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New France president’s first deeds: get ready for more secularism and gay ‘marriage’
by Patrick B. Craine PARIS, France, May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Dismantling of the family, attacks against parental rights and times of trouble for faith-based, mainly Catholic schools are looming large in French politics since France’s new socialist president, François Hollande, took over office from Nicolas Sarkozy…
Maine defunds Planned Parenthood
by Ben Johnson AUGUSTA, MAINE, May 18, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The state of Maine has defunded family planning services, depriving an organization affiliated with Planned Parenthood of $400,000. Governor Paul LePage, a Republican, signed a budget Wednesday morning designed to erase the state’s $83 million…
Inside Congressional caucus briefing on how to blunt pro-life gains in black community
by Jill Stanek On May 10 the Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus were honorary co-hosts of a wordy briefing entitled, “African Americans’ Attitudes on Abortion, Contraception, and Reproductive, Justice: From Public Opinion to Policymaking,” held at the U.S. Capitol. On the agenda: -…
Use the voice that your momma gave ya
by Alissa Golob May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - “I’m ‘pro-baby’ and everything, but I can arrange for you to have an abortion if you want.” If my mother was not pro-life, she would have answered the doctor a different way. If my mother was not pro-life, I would not be here today. Those words were the…
Mitt Romney holds fundraiser with manufacturer of the Morning After Pill
by Ben Johnson MIAMI, FLORIDA, May 17, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney scheduled a $50,000-a-plate fundraiser at the home of Phil Frost, the executive of the company that makes the Morning After Pill, on Wednesday night. Plan B One-Step is produced by Teva Pharmaceuticals,…
UK Christian blogger under investigation by gov’t ad authority for running pro-marriage ad
by Hilary White LONDON, May 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A prominent British Christian conservative ‘blogger is under attack from a government agency, at the behest of a homosexualist activist group, for supporting the defence of traditional marriage. Going by the pseudonym “Archbishop Cranmer” the ‘blogger…
SC protects infants born alive, Ohio attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, and MO conscience rights
by Calvin Freiburger WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – Social issues continue to animate state legislatures across the country as many approach the summer recess. Pro-life measures are advancing – but so, too, are bills that would undermine the traditional family and even punish those who recognize…
UNFPA new trick: Fights to Make Population Control a Priority at Environmental Conference
by Timothy Herrmann NEW YORK, May 18 (C-FAM) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is taking advantage of the upcoming Rio+20 conference in June to promote population control and reproductive rights as the backbone of sustainable development and poverty eradication. At a briefing session held just before the second…
Damian Goddard: Pacquiao Packs a Punch for Traditional Marriage
by Damian Goddard May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - What Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao has managed to accomplish inside the boxing ring is unprecedented. Outside the squared-circle, the Filipino is just as impressive. Maybe even more so, when one considers the formidable foe with which he went toe-to-toe just…
Crackdown on mainland births in Hong Kong hospitals to avoid one child policy
by Hilary White, Rome Correspondent May 17, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In the last ten years, Hong Kong has become a refuge of sorts for couples seeking to have a second child under China’s strictly, and often brutally enforced One Child Policy. But this avenue of escape may be coming to an end with the powers in Beijing starting…