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Doctors have told me I should NEVER, EVER have any more children: so, will I?

by Jennifer Fulwiler May 13, 2013 (ConversionDiary.com) - Some folks have asked if my doctors are putting pressure on me not to have more children. I usually respond with a sound like hoooooo-ho-ho-hooooo (which is not supposed to be a sound like what Santa says, but rather a hearty laugh to indicate, YOU…

‘Anyone who has more than two children is irresponsible,’ UK doctor tells young mom of two

by Hilary White EXETER, May 17, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A young British mother has said she was lectured by a general practitioner (GP) who told her she had been “irresponsible” for bringing two children into the world, and that Britain should adopt a population control policy like China’s.…

Tory MP: Pro-abortion group’s view ‘mirrors the approach of North Korea and Vietnam’

by Peter Baklinski OTTAWA, May 17, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Conservative MP is firing back at the country’s leading pro-abortion lobby for its explanation of why it refused to support a proposed motion to enshrine the recognition of the “equal and inherent dignity and worth” of every human being…

Congressman to introduce nationwide “fetal pain” 20-week abortion ban

by Ben Johnson Updated at 5:24 p.m. Eastern on Friday May 17 to include comments from Troy Newman and Douglas Johnson. WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Congressman Trent Franks announced today that he will change the language of an existing bill to protect all babies who can feel pain from…

Obama’s Top Lawyers Knew About IRS Targeting Pro-Life Groups in April

New reports today indicate President Barack Obama’s top attorney knew in April that the Internal Revenue Service was targeting pro-life and conservative groups. The reports show Obama’s top lawyer was notified in April that the Treasury Department’s inspector general had finished an audit of the IRS over the allegations. As The Hill reports: The Wall [...]

Congress presented with 150 pages of evidence IRS targeted pro-life groups

by LifeSiteNews staff WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Today, the Thomas More Society offered over 150 pages of analysis and evidence to the House Ways and Means Committee about repeated IRS harassment of pro-life organizations. At the request of Congressman Aaron Schock, R-IL, Thomas More Society President…

Card. Dolan ‘would not suggest’ pro-abort Gov. Cuomo not a Catholic ‘in good standing’: archdiocese

by John Jalsevac NEW YORK, May 16, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – After New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan appeared to suggest during a radio interview this week that he may not view pro-abortion Governor Andrew Cuomo as a Catholic “in good standing,” the archdiocese has issued a statement saying that this…

Should Americans trust the IRS to implement ObamaCare?

by Christopher Jacobs Analysis WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2013 (Heritage Foundation) - The recent admission by the IRS that its employees improperly subjected certain organizations to heightened scrutiny based upon their political affiliation raises troubling questions about the agency’s ability to manage Obamacare…

Why I am marching for adoption

by Anna Higgins May 17, 2013 (Family Research Council) - Today, I will be participating in the Step Forward for Orphans March to bring awareness to the more than 10 million children around the world who live outside a family setting, in an institution, or even on the street. Adoption in the United States…

St. Francis Sisters ignore abortifacients, urges Walgreens to ban tobacco

by Bruce Edward Walker PHILADELPHIA, May 17, 2013 (Acton Institute) - Standing up for religious principles in an increasingly secularized and politicized country has become extremely difficult for religious and clergy. It doesn’t help their spiritual causes when these very same religious and clergy cannot delineate…

Abortionist killed baby likely born alive with ‘blunt force trauma’: all charges dismissed

by Sarah Terzo Note: This is the latest in a series of articles about cases in which babies have been born alive during botched abortions and then either left to die or actively killed by abortionists. Read the other parts here. May 17, 2013 (LiveActionNews.org) - California abortionist Dr. Gordon Sean…

Why Do “Pro-Choice” People Promote Abortion Instead of Childbirth?

With the convictions in the case against abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell – three counts of murdering live babies and one count of involuntary manslaughter – abortion is back in the national discussion. It’s pretty clear from the Grand Jury report that, during Gosnell’s thirty plus year career, he likely murdered hundreds, if not thousands of [...]

Man Takes 14-Year-Old to Planned Parenthood for Abortion to Hide Rape

A man in Washington state took a 14-year-old girl to a Planned Parenthood clinic for an abortion to cover up his sexual assault on the teenage girl. The abortion business apparently did the abortion without hesitation. According to the Bellingham Herald: A Washington State man who impregnated a preteen girl and forced her to have [...]

Thousands Urge Boston College to Drop Pro-Abortion Speaker Enda Kenny

Thousands of Catholic students and parents are urging Boston College — a Catholic institution — to rescind its invitation to Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, who is slated to receive an honorary degree and deliver commencement remarks on May 20. “Since Enda Kenny is openly promoting the killing of unborn children, Boston College is not [...]

Pro-Abortion Houston Mayor Annise Parker Doesn’t Deserve Re-Election

Houston Mayor Annise Parker is up for re-election and voters in southeast Texas should look elsewhere for someone to run the city. Parker issued a proclamation declaring the day as Peter J. Durkin Day in Houston when the head of the Texas-based Planned Parenthood abortion business, facing accusations of massive Medicaid fraud related to billing [...]

Celebration: An Abortion Clinic Closes for Good in Michigan

As I reached out to take a bright yellow balloon with the bold word “LIFE” stamped across it, I was struck by the monumental significance of the event we were celebrating. A crowd of about 120 people, adults and children alike, was gathered on the grassy lawn behind a gray, dismal, not too imposing-looking building [...]

Abortion Doc After Baby Born Alive: “What could I do? I killed the baby.”

Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — By now, most people have heard about the allegations that came out about Dr. Douglas Karpen. Four former clinic workers are alleging that he killed babies that were born alive as often as several times a day. What you may not know is that this is not the first time former [...]

Group That Failed to Report Kermit Gosnell Blames Pro-Lifers

Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — According to Vicki Saporta, president of the National Abortion Federation, the “abortion stigma” is to blame for Kermit Gosnell’s now-notorious house of horrors. In a rather weak column for USA Today, Saporta tries to claim that abortion is totally safe and that Kermit Gosnell is just an aberration, an anomaly. If [...]

Why Do Families in International and Domestic Adoptions Resent Each Other?

Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — This is a clip from an episode of Life Report called “Local Experts Clarify Domestic and International Adoption.” In this episode I interviewed Stephanie Grant, Executive Director of Infant of Prague Adoption Services, and Laurel Boylan, Founder of God’s Waiting Children. In this clip, I asked them to talk about the common [...]

Scandal of IRS Targeting Pro-Lifers May be Biggest Since Watergate

If the Watergate scandal went down as one of the worst in history, the recently revealed series of government abuses nicknamed “IRSGate” is on its way to becoming just as infamous, as details of rampant targeting and harassment of American entities (run, of course, by American citizens), based purely on the organizations’ or citizens’ political [...]

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