Robin Marty, Katie Klabusich and Cheryl Chastine. Some of our opponents have characterized this effort as “harassment,” since we named the three and included pictures of them. Though author Alana Massey makes no secret of her pro-choice position, the piece is fairly even-handed, and I’m grateful for that. I spent nearly an hour on the phone with Massey being interviewed for the story, and she’s kind enough to call me “an exceedingly gracious person.” For my part, […]
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DAY 15: What better way to spend your time!

Leading a 40 Days for Life campaign is hard. It takes courage, time and sacrifice. In every campaign, we see new leaders in new places take a leap of faith and bring this effort to their city — or country! The Holy Spirit has taken 40 Days for Life to many new countries. Today, we highlight one of the two first-time campaigns in New Zealand, where 40 Days for Life is brand new, plus a campaign in Canada where there’s an additional international connection. ——————————————————- WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND ——————————————————- The first 40 Days for Life vigil in New Zealand’s capital […]
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Porn fuels rape culture

On the heels of a number of alleged sexual assaults at the University of Ottawa, the topic of “rape culture” is again in the headlines. Additionally, a U of O student leader Anne-Marie Roy revealed that in a Facebook conversation, several male student leaders had made sexually explicit comments about her—with one comment stating that she should be “sexually punished.” These new incidents bring to mind incidents occurring last year at St. Mary’s University, in which a frosh-week chant had male students chanting support for non-consensual, underage sex—“U is for underage! N is for no consent!”—and a variety of other […]
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Shocking graph: Planned Parenthood now performs a third of all US abortions

American Life League’s STOPP reported in February: Here are some comparative numbers based on the Guttmacher report entitled “Abortion Incidence and Service Availability in the United States, 2011,” and Planned Parenthood’s annual reports, showing Planned Parenthood’s ever-increasing share of the U.S. abortion market: Planned Parenthood committed 31.6% of abortions nationwide in 2011 Planned Parenthood committed 23.3% of abortions nationwide in 2006 Planned Parenthood committed 16.5% of abortions nationwide in 2001 Planned Parenthood committed 11.3% of abortions nationwide in 1996 Planned Parenthood committed 8.5% of abortions nationwide in 1991 Planned Parenthood committed 6.2% of abortions nationwide in 1986 The graph below […]
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The push for assisted suicide is not ‘liberty on the march’

The Hemlock Society Compassion and Choices spends millions a year–much from the culturally subversive George Soros–pushing the legalization of doctor-prescribed death. It is an ideological quest that divides the American people pretty much down the middle. Regardless of polling numbers–which can vary based on how the questions are asked–legalizing assisted suicide is definitely not a high agenda item on the American public’s “things to do” in public policy list.  Most people just aren’t that into it, even if they might abstractly support legalization in a poll. That’s why I got a chuckle out of the organization’s most recent annual report depicting their […]
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‘Death panels save lives’?

Yes, you read the headline correctly: Thaddeus Mason Pope–with whom I had the pleasure of publicly discussing these issues at the World Affairs Counsel of Philadelphia last week–has taken to the AJOB blog to claim that “death panels save lives.” To illustrate why this is wrong, I have to show the intellectual sleight-of-hand Pope deploys to supposedly prove his point. He does not use the term as popularly conceived, e.g. rationing under Obamacare. Rather, he refers to triage boards in organ transplant medicine. From, “Death Panels: Can We Handle the Truth?” In December, I defended the term “death panel” on this blog. Specifically, I demonstrated that […]
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Could the ‘pain capable’ 20-week abortion ban become a Pyrrhic victory?

Since November, much of the pro-life movement's legislative attention has been on one bill: Sen. Lindsey Graham's “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.” The Act, which would protect unborn babies from abortion at or after 20 weeks' gestation in all cases except rape, incest, and life of the mother, has been seen as the first pro-life bill since the partial-birth abortion ban that could actually pass into law. It hasn't even gotten much pushback from those who believe “incremental” legislation abandons those babies and women who would not be protected, and many believe just getting a vote in the Senate […]
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Five babies saved this month at Planned Parenthood’s ‘abortion fortress’ in Illinois

I’m happy to report that since the beginning of this month, five babies have been saved from abortion at the huge Planned Parenthood’s mega-center in Aurora, Illinois, where the Pro-Life Action League is especially active. This is especially joyous news considering how difficult it is to speak to clients at this location, which was deliberately designed to hinder pro-life outreach. The first came March 1 during a kickoff rally for 40 Days for Life. Sidewalk counselors Karen N. reports that a couple came out from Planned Parenthood and approached her as they were driving away. The woman nodded when Karen […]
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Washington state Planned Parenthood cuts its hours

Today’s update is from Steve Karlen, our North American outreach director. Steve reports from the state of Washington, where he visited five 40 Days for Life locations – all in one day! At one stop, he learned some very good news about a Planned Parenthood center that’s decreased its business hours … not once, but twice! ——————————————————- EVERETT and MARYSVILLE, WASHINGTON ——————————————————- I met with teams from both Everett and Marysville, where participants ranged in age from little tykes to senior citizens. And they’re making a big impact. David, the Marysville coordinator, told me the Planned Parenthood there continues to […]
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Hillary Clinton on Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law: “I Commend Oregon on this Count”

Hillary Clinton on Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law: “I Commend Oregon on this Count” by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen and John Connolly EUGENE, Oregon, April 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gave an interview with the editor of Eugene’s Register-Guard paper, Jack Wilson, on April 6, in which she praised Oregon’s assisted suicide laws. Clinton, who spoke in Eugene on the same day as leading conservative bioethicist Wesley J. Smith, commended Oregon for providing the “right” to assisted suicide. “I believe it’s within the province of the states to make that decision,” said Clinton when asked by Wilson […]
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To love—or kill—disabled children?

