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HEAR MICHAEL COREN ON WORLD YOUTH DAY SPEECH BY JUSTIN TRUDEAU https://www.lifesitenews.com:7070/ramgen/080101worldyouthday.rm BRITISH CATHOLIC LAWMAKER LOSES JOB BECAUSE OF PRO-LIFE VIEWS Catholic World News reports that MP Edward Leigh, a Conservative member of Britain’s Parliament has been forced to withdraw his nomination to a key committee because Labor MPs thought he would try to impose his Catholic pro-life views on their work.  http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=17718 The BBC today reports on the turmoil in some parts of Germany over the arrival of homosexual marriage set to launch August 1.  http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1460000/1460154.stm The National Post reports that the International Lesbian and Gay Association was not […]

Today the US House is debating a ban on human cloning, and another option, which would allow cloning only if the newly created human embryos are destroyed during experiments. The White House has made explicit its wish for a total ban on human cloning.  http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0730-139.html Read a CNN interview with first lady Laura Bush on stem cells, where she reveals she has decided on the issue but will not reveal her stance.  http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0107/30/ip.00.html The Reform Party has adopted a pro-life plank. In line with 2000 presidential nominee Pat Buchanan, the party passed a vote to adopt pro-life, pro-family and pro-Christian […]

NEW YORK, July 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The United Nations Human Rights Committee has expressed concern over the Dutch law allowing legal euthanasia which is to come into effect in January. On Friday, the Committee issued final recommendations on a report submitted by the Netherlands. The Committee asked the Netherlands to re-examine its euthanasia law to ensure “adequate safeguards against abuse or misuse.” Committee rapporteur Eckart Klein said “The main worry is not only the actual practice, but also the fact that this new law could create precedents that dilute the importance and trivialize this act.” He stated “The practitioner […]

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) has come out with a statement with wavering support for life and rejection of the funding of destructive research on human embryos. Yesterday Hastert said, “I personally am pro-life, [and] I think . . . taking and killing those embryos certainly doesn't go along with that sanctity of life issue that I think is important . I don't think at this point there ought to be federal funding, but I want to look at all the debate before I make solid that decision.” In related news, a letter […]

AYLMER, ON, July 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – CTV News has reported that the 100+ congregants of the Church of God in Aylmer, Ontario who fled Canada fearing retribution from child welfare officials, may seek refugee status in the United States claiming religious persecution. The families fled after the children of one of the church families were seized by Children’s Aid Society officials. The children were taken after their parents refused to promise they would not spank their children with a switch. For previous LifeSite coverage of the case see:  http://lsn.ca/ldn/2001/july/010726.html#2 http://lsn.ca/ldn/2001/july/010716.html#1 See CP’s coverage:  http://www.canoe.ca/CNEWSTopNews/fam_jul29-cp.html

MOSCOW, July 30, 2001 (LSN.ca) – On Friday the Russian government passed a temporary ban on human cloning to last for five years. Xinhua news service reports that Academician Lev Kiselyov, chairman of the scientific council of the Russian national program Human Genome, told reporters that the Russian government has also forbidden the import and export of cloned human embryos.

Trudeau's comments about rejecting "old men with old ideas" cause concern

SUPREME COURT ORDERS ALASKA TO PAY FOR ABORTIONS The Alaska Supreme Court ruled unanimously Friday that a state regulation barring public funding for abortion is unconstitutional.  http://www.adn.com/front/story/642254p-685885c.html UN COMMITTEES ENGAGE IN RADICAL ANTI-FAMILY RE-INTERPRETATIONS OF TREATIES C-Fam reports that in a paper delivered last week to the World Family Policy Forum, in Provo, Utah, Algerian ambassador to the United Nations, Amina Mesdoua examined the role of UN compliance committees. Instead of simply monitoring states’ actions, Mesdoua charges that these committees engage in radical anti-family re-interpretations of the treaties, and then demand that states accept these new interpretations, or risk falling […]

WWW, July 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – A virus known as “Sircam” has been spreading very quickly over the Internet via email. Although LifeSite has never transmitted the virus since our system sends from a server rather than from a personal computer, LifeSite computers have received the virus via email over 100 times in the past two days. Thus we ask that LifeSite subscribers please check your systems for the virus. More information on the virus is available from various antivirus software companies. The fix for the virus and more information can be found at the links below or on other […]

WINNIPEG, July 27, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Two women who opted to pay for abortions at a private clinic rather than have their children aborted for free at a hospital are now suing the province for only paying for abortions in hospitals. The women, who cannot be named due to a court order, are being represented by Winnipeg lawyer Robert Tapper. The Winnipeg Sun reports that one of the women is a Winnipeg nurse who had an abortion at the Morgentaler Clinic in 1994. The other woman had an abortion at the same clinic in April 2001. Maria Slykerman, President of […]