U.S. Feminist Nun Urges Liberal Religious Orders to Resist “Hostile” Vatican Visitation by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, March 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A self-proclaimed feminist religious sister has urged her fellows in the feminist Catholic movement to “non-violent” resistance against an upcoming Vatican-mandated visitation into the lives and works of American religious orders. Vatican visitors to the convent, wrote Sr. Sandra M. Schneiders, should be received “politely and kindly,” but not welcomed, honored or cooperated with. Sr. Schneiders, a member of the Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and a professor of New Testament studies and Christian […]
Mons. Raul Vera Lopez, bishop of Saltillo in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, baptized the16-month-old “daughter” of a lesbian couple this past Sunday
Oklahoma and Louisiana become the 16th and 17th states to enact rules that mandate hospital privileges and/or hospital transfer agreements for abortionists or abortion facilities.
“It has been ten weeks since I submitted my application to be green lighted. As of last week I had still not heard whether I would be allowed to run for the nomination," Gar Knutson said.
Free speech advocates also condemned the committee after it said that political activity against abortion by the Church could be seen as torture. The media also ignored this.
The abortion clinic where Lopez works, the Alabama Women’s Center for Reproductive Alternatives (AWCRA), has been cited for serious health code violations at least seven times between 2001 and 2013.
Quebec Judge Overrules Father’s Decision to Ground His Sixth-Grade Daughter by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White GATINEAU, Quebec, June 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Quebec youngster has used the courts to avoid parental discipline in a “landmark” case. The 12-year-old girl, who is too young to be named, went to court to force her father to overturn his decision not to allow her to go on a school trip. Her father had decided to ground her after he found out she had posted photos of herself on a dating website against his wishes. The sixth grader then took her father to […]
“The new study out of Australia on LGBT suicides shows yet again that homosexual relationships themselves are far more dangerous to homosexuals than the reactions of heterosexuals are,” Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council told LifeSiteNews.com.
2005 Polish Volleyball Champion Sacrificed Her Life for Unborn Child by LifeSiteNews.com TANROW, June 13, 2008 (CWNews.com/LifeSiteNews.com) – A Polish volleyball star who was buried on June 9 is being compared by local Catholics to Blessed Gianna Beretta Molla because of her heroic sacrifice for her unborn child. Agata Mroz, who was originally known for her athletic prowess, was buried in her hometown of Tarnow. Mroz was pregnant with her first child when doctors discovered she had a fatal case of leukemia. After consulting with her husband, Mroz delayed a bone-marrow transplant until after she gave birth to her daughter […]
Secretary Clinton “In Awe” of Racist Eugenicist Margaret Sanger by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a speech to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Awards Gala, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she admires “Margaret Sanger enormously, her courage, her tenacity, her vision.” Secretary Clinton said she is “really in awe of” Sanger for Sanger’s early work in Brooklyn, New York, “taking on archetypes, taking on attitudes and accusations flowing from all directions.” Immediately following a trip to Mexico’s Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the pro-life movement, Mrs. […]
A pro-life leader told LifeSiteNews, however, that while he believes Trudeau’s abortion edict will “hurt him in the polls,” he doesn’t think this particular poll proves it is happening yet.
A woman who says she directed the All Women's Health Center in Orlando for ten-and-a-half years has publicly explained how God got her out of the abortion industry.
“The Federal and Supreme Courts have made it clear that an employee can sue regardless of ministerial doctrine," ruled Superior Court Judge Catherine Shaffer.
List of Bishops Opposing the Notre Dame Invitation and Award to President Obama by LifeSiteNews.com SOUTH BEND, Indiana, May 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Following is an alphabetical list of bishops who have so far expressed disapproval of the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Obama to give the commencement speech and receive an honorary law degree May 17. Included are links to the original source as well as LifeSiteNews.com coverage. Current count: 83 bishops Bishop Joseph V. Adamec – Altoona-Johnstown, PA Statement: LSN Bishop John D’Arcy – Fort Wayne-South Bend, IN Statement: LSN Report Bishop Samuel Aquila – Fargo, […]
59: Two More Bishops Condemn Notre Dame “Embarrassment” by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert LONG ISLAND, New York, May 1, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two more bishops have publicly condemned the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Obama to speak and receive an honorary law degree at their May 17 commencement exercises. This brings the number of U.S. bishops known to have spoken against the honor up to 59. At the closing Mass of the Rockville Centre diocese’s Catholic Men’s Conference Saturday, Bishop William Murphy exhorted men to renew the Church by standing up for the principles of their faith, and […]
Exclusive: President of US Bishops’ Conference: Notre Dame Obama Invite an “Extreme Embarassment” by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NOTRE DAME, Indiana, March 31, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, has said that the University of Notre Dame’s decision to host and honor President Obama at their commencement ceremony this year was an “extreme embarrassment” to Catholics. “Whatever else is clear, it is clear that Notre Dame didn’t understand what it means to be Catholic when they issued this invitation,” George told the crowd at a conference Saturday on the Vatican document Dignitatis Personae. The conference was hosted […]
FULL TEXT: Archbishop Burke’s Keynote Address from Friday’s National Catholic Prayer Breakfast by LifeSiteNews.com THE TEACHINGS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 8, 2009 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Introduction 1. I am deeply honored to give the Keynote Address at this annual gathering of Catholics to pray for our nation. I express my heartfelt esteem and gratitude to those who, each year, organize and support the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. 2. The theme of this year’s Breakfast is most fitting to the difficult time through which our nation is now passing. Before the fundamental and great challenges which we as a […]
Seven More U.S. Bishops Make 24 Against Notre Dame Scandal by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 7, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Seven more bishops have publicly spoken out against the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Barack Obama to give the commencement address and receive an honorary law degree on May 17. In total 24 U.S. bishops have condemned the scandal . LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) today obtained Bishop William Higi’s statement in Sunday’s print edition of The Catholic Moment, the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Lafayette, IN. “Many people, including myself, who consider the University of Notre […]
UNICEF Nigerian Polio Vaccine Contaminated with Sterilizing Agents Scientist Finds by LifeSiteNews.com KADUNA, Nigeria, March 11, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A UNICEF campaign to vaccinate Nigeria’s youth against polio may have been a front for sterilizing the nation. Dr. Haruna Kaita, a pharmaceutical scientist and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, took samples of the vaccine to labs in India for analysis. Using WHO-recommended technologies like Gas Chromatography (GC) and Radio-Immuno assay, Dr. Kaita, upon analysis, found evidence of serious contamination. “Some of the things we discovered in the vaccines are harmful, toxic; some […]
“Fr. Jenkins Will Probably Lose His Job”: Nine More Bishops Make 42 against ND Scandal by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Nine more bishops have publicly acknowledged their disapproval of the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Obama to speak and receive an honorary law degree at the school’s commencement exercises May 17. Bishop Paul Coakley of the diocese of Salina, KS, told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN) today that he has written a personal letter to Father Jenkins expressing his “deep disappointment” at the invitation. Citing his grave concern over the President’s support for […]
52 Bishops Against Notre Dame “Betrayal” of Catholic Identity by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert SOUTH BEND, Indiana, April 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As the swell of criticism against the Notre Dame scandal continues to rise, three more bishops have spoken out against the school’s decision to honor president Obama at this year’s commencement ceremony, bringing the total number of opposing bishops to 52. President Obama is expected to deliver the University’s commencement address and receive an honorary law degree May 17. Bishop Joseph Galante of New Jersey’s Camden diocese weighed in on the controversy in the April 24 edition of […]
The Texas law has been particularly successful in closing abortion clinics, with at least one-third of the state's abortion centers closing since the law was enacted.
62: Three More Bishops Against Notre Dame Scandal, Obama Urged to Decline Invitation by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert SOUTH BEND, Indiana, March 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A total of 62 bishops have publicly condemned the Notre Dame scandal, with three more bishops expressing solidarity with Notre Dame’s Bishop John D’Arcy and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) policy against honoring pro-abortion politicians. The University of Notre Dame has invited President Obama to give the commencement address and receive an honorary law degree May 17. Bishop Reymundo Pena of Brownsville, TX has published an April 24 letter addressed to both President […]
Bishop Galeone: “I am Standing with my Brother Bishops” against ND Scandal by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 22, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Victor Galeone of the diocese of St. Augustine is the 43rd bishop to publicly condemn the University of Notre Dame’s invitation to President Obama to deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary law degree on May 17. “I am standing with my brother bishops,” said Galeone, in a statement released by the diocesan communications office. In Bishop Galeone’s brief letter to Fr. Jenkins, dated March 21, he stated: “I find it impossible to comprehend […]
Beverly Hallberg, president of District Media Group, said conservative activists should focus in interviews on what they are for, rather than what they're against.
