Recent US News

Roswell, NM, June 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Late yesterday, Liberty Counsel (LC) filed a complaint in a federal court in New Mexico to stop what they called the “censorship” of a group of students at Roswell High School and Goddard High School called “Relentless in Roswell.” According to LC, the student group had previously handed out food, hot chocolate, and candy canes to the student body and faculty without opposition or prior permission from the school. In addition, the students had helped janitors with the trash and assisted fellow students with their lunch trays. The students also distributed rocks with […]

By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Several major pro-life leaders are urging the Catholic Health Association (CHA) to back a pro-life amendment to the federal health care law, days after the organization reiterated its support for health reform, thereby breaking with the leadership of U.S. bishops who have decried the vast abortion funding embedded in the legislation. At CHA's annual summit last week, President Obama, who played an active role in convincing the group to break with the bishops' pro-life stand, praised the group for supporting the measure in a videotaped message. CHA President Sr. Carol Keehan's support […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New legislation designed to aggressively address the sexual exploitation of children by sex-traffickers was introduced into the House of Representatives this week by U.S. Representatives Carolyn Maloney (NY-14) and Chris Smith (NJ-04). The bill would add $45 million to law enforcement and victim-assistance efforts. Maloney and Smith are co-chairs of the Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking. They said the proposed law (H.R. 5575) is a legislative response to the findings of a 2009 study called the “National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, America’s Prostituted Children.” The report details the facts of […]

By Kathleen Gilbert Updated 11:25am EST 6.25.10 SOUTH BEND, Indiana, June 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Thanks to the strain of being subjected to criminal prosecution on charges of trespassing, one of the 88 peaceful pro-life protesters arrested at the University of Notre Dame in May of last year recently suffered a heart attack. According to Dr. Therese Beste's doctor, she continues to suffer from post-traumatic stress related to the prosecution. The doctor's diagnosis has been submitted to the pro-lifers' defense lawyer as members of the group, known as the “Notre Dame 88,” continue to face prosecution and a possible penalty of up […]

By James Tillman PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Luz Navarro, a foster-mother who earlier this year had four minors under her care, had all of them removed from her home after she told a newspaper that a Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS) caseworker forced one of the children to have an abortion. Now Concilio, a social-service agency that oversees fostering cases and subcontracts for Philadelphia, has allegedly tried to intimidate and silence other foster parents by falsely stating that Navarro will be going to jail. After she became pregnant, the 16-year-old foster child in Navarro's care had initially been […]

Monday June 21, 2010 Retired Bishop: Biden’s Kenya Constitution Support ‘Invites Canonical Censure’ By Kathleen Gilbert CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, June 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Bishop Rene Henry Gracida, Bishop Emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi, has called for a canonical reprimand against U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Biden, a Catholic, recently travelled to Kenya to lobby for the country’s proposed constitution, which has been strenuously opposed by pro-life groups due to its pro-abortion language. Biden told a crowd earlier this month that the Kenya government should adopt the new constitution in order “to allow money to flow” to […]

Monday June 21, 2010 Pro-Life License Plates Available in Massachusetts BOSTON, Massachusetts, June 21, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Massachusetts is now offering specialty pro-life license plates, thanks to the efforts of the Massachusetts Choose Life organization. The plates have the words “Choose Life” written in black beneath the number, and an illustration of a mother cradling an infant beside the number. They are available on the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles website. There is an initial registration fee of $50 plus a special plate fee of $40 to order the plates. Twenty-eight dollars of the special plate fee goes to Choose […]

By James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, June 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—The U.S. Government has spent over $2 million on a study designed to increase condom use among injection drug users (IDUs) and their sexual partners – in Kazakhstan. Nabila El-Bassel of Columbia University, the principal investigator, justified the relevance of the study saying it “addresses a significant public health threat of HIV, HVC, and other STIs among a very high risk population of active IDUs and their sexual partners in Kazakhstan – a region that is experiencing one of the fastest rising HIV epidemics in the world.” The study relied on recruiting participants from […]

CHICAGO, IL, June 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – To mark the day the U.S Food and Drug Administration first approved the birth control pill 50 years ago, the Pro-Life Action League is encouraging pro-life activists across the nation to speak out against contraception. “Contraception has radically altered sexual behavior in our culture and ultimately leads to more abortion, not less,” said Eric Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League. “We want to empower pro-life activists to confidently articulate the case against contraception, especially as we remember the day it was first approved for use in America.”  In a press release the […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., June 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Former U.S. Supreme Court nominee and conservative jurist Robert Bork warned Wednesday that President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan should be opposed. He also said that the nomination of liberal activists to the Supreme Court showed the United States was drifting closer to rule by a “committee of ideologues.” Bork was nominated by President Ronald Reagan for the Supreme Court in 1987, but violent opposition in the Senate to his strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution and opposition to Roe v. Wade led to the demise of his […]