Recent US News

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The non-partisan fact-checking site FactCheck.org has vindicated the National Right to Life Committee's (NRLC) claim that federal monies were on the brink of funding abortions in state high-risk insurance pools before the matter was exposed by NRLC, prompting the Obama administration to retroactively enforce Hyde-amendment restrictions. The controversy erupted a week and a half ago, when NRLC revealed that abortions would be funded under a $160 million Pennsylvania program, a fact that contradicted the repeated assurances of President Obama and pro-life Democrats that abortions would not be funded under the federal health care […]

By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, July 23 (LifeSiteNews.com)—The Freedom Federation, a federation of faith-based and policy organizations representing more than 30 million people, has written to members of the Senate asking them to vote against or filibuster the FY 2011 Defense Authorization Act because of the negative impact it would have “on the members and culture of the military.” There are two provisions of the act with which the Freedom Federation is concerned.  The first is the Burris amendment, which would repeal 10 U.S.C. § 1093(b)1 and thereby permit abortions at overseas and domestic military hospitals. The second is the Lieberman amendment, […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The left-leaning group Catholics United is dedicating $500,000 to bailing out the campaigns of key congressional “pro-life” Democrats who voted for the national health care reform, which was decried by pro-life leaders as vastly expanding abortion. Catholics United, which has many times conflicted with the U.S. Catholic Bishops over the primacy of pro-life teachings, intends to help defend the seats of Democrat Reps. John Boccieri (OH-16), Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03), Steve Driehaus (OH-01), and Tom Perriello (VA-05). The lawmakers face an all-out pro-life assault in the November elections, a contest […]

By Kathleen Gilbert and John Jalsevac NEW YORK, July 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The author of a recent New York Times article on modern abortion providers may have made a strategic misstep in the abortionist that she chose to feature, if her intent was to paint a sympathetic picture of abortion practitioners. The lengthy article shines the spotlight on abortionist Emily Godfrey, who worked for several years at what may be the United States' most bizarre abortion clinic – the Northern Illinois Women's Center (NIWC) in Rockford, Illinois. While Godfrey attempted to paint a grim picture of a threatening crowd of pro-lifers who allegedly “surrounded” her as she walked to and […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Family Research Council, Liberty Institute, and over a dozen pro-family groups are accusing the Obama administration of conducting a weak defense of the National Day of Prayer and have filed a motion in federal court to be allowed to help defend it from a constitutional challenge. “President Obama's Justice Department filed a brief that doesn't go far enough in defending the National Day of Prayer, which is why we are petitioning the court to participate in oral arguments,” said FRC President Tony Perkins. “The President's attorneys failed to cite any of the key […]

Friday May 21, 2010 Suit Challenges Regulations Hitting Crisis Pregnancy Centers By James Tillman GREENBELT, Maryland, May 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed suit this Wednesday against Maryland’s Montgomery County on behalf of the Centro Tepeyac Women’s Center. The suit concerns a new regulation that would force some crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) to post signs telling women that the CPC does not have a licensed medical professional on staff and that the Montgomery County Health Officer encourages women to consult with such an individual. “There is no abortion exception to the First Amendment,” said Mark […]

Friday May 21, 2010 Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Hearings Set for June 28 By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., May 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Senate hearings to vet Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, who is known to favor taxpayer-funded abortion and same-sex “marriage,” are set to begin June 28, according to reports. Meanwhile, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, part of the National Archives, has rendered about 168,000 pages of documents left behind by Solicitor General Kagan from her service as presidential assistant in the Clinton White House. National Archives officials were reticent to say whether archivists will finish the […]

Thursday May 20, 2010 Lesbian ‘Catholic’ Priestess Denied Catholic Funeral Rites By Peter J. Smith CHICAGO, May 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Archdiocese of Chicago has denied a Catholic funeral to a practicing lesbian because she incurred automatic excommunication by receiving “ordination” from the “Womenpriests” movement. Janine Denomme, 45, recently lost a battle with liver and colon cancer. While local CBS 2 reported that the denial raised “tough questions for the Archdiocese of Chicago,” the matter is cut and dry according to Church teaching, which considers only male ordination by a Catholic bishop valid. Although Denomme was “ordained” in April […]

Monday July 19, 2010 Oklahoma Ultrasound Law to Remain Under Injunction By James Tillman OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) Oklahoma District Judge Norma Gurich ruled today that a pro-life ultrasound law will remain under an injunction keeping it from taking effect until at least January 21. The order is a continuation of one issued in May. The setback is just the latest of many difficulties the law has encountered. The law, which passed the Oklahoma legislature in March, would require abortionists to show to women and describe in detail an ultrasound of their unborn child within the hour […]

By Peter J. Smith TACOMA, Washington, July 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family campaigners will once again try to shield the identities of individuals who signed a petition for a referendum (R-71) contesting Washington state’s “everything but marriage” domestic partnership law. The law gives homosexual couples in domestic partnerships all the rights and responsibilities of marriage, except the name, putting the state one step closer to legal same-sex “marriage.”  The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports that Protect Marriage Washington (PMW) intends to file a motion requesting a specific exemption from the state’s public disclosure law, which requires the names and addresses of all petition […]