“History will sort out right and wrong,” Josh Noel assures us of this in his May 27 Chicago Tribune column. Noel’s column features a photo (at right) of bandleader Lawrence Welk and singer Mildred Stanley displaying a sign urging the U.S. to keep out of World War II. Their sign says, “Keep US out of war. Be neutral.” The photo was taken at Chicago’s Edgewater Beach Hotel on September 11, 1939, just ten days after Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Noel says the sign they are holding and their isolationism now look “…at best, hopelessly naive.” Of course, we entered the […]
Belgium has jumped head first into the darkness that is the culture of death. Euthanasia deaths–the ones recorded, more are done sub rosa–have gone up 27% in one year. From the story: The numbers of euthanasia in Belgium have beaten another record in 2013 with 1,816 cases against 1,432 in 2012, an increase of 26.8%, according to the latest figures released by the newspapers Sudpresse group. “You could say that currently there euthanasia 150 per month in Belgium or, even more telling, euthanasia 5 per day,” the newspaper said. It is here that declared to the Commission control and evaluation […]
It seems like prime media bait: a group accusing a taxpayer funded organization of horrors from racism to sex trafficking. Except that the story is centered on abortion – and the accused is Planned Parenthood. Pro-life advocacy group Live Action has released an investigative report and video compiling “shocking activity” that occurs within Planned Parenthood’s abortion clinics. As part of a Planned Parenthood Exposed campaign, Live Action asked Americans to sign a petition to halt the $500 million per year in taxpayer money that funds Planned Parenthood. Members of Congress received copies of the report on May 28, according to the press release. Continues after video. In the investigative video and […]
This past Friday, LifeSiteNews published an article on a recent meeting between Pope Francis and a priest who campaigns against Church teaching on homosexuality. In retrospect we recognize that in the absence of certain necessary clarifications and contexts the story unnecessarily lent itself to misinterpretation.
Abp Chaput Weighs In Catholic School’s Battle with Lesbian Couple by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith BOULDER, Colorado, March 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, Colo. has stepped in to support a Boulder Catholic grade school who told a lesbian couple told they would no longer be able to enroll their children. The parish school of Sacred Heart Church in Boulder had informed a lesbian couple that their two children – one in kindergarten and another in pre-school – would be allowed to complete the year, but could not re-enroll, citing Archdiocesan policy requiring children’s families to […]
Jesse Ramirez, Considered a “Vegetable” Like Terri Shiavo, Now on His Way to Recovery by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith CHANDLER, Arizona, June 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Written off by doctors as a hopeless “vegetable”, an Arizona man would not now be on his way to recovery from an accident caused by a marital quarrel if not for his family’s unrelenting struggle for his life. The Arizona Republic reports that on Wednesday, Jesse Ramirez, awoke from his nearly month long persistent vegetative state (PVS) and now “can hug and kiss, nod his head, answer yes and no questions, give a […]
"This is a very positive result, and it is, of course, hugely significant for Election 2016," said Niamh Uí Bhriain, spokeswoman for the Life Institute.
May 28, 2014 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The cover of TIME magazine released on May 15, depicting a university pennant with the lone word “Rape” on it, marks a new height in public awareness (and debate) of what has come to be known as the “rape culture” – a prevalence of male domination, incursion, and violation against the sexual dignity and bodily sovereignty of females through physical actions, verbal harassment, mass entertainment content, structural norms in the workplace, and social behavior. First coined in the 1970s, “rape culture” has only entered the popular progressive vocabulary in recent years, starting in feminist blogs. […]
More than half of CRS employees' political donations over the last 24 years went to Barack Obama – and one employee quit to run his re-election campaign.
The 2013 Belgian euthanasia report indicates that the number of reported euthanasia deaths in Belgium increased by 26.8% in 2013 to 1816 reported deaths. Sign the EPC – Europe Petition demanding a moratorium on euthanasia in Belgium. In 2012 the number of reported euthanasia deaths in Belgium increased by 25% to 1432 reported deaths. The Belgian euthanasia reports indicate that the number of reported euthanasia deaths continue to grow at a faster rate. In Belgium, there were 1133 reported euthanasia deaths in 2011 and 954 reported euthanasia deaths in 2010. At the same time Belgium has recently extended euthanasia to children. The child euthanasia bill was passed after protests […]
Several events on campus this spring have confirmed and deepened my belief that Notre Dame is failing to fulfill its pastoral duty to bear witness to the truth.
To those of you who don’t think religious freedom is that important, I’ve got a message for you: It isn’t. It isn’t, that is, if you don’t care about any of your freedoms.
A power point presentation developed by Christine Koczmara RN BSc and Cathy Isman RN(CPN) (C) for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices states that it was estimated in 1999 that 98,000 Americans die every year from preventable medical mistakes which is almost equal to the number of combined yearly deaths from Car Accidents, Breast Cancer, and Aids (Link). A Canadian study from 2004 found that 7.5% of patients in Canadian hospitals are harmed from their care, 37% of the adverse events were preventable and more than 9250 Canadians died every year from medical errors (Link). The same power point presentation […]
“Have you ever debated some of the more prominent feminists on the abortion issue?” I ask. “All of them with the exception of Gloria Steinem, who never dared to debate me,” Phyllis Schlafly replies with a gravelly chuckle. And indeed she has. The 89-year-old Phyllis Schlafly has been involved in the pro-life and pro-family movement so long that many people credit her with actually inventing it. Born in 1924, Schlafly is an American constitutional lawyer, conservative activist, author, and founder of The Eagle Forum. She received her BA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1944, working her way through […]
The highest ranking prelate in Quebec is the first bishop in the French-language province to come out publicly on the matter of Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau.
A small group of family campaigners has for the moment turned back an internationally-backed effort to create homosexual “civil union” legislation in Estonia
Former Defense Secretary and newly elected head of the Boy Scouts of America, Robert Gates, who led the military to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, says that he would have allowed homosexual leaders for Boy Scouts of America.
Italian High Court Defends Crucifixes, National Sovereignty against European Human Rights Court by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White ROME, January 6, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Italy’s Constitutional Court has issued a ruling asserting the supremacy of Italian law and custom over the orders of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In November, an order that all crucifixes must be removed from Italian state schools from the Strasbourg-based ECHR caused outrage in Italy. Legal experts warned that the decision would undermine both religious freedoms and national sovereignty in all European Union member states. But the Italian High Court has said that where […]
A former judge has weighed in on the current Canadian abortion law debate by offering a clear and factual explanation of the 1988 Supreme Court ruling that struck down the existing abortion restrictions in the Criminal Code.
“Abortion clinics are willing to maim women simply to gain greater profits,” Dr. Jacqueline Harvey of the Reproductive Research Audit told LifeSiteNews.