Sometimes life gives me emotional whiplash. On one hand, a little Canadian girl named Emma narrates a sweet short film, embedded above, about her younger brother Teddy, disabled by cerebral palsy. Teddy is valued and loved. From the New York Times op/ed introduction to the film by Teddy’s mother, Kelly O'Brien: My daughter Emma was just 3 when Teddy was born, with a viral infection he contracted in utero that caused extensive brain damage. This short film captures her love for Teddy, one not weighted down by disappointment, sadness or a full understanding of all the ways in which he wasn’t “normal”… […]
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The majority of Connecticut residents do not support assisted suicide

A comprehensive poll on assisted suicide done by the Marist polling firm found that the majority of Connecticut residents do not support assisted suicide and a strong majority of Connecticut residents do not consider assisted suicide bill HB 5326 to be a legislative priority. The survey of 1000 concerning assisted suicide bill HB 5326 — that would allow doctors to prescribe a fatal dose of drugs to patients who request it and are believed to have a terminal illness was done between March 6 – 9, 2014. The poll  The Joint Committee on Public Health has scheduled a hearing for the bill on St. Patrick’s […]
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This beautiful message to a mother scared of bearing her Down syndrome child will melt your heart

“I’m expecting a baby. I’ve discovered he has Down syndrome. I’m scared: what kind of life will my child have?” opens a heartwarming video addressed to a woman in real life expecting a baby with Down syndrome (DS). The video answers the woman’s fears with a stirring message from 15 beautiful people with DS. “Dear future mom, don’t be afraid, your child will be able to do many things.” “He’ll be able to hug you,” one says. “He’ll be able to speak and tell you he loves you,” another says. The mother learns that her child with an extra copy […]
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Bill Gates supports death panels

It is funny–in both the ha-ha and ironical senses–that those who often scream most loudly against the “death panel” meme often follow, sotto voce, ”But we need death panels.” The fact is that most of those in the technocratic classes want to medically discriminate against those who are seen as health care “takers” or perceived to have a lower quality of life. They’re just not sure how to get from “here” to “there,” and retain popular support. (Hint: They can’t.) Now in a Rolling Stone interview, Bill Gates joins the chorus. He says–like bioethicist Daniel Callahan–that we have to be careful about making technological […]
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DAY 13: 142 lives spared from abortion

St. Patrick’s Day should start with good news – and today we have plenty! So far during this campaign, we are aware of … … 142 babies who, through your prayers and the Lord’s mercy, have been saved from abortion. Praise God! Here are more stories of lives permanently changed on the sidewalks outside the abortion centers. ——————————————————- TEMPE, ARIZONA ——————————————————- We’ve heard much good news from Tempe. When prayer volunteers asked two young women if they wanted to talk, their answer was, “Yes. We heard you say you offer free ultrasounds.” Lisa in Tempe said the girls had become […]
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AP ‘corrects’ abortion ‘satanist’ story; Cruz, SBA react

Being a liberal press outlet may mean never having to say you’re sorry, but sometimes, you do have to print a “correction.” The AP provided a correction to a story yesterday by Philip Elliott that falsely claimed that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-UT, were “calling their opponents Satan worshippers and savages” during the Susan B. Anthony Campaign for Life Summit in Washington, D.C. on March 12. The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, U.S. News and World Report and several other organizations published the AP story, although exclusive video provided by the Media Research Center’s Culture and Media Institute showed otherwise. The AP’s “corrected version of the […]
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DAY 10: Extraordinary sacrifices

Even in a vocal, pro-abortion cultural climate, a 40 Days for Life campaign can thrive. But it takes sacrifice from the participants. This is especially true in places where volunteers endure persecution almost every day. This week, Steve Karlen – the North American outreach director for 40 Days for Life – visited the three campaigns in Oregon. There he witnessed the faith and courage of those who aren’t afraid to be voices for the unborn … no matter what obstacles they face. Here is Steve’s report. ——————————————————- SALEM, OREGON ——————————————————- It’s a very prayerful, very enthusiastic group in Salem. There […]
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Abortion fundraiser lists sponsors without their knowledge

UPDATE 6:20p: Awesome! Another supposed backer of this abortion bowl-a-thon has responded that he had no knowledge and wants out. I wonder how many ever really knew? 5:16p: The 21 annual Pro-Choice Resources Bowl-A-Thon is undergoing scrutiny as never before, and the findings are revealing – particularly to sponsors who never signed up to support this abortion group’s fundraiser. Brian Gibson, Executive Director of Pro-Life Action Ministries in St. Paul, Minnesota, sent emails to all the businesses listed on the Bowl-A-Thon’s sponsors’ page that weren’t aligned with abortion (like NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota and Medical Students for Choice) and heard back from […]
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U.K. Girl Guides Gear Up for New “Safe-Sex” Program

U.K. Girl Guides Gear Up for New “Safe-Sex” Program by LifeSiteNews.com By Elizabeth O’Brien UNITED KINGDOM, July 27, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.K. Girl Guides, an organization that originally promoted traditional Christian values, has conformed to the modern sex-saturated culture by seeking a new course on “safe sex” practices. According to a report in the UK Times, the program is based on results from a survey of more than 1,000 Girl Guides in Britain. Attempting to keep in touch with the changing needs of modern women, the survey asked them what life skills they think are most important. For senior […]
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Student loan debt is not just an economic problem, it’s a marriage problem

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a potential 2016 presidential candidate, recently argued that Congress should hike taxes on families and small businesses making more than $1 million, then use the tax revenue to let debt-ridden students refinance their college loans. As a progressive redistribution scheme it’s rather ingenious: It allows the government to take money from private individuals and businesses and give it to other businesses (i.e., college and universities), all while giving the impression of helping another group of private individuals (i.e., students who take indebt themselves by taking out college loans). Warren’s proposal is an brilliant blend of cronyism, […]
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David Cameron presides over largest liberalisation of abortion practice since 1967 Abortion Act

Prime Minister David Cameron has presided over the largest liberalisation of abortion practice since the passing of the Abortion Act in 1967. Under his leadership, former health minister Andrew Lansley (pictured), working closely with abortion providers and senior figures at the Department of Health, has managed to smuggle in what is in effect a nurse-led abortion service without the issue ever being discussed in parliament and without the knowledge of most of his own party colleagues. This is how he managed it. When the Abortion Act was passed in 1967 it was intended to allow abortion only in a limited […]
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Connecticut Gov. Malloy is unlikely to support assisted suicide bill

