Americans in late twenties having record number of births out-of-wedlock: report
Americans aged 26 to 31 had 57 percent of their children out of wedlock compared with the national average of approximately 40 percent.
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Articles for Month: June 2014
Holy See to UN: The family is stronger than the forces that try to destroy it
The Holy See’s representative urged the UN’s Human Rights Council to defend the family as the “fundamental cell of society” and “founded upon marriage between a man and a woman.”
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A defeat for ‘Big Abortion’s manipulative agenda’: Pro-life groups react to Hobby Lobby decision
“This is as close as a Southern Baptist gets to dancing in the streets with joy,” said Dr. Russell Moore, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
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I’m sick of pro-life work…but cynicism is for losers
This work has introduced me to realities of our culture that I often wish I’d never heard of.
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After 20 years of infertility, 45-year-old woman becomes pregnant naturally
Dr. Thomas Hilgers says many of the struggles women face with fertility can be mitigated by a more natural, less invasive approach.
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Catholic teachers march in gay pride against objections of cardinal and parents
“Today Catholic Teachers look forward to walking with our Sisters & Brothers in support of a world free from homophobia,” OECTA president James Ryan tweeted prior to the parade.
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Supreme Court HHS mandate ruling applies to more than 90 percent of U.S. businesses
Already, businesses across the nation may be ready to opt out of the HHS mandate of the Affordable Care Act.
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He was supposed to die after his first breath – now he’s graduated from high school
Six months into Tracey Moran’s third pregnancy, she and her then-husband Mark MacKenzie received news no family wants to hear: their baby boy had a fatal heart condition.
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Who said this?
Can you guess who said this? “LifeSiteNews has been by far… the greatest asset in fighting the culture of death.”
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Ohio magistrate orders Sharonville abortion facility to close
The facility failed to meet state medical standards by operating without a transfer agreement with any area hospital.
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Why creepy abortion logic leads to infanticide
Abortion culture is a sick and twisted thing.
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Rome Life Forum
12 reasons Britain should stay clear of the Oregon route on assisted suicide
Britain's euthanasia backers claim that everything is wonderful in Oregon. But is that really true?
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What’s wrong is right: a revolution in rationalization
Today, we face a movement to accomplish on a societal level what those who embrace morally condemned behavior have always sought as individuals: rationalization.
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Supreme Court sides with Hobby Lobby on HHS mandate in 5-4 decision
"We must next ask whether the HHS contraceptive mandate 'substantially burden[s]' the exercise of religion," the justices wrote. "We have little trouble concluding that it does."
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No surprise: ‘Mainstream’ journalists misreport, miss the point of SCOTUS abortion ruling
If there were ever any doubt about the need for LifeSiteNews' accurate reporting to offset the media's political agenda, news coverage of this week's Supreme Court case should have settled it.
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White House hosts first international White House LGBT Forum
According to the White House, the event was devoted to “promoting and protecting the human rights and dignity of LGBT people wherever they are threatened around the globe.”
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New Albany bishop leads 1,000 in Walk for Life around state capitol
“It's just wonderful to have someone in our corner who is committed to the cause," says a local Catholic.
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Notorious late-term abortionist highlighted as notable Ohio Democrat donor
Haskell gained national notoriety after getting a "variance" from state officials excusing him from complying with a state law that required certain standards for abortion clinics, after he refused to do so.
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Canadian Museum of History to feature ‘struggle for gay rights’ in new hall
"It's certainly a partnership that we're very proud of and excited about."
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Why is this Romanian model willing to risk her career for the pro-life cause?
“I openly and publicly express my opinion and I take full responsibility for it, whatever the consequences,” Picos said.
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Ontario’s lesbian premier promises to ‘push’ gay acceptance in Catholic schools
Children now have an “absolute” right to form homosexual-themed clubs in all schools, including Catholic ones, says Wynne.
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Pro-life leaders vow to fight on after EU shuts down ‘One of Us’ campaign
“Is anyone still surprised if citizens express frustration and contempt with the Brussels bureaucracy?”
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I am proudly a no-exceptions pro-lifer. But I wasn’t always.
I used to believe in the rape/incest exception. But I never realized the irony of how Planned Parenthood handles the remains of babies conceived in rape...until I became pro-life.
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Most Catholics don’t know Church teaching on sex, life, and family: Vatican
In some places “many Christians ... are found to be unaware of the very existence of this teaching [on marriage and family],” the Vatican stated in a document Thursday.
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Check out this awesome pro-life World Cup poster
Check out this awesome image from the Knights of the Holy Eucharist.
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Gosnell associate who saw baby ‘jump’ as she snipped its spine gets 5-10 years in jail
At the sentencing, Williams told Judge Lerner that she "felt manipulated, used, and lied to by Dr. Gosnell."
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Cracks open in pro-abort coalition as Third World feminists battle population controllers
Now, as the global community works to set new objectives for development and environmental policy, the cracks in the “reproductive health” lobby are beginning to show again.
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Red Alert!
I don't like doing this, but I have to issue a red alert! With just 6 days left in our summer campaign we are only one-fifth of the way to our necessary goal of 5,000 donations!
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How can we convince women abortion is no big deal? Make it a joke
The sad truth is, abortion is far too painful to be handled with a joke, a bouquet, and a classic movie night on the couch.
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USAID sends $146 million more to overseas abortion groups
The US has had a long history in promoting population control programs in developing countries – some $100 billion has been directed to them in the last 20 years.
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Most women with ‘unmet need’ have access to birth control – they just don’t want it
The Guttmacher Institute reports only 8% of women in developing countries attribute their non-use of contraceptives to issues of access or prohibitive cost.
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Canadian city bans Christian event featuring Laura Bush over Chick-fil-A sponsorship
Chick-fil-A spreads “divisiveness, homophobia…[and] expressions of hate” because of its CEO’s pro-marriage views, says a Nanaimo councilor.
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She prayed for years for a Chinese daughter – now she’s raising China’s youngest political prisoner: VIDEO
Anni Zhang, 11, and her elder sister Ruli, 19, fled China after their father, famed political dissident Zhang Lin, was once again imprisoned for speaking out against the Communist government.
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Scalia: Supreme Court is letting liberal politicians crush pro-life free speech
“Today’s opinion carries forward this Court’s practice of giving abortion-rights advocates a pass when it comes to suppressing the free-speech rights of their opponents," he wrote in an opinion joined by Justices Kennedy and Thomas.
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‘A great day for liberty and life’: Pro-life groups react to unanimous Supreme Court victory
"Today's unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court, striking down the buffer zone law in Massachusetts, is a victory for free speech in America," said Judie Brown, president of American Life League.
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GOP-controlled House committee backs abortions for Peace Corps volunteers
More federal funding for abortion got bipartisan, bicameral support this week in Congress.
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Gov. Jindal signs Louisiana law that saves unborn if mother is declared ‘brain-dead’
The bill is a response to the Marlise Munoz case in Texas.
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Why rapists love abortion
Abortion does not solve gender violence. Abortion enables gender violence. Abortion is gender violence.
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Supreme Court: Sidewalk counselors engage in ‘caring, consensual conversations’ with pregnant women
“I object to you calling these people protesters,” Justice Scalia said earlier this year. “It’s a counseling case, not a protest case.”
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Media credits Komen’s money woes to abortion zealots, but there’s a much better explanation
The pro-lifers will never give funding as long as Komen subsidizes its poisonous partner, Planned Parenthood.
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How the United States government lost its liberalism
Through executive orders and judicial overreach, American government has eroded the separation of powers and lost its commitment to liberal ideals. The second in a two-part series.
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This mom stood up when a nurse tried to get between her and her daughter. Would you?
Being a responsible, loving parent today requires the willingness to be different.
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Senate hearing on UN Women’s treaty conveniently omits its abortion expansion
The Obama administration supports the ratification of CEDAW and reproductive rights activists have long pushed for its passage.
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Aren’t liberals about protecting the vulnerable? I guess not Wisconsin’s Democrats…
I have always thought that opposing assisted suicide should be a major liberal agenda item.
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Abortion victim photography and personal guilt
When people complain about abortion victim photography, perhaps we’d do well not to focus on if they object, but rather why?
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Supreme Court unanimously strikes down Massachusetts abortion buffer zone law
The justices' 9-0 ruling in McCullen v. Coakley reverses the First Circuit Court of Appeals decision upholding the law, which barred sidewalk counselors from setting foot within 35 feet of abortion facilities statewide.
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US judges have no business setting marriage policy
Judges should not insert their own policy preferences about marriage and declare them to be required by the Constitution.
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Remove Mexican senator for questioning gay ‘marriage,’ demand gay activists
The traditional family, said the senator, “has prevailed throughout history and has resisted fashions and trends.”
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Parents outraged as UK school promotes pole dancing to students as young as 4
School officials and the owner of the dance studio defended the display.
