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Barack Obama, liberal feminism: What women don’t want
by Jill Stanek The Obama campaign and feminists must be freaking out. It turns out they bet badly that what women want are free abortions and contraceptives. What a blunder. There’s nothing left in the pro-abortion arsenal if American women don’t believe Republicans are out to take away their birth control. The…
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What the Pill is doing to our water supply
by Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. May 17, 2012 (Zenit.org) – In 1960, the combined oral contraceptive pill was first approved for use in the United States. Seven years later, “the Pill” was featured on the cover of Time Magazine, illustrating its enormous societal impact[1]. Roughly two generations later, statistics from the United…
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‘Egg broker’ company targets Cambridge students for paid ova ‘donations’
by Hilary White, Rome Correspondent LONDON, May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A pro-life group in the UK has condemned the practice of buying and selling the “ova” of university students, calling it exploitative of women, a “commodification of procreation,” and a violation of “international norms against the commercialisation…
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Gay ‘non-discrimination’ bill could lead to persecution of Chilean Christians: pro-family group
by Matthew Cullinan Hoffman May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A bill to prohibit “discrimination” against homosexuals recently passed by the Chilean National Congress is likely to result in the approval of homosexual “marriage” and adoption, and may even lead to the persecution of Christians, according to…
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Profs at Jesuit universities lash out at bishops for opposing HHS mandate, gay ‘marriage’
by Kathleen Gilbert May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Professors at four Jesuit-run Catholic universities have recently stepped into the media to voice their disagreement with Catholic bishops on church teachings, including on contraception and the nature of marriage, and condemning the prelates for promoting an “idiosyncratic…
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Rhode Island governor ‘acting as a dictator’ with same-sex ‘marriage’ executive order, foes say
by Ben Johnson PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, May 17, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee’s critics are accusing him of “acting as a dictator” after signing an executive order forcing the state to recognize same-sex “marriages” conducted out-of-state. Chafee, a former Republican…
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Canadian gvmt calls for LifeSite readers to complain against tax-funded ‘tell-all’ sex exhibit
by Patrick B. Craine OTTAWA, Ontario, May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Canada’s federal government says a tax-funded “tell-all” sex exhibit at Ottawa’s Museum of Science and Technology “cannot be defended” and they are calling on LifeSiteNews readers to complain to the museum. The raunchy exhibit at Ottawa’s…
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Healthy baby aborted after erroneous reports of birth defects in Vietnam
by Ben Johnson GIA LAI PROVINCE, VIETNAM, May 16, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A family is in grief after aborting a child erroneously reported to have congenital defects. The mother, Nguyen Thi Thu T., had undergone two ultrasounds that falsely reported birth defects – one in her native Chu Se District and another…
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UK spending £1 million per week on repeat abortions
by Hilary White, Rome Correspondent LONDON, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – At an average of £1000 each, repeat abortions are costing the National Health Service up to £1 million a week. Using 2010 abortion statistics available from a Department of Health report, the Daily Mail has stirred the waters of the abortion debate, saying…
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Kenyan bishops call for pro-life vote in coming elections
by Thaddeus Baklinski NAIROBI, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In anticipation of the first elections to be held since implementation of the country’s new constitution, which opens a loophole for abortion on demand, the Catholic bishops of Kenya have issued a strong appeal to voters “to vote for persons who respect…
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‘Cancel Ottawa museum’s sex exhibition’ says Canadian marriage and family organization
by Peter Baklinski OTTAWA, Ontario, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A national marriage and family think tank has condemned a graphic exhibition on sex which is to open tomorrow at Ottawa’s Science and Technology Museum, calling it “erotic and titillating,” and has asked Minister of Canadian Heritage to scrap…
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Prominent Catholics confused about contraception
by Karen Dudek May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Recently, Melinda Gates announced her plan to spend billions to provide contraceptive drugs to poor women around the world. She has the support and encouragement of a group of Ursuline nuns. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, though she is behind the insurance mandate…
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Video of mom who refused abortion for disabled son approaches staggering 10 million views
by Peter Baklinski WOODBURY, Tennessee, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A video of a young mom who says she did the right thing by choosing life for her severely disfigured son has been viewed by almost 10 million people around the world. The viewer count is shared between YouTube, where the video has been watched…
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New York scrambles to pass anti-child-porn law after court rules OK to view
by Kathleen Gilbert ALBANY, New York, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - State senators in New York quickly rubberstamped a bill to explicitly outlaw intentional viewing of child pornography on the Internet after an appeals court there dismissed charges against a former professor for viewing some images without downloading…
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Pope removes priestly status of Canadian Bishop caught with child porn
by John-Henry Westen OTTAWA, May 16, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI has dismissed former Canadian Bishop Raymond Lahey from the clerical state, meaning he has been stripped of all the rights and duties of a bishop or priest, and is prohibited from dressing in priestly attire. However, he must maintain celibacy. …
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