Recent US News

Wednesday June 16, 2010 ‘Bayou State’ Scores another Pro-Life Win with Ultrasound Act By Peter J. Smith BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, June 16, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The “Bayou State” is giving Oklahoma a run for its money as this year’s pro-life state: on Wednesday the Louisiana legislature passed another pro-life law requiring abortionists to give women an ultrasound before performing an abortion. The House of Representatives passed SB 528, the “Ultrasound Before Abortion Act,” by an overwhelming margin of 79-1. The law requires abortionists to perform an ultrasound on a pregnant mother at least 2 hours before she undergoes the abortion […]

Friday August 13, 2010 Judgment Vindicates Calif. Student Punished for Pro-Life T-Shirt Updated 2:31pm EST FRESNO, California, August 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) — In a victory for pro-life speech in public school, a federal court entered a judgment Thursday against a California elementary school and three school officials for violating the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of a 6th grade student who wore a T-shirt opposing abortion. Los Angeles attorney William J. Becker, Jr., of The Becker Law Firm, assisted by the Thomas More Law Center, filed suit after school officials barred Tiffany Amador from wearing her pro-life T-shirt at […]

By Kathleen Gilbert EL PASO, Texas, August 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Although his small stature and gentle voice don't betray it, Rev. Michael Rodriguez's strong words and fidelity to Catholic Church teaching against homosexuality have caused quite a stir. The local media began paying attention when Rodriguez, a parish priest at El Paso's San Juan Bautista Catholic Church, issued several columns against the homosexualist agenda earlier this year in response to the city council's decision to grant benefits to domestic partners of city employees. In a column issued earlier this month entitled “Every Catholic Must Oppose Certain Things,” Rodriguez laid out […]

By Peter J. Smith OMAHA, Nebraska, August 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Associated Press reports that Nebraska’s attorney general will not challenge a federal judge’s order preventing an abortion health screening law from going into effect, and state pro-life organizations are agreeing that may be the best course of action. Spokeswoman Shannon Kingery told the AP that a U.S. District Judge’s ruling against the law means it “will ultimately be found unconstitutional.” With little chance of winning the case, Attorney General Jon Bruning did not want to risk having “Nebraska taxpayers to foot the bill for Planned Parenthood's legal fee.” […]

Friday August 13, 2010 Urban Oufitters Pulls Planned Parenthood Condoms PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, August 13, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – One day after parents were asked to contact Urban Outfitters and object to its sale of Planned Parenthood condoms, the youth-oriented retailer has ceased its online sale of condoms. The product page explained that the web-exclusive condoms are “no longer available,” a message the American Life League reports was confirmed by an Urban Outfitters representative. Condoms have a typical-use failure rate as high as 36 percent among teens, and Planned Parenthood’s condoms scored at the very bottom in a 2005 Consumer Reports trial […]

Thursday August 5, 2010 Prop. 8 Attorneys File Appeal to Defend California’s Marriage Law By Peter J. Smith SAN FRANCISCO, August 5, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family attorneys representing California’s constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex “marriage” filed an appeal on Thursday with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, asking the federal court to overturn a federal judge’s ruling invalidating the ban. The Perry v. Schwarzenegger case will likely go before a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court. Any decision by the Court is expected to be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys with ProtectMarriage, the official sponsors of Proposition 8, […]

By James Tillman August 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Judge Vaughn Walker built his decision overturning Proposition 8 on many “findings of fact” that to a great extent came from experts supplied by the opponents of Proposition 8.  But according Dr. Walter Schumm, professor of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University, many of these so-called facts are either false or doubtful. In an interview with LifeSiteNews.com (LSN), Dr. Schumm explained that, contrary to the findings of Judge Walker, homosexual parents are more likely to raise homosexual children; that scholars are often biased in favor of research friendly to […]

By Peter J. Smith HONOLULU, Hawaii, August 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – GOP Rep. Charles Djou, who won Hawaii’s special election in May, will not be getting the endorsement of Hawaii Right to Life in his bid for two more years in Congress. The Associated Press reports that while the state pro-life group said Djou shared many of their pro-life goals, the deal breaker was Djou’s support for embryonic stem-cell research. For that reason, they said they could not endorse his candidacy. Janet Grace, Hawaii Right to Life executive director, told the AP that they also took issue with Djou’s statements […]

STATEN ISLAND, New York, August 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com)—Priests for Life has announced that the second pro-life Freedom Ride will occur in Tennessee on October 15 and 16. For those who are unable to attend the ride in person, the group has set up a host of activities to help everyone take part in the fight to end abortion and bring about a culture of life. The pro-life Freedom Rides are patterned after the Freedom Rides engaged in by civil-rights activists, who rode buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961.  They were often arrested and brutally attacked by opponents […]

By Peter J. Smith LANSING, Michigan, August 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-life advocates in Michigan are dedicating this year’s “Dream Cruise Tour” to slain pro-life activist Jim Pouillon, an elderly man gunned down almost one year ago while protesting abortion in his hometown of Owosso. Pouillon was fondly remembered by pro-life advocates for his tireless witness to the sanctity of life, even as his health was failing and he needed an oxygen tank to help him breathe. In Owosso, he gained the moniker “the abortion sign guy” for his peaceable protest of abortion, often with signs depicting aborted babies. On […]