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Presbyterian Church (USA) voted down measure to condemn ‘abortion’ of babies born alive
The measure would have asked church leaders to “issue statements that denounce the practice of killing babies born live following an abortion procedure, such as was revealed in the Dr. Kermit Gosnell clinic in Philadelphia.”
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3 reasons why it’s wrong to assume SCOTUS will redefine marriage
Liberal elites say it's “inevitable” the U.S. Supreme Court will declare a constitutional “right” to marry someone of the same sex. Here are three quick reasons to believe they are wrong.
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Judge strikes down Indiana’s marriage protection law
“The court has never witnessed a phenomenon throughout the federal court system as is presented with this issue,” says U.S. District Judge Richard Young.
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Utah’s marriage protection amendment struck down by 10th Circuit Appeals Court
“The Fourteenth Amendment protects the fundamental right to marry, establish a family, raise children, and enjoy the full protection of a state’s marital laws,” the ruling stated.
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White girl with a Korean mom thought she was adopted. The truth was more unsettling.
Jessica Kern couldn’t figure out why she was white and her mom was Korean. At 16, she learned the unsettling truth.
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Important Update!
I think you could see this one coming.
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Soccer, sex and the sale of innocence
It’s hard not to get swept up in the fun and rivalry of the World Cup, the globe’s biggest soccer extravaganza - unless you’re a victim of human trafficking.
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Lesbian premier: I will make Ontario ‘most inclusive place in the world’ (video)
"I will work every day to make Ontario the safest, the most inclusive place in the world so that we can be that beacon for the world."
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Hobby Lobby and false charges of hypocrisy
Is it hypocritical for business-owners to exercise their faith in the marketplace if they do it imperfectly? Well, the answer’s important, and by no means simple.
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Denmark OKs legal gender change on demand
Danish parliamentarians passed a measure allowing a legal sex change without, as previously required, a diagnosis of gender identity disorder and sterilization.
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Intolerance as illiberalism
An illiberal mindset is spreading across America, corrupting our culture and our politics.The first of a two-part series.
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Bloomberg fails to see connection between abortion and preterm births
The Bloomberg article reports extensively on both high abortion rates and the high rate of preterm births in the same story but never draws a connection between the two.
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A black pastor’s fiery sermon on Planned Parenthood
Pastor Walter Hoye’s commitment to the cause of life and to Christ is an inspiration to me.
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Journo calls out Planned Parenthood for false hysteria
Whether or not Planned Parenthood’s false hysteria was intentional, it did achieve the goal of getting the movie lots of “earned media,” or free press.
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How we got pro-life flyers passed out at a Planned Parenthood fundraiser
Two employees were heart broken that the event had been booked and told us how much they were on our side.
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Texas judge temporarily blocks man’s estranged wife from euthanizing him
"We will fight in the Texas courts to save Mr. Martin’s life until he recovers and walk out of the hospital or until we have exhausted our efforts," says the Texas Center for Defense of Life.
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Euphemisms and false dilemmas: an update on the euthanasia debate in the US
Calling euthanasia “death with dignity” tries to make what is tragic and cruel appear helpful, empowering, and even compassionate.
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UN elects pro-family Ugandan as president, Africans resist gay pressure
Western pressure to liberalize policies on homosexuality has united Africans at the UN.
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CBC’s Rex Murphy: the anti-Christian dictatorship of Justin Trudeau
“As things now are, a truly religious person must actually stay out of politics," writes Murphy of Trudeau's stance.
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Northern Alabama’s only abortion facility to close due to pro-life law
Gov. Robert Bentley said the bill was necessary to protect women from shoddy practices at abortion facilities statewide.
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A voice from the grave: Pierre Trudeau’s abortion remarks resurrected to criticize Justin
A Conservative MP has sent out remarks by Pierre Trudeau that suggest he would disagree with his son’s recent declarations on abortion.
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Honest liberal: Roe v Wade ‘hardly a secure footing’
U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion was fundamentally flawed: Honest abortion proponents agree.
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What do abortion, gay ‘marriage,’ and illegal immigration have in common?
What does this hatred of boundaries leave us with? The twin evils of chaos and tyranny.
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Marrying before 30 ain’t all that bad
Whoever said that you couldn’t gain life experience with a loved one by your side?
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Judge strikes down Austin’s anti-pregnancy center law
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled the law was too vague to prevent city officials from interpreting "in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner.”
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Second thoughts on euthanasia in Quebec
Medical professionals in Québec are already grappling with the new law and the "moral burdens" it imposes.
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GOP Senate nominee who flip-flopped on personhood now backs OTC contraception
U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner was criticized in March for removing his support for a personhood amendment to the Colorado Constitution.
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Former Exodus leader decries reparative therapy in Politico op-ed
'Ex-ex-gay' leader John Paulk first renounced his support for the reparative therapy movement in 2013.
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How I lost my gay best friend
Twenty-five years ago James called me in the middle of the night to explain exactly how he planned to bring about his death by becoming a gay prostitute.
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IRS to pay pro-marriage group $50,000 for leaking tax return
The IRS agreed to settle its lawsuit with the National Organization for Marriage two years after releasing NOM's confidential tax return.
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PEI parish bars Liberal MP’s nomination meeting over new ‘pro-choice’ stance
St. Joachim's parishioners were concerned that the hall was "being used by an incumbent MP who is claiming to be pro-life, but who has changed his stance to pro-choice if there’s a vote.”
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Abortionist denied hospital privileges in Wisconsin after Illinois clinic shut down
"If [abortionists] are not fit to practice in a hospital setting, they aren’t fit to practice anywhere,” says Operation Rescue's Troy Newman.
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AP: We were wrong on Irish babies-in-nun’s-septic-tank story
The Catholic League's Bill Donahue says the original reporting by AP and other outlets was "truths, half-truths, and flat-out lies."
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San Francisco Gay Pride disallows National Guard exhibit
"The decision ... illustrates the futility of trying to appease the radicals of the left," says Family Research Council's Peter Sprigg.
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Gianna Beretta Molla: Loving to the end
Perhaps her greatest act of love was that which she showed toward her daughter in the last days of her life.
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Gov. Martinez’s campaign manager shouts profanities at pro-lifers
The campaign manager confronted pro-lifers Saturday in Albuquerque as they held a public awareness campaign.
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Massachusetts taxpayers to pay est. $2.6M per year for ‘sex changes’
Gov. Deval Patrick says the state's Medicaid program would begin writing proposed regulations so taxpayer funds would cover the controversial medical procedure.
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Pro-family activists plead not guilty to mischief charges over U of Regina incident
Peter LaBarbera and Bill Whatcott were arrested in April after refusing demands by school security and city police to leave the campus.
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Dominican Cardinal: Gay U.S. ambassador should ‘take his pride elsewhere’
James “Wally” Brewster is wrong to promote Gay Pride Month in the largely Christian nation, the cardinal said.
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Dear Clinton, don’t say ‘evolved’: Evolutionary science refutes gay ‘marriage’
In a testy exchange with NPR's Terry Grossu last week, Hillary Clinton said that she now supports gay “marriage,” because she and her fellow Americans had “evolved” on the issue.
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Who are the REAL heroes?
LifeSite exists for this very reason: to provide support to the brave men and women who go into the trenches every day for life and family.
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Italian prime minister to table same-sex civil unions bill by September
“The rights will be the same as married heterosexual couples,” says Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
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US Bishops launch 3rd annual Fortnight for Freedom
The two-week prayer effort comes as the nation awaits two decisions about religious freedom from the Supreme Court.
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What motivates a late-term abortionist? ‘After Tiller’ gives us a glimpse
That, ironically, is the one thing missing from a documentary on late-term abortion practice: Actual footage of the babies, of a late-term abortion.
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Catholic Civil Rights League honors pro-life crusader Gwen Landolt
Landolt says her years of pro-life and pro-family work were motivated by her conviction "to do something to stop the dark and dreadful things that were occurring in our society."
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A tribute to Fr. Kenneth Walker, FSSP (1985-2014)
May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.
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Check out all the times Pope Francis has spoken out on life and family issues
Taking a look at his speeches and homilies it seems that, while not “all the time,” the pope chooses to raise the life and family issues in some form at least once a month.
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Luxembourg passes gay ‘marriage’ bill 56-4
The tiny nation is the eleventh EU member state and the seventeenth country in the world to create legal “gay marriage.”
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Image of abortion victim changes mother’s mind about abortion
She mentioned the sign several times as I counseled her, thankful for its message," says a pro-life counselor.
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US Presbyterian Church votes to redefine marriage, offer gay ‘marriages’
“By overturning natural marriage the PCUSA is only accelerating its already fast-paced demise,” said Mark Tooley, president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy.
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Mexico City passes law to give free morning-after pills to 12-year-olds
The law awaits the signature of left-wing Chief of Government Miguel Mancera.
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Why would a pro-lifer recommend a pro-abortion film? – ‘Obvious Child’
This movie’s audience is your audience.
