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Thu Sep 2 17:25:03 EDT
A Catholic hospital chain in Boston appears to have reversed its earlier position after a meeting with the archdiocese. Cardinal Sean O'Malley has expressed his "concern" about Caritas' original position. Full Story

Colorado Abortionists Launch Campaign against Personhood Ballot Initiative

Fri Sep 3 15:36:14 EDT
"[Amendment 62] is a sneaky attempt to provide constitutional and legal rights to a fertilized egg," said Fofi Mendez, campaign director for the No on 62 Campaign. Full Story

Texas Court Upholds Ban on Gay ‘Marriage’

Fri Sep 3 17:57:29 EDT
The court declared that “the natural ability to procreate” constituted the rational basis to restrict marriage to a man and a woman. Full Story

UN Conference on Global Health in Melbourne Dubbed “Relatively Wholesome Affair”

Fri Sep 3 14:40:37 EDT
A UN conference in Melbourne has received an unusually positive review from a prominent local pro-life advocate, who said the event was atypical for its lack of hostility to the unborn and the traditional family. Full Story

Women Convicted of Infanticide Released following Pressure from Mexican Pro-Abort Groups

Fri Sep 3 11:50:56 EDT
Governor Juan Manuel Oliva has also announced a legislative initiative to reduce the criminal penalty for infanticide from 25 to 35 years in prison, to three to eight years. Full Story

Sex Toys on Display at the World Youth Conference

Fri Sep 3 13:11:43 EDT
At a booth by an organization named "RECREA," there was a table with a bowl of condoms and a wooden phallus. The walls of the exhibit booth were covered with pornographic and sexually suggestive photos. Full Story

Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Saves Brampton Pastor From Euthanasia

Fri Sep 3 17:59:06 EDT
Canada's anti-euthanasia leader has confirmed that an incapacitated pastor who was being deydrated to death at a hospital has now been given food and water. Full Story

Expert: Discovery Gunman far from First Eco-Terrorist

Thu Sep 2 16:58:41 EDT
"People adhering to environmentalist beliefs have certainly been involved in violent actions before," Berlau, a director at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told LifeSiteNews.com (LSN). Full Story

Notre Dame Abruptly Sacks Only Admin Member to Protest Obama

Thu Sep 2 18:23:16 EDT
Notre Dame Professor David Solomon sees a connection between Kirk’s termination and what he called “the background of other events at Notre Dame that inevitably raised questions about its real motivation." Full Story

Canadian Minister: Government Will Fund Abortion in G8 Plan After All

Thu Sep 2 18:44:30 EDT
In a shocking about-face, pro-abortion activist and Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda has said that the Canadian government is now open to funding abortion under its G8 maternal health plan. Full Story

USAID Pushes Social Marketing of Contraceptives in Philippines

Thu Sep 2 18:48:47 EDT
HealthPRO and the National Center for Health Promotion plan to use “strategic communication to enhance family planning and maintain behavior change among targeted market segments in the Philippines.” Full Story

Mexican Pro-Family Groups Protest Release of Women Convicted of Infanticide

Fri Sep 3 12:20:08 EDT
The groups warn that the governor's measures "open the door so that mothers can murder their newborn children and be freed with a fine," and remove "all importance from life, especially from the defenseless." Full Story

World Youth Conference Ends In Controversy and Chaos

Fri Sep 3 14:19:06 EDT
Pro-lifers said that the final version of the Declaration of Guanajuato, though still including troubling language, was markedly improved from the previous drafts. Full Story

Obama Justice Dept Seeks Stay of Order Nixing NIH Embryonic Stem Cell Funding

Thu Sep 2 18:46:55 EDT
Chief Judge Royce Lamberth ruled last week that embryonic research projects funded by the NIH violate the Dickey-Wicker amendment, which prohibits federal dollars from going to research that destroys human embryos. Full Story

Video: Pro-Life Group Recalls Eerie Run-In with Discovery Channel Gunman

Thu Sep 2 15:25:09 EDT
The crazed eco-extremist who flung himself into the national spotlight yesterday after taking three hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters is no stranger to the pro-life community in the nation’s capital. Full Story

Pro-Life Hopes for Illinois Parental Notice Law Dashed by Court

Thu Sep 2 16:25:31 EDT
“We’re obviously disappointed with this ruling, but we remain committed to doing everything we possibly can to bring these appeals to a speedy and positive conclusion,” said Tom Brejcha. Full Story

More Human Embryo Experimentation Likely under EU Directive: Bishops

Thu Sep 2 16:01:14 EDT
An EU proposal to restrict the use of animals in medical research has alarmed pro-life observers and the Catholic bishops’ conference for the European Union. Full Story

Tony Blair's Memoirs Reveal Dishonesty Was Dark Heart of His Anti-Life/Anti-Family Rule

Wed Sep 1 18:53:32 EDT
Of most interest is Mr Blair's wordly-wise admission that he "conceal[ed] the full truth", "ben[t] and even distort[ed] it." Full Story


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