Recent US News

By Kathleen Gilbert October 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – As abortion giant Planned Parenthood pushes to force health insurers to cover all birth control, a coalition of pro-life leaders is sounding the alarm about ella, a drug the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved as an emergency contraceptive despite its ability to kill newly-conceived children. EllaOne, approved unanimously by an FDA advisory panel June 17, is advertised as effective “contraception” up to five days, or 120 hours after intercourse. However, pro-life leaders and experts have castigated the FDA for approving the drug as a contraceptive despite the fact that its […]

By Peter J. Smith DEARBORN, Michigan, October 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Democrat Congressman John Dingell is the longest current serving member in the U.S. Congress, but a shocking poll shows that the author of the House version of health care reform is trailing a pro-life GOP opponent for the first time in his almost 55-year-long legislative career. Dingell represents the 15th Michigan District, a Democrat stronghold based in Dearborn and Detroit suburbs, where working class Democrats have always returned Dingell to office since 1955 – when he won a special election to fill his deceased father’s seat – with hefty […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., October 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Right to Life Committee has released a new online voter guide for pro-life advocates looking for a brief rundown of candidates for the U.S. congressional mid-term elections. Entitled “Compare. Decide. Vote.”, the guide posted on the NRLC website StopTheAbortionAgenda.com features brief comparisons (in downloadable PDFs) that outline key differences between a number of candidates on legal abortion and the right to life. The guide covers Senate and House elections in 26 U.S. states. The NRLC guide is available here.

By Peter J. Smith RIVERSIDE, California, October 12, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A federal judge in California has ordered the United States military immediately to discontinue all enforcement of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, which forbids open homosexuals from serving in its ranks. U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips in Riverside ordered the military “immediately to suspend and discontinue any investigation, or discharge, separation, or other proceeding, that may have been commenced under the ‘Don't Ask, Don't Tell’ Act.” Phillips’ permanent injunction applies to acts pending under DADT and 10 U.S.C. § 654, the 1993 law banning homosexuals from service […]

Friday October 8, 2010 Pro-Life, Pro-Family Challenger in Dead Heat for Minnesota Governor Race By Peter J. Smith ST. PAUL, Minnesota, October 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Republican pro-life, pro-family candidate for governor has now pulled into a statistical dead heat with his two pro-abortion, pro-homosexual challengers, with less than a month left before the November general election. GOP’s Tom Emmer has pulled within two percentage points of pro-abortion Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate Mark Dayton, according to Rasmussen Reports. In a survey of 750 likely voters, the polling firm places Emmer at 38 percent, while Dayton leads with 40 percent of […]

Friday October 8, 2010 Eminem Bans Profanity at Home: “If you’re the parent, be a parent” By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., October 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Marshall Mathers, the popular rap music star known as “Eminem,” told CBS that despite what his lyrics may indicate about him, he has no tolerance for profanity at home. “Profanity around my house? No,” Eminem told reporter Anderson Cooper, who profiled the rapper for CBS’s upcoming “60 Minutes” program. Cooper’s exclusive interview with Eminem is scheduled for this Sunday, October 10 at 7 p.m. Eastern and Pacific. Eminem’s music features lyrics that notoriously […]

By Peter J. Smith OLYMPIA, Washington, October 11, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life GOP candidate Dino Rossi is starting to take a lead in the polls over four-term incumbent and pro-abortion U.S. Senator Patty Murray, placing Rossi in a good position to make history as Washington State’s first elected pro-life U.S. Senator. Rasmussen Reports show that Rossi has edged ahead of Murray in the U.S. Senate race, and now leads 49 percent to 46 percent among 750 likely voters. The race is still considered a toss-up, as the numbers fall within the +/- 4 percent margin of error. The poll shows […]

Thursday October 7, 2010 Schwarzenegger Vetoes Gay-Sponsored “Trojan Horse” Measure on Marriage By Peter J. Smith SACRAMENTO, California, October 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger earned muted praise from pro-family advocates last week after he vetoed a measure that one pro-family group described as a “Trojan horse” that could have helped homosexuals overturn Prop. 8 in 2012. SB 906, authored by the openly homosexual Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) and supported by many homosexual groups, would have changed the Family Code to refer to “civil marriage” instead of just “marriage.” The bill also stated that no authorized religious […]

Thursday October 7, 2010 Police: Ohio Man Forced Girlfriend into AbortionFacility at Gunpoint By Kathleen Gilbert COLUMBUS, Ohio, October 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An Ohio man has been charged with kidnapping after police say he tried to force his girlfriend into having her unborn child killed through abortion after she had resisted undergoing the procedure. Columbus police say that Dominic L. Holt-Reid drove his girlfriend, Yolanda Burgess, to Founder’s Women’s Health Center Wednesday morning while holding her at gunpoint. Holt-Reid allegedly became angry with Burgess after she refused to go through with the procedure scheduled for 9 a.m. that morning. […]

Friday October 8, 2010 SBA List Targets Murkowski as Alaska Campaign Turns into Toss-Up By Peter J. Smith FAIRBANKS, Alaska, October 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Susan B. Anthony List has launched an aggressive radio ad campaign against Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the Alaska GOP incumbent with a mixed record on abortion, whose write-in bid is now giving pro-life Republican nominee Joe Miller a serious challenge. A September 28 poll by CNN/Time has vindicated Murkowski’s words that Miller, a Fairbanks attorney supported by former Gov. Sarah Palin and Tea Party activists, should beware of measuring the drapes before the November 2 […]