Obama’s Contraception Mandate: Turning America into Europe
President Obama thought he picked a fight over birth control, one that his re-election campaign quickly touted to his supporters. Instead, he has united Catholics, Evangelicals, those who cherish religious…
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Obama Contraception Mandate Compromise Called an “Accounting Gimmick”
Today the Obama administration announced a compromise they hoped would end the firestorm created by the HHS decision to mandate contraception coverage through the new healthcare law. The exemption to…
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Russia Ignores State Dept Warnings: Moves Forward with Passing Gay Propaganda Bill
St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city is one step away from passing what LGBT activists call an “anti-gay” bill. Yesterday it passed its second of three required approvals to become law….
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Bishops Refute White House Blog Statements on Contraception Coverage Mandate
The White House blog in a post called “Health Reform, Preventive Services, and Religious Institutions” addresses women’s preventive services required under the Affordable Care Act by religious institutions. Cecilia Muñoz, director of…
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Obama’s War on Catholics
This is a follow-up from a previous post on the Obama Administration’s war on religious freedom, and Catholics in particular. Tim Herrmann just pointed out to me that Obama is…
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Girls,13, given contraceptive implants in UK schools
As part of the government effort to reduce teenage pregnancies, nine secondary schools in Southampton, Hants, were involved in a program providing contraceptive implants to girls as young as 13….
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An “old car… heading in the wrong direction”: The State of the European Union
Three distinguished Members of the European Parliament spoke at the Heritage Foundation about possible alternatives to the Brussels-style European integration. Geoffrey Van Orden (UK), Derk Jan Eppink (Belgium) and Jan…
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Biden Says China’s One-Child Policy is “God-Awful”
Yesterday speaking at Florida State University promoting Obama’s college tuition program, Vice President Joe Biden criticized China’s one-child policy calling it “God-awful.” The context of his comments were in speaking…
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Abortion is BANKRUPT in Spain
After the passage of Spain’s liberal abortion law in 2010 the government began subsidizing abortion on demand, providing it at no cost to the mother. Currently, however, the government owes…
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Komen Bleeds While Planned Parenthood Gloats
Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, meet Planned Parenthood. The American Civil War general is defined by his “scorched earth” strategy. His campaign burned crops, killed livestock, devoured supplies…
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Spanish government moves to restrict abortion
Thanks to the recent election of the conservative Popular Party in Spain, the country’s liberal abortion laws, passed in 2010 and providing for abortion on demand in the first 14…
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Abortion Restrictions Do Work! WHO Staff/Guttemacher Report Misleading
A post by Michael J. New in the National Review Blog about the recent WHO Staff/Guttemacher Report claiming that abortion rates are not lowered by restrictive abortion laws debunks the…
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Breaking News: Honduras Court Rules Against Morning-After Pill
The Supreme Court of Honduras has ruled against the morning-after pill by one vote. This ruling covers the concept of morning-after pill, not just one brand. The decision isn’t available…
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UN Women in State of Alarm?
Michelle Bachelet, the Executive Director of UN Women held a press conference today at UN Headquarters to brief the press on the progress of UN Women in its first year…
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OECD: Family breakdown accelerating in the West
A new report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development brings bad news for the family and the societies it supports: Since the 1960s the family in the OECD area has…
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Social Development UN Deliberations Plagued by Reductive Paradigms on Human Person
This morning the 50th session of the UN Commission for Social Development is beginning its work at UN headquarters. The Commission will meet over the next two weeks to discuss…
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Komen Foundation Stops Grants to Planned Parenthood
Yesterday it was announced that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation would no longer award grant money to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screening. According to Planned Parenthood…
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The Trivialization of Human Rights
What is a human right? In Europe, it can be a seat on a bus that reclines. Bret Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal about a complaint filed in…
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State Dept Holds Live Chat on Advancing LGBT Rights
Today State Department official Deputy Assistant Secretary Dan Baer held a live webchat on foreign policy issues and LGBT. Secretary Baer answered questions on advancing LGBT rights globally addressing; the need…
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UN Secretary General Tells African Nations to Stop Discriminating Against Homosexuals
Yesterday, UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, was at the African Union Summit, and addressed the 54 African nations in attendance. His address urged countries to entrench civil, political and economic…
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New report: 30% decline in Japan’s population by 2060
News of a new Japanese government report says the population will decline by more than 30% by 2060 (to 86 million from 127 million today). The fertility rate is expected to keep falling–from…
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Serbia: 89% Agree that Prohibition of Gay Pride Was a Good Decision
Serbia: A recent opinion poll organized by the “Center for Free Elections and Democracy” (CESID) shows that the two most popular institutions in Serbia are the Orthodox Church and the…
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David Cameron Calls for Urgent Reform of European Human Rights Court
Speaking to the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, British Prime Minister has expressed concern that “the concept of human rights is in danger of being distorted. As a result, for…
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Who represents the Youth Voice at the UN conference on Sustainability?
Your guess is a good as ours at this point. Yesterday, during the morning session of the informal consultations at the UN Conference for Sustainability (better known as Rio +20),…
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Obama Administration at War With Catholics
The Obama administration is at war with the Catholic Church. It has opened yet another front against the Catholic Church on health insurance coverage by religious employers. Since last August…
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