We often hear outrage over the health care costs associated with smoking tobacco and obesity. But irresponsible sexual expression also extracts a fortune in health care costs, and we never see the same kind of unequivocal condemnation. Now, a column in the New York Times seems to advocate surrender to sexual irresponsibility in the AIDS fight: Rather than promote responsible sexuality, Donald G. McNeill, Jr. argues that society instead surrender to irresponsibility by providing the promiscuous with expensive anti-viral drugs as a prophylactic making them less likely to pass on the disease. From, “Are We Ready for HIV’s Sexual Revolution?”: There are still 50,000 […]
Assisted suicide is facilitated in Switzerland by suicide groups who assist the suicide deaths of their members. The assisted suicide groups charge a “membership fee” and fees for assisted suicide itself. Assisted suicide groups have their own “rules and regulations.” There are few national regulations for assisted suicide in Switzerland. Assisted suicide is when someone, or a group, assists the suicide of a person who has asked to die. Last weekend, at their annual general meeting, Exit, an assisted suicide group in Switzerland, decided to extend assisted suicide to healthy elderly people who are living with some form of physical […]
Some people wear their heart on their sleeve, others wear abortion – in neon lights. Pro-abortion San Francisco artist Michele Pred has unveiled the latest in abortion couture, the abortion purse. Quoting Vitaminw.co: At a new show opening tomorrow, a “Pro Choice” accessory, made from a vintage hat case [above], displays the writing in neon lights. Pred has also made a series of purses [right] – vintage style pocketbooks with big honking clasps and wrist straps from the days of the diaphragm. These powerful purses showcase words like “Choice” or a heart, spelled out in beautiful ElectroLuminescent wire…. It’s like a […]
Ah, irony. From Cecile Richards' commencement speech to Barnard College, an all-women school: These women didn’t wait to be asked. They just jumped headfirst. To borrow some wisdom from Lena Dunham, “Don’t wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.” If you hold out for an invitation, chances are good you’ll miss the party. And by the party, I mean life. Growing up, Mom always told me, “The answer to life is yes.” This is the only life you have so make the most of it. Take every opportunity and risk you […]
Rabbi Levin Tells Pro-Life March: U.S. Governors Must Nullify Roe v. Wade by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., January 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Leading a delegation of Orthodox Jewish rabbis, pro-life leader Rabbi Yehuda Levin fired up hundreds of thousands of pro-life advocates gathered at the 37th March for Life, and told them to lobby their state governors to use their state’s constitutional rights and nullify Roe v. Wade. “If we make noise we can be heard and make a difference. What are we doing about abortion?” declared the rabbi in an impassioned address to the massive throng. […]
Hundreds of Thousands Join 37th March for Life by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, January 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Weather reports in the days leading up to Friday’s March for Life warned of rain and snow; however, spirits were high and the weather good on the day of the event, with no snow or rain falling and temperatures remaining bearable. A sea of youth dominated the massive crowd, one of the largest – if not the largest – in the history of the 37 years of the annual March for Life. Organizer Nellie Gray told the press that the numbers […]
“We’ve had hundreds of people comment both through our office and on social media on this issue,” says Neil MacCarthy, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Toronto.
“When somebody says that the Church has ‘concentrated too much on abortion and euthanasia,’ I take it as a compliment for the success of ministries like Priests for Life," said Fr. Pavone.
Conservatives must defend marriage for both principled and practical reasons. The Republican Party cannot surrender the cause of marriage without also surrendering the cause of life.
Utter drivel. The left is trying to prove the GOP to be “anti-science.” As part of that effort, Amanda Marcotte, writing in Salon, makes another in the ongoing attempts among liberal media types to disprove the truth of Marco Rubio’s assertion that human life begins at fertilization—-which is what Rubio meant when using the popular term, “conception.” And just as the others, she actually undermines the very meaning of “science” that she purports to defend. Stating that a new human life begins at fertilization is basic embryology. But Marcotte sniffs that this biological fact is “anti science.” From her piece: The claim that “human […]
Last week Politico released the results of a poll of likely voters in competitive states and congressional districts. The results of their questions about abortion were interesting. Nineteen percent stated that they favored abortion on demand while only 11 percent favored banning abortion in all circumstances. The remainder favored two other categories where abortion would remain legal with some limits in place. These results were consistent with a body of survey data on abortion. Incremental pro-life laws enjoy broad support, but strong majorities think abortion should be legal in hard-case circumstances. However, Politico’s analysis of this survey question was misleading. In their May 19 article, Politico took the two […]
Planned Parenthood Recruits Numerous Hollywood Celebrities to Promote Pro-Abortion “March for Women’ by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – NOW, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the Feminist Majority, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America are enlisting the support of Hollywood celebrities to hopefully boost attendance at their April 25 “March for Women’s Lives.” A press release on the Planned Parenthood web-site revealed that supporters expected to attend include such figures as Helen Hunt, LisaGay Hamilton, Bradley Whitford and Whoopi Goldberg. The large […]
Tempest in a Teapot Over Mistaken Use of Federal “Wordmark” on Two March for Life Banners by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac OTTAWA, Ontario, May 16, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Canadian Press story printed in the Globe and Mail and several other major publications today, follows the cue of a group of Canadian bloggers who have “outed” Campaign Life Coalition over the past weekend for using a copyrighted federal “wordmark” on their March for Life banners. Pictures and videos of the March for Life banners with the offending wordmark have circulated around the internet since the March for Life took place […]
Iran Rejects Easing of Abortion Law by LifeSiteNews.com TEHRAN, May 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Iranian Guardians Council has rejected a law that would have eased abortion restrictions. The law, passed through the Iranian parliament last month, would have allowed the abortion of unborn children up to 4 months if the child had signs of deformity due to physical or mental handicap, and the handicap would pose a financial burden on the parents. “It is against sharia (Islamic law) to abort children who would inflict a financial burden on the parents after birth due to mental or physical handicap,” the […]
UPDATE ON MOM WHO TRIED TO FORCE DAUGHTER TO ABORT AT GUNPOINT by LifeSiteNews.com FORT PIERCE, Aug 8 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Glenda Dianne Dowis, 42, who according to police attempted to force her 16-year-old daughter to have an abortion at gunpoint, has been released on $50,000 bond early Saturday. Dowis is prohibited from having any contact with her daughter. The Sun-Sentinel reports that assistant States Attorney Dean Merten said Friday his office would review the charges – aggravated assault with a firearm and aggravated child abuse – and announce in about three weeks whether they will be pursued. Dowis faces up […]
Abortion Pill Kills 1 in 4 Children Aborted Early in U.S. by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – About one out of four children aborted early in America are killed by the abortion pill rather than a surgical procedure, according to an Associated Press report. The report concerns a Planned Parenthood study published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine touting the improved safety of a drug used in abortions that is now dissolved orally instead of vaginally – the latter being a technique that is more prone to causing severe and sometimes fatal infections. […]
Loyola University Researchers: Contraceptives Nearly Double Chance of Stroke by LifeSiteNews.com By James Tillman CHICAGO, IL, October 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com)—A new study by Loyola University Health System neurologists indicates that oral contraceptives increase the risk of stroke about 1.9 times. The study involved the analysis of numerous previous studies conducted on the issue. Nevertheless, despite this finding the Loyola University’s press release stated that the “benefits [of contraception] still outweigh risks for most users.” The research covers ischemic strokes, which are caused by the loss of blood supply to the brain. Overall, there are about 4.4 ischemic strokes for every […]
Famed NASA Astronauts Launch New Pro-Life Ad by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac July 16, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Twice before the pro-life organization CatholicVote.org has produced pro-life ads that have attracted national attention, being viewed millions of times online – despite the fact that (or perhaps because) major networks, including CNN, refused to air them. Now CatholicVote.org has announced the launch of another ad – the third in the “Life:Imagine the Potential Series.” And this time they are doing it with the help of famed NASA astronauts. Dr. Joseph Kerwin, the first American doctor in outer space, joined other former NASA […]
Justice Ginsburg: I Thought Roe Would Help Eradicate Unwanted Populations Through Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., July 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems to have made a stunning admission in favor of cleansing America of unwanted populations by aborting them. In an interview with the New York Times, the judge said that Medicaid should cover abortions, and that she had originally expected that Roe v. Wade would facilitate such coverage in order to control the population of groups “that we don’t want to have too many of.” The statement was made […]
Pope Decries the “Scandal Given by Catholics Who Promote an Alleged Right to Abortion” by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, DC, April 18, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At a Q&A session following Pope Benedict XVI’s Wednesday address to the Bishops of the United States, he addressed the “particular problem” of secularism in America. While it allows profession of belief in God, it “can subtly reduce religious belief to a lowest common denominator,” he said. Thus there is a separation “of faith from life: living ‘as if God did not exist’.” The Pope noted that rather than “thinking with the Church”, some […]
30 Percent of UK Women Seeking Abortion Suffer Domestic Violence by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, July 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An article on the findings of new research, published in Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (TOG), the journal of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, warns that doctors in the UK should be conscious of the high rates of domestic abuse among women seeking abortions. Researchers found that 30 percent of women having a second abortion said they were in an abusive relationship. Women having a third or subsequent abortion were over 2.5 times as likely to report a history […]
Thousands of Under-Age Abortions in Scotland under Government Sex-Ed Push by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White EDINBURGH, August 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Freedom of Information request has revealed that Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) has sponsored dozens of abortions for underage girls in Scotland in recent years. The Daily Record newspaper reports that 87 13-year-old girls and eight 12 year-olds as well as almost 3,000 girls under 15 had NHS abortions between 2000 and 2008. The government has responded to the statistics with promises of still more sex education in Scotland for young people, despite statistics demonstrating the failure of […]
Study Finds Injectable Contraceptive Leads To Obesity by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski GALVESTON, Texas, August 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study by Drs. Abbey B. Berenson and Mahbubur Rahman of The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, has found women who use the injectable hormonal contraceptive DMPA (depot medroxyprogesterone acetate) experience a significant increase in body weight and fat, and the obesity may persist even after stopping DMPA use. The research, published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, involved 703 women who were beginning the use of either birth control pills or DMPA, and compared them to […]
Pro-abortion politicians prevented a Christian pro-life advocate from telling teenagers not to commit suicide. (Give them points for consistency, at least.)