The New Haven Register reported today that Connecticut Gov. Daniel Malloy opposes assisted suicide. The Connecticut House is debating assisted suicide bill HB 5326, a bill that will have public hearings in the Public Health Committee on Monday March 17. On March 6 the New Hampshire House defeated the assisted suicide bill HB 1325 by a vote of 219 to 66. The New Haven Register reported that: Gov. Dannel P. Malloy leaned Wednesday away from legislation allowing a doctor to prescribe lethal medication to a dying patient in favor of a policy giving patients broader rights to refuse treatment.   “It’s […]
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Psychiatrist opens door to “rational suicide”

I have been warning for many years about the “rational suicide” movement within the mental health professions. The latest thrust to have psychiatrists sanction some suicidal patients’ self-destruction was just published in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry–alarming considering the euthanasia movement’s current energetic attempts to legalize doctor-facilitated death there. Psychiatrist Angela Ho argues that helping keep mentally anguished patients alive can be more harmful than their suicides. From the National Post story: Most guidelines for managing people with suicidal thoughts are based on the premise that depression, substance abuse or other forms of mental illness drive suicide. Little is said about […]
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DAY 9: Leaving for an ultrasound

It’s cold in many 40 Days for Life locations during this second week of the campaign! But that’s not stopping the prayers outside one really cold Planned Parenthood center. Before I share that story, here is a beautiful report about a saved baby that shows the power of prayer on the sidewalks … and the value of easily available ultrasounds offered by pro-life pregnancy centers. ——————————————————- BALTIMORE / FULLERTON, MARYLAND ——————————————————- The third 40 Days for Life campaign is now under way outside Whole Women’s Health in Baltimore’s Fullerton section. Jody, the local director, wrote to say she was excited […]
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Buffett Secretly Spending Millions on Abortion Med-School Scheme: NY Times

Buffett Secretly Spending Millions on Abortion Med-School Scheme: NY Times by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine OMAHA, Nebraska, July 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Billionaire investing mogul Warren Buffett has been secretly backing a campaign to combat the decrease in doctors who are training as abortionists and to bring abortion into mainstream medicine, revealed the New York Times this week. In her NYT magazine cover story, journalist Emily Bazelon describes how abortion “rights” activists are working to “recast doctors, changing them from a weak link of abortion to a strong one.” The piece, entitled “The New Abortion Providers,” claims that abortionists […]
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Buffett Abolishes Entire Charity Program Rather than Cut Off Pro-Abortion Groups

Buffett Abolishes Entire Charity Program Rather than Cut Off Pro-Abortion Groups by LifeSiteNews.com OMAHA, July 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rather than single out pro-abortion groups, Warren Buffett has ordered his subsidiary Berkshire Hathaway Inc. to abolish an entire charity program that enabled shareholders to choose which charities the company would contribute to—$197 million since 1981. Some pro-lifers boycotted subsidiaries like The Pampered Chef and Dairy Queen because some of the holding company’s donations were going to pro-abortion groups. According to Berkshire Hathaway’s press release, “about 3,500 charities have been designated annually, with schools the favorite (about 800 different institutions have […]
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UC feminist studies professor goes ‘berserk’ over pro-lifers, leads mob to steal signs

Ah, college: The free interplay of ideas. Tolerance for differences. Respect for subversive-of-the-status-quo opinions. Professors who want their students to think for themselves. Not! A UC Santa Barbara “feminist” professor has been accused by pro-life demonstrators of attempting to shut down a graphic anti-abortion demonstration, stealing a sign, and allegedly assaulting a kid who sought to retrieve it. From The College Fix story: A department of feminist studies professor has been accused of going berserk after coming across a campus prolife demonstration that used extremely graphic displays, leading a small mob of students to chant “tear down the sign” before grabbing one of the signs, storming […]
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Porn studies prof goes berserk at sight of abortion victim photos

UPDATE 3/13, 7:10a: Police have returned video a Survivors member took of UCSB Professor Mireille Miller-Young stealing one of their signs and assaulting 16-year-old Thrin Short. And it gets even worse. Turns out the professor enticed a student to break the law and steal the sign. Video shows Miller-Young physically blocked Thrin and her sister Joan from entering an elevator, pushed and scratched Thrin. The Survivors say they plan to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law, which includes getting this out-of-control professor fired. Survivors representative Kristina Garza wrote in a follow-up email this morning: [W]isdom can be garnered from this […]
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Clinical Psychologist Lists 5 Ways Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Harms Children Psychologically

Clinical Psychologist Lists 5 Ways Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ Harms Children Psychologically by LifeSiteNews.com SAN DIEGO, October 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Same-sex marriage is one of the hottest and most controversial domestic issues in America. As a result, many professional organizations have stepped into the fray and taken formal positions with the hope of influencing public opinion and policy. One such group is the American Psychological Association (APA) that has officially endorsed the legalization of same-sex marriage. Many psychologists, however, including members of the APA, disagree with the organization’s pro-same-sex marriage position. One of those dissenters is Trayce Hansen, Ph.D., a licensed […]
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Catholic Notre Dame University to Give Obama Honorary Degree on May 17, Against USCCB Policy

Catholic Notre Dame University to Give Obama Honorary Degree on May 17, Against USCCB Policy by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – White House Secretary Robert Gibbs stated today that President Obama will give the commencement address at Notre Dame University this year. The school confirmed the announcement, stating on its website that Obama will also receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the University’s 164th University Commencement Ceremony at 2 p.m. May 17 in the Joyce Center on campus. In 2004, the United States of Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved a […]
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Interview: Head of Vatican’s Liturgical Office says Principle of Refusing Communion is “Charity in T

Interview: Head of Vatican’s Liturgical Office says Principle of Refusing Communion is “Charity in T by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, July 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A high level Vatican official has reminded US bishops of their responsibilities to pro-abortion Catholic politicians, including the possibility of withholding Communion. Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera, the head of the Vatican’s liturgical office, told LifeSiteNews.com in an interview today that the guiding principle for bishops considering withholding Communion from pro-abortion politicians in their dioceses should be “caritas in veritate” or “charity in truth.” Canizares explained that according to Catholic teaching those who […]
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New Mexico attorney general appeals assisted suicide lower court decision