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Pro-family movement’s commitment to charity shines through at March for Marriage
At the 2nd March for Marriage Thursday, the solidarity and charity of the defenders of marriage was on full display.
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A crazy, crazy week!
I’m tired. But that’s hardly surprising when I look back over this crazy, crazy week!
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‘Xe, xem’: Vancouver school board pushes genderless pronouns
Columnist Kelly McParland criticized the board for turning schools into “petri dishes for social experimentation."
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Calgary U pro-life students cleared of 2010 ‘misconduct’ charges
“We hope that other universities will take note,” says Rebecca Richmond of the National Campus Life Network.
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Doubting contraception’s effect on abortion rates is rational, not ‘delusional’
If contraceptives are effective and contraceptive use has increased, why has the unintended-pregnancy rate gone up?
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The unseen trial
My husband taught on Psalm 27 last night and my heart ached as I imagined David's words coming from a baby in the womb while his parents were plotting abortion.
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Rand Paul: the ‘war against the unborn’ must end
The likely presidential contender spoke at the “Road to Majority” conference Friday, opening with a passionate two-minute video clip highlighting his strong pro-life views.
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Justin Trudeau, not pro-life, but pro-flip and pro-flop
Flip. Flop. Flip. Flop.
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One-child policy drives Chinese father of four to suicide
What kind of a country leaves loving fathers with no way to help his own children but to take his own life?
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Gallup poll claiming 69% of US backs euthanasia is based on vague question
The November 2013 Pew Research survey employed clear questions and it found that 47% of Americans support assisted suicide.
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Now was NOT the time to have a baby…but they were pregnant
David wept at the sight of their child on the ultrasound and exclaimed, “He’s so big...and perfect.”
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Hillary Clinton on gay marriage: did she evolve, or just wait?
It took the gay rights champion until 2013 to come out on this issue. Why?
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The transgender movement is not the new civil rights frontier
A leading psychiatrist has dumped cold water on the successor to same-sex "marriage."
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Catholic Register hits OECTA for joining ‘X-rated rolling orgy’
The Toronto newspaper published a blistering editorial Thursday criticizing OECTA's participation in WorldPride.
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Virginia man to have mandatory vasectomy as part of hit-and-run plea deal
Prosecutors say the controversial requirement had nothing to do with the case, but stems from their concern over the man’s history of sexual irresponsibility.
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Chilean president plans to legalize abortion in some cases
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has signalled she will dismantle the nation's pro-life law, allowing abortions in cases of rape, the non-viability of the unborn child, and danger to the mother's life.
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School under fire for blocking conservative and pro-life websites, including Vatican
The student who discovered the double standard says he was told the sites were blocked to "prevent hate-speech from leeching into the school."
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Abstinent gay man: Gay ‘marriage’ is really about ‘incremental totalitarianism’
"Even 10 years ago, in the gay community, it was a joke. ... 'This is my husband, ha ha ha.'"
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Thousands join March for Marriage in DC
Speakers included Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-KS, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Sen. Rick Santorum, and San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
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Liberal MP promises to vote pro-life, then flip-flops after Trudeau steps in
PEI Liberal MP Lawrence MacAulay says that while he is "personally pro-life," he will "vote the party position should this issue ever come up in the House of Commons."
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Montgomery County pays $375,000 for violating pregnancy center’s free speech rights
“Four years of litigation made it clear that the government had no basis for interfering with Centro Tepeyac’s loving efforts to help women,” lead counsel Mark Rienzi said.
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Archbishop on marriage debate: ‘Love is the answer. But love in the truth.’
Pro-marriage advocates must show love to all, "especially...those who disagree with us on this issue, and most of all, for those who are hostile toward us,” says Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
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Catholic pro-lifers give thanks for closure of Corpus Christi abortion facility
The beautiful port city of Corpus Christi in Texas will have a special celebration of its feast day this weekend.
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Defunding Planned Parenthood leads to fifth closure in Wisconsin
Julaine Appling of Wisconsin Family Action greeted the closure of Planned Parenthood’s Fond du Lac location as “good news!”
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Malta registers first same-sex civil union
The heavily Catholic country's civil liberties minister says the "next step" is to pass a "gender identity" bill.
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What happens when Planned Parenthood activists debate pro-lifers?
A debate video I stumbled across is an oh-so-beautiful example of the complete disregard the pro-abortion movement has for things such as “photos” or “scientific evidence.”
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Judge rules against EWTN in HHS mandate case
The rule is constitutional since the global Catholic network is not directly providing abortifacient contraception, a federal judge said.
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Parents beware: Planned Parenthood ‘abstinence’ programs are a trap
Here is a good rule of thumb: If it is a sex education program—even when disguised as Life Skills or Health—it should not be in the school.
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Discriminating anti-discrimination policies
if a Christian group can’t assure that its leaders believe in Jesus Christ, what’s the use of having a Christian group at all?
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Texas pro-aborts try to recapture the energy they said they’d never lose
The abortion movement has shown itself to be the hare, with bursts of excitement that peter out, while the pro-life movement is the tortoise.
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A lethal legacy: Hurricane Katrina and the indignity of euthanasia
A new book tells the harrowing story of Memorial Medical Center, where some physicians took the lives of their patients during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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Why we’re marching for marriage: an open letter to Congress
We love our fellow citizens, our neighbors, enough to tell them the truth about what marriage is and why it’s important.
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Phoenix bishop: Murdered priest was praying outside abortion clinic each time I went
“Every time that I went to pray during the 40 Days for Life at the abortion places, [Fr. Walker] was there with Fr. Terra,” says Bishop Thomas Olmsted.
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Catholic hospital won’t say if abortionist still has admitting privileges
A spokesman for Christus Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi repeatedly declined to tell LifeSiteNews whether excommunicated abortionist Eduardo Aquino still has admitting privileges.
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Terry Crews: My secret porn addiction began at age 12, nearly cost my marriage
“You can't have something like that in your life without it growing into something else,” he said.
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Bishop backs church that barred openly gay man from serving
Marquette Bishop John Doerfler says service in public ministry demands a "willingness to give witness to the Gospel and the Church's teachings."
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Want to support the Culture of Life? Don’t miss this opportunity
If even 1% of our readers donated even just a few dollars, it would be a total game-changer. Literally.
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Cross-dressing soccer star seeks international acceptance
"I didn't know the significance it had on the world because in Polynesian culture it's not that big of an issue,” Johnny Saelua said of his cross-dressing.
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Japan bans child porn, but allows images in comic books
Morality in Media's Hysen Sisco says the law's passage is admirable, but believes it "will not curb the actual sexual abuse of children."
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Canada’s Society of Obstetricians calls unborn children ‘babies’
The unborn child is not a ‘fetus,’ ‘product of conception,’ or ‘blob of tissue,' but a BABY.
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Sixth Court of Appeals rules against Catholic nonprofits on HHS mandate
A protective injunction barring enforcement of the HHS mandate against the eight Catholic groups has been lifted.
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Abortions in New Zealand decline for sixth year in a row
Pro-life leader Bernard Moran said he feels “a sense of great sadness and loss for the more than 14,000 human beings who were denied social justice and their fundamental human right to life last year in NZ.”
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Democratic senator does the old ‘wink-and-nod’ on abortion
Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu says she believes "life begins at conception" but supports legalized abortion.
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Strip club in nuns’ backyard violates Illinois zoning law
“The Sisters have every right to pray and work peacefully without disruption from a strip club in their backyard,” says Peter Breen of the Thomas More Society.
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Does contraception really reduce the abortion rate?
Pro-life efforts to change the hearts and minds of women facing crisis pregnancies might be more effective than commonly realized.
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Party planned to mark one year since Wendy Davis’ abortion filibuster
I wonder if they’ll hire Satan worshipers to provide background chanting?
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Black people are still not free at last
Juneteenth is a day to celebrate freedom, but as long as we allow abortion we will never be free.
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The day I died…with my unborn daughter still in my body
I'm not supposed to be here. Neither is my daughter. But by the grace of God we both survived the unthinkable...and usually fatal.
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Latin American nations reject same-sex unions at international assembly
A Bolivian pro-family leader says the number of countries that rejected same-sex unions at the Organization of American States General Assembly was “historic.”
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Justina Pelletier released to her parents’ custody tomorrow
“The family looks forward to putting this 16-month nightmare behind them,” Liberty Counsel chairman Mat Staver said.
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GOP leaders mum as Obama grants special rights to gay, transgender employees
Obama “could mandate gay marriages for everyone right now, and you probably wouldn't see a press release,” a former Mitt Romney aide said.
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Georgia abortionist sentenced to 5 years in prison for criminal abortion
Operation Rescue President Troy Newman called Charles Rossman's conviction "a victory for justice."
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Obama order to grant special rights to gay, transgender employees of federal contractors
The executive order would, in essence, codify the never-passed Employment Non-Discrimination Act into law for firms that work for the federal government.
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US taxpayers to fund sex-change procedures for federal employees
Former Johns Hopkins head psychiatrist Dr. Paul McHugh says supporters of sex-change surgery are “collaborating with madness rather than trying to study, cure, and ultimately prevent it.”