The pro-euthanasia movement in Australia has historically been pro-active in asserting that the feared “slippery slope” does not exist, yet has remained silent on the recent matter of child euthanasia in Belgium.
Paul VI also made four famous predictions about what would happen to marriage and society if the Church’s long-held teachings about contraception were ignored.
“Out of concern for safeguarding the reverence that is due Our Lord in the Eucharist, and to avoid scandal, one could possibly apply this norm even in the case of a pro-abortion Catholic politician who is extremely vocal about his position,” Ottawa’s Auxiliary Bishop Christian Riesbeck told LifeSiteNews.com.
According to the historian, "contraception is widely used by Catholic couples with the backing of confessors, moralists, bishops, and even bishops' conferences."
The straight-A student at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls told pornographers, "I want to be a major in biology, minor in chemistry, and I want to be an anesthesiologist.”
Katie Washington wrote that we should “strongly disagree with any employer — religious or otherwise — that would refuse to provide full insurance coverage, including contraception, for its employees.”
The people who go on the tour won’t just be focusing on the importance of killing people. They’ll also be living it up in an expensive hotel, and dining at top Krakow restaurants.
The media and homosexual backlash came, because 'instead of acknowledging their sin – as you had better do – they railed against me," he told his church on Easter Sunday.
On May 16, an embattled law finally took effect in Kansas that forced abortion clinics to provide a link to the state’s “Woman’s Right to Know” webpage. This verbiage was mandated to precede the link, all on the abortion clinic’s home page: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment maintains a website containing information about the development of the unborn child, as well as video of sonogram images of the unborn child at various stages of development. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s website can be reached by clicking here. www.womansrighttoknow.org Three of Kansas’s four abortion clinics have complied, albeit […]
"We know that demand is why sex trafficking exists," an expert told LifeSiteNews. "If people weren't buying commercial sex acts or demanding forced labor, there would be no trafficking."
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says he would not even advise a woman against aborting her unborn baby simply because she’s a girl because, as he said, the “Liberal Party is the party standing up for people's rights.”
"When something is harmful, such as smoking, overeating, alcohol, or drug abuse, and unsafe sexual behavior, it is my duty to discourage it," he wrote.
Justin Trudeau: My Positions on Abortion and Gay ‘Marriage’ “Don’t at all Resemble” Catholic Positio by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, December 1, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Given all of his speaking engagements at Catholic events, many Canadians not surprisingly believe Justin Trudeau to be an exemplary Catholic. However, Justin, like his late father – former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau – is extremely up-front about his dissent from Church teaching on abortion and homosexuality. Trudeau, who was a featured speaker at a 2001 major lead-up event for the 2002 World Youth Day in Toronto, appeared on a French-language CBC show in […]
Study: Breast Cancer Risk 66% Higher in Turkish Women with Abortions by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski ISTANBUL, July 28, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A study conducted by Dr. Vahit Ozmen and his colleagues at the Istanbul University Medical Faculty reported a statistically significant 66% increase in breast cancer risk among women who had induced abortions. The researchers wrote that their finding is similar to the findings of the “majority” of studies, which have “reported that induced abortion was associated with increased breast cancer risk.” However, the study also found that spontaneous abortion (miscarriage) and the use of oral contraceptives was […]
Is Aborted Fetal DNA in Vaccines Linked to Autism? by LifeSiteNews.com By Theresa A. Deisher, Ph.D. July 21, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Just when the pharmaceutical industry thought the vaccine-autism controversy had been resolved, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee has recommended further study of vaccine safety. A perceived fear of the safety of the U.S. vaccination schedule has led increasing numbers of parents to opt out of full compliance. The numbers of children who are not fully vaccinated has now reached a point where “herd” immunity may be compromised, compelling the Centers for Disease Control to hold town-hall meetings and convene […]
Gov. Tom Corbett said that since a challenge to Judge John Jones' decision overturning the state marriage law "is extremely unlikely to succeed on appeal," he has "decided not to appeal."
Amnesty International Calls Protection of Unborn in Nicaragua a “Great Horror” by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Latin America Correspondent MANAGUA, August 4, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Amnesty International (AI) has launched an international campaign against the government of Nicaragua, claiming that its law protecting the unborn from abortion is “cruel,” and “cynical.” “There is only one way to describe what we have seen in Nicaragua: a great horror,” said Kate Gilmore, Deputy Secretary General of AI, in a press conference held recently in Mexico. “The prohibition of therapeutic of abortion in Nicaragua is a shame. It is a human rights […]
“We are giving oxygen to the idea that there are different ways of looking [at] things. There just aren’t. And I find the existence of it pretty unpleasant," said one activist.
This stop of the From Ocean to Ocean Campaign in Defense of Life brought together HLI Vice President for Missions Fr. West with Father Matthew Habiger, OSB, former HLI president who served under HLI Founder Father Paul Marx, OSB.
Federal judges seem to have entered into an echo chamber of political correctness in their recent rulings in support of the homosexual redefinition of marriage.
"There may be a number of Gosnells in New York City, absolutely, and yet we’ve seen the vast majority of [abortion facilities] have never been inspected ever in New York State," says Chris Slattery.
Outside the high school as we engaged students in conversation about abortion, one teenage boy stood out. Smoking and pointing, he called the girls the most inventively vile names he could think of, and proceeded to think of the worst, most personal (under the circmstances) things he could possibly say, and then said them. A few of the other boys laughed harshly. It sounded hollow. He announced that abortion had to be legal because if he “knobbed” a girl, he’d need her to “kill the kid.” When the crowd of high school students surrounding us grew, I decided to see […]
What do half-a-dozen major sex crimes in America have in common? According to a new documentary by Family Watch International (FWI), they often start with pornography.
Archbishop Richard Smith says it's “abhorrent” that someone claiming to stand up for “people’s rights” would “exclude an entire category of humanity, namely children in the womb.”
The pro-life activist whose successful chain of crisis pregnancy centers is at the center of a legal assault by pro-abortion politicians in New York shares his experience in an exclusive interview.
A government social assistance program for the poor “will no longer benefit those [women] with many children, but will support those with few children,” a high-ranking official announced.
Children as young as nine are to be prescribed drugs which delay the onset of puberty as the first step towards a sex change operation (Mail on Sunday and Daily Telegraph). Doctors at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust said a trial of the treatment on ‘gender dysphoria’ patients aged 12 to 14 had been successful and it could now be offered even earlier. Monthly injections of the drugs, known as hypothalamic blockers, are used to slow the development of the children’s sexual organs by blocking the production of the hormones testosterone and oestrogen. The rationale is that by delaying the onset of […]
Stephen Sutton, who, at the age of 19, died of cancer on Tuesday, May 14 in Burntwood Staffordshire UK. Stephen was an inspiring example of a person who lived every day of his life with dignity. When he was 15, he learned that he had terminal cancer. Sutton decided to live every day, so he drew up a bucket list consisting of 46 things he wanted to do before he died. One of his goals was to write a book, which he accomplished in 2013. Another of his bucket list goals was to raise £10,000 for a Teenage Cancer Trust. […]
“The abortion industry in Louisiana, and the Delta Clinic in particular, have a long and undisputed history of reckless and illegal behavior,” Sen. David Vitter wrote.
I am deeply troubled by the reported intervention of Bishop Galantino (pictured), the secretary-general of the Italian bishops' conference, who, according to “The Tablet” has said: “My wish for the Italian Church is that it is able to listen without any taboo to the arguments in favour of married priests, the Eucharist for the divorced, and homosexuality … In the past we have concentrated too much on abortion and euthanasia. It mustn’t be this way because in the middle there’s real life which is constantly changing … I don’t identify with the expressionless person who stands outside the abortion clinic reciting their […]
Northpark Medical Group is the 20th abortion facility to shut its doors in the state of Texas, according to Kyleen Wright, president of Texans for Life Coalition.