Today we learned that Gary King, the New Mexico Attorney General, appealed the activist lower court decision that undermined protections for New Mexico citizens from assisted suicide by finding a right to assisted suicide in the New Mexico State Constitution. On January 13, 2014 Judge Nan Nash, of the Second Judicial District in New Mexico legislated from the bench by allowing New Mexico doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to assist the suicide deaths of their patients in the case Morris v New Mexico. The Albuquerque Journal reported that: Nash found that the right exists under the New Mexico Constitution, which […]
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U.S. Bishops Come out Swinging against Abortion, Pro-Abort Politicians

U.S. Bishops Come out Swinging against Abortion, Pro-Abort Politicians by LifeSiteNews.com By Jonquil Frankham Friday, October 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In these final weeks before the American election, many US bishops are working hard to leave Catholics no doubt of where they must stand on the abortion issue when it comes to the ballot box. Bishops Robert W. Finn of Kansas City, Robert Hermann of St. Louis, and Edwin O’Brien of Baltimore have all penned strongly worded columns on abortion in the last few days, calling on their flocks to vote pro-life and to support the pro-life cause more generally, […]
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Biography Reveals Hillary Clinton Séance, Religious Devotion to Abortion

Biography Reveals Hillary Clinton Séance, Religious Devotion to Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, September 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new biography on Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton reveals that during her time as First Lady, Clinton participated in strange moments of imaginary conversation with a deceased Eleanor Roosevelt from the solarium atop the White House. Grove City College professor Paul Kengor’s “God and Hillary Clinton” also notes the religious devotion with which Senator Clinton advocates abortion. An overview of the book by Kengor’s Grove City colleague Dr. Warren Thockmorton notes that the book – with information from friends, colleagues […]
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Hollywood ‘Homosexualizing’ America

Hollywood ‘Homosexualizing’ America by LifeSiteNews.com By Terry Vanderheyden HOLLYWOOD, January 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This time, “Hollywood has gone way too far,” according to Stephen Bennett, Host of Straight Talk Radio, who is critical of Hollywood’s decision to award four Golden Globe awards to the homosexual cowboy movie, “Brokeback Mountain.” “Hollywood has sunk to an all-time moral low,” Bennett emphasized. “I guess 2006 will be known as ‘The Year of the Homosexual’ in Hollywood. With ‘Brokeback Mountain,”TransAmerica’ and ‘Capote’ winning several major ‘gender-bender’ Golden Globes – Hollywood is no doubt ‘out’ on a mission to ‘homosexualize America.” Felicity Huffman, a […]
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New Report Details Fudged WHO Numbers on Maternal Mortality

New Report Details Fudged WHO Numbers on Maternal Mortality by LifeSiteNews.com By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. NEW YORK, NY, May 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A newly released research paper identifies structural flaws in United Nations (UN) data collection and analysis of global maternal health, finding that UN maternal heath policies based on the bad data are jeopardizing women’s health in the developing world. The paper, “Removing the Roadblocks from Achieving MDG 5 by Improving the Data on Maternal Mortality,” by Donna Harrison, M.D., was published by the International Organizations Research Group (IORG) [IORG is a division of C-FAM, publisher of the […]
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Puppies and sheets: Going great lengths to hide the reality of abortion

Abortion proponents have been known to try to censor pro-lifers from showing the reality of abortion depicted in photos of the victims.  But there has been a recent surge. It’s interesting to me that showing abortion victim imagery generates so much negative energy from the other side. What’s the problem with owning what they support? On March 4 abortion proponents “erected a wall of censorship” around a Justice For All display at the University of Georgia according to The Daily Caller: To prevent members of the campus community from actually seeing the images, students from two pro-choice groups – the Women’s Studies Student […]
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Vatican ‘Gay’ Priest Ban Forcing Dissidents Out of the Closet

Vatican ‘Gay’ Priest Ban Forcing Dissidents Out of the Closet by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen ROME, November 23, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The leak of what has been confirmed by various sources as the Vatican document barring from enteringÂthe Catholic priesthood menÂwho are homosexual, has spurred comments from various leaders within the Catholic church. Some of those comments have exposed the commentators as willingly and resolutely opposed to the Catholic teaching on the matter of homosexuality and the priesthood. In addition, faithful Catholics both within the hierarchy and among the laity have spoken up to defend the Vatican’s statements, despite animosity […]
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Why Isn’t Homosexuality Considered A Disorder On The Basis Of Its Medical Consequences?

Why Isn’t Homosexuality Considered A Disorder On The Basis Of Its Medical Consequences? by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Melonakos, M.A., R.N. I worked as an RN for several years during the eighties and nineties at Stanford University Medical Center, where I saw some of the damage homosexuals do to their bodies with some of their sexual practices. As a result of that eye-opening experience, I much admire the work of NARTH in the research and treatment of homosexuality. I have long been concerned about the serious medical consequences which result from the gay-affirming attitudes that predominate in the San Francisco Bay […]
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Hang up the hangers

I love it when a pro-abortion mantra is proven to be a blatant lie. It’s especially gratifying when the source of the lie dispels its own myth. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the perpetually self-contradicting world of Planned Parenthood. The billion-dollar abortion giant tells huge lies all the time (I call it mythomania). They mask their gender control agenda under the guise of “rights” and “reproductive health”, asserting their power over the grossly (or willingly) misinformed. If only we had an institution that would call out big government-funded corporations and their corruption. If only we had a well-financed network of […]
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DAY 7: Bringing light into the darkness

Abortion facilities are dark places … their rooms are filled, not with hope and relief, but with despair and loneliness. For the first days of this campaign, we’ve talked about how the light has broken through the darkness at abortion centers – and, as a result, babies scheduled to be aborted have been saved. But the darkness is real and can’t be ignored … especially at one of the most notorious late-term abortion facilities in America, which is where we begin today. ——————————————————- GERMANTOWN, MARYLAND ——————————————————- Last week, an ambulance was called to bring a woman from late-term abortionist LeRoy […]
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Connecticut high school’s pro-life censorship makes national news

