'If the president of the United States and Harry Reid think it's more important that Planned Parenthood get your tax dollars than to pay our troops, then they are shutting down the government,' Congressional pro-life leader Jim Jordan responded.
The Cardinal Newman Society recently revealed that a shocking number of Catholic institutions are still affiliated with the nation's largest abortion provider.
The Archdiocese of Newark has strongly rebutted the accusations of Father Warren Hall, who alleges that the archdiocese is punishing him for 'coming out' as a homosexual.
A California Catholic hospital retracted its decision this week to prohibit a sterilization at its facility and consented to a pregnant mother's doctor performing the procedure.
A state employee asked LifeSiteNews to frame its coverage to protect the Department of Public Health from 'a lot of attacks from the anti-abortion people.'
Dr. Grossman used the question-and-answer session to give parents much appreciated and sometimes humorous, very practical advice on how to teach their children about “the birds and the bees.”
'This (House investigation) will focus specifically on whether South Carolinans' tax dollars are funding this type of horrific practice,' said one state representative.
'If Planned Parenthood really wants to disprove the now-overwhelming body of evidence that their affiliates traffic in baby body parts, they should release their fetal tissue contracts with the for-profit company StemExpress for law enforcement,' David Daleiden said.
'Now, extreme views about women - we expect that from some of the terrorist groups. We expect that from people who don’t want to live in the modern world.'
Large audience responded to Grossman’s fact-packed talk with frequent applause and a standing ovation. Included are videos of 1) the complete 1 hour main talk by Dr. Grossman and 2) the complete 20-min. Question and Answer session.
What happened in forty-eight of the cases was chilling: “The doctors, satisfied that [these] patients were in earnest, and that their conditions were ‘untreatable’ and ‘unbearable,’ offered them lethal injection; 35 went through with it.”
Everything changed with the hacking of the Ashley Madison website and the release of over 37 million names, along with account information. Now, millions around the world who had paid no attention to Ashley Madison or the “Dark Web” found themselves staggered by the sheer scale of the adultery enterprise. Millions of others faced the reality that their Ashley Madison registration was about to go public, often along with incriminating details.
'While many of the GOP candidates talk the talk about supporting marriage, these four candidates have distinguished themselves as true champions,' says NOM.
As yet another video of Planned Parenthood's sale of fetal body parts is released, resources are available to help those who are faced with reminders of their experiences with abortion.
Is the campaign to promote Cardinal Walter Kasper’s proposal to allow the reception of Holy Communion by divorced and remarried Catholics simply prompted by misguided but understandable sympathy, or is it motivated by something more sinister and revolutionary?
The Obama administration is threatening states attempting to defund Planned Parenthood with not only civil action, but with cutting off Medicaid funds.
COLUMBUS, OH, August 26, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) — Pro-life legislators in Ohio have proposed a bill that will protect Down Syndrome babies from being “terminated” in the womb. The bill would make it illegal to abort a baby just because that child may have Down’s. Ohio Right to Life president Mike Gonidakis said the bill is important because Down Syndrome is easily misdiagnosed in pregnancy, yet so likely to lead to abortion. “Everyone has a right to live, perfect or not,” he said. Approximately 90 percent of babies diagnosed as having Down's are aborted. “You go to any supermarket or mall […]
The National Organization for Marriage can expect mass character assassination against its donors now that a Maine court has forced the organization to reveal their names.
A pro-life lobbyist says Planned Parenthood Ottawa is running a 'brazen fundraising campaign' in the face of mounting evidence against the abortion giant.