Abortion-Tainted New Flu Vaccine From Vaxin Uses Aborted Fetal Cell Lines by LifeSiteNews.com LARGO, Fl., February 7, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Children of God for Life’s executive director, Debi Vinnedge, has issued a consumer warning that a new flu vaccine in early human testing is being produced using aborted fetal cell lines. In a January 12, 2005 letter, Vinnedge asked Vaxin, a Birmingham, Alabama biotech firm, to reconsider its decision to use PER C6 in its new flu vaccine. When the company did not respond, Vinnedge decided to go public with the information. “There are ethical alternatives to aborted fetal cell […]
Black people "are leaders in abortion…even though we’re the minority group,” Dr. Ashley Harrell told LifeSiteNews exclusively. “Why do we have to be first?”
Study Confirms Autism Boom – Correlates with Aborted Fetal DNA in Vaccines by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac Washington, DC, April 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent study by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has confirmed 1988 as a “change point” in the rise of Autism Disorder rates in the U.S. – a date that pro-life leaders say correlates with the introduction of fetal cells for use in vaccines. While the EPA study does not speculate into the cause of the jump in autism rates, and makes no mention of aborted fetal cells, the researchers point out that it “is important […]
He says his Catholicism, and his dissent from Catholic moral teachings, are both a cherished legacy from his father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
A letter from the Vatican says the pope “greatly appreciates the dedicated work” the group has undertaken “to promote respect for the lives of all unborn children.”
The state has a "legitimate need" to safeguard women from the industry's history of malpractice, shady ethics, and uniquely low standards, a legal brief obtained exclusively by LifeSiteNews states.
As is customary for a mainstream media outlet, Politico spun the results of its new poll question on abortion pretty much 180 degrees: When it comes to abortion rights, however, midterm voters are more aligned with Democrats than with Republicans: 54 percent say they support the right to an abortion either with no restrictions (19 percent) or some restrictions (35 percent). Forty-five percent said there should be either a near-total abortion ban with some exceptions (34 percent) or a total ban on the procedure (11 percent). Without looking at the numbers, a pro-lifer’s heart might sink by that news. But indeed, check […]
"When you get a tremendous outpouring of support from mainstream Americans, even those who are in the pro-choice and pro-LGBT communities, SunTrust has to listen,” an ally told LifeSiteNews.com.
With Adoption of Second Disabled Child Jim Caviezel Makes Good on Pro-Life Convictions by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White April 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jim Caviezel, the star of the blockbuster film The Passion of the Christ, told an interviewer that he had been challenged by a friend who was not pro-life to live up to his professed pro-life convictions and adopt a disabled child. The friend told Caviezel that if he did that, then he would change to the pro-life position. When Caviezel and his wife, Kerri, went to China to adopt not one, but eventually two orphans suffering from […]
Pro-Life Convictions Worth Risking Career For: “The Passion” Actor Jim Caviezel by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White August 25, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jim Caviezel, the actor who took the film world by surprise with his moving depiction of Christ in 2004, said this week that abortion has nothing to do with helping women and that he is willing to risk his career to say so. Caviezel gave an interview with the US magazine Catholic Digest, in which he spoke about the challenge he received from a colleague to adopt a disabled child as a demonstration of his well-publicized pro-life stand. Earlier […]
Star Studded Bible Story Project with Jim Caviezel as Christ Co-Produced by EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith NASHVILLE, January 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Jim Caviezel, star of “The Passion of the Christ”, is taking up the character of Jesus once again – this time in a dramatic audio production of the New Testament cast alongside many Hollywood stars like Michael York and Richard Dreyfuss. Thomas Nelson, Inc, the world’s largest publisher/seller of Bibles, announced Tuesday that Caviezel would reprise his role as Jesus with other Hollywood actors in The Word of Promise: New Testament Audio Bible, […]
Passion of the Christ Star Jim Caviezel Explains Opposition to Embryo Research by LifeSiteNews.com By Meg Jalsevac HOLLYWOOD, November 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Actor Jim Caviezel is defending his stance against Michael J. Fox’s campaign ad which was used to promote politicians who support embryonic stem cell research.Ã Caviezel insists that he is sympathetic to Fox’s condition but wants to ensure that the public is informed of all the facts before they cast their votes.ÃÃÃ Fox’s ad encouraged Missourians to vote ‘Yes’ on Amendment 2 which would allow scientists in the state of Missouri to use human embryos for their […]
Interview: Writer/Producer of “Fireproof” – Father of Six – Has Revitalized Thousands of Marriages by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen February 20, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Meet Alex Kendrick, a man of unshakeable faith in God, whose incredible success both in filmmaking and publishing can only be described as miraculous. Alex has six children, the eldest age ten and the sixth due to be born in April. He and his brother Stephen have no professional training in film and writing and are in full time ministry at Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia. The pair’s third film, “Fireproof,” starring Kirk Cameron of […]
"If patient safety were more of a concern to abortion clinics, perhaps we wouldn’t see the long line of women being transported to the hospital, and in some cases, the morgue,” Troy Newman said.
Listed among the primary concerns for voters are “the pressing issues of youth employment and unemployment, social protection, income and working conditions."
In the last week or so, two federal political parties have come out attempting to one-up each other on who, exactly, is more in favor of relieving Canadian women of their pesky fetuses. Pierre Trudeau’s kid Justin announced that no one who favors any measure of nuance or thinks that life in the womb deserved any protection whatsoever was welcome in his new Liberal Party. The NDP, perhaps slightly offended that the Liberals seemed more “progressive” than they did (“progress” in this case referring to the taxpayer-funded killing of developing taxpayers), sent out the winsome and lovely Niki Ashton, whose […]
Jesuit administered Boston College is set to confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on pro-abortion U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry their commencement speaker.
"To unashamedly proclaim the Gospel in its fullness is to place in jeopardy one’s security, one’s personal aspirations and ambitions, the peace and tranquility one enjoys, one’s standing in polite society," he said.
“Comparing the dilemmas of same-sex couples to the centuries of discrimination faced by black Americans is a distortion of our country’s cultural and legal history,” their legal brief says.
I have long argued that our neurotic obsession with eliminating suffering–we should, of course alleviate and mitigate it–leads very quickly to eliminating the sufferer. Many mainstream bioethicists push this meme as part of their attempt to convince society to permit infanticide for the same reasons that we allow late stage abortion. Always, these efforts are couched in eliminating suffering and killing based on quality of life–the approach of pro-euthanasia Canadian bioethicist Udu Schuklenk. From, “What Should We Do About Severely Impaired Nowborns?” My [debate] opponent also argued that we should ask ourselves whether we would want to live in a society […]
“The city’s actions were entirely unjustified and are an affront to the fundamental rights of all Americans,” said Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel.
It seems the NDP are running scared after thousands of young people took to Twitter, Facebook and e-mail urging their MPs to vote against Niki Ashton’s extreme pro-abortion motion, M-510. The motion, which calls on parliament to formally affirm that “a woman's right to choose abortion is a fundamental question of equality and human rights, both in Canada and around the world”, was placed on notice on May 8th, 2014, the same day over 20,000 people gathered on parliament hill for the March for Life calling for pro-life legislation. As news surfaced of this radical pro-abortion motion, young people from […]
“It’s pretty clear the NPD have stepped back because they realize they’re helping the pro-life movement,” said Jack Fonseca of Campaign Life Coalition.
Wappel called Trudeau’s pro-abortion policy the “antithesis of the Liberal Party which I have supported and worked for the better part of my adult life.”
"Because we have a veto proof, bipartisan pro-life majority in both houses, the governor is very reluctant to veto a pro-life bill,” Missouri Right to Life President Pam Fichter told LifeSiteNews.
“On Thursday, we were greeted with about two gallons of fresh, smelly, runny, cow manure, dumped on the ground where we set the table," a pro-life volunteer said.
"It's terribly concerning to have one judge unilaterally ignore the will of the people of Arkansas,” the former communications director for Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee told LifeSiteNews.com.
Wagner is on trial on charges of mischief and breach of probation for entering an abortion facility in Toronto and seeking to counsel women to keep their babies.
Even before a press conference Tuesday promoting the Senate's proposed late-term abortion, three national pro-abortion groups released "pre-emptive" statements against it.
William Peter Blatty filed his petition last June on behalf of himself and 2,000 Georgetown alumni, parents, students, faculty and other concerned Catholics
The decision is just the latest in a string of a dozen similar rulings in the wake of 2012’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down key parts of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Thousands of pro-lifers attended provincial Marches for Life across Canada on May 8, joining forces with the 23,000-strong crowd at the National March for Life in Ottawa.