Another week, another case of censorship of student pro-lifers. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, from the long view. Battles like this get the abortion issue much more attention than were they never waged. And they give students real life lessons in the First Amendment right of free speech, which isn’t needed for pleasant topics we all agree on. But I know it’s hard on the personal level, and I give pro-life students all the kudos in the world for sticking to their guns in the face of adversity on behalf of the babies. So this time the censor is […]
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Focus on babies in missing Malaysian jet perturbs abortion advocate

This tweet by Jodi Jacobson, editor-in-chief of the pro-abortion website RH Reality Check, is a great prospect for psychoanalysis: The pro-abortion mind never fails to amaze me. Who would think of something like that, other than someone whose frontal lobe is steeped in abortion support? Jacobson was right that initial news reports on the likely disaster, and many headlines, included a special notation that either one or two infants were among the passengers… But Jodi asked a good question. Why is it that while all innocent deaths (presumed, but not confirmed in this case) are tragic, the deaths of babies are […]
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Students for Life President: Ignoring abortion like ignoring Holocaust

Here’s a message the media won’t want to hear: the dangers of ignoring the devastation of abortion. Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins compared remaining silent on abortion’s destruction to ignoring trains heading towards concentration camps. To a gathering of pro-lifers preparing to pray in front of abortion clinics, Hawkins declared, “We’re literally on the train track. Because this is where women are being led – to slaughter their children.” Hawkins spoke during a candlelit vigil on March 5 to kick-off the Washington D.C. 40 Days for Life campaign.  40 Days for Life is a campaign of prayer and fasting for […]
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Pushing polyamorous genetic-related babies

The bioethics movement grows ever more radical. In the reproductive field, many activists promote a near-absolute right to have a baby, the kind of baby we want, via any means we desire. The UK’s John Harris is a major voice in utilitarian bioethics discourse, who believes that killing so-called human non persons is A-OK. He has now written in favor of creating children using a process known as IVG–in vitro gametes–using stem cells to create eggs and sperm, and then fertilizing via IVF.  Harris extols the possibilities. For example, a single person could “self breed,” making a baby with only their own cells. Another use would be by same […]
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British Parliament to have a free vote on assisted suicide

The British media reported that the Conservative government in the UK will allow a free-vote in parliament on assisted suicide. First: The assisted suicide bill is a private members bill. Usually private members bills are a free vote. Second: Assisted suicide bills have been debated and defeated in the UK on several occasions. There is no reason why this time will be any different. On March 6, 2014, an Oregon style assisted suicide bill went to a free vote in the New Hampshire house of representatives and it was overwhelmingly defeated by a vote of 219 to 66. The New […]
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DAY 6: 44 lives saved from abortion – already!

It wasn’t long into this campaign before we got word of the first turnaround outside an abortion center. And so far, we have reports of 44 babies saved from abortion – that we know of! It takes faith and courage to pray and stand witness in front of an abortion facility. Some say it is a waste of time – but I beg to differ … and so do the moms who turn around at the last moment. God has not forgotten them … and neither should we. Here’s what I mean. ——————————————————- NORRISTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA ——————————————————- David Bereit, 40 Days […]
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Abortion proponents declare “state of emergency” on vanishing access

A March 6 New York Times article, “Abortion law pushes Texas clinics to close doors,” included a slide show, “Last day for last abortion clinic in the Rio Grande,” referring to one of two Texas abortion mills that closed that day. Above and below are a few of those pictures. Click all photos and graphics to enlarge… According to Think Progress, the number of abortion clinics is Texas is down to 19, from 44 as recently as 2011. By September 1 there could be as few as six abortion clinics in the state that meet the new ambulatory surgical center […]
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We Told You So: Britain Gobsmacked by Pope Benedict

We Told You So: Britain Gobsmacked by Pope Benedict by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, September 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – While anti-Catholic, secularist and homosexualist activists, with generous help from the media, have spent most of the last year attempting to derail the papal visit, the smart money was always on Benedict XVI taking every fight without breaking a sweat. And when the bell rang, and the eyes of the world were trained on the little island ring, it became clear from the first moment that Benedict’s opponents were hopelessly outclassed. From the first moments of the trip, while his […]
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U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Sodomy Law

U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Sodomy Law by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, June 26, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a 6-3 ruling today the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Texas law against homosexual sex acts unconstitutional. The ruling calls into question anti-sodomy laws in twelve other states. Justice Kennedy wrote for the majority, and only Justices Scalia and Thomas and Chief Justice Rhenquist dissented The case, Lawrence and Garner v. Texas (case no. 02-0102), began when John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner were arrested and pled “no contest” to charges of committing “deviate sexual intercourse,” defined under the Texas statutes as “deviate […]
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Vatican Urges Irish Bishops to “Own Up” to Guilt in Sex Abuse Scandals

Vatican Urges Irish Bishops to “Own Up” to Guilt in Sex Abuse Scandals by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White, Rome correspondent ROME, February 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The sexual abuse of children is not just a “heinous crime” but “a grave sin which offends God and wounds the dignity of the human person created in his image,” Pope Benedict XVI said today following meetings with 24 Irish bishops. In his remarks the pope also linked the abuse crisis in Ireland to “the more general crisis of faith affecting the Church.” The members of the Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference are in Rome […]
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“Gender Mainstreaming”: A Silent Revolution Dismantling Civilization

“Gender Mainstreaming”: A Silent Revolution Dismantling Civilization by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White (To read the complete article by Gabriell Kuby, see: www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008_docs/GenderMainstreaming.pdf) November 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) –”Gender mainstreaming,” an ideology that proposes to erase the foundational unit of western society, the natural family, is being infiltrated into laws and institutions around the world under the rubric of “equality” legislation and guidelines, says author Gabrielle Kuby. Kuby, the author of a 2003 book, endorsed by the former Cardinal Ratzinger, warning Christian parents of the danger of the Harry Potter book series, has written on the threat of the work of ideologues […]
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Networks never covered German home-school family’s plight

