Fully consistent with Church teaching, the guide can help schools prevent confusion and even litigation while strengthening their important work of evangelization.
If the Liberal government accepts all the recommendations of the Committee, Canada will then have the most extreme liberal assisted suicide legislation in the world.
If there's one issue on which Governor McAuliffe has been ideologically rigid, it is his unwavering support and protection of the $1 billion abortion industry.
Using government as the battering ram, the Left has breached 'the wall of separation' between church and state and are preparing to storm America's churches.
While Planned Parenthood celebrates, National Right to Life says today's decision came 'despite a record of at least 14 known deaths, and thousands of women suffering' from the new practice.
'I know it sounds crazy, I feel like God is calling me to the heart of the battle. I can say I used to work for Planned Parenthood, and I can go in a tender, loving way and talk to the abortionist.'
'I am committed to making Mississippi the safest place in America for an unborn child, and this legislation continues our work toward that goal,' Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said
Boer makes it clear, that once euthanasia becomes accepted that it will logically extend to more and more conditions, and once a culture normalizes euthanasia that in fact it becomes a right, rather than a last resort.
There could be nothing more cruel and abandoning to despairing people than telling them their voluntary deaths have greater value than their continuing lives.
I was invited to give a talk in Cleveland recently and during that 50-minute talk at this 1200 attendance conference listeners were given a large overview of all that LifeSite does, some of our history and how we endure what we do.
'Florida is right to redirect funds away from Planned Parenthood, a scandal-ridden abortion business that doesn’t provide comprehensive health care services for women.'
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'Sensitivity to the violence done to a pregnant woman is a Canadian value that should be codified in law, regardless of whether you're pro-life or not.'
The state hopes to avoid religious liberty challenges by getting out of marriage, but even some social conservatives aren't convinced this is the solution.
On a bleak Friday afternoon nearly 2,000 years ago, our savior Jesus Christ was crucified at Golgotha, 'the place of the skull. Today, we have our own Golgotha: the abortion clinic.
The Liberal budget, while helping families rise above poverty, nevertheless does not recognize the family itself as 'an important societal institution.'
With so many of our readers away from their computers over the Easter weekend, I’m concerned that reaching that goal by next Thursday is going to be a real challenge.
On the same night Jesus commanded us to remember His broken body and shed blood that rescues us from sin (that’s the truth), He commanded us to demonstrate our new life by loving and serving others (that’s the grace).
It is important to contact elected representatives to state your opposition to euthanasia, assisted suicide and the pro-euthanasia recommendations from the reports of the committees on physician-assisted dying.
'There’s no way this ill-maintained dump of a building could be doing any kind of abortion if the laws on the books were properly defended in court and enforced.'
In such dark troubling times, I think of my literary friend the badger. Like him, we Christians must “hold on” to the old ways, the old songs, the old truths. We must teach our children to do the same.
'We have enjoyed a lot of freedoms in the past in this country, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we are headed to a time of 'refining'—where we will need to be stronger in our faith, conscience and standing up as witnesses.'
'One of our donors was telling his teen brother about the movie. He had no idea the brother’s girlfriend was pregnant and planning abortion. That discussion saved that baby’s life.'
Nearly 40 years after Guttmacher’s ‘separation’ from Planned Parenthood, funding received by both taxpayer-supported organizations flows freely between the two.
Zink speaks frequently about the desire to prevent her son from living in pain. But in her desire to save him from pain, she subjected him to the excruciating pain of abortion.
The pro-abortion Center for Reproductive Rights is looking to the government to forcibly scuttle Catholic hospitals' ethical directives on health care.
'There is no member of Congress in recent memory who has done greater harm to a major piece of pro-life legislation, while claiming to be pro-life, than Renee Ellmers,' the group wrote in its endorsement today.
A deeper look into Merrick Garland shows that pro-lifers have every reason to hold the line against filling the vacancy until the next president has taken office.
Methotrexate is a dangerous chemotherapy drug that carries with it a long list of serious side effects. The use of methotrexate to induce abortions should be banned.
When an otherwise healthy biological boy believes he is a girl, or an otherwise healthy biological girl believes she is a boy, an objective psychological problem exists that lies in the mind not the body, and it should be treated as such.
'We deserve to see the Laetare Medal given to an American Catholic who merits it by having served as an outstanding example for Catholics and having performed real service to the Church in this country.'
The survey finds a majority of young adults defending cohabitation on moral grounds, saying it lessens the likelihood of divorce if the couple eventually chooses to marry.
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This entire new thrust by Planned Parenthood, which is intended to be implemented at every one of its 640 centers across the country, is all about making people feel better about their visits to PP.
What these Democratic senators and groups are conveniently overlooking is that, when the shoe was on the other foot, they held the same position senate Republicans hold now.
'This bill is about giving a patient the means to die by a drug overdose. It creates an irreconcilable conflict between the doctor as a compassionate guide and healer, and the motivation to expedite death.'
Before an estimate for risk had been quantified, abortion advocates would have had us believe the risk of microcephaly was much higher than what the data shows.
Planned Parenthood has plenty to learn from pregnancy centers in this, the first, most important lesson: every patient should expect to leave your office in one piece.
Pope Francis’ liturgy chief has told reporters that washing the feet of women during the Holy Thursday celebration is not a requirement according to the new rite.
Why would this leading international advocate for a culture of death donate so much money to a GOP candidate who has been mathematically eliminated from the contest?
ISIS fighters routinely force their captives to take birth control pills or injection contraceptives before raping them, and if they are already pregnant, sometimes force them to have abortions.
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'Judge Merrick Garland is President Obama’s pro-abortion pick to tempt some Republicans,' said Clarke Forsythe, acting president of the respected Americans United for Life.
