Homofascism will soon be, if it is not already, the greatest threat to our individual liberties in this country. So-called equality marriage is just the beginning.
“The State Department likes to say now that they played some kind of a heroic role,” said Littlejohn. “I would dispute that characterization of their actions.”
“Now we understand why Eric Holder is so bent on wrongfully prosecuting peaceful pro-life advocates,” Dana Cody, executive director of the Life Legal Defense Foundation, told LifeSiteNews.com.
While the school board denied that the trip was to support Obama, one student said that the teacher organizing the trip left no room for doubt about the purpose of the trip.
Thanks to pro-lifers Michelle Wolven and Catherine Davis, a small group of us have been on this story for weeks. While they were digging through online records of Georgia abortion clinics, they stumbled on the fact that Attorney General Eric Holder’s wife Sharon Malone Holder (both pictured right) co-owns with her sister an Atlanta area abortion clinic building. The building is located at 6210 Old National Highway, College Park, Georgia. The business itself is called Old National GYN. Click on deed above and see below… The story was so big, Catherine handed it off to Watchdog.org reporter Troy Anderson. Anderson’s […]
President Bush Supports Abortion in Cases of Rape and Incest Says Official Spokesman by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, February 28, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Scott McClellan, the principal spokesman for U.S. President George W. Bush said in a press conference yesterday that the President supports abortion in three cases – rape, incest, and the life of the mother. A reporter asked a question regarding the South Dakota legislation which bans abortion except to save the life of the mother which is likely to be signed by the Governor (see coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/feb/06022304.html ) “The state legislature of South Dakota has just […]
“The Bible is being called hate literature. Clearly, the Church is in the crosshairs. There will be growing pressure for the Church to comply or to be shut down.” – Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, Canada Imagine this: “You are summoned to a tribunal where you cannot have a defense lawyer and you cannot record the proceedings nor have a witness present. The people judging and prosecuting you have no legal qualifications. The accusation is ambiguous, having to do with ideas the state does not like. The penalties could include fines equal to several thousands of dollars, public recanting, and rehabilitation classes.” […]
A public outcry is growing after news media have revealed that doctors are using the LCP as a method of passive euthanasia, in some cases for financial reasons.
The arrest took place about 1 1/2 hours after Gibbons first appeared outside the facility with a placard reading, “Why, mom? When I have so much love to give.”
The current election cycle has been one of the most contentious and divisive in recent American history. The two major candidates present very distinct approaches towards the future of our nation. Yet, many Catholics feel disenfranchised because neither candidate presents a fully Catholic option. As faithful voters, informed by the teachings of the Church and direction of the Bishops, what should Catholics do on November 6th? Do they vote for one of the less-than-perfect candidates, or simply abstain from voting altogether? The Bishops tell us that “this is not a time for retreat or discouragement; rather, it is a time […]
“At Westmont, Jesus Christ holds preeminence. With our commitment to historic Christianity, we encourage students to integrate their beliefs with their studies and to live out their faith in service to others. Rooting the liberal arts in Christ means that we educate the whole person and encourage students to develop biblically based, intellectually strong convictions and worldviews.” For three years pro-life student Seth Gruber (pictured left) petitioned the College Student Association and Executive Team at his Evangelical Christian college, Westmont, located in Santa Barbara, California, to allow him to sponsor the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform’s Genocide Awareness Project on campus. […]
REPORT SHOWS LINK BETWEEN HOMOSEXUALITY AND CHILD ABUSE by LifeSiteNews.com WASHINGTON, May 31, 2002 (LSN.ca) – A new report published by the Family Research Council (FRC) reveals that there is a body of evidence indicating a definite link between homosexuality and pedophilia. Statistics show that homosexual men, who represent less than 3 percent of the adult male population, commit a disproportionate number (one-third or more) of the cases of child sexual molestation. The report, “Homosexuality and Child Sexual Abuse,” authored by Dr. Timothy J. Dailey, is being sent to parents, youth groups, school administrators, Catholic bishops, and religious organizations. FRC’s […]
The nation of Chile really sticks in the craw of international abortion advocates. It has extremely low maternal mortality rates, and completely outlaws abortion.
The rally brought together 460 delegates from 45 countries. Most were front-line abortion “providers”, that is, abortionists, clinic administrators and counsellors.
Shield of Roses, the student pro-life group at Christendom College, held its biggest abortion protest in the 35 years of its existence this past Saturday.
Uganda Protects True Marriage and Criminalizes Same-Sex ‘Marriage’ by LifeSiteNews.com KAMPALA, Uganda, July 8, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In response to the sudden arrival of same-sex ‘marriage’ in several developed nations the Ugandan Parliament has overwhelmingly adopted a constitutional amendment that criminalizes same-sex ‘marriage’. The amendment specifies that “marriage is lawful only if entered into between a man and a woman.” Elsewhere it also states that “it is unlawful for same-sex couples to marry.” Yesterday 111 MPs voted in favour of the amendment while 17 opposed it and 3 MPs abstained. The penalties for violating the amendment have not yet been […]
Throughout the Twentieth Century, eugenicists promoted abortion and birth control, claiming that if the “lower classes” would only have fewer children, crime would also decline.
When the Catholic Bishops called for a nationwide protest against the HHS mandate they fundamentally changed the topography of Catholic outreach in 2012.
Analysis Finds Canadian ‘Catholic New Times’ Newspaper Anything But ‘Catholic’ by LifeSiteNews.com By Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, March 15, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In the upcoming April edition of Catholic Insight magazine, editor Fr. Alphonse de Valk closely examines, in a lengthy and comprehensive article, the moral and doctrinal position of the institutionally influential Catholic New Times newspaper (CNT), published in the Archiocese of Toronto. Motivated by the current controversy surrounding the political attempt to redefine Canadian law to include same-sex ‘marriage’, and the CNT’s explicit support of this attempt, Fr. De Valk asks the question of whether this contradiction of Church […]
The ban on the practice "is to protect the vulnerable, who might be induced in moments of weakness to commit suicide," Ottawa argues in a court filing.