Illegal immigration might be a hot topic for the media, but the networks remained mum when the government denied asylum to a German family seeking the freedom to educate their own children.  Uwe and Hannelore Romeike along with their children came to the United States in 2008, seeking political asylum because home-schooling is illegal in Germany. The family wants to homeschool due to its Christian beliefs. Obama’s U.S. Justice Department refused asylum status, and chose to defend its decision in litigation. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal by the Romeikes on March 3 which initially signaled a deportation for the family. […]
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NARAL president: ‘Anti-abortion is anti-American’

Everybody says something stupid and offensive at one time or another. But it takes a special kind of ideologue to turn it into a speech repeated over and over. And that ideologue is NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue.  We missed it the first time she told a crowd that pro-lifers are “un-American.” That was at a Feb. 4 event in Washington, D.C. marking the pro-abortion group’s 45th anniversary (see video below). But Hogue liked it so much she said it again in San Francisco on March 4, at an event featuring Sandra Fluke, America’s most famous birth control user. And lest anyone […]
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NuvaRing lawsuit should prompt America to re-examine contraception

Recently, a years-long class-action lawsuit against Merck Pharmaceuticals saw renewed media interest after skeleton skater Megan Henry joined the lawsuit. Henry, who used Merck's NuvaRing in 2012, ended up missing this year's Winter Olympics.  Henry says the effects to her body have been devastating. They started with “a hard time breathing,” and concluded with “multiple blood clots in both lungs” and health risks if she was to get pregnant.  According to the NuvaRing website (graphic content warning), the device works through insertion into the vagina, and is supposed to remain inserted for three weeks at a time. Side effects include […]
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Happy International Women’s Day!

When I was a kid I hated my birthday. No point in having an Arthur birthday when everyone was off vacationing in tropical lands with their families for march break. As a teen, the soothing thought of sharing my special day with one Freddie Prinze Jr made the occasion much more bearable.  Today, as a young woman in her twenties, March 8th is more meaningful to me than ever before. Not only is it the magical day that the laws of my country finally chose to recognize my humanity, it is the day that women across the world celebrate their […]
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DAY 3: THREE more abortion centers — CLOSED!

Now isn’t that some great news? Reports have been rolling in from Texas – the state where 40 Days for Life began – that abortion facilities are shutting down left and right. The latest closures include three businesses where faithful 40 Days for Life volunteers have prayed on the sidewalks outside for years. Plus – there’s another abortion center where volunteers are very hopeful that the business they’re praying in front of will soon join the list. Here are the details. ——————————————————- BEAUMONT, McALLEN AND HARLINGEN, TEXAS ——————————————————- The three businesses closing are Whole Woman’s Health in Beaumont and McAllen, […]
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Dissecting a late-term abortionist’s faulty logic

Last week, my colleagues and I visited the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC at the tail end of a Genocide Awareness Project tour of American university campuses. Exhibit after exhibit featuring butchered humanity, dehumanizing propaganda, and as always, lists upon lists of the names of the lost made for a powerful experience. Afterwards, a few of us walked to the Lincoln Memorial and played just a few lines from Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech from a cell phone to remind ourselves that nonviolent action can, indeed, slow and eventually stop great injustices. Contrast […]
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Legalizing prostitution doesn’t protect women, it turns sex into big business

It’s the oldest profession, right? It’s worldwide, and attempts to criminalize it don’t seem to work. Does legalizing prostitution solve any problems? That’s the question Nisha Lilia Diu of The Telegraph set out to answer. In a lengthy piece that focuses on Germany, Diu visited brothels, talked to their owners, visited with prostitutes – all in order to see if the legalization of prostitution “works.” Germany legalized prostitution in 2002. The law was meant to to do a number of things, but primarily it was meant to give prostitutes legal standing, making their job like any other. Was it effective? […]
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New Hampshire legislature votes down assisted suicide overwhelmingly

Nancy Elliott, a Euthanasia Prevention Coalition International board member and a former three term New Hampshire state representative led the charge to defeat assisted suicide bill HB 1325 in New Hampshire.  Nancy Elliott posted the following message on her facebook page: Some of you may have heard by now that HB 1325 for Assisted Suicide was killed 219 to 66, by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. It went down in flames. This was the last of three bills and the most direct one promoting Assisted Suicide. We will continue to be protected from Assisted Suicide in New Hampshire for […]
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A pro-life prayer for Lent

Lent is a season of repentance, which leads to life. Priests for Life urges all Christians to join us in saying the Lenten Pro-life Prayer, and making a special commitment to help others to see and defend the dignity of every human life, starting with the unborn. Father of all mercy, We thank you for this season of grace and light. We know that sin has blinded us. Draw us ever closer to you, in prayer and penance. Since you, O God, are light itself, Give all your people a clearer understanding Of what is sin, and what is virtue. […]
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Amnesty International Demands that Mexico Force Doctors to Do Abortions

Amnesty International Demands that Mexico Force Doctors to Do Abortions by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MEXICO CITY, February 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amnesty International, a “human rights” organization that opposes the right to life of unborn children, is now demanding that Mexico force doctors to do abortions. In simultaneous protests held last Friday in Mexico City and Madrid, Amnesty International and other pro-abortion organizations denounced the Mexican government for refusing to require physicians to perform abortions on rape victims and provide abortifacient “emergency contraception.” The protests were held in response to the decision to alter Mexico’s Official Norm 046 […]
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Homosexuals Charge Professor with “Homophobia” for Denouncing Homosexual Lifestyle

Homosexuals Charge Professor with “Homophobia” for Denouncing Homosexual Lifestyle by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman MURCIA, SPAIN, April 14, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Spanish homosexual organization has submitted a legal complaint of “homophobia” to the nation’s attorney general after a bioethics professor called sodomy a sexual perversion and said that homosexuality is a mental disorder. According to local media reports, Professor Gloria Maria Tomas of the Catholic University of Murcia was speaking at a conference when she said that homosexual behavior is “intrinsically disordered” and that homosexuality was removed from the list of mental disorders “for political motives.” Tomas clarified, […]
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Amnesty International Adopts Secret Pro-Abortion Policy, “Not to be made public”

