Maternal Mortality and Abortion – Myths and Facts
The need to reduce maternal mortality is an argument frequently used to promote the legalisation of abortion, or indeed a “Right to Abortion.” This argument runs as follows: Every year,…
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First National March For Life in Brussels
Last month in Brussels, European pro-lifers marched through the streets of Europe’s capital in their first National March for Life. The day commemorates the Belgium law “Lallemand-Michielsen,” which has legalized…
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Canada Caves on Maternal Health Agenda
Bev Oda’s announcement that Canada will not include abortion but will insert contraception and family planning in its G8 agenda is a pyrrhic victory for pro-lifers. First, it represents an…
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Abortion Industry Giants Launch New Initiative on Reproductive Health
Last week, the International Planned Parenthood Federation Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF / WHR) sent out a press release heralding the launch of a new initiative on “universal access to reproductive…
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China to ease one-child limit?
A new article from the Associated Press is reporting that China is considering easing up on its draconian one-child policy because of fears that the country will soon run out…
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Earth Day Reading
On this the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, commemorated the milestone with a short speech. Two hundred and twenty three…
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New Paper Links Homosexuality to Sexual Abuse of Minors
Yesterday, LifeSiteNews announced a “must-read” paper by Brian Clowes of Human LIfe International (HLI), entitled “Homosexuality and the Church Crisis.” Clowes demonstrates that there is a strong link between homosexuality…
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African Leaders Set to Review Controversial Maputo Plan of Action
From April 19-21, members of the African Union will meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for the Continental Conference on Maternal and Child Health in Africa. The conference will review the…
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US Senate Passes Resolution Condemning Uganda Anti-Homosexual Bill
Last week, the US Senate unanimously passed the resolution introduced by Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI), Tom Coburn (R-OK), Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Susan Collins (R-ME) calling on members of the…
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European Human Rights Court decides that there is no ‘Right to Artificial Procreation’. But if it is permitted, laws regulating it must not be discriminatory.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued a Chamber judgment that Austria’s laws restricting in vitro fertilization procedures are “discriminatory” and violate the right to a family life…
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Obama Administration Pressures Kenyans to Legalize Abortion
Recently, the parliament of pro-life Kenya approved a revised Constitution. LifeNews reports that this revised Constitution “contains a section with a health exception that essentially opens the nation to unlimited…
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WHO Chief Sides With United States Over Abortion Access
According to a new article from the Vancouver Sun, Dr. Margaret Chan, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated her support for the Obama administration’s position on liberal abortion…
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Alan Dershowitz Defends Pope Benedict XVI
Alan Dershowitz, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Havard Law School, wrote today in an article appearing in Front Page, in defense of Pope Benedict XVI on the issue…
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Dawkins, Hitchens to sue Pope Benedict
The authors Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens have piled onto the campaign against Pope Benedict, having hired a lawyer to press the case against him. They are consulting with Geoffrey…
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Gendercide: China’s Demographic Imbalance Reaching Catastrophic Measures
A new article is highlighting the growing demographic crisis in China which has resulted in the deaths of millions of baby girls. As a direct result of the draconian one-child…
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Tragic News for Poland
Earlier today, President Lech Kaczynski of Poland died in an airplane crash, along with his wife and numerous senior officials. Kaczynski was a dedicated, pro-life Catholic and outspoken anti-Communist, spending…
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Harper and the Heretics: “Catholics” for Choice Pressuring Prime Minister
Today a Canadian newspaper stated that a “Catholic” group issued a letter to Prime Minister (PM) Stephen Harper pressuring him to include abortion rights in the upcoming G8 Summit. While…
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Italy Distributes RU-486 Today
A year ago Italy legalized the abortion drug RU-486 and just this week the hospitals are receiving their first batches. Today LifeNews reports a hospital in Bari will be the…
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Archbishop Stresses Longer Term Solutions Instead of Condoms
BBC News recently attempted to portray the Catholic Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols as advocating for birth control. In fact, to the contrary, His Eminence’s full quote reads: “I think…
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A UN Judge’s Campaign Against the Pope
The AP ran a story on Geoffrey Robertson’s campaign to prosecute Pope Benedict for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court (ICC). I found the story at the blog…
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Abortion and Power Politics: Will Canada Get in Line?
Michael Ignatieff, former Harvard human rights professor now Canada’s liberal leader, wants Canadians to follow the American lead and promote abortion at the G8 in June. He apparently called prime…
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G-8 Update: Clinton says “reproductive health” includes abortion
This from the State Department transcript of Secretary of State Clinton’s press conference yesterday at the G-8 in Gatineau, Quebec: QUESTION: …As you know, Canada wants to make maternal health…
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Spanish Parents Fight for their Children’s Right not to be Indoctrinated
Today, the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and the Spanish based Professionals for Ethics filed a massive case to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of 305 applicants, including…
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New CEDAW General Recommendation on Older Women
Dolly Parton is credited with asking why is it that one woman can raise ten children but those ten people can’t take care of one woman in her old age….
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Abortion push thwarted in Canada
According to the Globe and Mail, an attempt by liberal MPs in Canada to foment dissent within conservative ranks over funding abortion abroad has backfired. In stark contrast to the…
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