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House report claims Obama influenced IRS to target conservative groups
"President Obama's bully pulpit led to the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative tax-exempt applicants," the House Oversight Committee's report says.
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Nuns Backstab Bishops on Health Care, Demand Bill’s Passage
Catholic Leadership Conference of Women Religious urge Congress to caste "a life-affirming"yes" vote for pro-abortion Senate bill
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USCCB President Slams Catholic Health Association Support for Health Bill
USCCB President Slams Catholic Health Association Support for Health Bill by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert CHICAGO, March 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), hit back hard Monday against the Catholic Health Association’s (CHA) endorsement of the abortion-expanding health care bill. George’s statement came only days after CHA president Sr. Carol Keehan issued a letter to lawmakers urging them to “move quickly to enact health care reform,” and the same day that Keehan characterized the legislation as “a major first step” – despite not being “perfect” on life […]
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Doctors’ freedom of conscience is under attack, but it’s worth fighting for
The conscience is one of the most fundamental aspects of what it means to be a human being.
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‘Duck Dynasty’ nephew makes bid for Congress, platform ‘begins with God’
"There’s a vacuum in D.C. of people who understand where rights come from," says Zach Dasher. "Rights don’t come from men. They come from God."
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Austrian bishop: Pope Francis told me ‘gender ideology is demonic’
“Indeed, gender ideology is the destruction of persons, which is why Pope Francis was justified in calling it demonic,” says Salzburg Auxiliary Bishop Andreas Laun.
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Former Johns Hopkins head psychiatrist: ‘transgender surgery isn’t the solution’
Dr. Paul McHugh says the best way to help children struggling with their gender is not surgery but "devoted parenting."
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Hillary Clinton: The Bible is ‘the biggest influence on my thinking’
Rob Schwarzwalder, senior vice president at Family Research Council, told LifeSiteNews.com that he wished Mrs. Clinton consistently allowed the Bible to shape her worldview.
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‘Pro-lifers just use emotional arguments to ignore reality’
Or do they?
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Our time is never wasted when we stand outside an abortion clinic
Every time we pray outside an abortion clinic, we offer an unborn child what is perhaps the only act of human love they will ever receive.
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Indiana abortionist headed to trial for failing to report abuse
Ulrich Klopfer, 73, is accused of failing to report suspected child abuse after giving a 13-year old girl an abortion in 2012.
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A bioethicist’s farcical case for child euthanasia
While claiming the mantle of empirical analysis, bioethicist Tony Hope actually engages in a game of “let’s play pretend.”
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What one doctor wishes she learned about ‘choice’ in medical school
Dr. Laura Lewis agreed with Henry Morgentaler's case for "safe abortion" when he visited her medical school in the 1980s, but she now runs a pregnancy support center.
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Scientists try to develop a ‘morality pill’. What could go wrong?
We’ve never dealt with the unintended consequences of technology and social engineering before, right?
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Transgendered teen to be honored at Pride March in San Francisco
Jewlyes Gutierrez will serve as a Community Marshal at San Francisco's Pride parade.
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NYC mayor hires strategist who led Planned Parenthood attack on Komen
“This again signals that children are not safe under a de Blasio administration,” crisis pregnancy center operator Chris Slattery told LifeSiteNews.
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Archbishop to Pelosi, critics: No, I won’t drop March for Marriage
Political figures from Nancy Pelosi to San Francisco's mayor and California's lieutenant governor had urged San Francisco's archbishop not to take part in the second annual march in D.C. on Thursday.
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Slovakia enshrines true marriage in nation’s Constitution
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said the amendment "only seals in the constitution what is already defined by law."
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Toronto Catholic parish to host special Mass on eve of Worldpride parade
Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins has made headlines recently for opposing plans by Ontario's Catholic teachers union to participate in the WorldPride event.
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Jahi McMath’s mother receives honorary eighth grade diploma on daughter’s behalf
McMath's mother wore a t-shirt to the ceremony bearing her daughter’s image and the words “Pray for Jahi.”
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New Southern Baptist head promises to ‘stand strong’ for true marriage
“We stand strong on what the scripture says about marriage between a man and a woman,” Pastor Ronnie Floyd says.
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Nude activists chain themselves to main altar of Madrid cathedral
Police said the FEMEN abortion activists were being charged with “crimes against religious sentiments” but would be released within a few hours.
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Planned Parenthood’s ‘condom crafting’: your tax dollars hard at work
Planned Parenthood has a demented view about what “kid friendly” means.
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Same-sex marriage, marketing, and intimidation
Proponents of same-sex marriage haven’t won in the arena of ideas—they've won through manipulation and intimidation. Those who oppose them must speak up.
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Supreme Court unanimously backs Susan B. Anthony List’s free speech over Ohio law
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion on behalf of the high court.
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Traditional Catholic Nuns Back Bishops against Health Bill
Traditional Catholic Nuns Back Bishops against Health Bill by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., March 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Immediately after a leading group of religious sisters flouted US bishops to announce support for the Senate health care bill as “the REAL pro-life stance,” a group of traditional Catholic nuns have backed the bishops’ condemnation of the bill as a serious threat to Catholic pro-life values. The Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR) entered into the health care scrap after the US Catholic Conference of Catholic Bishops was challenged by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious […]
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Christians are born for combat: don’t run from that calling
In my own lifetime I have seen the madness of immorality and the denial of God sweep over and smash the last poor levees that a once Christian people had erected.
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Why are so many Planned Parenthood clinics closing? Hint: It’s not why you think.
Pro-lifers are being accused of “shutting down places that provide healthcare to women.” But, are we? Are pro-lifers closing these facilities?
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Welcome to the new LifeSiteNews
It’s been six months in the making, and several years in the dreaming, but we can finally unveil the first phase of the new LifeSiteNews.com for our readers.
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Child Porn Pandemic as Police Estimate 600,000 Americans, 65,000 Canadians Trading Child Porn Online
Child Porn Pandemic as Police Estimate 600,000 Americans, 65,000 Canadians Trading Child Porn Online by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert TORONTO, Ontario, February 6, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Ontario police yesterday celebrated the results of a province-wide child pornography bust, the largest in Ontario’s history – yet officers acknowledge they have only scratched the surface of the massive underworld of child sexual abuse in North America. Police officers said at a press conference Thursday that the sweep led to the arrest of 31 child sex offenders between the age of 14 and 60, as well as the rescue of two young victims, […]
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Gates’ abortion-funding claim an ‘outright deception’: pro-life group
Though the remark has appeared in some news reports to indicate a shift in the foundation’s position, Gates has claimed to steer clear of the abortion debate since at least 2010.
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Rick Perry: Our genes don’t determine our sexual behavior (video)
“Perry gave a perfectly reasonable explanation of his view on homosexuality," Dan Calabrese said.
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Hillary Clinton goes negative on traditional marriage supporters
In a tense exchange earlier this week, 2016 Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton made derisive comments about supporters of traditional marriage.
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Hamilton city council demands nation-wide ban on abortion-victim images
"It is troubling that the city of Hamilton is working to stop the circulation of images of abortion victims, rather than working to stop the making of abortion victims,” says the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform.
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Survey: 80% of dads say media portrayals of fatherhood wrong
Well this is a pleasant surprise: the media incorrectly depict fathers, according to today’s dads – and, for once, the media agree.
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Florida bans post-viability abortion, Jindal signs pro-life bills, NH backs pro-life candidate, more
A state round-up of pro-life and pro-family news.
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Protecting women from Virginia’s Gosnell
Pro-abortion activists claimed Gosnell was the exception to the rule and that most abortionists were not like him.
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Guttmacher misleads on reasons for teen pregnancy decline
Guttmacher released some good news about teen pregnancy rates last month, but their analysis leaves much to be desired.
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European court reaffirms the right to autonomy of religious organizations
The case involved the non renewal of a priest’s contract as a Catholic religion and moral education teacher.
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Why is Richard Dawkins scaring kids out of reading fairy tales?
He is now taking the battle to the last bastion of 'supernaturalism'.
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Google to bar pornographic advertisements
“Beginning in the coming weeks, we’ll no longer accept ads that promote graphic depictions of sexual acts," the company said in a letter to AdWords users.
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George Tiller’s successor: If I quit performing abortions, the terrorists win
“I felt a very strong pull of moral obligation,” she said. “I could not in good conscience say no.”
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Jahi McMath to receive honorary eighth grade diploma
The school first balked at acknowledging McMath during the ceremony, but relented after a campaign by McMath’s family and supporters.
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Pro-life prisoner Mary Wagner found guilty, but released
Wagner stepped out to freedom today amid hugs and congratulations from about three dozen supporters.