Amnesty International Adopts Secret Pro-Abortion Policy, “Not to be made public” by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz NEW YORK, May 3, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amnesty International has adopted a new policy supporting a “right” to abortion, a move which the organization is attempting to keep secret from the public, according to reports this week carried by First Things and Consistent Life. Ryan T. Anderson, writing for First Things, reported on a buried policy statement he unearthed from the members-only, restricted-content page of AI’s US website. The policy outlined AI’s new position on Sexual and Reproductive Rights that “includes support for abortion.” […]
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Limerick Bishop Resigns after Sex Abuse Revelations: Pope Benedict “Deeply Disturbed” by Irish Scand

Limerick Bishop Resigns after Sex Abuse Revelations: Pope Benedict “Deeply Disturbed” by Irish Scand by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, December 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Pope has accepted the resignation of the Catholic bishop of Limerick in the wake of damning revelations of misconduct in cases of clerical sexual abuse of minors in the Dublin diocese between 1974 and 2004. Bishop Donal Brendan Murray, a former auxiliary of Dublin, said in a statement, “I know full well my resignation cannot undo the pain that survivors of abuse have suffered in the past and continue to suffer each day. “I […]
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Massive Pro-Life March in Madrid Attracts Hundreds of Thousands

Massive Pro-Life March in Madrid Attracts Hundreds of Thousands by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick Craine and Kathleen Gilbert MADRID, Spain, October 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A massive crowd of pro-life Spanish citizens captured international headlines Saturday after marching on the country’s capital to protest plans to loosen abortion restrictions in the country. Estimates for the numbers of those in attendance varied, with mainstream media such as CNN and the New York Times reporting simply “thousands” or “tens of thousands.” However, the Christian Post reports that Madrid’s regional government estimated the numbers of attendees at around 1.2 million, and a spokesman for […]
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Renegade employee transports minor for abortion in Catholic children’s services vehicle

On January 31, pro-life hero Cal Zastrow was standing vigil in the biting Michigan winter cold at the Women’s Center of Saginaw abortion clinic when an SUV bearing the insignia, “Holy Cross Children’s Services” pulled into the parking lot. According to Cal in an email update: The passenger was clearly a minor, appearing perhaps 15-years-old. The driver was an African-American woman, about 5′ 2″, wearing pants, jacket, and a name badge. The woman scurried in while the girl walked slowly, looking very sad and frightened to go in. She stared at us while we offered help. Neither of them spoke. Abortionist Roumell […]
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Conceived in rape traitors?

My friend Kelsey Hazzard, founder and president of Secular Pro-Life posted a blog on their website posing the question, “How can abortion supporters conceived in rape justify supporting abortion?”  My piece is in response to Kelsey's brilliant article, which poses a very sincere question in regards to a position I see has an anathema. When I first learned at 18 that I was conceived in rape, I felt very alone in this knowledge for many years.  I barely knew anyone else who was adopted with whom I could relate.  It was nearly 10 years before I finally met someone else who was conceived out of violence — Julie […]
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Book review: ‘A Mother’s Ordeal – One Woman’s Fight Against China’s One-Child Policy’

Steven W. Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute, has written a book that is brutally truthful and brutally hard to read. It should be: it’s about the most brutal of government policies, China’s one-child policy. Written in the first person, Mosher writes as “Chi An,” a young woman he first met in 1980. While he has changed certain facts and names in order to protect the woman he gives voice to, the story of her life in China is intimately true. Chi An’s life begins in 1949 or so – because she was a girl, there was no celebration […]
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Rob Ford’s Election as Mayor of Toronto: A Lesson for Pro-life, Pro-family Politicians

Rob Ford’s Election as Mayor of Toronto: A Lesson for Pro-life, Pro-family Politicians by LifeSiteNews.com By Campaign Life Coalition staff November 4, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – On election night, Rob Ford’s victory astonished the mainstream media and almost all the pollsters. They predicted a neck-in-neck race between Ford, a “right-wing” conservative, and the openly gay George Smitherman. Contrary to media predictions, Ford won a whopping 47.1% of the votes, leaving Smitherman in the proverbial dust with 35.6% of the vote. Toronto’s 2010 mayoral race contains a valuable lesson for pro-family and pro-life politicians who are timid about stating their position on […]
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Manitoba U Study Links Abortion and Mental Illness/Suicide

Manitoba U Study Links Abortion and Mental Illness/Suicide by LifeSiteNews.com By Patrick B. Craine Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researchers at the University of Manitoba have published findings of a study showing a link between abortion, mental illness and suicide. The researchers, from the departments of psychology and psychiatry, as well as obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences, found that abortion was associated with mood disorders, anxiety disorders, substance abuse and suicide attempts. They report that depression and drug dependence followed abortion in about half of the women studied. Additionally, women with a household income of $75,000 or more […]
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Abortion Causes Mental Disorders: New Zealand Study May Require Doctors To Do Fewer Abortions

Abortion Causes Mental Disorders: New Zealand Study May Require Doctors To Do Fewer Abortions by LifeSiteNews.com Special to LifeSiteNews.com By The Elliot Institute February 10, 2006 A study in New Zealand that tracked approximately 500 women from birth to 25 years of age has confirmed that young women who have abortions subsequently experience elevated rates of suicidal behaviors, depression, substance abuse, anxiety, and other mental problems. Most significantly, the researchers—led by Professor David M. Fergusson, who is the director of the longitudinal Christchurch Health and Development Study—found that the higher rate of subsequent mental problems could not be explained by […]
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Ontario Court Rules Five-Year Old Has Three Legal Parents – Father, Mother, Lesbian Partner