ANCHORAGE, October 26, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alaska’s superior court has upheld a state law requiring minor girls to notify at least one parent before seeking an abortion. Planned Parenthood had sued to block the law, which voters passed as a ballot initiative in 2010, claiming it violated minor girls’ constitutional right to privacy. Alaska Superior Court Judge John Suddock ruling that the law is constitutional. In his October 9 ruling, Suddock struck down a section of the law that would have exposed abortion practitioners to increased civil liabilities, but upheld a provision permitting criminal prosecution of abortionists who intentionally violate […]
Hey, America, do you know what you’re funding when your taxes go to “women’s health” via Planned Parenthood? You think I’m going to say abortion, don’t you?
Pro-choice pundits Amanda Marcotte and Robin Marty appear pretty disgusted with pro-lifers lately. Some of us have actually had the audacity to be skeptical about the recent Obstetrics and Gynecology study which purportedly showed that a no-cost contraception program lowered pregnancy rates and abortion rates. Marcotte and Marty seem to think that pro-lifers should accept the study because, well, it is peer-reviewed! Interestingly, I do not recall either Marcotte or Marty showing much deference to peer-reviewed studies that (1) highlight the effectiveness of pro-life laws or (2) demonstrate a link between abortion and breast cancer, or (3) show that abortion […]
New Study: Heavily Tattooed Students More Prone to Deviant Behavior by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski LUBBOCK, Texas, January 14, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A new study titled “Body Art, Deviance, and American College Students” suggests that people who have multiple tattoos or body piercings are more likely to engage in risky and criminal behavior. The research by Jerome R. Koch, a sociology professor at Texas Tech University, reveals that those who have four or more tattoos, seven or more body piercings, or one “intimate piercing,” are far more prone to use illegal drugs, be arrested for criminal offenses, cheat on […]
Methodists Sue New Jersey over Attempt to Force Gay “Marriage” at Church Owned Camp by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White TRENTON, August 21, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In another case of a clash between Christian traditional values and the new secular sexual morality, the United Methodist Church group that owns a private campground retreat are suing the New Jersey government, saying its rights of religious freedom are being violated. The state is investigating a discrimination charge brought against the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association by a pair of lesbians who wanted to use the private retreat campground for a “civil union” ceremony. […]
Lawyers say the birth mother now attends Alcoholics Anonymous, is now alcohol-free, and has severed her relationship with the children's alcoholic father.
US Bishop: It is a grave sin to Vote for Pro-Abortion and Pro-Homosexual Marriage Politicians by LifeSiteNews.com COLORADO SPRINGS, May 14, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The recent trend of Bishops speaking out with strength on the responsibilities of Catholic politicians continues in the United States. Bishop Michael J. Sheridan Colorado Springs has just raised the bar even further by emphatically stating that Catholics may not vote for pro-abortion or pro-homosexual marriage politicians. “Any Catholic politicians who advocate for abortion, for illicit stem cell research or for any form of euthanasia ipso facto place themselves outside full communion with the Church and […]
France’s highest court accepts case demanding homosexual ‘marriage’ by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman PARIS, November 17, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – France’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has accepted a constitutional challenge to the nation’s marriage legislation, which follows the natural definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman. The challengers, a pair of lesbians, claim that the existing civil code “limits the individual liberty of a French citizen to contract marriage with a person of the same sex.” The Court of Cassation accepted the case from a lower court on Tuesday, calling the issue “new” […]
“The will of Indiana taxpayers to close loopholes so that their money isn’t used to fund the operations of abortion sellers should be respected," said Steven Aden of the ADF.
"Every time the people had the chance to vote on the issue of marriage, they view it one way, but when it comes before rogue legislatures or the courts, they view it differently," the plaintiff said.
The Children's Rights Referendum is “a beachhead by the state into what has traditionally been the preserve of the rights of parents in the upbringing of their children”.
The young mother, however, did not appreciate Romney's pro-life efforts, saying, "His concern was for the eight-week possibility in my uterus — not for me!"
Investigators called clinics where abortion clients were recently injured. In every case, officials insisted no one had ever been harmed at their clinics.
Christian Teachers Turning to Alternative Unions Over NEA’s Support of Same-sex “Marriage” by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith UNITED STATES, July 20, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Education Association’s (NEA) endorsement of same-sex “marriage” has lead a number of teachers to consider alternative organizations to the powerful liberal teachers union for job insurance and legal aid, according to Agape Press. As Agape Press reports, the NEA’s pursuit of an anti-family agenda and its promotion of homosexual “marriage” has caused an upsurge in the numbers of conservative, Christian, and pro-family educators looking for alternatives to the liberal teachers union. Just one […]
Bob Schieffer did not ask about U.S. funding for abortion around the world, China's one-child policy, or the wisdom of holding gay pride rallies in Pakistan.
The amendment hit a speed bump after it was overturned October 10th by the Council of State, Italy’s highest-ranking court for administrative litigation.
As a student I was a competitive debater; later I coached debate teams and judged contests. Let me tell you, folks: What I saw last night was not a debate.
Obama: “We Do Not Consider Ourselves a Christian Nation” by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert and John-Henry Westen ANKARA, Turkey, April 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Speaking to a Turkish press conference Monday as part of a tour to boost U.S. relations with Muslim countries, President Obama sparked controversy by dismissing the notion that America considers itself Christian in nature – unlike 62% of Americans in a recent Newsweek survey. “Although … we have a very large Christian population, we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation, or a Jewish nation, or a Muslim nation,” said Obama. “We consider ourselves a nation […]
Liberal Catholic press-people have recently lauded a man some call Canada's leading dissenter since the 1960s because of his role as an expert, or peritus, to the Canadian bishops at Vatican II.