In new interview, Pope Benedict speaks of the crisis arising from the loss of the Catholic conviction of the possibility of the eternal loss of salvation
'What I really want people to know is there is a push to legalize abortion in this country. We are asking people to take a stand; do something different; become a voice.'
For the fourth year in a row, Peruvian pro-lifers took to the streets of Lima to defend the right to life of all persons from conception to natural death.
If the bill is enacted, it will strengthen parental involvement requirements in the state, but Missouri will still permit minors to petition a judge for a judicial bypass.
'It’s hard to believe that this sacrilegious flyer is coming from a Catholic university, and that a Planned Parenthood speaker has been invited to address students.'
Is a $216.4 million plebiscite worth it? If you think that preserving real marriage, marriage between a man and a woman, is important, it’s worth every cent.
The Final Report of the Ordinary Synod gravely endangers the most vulnerable members of the human family through its omissions and distortions of Catholic doctrine.
This new information adds urgency to the calls of pro-life leaders for Gov. John Kasich to order a new investigation of patient care practices and facility safety at Preterm.
'Our [17-year old] son got a call … where they threatened to burn our house down and violate him with a broken beer bottle. That was probably the worst.'
'This decision now creates a direct funding stream for the state’s network of so-called crisis pregnancy centers,' said a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood has killed more than 2.8 million babies since 2006 when Richards took the helm at the abortion giant — deaths Richards is responsible for as the head of Planned Parenthood.
In 1975 Emma Bonino co-founded the Information Centre for sterilisation and abortion (CISA), in which she personally contributed to performing 10,000 illegal abortions.
The law mandates the existence of a 'Named Person' in charge of each child's welfare, with access to information not available even to the child's parents.
'It is sickening to hear this abortion procedure described and realize that a viable baby is ripped limb from limb by tools and then disposed of as if trash,' said West Virginia Republican Party Chairman Conrad Lucas.
Not Dead Yet sees clearly that assisted suicide/euthanasia discriminates invidiously against people with disabilities because it treats them as a disposable caste whose lives are not worth saving if they become suicidal.
Pro-life countries must arm themselves against the UN’s intense pressure toward population control, while at the same time supporting and holding the UN accountable to its legitimate development objectives.
If we redefine what 'maternal' means as a health category, wouldn’t we need a new word to encompass the very specific causes of death and injury that pertain to pregnancy and childbirth?
'Over the span of six years, there has been 11 medical emergencies, one resulting in death, at Preterm. How many more woman have to be injured and or possibly killed before Preterm gets investigated?'
On International Women’s Day, we call upon the Chinese government to call off the womb police and immediately to abandon all coercive population control.
The postcard campaign urges members of parliament to reject euthanasia and assisted suicide for people with dementia and minors, people with psychiatric conditions and to protect the conscience rights of medical professionals.
'What we lament and find sadly lacking in this choice by the student group is any reflection of what should be an environment of morality, ethics and human decency that one expects on a campus that asserts its Jesuit and Catholic history and identity.'
'If there's a crisis in the Catholic Church today, it’s the disjuncture between the imperative to live and teach the Gospel and the obsession to be fair and broad minded on moral and critical life issues.'
This scandal critically harms Notre Dame’s efforts to fulfill its Catholic mission as an educational institution and its responsibilities as an evangelizing arm of the Church.
'If I'd have known he was blind when I had him, as harsh as it sounds, I probably would have aborted him ... Now if they said I was going to have a child with disabilities, I would definitely keep it.'
Researchers found a number of studies showing that DMPA weakens the body’s immune system and thins natural epithelial barriers that prevent the HIV virus from infecting women.
The unanimous decision granted visitation rights to a woman who had broken up with her lesbian partner. The latter is the children's biological mother.
'In the past, it seemed as if Mr. Trump would be the most-pro gay presidential candidate in the 2016 GOP field,' said Gregory T. Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans.
Black and white Americans didn’t risk their very lives to march for equality across that bridge only to have millions march into abortion mills and have equality ripped away by violent injustice.
How can we ignore the ecclesiastical hierarchy’s responsibility in this de-Christianization of Italy? In addition, not a word has been heard from the one who occupies the office as Bishop of Rome and is Primate of Italy.
A wide-ranging piece on the how Trump fans trash critics, the decline of discourse under Trump, Trump's huge gift from Pope Francis, Andrew Brietbart's prophetic words and "liar" Ted Cruz and his untrustworthy face.
'Today, looking back on 40 years of faithful prayer at one place, Heaven smiles and we rejoice that the oldest abortion center in Louisiana has been shut down.'
'This event is indoctrination, not education, because only one point of view is being entertained,' said Father David Gentry-Akin, professor of theology at Saint Mary's.
It is difficult not to conclude that there are powerful vested interests at work, and that that the wellbeing and dignity of Indian women is not their chief concern.
Tina Tchen has spent a large portion of her career promoting legalized abortion, working with groups such as Planned Parenthood and NARAL Pro-Choice America.
'I have many, many friends who, women who understand Planned Parenthood, better than you and I will ever understand it. And they do some very good work, cervical cancer, lots of women’s issue, women’s health issues are taken care of.'
Gill, who is avowedly pro-choice, was shocked to find that there is a concerted effort to block all evidence pointing to many complications from abortion.
'This latest medical emergency at a Texas abortion facility only emphasizes abortion risks and how important it is for abortionists to maintain minimum safety standards and hospital privileges within 30 miles of their abortion facilities.'
'Now is the perfect opportunity for the Mount’s trustees to unequivocally recommit the University to its Catholic identity and reassure families that it will select a president who can both heal and propel forward a most valuable institution.'