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Catholic priest gives Obama mandate “The Finger (?)”!
by John Jalsevac Click “like” if you want to end abortion! A priest named Fr. Leo Patalinghug has issued a somewhat unconventional and certainly attention-grabbing response to the Obama administration’s abortifacient birth control mandate. No, he doesn’t actually give the President the finger,…
No case where abortion was ‘necessary to save mom’: Eminent Irish oncologist
by Hilary White, Rome Correspondent DUBLIN, February 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An eminent Irish oncologist, professor and politician wrote today on his Twitter account that he has never encountered a situation in which abortion was needed to save a mother’s life. Dr. John Crown, who has lectured in 40 countries and is the author…
Mysterious budget cuts end investigations into program that supplied Planned Parenthood volunteers
by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., February 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last year, the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) office of inspector general discovered that the CNCS’s Americorps program had illegally supplied three volunteers to Planned Parenthood. Now Republican senators…
Judge defends forced abortion, sterilization ruling against mentally ill woman
by Ben Johnson BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, February 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts judge who ordered a mentally ill woman to undergo a forced abortion and sterilization is defending her actions, after she says public backlash cost her a job at Boston University. “I believed then, as I do now, that…
Obama admin ‘stonewalling’ freedom of information request on Planned Parenthood funding
by Ben Johnson MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, February 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Obama administration is “stonewalling” on a Freedom of Information Act request about why it chose to fund the local affiliate of Planned Parenthood after New Hampshire’s state government cut off state funds, according…
‘Professionally incompetent’: Abortionist stripped of license over late-term abortion referrals
by Operation Rescue staff TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. 21, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts (KSBHA) has ordered the revocation of the medical license of abortionist Ann Kristin Neuhaus, stating that Neuhaus’ practice of essentially rubber-stamping late-term abortion referrals to George Tiller was “professionally…
Largest ever 40 Days for Life campaign kicks off Ash Wednesday
by John Jalsevac February 21, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – This year Ash Wednesday isn’t just the first day of the Christian penitential season of Lent, it is also the beginning of the largest ever 40 Days for Life campaign. The massively successful international pro-life effort is set to launch in a record-breaking…
Farewell, Frappuccinos
by Rob Schwarzwalder February 21, 2012 (FRCblog.com) - My home state of Washington has produced some of America’s leading corporations and entrepreneurs: Microsoft and Bill Gates; the Nordstrom, Boeing and Weyerhaeuser families and their eponymously named companies; the Eddie Bauer sporting goods empire; and the nearly…
I am angry. Very angry.
by Rev. John A. Leies, S.M. February 21, 2012 (HLIAmerica.org) - I am angry. Very angry. My government has demanded (not “requested”) that I violate my conscience. On Jan. 20, Kathleen Sebelius, head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that all institutions — schools, hospitals, clinics, etc.,…
New study warns parents about ‘discriminating’ against their ‘gender-nonconforming’ kids
by Peter Baklinski BOSTON, Massachusetts, February 21, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Harvard study has found an association in young people who were exposed to childhood “physical, psychological, and sexual abuse” and who experienced childhood “gender nonconformity.” While it is not surprising that such a link…
Brazilian government demands apology from televangelist for ‘homophobia’
by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman February 21, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Brazilian federal prosecutor is demanding that a televangelist retract certain statements he made in 2011 which the prosecutor says incited “hatred” against homosexuals - a thinly veiled threat of future legal action. “The people in the Gay Parade…
A question for the administration and supporters of the mandate…
by Stephen Phelan If the Catholic Church and Catholic-run entities like hospitals, schools, charities and for that matter, private businesses, have been “discriminating against women” and “denying essential care” all these years, how is it that “99%” (the administration’s figure)…
Boy born with heart outside his body astonishes doctors: parents rejected abortion
by Thaddeus Baklinski PENNSYLVANIA, February 21, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Ryan Marquiss, now three years old, was diagnosed with two rare heart conditions when his mother Leighann was twelve weeks pregnant. Although Leighann and Ryan’s father Henry were told by doctors that no child had survived these conditions and…
Botched legal abortions are society’s fault?
by Jill Stanek Dr. Jenn Gunter completed her OB/GYN training in 1995 and practices in the San Francisco area. So the botched abortion she described on her blog on February 11 was legal, although she was murky on that detail (clarified in a follow-up, wherein she also clarified this poor mother lived). Yet this near…
Brazil government scrambles to repair damage with Evangelicals after pro-abort appointment
by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman February 21, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her administration are seeking to mend fences with the powerful Evangelical caucus of the National Congress following her recent decision to appoint abortion enthusiast Eleonora Menicucci as her Minister of Women’s Policies.…
What if arguments for abortion were applied to infants?
by Murray Vasser You would get something that sounds like this… 7 Arguments for Infanticide 1. Abortion costs money, and many poor people do not have the money to spare on abortion, especially in developing countries. Infanticide, on the other hand, is absolutely free. The procedure requires no doctor’s consultation,…
Pro-choice and not pro-abortion? Then why oppose the sonogram laws?
by Paul Pauker February 21, 2012 (LiveAction.org) - The decisions by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to uphold the Texas sonogram law and deny a request to rehear the appeal have set off a firestorm of complaints from pro-choice forces. Setting aside the rhetoric, the importance of the sonogram law…
The Abortioneers call killing babies a ‘motherly sacrifice,’ support abortion for successful living
by Nancy Flanders February 21, 2012 (LiveAction.org) - Abortionists claim that the pro-life television ad which aired during the Super Bowl ruined everyone’s “chip-dip and light-beer, good times.” Well it should have. The Super Bowl ad was a wake-up call for America, and I hope it knocked millions of people out…
Lent in the Greek-Melkite Church
Letter to the Faithful of the Patriarch of Antioch, Gregorios III Laham
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by John Jalsevac Today’s blog posts: Good news! - Surrogate mother resists abortion pressure, will keep baby - John Jalsevac Of Soviets, Cardinals, conscience protections and turkey-cheese sandwiches - Dr. Gerard Nadal Birth control mandate a Catholic issue? Hardly. Pastors, Christian leaders launch letter campaign…
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Catholic priest gives Obama mandate “The Finger (?)”!
by John Jalsevac Click “like” if you want to end abortion! A priest named Fr. Leo Patalinghug has issued a somewhat unconventional and certainly attention-grabbing response to the Obama administration’s abortifacient birth control mandate. No, he doesn’t actually give the President the finger,…
No case where abortion was ‘necessary to save mom’: Eminent Irish oncologist
by Hilary White, Rome Correspondent DUBLIN, February 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An eminent Irish oncologist, professor and politician wrote today on his Twitter account that he has never encountered a situation in which abortion was needed to save a mother’s life. Dr. John Crown, who has lectured in 40 countries and is the author…
Mysterious budget cuts end investigations into program that supplied Planned Parenthood volunteers
by Ben Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C., February 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last year, the Corporation for National and Community Service’s (CNCS) office of inspector general discovered that the CNCS’s Americorps program had illegally supplied three volunteers to Planned Parenthood. Now Republican senators…
Judge defends forced abortion, sterilization ruling against mentally ill woman
by Ben Johnson BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, February 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts judge who ordered a mentally ill woman to undergo a forced abortion and sterilization is defending her actions, after she says public backlash cost her a job at Boston University. “I believed then, as I do now, that…
Obama admin ‘stonewalling’ freedom of information request on Planned Parenthood funding
by Ben Johnson MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, February 22, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Obama administration is “stonewalling” on a Freedom of Information Act request about why it chose to fund the local affiliate of Planned Parenthood after New Hampshire’s state government cut off state funds, according…