"Frankly, I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of," Ginsburg said in 2009.
Boissoin was famously found "guilty" of hate speech by a human rights tribunal for publishing a letter to the editor expressing his views on homosexuality.
His debate opponent, an Orthodox rabbi, said God's commands give 'insights into the social order' and identify the family as 'the building block of society.'
A full listing of ‘all’ deaths in England and Wales in 2010 is available on the Guardian website in an interesting article titled ‘Mortality statistics: every cause of death in England and Wales, visualised’. In all there were 493,242 deaths in England and Wales from ‘all causes’. This includes 224 babies ‘dying before, during or after birth’. However this total of 224 does not include 189,574 human deaths in 2010 from abortion in England and Wales. Abortion has for some years now been the leading cause of human death in Britain. If we add the pre-born babies who died as […]
This afternoon, mere moments after we published an op-ed I wrote arguing that the oft-touted divide between “pro-life” and “social justice” Catholics sets up a false dichotomy and actually damages the pro-life cause, look what turned up in my Google News feed: “There are a number of critical divisions among Catholics, including an important divide between ‘social justice’ and “right to life’ Catholics,” says Robert P. Jones, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute and co-author of the 2012 American Values Survey. According to Reuters, the survey found that “60 percent of Catholics believe in a greater focus on social […]
On October 19 the Obama campaign announced via video by Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards that she was taking a leave of absence from her “day job” to campaign full-time for Barack Obama in the waning days leading up to the presidential election…. As I tweeted, this is because Planned Parenthood knows its goose is flambéed a thousand different ways if Obama is defeated. Obama is Planned Parenthood’s firewall. He has ensured a new windfall money stream by way of free contraceptive coverage in Obamacare that will be lost if Mitt Romney becomes president, and he has stopped both state […]
A tragedy in Brooklyn Saturday reminds us again of what even the most pro-abortion rights advocates know is true: an unborn baby is a baby. Vindalee Smith, 38, was eight months pregnant when she was found dead, the day before she was supposed to be married. This is tragic enough in itself, but the reality of the tragedy was found in words in the MSNBC report: It wasn’t clear how long she’d been dead before the body was discovered. Her baby boy did not survive. Her baby boy. Not her fetus. Why? Because she was 8 months along? Of course […]
Well, the Al Smith dinner has come and gone. The event received predictably massive media coverage. It was broadcast live on the C-Span Cable network and varying portions were broadcast on most other television networks, stations and major news websites and it was written up in many newspapers. The videos seemed to have sometimes been strategically edited to make one candidate (mostly Obama) look better than the other. The totally predictable photos of an uproariously laughing Cardinal Dolan in the center of the two laughing presidential candidates were printed and broadcast far and wide. The Associated Press news service syndicated […]
“People’s beliefs about marriage are coming under increasing attack, and I am concerned about people’s freedom to speak and act upon these beliefs," she said.
While reactions to the dinner have been for the most part muted, Fr. Frank Pavone told LSN he believes the Obama campaign will exploit the event to their advantage.
Some 14 documented medical emergencies, including one avoidable patient death, that have taken place at Planned Parenthood abortion clinics since January 2011.
Physical attacks, property damage, negative stereotyping by the media, and infringement of freedom of assembly and expression are just part of a day's work for German pro-lifers.
More Details on the Proposed Brazil Law to Jail Pastors who Preach Homosexual Activity is Sin by LifeSiteNews.com By Gudrun Schultz RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, March 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Legislation under consideration by the Brazilian Senate that would make any public expression of opposition to homosexuality a crime poses a serious threat to religious freedom in the country, a legal expert warned earlier this week. Bill 122/2006 would change federal anti-discrimination laws, the Brazilian Penal Code and the Consolidation of Labor Laws to make “discrimination or prejudice of gender, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity” a criminal offence. Conviction […]
This guest post for Campaign Life Coalition Youth is written by Michael Thompson. I heard a quip a while ago that while there is a shortage of vocations to the priesthood, there is none to the papacy. Recently, the Minister of Education/Responsible for Women’s Issues, Laurel Broten, said that Catholic schools in Ontario cannot teach that abortion is wrong because that constitutes, according to Minister Broten, “misogyny”. She cites Bill 13, the “anti-bullying” bill, to justify her decree: “We do not allow and we’re very clear with the passage of Bill 13 that Catholic teachings cannot be taught in our […]
In a recent talk during this 40 Days for Life campaign, I mentioned that the pro-life movement is made up of sinners. We are all sinners … and the pro-life effort includes many who have had abortions, doctors who have done abortions and thousands who at one point sincerely defended abortion but are now pro-life. Many know the pain of abortion — including men. After my talk, a man with passion in his face and tears in his eyes shook my hand and shared how his past sin of abortion is still deep in his heart. Men can play a […]
After the presidential debate Tuesday night, The Daily Caller’s Nicholas Ballasy caught up with Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards in the media spin room. Ballasy asked a good question: “Do you think that that’s appropriate to get federal funding when you take such a high salary?” Richards earns over $400,000 annually. Richards’ response: “None of my salary is paid for by the federal government and Planned Parenthood is reimbursed for health care services and, quite frankly, we provide more health care for lower cost than any women’s health care provider in the country.” Ballasy’s follow-up question should have been: “Let’s […]
Pure Utilitarianism: Doctors Justifying Killing Infant Patients for Organ Donation by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White LONDON, August 28, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – “Very few people,” says the head of Britain’s leading pro-life organisation, “realise that the pro-abortion and pro-euthanasia lobby believes it can be right intentionally to kill innocent human beings.” John Smeaton, Director of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, wrote that a report by a group of scientists, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), that said doctors should be able to remove organs from patients, even if this would cause the patient’s death. “The […]
Conference organizer Marcela Vaquera told LifeSiteNews the annual congress "began with the joint effort of many different social groups to modify our state constitution so it would protect life from conception until natural death."