Ontario Court Rules Five-Year Old Has Three Legal Parents – Father, Mother, Lesbian Partner by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz TORONTO, Ontario, January 3, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Ontario Court of Appeal, in another major Ontario judicial activist decision, has ruled that a five-year-old Ontario boy has three legal parents. The Appeals Court, overturning an emphatic lower court ruling, granted the boy’s father, biological mother and the mother’s lesbian partner equal rights and responsibilities under law, in a decision released yesterday. “This ruling clearly shows the extent to which the homosexual activists will pursue their agenda regardless of the welfare of […]
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New Study Shows Double Cervical Cancer Risk for Oral Contraceptive Users

New Study Shows Double Cervical Cancer Risk for Oral Contraceptive Users by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman November 14, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study shows a strong correlation between the use of “the pill” and an increased cervical cancer risk. The study, which was conducted by researchers at Oxford University and appears in the current edition of The Lancet, reviewed twenty-four studies examining the cases of more than 50,000 women. It concluded that women using oral contraceptives double their risk of cervical cancer, and that the increased risk lasts for ten years after cessation of use. The study also […]
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Sex-Abuse Case Used as Ploy to Downgrade Vatican Status at United Nations

Sex-Abuse Case Used as Ploy to Downgrade Vatican Status at United Nations by LifeSiteNews.com ROME, August 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A US lawyer, Daniel Shea, is leading an effort to have the US State Department diplomatically de-recognize the Holy See using a sex-abuse lawsuit. The suit names then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, at the time head of the Catholic Church’s doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, accusing him of involvement in a conspiracy to cover up the sexual assault against three boys by a seminarian in Texas in the mid-1990’s. Shea, himself a former seminarian educated in […]
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D&P Accuses LifeSitenews of Association with Groups that Use Violence; “Far Right Wing Fringe”

D&P Accuses LifeSitenews of Association with Groups that Use Violence; “Far Right Wing Fringe” by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, March 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The official international development arm of the Canadian Bishops’ Conference has produced a 10-page document in which the organization accuses LifeSiteNews (LSN) and Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), Canada’s largest national pro-life organization, of association with “groups and individuals” who have used violence. Speaking about the organizations, such as LSN and CLC, that have accused the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace (D&P) of funding projects with partners that are involved in abortion advocacy, D&P […]
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40 Days for Life kicks off in 253 locations world-wide

It’s Day 1! And 40 Days for Life is already off to a big start. Your 40-day journey starts today … no matter where you live! There are 253 campaign locations — find the closest one … sign up … and help end abortion in your community. I spoke at the kickoff in Port Charlotte, Florida last night … while our North American outreach director, Steve Karlen, spoke in north Houston. Here’s a quick report from Steve regarding the first of many visits he’s planning this campaign. ——————————————————- LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS ——————————————————-                       The Little […]
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When a human being is not

The topsy-turvy world that has been created by the child killers touches families in very sad ways and from time to time we get a glimpse of exactly how dastardly the effects of these people and their hold on the culture can be.
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My birth mother gave me life in the darkest circumstance, and I held her hand during her last breath

There are moments in our lives that define us–that push us, sometimes kicking and screaming, to be the person we are or to realize the person we could be. For some, it's a series of life events, but for others, it's a single, defining moment of clarity that hits you like lightning from the Heavens. For me, this single, defining moment was meeting my birth mother and discovering that I was a child conceived, not in love, but by a brutal act of violence. I often wonder what my life would be like had I never went searching for her […]
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New UK government consultation on three parent embryos asks the wrong questions

The Department of Health last week published for consultation draft regulations to allow mitochondrial donation to prevent the transmission of serious mitochondrial disease from mother to child. The consultation will close on 21 May.   This new government consultation is not asking whether but how these controversial techniques for mitochondrial disease should be implemented. In so doing it sweeps aside genuine ethical and safety concerns in the headlong rush to push the scientific boundaries.    Rather like the motorist who asked an Irishman for directions and received the answer, ‘I wouldn’t start from here’ the government in this new consultation is actually asking the wrong questions. […]
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Vanity Fair busts Planned Parenthood in undercover NuvaRing sting

It appears Live Action isn’t the only organization nailing Planned Parenthood in undercover investigations. Add none other than Vanity Fair to the list. I’m late reading a 10,000 word exposé in the magazine’s January issue on the dangers of a hormonal birth control device called NuvaRing. The article is scathing, heartbreaking, and maddening. It is hard to fathom how birth control rings could still be on the market, when the FDA concluded back in 2011 they increase the risk of blood clots, known as venous thromboembolism, by 56%, and “carry a 90% greater risk of VTE than birth-control pills with earlier forms of progestin,” according to the article. (NuvaRing uses a third […]
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I’m not ‘parent 1,’ I’m Mamma!: Italians defy secularist and gender ideology in large ways and small

There’s a lot to love about Italy and the Italians. They can drive you nuts, but in so many ways, they’ve got their feet planted firmly on the ground, and can be relied upon to refuse to go along with a lot of the modern world’s wild shenanigans. I am reminded of the famous case a few years ago when the European Court of Human Rights, in an act of supreme arrogance, issued an order to the Italian government to remove all the crucifixes in every school and public office in the country. Some one had complained, and a whole […]
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Nod to life: Best Supporting Actor thanks single, high school dropout mom

Looks like the media are tiring of their attack on life, at least when that life turns out to be a celebrity success story. During his acceptance speech for Best Supporting Actor, Jared Leto told the story of his mother who fought to create a better life for him despite her status as a high school dropout and single mother. From Time magazine to ABC News, the media offered only praise for Leto’s words. Leto won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his controversial role in portraying a transgender diagnosed with AIDS in “Dallas Buyers Club” on March 2. […]
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Honduran Cardinal Alters Position, Now Agrees Communion Must be Denied to Pro-Abortion Politicians

Honduran Cardinal Alters Position, Now Agrees Communion Must be Denied to Pro-Abortion Politicians by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, May 18, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Hours after LifeSiteNews.com contacted pro-life leaders in Latin America to alert them to troubling remarks made by Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, the Cardinal corrected his statements. Carlos Polo, Population Research Institute director for Latin America approached the Cardinal about his remarks to time magazine which conflicted with Pope Benedict over the issue of communion for pro-abortion politicians. As LifeSiteNews.com reported yesterday, in a recent interview with Time magazine, Cardinal Rodriguez was […]
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