In a scene that is sure to disturb many a conservative and thrill many a liberal, on Sunday Pope Francis addressed a massive crowd of over 300,000 school students from schools all over Italy. He had them all chant together over and over again this saying: “It takes a village to raise a child.” Most conservatives will recall that phrase as the title of Hillary Clinton’s 1996 book and the memorable debate over her vision for the child as the charge of the state rather than being in the primary care of their parents. The origin of the phrase though […]
“Niki, Niki you're so blind, you're so blind you blow my mind!” Niki Ashton is at it again – out to ruin women and children by forcing her extreme pro-abortion agenda down our throats once again. On May 8, 2014 (the SAME day that 23,000 people marched on Parliament Hill in the National March for Life), NDP MP Niki Ashton put forward a motion seeking to have Members of Parliament vote on whether access to abortion is a “fundamental question of equality and human rights, both in Canada and around the world.” Abortion? A “fundamental human right”? As a woman, […]
“I am deeply concerned about your decision that citizens who, in conscience, seek to assure the protection of the most vulnerable among us are not acceptable as candidates in your party,” the cardinal wrote.
At a Liberal fundraiser last November, Justin Trudeau took questions from the audience. A supporter asked which country’s administration he most admired. Trudeau’s response was shocking and made news headlines: There is a level of admiration I actually have for China because their basic dictatorship is allowing them to actually turn their economy around on a dime (emphasis added). Trudeau went on to explain the advantage of that system of governance: “There is a flexibility… having a dictatorship where you can do whatever you wanted, that I find quite interesting.” Liberal Party apologists immediately downplayed the startling comment, explaining it away as ‘tongue in cheek.’ […]
Three weeks before a major Irish election, the Irish Taoiseach [Prime Minister], Enda Kenny popped over to Rome to attend the canonisation of Saint John Paul II.
The bishop said his "wish for the Church" is that Catholics can discuss married priests, homosexuality, and giving Communion to the divorced "without taboo."
Justin Trudeau has been lambasted for being against “choice” when it comes to how new Liberal candidates vote on bills related to abortion—he expects them to vote in favour of dismembering pre-born children, which includes children moments from birth. But the problem with Trudeau is not his new expectation that representatives who align with a specific party align one particular way; rather, the problem with Trudeau is the specific position he holds on abortion. Justin’s father Pierre may have given us the Charter, but it seems Justin himself hasn’t read it. If he had, he would have seen The Charter […]
The media are society’s premier suicide pushers. Oh sure, they decry suicides of teenagers and veterans. But they push suicide for the elderly, the disabled, the chronically and terminally ill–sometimes even, the mentally ill. Canada’s CBC is the latest example. It interviewed an octogenarian about his plans to commit suicide before becoming too old. Then, after he died, they ran the profile. From the story: A Toronto man’s decision to end his life, simply because he felt it was time to die, has raised questions and concerns among family, friends and experts, some of whom say it could take the assisted suicide debate down […]
National Organization for Women (NOW) president Terry O’Neill published an editorial on the Huffington Post today entitled, “Abortion, Like Contraception, Is Essential Health Care That Saves Lives.” Let that sink in for a second. A procedure that’s taken over 50 million lives in the U.S. alone since 1973 . . . saves lives. O’Neill’s “life saving” abortions How does O’Neill get to the conclusion promised in the title, that “abortion care” saves lives? Easy! She ignores 50% of the people involved in every abortion. The first place she looks for saved lives from abortion is high infant mortality rates. They’d […]
“I am standing here today to share with you what embryology textbooks and peer-reviewed scientific studies have unequivocally proven: babies at 20 weeks post-fertilization can perceive and experience pain," a pro-life expert said.
Meet Ryan Bomberger. He’s a pro-life activist who was conceived in rape, adopted by loving parents, and is now an adoptive parent himself. He currently runs the pro-life Radiance Foundation. He also happens to be black. Why is that relevant? Well, Bomberger’s race is relevant because last year, he dared to take on the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a.k.a. the NAACP, when he posted several articles on his website criticizing the group’s pro-abortion stance and support for Planned Parenthood, and joked that it should actually be called “The National Association for the Abortion of Colored People.” […]
Can this have something to do with Romney/Obamacare? According to a medical study, since 2006, Massachusetts General Hospital’s Bioethics Committee has forced people to not receive wanted resuscitation by imposing unilateral DNRs. And apparently, it’s all done in Star Chamber secrecy. From Thaddeus Pope’s blog (quoting from a medical symposium presentation): Unilateral Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) orders are a specific type of medical futility decision in which clinicians withhold advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the event of cardiopulmonary arrest despite objections of patients or their surrogates. There is little information on how often and to whom unilateral DNR orders are applied. The […]
The Catholic Church hates gays, right? Of course right! Everybody knows that. Or maybe not. Archbishop Fulton Sheen once famously said, “There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.” Never has this been truer than when it comes to the Catholic Church’s teachings on homosexuality. On this issue, I wonder if Archbishop Sheen wasn’t being optimistic. Of the million people who hate the Church’s views on homosexuality, I doubt if we could find even 100 who know what […]
It’s amazing how persuasive attorney intervention can be. After telling the Catholic group Peter’s Net it was barred from returning to the Walworth County Fair in Wisconsin this year, the fair board changed its mind upon hearing from the Thomas More Society, a pro-life legal group, and Wisconsin attorney Jerome Buting. At issue was the pro-life component of Peter’s Net’s display… While fair officials made other excuses, the issue boiled down to viewpoint discrimination, according to the Thomas More Society. From gazettextra.com, May 12: Attorneys said that it was a patron’s reaction to the booth that made the fair change its mind. According […]
A celebrity UK couple are publicly pushing suicide–in the context of planning their own if they become seriously ill. From the Telegraph story: TV couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan say they have given each other “a pledge” to help end their lives if they become seriously ill. The pair, who have just announced their choices for their latest book club, said the recent death of Madeley’s mother had got them thinking about the subject. He told the Daily Telegraph: ” If Judy was really ill and in logical mind, and at that point where you just need a little push […]
“We had a goal of 3-5 abortions from every girl between the ages of 13 and 18," Carol Everett told the Canadian National March for Life Rose Dinner on Thursday.
In America, we tend to support more religious freedom than less. And after last week's Supreme Court decision to allow prayer at public meetings, Catholics and other Christians rejoiced. However, that freedom is now being tested by two groups that are using Harvard and the state of Oklahoma as Ground Zero for poking a stick in the eye of Christianity. First up is the group re-enacting a Satanic “Black Mass,” which was designed to offend and mock Catholics. (Unlike a true “Black Mass,” the organizers say they are not using a consecrated host.) The student group hosting the event said […]
Planned Parenthood is anything but starved for funds, but it's always looking to sink its teeth into new revenue streams. And it has proven in the past that taste and decorum pose no barrier to their cashing a check. A St. Louis man has unveiled the newest benefit for the nation's leading abortion provider: A Pizza & Porno Party. For five dollars, people can chew gooey mozzarella while watching the 1979 porn film Hot and Saucy Pizza Girls. The Riverfront Times reports, “the money goes to Planned Parenthood.” What could be less appetizing than watching a 35-year-old porn film in […]
Kevin Dunn of DunnMedia and Entertainment has put together some excellent highlight videos from the 2014 National March for Life in Ottawa. Take a look! Highlight Video of the National March For Life 2014 Candlelight Vigil 2014 Highlight Reel Pro-life Masses during the 2014 March for Life Tribute to Fr. Tony Van Hee
“To put it bluntly, if you refuse to fit coils or prescribe the morning after pill (MAP) then you can’t train to treat infertility, cervical cancer or HIV either," says Dr. Peter Saunders.