In 2011 Whitney infamously admitted in court that some aborted children are delivered alive and left “wiggling around in the toilet,” where they are allowed to die.
October 17, 2012 (AlbertMohler.com) – Adam Gopnik is a gifted essayist and writer whose contributions, often published in The New Yorker, are almost always thoughtful and interesting. Nevertheless, one of his most recent writings is deeply disturbing, and at the deepest level. Reflecting on the debate between Vice President Joseph Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan, Gopnik registered alarm at “something genuinely disturbing and scary” that had been said by Paul Ryan. Gopnik first complained that Biden and Ryan should not have even been asked about the role their Roman Catholic faith plays in their thinking, specifically on the issue of […]
Ontario's Education Minister is in full spin mode as she faces a call for her resignation, but alarmingly is still claiming the law prohibits teaching against abortion.
Obama School Appointee Admired Ardent Promoter of Child Molestation by LifeSiteNews.com by James Tillman WASHINGTON, DC, October 9, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Kevin Jennings, the Obama administration’s “safe schools czar,” is a professed admirer of Harry Hay, radical homosexual rights activist and ardent promoter of pedophilia. In remarks given October 25, 1997 at the Grace Church School in New York City, Kevin Jennings said that one “of the people that’s always inspired me is Harry Hay, who started the first ongoing gay rights groups in America.” He continued: “Everybody thought Harry Hay was crazy in 1948, and they knew something about […]
Smeaton, a veteran of many international battles against anti-life and anti-family campaigns, gave LSN a thorough examination of the historical context of the situation in Ireland.
Even a “Raving Atheist” Can Be Pro-Life – Interview by LifeSiteNews.com Special to LifeSiteNews.com by Laura Freeburn Editor’s Note: The following, until now unpublished, interview was conducted with the popular blog personality “the raving atheist”. The blogger, a lawyer who will not divulge his real name, has nonetheless acquired pseudonymous fame. He is featured, as “the raving atheist” in the anti-Christian documentary film ‘The God who wasn’t there”. His pro-life convictions are based solely on scientific evidence for the life of the unborn. He is firmly opposed to belief in God. The interview is published here as it provides interesting […]
Massachusetts citizens will be making a momentus decision on November 6, that being whether or not to legalize assisted suicide (Question 2). Question 2 would legalize assisted suicide in a manner that is flawed, dangerous, irresponsible and simply unsafe. The Massachusetts Committee Against Physician Assisted Suicide have begun operating their first commercial opposing Question 2 (assisted suicide) on the November 6 ballot in Massachusetts. Link to the commercial. To donate to the cost of airing this commercial or the other commercials that the Committee Against Physician Assisted Suicide will air in the near future. Link to donate. Assisted Suicide is […]
On March 20, 2007, I published a touching email I received from reader Bethany about her miscarried baby, who she named Blessing. Bethany included photos. With Bethany’s permission, I posted her note and pictures. Not only did that note lead to a lasting friendship between Bethany and myself, she also went on to moderate this blog for several years and many of you know and love her. In honor of Infant and Pregnancy Loss Awareness Day today, Bethany mentioned that post on her Facebook page. She wrote: This post about Blessing somehow became so popular that it has been the […]
The campaign is using Hollywood celebrities like Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, and Amy Poehler to make their case in “a star-studded” series of advertisements.
The media and feminists like to accuse Mitt Romney of being a flip-flopper on abortion, simply because he converted from supporting abortion to opposing it. They also like to point out Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, don’t even see eye to eye on the issue, since the former has a rape and incest exception and the latter doesn’t. And then we move to the Barack Obama/Joe Biden ticket, which, on the issue of abortion, is actually all of the above on steroids. Yet we hear nary a peep from the press questioning the vast inconsistencies. I gleaned all […]
'What if you had to choose between our country and Jesus, what would you choose?' asked the archbishop. 'We have not had to make that choice, yet.'
“It’s nonsense to say as a government official that you believe that human life starts at conception but that you can’t act to protect it," Ed Morrissey wrote.
The petition calls “upon the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and all Party leaders to protect religious freedom by forcing Minister Broten’s resignation and by rescinding Bill 13 in its entirety."
Today, Sunday October 14, Kathleen Gilbert our beloved former US Bureau Chief and intrepid reporter enters the Carmelite convent in Buffalo NY. It is a time mixed with joy, pride, and hope, but also with sadness and hardship. The sadness and hardship are easily understood on the physical realm: a great reporter with the skill to undertake the most sensitive subjects with care and discernment will no longer be investigating and writing for us. However, after extracting many many promises of continued prayers Kathleen, I can safely say, will remain on the LifeSiteNews team. There was a very nice write-up […]
After Ontario's Education Minister said Catholic schools cannot teach that abortion is wrong, Toronto's Cardinal Collins insists they will continue imparting this core belief: "Defending the voiceless is our mission," he says.
Canada's Constitution and Charter of Rights clearly say there is religious freedom and freedom of conscience in Canada. However, it seems that Ontario's education minister has views on such matters more in line with Communist China than the principles of a free nation.
During this evening's vice presidential debate, Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan were asked about their views on abortion. Here are their remarks in full.