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Who is David Brat? Meet the Christian conservative who just shook up the GOP establishment
Sometimes all it takes to defeat a giant is a slingshot and divine intervention. At least that’s what David Brat credits for his surprise primary win against House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
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70% of Canadians oppose Trudeau’s abortion policy: Ipsos Reid poll
Twenty-seven percent were less likely to vote Liberal while 22 percent were more likely to vote Liberal.
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Fr. Raymond Gravel, who sued LifeSiteNews, hospitalized for cancer
We wish to express to Father Gravel our prayers and good wishes during this difficult time.
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Redeemed after 3 coerced abortions: Chinese One-Child Policy victim
“As a Christian, I know that God has forgiven me, but for years, I carried with me the pain, shame and guilt of having snuffed out three precious lives,” she wrote.
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Is the Ontario College of Physicians trying to clamp down on doctors’ freedom of conscience?
If you believe in protecting the freedom of conscience of our doctors, here’s your chance to do something about it.
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Polish Prime Minister says doctors must do abortions despite conscience objection
"Regardless of what his conscience is telling him, [a doctor] must carry out the law," Prime Minister Donald Tusk said June 10.
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Exclusive: Friends and former profs remember murdered priest
Father Kenneth Walker, 28, is being remembered for his long devotion to becoming a priest and his sincere love of Christ.
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Live Action gets appointment with staffer Planned Parenthood said was ‘no longer employed’
“Now Planned Parenthood is caught in yet another lie and we have a new tape," says Live Action president Lila Rose.
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Former porn star: Study showing harm to porn stars offers mere ‘peek’ into realities of industry
A new study found 10.3 percent of performers were "physically hurt during a film shoot," but the former porn star it's much higher.
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Bishop Schneider: Church faces ‘great crisis’ as she’s tempted to conform to the ‘new paganism’
“The temptation today for the clergy is to adapt to the new world to the new paganism, to be collaborationists," said the bishop.
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Southern Baptist Convention votes to oppose ‘sex change’ operations
Five thousand delegates approved a resolution affirming "God's good design that gender identity is determined by biological sex and not by one's self-perception."
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Justin Trudeau ‘looks forward’ to meeting with Ottawa archbishop about receiving Communion
Asked about indications from the archdiocese that he could be denied Communion, Trudeau said, "I look forward to having a conversation with the bishop where he can explain, if that is the case, his views on that.”
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79% of SC GOP backs personhood, pro-life Republican tops pro-abortion GOP foe, Cuccinelli’s new gig
A state round-up of pro-life and pro-family news about last night's political primaries.
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Defending marriage tops agenda on first day of US Bishops spring meeting
“A negative decision [on marriage] by the Supreme Court would undoubtedly have a profound impact on the nation,” warned San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
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Defending marriage tops agenda on first day of US Bishops spring meeting
“A negative decision [on marriage] by the Supreme Court would undoubtedly have a profound impact on the nation,” warned San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
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Priests for Life’s Fr. Pavone urges faithful to violate New Hampshire buffer zone law
“This law has no claim on conscience,” he said.
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Oxford pro-life group narrowly escapes advertising ban by student union
Oxford Students for Life said the student union motion "looked, at first glance, like an attack on free speech. On closer investigation, it still looked like an attack on free speech.”
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Planned Parenthood sanitizes BDSM websites
Here’s how the site looks today, with the responsible looking disclaimer…
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Quebec Christians must be ‘audacious witnesses’ against euthanasia: Canadian bishops’ group
Bill 52's passage "represents a call of unprecedented urgency, a call to take a stand in defense of those groups who will resist and challenge this new law," says the Catholic Organization for Life and Family.
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British Columbia lawyers ask Law Society to overturn approval of Trinity Western law school
“Difficult decisions involving fundamental rights and freedoms should not be decided by popular opinion,” says Trinity Western President Bob Kuhn.
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Video: Bite and draw ‘some blood’ during sex, Planned Parenthood tells teens
“It just depends what kind of pain you can take,” a counselor in Indianapolis said.
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UK bishops’ draft doc advises Catholics on helping people through gender reassignment
The draft is alarming, says a pro-life leader, because "it seems to recommend unacceptable material co-operation in acts which are gravely contrary to the moral law.”
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Jahi McMath’s family urges school to grant her honorary eight-grade diploma
The family is asking supporters to contact her school to ask that she be granted a diploma with the rest of her class.
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Utah cop suspended after requesting ‘less conspicuous’ job at gay pride parade: attorney
While the department claims he refused to work the parade, his attorney says he was asked to join a choreographed motorcycle formation and simply requested a lower profile job.
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Caritas in veritate: Why we do what we do at LifeSiteNews
Simply put, the guiding principle for all of our coverage on LifeSiteNews is caritas in veritate – loving in truth.
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Dissenting ‘Catholics United’ group funded by homosexual multimillionaire
"For years, Catholics United abused the name 'Catholic' to divide us and spread confusion about what our faith teaches,” Thomas Peters, author of the American Papist blog, told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Mass shootings and modern heroes
People are reacting to Meis’s heroism and the revelation that he is engaged by purchasing his entire wedding registry and funding his “honeymoon and future.”
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Dallas Catholic diocese holds memorial to mark closure of abortion facility
The diocese continued its 13-year tradition of offering prayers outside newly closed abortion clinics in the city Saturday.
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In ‘Obvious Child,’ abortion as comedy at a theater near you
A feel-good romantic comedy about a 20-something’s 'hilarious and totally unplanned' journey to self-discovery, empowerment, and … abortion.
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UK judge orders 13-year-old to have abortion. This is medical rape.
This story is truly disturbing.
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Planned Parenthood staff promotes sadomasochism to teens: Live Action video
Live Action's new campaign aims to show that Planned Parenthood doesn't just commit abortions and promote contraceptives. Its employees also promote dangerous sexual practices to teenagers.
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Miss USA contestant says she was conceived in rape
Gatto is using her experience and status to educate women about sexual assault and to provide an example of someone who rose above her situation to achieve success.
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If we ban sex-selective abortions, are we being racist?
That’s the question raised by Slate writer Emily Bazelon.
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NZ Greens hope to force pro-life doctors to refer abortion seekers to ‘neutral’ physicians
The Green Party's new abortion policy also discourages "non-neutral" abortion counseling.
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Stillborn baby declared ‘dead’ revives 25 minutes later, now 3 months old
Robin Cyr, 34, was experiencing a birthing mother’s worst possible nightmare.
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Satanists seek religious exemption to pro-life laws, call gay unions their ‘sacrament’
The Satanic Temple hopes to place a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., according to its national spokesman.
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Judge strikes down Wisconsin’s marriage law, refuses to stay ruling
While the judge stopped short of issuing a final ruling, she refused to intervene after some county clerks began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
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Washington assisted suicide law leads to over 100 deaths in 2013: gvmt report
"It's just another example of the deevolution of our culture," says Dan Kennedy of Human Life Washington.
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Porn use can lead to divorce: study
Using data from the General Social Survey, researchers found porn users are more open to marital infidelity, the leading cause of divorce in the United States.
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Toronto Cardinal on OECTA at WorldPride: ‘What are you thinking?’
“I find it very troubling and strange that [OECTA] would choose this particular event as a way of expressing" respect for those with same-sex attraction, said Cardinal Collins.
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In defense of Hilary White
Every LifeSiteNews employee does this work precisely because of their love for God and for truth. We take it very personally when anyone attempts to demean one of our team.
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Florida abortion patient rushed to hospital for emergency care
Another abortion patient left the Port Charlotte clinic earlier in the day in poor condition and unable to walk on her own.
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ACLU director says movie ‘makes abortion funny’
That statement should offend both sides: not only those who oppose abortion but also those who abort (after all, if it wasn’t difficult, why the “not in her shoes” mantra?). But not so for the media – abortion is the very definition of “funny,” in The Washington Post’s latest piece. The Washington Post recently published American Civil Liberties Union Deputy Legal Director Louise Messing’s article where she gushed, “Finally, a movie that makes abortion funny.” Messing was referring to the abortion romantic “comedy,” “Obvious Child,” which opened June 6 and hits theaters nationwide June 27. As a media favorite, the film, said Cosmo, highlighted […]
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As feds review Quebec euthanasia bill, citizen group pledges court challenge
"I will not say when we will go to court, but we are going to go to court," says Michael Racicot of the anti-euthanasia group Living with Dignity.
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NZ Greens push for liberalized abortion law in lead-up to Sept. election
The party is calling for abortion to be removed from the Crimes Act and to allow abortion after 20 weeks “in the case of severe foetal abnormalities.”