BISHOP OBJECTS TO STEPHEN LEWIS SPEAKING AT CATHOLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE by LifeSiteNews.com ST JOHN’S, Nfld, Mar 28, 2001(LSN.ca) – Yarmouth (Nova Scotia) Bishop James Wingle has raised objections to the choice of keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Catholic Health Association of Canada (CHAC). Bishop Wingle, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ representative on the CHAC board and the 2001 CHAC convention facilitator, told the Interim (LifeSite’s parent print publication) that the CHAC in general “ought not to lend support to people who have positions contrary to Catholic teaching.” LifeSite News reported in November that Stephen Lewis a […]
Abortion Funding for Privately Run Clinics? New Brunswick Says No Way by LifeSiteNews.com FREDERICTON, January 27, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Brunswick’s health minister said the province would not be using public funds to pay for abortions committed in private abortuaries, such as the one operated by Henry Morgentaler, despite federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh’s warning to begin doing so. That was the word from New Brunswick Health Minister Elvy Robichaud during a news conference held Thursday, as reported by the CBC. After a private meeting between the two ministers earlier this week, Dosanjh told reporters, “We also talked about the […]
Scottish Gay Rights Activists Found Guilty of Pedophilia Sentenced to Life Imprisonment by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski EDINBURGH, Scotland, November 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An influential gay rights activist and youth group leader, and another homosexualist activist, have been jailed for life for their involvement in the largest pedophile ring ever uncovered in Scotland. James Rennie, one time co-coordinator of the homosexual rights group LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Youth Scotland and a former teacher, and Neil Strachan, the former secretary of a Celtic boys club and campaigner on homosexual issues, were convicted in May on charges including sex […]
As the museum is dogged with criticism for its promotion Margaret Sanger, a report reveals that several members of the board of directors have donated time and money to pro-abortion groups and causes.
Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith’s strong, blunt criticism of Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau’s outrageous announcement that pro-life candidates will no longer be permitted to run for the Liberal Party is a welcome change from the usual silence of Canada’s bishops on almost all such developments. I really hope many pro-life Canadians thank Archbishop Smith for speaking out and encourage him to continue to publicly hold Canadian Catholic politicians accountable for their anti-life and anti-family pronouncements, votes and other actions. Here is the archbishop’s contact information: Most Rev. Richard SMITH Archbishop of Edmonton 8421-101 Avenue Edmonton (AB) T6A 0L1 Tel: (780) 469-1010 Fax: (780) 465-3003 […]
“Here in Australia we can’t kill snake eggs but we are quite happy to kill an egg in the tummy and it should be the safest place for a baby to be," says MP Geoff Shaw.
An abortionist with a history of “improper sexual relations with a patient” was arrested in the early morning hours of May 8, 2014, and charged with raping a woman at his Charlotte, North Carolina, home.
The “network's intolerant and discriminatory decision” has “no place in America’s inclusive rainbow of diversity,” the group Faith Driven Consumers says.
Yesterday I was on such a high as I left Washington, DC, having been part of a huge rally and speaking on a panel that included some of the nation’s biggest pro-life leaders, several US Congressmen and Senator Ted Cruz. It was an amazing day of pro-life unity as we all stood in support of our lawsuit against the Obamacare HHS Mandate. When I first got on the plane, a woman stopped traffic in the aisle when she saw my “I am the generation that will abolish abortion” t-shirt and tried to debate me. Predictably, she used the age-old “coat […]
On May 3, a group of 70 physicians took out a full page ad on page 2 of the Osceola News Gazette to encourage Kissimmee, Florida, citizens to join them in attempting to keep Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando from opening an abortion mill in their community, which is just 20 minutes from Walt Disney World. Many of the physicians oppose PPGO because they are pro-life. Others are incensed on a professional level, because Planned Parenthood wants to open up shop in the middle of a large complex of medical office buildings, pictured below, directly across the street from a hospital. They fear Planned Parenthood’s presence will negatively […]
Planned Parenthood abortionist Mandy Gittler was responsible for the death of 24-year old Tonya Reaves in Chicago on July 20, 2012. And with the recent release of her 165-page deposition [PDF] as part of a civil suit filed against Planned Parenthood, et al., on behalf of Reaves’ sole heir, there is much more that we now know about the case — but there is still much that we do not know. Early News Stories, Autopsy Report Listed Wrong Planned Parenthood Location CBS Radio’s Chicago affiliate, News Radio 780 WBBM, broke the story of Tonya Reaves’ death the following day, July […]
I had just started to climb the steps on Parliament Hill in Ottawa yesterday to speak to our editor-in-chief, John-Henry Westen, who was taking photos of the speakers. Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec City was explaining to the crowd of some 20,000 pro-life activists that Pope Francis had sent a message of encouragement to the Canadian March for Life. As Cardinal Lacroix began reading that message, suddenly two women in front of me proceeded to peel off their shirts. I found this a little curious, but before I had time to process what was happening, they had already begun to […]
Pro-life groups and several Members of Congress were in the minority in opposing a bill that would honor Margaret Sanger, among others, in a National Women's History Museum.
While 70 percent of children living with both biological parents had never experienced a childhood trauma, 78 percent of those living with just one biological parent had.
The mother of a woman who traveled to England with her daughter said having the government pay for her daughter's abortion “would have significantly reduced the stress and trauma" the girl experienced.
Pro-lifers from across the nation were offered four Catholic masses and three Christian prayer services Thursday, all beginning at 10 A.M. to spiritually prepare themselves to witness to life during the March Thursday afternoon.
On a beautiful sunny day in Canada’s capital, thousands of pro-life citizens joined the National March for Life to urge Canada’s parliamentarians to promote the right to life.
As Cardinal Gerald Lacroix of Quebec City read the message, he was interrupted by a topless woman who attempted to seize the microphone and shouted, “F*** your morals!”
Various people have asked me what I think about the young woman, Emily, who filmed her abortion. Actually, Emily did not film her abortion. She filmed her smiles and sighs during a procedure which we take her at her word was an abortion. But to really film an abortion, you have to film the arms and legs of the baby being ripped apart and the head being crushed. That’s not so good for abortion clinic PR. (See www.priestsforlife.org/images/abortion-images-galleries.aspx). Furthermore, as Pastoral Director of Rachel’s Vineyard and the Silent No More Awareness Campaign, the world’s largest ministries dealing with the aftermath […]
After the injection in October, the victim complained of difficulty breathing and sought treatment at Louisiana State University’s hospital, where he fell into a coma then died January 1.
After Janet Tracey, 63, suffered a neck fracture during a car crash, the hospital immediately put a DNR order in her chart, without consulting Mrs. Tracey or her family.
Campaign Life Coalition spokespersons laid out the evidence for why RU-486 is an unsafe, harmful drug that not only kills preborn babies, but sometimes, also their mothers.
It turns out President Obama is a moderate after all – at least in one matter. Remember when he said of abortion, “I don’t want my daughters punished with a baby?” Well, to one U.N. committee, the Roman Catholic religious doctrine against abortion may just be – get this – “torture.” A United Nations Committee Against Torture questioner called the Catholic Church’s stance against abortion “psychological torture” of women during a Geneva hearing on May 5, Catholic Voices USA’s Ashley E. McGuire told The Washington Examiner. ABC, CBS and NBC have yet to cover the story during any of their broadcast news shows. While […]
Here’s a sign the pro-choice side is running out of arguments: praising God as an abortionist. RH Reality Check, a “reproductive health blog” with strong ties to Planned Parenthood, recently argued that the Bible supports abortion, tweeting “The Bible Is #ProChoice” and “Most anti-choicers claim obedience to the divinely inspired word of God. Does the Bible support that?” on May 6. In the linked article, the staff embedded a video from something called “The Kyle Kulinski Show,” where the host, Kyle Kulinski, revealed that “God actually performs abortions” in the Bible. To tout Kulinski’s video from late March, RH Reality Check noted that while “Most anti-choicers claim obedience to […]
I have recently been published in a head to head with Sir Terence English in the Oxford Mail on whether assisted suicide should be legalised in Britain. My contribution to the debate is reproduced below. Perhaps not surprisingly I have said ‘no’. Any change in the law to allow assisted suicide or euthanasia would inevitably place pressure on vulnerable people to end their lives for fear of being a financial, emotional or care burden upon others. The ‘right to die’ would so easily become the ‘duty to die’. This would especially affect people who are disabled, elderly, sick or depressed and […]
American taxpayers now fund abortion for rape, incest and health exceptions in Medicaid, for federal employees, federal prisons, military personnel and in the District of Columbia.
Nearly 10 percent of America’s Catholic colleges, a sudden increase in the number of commencement scandals beyond the six reported by The Cardinal Newman Society last year.
Emily decided after becoming a mother that she was not ready to have children. Her response? She decided to have an abortion and film it for the world to see. This video is disturbing to say the least; what you will see is the pre-meditated murder of an innocent human being. One of the most disturbing parts of the video is when the murder is over, Emily says “cool.” I wanted to vomit when I heard that. Emily knows that what she did was to kill a baby, she admits it at the end of the video. She proclaims that […]
In a landmark decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled yesterday that prayer before the opening of a legislative body does not violate the U. S. Constitution.