Schwarzenegger Signs California Law Recognizing Out-of-State Same-Sex “Marriages” by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith SACRAMENTO, California, October 15, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Californians may have voted in November to amend their state constitution to define the institution of marriage as the union of a man and a woman, but new legislation signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now requires California to validate and recognize same-sex “marriages” performed outside the state as either legal “marriage” or marriage-like “unions.” Earlier in the week, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed into law Senate Bill 54, which allows the state to recognize same-sex “marriages” performed outside California […]
"I think that he is so well paid by [Planned Parenthood] that he will say anything," Abby Johnson told LifeSiteNews.com, after the president praises the group in a magazine aimed at teen girls.
MP Mark Warawa commended Minister Ambrose for establishing the International Day of the Girl Child, but added, "Selectively terminating female fetuses perpetuates discrimination against women and girls."
While no one generally accuses Heather Mallick of anything resembling nuance, her most recent screed, which rails against Member of Parliament Mark Warawa’s recent motion to condemn sex-selective abortion targeting females, is particularly revealing and mean-spirited. She first scoffs at the idea of Motion 408, which asks that “the House condemn discrimination against females occurring through sex-selective pregnancy termination.” “It’s as though Conservatives think grown women and cell clumps are members of the same voting bloc,” she writes with scientifically illiterate annoyance, “as though they have the same interests, and the same IQ.” A revealing statement—besides Ms. Mallick’s lack of […]
When I was younger I loved the Build-A-Bear workshops in the mall. I wanted to design my own ballerina bear. Years later, some precious debate students did it for me as a thank you for being their coach. I still have my ballerina bear and still think the idea is a fun one, if you can afford a designer bear of course. This idea, however, has morphed out of the malls and into the medical clinics of America where now people come to build designer babies. To hear political campaigns across the states and nation tell it, America has a […]
A California woman refused doctors’ advice to abort some of her unborn children after finding herself pregnant with quintuplets – and now has given birth to five healthy babies. From CBS News: A Fullerton mom has successfully given birth to a live set of quintuplets at a Phoenix-area hospital, after refusing the advice of doctors who recommended fetal reduction. Meryl Ferraro, 39, and her husband, John, last week welcomed the arrival of their quintuplets, whom they have collectively nicknamed GRACE, for their first name initials: Gabrielle, Riley (a boy), Addison (a girl), Cooper, and Emerson (a girl). … According to […]
Hello from Richmond, Virginia, where I’ll speaking at a press conference this morning with Susan B. Anthony List president Marjorie Dannenfelser and abortion survivor Melissa Ohden to announce the release of a new ad exposing Barack Obama’s voting record of supporting infanticide. Here ’tis… SBA List’s Women Speak Out PAC is making a $150,000 ad buy of “The Nurse, The Extremist, The Survivor” in the battleground state of Virginia as part of its $875,000 campaign of several ads in battleground states. Check Obama’s voting record and floor speeches as state senator opposing the Illinois Born Alive Infants Protection Act here.
One female politician who dared to vote 'yes' on a motion to reexamine the treatment of the unborn child in Canadian law is being pilloried in the press.
A 40 Days for Life campaign can be very intense … but we often find there is at least one moment that lets us laugh at ourselves. My moment came last week.
The curious or perhaps not coincidental thing was that Tuesday's crash came a few hours after we published Kathleen Gilbert's wonderful article, "My Final Letter to You..."
Hundreds of pro-life groups and thousands of individuals in over one hundred towns across Spain mobilized Sunday for the country's third annual March for Life.
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Tonight, I'm picking up the metaphorical pen one last time before I enter the Carmelite monastery in Buffalo, New York, to begin my postulancy there on October 14.
Obama Administration Reveals All in Major Abstinence Study by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith WASHINGTON, D.C., August 23, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has now released the full results of a government study that will give behavioral scientists insight into how parental attitudes and social norms are key to promoting abstinence before marriage, rather than sex ed programs. Recently the HHS had been criticized for its delayed release of the full results of the study, as only an executive summary of the study’s final conclusions were available. Lisa Rue, Ph.D., a specialist in adolescent […]
When the role of ObamaCare’s Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) in rationing life-saving medical treatments is alleged, the law’s apologists indignantly point out that the law specifically precludes the board from “rationing.”
LONDON, October 10, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Visitors to Britain are often shocked by the open nudity and public acceptance of graphic, explicit sex in magazines and newspapers and advertisements in the country that often retains an outdated reputation as a polite and reserved society. Most prominently, the Sun tabloid newspaper, Britain’s most popular, features a large soft-core pornographic photo of a topless model every day on page 3. The long-running feature, however, has recently come under fire from those who say they have had enough of the open exploitation of women and sex in British media. British actress and radio […]
In a landmark decision last Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that people who are HIV-positive do not need to tell their sex partners they have the disease...
"America's founders would have agreed, a pastor is the one who should determine what he says from the pulpit, not the federal government," said Erik Stanley, who headed the Alliance Defending Freedom’s Pulpit Initiative.
Two men face charges of professional misconduct — including lying to a District Court Judge — that resulted in the fraudulent dismissal of 107 criminal charges against the abortion giant.
Dr Helen MacMurchy, now a "person of national historic interest," believed "illegitimate children in turn victimized society with their inferior genetic makeup," an historian said.
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21 billboards and over 100 bus and light rail posters have been placed by The Radiance Foundation, partnering with the Virginia Coalition for Life, throughout the Hampton Roads region to raise awareness of the impact of fatherlessness on (born and unborn) children.
