Recent US News

Wednesday March 24, 2010 Stupak Slams Pro-Lifers, Defends Planned Parenthood By Kathleen Gilbert WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Once the beacon of hope for pro-lifers in their fight against the abortion expansion embedded in the Senate health care bill, Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) on Tuesday turned around and blasted his pro-life critics, dismissed the Catholic hierarchy as having no control over Catholic legislators, and expressed support for Planned Parenthood and its provision of “health care” in his district. Stupak and a crucial handful of other House Democrats holding out for an abortion funding ban took the whole country […]

Thursday April 1, 2010 ObamaCare Lowdown: What Exactly Will the Health Reform Bill Do? By Kathleen Gilbert and Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Now that President Obama has signed the Senate health care bill into law, pro-lifers and conservatives may still be wondering exactly what this massive piece of legislation will mean, not only for abortion, but other issues such as health care rationing, government expansion, a new health insurance mandate, and heavy taxation, including what amounts to a penalty for married couples. Following is a list of top concerns over the law as it […]

Tuesday March 30, 2010 Glenn Beck Tells Pro-Lifers: ‘There is a Profound Evil Coming our Way’ By Martha Schieber March 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Before a sold-out audience of 1,200 enthusiastic pro-life supporters, Glenn Beck warned of a “profound change” coming to America that he said would wreak havoc on the sanctity of life. Beck’s comments came at the Vitae Foundation’s 18th annual pro-life benefit dinner in Jefferson City, Mo., on March 13. With his signature blackboard behind him, the Fox TV host said that society is changing and people have to work hard to get the word out that […]

By Peter J. Smith HONOLULU, April 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Pro-family advocates were taken by surprise when the Hawaii House of Representatives unexpectedly revived and passed legislation that would establish same-sex civil unions and make them equivalent to marriage, nearly three months after everyone thought the issue was a dead letter. The Senate bill taken up by the House (HB 444) “extends the same rights, benefits, protections, and responsibilities of spouses in a marriage to partners in a civil union.” Back in February, the House decided to take the legislation off its agenda for the rest of the legislative year […]

HOUSTON, April 30, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Houston Pro-life groups are planning a huge prayer vigil today (Friday, April 30) in protest of Planned Parenthood's Gala celebration of the completion of the largest abortion facility in the western hemisphere.  The 78,000-square foot facility, which has been constructed to perform late-term abortions, is scheduled to open on May 11.  In a press release the Houston Coalition for Life notes that the new facility will make Houston “the abortion capital of the southern part of the United States and South America. Viable unborn children will die in this facility with Planned Parenthood performing […]

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA) has introduced bipartisan legislation that aims to apply the Hyde amendment to the recently passed health care law. Rep. Pitts' bill would amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to prevent federal funding for abortion or abortion coverage through government exchanges, community health centers, or any other program funded or created by PPACA.  Additionally, the bill protects the right of conscience for health care professionals and ensures that private insurance companies are not forced to cover abortion. H.R. 5111, the Protect Life Act, has 57 Republican and Democrat […]

By Kathleen Gilbert SACRAMENTO, California, April 29, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A California grassroots campaign to enshrine in law the personhood of all human beings regardless of age has fallen just short of the large number of signatures needed to put the amendment to a popular vote. The California Human Rights Amendment spearheaded by pro-life leader Pastor Walter Hoye reads: “The term 'person' applies to all living human organisms from the beginning of their biological development, regardless of the means by which they were procreated, method of reproduction, age, race, sex, gender, physical well-being, function, or condition of physical or mental […]

Tuesday April 20, 2010 Sympathetic ‘Dr. Death’ Kevorkian Biopic Set to Air on HBO Saturday By Kathleen Gilbert April 20, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A biopic of Dr. Jack Kevorkian that portrays the famous mass-murderer in a sympathetic light is set to air on HBO Saturday night. Known to many as “Dr. Death,” Kevorkian has admitted to murdering over 130 disabled, terminally ill, and healthy suicidal individuals. “You Don’t Know Jack,” which stars Al Pacino and reportedly takes a lighthearted approach to Dr. Kevorkian’s trail of murders that led to his national celebrity status, has already been shown in a premiere […]

By Kathleen Gilbert April 26, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a stirring homily delivered in the magnificent National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. this Sunday, Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa, Oklahoma, called attention to the pain of countless post-abortive women who now grieve the loss of their child – pain that is largely ignored or silenced by the pro-abortion lobby and media. (Read the complete homily here) Slattery was celebrating a pontifical high Mass in honor of the anniversary of the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI, in the first traditional Latin Mass to be celebrated at the high […]

By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., April 28, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The battle against international sex-trafficking took a new step forward Wednesday after the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs approved legislation that would establish an international database of registered sex offenders and traffickers – an international version of the U.S. “Megan’s Law”– which its sponsors say would greatly assist authorities worldwide in preventing the exploitation of children by international sex tourists. The measure, sponsored by U.S. Congressman Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican, is called “the International Megan’s Law of 2010” and would establish mandatory reporting requirements for convicted sex traffickers […]