Aug. 25, 2015 (TheDailySignal)– Crystal Willis-Blount, a birth mother and a rape survivor, says that she and her daughter are not “talking points” for pro-choice politicians. In an interview with The Daily Signal, Willis-Blount said that at 14, she was placed in an advanced math class with older students. One day, a fellow student lured her into an empty room at the high school and raped her. She told only her best friend about the attack. “Automatically, there was shame involved,” Willis-Blount said. “So that prevented me from telling anyone else.” A few months later, her friend insisted that Willis-Blount go […]
Aug. 25, 2015 (Euthanasia Prevention Coalition)–A Minnesota Judge applied the maximum sentence to the Final Exit Network (FEN) for their role in assisting the suicide of Doreen Dunn (57) in 2007, after a jury found the Final Exit Network guilty last May. The Star Tribune reported that: During the trial, prosecutors argued that the group gave Doreen Dunn, of Apple Valley, a “blueprint” for ending her life and made efforts to conceal her suicide from family and authorities by removing the equipment she used. Criminal cases against Final Exit Network coordinator Roberta Massey, of Bear, Del., and the group’s medical director, Lawrence Egbert, […]
DES MOINES, IA, August 25, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) — Republican presidential hopeful Senator Ted Cruz hosted a religious freedom rally in Des Moines, IA Friday night, with an estimated two to three thousand people traveling from across Iowa and out of state to attend. The event, part of Cruz's campaign for president, was a mix of religious revival, panel discussion, interview, and prayer. The event also included entertainment, with music performed by Christian music group The Bontrager Family Singers and Christian rock band Newsboys. But the evening centered on appearances by the subjects of several notorious cases of religious persecution currently […]
Aug. 25, 2015 (Population Research Institute) — Since Roe v. Wade abortion has claimed the lives of over 53 million babies in America. More than eight times as many infants have been killed through abortion than Jews murdered in the Nazi concentration camps. Abortion is truly the Holocaust of our time. On May 2, 1945, the 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Wöbbelin, Germany. There they discovered bodies that “were found piled four and five feet high,” and others that were strewn among the sick and dying. Four days later, under orders of the 82nd Airborne Division, American […]
August 25, 2015 (Voice of the Family) — In our analyses of the relatio synodi of the Extraordinary Synod and of the instrumentum laboris of the Ordinary Synod Voice of the Family drew attention to the false approach adopted by the Synod towards the relationship between the Church and historical development. A very important contribution to this discussion has been made by Professor Thomas Stark, professor of philosophical anthropology at the Benedict XVI Institute of Philosophy and Theology at Heiligenkreuz, in Austria. His lecture German Idealism and Cardinal Kasper’s Theological Project provides crucial insights into the philosophical approach that lies behind “progressive” assaults on Catholic doctrine at the Synod. In […]
August 25, 2015 (Voice of the Family) — The Bishops’ Conference of Ghana has issued a powerful statement upholding the natural moral law and the teaching of the Catholic Church on matters relating to the defence of human life, marriage and the family. The statement was issued following a pro-life conference in Accra, which was organised by the Bishops’ Conference. The majority of Ghana’s bishops were in attendance. Voice of the Family’s co-founder John Smeaton was among the speakers who addressed the conference. Preamble In response to the increasing violation of the sanctity and dignity of human life and the continuing culture of death […]
One pro-life commentator said the 'expose' is 'a great reminder' that 'people who value life come in all kinds of shapes and sizes and all kinds of political ideologies.'
August 21, 2015 (Voice of the Family) — The Catholic News Agency is reporting today that a Catholic agency in Switzerland, with close links to the Bishops’ Conference of Switzerland, are funding LGBT activists who wish to undermine the work of African Catholic bishops. Voice of the Family has also drawn attention recently to the concerted attempts by western agencies and governments to impose contraception, abortion and the homosexual agenda on African nations. We have similarly reported on the disturbing collaboration between Vatican departments and the leading architects of the population control movement. CNA reports that the “Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund and a major U.S. foundation have helped fund an LGBT […]
August 20, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – The relationship between Barack Obama and Pope Francis is cozy and affirming, according to the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, and the Holy Father thinks highly of the U.S. president. Ken Hackett said it was Obama’s March 2014 visit to the Vatican, when the two bonded over perceived shared priorities, that helped seal the deal on the Pontiff coming to Washington, D.C., during his visit to the United States next month. “Yes, the President invited him and more importantly, in the context of that invitation, the dynamic, the personal interaction, was more than warm,” Hackett […]
Vatican City, August 20, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis is recruiting priests to serve as missionaries with special authority for pardoning certain sins during the upcoming Year of Mercy. The Missionaries of Mercy is “a new and original initiative by which the Pope intends to emphasize his pastoral care in a more concrete way,” according to Vatican News Service, and the Pontiff will give them “the authority to pardon even those sins reserved to the Holy See.” The Holy Father revealed his plans in April for the Year of Mercy in the Bull of Indiction (formal announcement or proclamation) Misericordiae […]
Grossman said she came to give her talk not "because the organizers found my work and they were impressed with me," but because she has "never seen anything like" the organized opposition to sex ed that is taking place in Ontario.
It should come as no shock, when politicians are given thousands of dollars, that they simply bow before Planned Parenthood, taking the abortion giant’s word for everything.
According to data collected by Alliance Defending Freedom and Charlotte Lozier Institute, there are currently 13,540 clinics providing comprehensive health care for women, versus 665 Planned Parenthood locations.