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Mugging by Catholic bloggers
Now and then various Church officials complain about deeply uncharitable and harmful discussions on some Catholic blogs. Facebook, blogs, Twitter and even email can each far too easily allow angry thoughts that cross people’s minds to be published for all the world to see without the sober second thought that would naturally accompany face-to-face or spoken communication. There was a recent attack against LifeSiteNews from a very well known Catholic writer and another such writer and her husband. Using these means of unfiltered near-instant communications, they poured calumny and invective on LifeSiteNews and our talented and committed staff. Critics who […]
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Ohio city passes law to stop Stand True from chalking pro-life messages during Strawberry Festival
Last night Stand True President, Bryan Kemper, the Stand True Missionaries and some of Bryan’s children were approached by the Troy, OH Police Department while they were sidewalk chalking. We were told that we could not do this because Troy, OH passed a special law that is only in effect for 4 days to stop Stand True from sidewalk chlaking. In the ordinance passed to permit the Strawberry Festival in downtown Troy, OH it included this “SECTION VII: That no person shall write, paint, chalk or otherwise permanently or temporarily deface or mark on the public streets, sidewalks, alleys or […]
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Active euthanasia comes to North America
The poison has jumped across the Atlantic from Netherlands and Belgium: Quebec has legalized active euthanasia. I have discussed the contents of new law at length previously and I don’t want to repeat myself. However, the bill did undergo some changes since I wrote about it, and there are certain sections of the new law that need to be emphasized, so here goes: The euphemism for homicide in the law is “aid in dying,” which in turn, is defined as part of “end of life care.“ Receiving “end of life care”–including euthanasia–is now a positive right. From the law (my emphasis): RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO END-OF-LIFE […]
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Illegal work being done at future site of abortion clinic in Des Plaines, Illinois
Since learning that Forest View Medical Center abortion clinic in Des Plaines, Illinois had closed nearly two months ago, the Pro-Life Action League has continued to keep a close eye on the facility. After the closing, we knew that the building that formerly housed Forest View was still owned by Vinod and Vijay Goyal, a husband-and-wife team who own more abortion clinics (five) than anyone else in the state, so we were obviously concerned that the Goyals might attempt to open another abortion facility at the site. And, in fact, we’ve recently learned that’s exactly what they’re planning to do. […]
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Obama’s Abortion Bombshell: Unrestricted Abortion Over Wishes of Individual States a Priority for Pr
Obama’s Abortion Bombshell: Unrestricted Abortion Over Wishes of Individual States a Priority for Pr by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., June 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Barack Obama, the presumptive pro-abortion nominee of the Democratic Party, has plans to reward the allies that helped him topple Hillary Clinton from her throne by making total unrestricted abortion in the United States his number one priority as president. In light of Obama’s recently achieved status as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink has decided to remind its supporters that almost one year has passed since Obama made […]
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B.C. Teacher Kempling May Lose Teaching License for Defending Christian Beliefs
B.C. Teacher Kempling May Lose Teaching License for Defending Christian Beliefs by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac QUESNEL, BC, February 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The last half a decade has not been easy on B.C. teacher, Chris Kempling. In 2003 the soft-spoken educator was cited by the College of Teachers for professional misconduct, after he wrote in to a local newspaper outlining Christian teachings on homosexuality. After a hearing on the matter, Kempling was found guilty of the charges, and his teaching license was suspended for a month. Kempling appealed that decision in the Canadian court system, all the way to […]
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Study Shows 26 Percent of U.S. Teenage Girls Have STD
Study Shows 26 Percent of U.S. Teenage Girls Have STD by LifeSiteNews.com By Michael Baggot ATLANTA, GA, March 13, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Twenty six percent of US teenage girls have contracted at least one of the four major sexually transmitted diseases, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Tuesday. The CDCP estimates that 3.2 million US teen girls have an STD. The study examined the sexual behavior of 838 teenage girls, half of whom admitted to having sex during their teen years. Of that half, 40 percent had contracted an STD. Nearly half of […]
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Medical Journalist Says Reliance on Condoms Spreads HIV/AIDS
Medical Journalist Says Reliance on Condoms Spreads HIV/AIDS by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A medical journalist has added her voice to claims that the explosion in HIV/AIDS infection rates is directly linked to reliance on condom use as a virus preventative. Writing for Crisis Magazine, prize-winning investigative journalist Sue Ellin Browder said the growing consensus among public health professionals is that condoms should only be used as a last measure of protection for persons involved in extremely high-risk activity such as sex-trade work. Zenit News Agency reported yesterday on Browder’s conclusions. “So far, […]
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Swedish Prostitution Ban An Apparent Enormous Success
Criminalized the buying of sex, and decriminalized the selling of sex
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Study Finds TV Treats Marital Sex as Burdensome, Adultery as Positive
Study Finds TV Treats Marital Sex as Burdensome, Adultery as Positive by LifeSiteNews.com LOS ANGELES, August 6, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Parents Television Council released a new study, Happily Never After: How Hollywood Favors Adultery and Promiscuity Over Marital Intimacy on Prime Time Broadcast Television, which revealed that broadcast networks depict sex in the context of marriage as either non-existent or burdensome, while showing positive depictions of extra-marital or adulterous sexual relationships with alarming frequency. Across the broadcast networks, the new PTC report found that verbal references to non-marital sex outnumbered references to sex in the context of marriage by […]
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New York City Gone Wild: One in Four Have Herpes Virus
City health department plans to throw more condoms at the crisis
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Canada’s Greatest Defender of Humanae Vitae Calls on Bishops to Reject Dissenting Document
Canada’s Greatest Defender of Humanae Vitae Calls on Bishops to Reject Dissenting Document by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen TORONTO, July 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the upcoming edition of Catholic Insight magazine, Canada’s greatest defender of the Pope Paul VI’s encyclical Humanae Vitae – 92-year-old Monsignor Vincent Foy – concludes his lifelong championship of the papal position on birth control. Released today, on the 40th anniversary of the encyclical, Monsignor Foy calls on the Bishops of Canada to revoke their “Winnipeg Statement”, which he says is an unacceptable document of dissent. Humanae Vitae presents the teaching against contraception as stemming […]
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Newly proposed federal prostitution laws please pro-family groups
"Our Government remains committed to keeping our streets ... safe by cracking down on those who fuel demand for prostitution,” said Justice Minister Peter MacKay.
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Father jailed for beating pregnant daughter after she refused abortion
The Ohio man pled guilty and was sentenced to 12 months in prison.
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Hard cases, unite to make a difference!
How would like to be labeled “a hard case?” What if your class of people were systematically targeted for extinction within legislation? What if political candidates felt quite comfortable with stating their position that you and your kind aren’t worth protecting and better off dead? What if your child was regularly stigmatized by our society? That’s exactly what it’s like for those of us who were conceived in rape, mothers from rape, and those given a poor in utero diagnosis. But being branded as a “hard case” becomes easier when we all begin to unite behind our unique kinship. And that’s what Save The 1 has been doing – […]
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Florida would ban abortion post-viability, Ohio moves to ban abortion insurance, and more
A state round-up of pro-life and pro-family news.
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Media hypes ‘abortion comedy’ as Planned Parenthood hosts screening
Finally, a movie that presents the murder of an innocent as the laugh riot it is! In the new abortion romantic comedy hitting theaters, the child in “Obvious Child” is anything but obvious. In fact, it’s dead, which is why so many pro-abortionists are praising the movie. Director Gillian Robespierre’s “Obvious Child” follows an aspiring young comedian, Donna Stern, whose abortion turns into a “happily ever after” love story. Opening June 6, the film stresses “self-discovery and empowerment” and the “realities of independent womanhood.” With endorsements from Planned Parenthood and NARAL as well as applause from the media, the abortion “comedy” serves as […]
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Kickstarter revises standards after banning Gosnell film, but denies connection
Two months after Kickstarter rejected two pro-life films, the nation's largest crowdsourcing website has revised its standards.
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Vancouver School Board’s new ‘gender identity’ policy ignores parents: critics
Concerned parents managed to stall radical revisions to its existing “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities” policy, but the new policy now faces a vote June 11.
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Auckland city council subsidizes event on ‘queer polyamory’ relationships
“Along with questioning heteronormativity, many LGBTI people question monogamous marriages and relationships," states an ad for the conference.
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New Jersey Assembly panel passes right-to-die bill, Christie opposes
A similar bill died last year after it passed through the same committee.
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Pro-life billboard towers over Planned Parenthood – for one day
Jackson Right to Life, in Michigan, followed all the rules when renting billboard space next to the Jackson Planned Parenthood. For one glorious day a pro-life billboard towered over Planned Parenthood’s pathetic little abortion feeder with the simple but powerful message, “Choose Life = No Regrets.” There was only one problem: The billboard was on Planned Parenthood’s property. Adams Outdoor Advertising had leased the billboard space but forgotten about Planned Parenthood’s addendum forbidding any pro-life messaging. Click “like” if you are PRO-LIFE! So just as quickly as the billboard went up, on June 9, it came down the next day. Adams is offering Jackson […]
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‘Gosnell’ filmmaker glad Kickstarter ‘got the message that people won’t stand for censorship’
Kickstarter insisted McAleer and McElhinney modify or remove language such as '1000s of babies stabbed to death' and '1000s of babies murdered,' which was not in line with “the spirit” of their community guidelines.
