Recent US Commentary

Planned Parenthood was against abortion before it was for it

Remember, Planned Parenthood is the nation’s largest abortion chain. And yet their president of the past eight years can’t give coherent answers to basic questions related to the topic.

Blogs

LifeSite

• Mar 5, 2014Jun 18, 2021

When a human being is not

The topsy-turvy world that has been created by the child killers touches families in very sad ways and from time to time we get a glimpse of exactly how dastardly the effects of these people and their hold on the culture can be.

Opinion

Judie Brown

• Mar 4, 2014Jun 18, 2021

Nod to life: Best Supporting Actor thanks single, high school dropout mom

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

Blogs

LifeSite

• Mar 3, 2014Jun 18, 2021

Questions you’re asking about cakes, gays, and religious freedom

When the government starts forcing people to do things that violate their deeply held beliefs, we have a problem.

Opinion

Amy Payne

• Feb 28, 2014Jun 18, 2021

Notorious abortionist’s cold call mailing to doctors: Further evidence of abortion provider shortage

One of our supporters — a family practice doctor currently working in the Chicago area — recently sent us a cold-call mailing he had received from notorious abortionists Vinod and Vijay Goyal, a husband-and-wife team who own and operate more surgical abortion clinics than anyone else in Illinois. The letter [PDF] begins: Dear Dr. ________, We realize that it can be difficult to find a truly professional medical facility to refer your patients to for pregnancy termination services. Please allow me to introduce these State Licensed, outpatient surgery centers of www.IllinoisAbortion.com. Clearly, then, the purpose of this mailing is to drum up business. But […]

Blogs

LifeSite

• Feb 28, 2014Jun 18, 2021

Arizona House passes bill for prosecuting assisted suicide

The Associated Press has reported that an Arizona bill designed to make it easier to prosecute cases of assisted suicide passed on the Arizona House on Tuesday. The article stated: Republican Rep. Justin Pierce of Mesa says his bill will make it easier for attorneys to prosecute people for manslaughter for assisting in suicide by more clearly defining what it means to “assist.” House Bill 2565 defines assisting in suicide as offering and providing the physical means used to commit suicide, such as a gun. Current state statute does not clearly define what it means to “assist.” The proposal was prompted by a […]

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LifeSite

• Feb 28, 2014Jun 18, 2021