Ninety-seven organizations received more than $280 million to conduct research using fetal tissue. Among them are Vanderbilt University and St. Jude's Research Hospital.
'Powerful Western forces as I speak are seeking to control your population by corrupting your nation’s values, in particular by targeting the innocence of your children and young people,' stated John Smeaton at a pro-life conference in Ghana.
MEXICO CITY, August 18, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – The transsexual known as Diana Sanchez, whose biological sex is male and is a political figure in Mexico City’s leftist party PRD, wrote a letter to Mexico’s Primate, Cardinal Norberto Rivera, on July 29 demanding he and other cardinals “obey” the Pope in “abstaining from discriminating and judging homosexuals.” Referring to the recent marches that have taken place across the country in favor of the right to life and the protection of natural marriage, the activist demanded the Primate investigate and “punish” the Mexican prelates who had promoted them, saying they “promote discrimination […]
Pro-life pregnancy centers 'should be free to keep their internal files out of the hands of hostile government officials, just like all other organizations,' said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Matt Bowman.
While many churches in Europe and America have shriveled as they drift from biblical Christianity, their counterparts in the global south have thrived.
In a new interview, the Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate admits that the right to life will not be a top priority in a Kasich administration.
The Newport Beach City Council voted August 11 to disassociate itself from a councilman's email criticizing the Supreme Court's June decision redefining marriage in the U.S.
The challenges of the 21st century, rather than stemming from overpopulation, appear to arise from falling fertility rates and larger aging cohorts with comparatively fewer from younger cohorts to support them.
The euthanasia lobby appears to have influenced the Ontario Government to establish a biased panel, to counter the Consultation on Legislative Options for Assisted Dying launched by the Federal government in July.
'It’s really important that people recognize this isn’t about me. This is about all of us being able to enjoy our religious liberty and freedoms,' said Craig James, former sportscaster.
Essentially, Health Canada has approved a drug to be given to a perfectly healthy woman to end a perfectly natural process, and to risk death in doing so.
Ben Carson was asked what he thought of fellow candidate Marco Rubio’s 'line at the debate that even in cases of rape and incest he would be against aborting that child.'
Thanks to her interaction with what she calls the 'Christ-like' staff at A Woman’s Friend, Hillary chose life for her son, has now been drug-free for 17 months, and has become part of a local church.
Longer lives and falling fertility rates brings rapid global aging. By 2050, all major areas of the world except Africa will have nearly a quarter or more of their populations aged 60 or over.
The vote follows weeks of intense debate on an issue that has split feminists, celebrities, and experts who warn that prostitution is fueling the rise of human trafficking around the world.
'As St. Gianna sacrificed her life for the life of her child, it is in that spirit that this center is opened and stands as a great sign of pro-life and for respect for life,' Archbishop Aymond stated.
The bill would have removed the requirement that men who want to be women (and vice versa) undergo genital reconstruction surgery before being able to alter their birth certificates.
The advisory board says Judge C. Allen McConnell's Christian position violates judicial ethics and that all Ohio judges must relinquish their religious freedom.
'The Constitution guarantees me the right to practice my faith, my religion, anywhere, anytime; there are no restrictions on it,' the defiant baker said after today's ruling.
In an extensive analysis, the pro-family group points to several areas where the omissions and ambiguity in wording is leading in a direction dangerous to faith and family.
'He saved my life,' Bulokhova said of her son. 'That’s the biggest part. He really looked out for me...He’s the one who took care of me to make sure everyone was on their game.'
CNN polled likely Iowa caucus voters about numerous issues, including which candidate they most trust to make abortion policy and who best represents their values.
The Pontifical Council for the Family's new book offers new lines of arguments that are purposely made in order to admit 'remarried' divorcees to the Sacraments – even if only in a limited way.
Here’s a worrying truth: The more suicide is praised, the more it will become normalized–and in some cases, at least–the more it will become the expected 'choice.'
Just before the general election would be an inauspicious time for pro-life MPs or candidates to loudly condemn the approval of the abortion drug RU 486 by an arm of the Conservative government.
A group of Christian ministries and the Texas attorney general have appealed to the United States Supreme Court over the HHS contraception and abortifacient mandate.
From the women who have miscarried, and the women who have aborted, we have taken away their ability and their right to grieve by denying the death of their child.
Just like Trevor, every baby Planned Parenthood aborts, carves up, and markets for money is also a 'little miracle' and was also 'supposed to be here.'