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Assisted suicides in Washington state jump 43% in one year
Assisted suicide is on the rise in Washington. From the Seattle Times story: More than 100 people died in Washington last year after requesting and taking a lethal prescription through Washington’s Death with Dignity law, the state’s Department of Health reported Wednesday. Officials said that 173 people requested and received lethal doses of medication in 2013, a 43 percent increase from the year before. And in every one of these deaths, the doctors were legally required to lie on the death certificates that the deaths were from natural causes. That’s downright corrupting of the medical system. Click “like” if you are […]
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Vatican Secretary of State: Welcome the ‘children whom God wants to give to you’
“Let your nation still give birth to new saints. They will decide about the fate of your homeland! They are also needed by the Church and the world,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
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Parents outraged after teacher hands out sex toys to teens during drama awards ceremony
Retiring teacher Teri Grimes gave sex toys to the male teen who won the title of "horniest stud" and the same toys to the girl who won "horniest girl."
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UK’s ‘assisted dying’ bill tells disabled ‘it’s not worth being alive’: wheelchair-bound Baroness
“Why is it that when people who are not disabled want to commit suicide, we try to talk them out of it, but when a disabled person wants to commit suicide, we focus on how we can make that possible?”
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62 women infected with Hepatitis C at late-term abortion facility win $13.75 million settlement
James Latham Peters, an abortion facility employee, is in prison in Australia for infecting the women and for possessing child pornography.
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Quebec legislature votes 94-22 to enshrine euthanasia as ‘medical aid in dying’
“This is a dark day in the history of this country,” said Jim Hughes, national president of Campaign Life Coalition.
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London Catholic school board condemns OECTA’s participation in WorldPride parade
The school board says OECTA's plan to join the parade is “well-intentioned but mistaken.”
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Planned Parenthood affiliate has lost more than a quarter of its customers since 2012
Nearly 10 percent of its workforce will be affected by layoffs or reductions.
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Tweet to save lives: #ThePillKills campaign highlights dangers of hormonal contraceptives
"The mountain of evidence that these drugs are killers cannot just be swept under the rug," says Judie Brown, president of American Life League.
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Youth to Canadian MPs: Represent us!
Youth across Canada want their voices heard, especially when they are constantly being stifled by Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and New Democrat MP Niki Ashton. Judging from this video, they won't be silenced! Reprinted with permission from CampaignLifeCoalition.com.
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Cancer-stricken mom gives up eye to save her unborn baby
An expectant Canadian mother is asking for prayers and financial support after the cancer she beat nearly five years ago returned just after becoming pregnant with her first baby.
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Planned Parenthood CEO’s annual salary now exceeds $500,000
According to Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s 2012 IRS Form 990, CEO Cecile Richards made over one-half million dollars – $523,616, to be exact – for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2013. That’s a lot of money to pay the CEO of a nonprofit organization, particularly one that claims to cater to low-income women. “Planned Parenthood works to make health care accessible and affordable,” boasts Planned Parenthood. Really? How much more affordable would Planned Parenthood’s services be were not its corporate bosses and affiliate CEOs making big bucks? For that 2012 reporting period, PPFA’s 12-member executive team tallied a combined income […]
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U.S. Supreme Court refuses to issue stay of ruling overturning Oregon marriage amendment
The National Organization for Marriage has sought an emergency stay after a U.S. District Court judge overturned the amendment last month.
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TIME: Learning baby’s sex before birth may ‘pressure’ it ‘into specific gender role’
Expectant moms: Be careful shopping in the baby department, ladies – you might just dictate your bundle of joy’s gender with your next purchase, or so says TIME Magazine.
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The Detroit News’ biased abortion coverage
Last week, the Detroit News ran an article about abortion trends in the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan.
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If we approve ‘3-parent children’ we’d be permitting blatant human experimentation on kids
If the “we never say no” Human Embryo Authority in the UK approves the creation of 3-parent embryos, it would be permitting blatant human experimentation on children.
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Gov. Christie backs anti-family judges for NJ Supreme Court weeks ahead of major pro-family speech
Christie re-nominated New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner, who has supported same-sex "marriage."
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Waterloo Catholic school board votes to back OECTA’s WorldPride march, Halton board won’t oppose
Halton trustee Anthony Danko, whose motion opposing OECTA's failed to yield a seconder, said he had no idea why Catholic trustees “wouldn't want to support the Cardinal and defend the Faith."
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Kermit Gosnell’s son shot during alleged robbery
Barron Alexander is listed in critical but stable condition as of this writing.
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Two Iowa Planned Parenthood facilities closing this month
“In the past 2 years alone, we have seen TWELVE Iowa Planned Parenthoods close for good, many of which sold webcam abortions,” wrote Iowa Right to Life President Jenifer Bowen.
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School district votes to allow teachers to give condoms to students without parental consent
"Condom distribution to sixth graders, with or without parental consent, is a perfectly terrible idea," says the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer.
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The flaws, foibles, and failings of Emily Letts’ ‘abortion’ video
In March, Philadelphia actress and abortion counselor Emily Letts posted a video that ostensibly recorded an abortion she had. The video, which has garnered praise from many abortion advocates, has also garnered its share of pro-life critics, including LifeSiteNews' own Ben Johnson. Our U.S. Bureau Chief pointed out that Letts' video merely “purports to be” about abortion, since “it does not show the abortion procedure, the doctor, nor anything below her waist.” It's not just pro-lifers who are hammering Letts, either. One abortion supporter wrote that Letts' cavalier attitude ignores that “abortion is not something to be taken lightly or […]
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Pro-life group demands closure of Virginia abortion facility over hundreds of health violations
The Virginia Beach facility is owned by Steve Brigham, a late term abortionist who has had his medical license revoked in numerous states for injuring patients due to negligence.
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TIME: Learning baby’s sex before birth may ‘pressure’ it ‘into specific gender role’
Expectant moms: Be careful shopping in the baby department, ladies – you might just dictate your bundle of joy’s gender with your next purchase, or so says TIME Magazine. TIME Magazine’s Eliana Dockterman recently examined “The Problem with Wanting to Know Your Baby’s Sex before Birth.” In her article, Dockterman argued that buying pink or blue clothes could “pressure” children “into specific gender roles.” The article pointed to a study that claimed that women who wait to find out a baby’s sex are “more egalitarian, conscientious.” And probably more likely to care what Eliana Dockterman thinks of their choices. On the other […]
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Fetal models credited for saving late-term baby from abortion
40 Days for Life Michigan says an organizer "showed the 30-week model to a late-term mom who left the clinic and DID NOT have an abortion. Praise God!"
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Three Planned Parenthood offices to close in Oregon and Washington
“Considering those areas are already serviced by crisis pregnancy centers, we are confident that life will be chosen by Oregon women even more than ever,” Oregon Right to Life said.
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If we approve ‘3-parent children’ we’d be permitting blatant human experimentation on kids
If the “we never say no” Human Embryo Authority in the UK approves the creation of 3-parent embryos, it would be permitting blatant human experimentation on children. Indeed, I don’t see any other way to look at it. Note the quote below. From the Associated Press story: Britain’s fertility regulator says controversial techniques to create embryos from the DNA of three people “do not appear to be unsafe” even though no one has ever received the treatment, according to a new report released Tuesday. The report based its conclusion largely on lab tests and some animal experiments and called for […]
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South by Southwest: Pro-life laws eradicating abortion clinics
There is a mesmerizing time-lapse video at the Abraham Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois, that in four minutes shows the North’s four-year takeover of the South during the Civil War (screen shots above – view a video clip here). I was reminded of that video when viewing this GIF from Planned Parenthood. Click on the image to launch… The correlation between slavery and abortion makes it poignant that legal abortion is first being wiped out in the South, although the area also encompasses some of the Southwest, including Texas and Oklahoma…. While many different types of pro-life laws are being enacted, such as late-term abortion bans, waiting periods, ultrasound requirements, and parental […]
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‘Our Catholic school system … is harmed by your actions’: Ontario bishop slams OECTA over WorldPride
“I am disappointed in your leadership and the OECTA union as a whole," Thunder Bay Bishop Fred Colli told OECTA president James Ryan in a recent letter.
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Bob Dole: I apologized to abortionist for some of my pro-life supporters’ ‘over the top’ rhetoric
"Some of our campaigners were going over the top,” Dole said recently of his 1974 campaign for U.S. Senate.
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Parents of 24-year-old killed by NuvaRing reject their part of $100 million settlement
Instead, they want the FDA to highlight the contraceptive device's health risks.
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Ontario Knights of Columbus urges members to ‘take a stand’, drop support for Liberals over abortion
“[Trudeau]'s not really giving people a ‘choice’ at all if you want to be a candidate in his party,” Ontario State Deputy Kevin Daudlin told LifeSiteNews.com.
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Lawsuit claims NY school took students to health clinic for birth control without telling parents
"When students are taken offsite without parental permission, that’s tantamount to kidnapping," says Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association.