Russian Abortion Killing and Sterilizing Millions; Demographic Collapse Likely to be Worse than Prev by LifeSiteNews.com MOSCOW/VLADIVOSTOK, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) -Ã An English language news magazine from Moscow reports that up to one third of Russian abortions result in the death of the mother. The Russian government has been alarmed for some time at the impending demographic disaster created by the low birth rate. In addition, after decades of communism which endorsed abortion as a form of birth control, the physical and psychological after effects of so many millions of abortions have yet to be completely felt. Communist Soviet […]
New Stats: Europe Facing Demographic Winter, Growing Political, Economic Tensions by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White BRUSSELS, August 29, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Population statistics and projections were released yesterday showing that European countries are dying out, even with immigration, their populations aging and shrinking. A report released this week by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical service, showed that by 2015, the number of deaths in Europe will have outstripped the number of births. By 2060, the ratio of people of working age to those over age 65 will be two to one. None of the countries of Europe currently have a […]
Fordham Students Petition University President to Revoke Award Offer to Justice Breyer by LifeSiteNews.com NEW YORK, NY, October 2, 2008 (CNSweb) – Less than two weeks after The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) broke the story that pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is the intended recipient of the Fordham-Stein Ethics Prize, Fordham University students are working feverishly to collect signatures petitioning President Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J. to rescind the honor. The Fordham Respect for Life club penned an open letter to Father McShane, and is now asking the general public to join them in their petition. At the request of […]
The event, which has been endorsed by San Juan's archbishop Roberto González Nieve, will include informational booths, artistic displays, educational activities, and a press conference.
“If Maria Miller is concerned with science we wish she would support total ban on abortion like a large number of the general public,” a British pro-life leader told LifeSiteNews.com.
"For example: tomorrow, how will one oppose polygamy in France, a principle that is only taboo in Western civilization? Why will the legal age of the spouses be maintained?" he asked.
The media portray the Catholic female as a split personality who may maintain her private faith but should say “no” to its countercultural teachings on sex, contraception, marriage, and motherhood.
There is one message in particular that Kingsbury sends home to her readers in poignant ways, again and again. And that’s the message of the beauty and value of all life.
I’m boarding a plane to visit the 40 Days for Life campaign in Rockland County, New York — and later tonight, I’m speaking at a pregnancy center event. This location is a great example of collaboration because the pregnancy resource center is across the street from the Planned Parenthood abortion facility and they work closely with the 40 Days for Life volunteers to help women find loving alternatives. This is the second location for 40 Days for Life in Rockland County — the first abortion facility CLOSED after a 40 Days for Life campaign a few years back! Praying in […]
Nothing is more powerful in saving lives than prayer and fasting. But in addition to that, 40 Days for Life campaigns are adding something else — texting!
Biden Promises Kenya ‘Money to Flow’ if Pro-Abort Constitution Passes by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert Updated 6.21.10 NAIROBI, Kenya, June 18, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travelled to Kenya to personally urge the country to pass a new constitution that would legalize abortion – and to assure Kenyans that such a change would “allow money to flow” from foreign aid treasuries. At the same time, a federal probe is attempting to determine whether the Obama Administration is violating federal law by using taxpayer money to lobby for the constitution, deeply controversial in Kenya in large part because […]
Round 1 definitely goes to Romney. However, if the Republicans think it’s in the bag, some with long memories of past elections strongly warn against that attitude. John McCain warned after the debate, “Don’t underestimate Obama”. Ralph Reed told CNN’s Anderson Cooper this evening that the winner is not determined until the end. He recalled that when he was Bush’s campaign manager in the contest against John Kerry, Kerry trounced Bush in the first debate. Bush’s poll numbers went down 5% overnight. However, Bush won the election. Anything can happen in the coming debates and 32 days until the election. […]
With the failure of Stephen Woodworth’s Motion 312 to examine when human life begins, the discussion on abortion did not fizzle as Canada’s abortion cabal had hoped. Rather, discussion in the traditional media, blogosphere, and social media has been almost incessant since the motion failed to pass last Wednesday. It helped, of course, that Conservative MP Mark Warawa proposed another abortion-related motion almost immediately, this one calling on Parliament to condemn sex-selection abortion targeting females. So what, exactly, did the pro-life movement gain from Motion 312? What does the Canadian debate look like following the uproar surrounding a motion that […]
I don’t want to give this one away, but you must stop for 5 minutes and watch this latest LifeSiteNews video. Powerful, touching and, deeply moving! It reveals so much in so little time.
These articulate young people are from im2moro. It’s an organization of young Americans who realize that if we don’t speak up today, we will be living in a very different country tomorrow – an America with limited freedoms and a dulled spirit. We must Own Our Future – Now! That’s why we’re determined to speak up to protect the liberties and principles that made our nation great.
Next week the case of Ivana Levkovic, who is charged under Section 243 of the Criminal Code for concealing the body of her dead child, will be brought before the Supreme Court and potentially cause lawmakers to question whether a child is a person before birth.
