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SENATE TO VOTE ON TEMPORARY HUMAN CLONING BAN MONDAY http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011130/pl/energy_cloning_3.html PRO-LIFE NURSE LOOKING FOR HELP WRITING BOOK Brenda Pratt Shafer RNN, “The Nurse” that witnessed the partial birth abortion procedure is writing a book titled, “What the Nurse Saw and Heard”. She wishes to include stories from other people who have dealt with abortion in her book. For more info see:  http://www.whatthenursesaw.com
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PETITION WITH 30K+ SIGNATURES AGAINST LATIMER CLEMENCY PRESENTED

OTTAWA, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) presented its petition entitled: Protecting People With Disabilities – The Supreme Court of Canada Latimer Decision to Liberal MP Paul Steckle today. The purpose of the petition, signed by over 31,500 Canadians, is to support the needs of people with disabilities and other vulnerable Canadians by rejecting the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy for Robert Latimer. Mr. Steckle said he would present the petition in the House of Commons. Pro-euthanasia activists have been clamouring to allow convicted murderer Robert Latimer a royal prerogative of mercy (negating his […]
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BRITAIN’S TOP COURT REJECTS WOMAN’S APPEAL FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE

PM Says Not In Favour of Altering Law LONDON, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The House of Lords has rejected an appeal by Dianne Pretty, a 47-year-old British woman suffering from motor neurone disease, who asked the courts to allow her husband to assist in her suicide without facing criminal charges. The BBC reports that five law lords unanimously dismissed the appeal, saying that human rights legislation, on which grounds Pretty appealed, was in place to protect life rather than end it. The Telegraph reports that Lord Bingham, the senior law lord, said it would have been a “gross abuse […]
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STOCKWELL DAY REPORTED TO RUN FOR ALLIANCE LEADERSHIP

OTTAWA, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The Canadian Press reports that an Alliance Party caucus source has revealed that Stockwell Day will run for the Canadian Alliance leadership. “He’s going to run, for sure,” said an unidentified source. “It’s pretty much a fait accompli.” Day will step down as leader after an interim leader is chosen December 12. It is expected Day will announce his run for leader shortly thereafter. Although no candidates have officially declared, Stephen Harper former head of the National Citizens’ Coalition and Calgary MP Diane Ablonczy are seeking support to run. The Alliance leadership vote will […]
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UMBILICAL CORD STEM CELLS SAVE TEEN’S LIFE: 60 MINUTES II

CHICAGO, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – 60 Minutes II carried a special program on the cure of a teenage boy with sickle cell disease – a cure which came from stem cells from umbilical cord blood, not from embryos. The case of Keone Penn has made medical history since he was the first to be cured of the life-threatening disease using umbilical cord blood stem cells. Dr. Andrew Yeager of the University of Pittsburgh, attempted the experimental treatment on the boy after failing to find a bone marrow match. A public blood bank that had stored umbilical blood stem cells […]
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FATHER PAVONE SAYS HIS PARISH ASSIGNMENT WON’T HINDER PRO-LIFE LEADERSHIP

INDIANAPOLIS, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life, has said his parish assignment in the diocese of New York “will be compatible” with continuing his “pro-life leadership.” The Catholic News Service reports that Fr. Pavone made the comments in a talk to Civitas Dei, a Catholic business guild in Indianapolis. As LifeSite reported in September, Fr. Pavone, the National Director of Priests for Life for the past eight years, has been asked by Cardinal Edward Egan to resume full-time work within the Archdiocese of New York. The reason given for the decision was the need […]
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AMENDMENTS TO ANTI-TERROR LEGISLATION ADDRESS PRO-LIFE CONCERNS

OTTAWA, November 29, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The controversial anti-terror legislation proposed by the Liberal government and amended after an outpouring of public objection passed the House of Commons yesterday. Pro-lifers’ concerns with the legislation were much abated when the government rendered its amendments. Gwen Landolt, a lawyer with REAL Women Canada, told LifeSite that the legislation’s amendments have alleviated the concerns of pro-life groups which could have been liable to prosecution under the original bill. The amendments “ensure that protest activity, whether lawful or unlawful, would not be considered a terrorist act unless it was intended to cause death, serious […]
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NOTABLE QUOTES

London free Press Columnist Herman Gooden (Nov 29) on the problems with Canadian government:  “They take prayer out of our schools and gut the history and English curricula of any lingering traces of positive Judeo-Christian influence. They set up kangaroo-court human rights tribunals which unfailingly punish politicians and citizens who refuse to perjure their Christian conscience by promoting gay rights. They publicly fund a national TV network that mocks the religious tenets held by Stockwell Day, yet never questions the pro-abortion Catholicism of Jean Chretien or Joe Clark. They forbid clergy to mention Jesus Christ or offer Christian prayers at […]
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LIFESITE NEWSBYTES

CANADA APPROVES NEW PERMANENT CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE Conceptus Inc. announced that it has won approval to market its selective tubal occlusion procedure in Canada. The permanent contraceptive procedure, called Essure, is based upon the process of tubal ligation; it uses a 1.6-inch metal coil that is inserted into the fallopian tubes which irreversibly destroys their natural function after 3 months. The procedure is performed in 15-30 minutes.  http://ca.news.yahoo.com/011127/5/ev1q.html A SYPHILIS EPIDEMIC HAS BEEN LINKED TO HIGH-RISK HOMOSEXUAL SEX http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/1233283p-1301723c.html AUSTRALIAN MOTHER ABORTS ONE IVF TWIN DUE TO “PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS”  http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,3331701%255E661,00.html
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