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The Detroit News’ biased abortion coverage
Last week, the Detroit News ran an article about abortion trends in the city of Detroit and the state of Michigan. It found that abortion numbers were increasing in Detroit while falling elsewhere in the state. In general, abortion trends tend to get very little coverage from the media. As such, it was heartening to see the paper cover this important topic. That said the coverage was extremely biased. Twice the article mentioned that legal abortion is a “safe” procedure. In reality, there is a substantial body of public health research which shows that abortion increases the risk of breast cancer and a range of psychological problems, […]
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Euthanasia in Canada: Letter writing campaign
The Québec euthanasia Bill 52 will be voted on very soon, possibly today (June 3). Steven Fletcher is busy promoting his private members bills to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the Carter case on October 14. The Carter case seeks to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada. On June 2 the National Post published a page of letters, with the majority of the letters supporting euthanasia. This means that the euthanasia lobby asked their supporters to write letters. To write a letter to the editor you need to keep your letter short […]
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Planned Parenthood: Ok to put pro-choice rosaries on ovaries
While abortion proponents have forever belittled opposition to abortion (and contraception) in the name of religion, hypocritial Planned Parenthood has for at least two decades used pro-abortion clergy to promote killing preborn children. In October 2013, Planned Parenthood Federation of America released a “Pastoral Letter to Patients” that is only now getting media attention, today headlined on Drudge. PPFA’s inexplicably pro-abortion Clergy Advisory Board is comprised of 12 men and only three women, a lopsided 4:1 gender ratio that would draw ire if a board of pro-life pastors. But I’ve already noted Planned Parenthood is hypocritical. The letter states, in part: The decision to have an abortion is personal. Though […]
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Quebec regains that killing feeling
Quebec is on the verge–again–of legalizing a radical euthanasia bill. From the National Post story: One of the first acts of Premier Philippe Couillard’s new Liberal government was to revive Bill 52, which was nearing a final vote in March when the previous Parti Québécois government called an election. All parties agreed to bring the legislation back at the stage it had been before the election. With final debate set to begin next week, the government said it fully expects it will become law before the session ends June 13. Parties have agreed to allow a free vote, but a […]
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Everything old is new again: The resurgence of pro-life hospital pickets
“Anti-Abortion Protesters Are Coming to a Hospital Near You.” That’s the apt title of an article published last week by pro-choice journalist Robin Marty on the liberal website ThinkProgress. Noting that the vast majority of abortions are performed in freestanding clinics, Marty says hospitals are “increasingly viewed as the weak link in the battle over abortion access.” She then adds, “And that’s exactly the way medical boards like it.” But as more and more states are enacting legislation requiring abortionists in freestanding facilities to have admitting privileges at and transfer agreements with a local hospital, the landscape is changing: Admitting […]
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105 Congressmen to Harry Reid: Allow a vote to ban abortion for babies who can feel pain
"More than a year after the conviction of the abortionist Kermit Gosnell, it is long past time that the Senate move forward and pass this bipartisan legislation to help protect the health of women and children," Rep. Diane Black said.
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Christian baker must make ‘wedding’ bakes for gay couples, court rules
Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for the Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, told LifeSiteNews.com, "Gay activists have gone from asking for tolerance to demanding conformity."
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Bobby Jindal: Surrogate motherhood lessens ‘the way we value human life’
The Louisiana governor made the statement while vetoing a bill to legalize surrogacy in the state.
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Taxpayers to fund sex change operations for seniors through Medicare: Obama administration
On Friday, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) board overturned a policy from 1981 that prevented Medicare funding from being used for gender reassignment surgery.
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Pope Francis: Reject the culture of comfort that rejects having babies
The Pope said that "Jesus does not like" families that choose to have cats and dogs instead of children.
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Judge orders hospital to reinstate abortionist’s admitting privileges one day after botched abortion
A video shows what appears to be an African-American woman on a gurney being wheeled to an awaiting ambulance.
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Online petition demands Trudeau repeal ‘dictatorial abortion policy’
“Justin’s policy represents an assault on our fundamental freedoms, guaranteed by the Charter," said Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition, which has just launched JustinRepealIntolerance.ca.
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‘We will be whipping the vote:’ Trudeau says he will force Liberal MPs to vote pro-abortion
“I prefer the level of clarity that we’ve established right now – that people know that the Liberal party will stand up and defend a woman’s fundamental rights," said Trudeau this weekend.
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Mary Wagner’s lawyer continues to press for court to hear witnesses on humanity of unborn
Wagner is attempting to argue that she was acting under self-defence provisions of the Criminal Code to save the unborn from abortion when she entered the “Women’s Care Clinic” abortion site on Lawrence Avenue West in Toronto in August 2012.
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Pope Francis: The devil wants to destroy the family
On two successive days, Pope Francis focused his remarks on the family and its grave importance in the Church and the world today.
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Teens attempted to burn body of baby to hide illegal abortion: police
After attempting to flush the baby's body down the toilet, she asked two friends to help dispose of the evidence, authorities say.
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Black Madonna visits “Polish Capital” of US during pro-life pilgrimage
We knew the pilgrim icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa, who is often referred to as the Queen of Poland, would receive a warm and joyful welcome in Chicago.
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There is no ‘third way’ — Southern Baptists face a moment of decision (and so will you)
A church will either believe and teach that same-sex behaviors and relationships are sinful, or it will affirm them.
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From Auschwitz to America: Lessons learned from Germany’s concentration camp
The greatest disrespect I could possibly lend to the victims of the Holocaust is the refusal to apply the lessons of that horrific history to the horrors of today, thus repeating the deadly mistakes of the past.
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Abortionist: ‘We are the executioners’
'We just have to face it. Somebody has to do it. Unfortunately, we are the executioners in this instance.'
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The Real Pierre Trudeau: Father of Canada’s Permissive Society
The Real Pierre Trudeau: Father of Canada’s Permissive Society by Steve Jalsevac Trudeau in 1971 Trudeau and future liberal Prime Minister Jean Chretien Trudeau being greeted by Chinese communist leader Mao Tse Tung Trudeau and his friend Cuban Communist dictator Fidel Castro who came to Trudeau’s funeral. Trudeau in 1982 NOTE: this article has been updated with some additional information since it’s original publication in 2000. There was a disturbing void in most reporting on the death of Pierre Trudeau during the idolizing media frenzy and pomp surrounding his death and lavish Catholic funeral. Very little of the substantial negatives […]
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Forced Abortion, Rape Victim Comes Forward After Abortionist Given Slap on the Wrist
Forced Abortion, Rape Victim Comes Forward After Abortionist Given Slap on the Wrist by LifeSiteNews.com DETROIT, Mich., February 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Outraged by what she considers a meaningless sentence and remarks by an attorney that she says are insulting and untrue, a former patient of Womancare, a Detroit-area abortion facility, has come forward to tell of her abortion experience with owner, abortionist Alberto Hodari. Jennifer McCoy’s hair-raising account of a forced abortion and the non-reporting of child sexual abuse that allowed her rapist to continue abusing her is part of an investigative report about Hodari’s legal problems released today […]
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Text Messaging Prevents Coerced Abortion at Planned Parenthood
Text Messaging Prevents Coerced Abortion at Planned Parenthood by LifeSiteNews.com Albuquerque, NM, October 8, 2010 (OperationRescue.org) – The seventeen-year-old teen sat nervously in the waiting room of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday, October 7, 2010. She was six weeks pregnant and did not want to have an abortion, but her mother had insisted. Suddenly, her phone alerted her to an incoming text message. “Jane, [not her real name] you are a mom! Please choose life for your baby, we want to help you! Tara” That began a texting conversation that ultimately led to the […]
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Michigan Abortionist Admits to Forcing Client into Abortion
Michigan Abortionist Admits to Forcing Client into Abortion by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith FLINT, Michigan, May 25, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Michigan abortionist Abraham Alberto Hodari has admitted to having an assistant forcibly restrain a woman who changed her mind about having an abortion, claiming he had already begun the procedure and wanted to guarantee a “safe abortion.” Local station NBC 25, which has determinedly pursued this story of forced abortion at Hodari’s Flint’s Feminine Health Care Clinic, reports that 20-year-old Caitlin Bruce wanted to keep her child after seeing its ultrasound image. Bruce said that Hodari was in the […]
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Canada Considers Further Legalizing Prostitution While Amsterdam Mayor Admits Legalization’s Failure
Canada Considers Further Legalizing Prostitution While Amsterdam Mayor Admits Legalization’s Failure by LifeSiteNews.com OTTAWA/AMSTERDAM, October 5, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Liberal dominated government committee looking into prostitution is recommending the Canadian government legalize solicitation so that prostitutes may legally offer sex for money.à Meanwhile the mayor of Amsterdam has for the first time admitted that the Dutch experiment to curb abuse by legalizing prostitution has failed miserably. Policemen in Amsterdam’s infamous red light district were quoted by Dutch media Friday as saying, “We are in the midst of modern slavery.”à Due to the legalization of prostitution in the Netherlands in […]
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