Vatican Newspaper Runs Pro and Con Articles on Harry Potter, Repeating Pope’s Negative Judgement by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen ROME, January 15, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano has run two opposing opinion articles on Harry Potter. In the article opposing the offerings of JK Rowling, Dr. Edoardo Rialti, a professor of literature at the University of Florence, notes the negative appraisal of the Potter books made by Cardinal Ratzinger, prior to his elevation to the pontificate. Catholic writer Paolo Gulisano, in his article in praise of Harry Potter, claims that Rowling is a contemporary CS Lewis or […]
Under Influence of Harry Potter, Kids are Being Drawn into the “Language and Mechanics” of Occult by LifeSiteNews.com By Hilary White JULY 24, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A book that gives instructions to teenage girls on witchcraft sells 150,000 copies. Films and television shows about teenagers and young people involved in witchcraft and the occult begin to proliferate. Bookshops begin to carry large sections on “esoterica” next to the religion and philosophy sections. And then Harry Potter bursts on the scene and becomes the best selling children’s book of all time. This progression is described by Linda P. Harvey a Christian […]
Cardinal George at Pfleger Award Ceremony: ‘Abortion Kills Racial Justice’ by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert CHICAGO, April 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Presiding at an archdiocesan event honoring controversial priest Fr. Michael Pfleger for his civil rights work, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago took the opportunity to criticize media scrutiny of the award, but also to highlight the fact that, far from being irrelevant to the theme of the event, “abortion kills racial and social justice.” The Dr. King Prayer Service and Racial Justice Awards sparked controversy in pro-life Catholic circles after it was revealed that Fr. Pfleger, an outspoken supporter […]
Chicago Archdiocesan Office Apologizes for ‘Pro-Choice’ Obama Remark by LifeSiteNews.com By Kathleen Gilbert CHICAGO, April 8, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Sr. Anita Baird, the founding director of the Office of Racial Justice for the Chicago Archdiocese, has apologized for saying that President Obama is simply pro-choice and not pro-abortion, and now professes that “there can be no distinction” between the two. “In order to clarify my quote that appeared on LifeSiteNews.com, I am affirming my belief in the teachings of the Catholic Church and understand that there can be no distinction between pro-abortion and pro-choice, because the choice at issue is […]
Researcher: Economic Impact of Abortion in U.S. Since 1970 – $35 to $70 Trillion by LifeSiteNews.com By Thaddeus M. Baklinski MT. FREEDOM, NJ, October 21, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Researcher Dennis M. Howard, president of the pro-life group Movement for a Better America, who has been tracking the economic impact of abortion since 1995, has shown that the 50.5 million surgical abortions since 1970 have cost the U.S. $35 trillion dollars in lost Gross Domestic Product (GDP). If the number of missing children includes those aborted by IUDs, RU-486, sterilization and abortifacients, the figure climbs to over $70 trillion. Originally calculating […]
The recently re-appointed UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Navanethem Pillay, has issued a document calling for governments to criminalise organised opposition to abortion by non-governmental groups such as pro-life lobbyists or even family members.
An article written by Rochelle Baker and published in the Abbotsford Times entitled: Abbotsford man convicted of manslaughter now accused of steering woman to suicide, reports that Kenneth William Carr (53) has been charged with counselling a person to commit suicide. The article reported that according to Const. Ian MacDonald of the Abbotsford police, the woman, who is in her 40’s showed up last Thursday with ligature marks on her neck. MacDonald was reported to have stated: “The family member observed the injuries on the woman’s neck, and the victim told her a relatively new acquaintance had given her advice […]
During the 2008 campaign, Obama told Christian pastor Rick Warren that it is “above my pay grade” to determine when an unborn child is eligible for human rights.
In response to Mark Warawa's Motion 408, Canada's abortion activists and Opposition parties say concerns about sex selection shouldn’t get in the way of the greater need for “absolute” access to abortion.
“Heaps of Empirical Evidence” Vindicate Pope Paul VI’s Dire Warnings 40 Years Ago About Contraceptiv by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac July 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A lengthy article appearing in the most recent edition of First Things, reevaluates Pope Paul VI’s controversial encyclical Humanae Vitae (the 40th anniversary of the publication of which takes place today) in terms of the empirical evidence supporting the Pontiff’s prophetic predictions about the consequences of the widespread acceptance of artificial contraception. “To many people,” writes author Mary Eberstadt, the idea of opposing the use of contraception, “simply defies understanding. Consenting adults, told not to […]
As the federal Liberal Party prepares a 'coronation' of Pierre Trudeau's son, some pro-life leaders are warning that a renewed bout of Trudeaumania will damage the cause to protect Canada’s unborn.
Canada’s Human Rights Commission Used to Target Conservative Website With “Hate Speech” by LifeSiteNews.com By Peter J. Smith OTTAWA, July 19, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Free Dominion, a Canadian conservative web forum, has been targeted via the Canada’s Human Rights Commission (HRC) over allegations the conservative site promotes “hate speech.” “We have been waiting for six and a half years and the day has finally arrived, somebody is going to try to silence Free Dominion using the Canadian Human Rights Commission,” Mark Fourier quipped in posting the letter. “Somebody has likely decided that because they can’t defeat some argument presented by […]
Richard Warman, Canada’s Serial Human Rights Complainant, Now Sues National Post Newspaper, Others by LifeSiteNews.com By John Jalsevac April 10, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Richard Warman, the man who has been the plaintiff in half of the section 13 “hate-speech” cases brought before the Canadian Human Rights Commissions (CHRC), has now launched a sweeping lawsuit against some of the most prominent conservative publications, journalists and bloggers in Canada. Warman is suing for libel, alleging in particular that the defendants falsely accused him of posting a racist screed on the white supremacist website Freedom Site. The list of the defendants in Warman’s […]
Prominent Gay British Politician Jokes about Killing Miss California for Her Opposition to Same-Sex by LifeSiteNews.com By John-Henry Westen and Hilary White LONDON, April 27, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Alan Duncan, the UK’s first openly-homosexual Conservative politician and the Shadow Leader of the House of Commons is rebuffing criticism for saying on a comedy show that he would kill Miss California, Carrie Prejean, for her remarks against homosexual “marriage.” Prejean made the remarks during the recent Miss USA beauty pageant. (See coverage: https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09042103.html) Mr. Duncan, on the BBC comedy news show “Have I Got News For You” on Friday, described Prejean […]
The abortion ship offers to use the abortion drug regimen called RU-486, a combination of Mifepristone and Misoprostol, for women with early term pregnancies.
"I performed the wedding in the office. I married her in the office, in the governor's office," replied Schwarzenegger about his former chief of staff.
Because there is not enough social unrest in the Middle East, I agree it is the perfect time for the so-called “abortion ship” to stir the waters even more.
