Filipino bishops ‘willing to be imprisoned’ to protest anti-life bill
"We bishops, are willing to be imprisoned, together with our priests, and protest the immoral things [in the bill]," said Bishop Arturo Bastes of Sorsogon.
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Contraception
U.S. Catholic hospital chain funding network that includes Planned Parenthood
Catholic Healthcare West is funding the Capitol Community Health Network (CCHN), which includes two abortion clinics, including one run by Planned Parenthood.
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Philippine legislators reintroduce population control measure as bishops cry foul
"This proposed bill in all its versions calls us to make a moral choice: to choose life or to choose death," write the bishops.
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New Study: Morning-after pill causes rise in teenage STDs
The rates of sexually transmitted diseases increased by 12 percent in those areas in the UK where the pill was made freely available.
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Knoxville diocese teams up with mom to fight Planned Parenthood ‘abstinence’ class
Kym McCormick learned of Planned Parenthood's teaching material after her daughter Alaynna came home last October in tears over the material presented in the class.
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Philippine government backs down on ‘reproductive health’ bill
Catholic leaders in the Philippines are cautiously optimistic.
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Newsbytes January 21
Life Issues, Homosexuality, More Tuscon shooting responses, Miscellaneous
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Title X ‘family planning’, ObamaCare funds on chopping block in GOP plan to slash $2.5 trillion
Title X disburses annually at least $318 million in taxpayer dollars to family planning clinics, including abortion-providers such as Planned Parenthood.
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Despite massive contraceptive use, 24% of unborn Californians die by abortion
New figures indicate that 214,190 women obtained abortions in California in 2008.
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ACLU: US bishops not allowed to protest contraception coverage mandate
The American Civil Liberties Union has criticized the US bishops for opposing free birth control under the new health care law.
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