'I spent my entire career as a pediatric neurosurgeon, frequently staying up all night, fighting, struggling to save the lives of little babies, even operating on babies inside the womb,' he said on CBS This Morning.
The assisted suicide lobbyists may be relentless in their attempts to impose suicide on society but equally relentless attempts to stop them tend to always succeed.
Rep. Roger Williams stated, 'There is no justification for allowing federal dollars to keep pouring into an organization that has such disregard for human life.'
In the Netherlands, when one’s own doctor won’t do the deed, you can contact a pro-suicide/euthanasia organization for a referral to a death doctor who probably will.
Pink Cross claims that Bishop Huonder, by just quoting passages of the Bible – 'without any exegesis' – has himself called for hatred and crimes against homosexuals.
IRS commissioner John Koskinen, asked multiple times about the matter, offered only temporary and vague reassurances that churches and religious schools can keep their tax-exempt status.
Kasich said that he'd recently attended the homosexual 'wedding' of a friend, and that he accepts the SCOTUS decision legalizing homosexual 'marriage' across the U.S.
Missing from last week's debate were any of the life or sexual issues that concern social conservatives, feminists and sexual minorities—but clearly hold no appeal for Maclean’s journalists.
The Florida Planned Parenthood regional director for four facilities found to be violating state regulations is denying the validity of inspection results implicating the abortion chain.
What else do we need to know about the state of our beloved Church when high-ranking prelates are allowed to promote ideas opposed to the teaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself?
It’s slightly brazen for Mr. Coren to think that anyone would take anything he has to say on social issues seriously, considering that he no longer agrees with anything he used to say.
LifeSiteNews reported the story, and Megyn Kelly asked Bush about it during the first debate. So, why are mainstream media outlets refusing to even acknowledge the question took place?
Bush, who has received flak for being a director of a pro-abortion philanthropic group, diverted over $100,000 in Planned Parenthood money as governor of Florida.
In addition to allowing non-physicians, such as nurses and midwives, to do first-trimester abortion by surgery or chemicals, WHO promotes self-induced abortion by women themselves, without the oversight of a medical professional.
'I cannot allow Richards to make statements that damage my good name just so she can shift public attention away from what is really going on inside her abortion clinics,' said Newman.
A proposed new and far-reaching law against terrorism could and would be used against Christian teachers in the United Kingdom, according to a letter from a government MP to a constituent.
'Navy Pier security’s account of the incident was so hazy, contradictory and full of holes that the judge ruled not guilty before our attorneys had to defend Eric.'
The unions of those divorced and remarried outside the Church 'are contrary to the Sacrament of marriage,' he said, but the Church 'seeks the good and salvation of all her children.'
Chile’s Commission of Health voted eight to five Tuesday night to prepare a legislative bill that will decriminalize abortion when the mother’s health is at risk, fetal malformation, and rape.
With the charism of Life and Love, the Order of the Holy Ghost seeks to protect life, from conception until natural death, and to support single mothers.
'This isn't a matter of being pro-choice or pro-life. It's about ensuring that public dollars are not being given to a company that may be engaged in criminal activity.'
(Newsbusters) – With the ABC and CBS preoccupied with continuing coverage of Cecil the Lion and NBC harping on Jeb Bush’s comments about women’s health, the major broadcast networks found zero time on Tuesday night to mention the fact that arguably the most disturbing video yet in the Planned Parenthood scandal was released hours earlier by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP). Despite multiple mentions on cable networks CNN, the Fox News Channel (FNC), and MSNBC, the “big three” networks reverted back to their old ways of censoring the CMP videos as they did in the case of the third video (plus that of the second video […]
In actuality, it could be argued that Planned Parenthoods actually save money by 'donating' baby parts, because they don’t have to pay for packaging and disposing of these aborted babies.
Don’t throw a curtain over the world’s events to shield your children from evil. Evil exists and it’s our job to train them to live among the darkness, offering hope that only Christ can bring.
'Today, when the institution of marriage is under attack..., the faithful are called to bear witness to this basic truth of biblical faith and natural law.'
‘I cannot permit our Catholic institutions to accept and participate directly or indirectly in any organization … which contradict the authoritative moral teachings of the Catholic Church.’
'Now that we have everyone on record, the Senate GOP must attach this bill to a must-pass piece of legislation and get this bill to the president’s desk,' said Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America (SFLA).
This week we will see if national sovereignty and Chile’s strong pro-life culture are victorious, or if the pressure brought by wealthy northern nations proves overwhelming for this Catholic nation.