NARAL’s President Admits: Pro-Aborts Aging, Pro-Lifers Young and Zealous by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., April 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The pro-life movement in America is growing in leaps and bounds, attracting young, zealous women to defend the unborn in droves – a fact that even the president of NARAL has now admitted. NARAL’s Nancy Keenan told Newsweek last week that she considers herself a member of the “postmenopausal militia” – a phrase that captures the situation of pro-abortion leaders who are aging across the board, including the leadership of Planned Parenthood, and the National Organization for Women. Newsweek’s […]
“If gay people have the right to marry their object of sexual desire, even if they lack corresponding sexual parts, then I should have the right to marry my preferred sexual object," he wrote.
“We demanded and obtained assurances from all the doctors identified in the inspections that they would no longer pre-sign these forms," Chief Executive of the UK's General Medical Council Niall Dickson said.
Could our strong marriages and great interpersonal relationships be a threat to the state? Stella Morabito thinks so. In a piece at The Federalist, Morabito says the State has something to lose when culture promotes traditional marriage, strong families and ties to the community. She examines a Slate article in which Lily and Carl (a fictional couple) are facing an unexpected pregnancy. They aren’t married, don’t care to be, and Lily (who has few community relationships outside of work) sees no advantages to marrying. Morabito says that the Slate article, which claims that women want and need their “freedom” and […]
An Indiana-based energy distribution group with operations in Ohio, told the Home School Legal Defense Association that the company will not hire home-school graduates.
Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), warned that the concepts introduced by a New Age speaker two years ago, and increasingly adopted by LCWR members, constitute a radical break with the most foundational theological concepts of Catholicism.
UPDATED: Mary Ann Glendon Refuses Notre Dame Honor over Obama Invitation – White House, Fr. Jenkins by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert NOTRE DAME, Indiana, April 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Mary Ann Glendon, the former United States ambassador to the Vatican who was set to receive the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal at the school’s commencement on May 17, has written to University president Fr. John Jenkins saying that she will not attend the ceremony or accept the award after all. Glendon says her refusal stems from the University’s persistence in choosing to honor Obama with an honorary degree, despite […]
May 5, 2014 (JillStanek.com) – On April 28 NARAL made a media splash by claiming it had gotten Google to remove a large number of “deceptive ads from anti-choice crisis pregnancy centers.” And those “deceptions,” if true, were major whoppers. From the Washington Post: According to an analysis by NARAL, 79 percent of the crisis pregnancy centers that advertised on Google indicated that they provided medical services such as abortions, when, in fact, they are focused on counseling services and on providing information about alternatives to abortion…. Google said in a statement that it had applied its ad policy standards in this case and followed normal company procedures. That’s a lot of […]
"Those of us who believe that one-man-one-woman marriage is the correct policy would be more confident having our legal position represented by someone who is firmly committed to that view," Peter Sprigg of FRC told LifeSiteNews.
The UN representative, who is from the United States, said the Vatican's teachings may violate the UN Charter Against Torture during hearings in Geneva that were supposed to focus on the child sex abuse scandal.
'I have peace,' she told me last night through her tears. 'I know I have more pain to go through than I probably can understand. But I have supernatural peace.'
At the International Pro-Life Conference hosted by LifeSiteNews in Rome, the cardinal reiterated his urgent call for Eucharistic ministers to deny Communion to pro-abortion politicians.
Gathered in Rome for the first annual Rome Life Forum, pro-life leaders around the world urged the Church to extend authentic mercy to Catholic politicians opposed to Church teaching on life.
We, Pro-Life Leaders, Call on the Bishops of the World to Extend Mercy to the Church’s Pro-Abortion Politicians WHEREAS Saint Paul wrote in the eleventh chapter of First Corinthians: “For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh judgment to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord” (1 Cor. 11:29); WHEREAS Canon 915 of the Church’s Code of Canon Law states that those who are “obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion”; WHEREAS Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote in a 2004 letter to the US bishops, called “Worthiness to receive Holy Communion”, […]
State Representative Steve Hickey wrote that "gay sex is not good for the body or mind," an assertion that matches the known facts of gay physical and mental health.
“You cannot truly promote the pro-life cause without promoting the pro-love cause," U.S. chastity speaker Jason Evert told LifeSiteNews in an exclusive interview.
National Cancer Institute Researcher Admits Abortion Breast Cancer Link by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski WASHINGTON, DC, January 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. National Cancer Institute researcher Dr. Louise Brinton, who was the chief organizer of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) workshop in 2003 that persuaded women that it was “well established” that “abortion is not associated with increased breast cancer risk,” has reversed her position and now admits that abortion and oral contraceptives raise breast cancer risks. An April 2009 study by Jessica Dolle et al. of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center examining the relationship between oral contraceptives […]
The Independent Adoption Center advertises as a “crisis pregnancy center” but tells pregnant teens to “visit your local Planned Parenthood for non-biased advice.”
A baby has been saved from abortion and placed with loving adoptive parents after the sheriff of Mason County, Michigan, refused to authorize an abortion for an inmate in his county jail. Sheriff Kim Cole told the story at a pro-life fundraising dinner, which was reported on by the Mason County Press earlier this week: “Last summer, sometime in July or August, I was sitting at my desk and the department nurse came to see me. She told me that we had another pregnant inmate — we had four at one time — at that the girl wanted an abortion. […]
The Obama administration is "infringing upon the constitutional power of Congress to write the laws," Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council told LifeSiteNews.com.
Featured in a U.S. Senate ad for Gary Peters, Renee Chelian "is one of the top three providers of abortions in our state," Michigan Right to Life told LifeSiteNews.com.
Depending on how you look at it, planning on how you wish to be cared for at the end stages of your life can be nothing more than playing a game of Russian roulette.
“Calling Obama 'the abortion president' is simply stating a widely-known fact, one that can’t honestly be denied by any Democrat,” an observer commented.
"Sexual abuse of patients and staff is more common than people realize among those who work as abortionists," Operation Rescue President Troy Newman said.
Congress Snubs Proposed Amendments Blocking Coerced Abortion/Sterilization Funding by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., February 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Congress prevented consideration of two amendments that would have blocked funding of overseas abortions as well as coerced abortion and sterilization, in the $410 billion Omnibus spending bill the House approved yesterday. One of the amendments proposed by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) attempted to fix a loophole whereby the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) will be able to receive money, despite federal policy that forbids funding organizations that support forced sterilization and abortion. The U.S. stopped funding the UNFPA after 2001 […]
"As the District Court noted, the county was unable to provide any evidence of anyone being mislead by any pregnancy center," ADF attorney Casey Mattox told LifeSiteNews.
‘Roe’ of ‘Roe vs. Wade’ Files Motion to Re-Open Landmark Abortion Case by LifeSiteNews.com DALLAS, June 17, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Norma McCorvey, the former “Roe” of Roe vs. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, is filing a historic motion today to re-open her case and request that it be overturned. The filing is based on changes in law and factual conditions since the high court handed down its decision 30 years ago. As a party to the original litigation, Norma McCorvey may petition the court to re-open the original case based on changes in factual conditions or […]
He’s popular, famous, the world’s highest paid athlete – and pro-life? Cue the media backlash. American professional boxer Floyd Mayweather just announced on Facebook that he split with fiancée Shantel Jackson because she “killed our twin babies” via abortion. In reaction to his May 1 post, feminist site Jezebel called him “bats**t insane” via columnist Erin Gloria Ryan. She bashed, “Oh my f*****g god what is wrong with you Floyd?” When the couple broke-up earlier this year, entertainment rumors alleged Mayweather cheated on Jackson. Mayweather’s (now deleted) Facebook post attached to a sonogram read: The real reason me and Shantel Christine Jackson @missjackson broke up was because […]
I’ve had the privilege of meeting a number of people in the past several years who taught me something profound about the nature of forgiveness, people who have given me reason for pause and careful self-reflection. People who have experienced incredible suffering yet choose to look the perpetrator in the eye and offer their forgiveness have a way of making those of us who have not had to suffer that way feel petty and small when we consider how many grievances and grudges we have permitted ourselves to carry over things that, in comparison, seem trivial, if not nonsensical. “To […]
Congressman Steve Stockman's Parental Protection Act would deny federal dollars to medical institutions that "take children away from their parents over disagreements on subjective medical diagnoses."