With the autumn 40 Days for Life campaign just underway, this great news provides more evidence that sustained pro-life presence in front of abortion clinics hurts business, whether we think so at the time or not. From New York Daily News, October 1, comes this article, the title and subtitle of which provides pretty much all the information you need to know: “Sunset Park clinic will no longer offer abortions, instead only outpatient surgical care: Protesters drove away doctors and patients, says clinic owner”: A Sunset Park abortion clinic has shut down after Catholic protesters drove away doctors and patients, […]
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” -George Orwell In today’s political climate, the word “extremist” is one that is often bandied about by individuals and groups who seek to delegitimize their opponents. A brief overview of recent headlines reveals political appointees being labelled “anti-immigration extremist”, Tea Party “extremist”, and a variety of other people with apparently “extreme” views. Indeed, the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform and any other pro-life group that engages the public directly on the issue of abortion (such as Ontario’s “Show the Truth”) are frequently called “anti-choice extremists”. This, however, […]
UNESCO Calls Abortion on Demand “Proper” Medical Procedure for Girls by LifeSiteNews.com New York, October 31, 2003 (c-fam.org/LifeSiteNews.com) – A UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) document, entitled “Unwanted Pregnancy and Unsafe Abortion,” calls for sweeping government reform to make abortion available to all women and adolescent girls without restriction, going as far as to suggest that governments should subsidize abortions and offer “redress” to women who have been “denied” access to abortions “that should be made available to them.” The document, which was produced in 2002 by UNESCO’s Thailand-based Regional Clearing House on Population Education and Communication (RECHPEC), […]
Canada Opens First “Hogwarts” Witchcraft School by LifeSiteNews.com By Terry Vanderheyden EDMONTON, January 18, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – It would seem there is truth to the warnings against the Harry Potter series if the opening of an honest-to-goodness witchcraft school in Canada is any indication of increased interest in the occult that has resulted from the books. The new school, Northern Star College of Mystical Studies, is compared to the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter books by a CanWest News Service report. The school offers diploma and two-year certificate programs, open to adults only. The school […]
I am sure there are a wide variety of experiences from many places in Canada where Life Chains were held this past Sunday (It will also take place in the US and other Canadian cities Sun. Oct. 7 and on later dates. See full list here). At my own parish in Toronto, Ontario, we had the best turnout ever, especially thanks to the enthusiastic support of our pastor and associate pastor. That is the main key to success or disappointment related to this annual, life-saving, one hour event. We were blessed at St. Lawrence Martyr parish to have heard an […]
Cardinal Turkson "warned against Catholic development agencies getting involved in the push for abortion or contraception through the guise of improving women's lives in the development world."
The failure of churchgoing Catholics to defend their own religious freedom and the rights of the Church is the most significant revelation in a recent Pew poll.
Santo Domingo Cardinal Calls Abortionists “Butchers” and “Merchants” in Easter Homily by LifeSiteNews.com By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman and Thaddeus M. Baklinski SANTO DOMINGO, April 17, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Cardinal Archbishop of Santo Domingo condemned pro-abortion legislators and doctors for being “butchers and merchants of life” in his Easter homily last Sunday as a battle heats up over a new constitutional provision to protect the right to life from fertilization. “We know that there are butcher doctors, there are legislators who like to trade in life, there are people who have authority who make a living from that,” said Cardinal […]
UNICEF Calls for Legal Abortion in Dominican Republic by LifeSiteNews.com By By Piero A. Tozzi, J.D. and Paola Ocejo NEW YORK, NY, April 23, 2009 (C-FAM) – Despite direct intervention by a top United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) official, the Dominican Republic appears poised to adopt a new constitution that protects human life “from conception until death.” While Dominican lawmakers were debating the merits of such a provision and the nation’s penal prohibition of abortion, Nils Kastberg, UNICEF’s regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean, interjected himself, calling on Dominican legislators to consider liberalizing abortion so women would not […]
This past weekend, a pro-life protestor was booed – at a D.C. church – for attempting to ask Kathleen Sebelius a question regarding the HHS contraception mandate at a forum following the church service. From WorldNetDaily: Brandi Swindell [pictured right], National Director of Generation Life, a pro-life group dedicated to mobilizing activists, students, artists, musicians and young professionals to end abortion and spread the message of sexual integrity, told WND that she had a “divine appointment” in Washington today. “Three of us chose to attend church at St. John’s this morning,” Swindell said, “and at the last minute found out […]
The Gates Foundation has donated more than one billion dollars to the most virulent pro-abortion groups in the worlds specifically for “family planning” activities.
We always like to start Monday mornings with good news … and on the first Monday of this campaign, there’s actually GREAT news! So far since last Wednesday when the campaign started, we have reports of 51 babies saved … that we know of! Here are just a few of the stories of God’s blessings. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA A woman driving out of the abortion facility’s parking lot stopped at the sidewalk and rolled down her window and called out to the prayer volunteers. They were too far away to understand what she was saying, so one of the volunteers moved […]
In the lead-up to Wednesday’s defeat of the pro-life motion put forward in Canada’s Parliament by Tory MP Stephen Woodworth, the NDP’s Niki Ashton was one of Woodworth’s most vociferous opponents. In the first hour of debate on Motion 312 on April 26th, she accused the Conservative government of a “Trojan horse agenda” that would see women “forced to return to those ugly circumstances of using coat hangers, vacuum cleaners or putting themselves in the hands of quacks.” And after Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced his support for the motion last Monday, Ashton said Prime Minister Harper should be whipping […]
Illinois Governor Mandates Pharmacists Dispense Abortion Causing Morning-After Pills or Face Consequ by LifeSiteNews.com CHICAGO, April 12, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, has warned pharmacists in the state to dispense the abortifacient morning-after pill or face legal backlash – despite a state statute that exempts pharmacists from participating in practices contrary to their religious views. The face-off between pharmacists and the governor began after a Loop Osco pharmacist denied two women the Plan B abortifacient morning-after pill. Illinois’ Health Care Right of Conscience Act states that health care professionals are not obliged to act contrary to […]